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  1. Re:1 Test "only a matter of time" on Superjet Technology Nears Reality After Successful Australia Test (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    But no such problem for a cruise missile... And given that the tests are being conducted by the military I am not sure what all the talk about civilian use comes from.

  2. About Us on Genetically Modified Crops Are Safe, Report Says (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1
    From the website:

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides independent, objective advice to improve government decision making and public policy and to increase public understanding in matters involving science, engineering, technology, and health.

    And more of such blah-blah. No word on what / who they really are. No indication that this is a real science organization or an organization of scientists. Also, the URL suggests that the "study" is from 2014.

  3. Re:Everybody put on a Putin Mask! on Face Recognition App Taking Russia By Storm May Bring End To Public Anonymity (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Just don't do it in Russia. That can get you arrested for 20 days. http://europe.newsweek.com/rus...

  4. EU, Japan? on ISS Completes 100,000th Orbit of Earth (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    I think that EU and Japan space agencies have also made non-negligible contributions.

  5. Re:For certain values of "basic needs" on VC, Entrepreneur Says Basic Income Would Work Even If 90% People 'Smoked Pot' and Didn't Work (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    Also, if the government gives me $30,000/year but I have to work at some boring, back breaking job 40 hours/week to make $32,000/year then why the hell shouldn't I just sit home and play video games?

    You totally should. Maybe then that job would pay at least twice as much or it would be done by robots or etc. That's the whole point.

  6. Re:Actually the opposite. Nice people noticed, did on Study Says People Who Continually Point Out Typos Are 'Jerks' · · Score: 1

    People who tested as being more conscientious but less open were more sensitive to typos, while those with less agreeable personalities got more upset by grammatical errors.

    I think that you ignored the difference between typos and grammatical errors, they are not the same.

  7. Re:laser effector on High-Energy Laser Effector Tested On German Warship (upi.com) · · Score: 0

    Thank you!

  8. Re:Invade Crimea and Ukraine, or go to Mars? on Russia's Moon And Mars Exploration Ambitions Hobbled By A Lack Of Money (phys.org) · · Score: 0

    Sanctions. No original western food. Higher prices. Lower wages. Being proud of the Motherland.

  9. laser effector on High-Energy Laser Effector Tested On German Warship (upi.com) · · Score: 0

    Is "laser effector" a term produced by the literal translation from German? What does it mean?

  10. Olgino trolls / bots on SpaceX Sets Feb. 24th Target Date For Next Launch · · Score: 2

    Judging from many comments posted so far in this topic it looks like the presence of Olgino trolls / bots is increasing on /. This is even more evident in politically charged discussions. So, congratulations to /. -- it's finally has been noticed and taken seriously.

  11. everyday non-news about Russia on Russia Forming Space Alliance With Iran, May Fly Iranian Astronaut (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one sick and tired of almost everyday non-news about Russia? Russia may, Russia will, Russia is planning, Russia is going, Russia wants, etc. Or: a few decades ago Soviet Union did that thing! - well, not really, but planned, wanted, almost got there, etc. Things that actually happen in Russia or done by Russia are not that great these days (years). And certainly most of them are not quite /. material.

  12. /. QOTD on Google's Chromebit Micro-Computer Launches (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    In the future, you're going to get computers as prizes in breakfast cereals. You'll throw them out because your house will be littered with them.

    How relevant!

  13. Re:Prediction on Google Apologises For Photos App's Racist Blunder · · Score: 1

    wish I had some modpoints instead

  14. Re:Typo on Kim Jong Un Claims To Have Cured AIDS, Ebola and Cancer · · Score: 1

    I hear that the cure actually resembles an anti-aircraft machine gun.

  15. Re:Easily my favorite modern features on The Legacy of CPU Features Since 1980s · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, at the moment the implementation is so buggy as to be useless.

  16. Re:Secret Ballot? on How Bitcoin Could Be Key To Online Voting · · Score: 2

    what happens if you see that your vote is accounted incorrectly? how do you prove that that is indeed your vote? either there is a way to match a vote to a person or there isn't. either you can verify votes (and act on mistakes / fraud) or you can not.

  17. Another Skolkovo scheme on Russia Plans To Build World First DNA Databank of All Living Things · · Score: 1

    Sounds like another Skolkovo. But I am not sure if this new project would even take off given the economy trends.
    And their math does not add up: "a record injection of 1 billion rubles (US$194 million)". With RUB/USD rate > 50 they are an order of magnitude wrong in one of the numbers.

  18. Re:And OJ offers a reward to find the real killer on North Korea Denies Responsibility for Sony Attack, Warns Against Retaliation · · Score: 2

    Do you work for RT?

  19. Re:Growing Isolation on Google Closing Engineering Office In Russia · · Score: 1

    I think that oil prices above $100 made Putin and many Russians dizzy. I think that Russian government wouldn't do many things it did if not for all the easy money.

  20. Russia plans a lot of good things on Russia May Be Planning National Space Station To Replace ISS · · Score: 1

    Russia plans a lot of good things, but most of the things that it actually does are not so good or, even, are so not good.

  21. segregation on How English Beat German As the Language of Science · · Score: 1

    so, do you know when racial segregation was outlawed in your country?

  22. Re:Western tecnology on Exxon and Russian Operation Discovers Oil Field Larger Than the Gulf of Mexico · · Score: 1

    Very funny. Yes, Russia (in the Soviet Union incarnation) has been known for its advances in space and weaponry and related sciences. Not so much in earthly matters. Witness Russia's agriculture, automotive industry, etc. Surprisingly, oil extraction is also on the list.

  23. Western tecnology on Exxon and Russian Operation Discovers Oil Field Larger Than the Gulf of Mexico · · Score: 1, Informative

    Russia won't be able to make any use of that discovery without western technology. That's why they needed Exxon's help. So, this is a leverage on the Russians who depend on the oil money.

  24. Re:Which Invasion? on Kernel Developer Dmitry Monakhov Arrested For Protesting Ukraine Invasion · · Score: 1

    Not really, they simply didn't have such forces to both keep their positions and to attack at several different places with such large forces.Their alleged "teleporting" to Novoazovsk area is also remarkable.

  25. As a Ukrainian let me say this to you - you are full of shit.