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It's interesting that most people would probably not say something so xenophobic about any other country on a public forum, but Russia is fair game. Don't believe me? Substitute $country in the above and see if it sounds more or less grating.

> It's interesting that most people would probably not say something so xenophobic about any other country on a public forum

I've routinely seen the almost exact same thing, except with a much longer timeline. about the entirety of the Arab world, on public forums.

And China, and sometimes Japan.

Hell... and America, by Americans.

It's interesting how often people pretend Russia is unfairly persecuted in internet comment sections around the globe.

:)

Nationalistic attacks are some of the ugliest things people post here. Regardless of nation, it's not ok, so please don't do it again.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I know good developers that had meaning financial gain in some if the DST transactions listed in the OP. It was positive for them and our industry in a very real way.