Month: June 2016

The family is watching “Star Wars” by the pool, and I’m at home, studying Apache SolrCloud.

Carrots come in all sorts of types 😉

lol!

Came up with an installation using handy materials on my way to lunch

How fascinating. Such videos should be shown in biology classes 🙂

A mosquito’s proboscis is not a single needle, but consists of six long “blades” that function as the lower and upper jaws.

Two of them, called maxillae or upper jaws, are equipped with numerous tiny needles, a sort of teeth, which penetrate under the skin. The other “blades” or “drills” — the mandibles — lower jaws — meanwhile hold the edges of the incision open, preventing them from closing.

The sixth needle is named the hypopharynx, through which the mosquito injects saliva containing certain substances that cause the blood to flow; these also contribute to the itching after an insect bite.

Released a new article on hybrismart.com – about tips on the product page like “if you buy this item, you will get a 10% discount and free shipping.” In the latest version of hybris, they are partially implemented, in my proof-of-concept it is shown how to do it in a somewhat better way. #hybris #promotions

And what does that mean? That the respected company has accounts on social networks and that’s a reason for pride? Are they fools?

Julia Stewart, who began her career as a waitress at an IHOP at 16 years old, advanced through various positions to become a President at Applebee’s. After being overlooked for the CEO position, she returned to IHOP, became its CEO, and subsequently acquired Applebee’s.

There was news that the Swiss, oh the horror, voted against a universal basic income for all citizens amounting to 2500 francs per month. Nowhere is it mentioned whether this is before or after taxes. Let’s assume it’s tax-free – if I’m mistaken, then all the calculations below need to be adjusted downwards by the value of the tax, 5-10%.

So how much is 2500 francs (168,000 rubles)?

Google tells me that the average salary in Switzerland is 7500 francs per month net (90,000 per year GROSS). If this is the average, then why on earth is half the population earning three times less – I can’t understand.

Let’s try to calculate what it would be in Russia. The average salary in Moscow is 60,000 rubles. In Russia – 32,000. Therefore, if the referendum were held in Moscow, all Muscovites and other Russians would be offered to earn three times less, that is, 20,000 rubles and 10,000 rubles respectively.

If converted to rubles, then 2500 francs (168,000 rubles) = five times the average salary in Russia (32,000 rubles). A Big Mac in Switzerland costs $6.44 (6.50 francs) = 420 rubles, while in Russia it costs $1.5 (90 rubles) – a difference of 4.6 times. I assume that other everyday prices in Switzerland are also about five times higher than in Russia. However, this comparison is inappropriate since there’s no equivalent of the Russian hinterland in Switzerland, and it makes sense to compare it with Moscow, for example, where the average salary is 60,000 rubles, which is roughly twice as much as the average across Russia. Thus, with 2500 francs, you can buy 384 Big Macs, while in Russia you would have to pay 34,000 rubles for that. Therefore, by this calculation, the Moscow equivalent would be 34,000 rubles, and for the rest of Russia about 17,000.

What do you think, is there even a slight chance that the majority of Russians would vote for a uniform salary of 10/17 thousand not in Moscow and 20/34 thousand rubles in Moscow? Big question.

Very interesting about patterns in movies and cartoons.

The English original here: