Best I’ve heard for the primate-cruelty phenomenon is “the brain seeks stimulation.” First-world countries are spoiled and don’t have to make do - easy to run

Best I’ve heard for the primate-cruelty phenomenon is “the brain seeks stimulation.” First-world countries are spoiled and don’t have to make do - easy to run over the latest iPhone with your car and get 1.3M clicks. I agree; it’s lazy. Not Russian, but as a Hacker News old timer: “old soviet tools restoration” [sic] by “Great idea” on YouTube is what you’re after. (Restoration of rusty old anvil.) It’s very hacker meta... building child tools to fix the parent tools is heartwarming, and at some level reminds me of many a build script.