Never let a good crisis go to waste!
Yes, this was the first sentence came to my mind when I saw the "police research twitter about the earthquake misinformation" news.
Readit Newsikeserbestian commented on Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake netblocks.org/reports/twi... · Posted by u/flixing
ikeserbestian commented on Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake netblocks.org/reports/twi... · Posted by u/flixing
Despite a 1999 warning that killed 17-18K, rampant corruption, incompetence and neglect have not improved construction standards, despite the promise to do so. That means that the vast majority of today's deaths were preventable.
Imagine being accountable to that. Better to call it "misinformation".
Just a mini, personal note:
In 1999, collapsed buildings far more than 17k - 18k and nobody knows how many people died. I remember some 800k - 1m estimations.
Today, just few videos shows at least 10k more houses was collapsed but "officials" says just 4k people died.
ikeserbestian commented on Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake netblocks.org/reports/twi... · Posted by u/flixing
I dare you to say something constructive instead of this 'bot' calling. Here is video to prove my theory [0]
[0] Prank with Former United States National Security Advisor John Bolton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=895Y5G5E6g8
I dare you to go to Turkey and help people or go fight with US or you're just another Erdogan-lover-bot. This government came this point with "US style libertarian economical and social movement" rubbish discourse and people only got "some Islamic totalitarian pressure and meaningless developments about building industry" from them which why so many people lying under the rubble this cold February night.
ikeserbestian commented on Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake netblocks.org/reports/twi... · Posted by u/flixing
Let me try.
So Erdogan himself came into power after the 1999 Earthquake devastating the country and wrecking the economy, leading to early elections, leading to his party winning landslide election in 2002.
That earthquake was like nothing seen before, hitting the most industrialised and populous part of the country and they had to introduce new taxes like Luxury consumption tax to fix the damage and prepare so that this never happen again.
This luxury tax is applied pretty much on anything and that's why an iPhone 14 Pro cost 2300$ in Turkey(US price is 1000$). Turks also pay 2x to 5x the price of the price in EU or US on purchasing automobiles, so it's a big deal. They also have lot's of safeguards so people just don't buy from abroad, therefore everyone chips in.
Also, Erdogan's primary achievement is construction business. He made sure that the builders can build and profit hugely, they also destroyed a lot of nature in the process and fine tuned the economy to serve the construction sector through the years. Guess what was the first Covid measures Erdogan announced at the start of the pandemic? He announced credit facilities for purchasing homes, no joke.
Also, the new buildings were supposed to be built according to the new code which is quake resilient and it was one of the prime motivations of this construction based economy.
Fast forward 20 years and we were struck with another huge earthquake.
The initial response is very weak, in contrast to the 1999 quake because in that one the Turkish Army was summoned immediately but this time for some reason Erdogan doesn't request assistance from the army and the protocol allowing local governments requesting assistance was removed by Erdogan in the previous years.
A full day passes without anything to show as a response when people are sending selfies from under the rubble with their address, seeking help. Most places receive no help whatsoever and people go into a winter night under the rubble or on the streets without electricity, food or water.
Videos showing newly build homes collapsed, people find promotional materials claiming quake resistance and the new buildings are collapsing like the old ones
The luxury tax, AKA the earthquake tax collected wasn't used to be ready for the next quake. This was something widely known and criticised but now we have videos of newly built buildings collapsed. It materialised.
Anger builds up, Erdogan is no where to be seen and the ministers are giving ridiculous speeches about how everything is under control and use a language crafted for the upcoming elections.
Then Erdogan appears on the TVs giving the speech you can watch.
So yes, he fucked it up for about 20 years and fucked it up on the disaster night. He used to be huge critic of the way the politician he replaced handled the quake and he ended up doing exactly the same, even worse. If the irony has not set in yet, let me tell you that Turkey is in economical crisis for some years now and Erdogan is in a coalition with the guy who was in a coalition with the guy who he replaced. It's almost poetic.
Thank you.
ikeserbestian commented on Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake netblocks.org/reports/twi... · Posted by u/flixing
Off-topic: Do most people there prefer "Türkiye" or "Turkey?"
Turkey, "Türkiye" is just another useless show from the "president".
I am a simple man; when I see PETSCII, I upvote.
Yes, using yunohost on a VPS. Selfhosting mail and many other services without any hassle. No delivery issues yet.
But honestly, without an easy solution like yunohost I wouldn't attempt to selfhosting personal mail even I already know how to do on different platforms.
ikeserbestian commented on Ask HN: Are you running (or considering running) your own Mastodon instance? · Posted by u/davidbarker
I am tinkering with yunohost for a week and just started my instance few days ago.
ikeserbestian commented on What Android needs in 2023 to overcome iPhone's dominance cnet.com/tech/mobile/what... · Posted by u/redbell
Rewriting in Rust and focusing to downmarket.
Jokes aside, Android is just another mediocre hacks bundle from Google and has a great position in it's own ranks. But sharing the same meaning and quality with MS Windows; if they works even with some problems, everything is OK for end-user and corporations. Just put a little more money to the work and get the lead without a real innovation.
ikeserbestian commented on What software that you use daily “sparks joy” for you? · Posted by u/konsuko
Debian, Emacs, w3m mostly.
Maybe Firefox and Vivaldi to a degree but I would prefer more simple "world wide web" infrastructure if possible.
Years ago I was enjoy using 7zip, IrfanView and Winamp on Windows.
Let's more nostalgia; I was fond of almost every software on Amiga and of course AmigaOS/Workbench. I'm not a designer or musician but Deluxe Paint and Protracker makes me happy.
Turbo Assembler, Koala Paint, DMC and JCH music editors, GEOS from Commodore 64.
Not really using it daily nowadays, but OpenBSD still giving me sweet sixteen vibes.