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Enjoyed the excellent photos and reporting. As far as "Life without fast internet": "Residents adjusted. They created an intracity computer network that, amon
by 0x38B 7y ago
Enjoyed the excellent photos and reporting.
As far as "Life without fast internet":
"Residents adjusted. They created an intracity computer network that, among other things, allowed locals to download pirated movies and TV shows without connecting to the wider web. Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room, updating smartphone apps and taking in the bounties of the online world, even if the beach beckoned."
- igivanov 7y ago>beach beckoned right, in Norilsk. The reporting is fairly superficial and its purpose is just to serve as a filler for "Putin bad" innuendos. The photos are ok-ish. Though a simple google search in much more informative.
- wavefunction 7y ago>Going on vacation, several said, meant sitting in a hotel room You missed the "going on vacation" part I guess, though perhaps you believe people in Norilsk "go on vacation" by booking a hotel room in Norilsk.
- inscionent 7y agoNorilsk is famous for their staycations
- Ozumandias 7y agoCome experience the world famous staycations of Norilsk. People travel from around the world to staycate here.
- igivanov 7y agoYes I missed it. My other points still stand.
- inscionent 7y agoPutin is a bad man.
- birdyrooster 7y agoThis kind of comment is unthoughtful and against Hacker News commenting guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys intellectual curiosity, the value of the site."
- birdyrooster 7y agoThis kind of comment is against Hacker News commenting guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys intellectual curiosity, the value of the site."
- account73466 7y agoWould nice to see this note appearing more often in every second post about China.
- yorwba 7y agoBirdyrooster is not a mod. If you want to see this note more, you can post it yourself, just like they did.
- ephemeralism 7y agoIsn't the posting of the article itself in breach of those violations?
- account73466 7y agoIt is. Even the title refers to politics.
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoIt sounds like what people do (or did a could years ago) in Cuba [1] [1] https://www.wired.com/2017/07/inside-cubas-diy-internet-revolution/ https://www.wired.com/2017/07/inside-cubas-diy-internet-revo...