nj923f

5 ms·

1.
by nj923f 10y ago
sendmail is dead at this point though.
2.
by nj923f 10y ago
> Lithuania - corruption index 32/168 [1] Russia - corruption index 119/168 [2] Cool, I was really thinking of former ombudsman/Health Minister ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimant%C4%97_%C5%A0ala%C5
3.
by nj923f 10y ago
Thanks for the information. > Of course, officially they received some formal accusations. Well, according to Lithuanian wikipedia, Antanas Miškinis has been a member of partisan movement, which can't really be dismissed as "fo
4.
by nj923f 10y ago
I presented wiki article, which did not consist of single image. There were, you know, words grouped in coherent sentences. If you read them, you'd see that the image you showed is just a visual representation of language taxonomy. Lan
5.
by nj923f 10y ago
This hasn't been controversial in Latvia at all, at least in 90-00's (not that scientific theories should be judged by how controversial they are among laymen). The theory that I heard in several Latvian schools, is that lithuania
6.
by nj923f 10y ago
> 50 years by USSR + ~100 years by Russian Empire[0] Lithuania in fact was part of Russian Empire. That does not classify it as occupation. There is no mention of occupation in your article, nor it is called an occupation by Lithuanian g
7.
by nj923f 10y ago
> There are no major cultural or ethnic similarities. Apart from food, folklore, traditions, musical and literatal traditions, grammar and punctuation? > The language is so different it doesn't even belong to the same branch in t
8.
by nj923f 10y ago
You have a good point. I just wanted to add that Baltic States haven't even been the most liberal/democratic part of USSR. In fact, some of the Latvian authors had to go publish their works in Moscow/St. Petersburg, because i
9.
by nj923f 10y ago
> EDIT: also, the fact that during the >150 years occupation we've managed to stay separate nation (despite huge efforts by Russia to integrate us) and keep our identity strong, says a lot of how different we are. There was no &q
10.
by nj923f 10y ago
> This is, perhaps, one of the reasons why the Baltic States are doing so much better than any other countries in the former USSR. ... not as important though as their location and size, which made possible for them to get into NATO and