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Re:The second annual F# survey on Friday April 15, 2016 @11:47AM (#11505230)
But why? I mean, F# is a great language, but there are so much options for non-Windows systems with better tooling and ecosystem and larger communities etc.

F# is my primary language because it is the best on MS stack.

Re:The second annual F# survey on Friday April 15, 2016 @11:34AM (#11505119)
Surprisingly (actually not) lack of functors makes the language completely different.
Re:Forced Exposure on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:01AM (#6243396)
Don't be very optimistic about Russia. Things are even worse here, but local and worldwide ignorance presenting the problem as non-existent.

As for whistleblowers — it's all about politics and “your enemy is my friend” between States and Russan rustlers.

Re:All three major Russian carriers dump iPhone on Thursday July 18, 2013 @12:49AM (#6061827)
Why would they bother? There is a local version of PRISM named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SORM">SORM</a> deployed at every provider.
Re:All three major Russian carriers dump iPhone on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @11:29AM (#6058217)
Not yet. The most popular shop Svyaznoy seems like promoting however.
Re:All three major Russian carriers dump iPhone on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @11:26AM (#6058200)
Unlimited mobile internet is $13(Beeline) — $20 (MTS) per month in Moscow region. Quality is far from good, can't compare to other countries though.
Re:All three major Russian carriers dump iPhone on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @11:22AM (#6058162)
Not a single Russian iPhone user I know bought it in carrier store. Mostly they've got it from Europe trips, others in non-official stores where prices 15-20% lower.

So, despite official sales numbers are low, there is a remarkable iPhone user base here.

I guess that's why Feedly is down...
Re:Show HN: April Fool's Pranks on Monday April 01, 2013 @01:44AM (#5471660)
Lambda the Ultimate is moving to Facebook: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4709
Re:Running ASP.NET Web API Services under Linux and OS X on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @04:20AM (#5441878)
Are you using default garbage collector, or switched to SGen? http://www.mono-project.com/Generational_GC

You may have memory usage problems http://stackoverflow.com/a/8766427/55209

Re:Explosions in Chelyabinsk; Meteorite Suspected on Friday February 15, 2013 @01:37AM (#5224846)
Curiosity
Re:A Parable on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @08:44AM (#5139400)
The latest paragraph is a gem.
Re:Kindle Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer for $2.99 on Thursday August 16, 2012 @12:46AM (#4389950)
It's $4.99 for me (I'm in Russia)
Re:Yuri Milner's Fundamental Physics Prize on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @05:42AM (#4321973)
Thank you
Re:Yuri Milner's Fundamental Physics Prize on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @01:13AM (#4321283)
Pardon me for my bad English, why are they call him a dullard? Isn't it synonym for the “moron”?
You can configure minimum allowed font size in almost any browser.
I hope they are not going to shutdown Google Reader in favor of G+.
Re:Scribd says: Beat our programmers at a coding challenge on Saturday May 26, 2012 @10:36AM (#4027363)
Stingy v1 James Ojaste 1200.0%

What's happened with the ranking?