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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Didn't they only get funding to horse around with that material several years ago?
Comment · 3 years ago
And when you interact with people 8 time zones away, concepts like "today" or "tomorrow" break down completely. It's a very uncanny feeling.
Comment · 3 years ago
You use local time + location, because tzdata timezones can and do get split.
Comment · 3 years ago
She'll probably get more money than you and me have ever seen, then fail upwards into another cushy C-level position. There's no need to be sorry for her.
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Comment · 3 years ago
While I was still living in Russia, llvm.org was blocked for several years because fuck you we balling.
Comment · 3 years ago
Google properties are still unblocked, for now. But, yes, Internet censorship in Russia went into overdrive with the invasion.
Comment · 3 years ago
There are people living on that land, it's not a "thing".
Comment · 3 years ago
Hmm, on second thought, you may be right and I probably overreacted. I still don't really believe Putin would exact revenge on Volozh — Oleg Tinkoff defected back in spring 2022, and I think his family is quite fine — but relying on Russia not being stupid doesn't sound wise right now.
Comment · 3 years ago
There's probably no hard proof, but Russia is allegedly funding far-right movements like AfD and whatever Le Pen's party in France is now called. Also, see the career of Gerhard Schroeder, first German chancellor and then a top Gazprom official.
Comment · 3 years ago
I'm sorry but having observed this since 24/02, collective punishment is very much part of the actual Western values.

(Disclaimer: I'm a Russian émigré, not in the West myself but have friends there.)

Comment · 3 years ago
His family has left Russia back in 2014.
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Comment · 3 years ago
Yes, back then there was an Armenian bank that could get you a card for a crapload of money but no supporting documents. Since then, they've fallen in line with the others, and now they want a rent agreement and a local job.

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