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by osipov 19y ago
they can start by lowering their standards...
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by osipov 19y ago
That's a compelling narrative and I think there is some truth to that. However, I think there is a more simple explanation to the dominance of Russian schools. Check out this graph on percentage of population with at least a college degree:
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by osipov 19y ago
interesting...I did a search too and came up with a different source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Worldmapnobellaureatesbyc... Trouble is, I can't finding the right page on the official Nobel site that would confirm/deny the inform
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by osipov 19y ago
Many of them leave and create startups else where, for example Google or Parallels. Then there are startups you probably know about, like Art Lebedev: http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus Most of their startups target the Russian
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by osipov 19y ago
>and successful non-legal enterprises ...and without Russian mafia, where would the inspiration come from for Grand Theft Auto IV? :)
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by osipov 19y ago
also, can you define what do you mean by "excellent at solving real tasks"
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by osipov 19y ago
>to avoid making a significant impact on society as a whole I would hardly call launching the first satellite into space, followed by the first man in space, followed by the first unmanned Moon landing, followed by the first space stati
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Results from 2008 ACM Programming World Finals: As always, Russia leads the way.(icpc.baylor.edu)
18 points by osipov 19y ago|24 comments
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by osipov 19y ago
Looks like College Board is dead set on guaranteeing that I should have a job for a long time.
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by osipov 19y ago
it is even more impressive if you compare that video to their early beta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc
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by osipov 19y ago
>>The class of programs encompassing those things is enormous. Heh. Welcome to the real world. If you'd like to call them buzzwords, I don't care, it is your prerogative. They are what they are. People who have done workflow softwar
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by osipov 19y ago
>supports a range of databases, web service integration, long running processes, asynchronous invocation those are specific examples of problems that a workflow product would address and consequently a programmer wouldn't need to spend
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by osipov 19y ago
There is a long and ignoble tradition in the software industry of programmers who prey on the ignorance of managers and executives to convince them in uselessness of productivity enhancing technologies so that the programmers can enjoy buil
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by osipov 19y ago
>Obviously, a product that dramatically simplified programming to the point where anyone (or "Bob") could do most of what they need, would be valuable. You are attacking a strawman :) My claim pointed out specific types of problems that
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by osipov 19y ago
It helps to think of a workflow as a domain specific language, then it becomes natural to ask yourself "which part of the system that I am building should be described using this language?". By "natural" I mean in the same way that if you w
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by osipov 19y ago
A very shallow argument. The author doesn't take into account realities of most companies out in the marketplace. I'm exaggerating of course, but not every company is like Google which can afford to hire Ph.Ds to write high performance code
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by osipov 19y ago
I am inspired to work for someone only if that someone is an accomplished figure in a field that matches my interests and as a result I can expect to learn a great deal from that someone.
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by osipov 19y ago
>What exactly is so bad about Reddit? I don't read it, so I don't know? The cliche is that reddit is turning into digg. I recently stopped visiting reddit because I think there is truth to the cliche. There are two dimensions to the the
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by osipov 19y ago
India is a bad example -- it suffers from a huge, uneducated population and the fact that top minds usually leave the country (until recently) and spend their most productive years abroad. Do you have any examples where India can claim worl
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by osipov 19y ago
>ALOT I am Russian and I can tell you that it is spelled "A LOT". Anyway, you are overgeneralizing about the US education system. It is true that in many universities one can get away with writing 100 pages of nonsense for a PhD, that i
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by osipov 19y ago
>a nation with more educated people does not innovate more than others based on the chart you are dead wrong -- Russia was and still is one of the key competitors of US in innovation, albeit in the sectors outside of the semiconductors
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by osipov 19y ago
>the comparison is useless can you explain why do you think the comparison is useless? the diagram shows population with "at least a college degree", so if you are suggesting that 5 year degree should be harder to get than a 3 year degr
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Russian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border(en.rian.ru)
2 points by osipov 19y ago|1 comments
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by osipov 19y ago
>>Why would they go to some country where they don't speak the language, know the laws, or have many contacts? For the same reason companies expand to BRIC economies -- to make more money. Every growing business has their hands full
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by osipov 19y ago
That's good point, there is so much talent and so much economic activity in the BRIC countries that it is surprising that YC doesn't operate in those places.
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>>Persons engaged in liquor stores: up 335 percent Something tells me that that kind of growth had more to do with abolishing of prohibition, rather than with an economic depression. Although I can't deny that alcohol is attractive