200 defective cards in a million . That is 1 card of 5000 going poof . or 0 . 02 % That seems like a perfectly normal failure rate , it just is scary as fuck because FIRE was involved . For comparison the initial badge of Xbox 360 consoles had a 33 % RROD rate every third console died , that is insanely high and an actual design failure . Yet , the level of outrage and internet circle jerk seemed to be about the same over the past month . granted the RROD meme lasted for years and in 2 months no one will talk about popping VRMs anymore . <| sep |> Do not use names ending in t in your own code . These identifiers are reserved by POSIX for system types . <| sep |> hello fellow Austrian . greetings from burgenland . <| sep |> Riga was the capital of the Western Military District of the USSR . The most Red Army personnel , the most apparatchiks sent by Moscow , the most Soviet immigrants percentagewise out of the three Baltic countries . After independence the most Russian spies and agents of influence left over . The most people with RussoSoviet cultural background , which is much different from G ermanicProtestantNorthern European mentality . That ' s strike one . Strike two is that Latvians weren ' t and probably still aren ' t as cohesive and together as Lithuanians and Estonians . Our historical diversity is also our weak point . We don ' t have the historical experience and knowledge that we were once an independent and great European state as was the case with Lithuania during the Commonwealth , nor are we as ethnically uniform and tight as Estonians . We havehad FinnoUgric Livs living on the Kurzeme coast , speaking a FinnoUgric language , inlander Couronians and Vidzemnieki who were converted to Protestantism , and Latgalians who are heavily influenced by Catholic Poland as well as Eastern neighbours . In longago times , these tribes fought against each other and I would argue that there is still a way of thinking amongst some or perhaps many people that it matters little what happens to other Latvians , as long as you get ahead . Look out for number one and those closest to you . Put the keep your head down mentality drilled in during Soviet times together with get yours and look out for yourself , because others will try to screw you over , and you get an atomized society whose members are distrustful of each other , but at the same time quite passive in regards to striving for change . Oh , and lustration didn ' t happen when we gained independence , unike in Lithuania and Estonia . The old communists clung to power . So now you have people who used to be members of the Latvian Central Commission running influential parties and big cities Brigmanis and ZZS , Lembergs in Ventspils , as well as those regularly getting the Russian vote and pushing for closer ties with Russia Harmony CentreSaskaas Centrs and all the best practices that come with having a cooperation agreement with Putin ' s kleptocratic , criminal United Russia party .