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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Baidu, the local Internet giant, has its own encyclopedia. You'd be surprised how different some countries are in their Internet usage. Russians don't really use Facebook, and Google faced an uphill battle to be accepted there. Cz
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
According to that Wiki link, the law does actually mention TikTok by name.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
So if it's propaganda either way, then no loss will happen?
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Was Delphi really that bad?
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
There's a mall in Santiago de Chile that has ads for Copilot.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Why do you think "noon being at noon" is sacrosanct though? Urban life is not centered at 12:00 any more, you are way more likely to be awake at 8 pm than at 4 am.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Even the local businesses in Argentina sometimes accept crypto. I've seen a clothes shop in Jujuy that had a sign claiming to accept Bitcoin.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
OTOH markets are known to stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Closures really are poor man's objects.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Just for curiosity's sake, what good arguments for zero-defaults exist?
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Just think about the fetish potential.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
That guy was forced to co-operate with the regime and to abandon his SO, arrested together with him.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
And a tourist visa is hard to get even with a residence permit. The consuls (rightly) see you as an immigration hazard. After all, you've already moved countries one time, who's to say you won't repeat the trick? Meanwhile in
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
In the event of regime change, going back will absolutely be a non-issue. Hell, some of us are preparing for it right now [0]. [0] https://firstflight.today/
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Meanwhile, some Russian emigres are actually returning because the sanctions, and general public distrust, are making life quite hard for them in the West. As a Russian emigre myself, I can say that when you are calling for sanctions, you
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Absolutely? Consumption of experiences is still consumption.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
My experience with Go is quite the opposite. Python may be way slower to run, but it maps to my intent extremely well. In Go, every time you try to find an item in a slice, or convert a slice to a map for faster search, or whatever, one pie
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Not all IT professionals are exempt, you have to have an university degree. Most do, but a sizeable minority doesn't.
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by throw-the-towel 3y ago
Russian independent media have only confirmed 43k Russian casualties, not 300k. (Yes, Russian independent media exist; they are forced to operate in exile.) https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c2xj7yny4zgo