now in the English class, it turned out that in English “partizan” is “guerrilla,” and the word “partisan” means a party member, supporter
Month: May 2021
May 19 2021, 08:10
Things are about to get interesting. If Sputnik V is not included in the list or if there is no agreement on at least a formal presence of approved vaccines in Russia, every instance of traveling abroad will provoke the ire of those who can’t leave, and all those who manage to will become magnets for public resentment, which is politically very bad. I think they’ll either succeed in getting it included, or they’ll figure out a way to administer those Pfizer or Moderna vaccines in Russia. It might be expensive, or through some clever scheduling, but there will be at least some way to justify the elite’s travel abroad.
May 18 2021, 14:43
It would be interesting to create a solution using two or three cameras mounted on the corners of the monitor, creating a simulated image of a camera watching the user from the center of the screen. I wonder how clear and realistic an image can be generated this way, and how much the quality would depend on the size of the monitor and the distance to the face. What do you think?
May 17 2021, 13:36
She has interesting lectures
May 17 2021, 11:42
It was a pleasure to meet up with friends from New York. Recently, the connections from the pre-COVID era are slowly thawing out, and that’s great.
I recently caught myself realizing that the last time I met someone I had known before the meeting (other than family members) was five months ago.
Such an introvert and misanthrope I am 🙂
May 16 2021, 19:00
Alright, swung by Lukoil to fill up on some native gasoline
May 16 2021, 18:04
Visited Princeton to see Princeton University. A very pleasant town, not at all like typical America. Founded in 1746, it has expanded since: everywhere you look, there is Romanesque, Gothic architecture, Empire style, modern. In one of the photos – Albert Einstein’s house. Simple, no plaque, private residence. It seems Albert did not want to turn himself into an idol, and even left instructions to scatter his ashes in a place known only to his family. So you won’t find him in the local cemetery. The house where, after Einstein, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek also lived, was sold in 2012 for 1.4 million dollars to the university where Einstein worked (IAS)
May 13 2021, 14:27
This is what a toilet looks like at a car wash. Price-wise, it’s a regular wash. Well, maybe a buck more expensive than the one at the gas station.
Toilets here are almost always free. I can’t remember the last time I paid. Probably, there are still pay toilets in mega-cities. But you can’t find those in our village.
By the way, in five years, I have not yet encountered a toilet anywhere without toilet paper. I mean everywhere, including toilets at the beach, in the forest, in parks, at gas stations. The last time I saw a real mess was during a car trip from California to Las Vegas, but that was six years ago. Apparently, they have some quirks 😉
May 13 2021, 00:42
Watched in one breath today. Seven episodes, over four hours.
The story of three nuclear programs: German, American, and Soviet. Despite being a viewpoint from “Channel One”, I don’t want to argue with 99% of what was heard. Strangely, they only briefly mentioned the Rosenbergs, who were executed on the electric chair in the USA, and since then, questions about the fairness of their execution crop up occasionally. A lot of attention was given to the Soviet nuclear program (Kurchatov, Khariton, Kapitsa, Joffe, Flerov), the Manhattan Project (Oppenheimer, Groves), the role of Niels Bohr, the German nuclear program (Heisenberg, but oddly not Otto Hahn), espionage scientists infiltrated into the heart of the Manhattan project (Fuchs, Hall, and others like Harry Gold – not a scientist, but a spy), supplying developments to the USSR “to prevent war”. Strangely, there was nothing about Landau and Sakharov.
It was interesting to learn about George Gamow, who tried everything to escape the USSR: skiing to Finland or kayaking from Crimea to Turkey, but nothing worked out. Eventually, due to an oversight, he was allowed to go on a business trip and he defected to the USA, where he further helped the Americans make the hydrogen bomb. In contrast, the USSR did not allow Petr Kapitsa to return to Cambridge where he lived and worked.
Another thing I liked: “After returning from Munich, Chamberlain said on the airplane stairway, ‘I have brought back peace.’ It meant – it’s time to urgently prepare for war.” Seems like everyone understood it already 🙂
In general, an interesting series, highly recommend. It can generally be watched at 2x speed.
May 12 2021, 20:51
Both of my English teachers couldn’t explain why one option is correct and the other is not. What options do you have?
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