stepnovij

> Russia's been sanctioned for nearly a decade. They're probably the most resource-rich nation on earth and have a nearly fully self-sufficient economy. What little they need they can get from China.

It might look so like we have a self-sufficient economy, but it's not true. We have lots of resources, but to mine them and produce things you need technology. We're mostly importing needed technology and it's not something that can be changed fast. And things didn't change much for the last 10 years. China is a good partner, they can produce and export all needed tech things, but I doubt that in the current world is a good option to depend on one partner.

I'm Russian and I don't understand the reasons for the invasion of Ukraine. And I don't agree with our country leaders' decisions. It doesn't look the peace could be brought by war and aggression. And I'm feeling that we already lost. We lost opportunities to partner with Ukraine and other countries. We lost momentum to grow our own economy.

You won't know if it's crap or not until you read it.

You're right. It dependes quite a lot on the field. I am not a mathematician, but I have an assumption that in mathematics is not so dynamic. Biology is quite dynamic (but not as much as computer science). I think this is due to the fact that biology is an experimental science.

Interesting. I wonder if such big difference between prices mean same scale of difference in quality...