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Alumna: I don't know a single Belarusian supporting the war
Written by Jan Velinger
Monday, 14 March 2022 10:52
“I don't know a single Belarusian who supports the war in Ukraine,” says Larysa Aharkava, a Charles University graduate. She came to the Czech Republic from Belarus at the age of 18 and has been working for Google for the last 12 years.
How programmers in 1980s Czechoslovakia used games to mock the regime
Written by Jan Velinger
Thursday, 12 September 2019 11:10
PCs were almost impossible to get in 1980s Czechoslovakia but microcomputers proved a different matter. As so-called micros were slowly smuggled into the country and hobby programming quickly caught on, enthusiasts soon coded all manner of computer games. Under the radar of the authorities, some subtly - and others rather daringly – mocked the socialist regime.