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Re:Guccifer 2.0: DNC's servers hacked by a lone hacker by goombastic on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:54AM (#11914086)
Definitely russian. His/her smileys don't have eyes.

:) vs )

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Re:Guccifer 2.0: DNC's servers hacked by a lone hacker by x0 on Thursday June 16, 2016 @02:47AM (#11914452)
According to my Russian friend, that evolved because the colon is Shift-6, so it's a bit annoying to type.
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