[HN Gopher] Quality control, Soviet style: Here's another fine m...
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Quality control, Soviet style: Here's another fine message you've
gotten me into
Author : georgecmu
Score : 37 points
Date : 2021-04-12 11:40 UTC (11 hours ago)
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| ExcavateGrandMa wrote:
| a constant push to to this idea...
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| is a distraction...
|
| there is no magic only science... the only thing in the world
| that met accuracy :)
|
| be rational!
|
| mainly it doesn't help you to cipher your shit... because you
| still being caught using it... with all the assumptions which it
| brings on the table...
|
| mathematically biased from the roots
|
| I'm terrible :D
| huhtenberg wrote:
| You can tell it's a fable. Here's the clue -
|
| > _lubricated by Cointreau and Grand Marnie_
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| In 1978 the access to this sort of spirits was all but reserved
| for Politburo members and their entourage. No way in hell a bunch
| of programmers would be able to toast with Cointreau, leave alone
| lubricate themselves with it.
| borishn wrote:
| Lots of imported liquor was sold in "Berezka" - foreign
| currency shops opened to foreigners.
| borishn wrote:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryozka_%28Russian_retail_sto.
| ..
| Quinner wrote:
| A bit of fluff unrelated to the main story might diminish the
| reliability of the narrator a bit, but I don't think you can
| conclude the entire story is fictional as a result.
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