Re:Beijing Bytedance founder tries $1M pay for engineers
by varjag on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:22AM
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Since you are tip-toeing around the actual technology part I assume you have little to argue my assessment.
Otherwise, you have a great chance to overwhelm me with a barrage of easy to find counterexamples of Russian ingenious technological innovations and breakthroughs in the last 20 years. Extra points if it's not some weapons system based on 1970s Soviet platform.
Re:Beijing Bytedance founder tries $1M pay for engineers
by cat199 on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @08:30AM
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the technology part of someone saying 'economic powerhouse'?
excuse me if i'm confused about who is 'tiptoing'
US was still launching satellites in Kazakhstan, last I checked...
Re:Beijing Bytedance founder tries $1M pay for engineers
by pwinnski on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:00PM
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Russia occasionally likes to buy seats at the big table to foster the illusion that they're a world economic power.
Note that South Africa also put up $10B, and isn't even remotely considered a world economic superpower.
Russia's GDP is $1.28T. That makes them the second-smallest of those four countries, with only South Africa being smaller.
But what do you know!
Even China itself seems to think pairing up with Russia for economic development is a good idea..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS#New_Development_Bank
Gee I wonder why some of these countries are portrayed negatively or suspiciously in the west..
"The CRA is generally seen as a competitor to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and along with the New Development Bank is viewed as an example of increasing South-South cooperation."