esalman

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by esalman 1y ago
He's not demolishing and reconstructing just to leave after 3 years. Saying this as an immigrant who lived under full on military, and pseudo-autocratic democratic rulers.
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by esalman 1y ago
I think Democrats have a logic for not paying it. This is an investment in people. If you want to start a business you raise money first thing and deliver in future. Government raised money, they'll invest it in development which will
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by esalman 1y ago
My workplace let's me choose Mac or Dell laptops.
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by esalman 1y ago
Insert xkcd 2347 here.
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by esalman 1y ago
Have you tried the "dive deeper" mode on Google search? Any thoughts?
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by esalman 1y ago
I guess the Gaza war is also an offshore balancing.
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by esalman 1y ago
Are we rewriting history here? Saddam was a de facto US ally till 1988. The relationship ended with the end of their mutual interests. US sent terrorism suspects to Bashar regime to be tortured after 9/11. Yeah eventually both relation
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by esalman 1y ago
It looks like there's no such option on T-Mobile network settings. I'm on an OnePlus 12R and vanilla Oxygen OS.
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by esalman 1y ago
Sure, the kids classic version that I got is edited by Margaret Novak and published by Applesauce Press. It is actually chapter based which is nice, and it also has kid-friendly illustrations.
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by esalman 1y ago
I recently bought a kids classic version of the book for my son. Then I realized I never read the original, only an abridged translation decades ago. Now I must find and read the original for myself.
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by esalman 1y ago
Objectively yes. Immigrants make up 14% of the population but start more than 20% of businesses. 44% of fortune 500 companies are founded by immigrants or their children. Steve Jobs' dad was a Syrian immigrant student. Elon Musk was on
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by esalman 1y ago
Not familiar with Seattle U-distict, is it rental market? Because I hope foreign students are not impacting single family house prices. When I was grad student rent was indeed 50% of my stipend. Tuition was covered as part of research grant
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by esalman 1y ago
Can you explain in this context? Because prices do go down if supply exceed demand.
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by esalman 1y ago
I was talking to someone after the H1B debacle, and they said these are just minor, temporary inconveniences for the sake of greater good.
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by esalman 1y ago
I was a terminally online youth in 2000s, both before and after social media and proliferation of smartphones. Money is not and issue here. I was a middle class youth in a developing country, and internet was expensive. People who didn&#x27
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by esalman 1y ago
Talking to the government is a rare skill and those who do tend to get very rich. Just look at Elon Musk.
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by esalman 1y ago
This definitely sounds inhuman. This reminds me of some early human remains they found in a cave Georgia (the country). It looked like one human lost teeth and in those times that would basically mean death by starvation. But the evidence s
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by esalman 1y ago
> but I do not understand why it would be their responsibility in the first place The original rationale for aid activities was to promote global stability, strategic interest, economic benefits, and humanitarian relief. You can argue th
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by esalman 1y ago
The bar is much higher for the left.
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by esalman 1y ago
I don't know about this. As a brown student on F1 visa, I even used to walk into Walmart different than I do now.
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by esalman 1y ago
Looks like on Windows it possible to disable all animations, including switch desktop, but you have to press two buttons to switch.
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by esalman 1y ago
I mentioned it already, my sister resigned from her tenure track position due to a fight over this. She was strict, students reported her, faculty wouldn't assign her choice course, she resigned after one and a half year.
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by esalman 1y ago
My sister had a fight over this and resigned from her tenure track position from a liberal arts college in Arkansas.
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by esalman 1y ago
Knew something was up with the guy when he was shedding crocodile tears for child trafficking victims he apparently rescued.
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by esalman 1y ago
There's a reason why corrupt politicians and extortionists all over the world choose to retire in the US.
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by esalman 1y ago
Let me guess, you're not an immigrant?
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by esalman 1y ago
There's plenty to deny this claim. Immigrants make up 14% of the population but make up over 20% of entrepreneurs. 44% of fortune 500 company founders were either born outside US or to immigrant parents in the US.
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by esalman 1y ago
> networks know they need to pivot somewhere. Please don't say the pivot is podcasts.
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by esalman 1y ago
Unfortunately, to stop the situation you either need to let competent foreign workers in, or somehow make 2 years of masters education, or 7 years of PhD education more attractive to average Americans than flipping burgers and earning $22 a
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by esalman 1y ago
Yes it means less talent. Want proof? Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella were all on H1B visa at some point.

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