Show HN: 500 years of Joseon court omens as an observability dashboard

roetlich

Great, now we need this with current data for modern governments

creakingstairs

This is the definition of a nerd snipe for me. I’ve been binging a Korean YouTuber called Hyangachi(향아치)who goes into Joseon dynasty history in a very approachable way for younger generation and I’ve been researching observability dashboard for my side projects. I didn’t even think about combining the two. Joseon dynasty was obsessed with preserving history. Not even the king could interfere with it. In fact, a king fell from his horse during a hunt, then told them to not write it down. But we know this happened because they wrote down the order :D The historians also have known about the importance of resiliency and made back up copies too!

sperandeo

Treating historical records like system logs is a framing I hadn't considered. interesting

joonehur

The data comes from the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty. https://sillok.history.go.kr/intro/english.do I'm browsing it. Wow, there's so much detail, like: 己酉二月, 世宗講武于平康, 世祖射鹿, 七發皆貫其項。 기유년 2월에 세종이 평강(平康)에서 강무(講武)를 하였는데, 세조가 사슴을 쏜 7발(發)이 모두 그 목을 관통하였다. "In the second lunar month of the giyu year, King Sejong held a military drill (gangmu) at Pyeonggang. Sejo shot seven arrows at a deer, and all of them pierced its neck." https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/kga_000002 Many K-drama and movies are inspired by these records.

zuzululu

This is fascinating. Perhaps what trips me up is the mention of UFOs in the Joseon Archives. https://youngit.blogspot.com/2012/08/ufo-recorded-in-annals-...

delichon

If you have a dashboard that you trust and it notifies you that you have the mandate of heaven, what do you do? Buy a lottery ticket? Make an indecent proposal to someone out of your league? Drive without a seatbelt? Is this actionable intelligence? Do I still have to floss?

Bratmon

This feels like something that would have done numbers on StumbleUpon