Thanks for the point dang. Is it just me find it disturbing that the original article's referencing page is gone, and now we had to go to wayback machine to get a copy.
A bit off topic are there any BitTorrent/ipfs effort to archive archive.org ?
dang · 6h ago
archive.org is definitely not preferred when there are other places to access an old article. It's ok when there isn't.
Simply googling the title is usually enough to find an article's new home, when there is one.
> There are a lot of other problems in the city hidden under the illusion of order and greatness: Suffocating air pollution, high unemployment, no fire stations, schools, or hospitals, a regimented lifestyle – this is the price that these sims pay for living in the city with the highest population. It’s a sick and twisted goal to strive towards. The ironic thing about it is the sims in Magnasanti tolerate it. They don’t rebel, or cause revolutions and social chaos. No one considers challenging the system by physical means since a hyper-efficient police state keeps them in line. They have all been successfully dumbed down, sickened with poor health, enslaved and mind-controlled just enough to keep this system going for thousands of years. 50,000 years to be exact. They are all imprisoned in space and time.
CGMthrowaway · 14h ago
One of the yt comments led you back to OP's submitted article?
jimkleiber · 14h ago
Lol, wow, just goes to show that I tend to read the comments more than the article. Caught red-handed and face-palmed.
On the bright side, I included the paragraph that I found most enlightening (or endarkening?)
Thank you for letting me know :-/
neuroelectron · 11h ago
It's been a long time since I've last seen the youtube video this references. It had a huge impact on me but in a way I never tried to quantify. It really is a temple in the classical sense of the term.
If you can't learn from a shallow dismissal, that's your problem.
tomhow · 1h ago
This site is for people who want to engage in curious conversation. It’s not for venting or sneering. The guidelines have served the site well for many years. You don’t need to comment if you don’t want to keep your comments within the guidelines.
hnpolicestate · 17h ago
The 5 minute city.
01HNNWZ0MV43FF · 12h ago
Why with a few more lanes for cars we could eradicate cities entirely and drive all day every day
The Totalitarian Buddhist Who Beat Sim City - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1352864 - May 2010 (43 comments)
A bit off topic are there any BitTorrent/ipfs effort to archive archive.org ?
Simply googling the title is usually enough to find an article's new home, when there is one.
> Former Buddhist.
> There are a lot of other problems in the city hidden under the illusion of order and greatness: Suffocating air pollution, high unemployment, no fire stations, schools, or hospitals, a regimented lifestyle – this is the price that these sims pay for living in the city with the highest population. It’s a sick and twisted goal to strive towards. The ironic thing about it is the sims in Magnasanti tolerate it. They don’t rebel, or cause revolutions and social chaos. No one considers challenging the system by physical means since a hyper-efficient police state keeps them in line. They have all been successfully dumbed down, sickened with poor health, enslaved and mind-controlled just enough to keep this system going for thousands of years. 50,000 years to be exact. They are all imprisoned in space and time.
On the bright side, I included the paragraph that I found most enlightening (or endarkening?)
Thank you for letting me know :-/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-totalitarian-buddhist-wh...
Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html