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New comment by hyggetrold in "Is Cultural Technical Debt Sabotaging Our Survival?"

hyggetrold — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:06:45 +0000

> In Myanmar, both monks and laypersons twisted the faith into a shield for ethnic violence, targeting the Rohingya minority under the guise of protecting Buddhism from an “Islamic threat.” Driven by historical grievances, xenophobic myths, and a fervent need to guard Myanmar’s “Buddhist identity,” these factions have justified persecution, citizenship denial, and outright brutality—all while draped in saffron robes.

The violence against the Rohingyas is terrible and it's horrible to see Buddhism used as a cover. Japan did a similar thing under WW2 where Zen institutions were "encouraged" to support the war and preach that it was moral and religious.

With that said, the fears are not unjustified. Indonesia was once a bastion of Buddhism and Buddhist thought, now it's a majority Muslim country. In Afghanistan, the Taliban were blowing up ancient Buddhist monuments before 9/11.

Overall this article struck me as maybe well-intentioned but totally unrealistic.

New comment by hyggetrold in "Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war"

hyggetrold — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:56:10 +0000

In retrospect, it seems like it was a bad idea for Western countries to assume that things were going to remain peaceful after the fall of the USSR. Glad to see the threat of war being taken seriously.

New comment by hyggetrold in "The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development"

hyggetrold — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 22:00:05 +0000

I'm down with Blind Guardian, they're fun!

New comment by hyggetrold in "The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development"

hyggetrold — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:13:22 +0000

> Modern metal is amazing compared to the stuff from the 90s though.

I know what you mean but Metallica, Pantera, and Emperor (black metal) are still all-time classic staples in my discography.

New comment by hyggetrold in "The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development"

hyggetrold — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:11:26 +0000

Solid selection - I respectfully submit "Hypersleep" as another classic 90s DnB tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrR82XLCKq8

New comment by hyggetrold in "Visualizing World War II"

hyggetrold — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:31:14 +0000

This is awesome. Cool to see the history told this way.

I would also encourage folks to seek out photos/footage of the concentration camps in Europe as well as the aftermath of the atomic bombings in Japan. When you see the unsanitized horror it really gives you pause that people did this to each other. And why war is worth trying to prevent.

New comment by hyggetrold in "Intel reinstates free coffee for employees after mass layoffs"

hyggetrold — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:55:07 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_(Animal_Farm)

"I will work harder!"

New comment by hyggetrold in "Notepad++ is 21 years old"

hyggetrold — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:45:33 +0000

My prediction is that C will still be in active use 100 years from now.

New comment by hyggetrold in "Quit Social Media (2016)"

hyggetrold — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:55:05 +0000

The first link you put gives me a security warning so I didn't click through. But the medium article would suggest that this is the one!

New comment by hyggetrold in "Quit Social Media (2016)"

hyggetrold — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:09:03 +0000

I can't remember the name of it, but over a decade ago I saw something like this - it was a single Linux server shared by (I think) hundreds of people. Really trying to do the multi-user paradigm. They advertised it as a private kind of social network, it was invite-only and I think you had to pay to help keep the server lights on.

Hopefully by posting something incorrect, A Person On The Internet Who Knows Better will come along and provide the correct details. :)

New comment by hyggetrold in "Post-postal: What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?"

hyggetrold — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:01:54 +0000

If I have to, I have to - if it's going to persist for days, I don't want that noise.

New comment by hyggetrold in "Post-postal: What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?"

hyggetrold — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 22:22:43 +0000

Email filters me son.

New comment by hyggetrold in "How long til we're all on Ozempic?"

hyggetrold — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:00:52 +0000

+1 to this - what Europeans consider "the basics" for most Americans is filed under "luxury" or "bougie."

New comment by hyggetrold in "Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86"

hyggetrold — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:45:58 +0000

This is all I ever had heard about Tata consulting as well so I have to say it's been an education seeing how sad everyone is to see Ratan Tata pass away.

It does make a kind of sense to me now though - if Ratan Tata's goal was to pull money into India, he was massively successful. How he got there might be a different story. But that's just as true of all previous great capitalists as well.

New comment by hyggetrold in "US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case"

hyggetrold — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 22:55:38 +0000

Movie theater is an interesting analogy because they make zero money on ticket sales. Usually ticket revenue pays for the cost of the movie (theaters pay the studio for the movie). The way the theaters make money is on concessions, hence why they're crazy expensive.

New comment by hyggetrold in "Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe' gets approval"

hyggetrold — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:01:50 +0000

I'm a little about myself that I understood this plus the deep cuts. Well done.

New comment by hyggetrold in "US antitrust case against Amazon to move forward"

hyggetrold — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:37:02 +0000

> In some places USPS is unreliable

I can live with USPS but what made me actually cancel my Prime account was their use of On-Trac shipping in California. They literally missed every single time and had to come back the next day.

New comment by hyggetrold in "The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991)"

hyggetrold — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:32:48 +0000

It's a funny expression and it is rooted in advertising: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Perdue

Television delivers people (1973) [video]

hyggetrold — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:26:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvZYwaQlJsg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41769953

Points: 1

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New comment by hyggetrold in "Bureaucrat Mode"

hyggetrold — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 22:23:21 +0000

> Remember: The powers that be forbid progress, as progress might disrupt the powers that be.

Mostly agree but would amend - what is actually forbidden is change. And since all progress involves change...you can fill out the rest.