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Ask HN: How do I pay our Russian devs?

Operating a company with a decent amount of remote contractors in Russia. We are worried about being able to pay them. What are the best options? We are currently thinking about having them open foreign bank accounts if they don't have one already.Where's the best place for them to get a foreign bank account?What's the best method for them getting the money back into Russia so they can use it?

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All the new products around WireGuard. I'm so tired of running VPNs. NAT traversal with protocols like STUN, TURN and ICE are going to allow point-to-point networks for all the clients.

https://tailscale.com/

https://portal.cloud/app/subspace

Re:A Hidden Cost of Ransomware: Wholesale Password Theft on Thursday January 09, 2020 @10:12AM (#22001811)
Ransomware - one of the last steps in a breach.
Really enjoyed "The Idea Factory". I'm currently reading "Sandworm" - more cybersecurity related, but it's really good so far.
This may have been true in the early years, but my understanding is that DARPA has played a large role in funding the development of RISC architecture. [1]

[1] https://riscv.org/2018/07/ieee-spectrum-article-darpa-plans-...

Does anyone have figures on how much money the US federal government has spent to develop the RISC architecture?