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To be like hacker news it would have to be filled with actual insurgents, including some who managed to make their own countries.
by there_the_and 6y ago
To be like hacker news it would have to be filled with actual insurgents, including some who managed to make their own countries.
- keiferski 6y agoIndeed. The closest you’ll get to this would be the Café Central in Vienna, circa 1913. A recreation of this on the internet would be fascinating. The café was opened in 1876, and in the late 19th century it became a key meeting place of the Viennese intellectual scene. Key regulars included: Peter Altenberg, Theodor Herzl, Alfred Adler,[2] Egon Friedell, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Anton Kuh, Adolf Loos, Leo Perutz, Robert Musil, Stefan Zweig, Alfred Polgar, Adolf Hitler, and Leon Trotsky. In January 1913 alone, Josip Broz Tito, Sigmund Freud, and Trotsky (the latter being regular) were patrons of the establishment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Café_Central https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Café_Central
- MeanSpirit 6y agoReminded me of the Polish "Scottish Cafe" I learned about just recently (mathematicians-only, though!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Caf%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Caf%C3%A9
- cpach 6y agoHitler, Tito, Trotsky, Freud, Musil... Quite a mix they had there.
- tomjen3 6y agoTheodor Herzl and Hitler in the same cafe? That is almost too much of a coincidence.
- sorokod 6y agoHitler was a fifteen yearold in Linz when Herzl died.
- Pandabob 6y agoI think that would be one of the most interesting forums on the internet.
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- agustif 6y agoI definetly want to make my own country where do I signup?
- simonebrunozzi 6y agoI guess people would ask YOU where to sign up.
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- bryan_w 6y agoIf you have to ask, you don't have what it takes
- dustingetz 6y agoapply.ycombinator.com
- rapnie 6y agoMaybe where they are selling old oil rigs outside of territorial waters.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand
- paulsutter 6y agoThere is a pie-slice of Antarctica that is unclaimed under the Antarctic Treaty System. Some guy in LA has claimed it as Westarctica[1], which is a pretty good name. You could probably go down there with a pistol and claim it yourself. Dress warmly. Would rank in the top 20 countries in square km (1.6M square km) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westarctica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westarctica
- asperous 6y agoUnder the Anartic treaty, most countries won't recognize new claims and new activity won't effect claims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System
- widforss 6y agoThis is a gross misrepresentation of the Antarctic treaty. The treaty effectively removed the relevance of any claim from any entity.
- paulsutter 6y agoI was obviously kidding about claiming it with a pistol
- widforss 6y agoI was rather referring to the part about "unclaimed pie-slice". That's not part of the Antarctic Treaty; it predates it and is made irrelevant by it.
- paulsutter 6y agoNobody recognizes even the claimed pie slices (except the 7 claiming countries), just as none of the parties would recognize any claim on Marie Byrd Land (aka Westarctica). It still remains a fact that no country claims that territory. And that's interesting in some abstract way to people with the fantasy of forming a country. Which is exactly what the parent comment was referring to. The whole thing is just meant in fun. Aside from the fact that the treaty binds only the signatories.
- john4534243 6y agoHN is also not an exception in this regard. Take any chinese related thread on HN and look at the comments pro chinese ccp party defending authoritarianism.
- throwaway936482 6y agoI'm not sure "hackers" in the HN, late stage capitalists and their cheerleaders, sense have ever been insurgents. Counter revolutionaries perhaps.
- greffs 6y agoBootlickers and spivs
- alanbernstein 6y agoCouldn't it just be filled with voters?