Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

The orchestra plays “I Want Changes” brilliantly on chanza, yatga, limba, morin khuur, iozhin, and other Buryat national instruments.

For those who don’t like the Cybertruck, take a look at Dartz. Now that’s a design. By the way, how do they plan to repair the Cybertruck after an accident? Like if the left front fender is damaged, for instance? Isn’t it a monolith?

I will be in Russia at the end of December. Does anyone want to sell me a road or touring bike? For some reason, I can’t find what I want in the States for a reasonable price, but in Russia, I see bikes around the level I need for a more or less decent budget, like this Merida bike. Would anyone criticize or praise it? Or sell me a better one, but used?

I predict that in a few years, it will be normal in the offices of large companies to move around on a special office electric scooter, and special companies will write software that automatically brakes the scooter if there is a risk of collision (for example, another scooter around the corner or a door being opened by someone). The solution is quite simple, although it seems the market for it is just forming. Surely it will be heralded by some startup about robotic stuff within the office for transporting people and non-people. Technically, everything is ready for this

I am sitting at Stuttgart airport waiting for my flight and I have absolutely nothing to do. Sorry 😉

One of the strongest impressions in both the Concorde and the Tu-144 was quite unexpected. The fuselages of both airplanes are fixed at an angle, akin to being in takeoff position (see photo). Inside the plane, however, you never feel such a tilt in real life because the flight attendants buckle passengers into their seats. Therefore, when inside, a strong cognitive dissonance arises. To some parts of the brain, the plane feels like it is standing horizontally, but your body falls sideways because the angle is indeed steep. It takes some time to get used to it. You forget after a minute, and then it throws you towards the tail of the airplane again.

I visited both the Concorde and the Tu-144, the only two supersonic airliners that were phased out of the market as untimely.

From 1969 to 1979, BAC made 20 Concordes (14 for commercial services), which performed 269 flights, of which 168 were supersonic. Decommissioned in 2003. During its service, Concorde transported 2.5 million passengers.

From 1968 to 1983, Tupolev made 16 aircraft, which performed 102 flights, 55 of which carried passengers. In total, 3284 passengers were transported.

Overall, the situation is much like the Buran-Shuttle scenario. There too, the project did not “take off” due to economic reasons, but at least the American shuttle functioned to some extent (135 missions), while Buran was built just for show (one mission).

last night in Sinsheim the sky was crazy

This is the view of the Heidelberg medieval castle from the inside

In the office where I’ve been working for the last two weeks, there’s a La Cimbali M100 that delights all the IT folks on the floor with good coffee. I can now work in a cafe if I ever grow tired of IT. Also, people come in with their little dogs, and they very sweetly rest their little faces on the developers’ knees to keep them from getting too distracted by coding. (I can’t post photos for obvious reasons)

Apple should someday introduce the ability to use iPads as external displays for MacBooks. Imagine going to a cafe, setting up your tablet next to your laptop, and working with two screens. What’s the difficulty? Technically none.