4 ms·

The company is liquidated, which means he doesn't do business in Russia. Also, I love living in the world where doing business is suspicious because of my natio

by mm263 3y ago

The company is liquidated, which means he doesn't do business in Russia. Also, I love living in the world where doing business is suspicious because of my nationality.

treprinum 3y ago
A former colleague was denied studying at Berkeley due to being Russian (they told him that).
- rchaud 3y ago
  The US consulate in Russia is closed since the war began -- getting a visa wouldnt be easy, and universities have to get DHS approval to issue an I-20 status document to a non-American. And that's before any issues around eligibility for scholarships, bursaries or loans. As a foreign student myself, I would not risk trying to navigate the US visa process knowing my status could be jeopardized at any time. Berkeley isn't the only university in the world worth attending.
oleg_antonyan 3y ago
404 Such World Not Found The war only made this much worse, but essentially "wrong nationality" has always been a factor for banks' KYC, for example
practice9 3y ago
Choose a better government, then. Preferably, a one without Soviet/death cult/imperialistic tendencies. The nation will be judged by its government's actions, because the gov is supposed to be kept in check by the people.
- callalex 3y ago
  Isn’t moving to Chile choosing a better government? It seems like this developer did exactly what you are asking for, but racism is clouding your judgment.
- oleg_antonyan 3y ago
  Will try being born in another place in the next life, thx for the advice (:
- joshmanders 3y ago
  > Choose a better government, then. Do you know how ridiculous you sound right now?
  - therein 3y ago
    People really enjoy pointing you towards the suggestion box, as if it is above all coercion, corruption and malfeasance.
  - ponector 3y ago
    How? Is Russian government sent by God or elected by people? Looks like Russian majority has been supporting occupation of Georgia, occupation of Crimea and probably now doesn't care about current occupation of Ukraine. Ruling party was reelected before, during and after that.
- volkk 3y ago
  wow i saw a really stupid take just earlier today on an unrelated thread, but this one actually wins. great job!!
- dang 3y ago
  Please don't use HN for nationalistic flamewar, regardless of which country you have a problem with. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for, and we ban accounts that do it. Of course I understand that many people have justifiably strong feelings about this sort of thing, but that's why HN's rules specifically say: "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Aeolun 3y ago
It was really weird to see someone ask me to implement fraud detection logic, think “This is gonna be hard” and then hear: “If postal code is x, it’s fraud, if not, let em through”. Wut? We had far more complicated fraud detection algorithms at the startup than at the fortune 500.

by mm263 3y ago

The company is liquidated, which means he doesn't do business in Russia. Also, I love living in the world where doing business is suspicious because of my nationality.

treprinum 3y ago

A former colleague was denied studying at Berkeley due to being Russian (they told him that).

rchaud 3y ago
The US consulate in Russia is closed since the war began -- getting a visa wouldnt be easy, and universities have to get DHS approval to issue an I-20 status document to a non-American. And that's before any issues around eligibility for scholarships, bursaries or loans. As a foreign student myself, I would not risk trying to navigate the US visa process knowing my status could be jeopardized at any time. Berkeley isn't the only university in the world worth attending.

oleg_antonyan 3y ago

404 Such World Not Found The war only made this much worse, but essentially "wrong nationality" has always been a factor for banks' KYC, for example

practice9 3y ago

Choose a better government, then. Preferably, a one without Soviet/death cult/imperialistic tendencies. The nation will be judged by its government's actions, because the gov is supposed to be kept in check by the people.

callalex 3y ago
Isn’t moving to Chile choosing a better government? It seems like this developer did exactly what you are asking for, but racism is clouding your judgment.
oleg_antonyan 3y ago
Will try being born in another place in the next life, thx for the advice (:
joshmanders 3y ago
> Choose a better government, then. Do you know how ridiculous you sound right now?
- therein 3y ago
  People really enjoy pointing you towards the suggestion box, as if it is above all coercion, corruption and malfeasance.
- ponector 3y ago
  How? Is Russian government sent by God or elected by people? Looks like Russian majority has been supporting occupation of Georgia, occupation of Crimea and probably now doesn't care about current occupation of Ukraine. Ruling party was reelected before, during and after that.
volkk 3y ago
wow i saw a really stupid take just earlier today on an unrelated thread, but this one actually wins. great job!!
dang 3y ago
Please don't use HN for nationalistic flamewar, regardless of which country you have a problem with. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for, and we ban accounts that do it. Of course I understand that many people have justifiably strong feelings about this sort of thing, but that's why HN's rules specifically say: "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Aeolun 3y ago

It was really weird to see someone ask me to implement fraud detection logic, think “This is gonna be hard” and then hear: “If postal code is x, it’s fraud, if not, let em through”. Wut? We had far more complicated fraud detection algorithms at the startup than at the fortune 500.