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Glad to finally see https://container-news.com/ https://container-news.com/ hit the front page on HN

by bluehorseray 4y ago

smarx007 4y ago
Wrong containers!
- yetanother-1 4y ago
  Still good lesson learned.
SturgeonsLaw 4y ago
This is legit one of the things I love most about HN, articles might be 80% about tech, but the content in the remaining 20% can be about pretty much anything, and it's always fascinating to get insight into other domains. Never considered that containers were numbered, let alone that a number clash is a significant incident, but thinking about it, yeah it makes sense.
- hadlock 4y ago
  This is kind of what big chunks of the internet were like back in the late 90s, very early 2000s, particularly before smart phones.
  - Terr_ 4y ago
    I suspect it's tied up in the shift of quantity/scope of "user generated content". News articles and blog-posts etc. got somewhat pushed out by "look at this cute cat photo I allegedly took myself", etc.
    - permo-w 4y ago
      as HN evidences, this stuff is all still there (possibly more than ever), it's just drowning in an ocean of content aimed at pleasing children, Google's algorithm, and the less intellectually-inclined
  - mdp2021 4y ago
    > big chunks of the internet ... particularly before smart phones Then, IMEI numbers.
Barrin92 4y ago
Maybe a rare opportunity to plug one of my favorite non-fiction books, The Box, about how shipping containers restructured global trade. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170817/the-box https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170817/th...
- ashildr 4y ago
  Thank you for mentioning this book!
- jacquesm 4y ago
  And much more than trade. It had effect on road infrastructure, various temporary constructs including school rooms for emergency situations and housing as well.
  - hef19898 4y ago
    And product dimensions, e.g. for aircraft, cars, military equipment,... Being able to ship in standard containers makes a lot of things so much easier
shreyshnaccount 4y ago
surprised but really not to see people so passionate and dedicated to containers. warms my heart, really best thing to ever happen.
- kingcoleman 4y ago

Glad to finally see https://container-news.com/ https://container-news.com/ hit the front page on HN

smarx007 4y ago

Wrong containers!

yetanother-1 4y ago
Still good lesson learned.

SturgeonsLaw 4y ago

This is legit one of the things I love most about HN, articles might be 80% about tech, but the content in the remaining 20% can be about pretty much anything, and it's always fascinating to get insight into other domains. Never considered that containers were numbered, let alone that a number clash is a significant incident, but thinking about it, yeah it makes sense.

hadlock 4y ago
This is kind of what big chunks of the internet were like back in the late 90s, very early 2000s, particularly before smart phones.
- Terr_ 4y ago
  I suspect it's tied up in the shift of quantity/scope of "user generated content". News articles and blog-posts etc. got somewhat pushed out by "look at this cute cat photo I allegedly took myself", etc.
  - permo-w 4y ago
    as HN evidences, this stuff is all still there (possibly more than ever), it's just drowning in an ocean of content aimed at pleasing children, Google's algorithm, and the less intellectually-inclined
- mdp2021 4y ago
  > big chunks of the internet ... particularly before smart phones Then, IMEI numbers.

Barrin92 4y ago

Maybe a rare opportunity to plug one of my favorite non-fiction books, The Box, about how shipping containers restructured global trade. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170817/the-box https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170817/th...

ashildr 4y ago
Thank you for mentioning this book!
jacquesm 4y ago
And much more than trade. It had effect on road infrastructure, various temporary constructs including school rooms for emergency situations and housing as well.
- hef19898 4y ago
  And product dimensions, e.g. for aircraft, cars, military equipment,... Being able to ship in standard containers makes a lot of things so much easier

shreyshnaccount 4y ago

surprised but really not to see people so passionate and dedicated to containers. warms my heart, really best thing to ever happen.

kingcoleman 4y ago