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by dimitar 13y ago
That is incorrect, OUN-UPA couldn't have collaborated with them because because it pronounced an independent Ukraine as soon as the Nazis invaded the USSR. The Nazis immediately arrested the members they could find and insurgency again
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by dimitar 13y ago
I upvoted this comment due to its honesty, but I disagree that Ukraine needs dividing. Let me bring up some points: * Why should apolitical people have their country divided? * Ukraine isn't divided by language, practically everyone ca
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by dimitar 13y ago
The black and red flags are symbols of OUN-UPA - a WWII era insurgent army that fought both the Nazis and the USSR. Many different groups, parties and individuals use these very general symbols. They represent the Ukrainian struggle for ind
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by dimitar 13y ago
I have been to Lviv and its perfectly OK to use Russian or any other language for that matter. You can often even hear Russian pop hits on the streets. I think this misconception stems from the fact that Ukrainian speakers often reply in Uk
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by dimitar 13y ago
There isn't an ethnic angle - although Russian-speaking, the majority of the population of the east is also of Ukrainian ethnicity. Even the language thing isn't that big of a deal, almost all Ukrainians use both languages to some
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by dimitar 13y ago
The media both in Russia and West like to play up the East vs. West angle, which I believe is inaccurate. While there are foreign and cultural factors in Ukrainian politics, this is a much more boring story of corruption, mismanagement auth
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by dimitar 13y ago
Wait.. you started working professionally in IT when you were 13? Very impressive! Especially since in that time and place the most computers at homes were Apple II clones and most people didn't have them. Do you feel your location m
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Bitcoin solved a major technical problem, but not an economic one(krugman.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by dimitar 13y ago
I have had and am continuing to have a dialogue with smart technologists who are very high on BitCoin — but when I try to get them to explain to me why BitCoin is a reliable store of value, they always seem to come back with explanations a
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by dimitar 13y ago
I think most commentators here missed the point of the article. Bitcoin is evil not because it fails at x, because the interest in it propagates bad (Krugman POV) economics. Krugman/Stross assume this type of economics is the 'Aus
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by dimitar 13y ago
I laughed out loud when I realized this (I was searching for Tyler, the Creator lyrics) - instead of filing a page with their links, now they are nowhere to be found. Checked my watch and it was still December'13 so something is wrong.
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by dimitar 13y ago
Absolutely! Its a relic of a 90s skeuomorph! And the thing is Winamp didn't look so tiny when your screen resolution is 800x600, so mp3 players didn't catch-up (and a): http://rustythinkpads.info/photos/380ED.
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by dimitar 13y ago
Data is provided by ISPs and big companies like Google and Facebook. Now, if you ask someone working for a ISP or Google if they hand over information to anyone, of course they'll say that they don't and haven't heard of some
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by dimitar 13y ago
You have no location history for December 9, 2013You have no location history for December 9, 2013 Feels good. What can I do to stay that way?
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by dimitar 13y ago
I've spent too much time on that website I think I've developed an appreciation of GUIs before the mid-nineties: Buttons for everything, no hidden corners and such, no excessive skeuomorphism, respect of preferences in colors and
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by dimitar 13y ago
I found'there first smartphone' and 'way to modern' to be too distracting to carry on reading. Also the argument I did read appears to be weak, the number of potential users doesn't seem to matter if they don't
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by dimitar 13y ago
I think while it likes to present itself to be above the fray it actually has an editorial policy to favour and endorse candidates according to a proximity model: 1. sort politicians by perceived direction of views - PV, 0 being the most ri
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by dimitar 13y ago
Please read the paper itself, please. It is very funny, and the author rarely misses an opportunity to make a clever pun.
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by dimitar 13y ago
I'm claiming Reaganomics hasn't anything to do with inflation. Once a Fed Chairman is selected by the president he cannot be removed during his term. This is the principle of central bank independence. When the board decides that
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by dimitar 13y ago
The level of inflation is mostly a monetary matter; the 70s inflation also had some nasty oil-shocks that complicated things. Fiscal policy (anything related to the budget) doesn't have a much of a direct effect on inflation. The Volck
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by dimitar 13y ago
* The US also provides safe assets in the form of US Securities.. by going into debt. * Treasury notes and bills are widely used as collateral and upon maturity they turn into reserve currency cash. * China, the oil producers run budget and
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by dimitar 13y ago
Edit/Clarification: this is a negligible spike. Can you spot the movement in 10y series? http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DGS1MO The risk premium isn't nearly the main determinant for such gov
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by dimitar 13y ago
This is a demand problem, just like the Great Depression. Eventually demand will pick up after obsolescence will mean people would just have to buy new goods to replace the old ones. However government doesn't need to save at the same
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by dimitar 13y ago
I've used melatonin and it definitely works, especially for improving the quality of sleep and sleeping under the sun. However I've found that just not eating for 6-8 hours before you go to bed helps much more. Even eating an appl
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by dimitar 13y ago
Sargent is associated with "freshwater" macroeconomics. They tend to be very rigorous to the point of dropping topics considered important by other economists from their models.
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by dimitar 13y ago
Thomas Sargent was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2011 together with Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy" Fellow laureate Krugman: "S and S played a key role in d
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by dimitar 13y ago
* Are you truly focused on the job at hand or are you focused on proving your credentials? The difference is subtle, but its a trap that many highly qualified people fall into. I'm under the impression that the author spent a lot of ti
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by dimitar 13y ago
I would get the data from the same authority that is tracking inflation - rent is included in the basket. In the USA I think the Bureau of Labor Statistics does the 'official' data collection. Rent prices are pretty uniform - the
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by dimitar 13y ago
I was reading about the worlds navies around the turn of the 19th century. The British dominated the seas and were very innovative during the wars with the French and Dutch. But then they stopped. They knew that they had the best sailing sh
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by dimitar 13y ago
The fact that the same thread ("but but but, I think it's cleaner / nicer / not that much of a waste / my privelege to waste processes!") springs up virtually every time the Award is posted is also Ancient Use

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