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[codeoracle]

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Hello. It's nice to meet all of you. I am the one they call Alibaba. Or I would be if I wasn't dragged from home to a place where I have no reputation.

I'll make this simple. I'm looking to make a deal--information is what I need. Specifically, I want to know more about this porting process.

I don't expect anyone to be able to tell me how it works, but anything you might know would be...helpful. I would be especially interested in speaking with anyone that was able to go home before being brought back.

You can answer freely or we can see if we can reach a deal that works for both of us. I'll be waiting.

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[dr_eldarov]

Modern times, modern history, and usually Americans or the Japanese, for some reason. I am one of perhaps a handful of Russians here.

I try. This place is confusing and efforts to understand it are commendable, even if the technology involved is far out of my league. I wish you the best of luck in trying to gather information on this; it would give me a headache to think about for too long.

[codeoracle]

Well that would explain how my friends and I became...targets for lack of a better word.

Thanks. For the record, if you need help on the technology end, get in touch with me. If you couldn't tell it's my thing.

[dr_eldarov]

Yes, but I think it's good that you have friends here. This is a very big adjustment and having someone familiar around might make it easier. At least, I hope it does.

That is a very kind offer. Hopefully I can get better on my own so I don't have to take you up on it, but the sentiment is appreciated regardless.

[codeoracle]

It'd be better if we were home...but you are right,
having them here made it a lot easier.

It's not a problem. I wouldn't mind helping out.

[dr_eldarov]

Hopefully they can fill you in on things I, being a new arrival myself, am unaware of. If not then I suggest reading the old network posts; that has been quite educational.

I appreciate it. Being from 1950, I've had to do a lot of work to even be able to text decently. But challenges are how we find out what we're capable of, I suppose.

[codeoracle]

I have been digging through some of those post...pretty helpful stuff, but a lot of it only raises more questions.

By the way, I like the positive attitude...It can be worth it facing challenges head on like that.

[dr_eldarov]

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know? It's a common feeling, around here.

Your own attitude is remarkably positive. Some people arrive and want nothing more than to leave, but you're learning and reaching out to others, which I think is a far wiser approach. After all, avoiding challenges does not make them go away.