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Re:Russia is abandoning SSL certs in favor of their own by supergirl on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:43PM (#30633610)
the USSR didn't do too bad. NK just didn't start with much. Russia has a lot of tech. but look at NK: they have internet, developed nuclear weapons, trying to launch satellites, surviving covid (I assume), did not get invaded by US, still chugging along
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Re:Russia is abandoning SSL certs in favor of their own by VincentEvans on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:00PM (#30633793)
Oh yeah, NK isn’t that bad. USSR didn’t do too badly…

USSR in 90ies was equivalent technologically to the West in 60ies-70ies. I was born in USSR. And when I got to travel Europe in the 90ies - the difference was astounding.

And one other thing… That was me comparing capital cities of USSRs western republics. If you take your average outskirt towns on the periphery away from Moscow influence and power - the difference was more like 30-40 years of development.

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Re:Russia is abandoning SSL certs in favor of their own by supergirl on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:42PM (#30634178)
considering USSR got the brunt of WW2, it's not that bad. peak of USSR was in the 60s anyway, so you should compare at that time. in the 90s, USSR didn't exist anymore
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Re:Russia is abandoning SSL certs in favor of their own by VincentEvans on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:46PM (#30634223)
Ok, lets settle on it’s not “that” bad then.

My wife who grew up poor hispanic in Brooklyn is humored that we didn’t have a washing machine in the 90ies while living in the capital, drying clothes on the balcony (or bathroom in the winter).

She even had a Nintendo!

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Re:Russia is abandoning SSL certs in favor of their own by CRConrad on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:43AM (#30684157)
> considering USSR got the brunt of WW2,

Well, except for, you know... Germany.

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Re:Russia is abandoning SSL certs in favor of their own by clearcoat on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:07PM (#30634397)
North Korea started with the "better" part of Korea by most measures, having far more natural resources than the southern portion of the peninsula as well as more arable land. All things being equal, they "ought" to be the richer country.
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Re:Russia is abandoning SSL certs in favor of their own by dingoegret12 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:34PM (#30634640)
They were better off when their sponsor was the world super power and neighbor. Now the South has that kind of sponsor.
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