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The Hacker’s Definition of Morning
Back at MIT, we pulled a lot of all-nighters. Linguistically, it became convenient to know when “tomorrow” or “morning” happened. Midnight? Sunrise? First class of the day? Do you have to sleep and wake up for it to qualify as tomorrow?
I don’t know who came up with this originally, and I can’t find it in an Internet search, but common MIT culture was to refer to the “hacker’s definition” of morning — namely, that “tomorrow” occurs when two out of the following three things happen:
You wake up.
The sun rises.
You eat breakfast.
I have just gotten home. And I ate some eggs! But since the sun hasn’t risen and I didn’t wake up, it’s not Saturday yet. In fact, I’m going to go to sleep now, and when I wake up the sun will be in the sky, so even if I skip breakfast it’ll officially be Tomorrow.
