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Hopefully any higher up officials can recognize this just gave what is probably on average a fairly affluent tech class on HN a more positive outlook on Kazakhs
by zanny 10y ago
Hopefully any higher up officials can recognize this just gave what is probably on average a fairly affluent tech class on HN a more positive outlook on Kazakhstan. Its positive advertising for the country to hear that you don't end up in a gulag for having your passport lapse.
- adventured 10y agoHigher up officials in Kazakhstan have never heard of HN.
- NKCSS 10y agoYou'd be amazed; even Borat frequents HN
- boratsagdiyev 10y agoiz very nize!
- jumasheff 10y agoI shared the link on Twitter. Got about 100 followers from Kazakhstan.
- piaste 10y agoTwitter is roughly a brazillion times better known than HN.
- andrepd 10y agoI think you grossly overestimate the impact and reach of a minor blogpost on a country far removed in distance, language and culture.
- gravypod 10y agoFrom many stories of family and friends who live there, this is not only Kazakhstan. This is every Eastern European country.
- creshal 10y agoKazakhstan isn't even in Europe.
- rusabd 10y agoTechnically part of Kazakhstan is in Europe
- lunchTime42 10y agoEurope is where the debt is. Khazastan is not in europe.
- petre 10y agoWell not quite. At least not those in the EU. It used to be like that in the 90s, but for locals, not for foreigners.
- gravypod 10y agoNot quite. Yea I've got friends who've gone to places in the EU on the Eastern European block. It's just as corrupt as before.
- EpicEng 10y agoYes I'm sure those in charge of Kazakhstan are just foaming at the mouth to win over the hipster web dev crowd. I think you're really overestimating your own importance.
- RangerScience 10y agoAhhhh from personal experience? They kinda sometimes are. (I know my situation was special/unique, but I don't know how special/unique). Whole country is really gung-ho about modernizing, and modern tech is a huge part of that.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 10y agoShame that they are still run pretty much by a dictator. At least the dictator is pro tech I guess.
- Muromec 10y agoHigher up officials simply get their share from bribes - no need to know about your techie forums in the internet.
- blastrat 10y agobut who will bust the busters? guy got busted by some people who turned around and helped him. now he's returning the favor?