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Comment by shishqa

2 days ago

Seems that website is hosted on cloudflare and doesn't open in Russia, which blocks all cloudflare traffic. This makes me cry, thanks! App works 100%

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andrewyazura  2 days ago

the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest

  • rcbdev  2 days ago

    Yes, of course. Russians are, in fact, not people and do not deserve to view Western sites, media or actually any web service hosted by Western nations.

    What kind of a take is this? If you strategically block an entire nation from viewing our sites and media, you're handing the state-run media there more power.

    • isaacremuant  2 days ago

      Xenophobia is good because our NATO/US overlords which don't engage in propaganda tell us to hate our enemies. Then in X years they stop being our enemies and we point our irrational hate to someone else. It's also useful because you can label any dissenter as "pro Russian".

      The McCarthy strategy/red scare is very effective.

      We're the good guys though. Remember that. If we admit any wrongdoing ever, that's just history and now we are good. Or else.

  • om8  2 days ago

    I'm currently in Russia trying to get a US visa for my CS PhD. Because I do CS, I got into a thing called administrative processing. For 95% of people, it takes days -- weeks, tops. Because of the colour of my passport, it has already lasted for 3 months. I know people who are waiting for 2 years to pass it.

    Why do you think I shouldn't have access to this website in Russia?

  • jesterson  2 days ago

    > the fact that it doesn't open in russia makes me happy, to be honest

    Mind to explain why?