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Yes, accesses from Russia are currently blocked.
by kens 5y ago
Yes, accesses from Russia are currently blocked.
- mepian 5y agoWhat is the point of this block?
- flatiron 5y agoBecause you personally invaded Ukraine /s
- mepian 5y agoThe majority of this article's audience in Russia is unlikely to support both this war and Putin's entire rule. The IT workers are the most westernized part of Russia's society.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoMotivate a disaffected populace to topple their dictator.
- oh_sigh 5y agoI was unhappy when my dictator trampled my rights, destroyed all the freedoms we used to have, and launched an unprovoked war against a neighbor. But boy, when I can't read an article on a 50 year old shift register memory, NOW is the time for action!
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoThe Russian people have been watching this happen for 20 years have have become complacent. Nobody stopped the czar from extending term limits that are supposed to prevent this sort of power grab from happening.
- macintux 5y agoDespite 200 years of institutions intended to prevent it, the U.S. was barely able to eject an authoritarian-curious demagogue, only succeeding thanks to a global pandemic changing just enough voters’ minds, and the courage of Capitol police. I’m more sympathetic to Russians being unable to rid themselves of a tyrant than I would have been 10 years ago, although not at all sympathetic to their active support of him and his genocidal war, constant drumbeat of propaganda or no.
- cryptonector 5y ago> There was a blog I couldn't read, so that's it, I grabbed my AK-47 and went down to Moscow to shoot Putin!!
- cryptonector 5y ago> Update: So I went there with my friend Ivan, and we got into a firefight with police. We got shot up pretty hard before we could even get a shot off ourselves. As I lay there dying, all I could think about was how the Apple 1's bit shift register worked -- I wished I knew! Damn you, Putin!!
- IX-103 5y ago
- throwawaylinux 5y agoWhat was the pretense?
- buildsjets 5y agoNazis.
- throwawaylinux 5y agoI thought it was threat of NATO expansion to Ukraine.
- dragonwriter 5y agoI thought it was “Ukraine has always been Russia and it was wrongly separated from Russia by Lenin and then later added to from Russian territory by Stalin”? (Actually, it's been all of the above, plus a few more.)
- throwawaylinux 5y agoI didn't hear that as the pretense for invasion either. As far as I heard the "red line" was always related to NATO (and maybe lesser extent to ethnic Russian treatment in the rebel areas).
- dragonwriter 5y ago> I didn't hear that as the pretense for invasion either. Then you didn't read the translation of Putin’s speech announcing the invasion, or any of many other things not targeted by the Russian government primarily at Western audiences.
- kens 5y agoThe idea is to send a message, that Russia's behavior is unacceptable. Obviously the block isn't causing any actual harm, since people can use VPN if they need access to information about 50 year old shift registers.
- mepian 5y agoWho is supposed to receive this message? The Russian IT workers, many of whom already find Russia's behavior unacceptable?
- girvo 5y agoThough a sadly non-zero proportion of Russian IT workers (who live in my country, Australia) do not. Which made working with one of them, when my partner is Ukrainian and whose family is currently in mortal danger in Rubizhne, really awkward. Thankfully that contract ended not long ago, and I turned down the renewal.
- ovi256 5y agoIf that coworker was a factor, I hope you told them so. More information would help everyone make better decisions, including that coworker, when it filters to them. I approve of the idea to brain drain Russia of all educated workers by offering them residency and easy immigration into Western countries. That, IMO, should include all such workers, regardless of their support for the Putin regime. The goal is to eliminate Russia's ability to assault another country again by denying it use of contemporary technology. They've proven themselves irresponsible again and again. I also completely support your choice to not have to share a work day with that person. I know it sounds paradoxical.
- girvo 5y agoWe had many a tense discussion/argument prior to the war, last year. He believed Russia was right to take Crimea. I, for obviously reasons, disagree. As it became clearer that Russia was preparing to invade, he brought it up a few times. I honestly didn’t want to talk about it with him. Too stressful, I’d rather focus on my work than on his family members killing my extended family.
- beej71 5y agoI only block things on my site that specifically help Putin. Which is no things.
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- KMag 5y agoIf you really want to harm the Putinists, insert an overseas jobs listing link when a Russian IP is detected. Encouraging brain drain is likely the most effective way the tech community can harm the regime. Welcome a Russian, make a friend, maybe drain the regime. I see too high a ratio of sticks to carrots these days, but maybe that's just me. Edit: I just finished 10 years overseas, and occasionally caught flak for US policies that I disagree with. I'm rather sympathetic to (would-be) expats in general. Edit 2: I spent an extended period in Kyiv, and it really was wonderful city. I found the Ukrainians to be generally kind, but a bit distant, not a warm sort of friendliness. (Though, I look Slavic enough that I was regularly mistaken for Russian when I was in Turkey. I'm sure that helped my experience in Ukraine.) If I could have lived in Kyiv at my current salary, I would have done so (without foresight of this war). I'm really rooting against the Putinists, but I feel sympathy for the common Russian, even those who swallow the propaganda.