Renduchintala holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, a PhD in digital communications and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Bradford in England.
Russia has been more sinned against than sinning. Gorbachev was lied to and manipulated with assurances of a "Marshall -like plan" to get him to dissolve the Soviet Union. During the Yeltsin years the West literally had advisors dictating every aspect of the Political, Economic and Monetary recovery plans in the newly formed countries. Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan were persuaded to give up their nukes in exchange for economic/monetary help. The result? They have been made irrelevant on the world stage and nobody cares about them anymore. Luckily Russia escaped worse fate and is now hitting back. Since then the entire Western media has been whipping up Russo-phobia everywhere.
I live in Kazakhstan. We are irrelevant to the world because we have very weak economy and terrible, all-pervading corruption, not because we don't have nukes. If we had them, they would probably have been sold to some terrorist groups out there already.
One day I hope to come to your country and travel on horseback.
I don't know if there really are forests of apple trees that grow apples I'd need two hands to hold, but if it's true I want to ride through in spring when the trees are in blossom. The few Kazakh people I've mentioned this too, have dismissed the idea with phrases like 'don't bother, it's an ex soviet strongman kleptocracy shit hole with las vegas architecture.'
But I'm hanging onto the hope that in any country, city people don't really know much about the world beyond where the paved roads end.
I've spent quite a bit of time in the sticks. You won't find any "Las Vegas architecture" outside of the capital city (which I avoid calling by its new name). The rest of the country looks very, very different.
This kind of thing is possible starting in eastern Turkey and continues in the rural areas going east. I don't know about security, is probably ok, who knows. But you should do it now, don't wait.
Thanks Sitkack, I have four children. So my adventures are on hold for a bit, and while the risk of this journey may be increasing year on year, in 15 years when the youngest is an adult, my willingness to take on risk is going probably go back up quickly. What I'd really love to do is travel east to west and cross into Mongolia. How important is the radioactive contamination from nuclear testing in along the border?
>the universities somehow find them lacking in “personality”.
It is a pervasive stereotype of all Asians in the US to this day. Unless you act bombastic, are loud and spew BS, you are considered "not leader material". It is all about posing and not actual effectiveness.
>not interested in supporting violence or doing anything illegal
Who defines what is illegal? When the System and its laws are completely stacked against you, any change can only be brought about by going outside the System i.e. by engaging in "illegal acts". You are allowed to use anything and everything to bring about real Societal change. Racism and Police Brutality need to be stamped out once and for all in the US.
>The series is just a bunch of propagandist BS in a very nice package
Exactly! The series very cleverly blends fact with fiction (suggestions/nudges/omissions/conspiracy theories) to give an illusion of how everything was the fault of the scheming Soviets.
It was quite enjoyable but viewers interested in veracity should consult other sources.
Article is named "Delight of Development" but of course the author is "not a developer anymore".
>My focus now is less on building software myself, and more about enabling others build better software.
Translation: I don't produce anything but lord it over people who do. What the hell is "Developer Relations"? Has the industry gone mad?
Most of us got into programming because we enjoyed it; until the "Industry" with its useless "managemeent" layers destroyed our motivation/enjoyment of it and turned us into unhappy drones.
Renduchintala holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, a PhD in digital communications and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Bradford in England.