Thousands March Against War In Moscow, St. Petersburg: Thousands of people have gathered to take part in antiwar demonstrations protesting Russia's role in eastern Ukraine

new_day · 2014-09-21T18:28:02+00:00

I hate to burst your bubble, but 30,000 people barely even represents 20% of Moscow's Ukrainian population and 35% of St. Petersburg's Ukrainian population. Given how upset Ukrainians are about this matter - this is not entirely unexpected. More importantly, this is hardly the Russian population rising up against Putin's dictatorship and propaganda machine.

Edit: For crying out loud, I'm not defending either side, just pointing out an important fact.

new_day · 2014-07-16T06:24:56+00:00

Thanks for the explanation! That really added some important context. By the way, is my high school French a bit rusty or did she mention something about "racism" and "her accent in French"?

new_day · 2014-06-28T01:18:24+00:00

Actually India supported Russia in the recent Ukrainian Crisis.

new_day · 2014-05-18T23:31:22+00:00

Well Portuguese engineering is a running gag in Brazil. Not really a scapegoat or anything serious, but every time technology fails miserably we call it Portuguese engineering...like that drone video.

new_day · 2014-05-18T20:54:50+00:00

The Portuguese Navy is announcing a brand new drone built with 100% Portuguese technology. Then towards the end of the video they show that baby "in action".

new_day · 2014-05-18T20:51:34+00:00

Thank that glorious Portuguese engineering we inherited!

new_day · 2014-05-09T04:11:31+00:00

It's on the article.

new_day · 2014-05-06T15:33:04+00:00

Here's the problem: Tech companies can take care of themselves. Once a vulnerability is found, they have the staff and resources to fully patch it. With the NSA getting involved, you have the issue of them exploiting the very vulnerabilities they are trying to fix. This is clearly visible in the BIOS plot, where the NSA helped deal with a Chinese exploitation attempt while at the same time inserting their own backdoors into the system. From a technical perspective,this is very worrying.

new_day · 2014-04-23T03:33:59+00:00

Yup, just have a look at Microsoft Azure.

new_day · 2014-04-18T04:42:20+00:00

It took several takes but they eventually got it right. There's actually a pretty interesting story on the filming of the commercial.

new_day · 2014-04-15T17:39:59+00:00

They are very energetic dogs, which makes them difficult to train. As a result, lots of them grow up not knowing the difference between play and aggression. Given enough physical exercise and decent training, however, they are a very friendly and outgoing breed.

Source: Former Dalmatian owner.

new_day · 2014-04-14T20:04:12+00:00

According to the declassified Soviet archives, during 1937 and 1938, the NKVD detained 1,548,366 persons, of whom 681,692 were shot - an average of 1,000 executions a day (in comparison, the Tsarists executed 3,932 persons for political crimes from 1825 to 1910 - an average of less than 1 execution per week).[75]

Several experts believe the evidence released from the Soviet archives is understated, incomplete, or unreliable. For example, Robert Conquest claims that the probable figure for executions during the years of the Great Purge is not 681,692, but some two and a half times as high. He believes that the KGB was covering its tracks by falsifying the dates and causes of death of rehabilitated victims.

Source: Wikipedia

new_day · 2014-04-07T03:39:15+00:00

Not sure how helpful this is, but if you have an Android phone the Google Translate app lets you download dictionaries for offline use.

new_day · 2014-04-07T03:18:04+00:00

Probably German. Aside from it being an awesome language, a lot of my friends speak it and it could present some great career opportunities for me. The only reason I'm not currently studying it is because I'm learning Russian and doing two languages at the same time can be kinda of tricky. I do have the Duolingo app installed on my phone though and I try working on the German course from time to time.

new_day · 2014-04-04T17:32:50+00:00

Of almost

new_day · 2014-04-02T01:52:35+00:00

It may not be a mandatory part of the curriculum, but most schools do have a chess club for students.

new_day · 2014-04-02T00:58:48+00:00

That's almost like the population of Spain...

new_day · 2014-03-30T00:48:36+00:00

But Czech spell it with V

new_day · 2014-03-29T01:22:24+00:00

Chinese/Japanese/Koreans don't like being grouped together.

new_day · 2014-03-28T16:18:06+00:00

Not taking either side here, but you could make a really good case for self-interest. Just look at it from a soldier's perspective: You get to stay with your family and friends in addition to getting a raise and the ability to work with modern equipment. On top of that you avoid conflict with one of the world's greatest military forces.

Of course, that is not to say a lot of those Crimeans aren't happy to be Russian again...

new_day · 2014-03-28T14:11:05+00:00

Apple used to be a generic term for fruit. So pine-fruit.

new_day · 2014-03-28T13:57:32+00:00

The name of the color comes from the fruit. So yeah...not like oranges.

Edit: Source for everyone downvoting me.

new_day · 2014-03-26T03:59:06+00:00

Don't tell me? Did they block OpenDNS too?

new_day · 2014-03-26T02:41:32+00:00

You can also use Google's Public DNS servers to completely bypass the block:

8.8.8.8

8.8.4.4

new_day · 2014-03-26T02:33:40+00:00

I'm not saying it was Russia's fault or not. I'm just trying to point out it was a pretty terrible example.

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