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Pakistan includes both West Pakistan (currently Pakistan) and East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh)- based on 1947 partiton, until 1971 when India helped Bangladesh gain independence from Pakistan. Both 'Pakistans' had a responsib
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> Bangladesh is a secular nation like India with Muslim majority. "Bangladesh Constitution establishes Islam as the state religion" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_Banglad... Persecu
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There are few misconceptions about the recently enacted CAA, that need to be clarified. Citizenship Amendment Act is a law to fast-track citizenship of 'persecuted religious minorities' in 3 neighboring countries Afghanistan/
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There are few misconceptions about the recently enacted CAA, that need to be clarified. Citizenship Amendment Act is a law to fast-track citizenship of 'persecuted religious minorities' in 3 neighboring countries Afghanistan/
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You don't really NEED food. You could choose to eat or you could choose to die. It's up to you. Take it or leave it. No point in playing with semantics. Fear is subjective. It is caused by ignorance of whether you might lose a wan
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I have a smaller than average head. The 2 vertical side folds are too wide to prevent my head from sagging off to left/right, not to mention forward of course. Lack of static head position is the biggest hindrance to sleeping seated. B
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Every technology has pros & cons, effects & residues. Coal : Effect/Pros - Energy/Cheap. Residue/Cons - C02/GlobalWarming Nuclear : Effect/Pros - Energy/Clean. Residue/Cons - RadioactiveWaste/
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Every technology has pros & cons, effects & residues. Coal : Effect/Pros - Energy/Cheap. Residue/Cons - C02/GlobalWarming Nuclear : Effect/Pros - Energy/Clean. Residue/Cons - RadioactiveWaste/
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It might stop them though. Can't say categorically that it doesn't. If I am feeling down about not joining YC 15 years back, and someone says 'why don't you feel bad about not buying bitcoin 5 years back, or GOOG 20 year
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'AI' is not an adversary. It is simply a tool created by hundreds of humans coming together. It's like watching 1-v-100 boxing match. Of course the 100 are going to win. Enjoyable sport has always been about ~similarly matche
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'AI' is not an adversary. It is simply a tool created by hundreds of humans coming together. It's like watching 1-v-100 boxing match. Of course the 100 are going to win. Enjoyable sport has always been about ~similarly matche
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> India has committed some horrible atrocities in the area Hah. Boiler plate blame-the-other-of-your-faults strategy. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_of_Kashmiri_Hindus Ethnic cleansing of Hindus who were
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..cos he couldn't receive dp's anymore ?
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Maybe my numbers are wrong. But my point was to say that each system has its advantage/disadvantages Anycase, I'm in favor of the bank-bank Indian UPI & German SEPA system.
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I've updated the answer again with hopefully clearer examples. You're getting stuck because you're used to only 1-level resolution/replacements for pronouns, because that's what we're used to in daily speak. Bu
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I've given clearer examples in updated answer here - https://math.stackexchange.com/a/3437700/725808 Basically, OP has not provided a base case for his recursive question. As a result, it goes on infinitely,
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There are middle men in bitcoin. In fact, there are a million middle men. But you trust those million men, rather than the 10 who run the bank. Anyways, it's about how much money you're willing to spend for trust/safety/
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I'm not saying that 'this' doesn't resolve to anything. Of course it does. It's like pointing to something and asking 'what's this?'. Of course the act of pointing, or the act of standing in a city re
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answer - https://math.stackexchange.com/a/3437700/725808 The question displays a lack of understanding of language, especially the relation between a word and its meaning. More specifically, the relation between a
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answer - https://math.stackexchange.com/a/3437700/725808 The question displays a lack of understanding of language, especially the relation between a word and its meaning. More specifically, the relation between a
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answer - https://math.stackexchange.com/a/3437700/725808 The question displays a lack of understanding of language, especially the relation between a word and its meaning. More specifically, the relation between a
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> have to integrate with one of India's banks what you mention as a disadvantage is the biggest advantage. cut out the card men. Banks' technical prowess will catch up. That is the solution. Not introducing a middle man just be
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I'm faintly surprised reddit's redesign didn't kill it, like Digg's did.
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I was a database consultant at top-5 tech company. Called in for a 6-week project to help a client land a multi-million-dollar contract. They had tried to speed up their code for 2 years prior to this. But had reached a bottleneck they coul
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Correct. There is a way to remember your past lives, if you do a certain penance for 12 years - not impossible, not complex, very simple, but very hard - do not utter a lie for 12 years consecutively. There are no loopholes - if you are bor
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There are pundits in remote villages in India, who can predict the exact timing of eclipses based just on a old almanac written thousands of years ago, with absolutely no modern scientific equipment (telescope) or knowledge (Galileo/Ne
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Yes, however people who are not willing to do the test, simply call sour grapes. For e.g., suppose you make a claim "strawberry tastes sweet", and I have never eaten strawberry before, I'll say "can you prove it?".
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you got an L6 without CS degree? How many years have you been working in SW industry ?
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GitLab something ? AFAIK the only company that is both remote and pay friendly.
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literally is literally my favorite
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