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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:13PM (#32655155)
»A Soviet man is waiting in line to purchase vodka from a liquor store, but due to restrictions imposed by Gorbachev, the line is very long. The man loses his composure and screams, ›I can’t take this waiting in line anymore, I HATE Gorbachev, I am going to the Kremlin right now, and I am going to kill him!‹ After 40 minutes the man returns and elbows his way back to his place in line. The crowd begin to ask if he has succeeded in killing Gorbachev. ›No, I got to the Kremlin all right, but the line to kill Gorbachev was even longer than here!‹«
Re:Is success tied to having rich parents? on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:47AM (#30347098)
One could argue that Microsoft’s success is based on the IBM connection Mary Maxwell Gates provided to her son.
Re:Bring Back Web1 on Monday November 29, 2021 @10:10AM (#29380709)
Welcome to Late-Stage Capitalism.
Re:Ask HN: Projects for learning a language? on Sunday June 20, 2021 @06:32AM (#27568773)
A roguelike game.
As an asylum-seeker you are not allowed to work in Germany. You will be “stored” in a camp and are forced to stay there until you can move back to Syria. Better go to a Scandinavian country, where you will be treated as a human beeing.
Re:Yugoslavs Find No Paradise at McDonald's (1988) on Sunday July 21, 2013 @09:26AM (#6078716)
Yeah, I forgot people living a better life in capitalism: perfect education and healthcare, pension after 40 years of labour and enough spare time to actually have a life. http://i.imgur.com/zAMkNCV.gif
Doesn't work properly. My OS is FreeBSD, site says my "OS Type" would be Linux. Should be Unix or BSD instead.