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HN is a message board for tech nerds. It’s not a community, much less an organization with political clout or influence. Stopping Putin, whatever that may mean
by gregjor 5y ago
HN is a message board for tech nerds. It’s not a community, much less an organization with political clout or influence.
Stopping Putin, whatever that may mean or require, is currently beyond the power of the US, Europe, and allies.
You can help people get out of Ukraine and pay for places for refugees to live. At this point I think it’s more effective to focus on people who need help we can give them rather than on wishful thinking like stopping Putin. Programming skill is not a superpower.
- desmond373 5y agoMostly true but hackers can make trouble for Putin, though I doubt anyone here is going to provide advice on something that high level. Also programming skill is pretty super power like if your good enough at it, it just a question of proper application.
- gregjor 5y agoI imagine the NSA, MI6, etc. have already thought about that. Hacking Russian computer systems seems unlikely to “stop Putin.” Also, hacking into a foreign computer system is likely illegal under US law. Knowing how to write code is not a superpower that also enables hacking into Russian state computer systems, or Putin’s smartphone, despite what we see on TV shows.