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KimCureAll OP t1_j2962y6 wrote

Yandex now completely taken over by Russia - Putin's close ally, Alexei Kudrin, is pretty much taking over the helm.

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bathroomworld t1_j2a2xrq wrote

"alright we tried to do the free and good society thing and it didn't work. Back the old ways"

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IrritatedRuskie t1_j2az9ej wrote

Except that they didn't, they sold out to the government quite quickly and became a part of the government propaganda on the internet side, blocking news and search results from "unfavorable" media outlets

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razed_sec t1_j2c918w wrote

How do you suppose they stay independent from the tyranny of Russia while operating in Russia?

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falconzord t1_j2cd9nl wrote

I feel bad for Yandex, they weren't a bad business but it's hard to operate in the global market when their core audience is in a backsliding country. They had a thriving business in Ukraine until the Crimea situation.

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IrritatedRuskie t1_j2cwm9p wrote

Hmm lemme see, you don’t give a golden controlling share to the government for starters

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razed_sec t1_j2d50y2 wrote

They definitely don't have any means to coerce otherwise right?

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sobanz t1_j2bw3m9 wrote

seize the means of production comrades

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pharaohandrew t1_j29fbz7 wrote

5/6, and now 6/7 parent comments in this thread contain the word “window”.

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Calimariae t1_j29jtk4 wrote

That's every thread about Russia. Bunch of tired window jokes and redditors beating dead horses.

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00Lisa00 t1_j29to3w wrote

I mean it keeps happening so the horse is still kicking

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Zerole00 t1_j29snug wrote

>and redditors beating dead horses

How is it a dead horse if it's still actively occurring?

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DavidlikesPeace t1_j29uukm wrote

OP is upset at redditors for pointing out Putin is recycling his boring stale plot.

When did Putin become so predictable? Was he always like this? It seems odd we used to think he was some sort of genius tyrant.

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rubywpnmaster t1_j29ovss wrote

TBF the Russian government is kind of encouraging it.

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dirtywook88 t1_j2bvv6z wrote

You could say it’s a……window of opportunity. Yyyyeeaaaahhh.jpg

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Millenniauld t1_j29rqq2 wrote

Come on guys, stop throwing the horse out the window, it's already dead!

Actually "throw the horse out a window" sounds like one of those weird sayings people attribute to Germany or something, lol

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BPhiloSkinner t1_j2aes3h wrote

Or Marx Brothers.

Throw the horse out a window? When it could strike a poor orphan on the street? Have you no shame, sir. Think of the windows and orphans."

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Hmrp t1_j2an66j wrote

Youre right the bigger joke is how they have run the country to the ground

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Lison52 t1_j2bl02l wrote

Well if it wasn't for the fact that the next fucking person fell out of the window not so long ago then you would be right that this joke is dead.

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SsiSsiSsiSsi t1_j29l9rh wrote

I think some people don’t really have brains, just a wad of densely compacted memes.

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C2Midnight t1_j2bi62b wrote

This sub is fucking garbage for the top comment usually being some stupid joke. It's also school holidays which means every dumbass kid who thinks they're hilarious is on here.

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Nargodian t1_j2blsdi wrote

Isn't that correct though for the original meaning of "meme"?

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Neisen t1_j2ajl8x wrote

☐ 'defenestration' / careful near windows ☐ stairs ☐ polonium tea ☐ suicide bullets in back of head ☐ etc

There probably needs to be a bingo card for this.

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pharaohandrew t1_j2awoui wrote

I find it fascinating. I’m sure the sociology types would call it memetics, as in meme. And they always get upvoted like it was a pleasant surprise to find that comment in a story about a notable Russian. No hate, it’s just neat how it’s always like that every time

Edit: maybe a check box for “poisoned undies”; that slips in sometimes, too

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banksy_h8r t1_j2bti1k wrote

I make a point of always downvoting them. These stale, unfunny memes add nothing to the discussion, and get in the way of more interesting comments.

God forbid someone post something truly informed, it will be buried under a bunch of comments from people trying to show how funny and original they are.

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KimCureAll OP t1_j299d0j wrote

"Bye, everyone! I only have a narrow "window of opportunity" to leave before the end of the year. So long! I hate to "drop" this on you. It will be a "long fall" for me when I step down."

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5lartybartfast t1_j29c15c wrote

"Keep pushing forward!"

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bbvr t1_j29do39 wrote

“It panes me to have to say this..”

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Someothergiraffe t1_j29flt5 wrote

Shattered by this news.

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KimCureAll OP t1_j29gxq0 wrote

"Stepping down from this job will leave me a broken man"

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bbvr t1_j2btrqx wrote

The first step is alway the most difficult. Sometimes it helps to have a little help from your friends. After that the rest is easy!

