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Comment Re:The U.S. ain't perfect, but... (Score 1) 527

This is bullshit.

The Russians, because they benefit from the chaos.

Wrong. Russia wants the war to end. They value regional stability

Russia and regional stability ?!?!

Tell that to Moldovians, Georgians or Ukrainians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

You put too much faith in what Russian TV is telling you

Comment after changes in PayPal can't really blame them (Score 1) 91

Trust is important when it comes to money. I use PayPal to mitigate risk for dodgy sites requiring i.e. credit card information. Until recently I was able to use fast funds adding - directly from my bank account to PayPal account in same bank and it took minutes. But recently PayPal changed (at least in Europe) payment operator and now to use fast funds adding they require from me to supply this operator with MY login to bank and MY password to bank and THEY logon to MY account and make required transfer.
Such convenience (they think).

I'm not gonna do it. No fscking way.

Bank has no obligation to make any refunds in such situation when something goes sideways. Situation was even catched by regulatory body here in Poland which published recommendation against such practice - as a warning to banks customers.

Only option for me now is to make standard bank transfer and wait 2 (two) working DAYS for funds to appear on my PayPal account.
Math

Massive Open Collaboration In Math Declared a Success 60

nanopolitan writes "In late January, Tim Gowers, a Fields Medal winner at Cambridge University, used his blog for an experiment in massive online collaboration for solving a significant problem in math — combinatorial proof of the density Hales-Jewett theorem. Some six weeks (and nearly 1000 comments) later, Gowers has declared the project a success, and some of the ideas have already been written up as a preprint."
Hardware Hacking

An Open Source Coffee Machine 99

An anonymous reader writes "The Open Source Coffee Machine [video link] is a recycled coffee machine, controlled by a PC running Beremiz, and using some MicroMod CANopen I/O nodes from Peak-System. This machine have been prepared by Peak-System and Lolitech for SCS-Paris-08 exhibition. It served free coffee during four days at Peak-System's booth, and has been donated to IUT of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France, so that students can have fun practicing automation."

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