HN isn't the website for this kind of article.
Highlighting the context of the content (which the article carefully omitted) is what HN is all about.
Russian tech is used to murder people in my country. It's hypocritical to be discussing Russian tech while trying to censor the mentions of its applications.
HN isn't the website for this kind of hypocrisy.
Who launched the largest war since WW2?
Discussing Russian tech and status symbols (like chess-playing robots) is giving that pariah state a veneer of legitimacy it may not have any longer.
Also Russia has plenty of legitimacy, both before and after the Ukraine invasion, as much as it seemingly pains you to admit that.
The war has affected Russia's ability to participate in sports on the international level. The war has relevance to the discussion of sports, including chess, absolutely everywhere - except HackerNews, it seems.
>Also Russia has plenty of legitimacy, both before and after the Ukraine invasion
No pain in admitting it. It still has legitimacy (as did Nazi Germany up until it lost the war).
It should have none.
First they used doping as an excuse, with the West of course turning a blind eye on their own athletes' rampant use of PEDs and now they use the war with which the Russian athletes have nothing to do with. I'm sure Putin is shaking this whole time and is just about to tap out out of the war because a young athlete who has dedicated their whole life to excel at a sport and their potential having a VERY limited shelf life can no longer participate.
Think about what you're saying sometimes, buddy.
> It should have none.
Cry harder :,(
Ramzan Kadyrov, the de-facto tsar of the subdued republic of Ichkeria (aka Chechnya as a part of Russian Federation) has openly ran an extermination campaign against gay people.
So "they/them" worldwide do have a reason to support Ukraine in this war, besides basic human decency (in which your comment is, sadly, lacking).