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KimCureAll OP t1_j2bv8sl wrote

"Just a little help from my friends" "Back in the USSR" - "It's easy!"

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FourFurryCats t1_j2aqc6h wrote

But there is something nagging me in the back of my mind.

I took my shot. Soon it will be your turn.

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CHADallaan t1_j2a8yvk wrote

sucks to hear yandex is the goat at reverse image search and every year google gets shittier what with it being so personalized and openly censored

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OrFir99 t1_j2bjeuy wrote

Does anyone know of any other reverse image search that work better then Google?

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nolok t1_j2c2v7s wrote

TinyEye from Canada works great

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ManateeofSteel t1_j2dqcji wrote

I mean, this doesn’t really change things if that’s the only thing you are using it for. Which is also what I presume, anyone in the west uses it for

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autotldr t1_j29dy0v wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 66%. (I'm a bot)

> MOSCOW, Dec 30 - The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership of many of the firm's core services change hands.

> "As you know, I haven't really been involved in Yandex's Russian business for some time, but this year I had to step down from the company completely," Volozh said in the message, seen by Reuters.

> Yandex's Dutch-registered holding company last month said it planned to divest ownership and control of most of Yandex Group, including its main revenue-generating businesses, a move that could lead to enhanced Kremlin influence over some of Russia's backbone internet services.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Yandex^#1 Volozh^#2 Russian^#3 year^#4 company^#5

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reddit_Breauxstorm t1_j29o9ht wrote

WINDOW WINDOW WINDOW SHOT THREE TIMES BACK OF HEAD FALLING FROM WINDOW WINDOW DESK TOO CLOSE TO WINDOW HE TRIPPED AND FELL WINDOW WINDOW WINDOW

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C2Midnight t1_j2biaze wrote

Oh look, it's /u/KimCureAll's original comment with the same level of subtlety and humour.

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Herzyr t1_j2ansp1 wrote

Rusky government preparing to go hard on the information front? Maybe for the massive loses to come in the donetsk front? Can't see why a full takeover from now would have been different VS months before..

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Famous-Crab t1_j2b4lnb wrote

I support the Ukraine and I see Russia as the invader. Even if it's russian, I've used Yandex quite a bit, because it's somehow a good alternative for all content, which has been deleted from Google-Search because of copyright, etc.

What is the next good alternative, if you like to use a search engine, without companies and individuals being able to have search results removed? Do they exist?

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Can_of_Ubik t1_j2bnr4v wrote

Duckduckgo

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Petering t1_j2cbtkf wrote

I second duckduckgo, especially if you use a VPN since some search engines will make you complete captchas.

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smhndsm t1_j2d2j12 wrote

Yandex has always had government fingers in their pot, i.e. corrupted.

doesn't matter the quality of their products, it should forever be boycotted. I was saying it for years and years.

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Hairless_Ape_ t1_j29dsay wrote

He must have noticed how they moved his desk next to the window, and keep offering him tea.

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Can_of_Ubik t1_j2bnx5z wrote

Yandex has always been the regime's bitch, I have no sympathy.

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Kewenfu t1_j2csx6f wrote

More entrepreneurial brains leaving Russia.

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greenmtnfiddler t1_j2f7cc0 wrote

Here's defenestration in Russian if you want to do any searching -- it's a nice simple cognate: дефенестрация

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eri- t1_j29dtmn wrote

That is some real proactive management if I ever saw it.

This guy is so capable that he already picked the window he's going to be falling out of soon.

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C2Midnight t1_j2biesb wrote

The main question, will wahapedia still work?

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arebee20 t1_j2brzib wrote

They say that search engines are the ‘windows’ to the Internet

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Fl0r1da-Woman t1_j2bzaah wrote

I sold Yandex just before the invasion

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johnandahalf13 t1_j2c9na8 wrote

Tying up loose ends before he falls out of a window into a barrel of Polonium with 9 "self-inflicted" bullets in his head.

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Cakeski t1_j2bw7l3 wrote

"You can find me outside of tower 13 on the ground by sunday afternoon."

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frustratedbuffalo t1_j2dn3qi wrote

I was genuinely expecting to read 'falls to death from window' in the title.

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cyrixlord t1_j2apcdd wrote

so sad to hear about his suicide from a 6th story hospital window. tragic, really.

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tertius_decimus t1_j29dfad wrote

Soon to be found fallen out of the window with lead poisoning as the primary cause of heartstroke.

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VonKaplow t1_j2avyyu wrote

I would not walk close to any windows if i were him

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JoeJoJosie t1_j2bbzxz wrote

I see a window in his future.

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