Hacker News: Procedural

Hi, I’m Russian. Who does Putin think he is compared to Ukrainian game devs?

Procedural — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:24:27 +0000

Article URL: https://procedural.medium.com/hi-im-russian-who-does-putin-think-he-is-compared-to-ukrainian-game-developers-66c17f9d36f4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30703572

Points: 3

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Hi, I’m Russian. The West doesn’t realize the good and the bad news about Russia

Procedural — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 21:12:16 +0000

Article URL: https://procedural.medium.com/hi-im-russian-the-western-world-doesn-t-realize-the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-about-russia-f6fd9bc1be02

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30678400

Points: 46

# Comments: 26

New comment by Procedural in "Hi, I’m Russian. Ukraine and Russia is a story of a divorce"

Procedural — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:42:15 +0000

I agree. This is another reason to stop trying to make it happen, when it wasn't a happy marriage in the first place.

New comment by Procedural in "Hi, I’m Russian. Ukraine and Russia is a story of a divorce"

Procedural — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:10:16 +0000

Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. They spoke Russian. They married Russians. It happened. But it's a history now. No one can force-continue the marriage.

Hi, I’m Russian. Ukraine and Russia is a story of a divorce

Procedural — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 20:38:00 +0000

Article URL: https://procedural.medium.com/hi-im-russian-ukraine-and-russia-is-a-story-of-a-divorce-221db815e930

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30665459

Points: 43

# Comments: 52

New comment by Procedural in "Ask HN: What to Do with an Old GPU?"

Procedural — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:49:15 +0000

Donate it to a kid in Yemen.

New comment by Procedural in "Ask HN: Who knows how many Ukrainians chose to flee to Europe vs flee to Russia?"

Procedural — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 03:13:35 +0000

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60555472 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-60555472...

New comment by Procedural in "Ask HN: Is it possible to become a good programmer by one's own?"

Procedural — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:26:43 +0000

Any names of good programmers you're talking about?

New comment by Procedural in "Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends"

Procedural — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 16:37:07 +0000

> Another reason we don't like Russians is that they are afraid to stand up to their own government.

What about billions of Chinese that are afraid to stand up to the communist party?

Ask HN: Who knows how many Ukrainians chose to flee to Europe vs flee to Russia?

Procedural — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 11:17:30 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30512716

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by Procedural in "(Part 2) Embrace, Extend, Extinguish and Free Software"

Procedural — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:55:38 +0000

How easy it is to operate a computer is orthogonal to Free Software vs whatever vs whatever else. Free Software had enough time and resources to make a computer turn on instantly, for example, but they chose today's common path of incompetence. For Security, Of Course, You Want To Be Secure, Right? Here, Eat A Cactus, It's Very Secure.

Show HN: "Fixing" a 3 year old Mate menu bug in an hour

Procedural — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:06:06 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-menu/issues/44

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30266669

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by Procedural in "Paul Graham Defends NFTs"

Procedural — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:11:36 +0000

> After all it could be hacked? Or faked?

The whole premise of blockchain is that no transaction can be altered. What happened -- happened, unlike someone's text or screenshots on someone's servers on the Internet.

New comment by Procedural in "Paul Graham Defends NFTs"

Procedural — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:05:55 +0000

> Of course, if I just send the artist some money, then he is under no obligation to give me anything, tell anyone about it, or even say "thank you". But that's not what I do when I want to buy a piece of art.

Correct. But NFT people want to show everyone that they support artists they like. Others are free to ignore them, but with public and independently verifiable transactions no one can objectively deny that NFT people actually support the artists.

New comment by Procedural in "Paul Graham Defends NFTs"

Procedural — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:53:48 +0000

> The supporter could ask bank to mail him a receipt from the transfer. And then show this transfer or have it notarized in most extreme case. Thus proofing he made it. We already have solutions for this.

No one will believe the supporter. The receipt may be a fake text he/she made.

New comment by Procedural in "Paul Graham Defends NFTs"

Procedural — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:49:44 +0000

> Except the Credit Card Firm, my bank, and artists bank. All of which are required, by law, to keep records.

But they're not required to tell anyone whether a transaction happened.

> So if the artists try to go back on the agreement, he can be sued.

Sued about what? The supporters want the artist to keep the money, there are no legal conflicts here other than that the artist may lie that he/she is supported by particular people. Unlike in bank case, you and me and anyone else may see for ourselves who is supported by whom.

New comment by Procedural in "Paul Graham Defends NFTs"

Procedural — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:35:02 +0000

> And why would anyone need to be able to verify that?

Because, in the bank example, after a bank transaction happens, the artist may not like a particular supporter because, for example, the supporter may be a white cis male who doesn't like the left bullies, so the artist may lie that the transaction happened at all, saying that he/she didn't receive any money from the supporter. In this case, and other such cases, there must be an independent log of events that actually happened, despite what people may say.

New comment by Procedural in "Paul Graham Defends NFTs"

Procedural — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:22:40 +0000

I specifically wrote verifiably. In your bank case, no one will be able to verify, independently of the supporter or the artist, that the transaction happened.

New comment by Procedural in "Paul Graham Defends NFTs"

Procedural — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:37:09 +0000

The idea of supporting the artists you like directly and verifiably.

New comment by Procedural in "Ask HN: What are some absolute truths that exist independently?"

Procedural — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:58:21 +0000

Yes.