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  • 23 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian, Ukrainian; learning French, Serbian
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2015
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About Me

A bit of tech savvy geek mixed with a pinch of wandering mind

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting new people. Sharing thoughts and vibes.

Interests

AI, neural networks, Big Data, programming, Linux based OSes
Aviation
Direct weighed democracy
Pastafarianism
Technology
wh4k (-ecvLRxb3MU)

Music, Movies, and Books

Music mostly depends on mood:
- Rock
- Funky Jazz
- Electronic music
- Sometimes instrumental (like Apocalyptica)

Movies:
- old fashion comedy (Monty Python's for example)
- small list of what I recall now, that I liked: Apocalypse Now (1979), Lunacy (2005), The Castle (1994), Dva kapitana II (1993), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), Léon: The Professional (and few other Luc Besson's movies)
- anime: All Hayao Miyazaki, Ghost In The Shell, Cowboy Bebop.

Books:
- Sci-fi: Robert Sheakley, Stanislav Lem, Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Lewis Carroll
- Cyberpunk/postcyberpunk: William Gibson (of course :), Neal Stephenson (read everything maybe except "Baroque cycle"), Bruce Sterling ("Schismatrix")
- Social: George Orwell ("1984", "Animal farm"), Aldous Huxley ("Brave New World"), Ira Levin ("This Perfect Day")
- Need to be mentioned: Viktor Pelevin, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Montenegro, Russian Federation, Ukraine

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