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<p>I did some work with a couple of Ukranians maybe 6-8 years ago
who were phenomenally competent and motivated and clever. I got
the strong sense that "relaxed constraints" was a strong
accelerant for their capability/motivation. The project was
roughly designing no-rectangular LCD panels (and the video/GPU
hardware to drive them) to be used in a geodesic dome tiling.
Who knew Ukraine actually had their own LCD design/manufacturing
capability? I haven't been able to raise them since the current
nonsense started but mutual colleagues have heard that they were
"OK, considering"... Their offices are in Kiev... they are
likely doing advanced skunkworks resistance projects in their labs
right now... one is ethnically Russian but likely aligned with
his Ukrainian friends and colleagues (raised in Ukraine himself).</p>
<p>I gave the Russian a copy of Martin Cruz Smith's "Arkady Renko"
detective novel: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_Eat_Dogs">Wolves eat
Dogs</a> when he was visiting here around 2014. The conceit
behind the story and title is way to apt to today's events in that
region and the Russian/Soviet-Ukraine relations. FWIW, I believe
his mother or grandmother is Santa Clara Native and his father
Russian descent. You will recognize his more famous
novels/movies - Red Square/Gorky Park. He also wrote Stallion
Gate (story of Manhattan project from the perspective of a San
Ildefonso pueblo member as driver for Oppenheimer) and December 6
(story of the beginning of the Japanese-US theater war from the
perspective of a Gaijin young man raised IN Japan by his
missionary parents/friends).</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/22/22 1:33 PM, Marcus Daniels
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Think of the outsourcing of work that goes
to countries like Romania (IBM, Google, etc).
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t agree with the article that Ukraine
is necessarily a toxic asset. It could be cheap labor to
someone like Musk with his relaxed constraints..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Build anything you want, anywhere you want.
Lots of motivated people. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"><friam-bounces@redfish.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Marcus Daniels<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"><friam@redfish.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: We just launched Russian
Asset Tracker, most complete database to date<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the good things about the situation
is indeed to pry Europe off fossil fuels. If I were in
Europe, I’d certainly throw some solar panels on my roof and
buy a heat pump. If the EU govts. aren’t completely insane,
there will be generous tax breaks for that. And they are even
making Tesla Ys right there in Berlin.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a
href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcus Daniels<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: We just launched Russian
Asset Tracker, most complete database to date<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For example, the Kyiv Independent and The
Guardian have English and/or US targeted versions. I wonder
if RT is the same in the West as it is elsewhere, esp. within
Russia?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It does seem impossible that Russian
citizens are so tightly sealed from information; it is hard to
believe the government censoring technology is so
comprehensive. Certainly, within the U.S. one would find
millions of people that have turned their brain off from
available evidence: The Fox News viewer. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a
href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarbajit Roy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 22, 2022 11:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">friam@redfish.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: We just launched Russian
Asset Tracker, most complete database to date<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">For anyone
who believes that Russians are brainwashed by Putin
propaganda / unaware of the reality of their national
situation post Ukraine, or unable to publish inside Russia<br>
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<a
href="https://www.rt.com/russia/552333-russia-ukraine-conflict-benefits/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.rt.com/russia/552333-russia-ukraine-conflict-benefits/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NB: This Rusian author's assessment is
very similar to our own .. ie. if you read between the
lines.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 2:36 AM glen
<<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">gepropella@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Bullshit,
Gil. It may be common to shitpost on whatever fora you
normally attend. But please don't do it, here. ... Or,
fine. Do it, here. But know what you're doing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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