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Re:Show HN: My 486 Server by marttt on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:05AM (#29964091)
> ... fairly Finnish thing to do ...

+1 for this lovely metaphor. I'm Estonian, but I absolutely love Finns for their peculiar between-the-lines humor, and their tendency to go really deep into fringe stuff.

A Finnish guy once demonstrated a retro bicycle he was restoring, stating that it's going to take him two years to finish it. "This needs to be done properly," he said with a barely noticeable smirk.

Re: Finns, demoscene, and frugal computing: see also Viznut and his insightful essays: http://viznut.fi/en/

Re:Show HN: My 486 Server by anthk on Monday January 17, 2022 @08:09AM (#29966159)
Inner Spain (read: non-coast) it's like that. If they need months to repair something well, they'll fight for it for long.