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31 May 2014
News / Jaruzelski dead / his legacy in Poland [116]

And the educated amongst us

I agree with Rybnik. And I don't know what education you got, Dougpol, but I don't think it's good enough to speak for other educated people.
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26 May 2014
News / Bitcoin Embassy Launches In Poland's Capital Warsaw [37]

I just installed a beast of a cooling system on my PC and was tempted to do a little mining myself, but what keeps me from trying is the fear that it may bring my computer down.

Interesting development: bitcoin protocol may need tweeking because of too much computing power (!):

technologyreview.com/news/528431/rise-of-powerful-mining-pools-forces-rethink-of-bitcoin-design/
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16 May 2014
News / Jaruzelski dead / his legacy in Poland [116]

Someone who isn't Polish and tends to read and watch post communist leftist media, is going to consider Jaruzelski an amazing patriot.

this is a kind of empty, immature, meaningless and insulting argument that I truly despise. It brings nothing but a bad taste to the table.
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15 May 2014
Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [342]

I was surprised by the Polish entry. I thought the song was a joke. It's not an especially bad song, but just the same, a joke. Even at the beginning of the song, Donatan makes excuses already; to look up the meaning of "irony" and keep a sense of humor.

Have any "funny" songs ever got top honors at this contest? (and no, I don't mean the guy with a beard, or the dancer in a giant hamster wheel) ;)
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30 Apr 2014
Life / Being a Jew in modern-day Poland; Israeli Jew who is of Polish descent [269]

@f stop they can learn from the bad things

They? What exactly do you want "them" to learn? What exactly do you want "them" to do?

Anyway, this attitude is exactly what your problem might be in Poland, if you're really thinking about spending any considerable time there. Which, honestly, I don't think you do.

This is just another fishing expedition, ending at a very predictable place.
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24 Apr 2014
USA, Canada / Employment prospects in Poland and USA with a Computer Science Degree from a Polish university? [18]

you're going to end up relying heavily on correspondence and the interview.

Aside from conducting an actual technical test during the interview, I prefer to relay on what they do (or did), rather than what they say (I've met my share of silver-tongued devils, I guess).

Also, in engineering fields, there is a fair share of introverted brainiaks (not to mention foreigners) that do not interview well. I would have missed one in particular, who became a great asset to the company, if it wasn't for his extensive list of related interests that he was able to unwind about.
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24 Apr 2014
USA, Canada / Employment prospects in Poland and USA with a Computer Science Degree from a Polish university? [18]

Great post, Dominic.
That's too bad about student culture in Poland.
Extracurricular activities really help to see if the chosen profession is also one's passion, or just means of making money.
If no extracurricular activities are listed, the next best thing that will show whether the student is in the right field is his or her choice of a senior (college) project. And their role in it.

Do they have senior projects for the graduating classes in Poland? Are the choices of the projects wide enough to spot committed, independent thinkers?
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21 Apr 2014
Life / Golden Wedding in Poland, the protocol for giving gift for a wedding? [58]

So, official wedding invitation arrived in the mail.
Very nice.
On the back of it is an adorable poem, purportedly penned by the groom, essentially asking for money so they could build a house.
Again, opinions from all points of view will be appreciated. Really.
For reference, I just found a very similar poem (which immediately threw some doubts about the groom's poetic abilities, and possibly ethics), at the link below:

dewes.pl/allegro/ver20130101/wierszyki/wierszyk_nr_6.pdf
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20 Apr 2014
News / demonstration; What is Nowa Prawica? [30]

My cousin is heavily involved in this party.
She volunteers to drum up votes for Janusz Korwin-Mikke and apparently spends a lot of time arguing with people.
She's 21 years old and lives in Radom.
What off-hand conclusions can be drawn from that?
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11 Apr 2014
Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

"The color of green eyes does not result simply from the pigmentation of the iris. Rather, its appearance is caused by the combination of an amber or light brown pigmentation of the stroma, given by a low or moderate concentration of melanin, with the blue tone imparted by the Rayleigh scattering of the reflected light."
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11 Apr 2014
Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Here is something that should warm all of your hearts.
This is what an average American will look in 2050:

policymic.com/articles/87359/national-geographic-concludes-what-americans-will-look-like-in-2050-and-it-s-beautiful?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social