How intriguing. For Google and Yandex, “Novichok” almost exclusively signifies a poisonous substance. The word, which denotes a person who has recently become acquainted with something, has nearly perished in search engine usage. Google Translate still renders it as Newbie, but, I sense, it will soon translate it as Novichok…
Author: Rauf Aliev
July 09 2018, 11:41
On the beach stands an unknown contraption resembling an alien spaceship. Turns out, it’s a World War II bunker. Two-meter-thick concrete walls and ceiling. 20 rooms. Artillery battery (like a tank roof, 6″ caliber, 360°). Previously unnoticed, it has now been “exposed” by erosion and water. Nearby, there are observation towers from which coordinates were transmitted to target this device.
http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/10/abandoned-cape-may-giant-concrete-ww2.html
July 09 2018, 11:02
Yesterday I went to the sea, and there, as usual, planes were flying with advertisements. I wonder how much a massage parlor needs to earn in order to afford their ad to be carried through the sky by ten planes back and forth?
July 08 2018, 15:30
In the background are the remains of an experimental CONCRETE ship. It says it sank because of weight.
Jokes aside, the material about concrete ships is interesting https://masterok.livejournal.com/168747.html
July 08 2018, 02:53
🚲45km, from Mount Vernon to the Pentagon and back. On the way back, I rode in the dark, and unsurprisingly, I only encountered one other cyclist: the area around the marshes is swarming with gnats, and you occasionally crash into their dense swarms. Thank God, at least they don’t bite.
I bought a bike holder and now the possibilities have expanded;)
July 07 2018, 15:06
Americans flinch from cyclists on the road and don’t know what to do when they encounter someone on an electric longboard. Always wanted one, but riding on the highway feels daunting.
July 06 2018, 09:52
When all the world’s alphabets, arrows, and circles were placed into the Unicode table, and there was still a ton of free space left that needed to be filled, since it exists. There is space for 2 million characters, and font designers are doing their best)
I also learned that the Noto font (the default Android font from Google) includes renderings for as many as 65,000 characters.
And in Unicode, there are cool ligatures. for example, the following text is one “symbol” ﷽ (Basmala). It doesn’t display quite right here on Facebook due to the fonts, you can see the full version here: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%EF%B7%BD
July 06 2018, 00:18
By one order of magnitude – it’s ten times. By two orders of magnitude – it’s a hundred times. And what about one and a half orders of magnitude?
July 04 2018, 01:24
“Russia’s contract for maintaining the toilet in the American segment of the ISS has been extended”
Could someone tell RBC News that this isn’t the way to report ‘breakthroughs’ in the space industry 😉
July 03 2018, 10:19
Is there anyone here living abroad who has had to apply for a Schengen visa through a Russian embassy or visa center?
They require original bank statements and employment verifications with a “wet seal.” I can just imagine the face of a Bank Of America banker when I ask for an account statement with the bank’s seal…
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