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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by zanny on Thursday July 21, 2016 @07:24PM (#12140747)
Hopefully any higher up officials can recognize this just gave what is probably on average a fairly affluent tech class on HN a more positive outlook on Kazakhstan. Its positive advertising for the country to hear that you don't end up in a gulag for having your passport lapse.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by EpicEng on Thursday July 21, 2016 @11:28PM (#12141544)
Yes I'm sure those in charge of Kazakhstan are just foaming at the mouth to win over the hipster web dev crowd. I think you're really overestimating your own importance.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by RangerScience on Friday July 22, 2016 @03:08AM (#12142173)
Ahhhh from personal experience? They kinda sometimes are. (I know my situation was special/unique, but I don't know how special/unique).

Whole country is really gung-ho about modernizing, and modern tech is a huge part of that.

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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by SOLAR_FIELDS on Friday July 22, 2016 @07:54AM (#12143003)
Shame that they are still run pretty much by a dictator. At least the dictator is pro tech I guess.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by andrepd on Thursday July 21, 2016 @10:38PM (#12141398)
I think you grossly overestimate the impact and reach of a minor blogpost on a country far removed in distance, language and culture.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by gravypod on Thursday July 21, 2016 @10:46PM (#12141426)
From many stories of family and friends who live there, this is not only Kazakhstan.

This is every Eastern European country.

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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by petre on Friday July 22, 2016 @07:00AM (#12142824)
Well not quite. At least not those in the EU. It used to be like that in the 90s, but for locals, not for foreigners.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by gravypod on Friday July 22, 2016 @12:36PM (#12144649)
Not quite. Yea I've got friends who've gone to places in the EU on the Eastern European block. It's just as corrupt as before.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by creshal on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:49AM (#12142792)
Kazakhstan isn't even in Europe.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by rusabd on Friday July 22, 2016 @07:17AM (#12142889)
Technically part of Kazakhstan is in Europe
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by lunchTime42 on Friday July 22, 2016 @08:29AM (#12143125)
Europe is where the debt is. Khazastan is not in europe.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by adventured on Thursday July 21, 2016 @09:29PM (#12141170)
Higher up officials in Kazakhstan have never heard of HN.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by jumasheff on Friday July 22, 2016 @02:54AM (#12142128)
I shared the link on Twitter. Got about 100 followers from Kazakhstan.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by piaste on Monday July 25, 2016 @08:30AM (#12158171)
Twitter is roughly a brazillion times better known than HN.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by NKCSS on Friday July 22, 2016 @12:45AM (#12141739)
You'd be amazed; even Borat frequents HN
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by Muromec on Friday July 22, 2016 @02:37AM (#12142061)
Higher up officials simply get their share from bribes - no need to know about your techie forums in the internet.
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Re:I got arrested in Kazakhstan and represented myself in court by blastrat on Friday July 22, 2016 @07:25PM (#12147504)
but who will bust the busters?

guy got busted by some people who turned around and helped him.

now he's returning the favor?

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