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Re:Ask HN: Is JetBrains Russian? Is it safe to use? by o_m on Thursday February 24, 2022 @07:45AM (#30454011)
Being Russian is a disadvantage now, yes. There are talks about locking out all Russian companies from American cloud services. If this happens suddenly it will be quite devastating for Russian companies.
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Re:Ask HN: Is JetBrains Russian? Is it safe to use? by rommel917 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @08:00AM (#30454132)
"When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will" Frederic Bastiat, 1844

All people that want more sanctions should read his book carefully and think about it before doing stuff they might regret.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/64425-when-goods-do-not-cro...

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Re:Ask HN: Is JetBrains Russian? Is it safe to use? by rk06 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @08:11AM (#30454210)
Soldiers have already crossed borders, why give them supplies & money?

Your quote doesn’t apply here.

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Re:Ask HN: Is JetBrains Russian? Is it safe to use? by KptMarchewa on Thursday February 24, 2022 @08:19AM (#30454290)
Trade was the strategy for 30 years with Russia. As you can see, it did not work.
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