Viewing profile — hedgie13

Late 90s was horrible and difficult time. Russia is not by any means warm, cozy and polished place now, but it changed enormously since 90s.

> Are Americans so ignorant to justify the publication of such an article? Yes. They will also uncritically read everything what is written there.

OK, you win the Internet! Mr. Kalashnikov might have liked it too.

Dangerous or not dangerous, 10 years of life spent in prison is a lot. Let's see what happens next.

I wonder were on the spectrum of eugenics this foundation belongs: http://www.jewishgeneticdiseases.org/

Photographer brushes, textile mills, etc -- source of alpha radiation to get rid of static electricity.

> It was used on Alexander Litvinenko because the Russians wanted to show that they were able and willing to take the life of former agents that attacked their interests. Or maybe …

Granted, the source is not known for reliability, but than everyone laughed their asses of when discussing fake stone used by British in Moscow spy scandal. Until British admitted …

Well, turns out there is Federal Helium reserve: http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/energy/helium/federal_heliu...

I think I'd prefer MiG-29 ride: http://www.skyandspacetravel.com/included_sky.html Not as high, but much cheaper, sky is already pretty black and you get a chance to control the da…

I am so tired of people suggesting that balloons "go to space". Yes, Felix Baumgartner set a new record and his jump was a great accomplishment. But it was not a "space jump".

With future technology, perpetuum mobile may become possible. Or maybe not. Electric cars still may be a good idea in a long run. Even if they can not generate their own energy.

This sentence is a good sign that the author has no idea what he is talking about. Solar constant is 1360 W/m². You can collect 1.3 kW (about 2 horsepowers) from 1 square meter if …

> "that the conspiracy will turn against itself in self-defense, clamping down on its own information flows in ways that will then impede its own cognitive function. You destroy th…

I will refer to my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6173274 It is probably a bad law, but it certainly not criminalizing people for what they are doing with their geni…

The last time I checked USSR stopped existing about 20 years ago. Also: > is currently criminalising a whole class of people based on what they chose to do with their genitalia in …

I think homosexuality is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia and Iran. No one is trying to exclude teams from these countries from Olympics. Also: > Milan, Venice and Turin had sev…

In 1993, 10 years before US.

They clarified: the law does not prohibit being gay, the law just introduces fines for promoting homosexuality as a norm for children under 16. It is probably a bad law, but it is …

No, this is not true. It is probably a bad law, but "anything that publicly references gays" is not a crime. The law only establishes a fine (not prison term) for promoting homosex…

I am wearing paper bag for the rest of the day. Not enough caffeine in the morning.

Yes, but the weather was clear. No need for ILS in such weather.

True, they are less busy, but it does not mean GPS is not used for instrument approaches (as parent implied). I fly airplane without IFR GPS (IFR student), but ATC is trying to ass…

There is more airports in US that have GPS only approaches than airports that have ILS approaches. For example: http://155.178.201.160/d-tpp/1308/05879R25.PDF 500 ft altitude with …