NoPie

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by NoPie 5y ago
There were news that China refused to sell airplane parts to Russia ( https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-sa... ). I am not really sure what happened but I can imagine that the US may demand su
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by NoPie 5y ago
It is not the phones that have value today but apps. Also IT brain drain is already happening. Yes, there will be an option to use cracked software etc. Not a good substitute when you cannot get proper support, localization etc. Russian sup
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by NoPie 5y ago
Russia's GDP is something like 4% of the EU GDP. Everybody will get hurt from these sanctions but Russia will get hurt about 20 times more than the EU on average. Some EU countries will have bigger impact than others but they may get h
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by NoPie 5y ago
In Soviet Union the official exchange rate was close to 1 rouble for 1 dollar. You couldn't exchange them, of course, except in some cases when you were allowed to travel etc. Now that the currency exchange activities are seriously lim
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by NoPie 5y ago
It is very difficult because these are complex issues to which many people have emotional reaction that prevents seeing detailed picture. For example, the current scare that Ukraine has bio labs to study different biological agents. That&#x
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by NoPie 5y ago
They think that is possible to wear Russia down that Putin decides to quit. Even the US could not win in Vietnam and Afghanistan but not because these countries had objectively stronger militaries.
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by NoPie 5y ago
I don't cheer for dead Russian soldiers. I weep for them. It is a terrible tragedy that they had to die. And yesterday 1200 Ukrainian civilians died in Mariupol. The video is propaganda because it mixes some real events by trying to pr
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by NoPie 5y ago
Ultimately this is too idealistic. When everything including search engines can be used for spam and propaganda purposes, this reduces the value of the service. On the other hand, if you censor too much then the service also becomes a part
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by NoPie 5y ago
It's anti-Ukraine propaganda. It is not banned on youtube either. It is just that certain people want to amplify this signal.
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by NoPie 5y ago
Wasn't twitter blocked in Russia now? I guess they cannot complain that their tweet gets deleted now.
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by NoPie 5y ago
It is clear that from Russia's side this war is not about economic gains. They are ready to sacrifice a lot.
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The truth is that people with artificial heart do not live long. The technology is not that good yet.
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by NoPie 5y ago
>> What if Ukrainian neutrality really is the key to peace? It has been discussed again and again and this proposal is equal to Ukraine remaining in the Russian sphere of influence, i.e., losing the war. If the west sacrifices Ukraine
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by NoPie 5y ago
It is very sad and terrible situation. I am really sorry to my all Russians friends who experience all these difficulties now. It shouldn't have happened to them. The same happened to many other people from different nations. If you we
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by NoPie 5y ago
To be honest this reads like a Putin apologist. I understand the dangers and that it is wrong to blame all Russians now for Putin's aggression. And yet there is no need to relativize everything. Russia is clearly an aggressor in this.
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by NoPie 5y ago
I understand the rule not to add Ukraine flag to the social media profiles because they need to show that they are unbiased. But to modify the language to suit Russia is no longer a neutrality but supporting an aggressor.
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Just based on the UN vote. Neutral doesn't mean support in military action. Russia cannot be trusted because it lied that they will not start a war and then it did.
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Only Belarus and Syria. You cannot trust Russia right now. But the worry is that Russia can use nuclear weapons.
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Just flag it.
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we don't know what happened. Maybe they got hacked and are too embarrassed to admit it.
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by NoPie 5y ago
Of course it is real. Why would it be surprising? The story is exactly like that – Russia indoctrinates people that Ukraine is run by nazis. It is not true and when you are faced with reality you have to accept it. I was reading vk social m
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by NoPie 5y ago
It isn't faked because I have been to Ukraine and I know that the situation in Ukraine is not like Putin describes.
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by NoPie 5y ago
Let's hope and pray for it.
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by NoPie 5y ago
Shortly: They [Russian prisoners of war] describe how they were given false information in Russia, they didn't know that Ukrainians will not welcome them with open arms. And they are very very sorry and ashamed that they came as aggres
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by NoPie 5y ago
Not exactly like North Korea but it will become very isolated like the former USSR. It is such a tragedy, I have no words. I have friends in Russia and I don't know what is going to happen with them. One crazy dictator can destroy the
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by NoPie 5y ago
No, we haven't forgotten. This is about Europe.
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It changes nothing. In fact, I am sure most of those articles is an attempt to deflect and justify Russia's aggression. Could be even Russian propaganda to sow doubt about the actual reasons of the war. No, Putin didn't start this
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by NoPie 5y ago
Please, vote this up. Considering how much disinformation is spread about the war in Ukraine, everybody who is still in doubt, should hear this.
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by NoPie 5y ago
Not likely to recover. The war in Ukraine is the biggest conflict since the WW2. Russia is going to be cancelled with disastrous longterm consequences.
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by NoPie 5y ago
$100 even in roubles now is very low amount for high level functionaries. This law could be used to get rid of undesirable people because you can selectively apply to practically anyone.

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