[HN Gopher] Mariupol computer retro museum has been destroyed
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       Mariupol computer retro museum has been destroyed
        
       Author : pvaldes
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2022-03-25 17:59 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.pcgamer.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.pcgamer.com)
        
       | pvaldes wrote:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhl4YS3TQkA&t=1s
        
         | danbolt wrote:
         | The video's worth a watch! It's really interesting to hear him
         | talk about the history of the various machines, especially with
         | respect to Eastern Bloc economies/culture.
         | 
         | Sad that the museum is gone now, though!
        
         | abracadaniel wrote:
         | That was a wonderful glimpse into their museum. Given how rare
         | the Soviet era computers became, there may be some truly
         | irreplaceable losses from this. I hope they can rebuild this
         | eventually.
        
         | thevagrant wrote:
         | what a collection! a huge loss.
        
       | nomemory wrote:
       | This is unfortunate, but, let's be honest it pales in comparison
       | to the tragedy of the people living there.
        
         | serf wrote:
         | that's true, but imagine that retort when speaking of the
         | burning of the Library of Alexandria -- it is presumably true
         | that people there suffered during their civil war, but the
         | symbolic loss of human knowledge and progress that the burning
         | of the library represents is what is remembered of the event.
         | 
         | Speaking about one thing being horrible doesn't somehow
         | disqualify other things from being horrible, nor does it take
         | away from the personal suffering of others by the mere mention
         | of it.
        
       | nr2x wrote:
       | This and the destruction of world heritage sites in Ukraine,
       | Syria, and elsewhere may not be classical "war crimes", but the
       | destruction of our shared history, culture, and artifacts is a
       | crime against all.
       | 
       | These computers may not be ancient relics, but now they won't get
       | the chance.
        
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