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A hacker’s deep desire for understanding how things work translates into a prolonged focus on the technical attributes, merits and demerits of the systems that capture their interest. The more complex the system, or the more reducible its complexity, the more intense this focus can become. This interest can be relentless to the extent that while engrossed in the system, a <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/hacker" target="_blank">hacker</a> attends to little else. Their health, their relationships and their finances may get sparse attention.