November 14 2016, 00:01

Today’s blog post is about the very first version of hybris, released way back in 2001. It was very interesting to dig into the code and compare it with what we have now. What has survived, what has perished. How the interfaces have changed. #hybris #hybrismart @[1262635023749717:274:Hybrismart.com\: hybris development notes]

November 11 2016, 08:46

This is how you should explain the world around us! Masha’s teacher at an American school creatively approached explaining the topic of landforms, volcanoes, and earthquakes. She adapted a popular song from the “Frozen” movie and sang it on YouTube – just as best as she could:) Start watching from the second minute! By the way, they explain many topics in such a manner. And not only in science but also in math, and social studies:)

November 10 2016, 00:41

Today I wondered, who could Trump and Clinton be compared to? Perhaps to “Chichvarkin” and “Lavrov.” Of course, “Polonsky” would be more fitting, but Trump indeed has brains. “Zhirinovsky” doesn’t fit because his background is in politics, not business. Other oligarchs don’t fit either, because they are either not charismatic or not businessmen. To achieve the same Trump-effect, a hypothetical Chichvarkin would have to focus not on Moscow, but on the regions. On some hypothetical Chelyabinsk. A hypothetical “Lavrov” would make an ideal partner, relying on professional experience and knowledge. But the hypothetical “Chelyabinsk residents” wouldn’t trust a bureaucrat and would vote for “their simple guy who’s going to sort everyone out.”

But overall, such a scenario would never happen in Russia. That very working class in Russia doesn’t like change. They won’t take to the squares and won’t collect pine cones for the future. In Eurasia, the further southeast you go, the larger the part of the population that needs an authoritarian ruler and a certain level of chaos (corruption, loophole-riddled legislation, etc.). The further east you go, the better the “I’m a little person, my house is on the edge” philosophy works. I don’t know if there’s anything similar on the other side of the globe.

And this also reminded me somehow of Brexit.