geoka9

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by geoka9 13y ago
I, for one, not so much worried about him killing himself (that would be unfortunate, but that's his call), as him misleading people on the mass scale into harming themselves. It shouldn't be a consumer product, not that soon and
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by geoka9 13y ago
Hell, you didn't need to be an Italian to get "conscripted" into a sharashka. Some of the best Russian aircraft designers (e.g. Tupolev) were contributing to the Russian war (WWII) effort from prison.
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by geoka9 13y ago
> ethnically caucasian Actually, that matters in Russia a lot, too. Although, their meaning of the word is different (Russian Caucasians are people originated from around the Caucasian Mountains; that's where all the guerilla fighti
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by geoka9 13y ago
> Cost of living is slightly lower than in the US for most parts of Canada. I find cost of living in Vancouver (North Shore) quite high when compared, for example, with Portland, OR. Granted, this is one of the more expensive regions in
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by geoka9 13y ago
Most of the new immigrants I know in Canada are in their early 30s. It turns out that this is the age when you are most likely to qualify for the skilled worker immigrant visa, based on your education, experience and savings.
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by geoka9 13y ago
> much like YComb itself AFAIK, YC doesn't invest anywhere close to $200k; so it's probably not fair to compare.
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by geoka9 13y ago
And the person who found prior art should get a cut of that fee. Crowdsourcing at its best.
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by geoka9 13y ago
> buying new SIM card is a breeze The situation is similar in Ukraine with one exception: in Russia, you'll have to let the store scan your passport to buy a SIM card. In Ukraine, you can buy SIM "starter packs" in bulk if
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by geoka9 13y ago
I hope USG does not take cue from their Russian colleagues; they routinely prosecute all kinds of political activists as "extremists". While not the same, that word does sound as sinister as "terrorists" does in Russian.
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by geoka9 13y ago
You could start migrating to Scala, which is simple with a Java-based stack. Scala is sufficiently hip at the moment to attract programming enthusiasts.
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by geoka9 13y ago
> They must in order to maintain sovereignty. There's no way for Russia to be sovereign without being authoritarian?
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by geoka9 13y ago
Well, maybe that's one thing that will make the two countries (or at least their governments) friendlier towards each other ;)
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by geoka9 13y ago
> I'll be emailing my member of parliament (MP) to make sure we keep tabs on this in Canada, and keep our privacy laws intact. openmedia.org seems to have done a good job campaigning against the Online Spying Bill.
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by geoka9 13y ago
"and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth." No joke. These are not idle words. I grew up in Eastern Europe looking up to the great US of A, where hippies stopped a war and abolished the draft, where people can sue th
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by geoka9 13y ago
I haven't taken my pedestrian survival skills that far, but I've always felt that if I'd ever be hit, that would be at an intersection. I felt that there are too many moving objects to keep track of at a typical intersection to be able to c
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by geoka9 13y ago
> It's a common and vital tactic for prosecutors to seize funds of defendants so they can't mount an adequate defense. I've heard about this tactic on more than one occasion already. It sounds horrible, and I think it should be made ill
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by geoka9 13y ago
> that's the classic traintoilet design across the world. I can confirm it's the same in the ex-USSR countries. That's why the lock the lavatory 10 minutes before arriving at a station and don't unlock it until the train is well clear o
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by geoka9 13y ago
> high-functioning teams tend to thrive on the cross-talk and constant communication that open plan creates organically. I wonder how programmers in such environments can get in the "zone" and stay in it for extended periods of time, if
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by geoka9 13y ago
Maybe slightly off-topic, but I came across a sly (and clever) way to advertise by belittling your competition: http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=3844... The 404 page ("Oops! Looks like we lost one"). Anyone who is i
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by geoka9 13y ago
What has been baffling me for some time is that the US doesn't seem to have a visa for professionals doing short-term work for their clients in the US. For example, as a freelance programmer I have clients in the US and sometimes they may w
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by geoka9 13y ago
I've seen quite a few older folks who had the condition and they usually shared one thing: their careers involved standing most of their working day (store clerks, masseurs and such). So from my (possibly subjective) experience, I'd say sta
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by geoka9 13y ago
Wait till standing desks have been in fashion for some decades and you'll start seeing stories about people getting Thrombophlebitis in their legs. Seriously, get a good chair and sit in it. Get up every half an hour or so, also strech your
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by geoka9 13y ago
Citations or sources please?
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Is Your Printer Spying On You?(eff.org)
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by geoka9 14y ago
> I figured it out. They're a uniform. I think it's just a way of showing off. Case in point: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12532552/what-part-of-mil... The guy has no idea what the notation means by still wants to wear the t-shi
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by geoka9 14y ago
> And you get to keep using the up arrow to go to your previous command. Ctrl+P :)
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by geoka9 14y ago
Not to mention that it doesn't require you to take you right hand off the home row.
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by geoka9 14y ago
Why would they put up with being screamed at? Is the glamor of working at Apple worth it?
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by geoka9 14y ago
Soviet Russia was pretty inventive in high tech. As a matter of fact, they did have patents in the Soviet Union, although those were more like a commendation badge, not a monopoly to reap the benefits; but it seemed to work.
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by geoka9 14y ago
But trolls are usually shell companies, aren't they? What's to stop them from declaring bankruptcy and wash their hands of the whole thing? Since the troll's targets would probably have to pay their lawyers upfront, I don't see how this bil

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