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Tank Hack Ensured Farmland Didn't Thwart the Invasion of Europe
szczys writes: Ingenuity reigns supreme when trying to overcome obstacles standing in your way. So was the case during the Allied invasion of Europe during WWII. Land features in the Normandy bocage region were especially difficult for tanks to navigate. The obstacles were earthen dikes topped with mature trees originally put in place to contain livestock. The solution was to reuse materials from the Axis' own anti-tank measures to build a tank attachment to cut through the obstacles. The Allies were able to take the Axis by surprise as it was assumed the armored divisions wouldn't be able to break through this area.
...to show everyone that you're a hack writer.
Hack either means security breach, or an awful clusterfuck, as in hackjob.
The fact that a bunch of techie douchebags and their lapdogs use the word to try and sound edgy is irrelevant to it's meaning outside of your little echo chamber.