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Comment Re:You are just another russian troll (Score 1) 268

Look, there are more than enough nationalists in Ukraine. Seen them myself when I was there a month ago. And unfortunately, so far Ukrainians indeed have been incapable to get a stable and honest government.

Yushenko, whom you have mentioned, was raised to power basically by a paid mob. And then after one term he has received just 5.45% of votes because he sucked so much and a bandit was elected instead. Cue the paid mob again four years later (yes, there was a popular uprising, but the militant part of it had nothing to do with the general populace) and now they have a political opportunist of the worst kind.

P.S. I don't know what you are smoking, Poland never was a soviet state. Estonia and Lithuania were, but they aren't a valid example for Ukraine because the population of each of these countries is about as large as of one of Ukraine's cities. Baltic countries were deindustrialised after USSR broke up and their economy basically consists of EU payments, which is, in case of Ukraine, totally unrealistic. Ukraine, on the other hand, has inherited a huge industrial base, which is still an important part of their economy, but this industry is not competitive and only good enough for Russia. Thus pandering to nationalists by pissing of Russia - during Yushenko's reign and after Yanukovich was ousted - was kinda stupid. Saying that Russia is the source of all problems in Ukraine is as stupid, as saying that Jews were the source of all problems in the Weimar Republic.

Comment Re:You are just another russian troll (Score 1) 268

Poroshenko is not a fascist. He is an opportunist who has worked for every government Ukraine had since their independence. This time he saw the opportunity in pandering to the nationalists. But honestly, as long as he can stay in power, he doesn't care which side he is on.

And no, nationalism is not a good thing. Orwell had a well-written essay explaining why.

Comment Re:Nonsense... (Score 1) 264

Really? Not in my experience. Have been developing embedded software in C for money for 10 years now. The more years have passed, the stronger my dislike of C grew. It was ugly enough for the 1970ies, but using the same tools in 2015 is insane, I think. It is like using a slide rule instead of a TI-84.

Comment Re:Uber cars not covered by insurance (Score 1) 302

You really should do that. There are special rates for people who use their cars for commerce and even more special rates for people who transport other people for money. For example:

GewerbsmÃÃYige PersonenbefÃrderung und Vermietung
6. Kein Versicherungsschutz besteht für SchÃden auf einer Fahrt, bei der das versicherte
Fahrzeug zur gewerbsmÃÃYigen
PersonenbefÃrderung oder gewerbsmÃÃYigen Vermietung
verwendet wird.

Comment Re:nonsense (Score 1) 532

Well, there are some doctors who are "appointment only" but there are usually enough to chose from (although it might be more difficult in very small towns and villages). Many public health insurance companies have a service where they themselves can search for a doctor and make an appointment on request. Doctors usually also give private insured patients a higher priority (they pay better) . Some doctors only take private insured patients (either because they pay better - this is mostly relevant for specialists, less so for GPs - or because they have lost their public health service accreditation). Urgent care is normally meant for serious problems or for patients that arrive outside the usual working hours. The public health service accreditation also means that the doctor is not allowed to turn a patient down if he can somehow find time for the patient.

All in all it is not a perfect system, it has its fair share of problems, but it usually works.

Comment Re:nonsense (Score 1) 532

You either call several doctors searching for one who has time for an appointment at the same day or you go to the doctor's office without an appointment and accept some waiting time (one or two hours for a GP, longer for a specialist).

Comment Re:Just downgraded (Score 1) 434

Same here with Galaxy S5. Lollipop is stupid on an AMOLED screen - the UI is way too bright, it eats the battery like there is no tomorrow. But to be honest, if I had a choice, I'd use Gingerbread (CM7) - that was the last Android version I actually enjoyed to use. It had a good looking, comfortable consistent UI, not the flat look UX crap where you need to go through several menus to find what you want.

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