Hacker News: vanusa

Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers

vanusa — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:17:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/11/uber-funds-new-lobbying-group-to-deny-rights-for-gig-workers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30643789

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by vanusa in "A View from Russian Academia"

vanusa — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:17:42 +0000

There is no "data", let alone primary data about these things.

The authoritarian nature of the governing system in Russia makes it nearly impossible to gather such data.

Is she suggesting that there is no conflict in Donbas for the last 8 years?

That is very clearly is not what she's saying.

She didn't accept that academics can have opinions.

Opinions are one thing. Her concern seems to be with the fact that otherwise intelligent and articulate colleagues can be so naïve -- and to some extent, willingly self-deluded -- about the utter insanity their government is currently perpetrating on a neighboring country.

New comment by vanusa in "Russia's top bank quits Europe due to sanctions"

vanusa — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 17:10:01 +0000

If they stop being neutral soon enough they will stop being global.

Right, but then situations emerge when it is no longer possible to be neutral.

Binance CEO resists calls for ban on all Russia crypto transactions

vanusa — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 17:05:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/02/crypto-exchange-boss-changpeng-zhao-binance-resists-calls-for-ban-on-all-russia-transactions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30529667

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by vanusa in "The road to success is paved with rejection letters"

vanusa — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:48:33 +0000

I'm still not sure if its normal or I'm below average quality.

You may be below average at interviewing, but that doesn't say anything about your value as an engineer (or whatever your profession is).

The two skill sets (interviewing, real work) have precious little overlap, practically speaking.

New comment by vanusa in "Nord Stream 2 owner considers insolvency after sanctions"

vanusa — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:44:04 +0000

Care to elaborate?

New comment by vanusa in "Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine"

vanusa — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:38:15 +0000

So we invented this story that Russia was bent on aggression in Eastern Europe. Putin is interested in creating a greater Russia, or maybe even re-creating the Soviet Union.

There's no need to "invent" what Putin has very clearly told us in his public speeches. Recreating "historical Russia in the form of the Soviet Union" is the stated goal of what Mearsheimer apparently considers to be Putin's bold act of non-aggression this past week.

What a mindfuck. Only an intellectual can come up with argumentation like this.

New comment by vanusa in "Russian Troop Deaths Expose a Potential Weakness of Putin’s Strategy"

vanusa — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:00:43 +0000

https://archive.fo/R04Rn

Russian Troop Deaths Expose a Potential Weakness of Putin’s Strategy

vanusa — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:00:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/us/politics/russia-ukraine-war-deaths.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30523118

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

Russian attack on Odesa aborted (possibly due to mutiny): for how long?

vanusa — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:29:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/report-from-odesa-russian-attack-aborted-for-how-long.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30521500

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by vanusa in "Belarus joins Russia’s war on Ukraine"

vanusa — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:41:06 +0000

Flagged for being probably unsubstantiated, and contradicted by other reports.

New comment by vanusa in "Russia's mainstay A-50 monitors Ukranian demilitarization daily from the north"

vanusa — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 20:04:03 +0000

Obvious troll, as indicated by the inversion of the wording used in the title ("air offensive") into Putinspeak ("demilitarization").

New comment by vanusa in "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 28, 2022"

vanusa — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 19:41:46 +0000

Unfortunately we know all too well what will happen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999%E2%80%9...

Ukrainian drone hits Russian missile launchers north of Kyiv

vanusa — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:17:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CttOf2KZc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30507215

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 28, 2022

vanusa — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 23:04:30 +0000

Article URL: http://www.iswresearch.org/2022/02/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30506420

Points: 9

# Comments: 5

New comment by vanusa in "Amazon Opens a Whole Foods with the Next Step in Automation"

vanusa — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:07:02 +0000

Beyond creepy.

And if this takes off -- we can be sure that the inevitable reduction in human staff (especially in stores in or near working class neighborhoods) is going to play really, really well for Amazon.

‘The damage is done’: Russians face economic point of no return

vanusa — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:46:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/28/the-damage-is-done-russians-face-economic-point-of-no-return

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504200

Points: 23

# Comments: 1

New comment by vanusa in "Western coverage of Ukraine war criticised"

vanusa — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:58:14 +0000

Whataboutism, basically.

New comment by vanusa in "Ukraine Call for Hackers"

vanusa — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:37:45 +0000

I would encourage anyone trying to help to make their own decisions and research their own local laws.

And be aware also that if such a group is accessible to casual outsiders - it is almost certainly being surveilled and infiltrated.

New comment by vanusa in "I made a site to track Russian Military Radio Communications"

vanusa — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 04:21:43 +0000

Almost certainly they are aware of the risks, and the use of these channels is definitely not in accordance with standard operating procedure. That is, to be used only if there is really no alternative available.