See this thread: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37850997>.

From which:

Kurzgesagt did a video on the concept: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOiGEI9pQBs>.

Avi Loeb, "The habitable epoch of the early Universe". International Journal of Astrobiology, vol. 13, 4."

<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journa...>

Zip-ties, velcro, and twine (all suggested previously) also work well.

Steve Blanks' "Secret History of Silicon Valley" details the emergence of that tech hub beginning with WWII and the "radiation lab", which helped develop radar.

<https://steveblank.com/2009/03/23/if-i-told-you-i%E2%80%99d-...>

Quite a few HN submissions over the years: <https://hn.algolia.com/?q=secret%20history%20of%20silicon%20...>.

Those of us who can remember the 1980s / early 1990s, prior to the defence build-down following the end of the Cold War might recall quite a few defence-related establishments in and around Silicon Valley, in its original scope centred on Santa Clara County and the Santa Clara - Palo Alto region.

The current UA/RU front is a 30km deep kill zone crossed by FPV craft (and discarded optic fibre cables) in which the largest effective group size might be four or so soldiers. Tanks are all but useless as sitting ducks.

Reuters made a surprisingly good infographic / interactive feature on this this past July:

<https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/KILL-ZONE/zn...>

Red Hat, systemd, Chrome, Webkit, Android, and a few others come to mind. Others might include Kubernetes, OpenJDK, Clang, React, Docker, Git/Github.

Forks are possible but sustained forks are expensive, and <https://xkcd.com/927/> is always relevant.

It's helpful to note that the guy who literally wrote the textbook on lock-in went on to have a career as Google's chief economist: Hal Varian, Information Rules.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Varian>

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Rules>

Which is what HN has been doing for Twitter submissions for approximately two years:

<https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...>

Those links are all now dead.

<https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1442>

HN: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283>

From HN's PoV, the issue is that there aren't well-known workarounds which can be used for X.com / Twitter.com submissions. HN's principle concern is more that any discussion on such posts will largely revolve around the regwall / paywall, which doesn't advance HN's own prime directive: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27901918>

Their comment history makes this clear.

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40920852>

<https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-28/3D-imagery-reveals-pat...>

There is no sign that structures (bridges, building, car parks, roads) ever existed there.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49482791

Points: 3

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The camera position is elevated at least 6--8 stories above the valley floor, an elevation of 20--24m or so by my estimate.

Slightly below it is a concrete platform supporting a parabolic dish antenna.

That platform is well above the main debris flow, catches only comparatively minor impacts, and ... is knocked flat just before the video terminates.

More significantly, the three story block structure at the lower left of the frame is seen visibly displaced an instant before it is obscured by the debris flow, at about 30s into the video.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mudslide_at_Gyirong_Port_...>

We now have before/after images of the precise location of the port. THere is absolutely no indicate that structures ever existed there:

<https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-28/3D-imagery-reveals-pat...>

From: "How do newly released 3D images explain the Gyirong mudslide?" <https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-28/3D-imagery-reveals-pat...>.

There is no conceivable way that this can be perceived as a minor or generally-survivable incident.

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