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Re:Ask HN: What are some tech companies that do not use an o... by motohagiography on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:50AM (#16868325)
Arguably, to extend this very rich metaphor, the reason nobody can ever win is in fact an artifact of geography. One particular mountainous region known to be the graveyard of empires springs to mind.

I think drama comes from uncertainty and power vacuums, which I would say are artifacts of the terrain.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some tech companies that do not use an o... by paloaltokid on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @02:32PM (#16869753)
I’m not up on my history - where is this?

EDIT: oh. Are you saying Afghanistan?

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Re:Ask HN: What are some tech companies that do not use an o... by bsrhng on Thursday April 19, 2018 @05:22AM (#16874462)
he means hannibal
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