Millions of people died and the main takeaway for the US seems to be giving up vaccines and cutting programs that would mitigate future disasters.
Not sure how you've come to that conclusion.
I first encountered cyberdecks a while ago and thought they were a fun idea for hacking about but more recently I've started seeing videos of beginners making them by cramming raspberry pis into random cases salvaged from second hand shops.
It's been really cool to see people creating hardware without worrying about the usual limitations of soldering or 3d printing. Some have more technical ability than others and have salvaged screens or other bits from random electronics.
It feels like a rediscovery of hacker ethos without the slightly toxic baggage of maker culture.
> I get the feeling that it's not worth looking at because it was probably made using LLMs
This is the big one for me. Small toy website someone has made as a passion project used to be the big draw of HN for me but now I just a assume it's a vibe-coded mess that'll 404 in 7 months.
If you think this is the result it's probably just because you're not used to discussing political theory. Within academic spaces these discussions are very well developed and nuanced. HN people like yourself aren't very used to being left behind but there are experts that understand what you don't.