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On Friday in Kyiv at the "Evolution" Club...

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[IMG_1] Above is the event poster prepared by the organizers. The event took place (and, as noted, gathered more listeners than the previous one). Video recording was made. It shows almost only the screen (sometimes my hands against its background), but overall everything is audible. Many thanks to Konstantin Boyarshin (our graduate, now living in Kyiv) for filming! An expanded and optimized version of the presentation for this talk is available here. The very end of the discussion did not fit...