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by faizan-ali 8mo ago
This is interesting. Any fine tuning on existing commentary?
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by faizan-ali 11mo ago
Unfortunately this means the government is going bankrupt keeping power generation online for non-solar/evening only users.
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by faizan-ali 1y ago
I did something similar for Californian oils :) https://www.californiaoliveoil.info/
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by faizan-ali 1y ago
Are you instead claiming complete incompetence on part of the Pakistani army? Of course we knew he was there. My fellow Pakistanis really need to realize that we are a pariah state instead of claiming ignorance or victimization.
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by faizan-ali 1y ago
:(
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by faizan-ali 1y ago
In the US, the best example is in California. To get the California Olive Oil Council stamp of extra virgin quality, you must have your oil tasted by the government body. I'm one of such tasters :)
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by faizan-ali 1y ago
I've put together a directory of olive oil producers from California:) https://www.californiaoliveoil.info/
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
They usually do teach you to read Arabic, which is mostly the same script as Urdu. But you don't understand what you're reading which doesn't really make it any better.
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
This sounds like something I could see myself using over dull Google forms - can I iframe it too? Very pretty design btw
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
I built a webapp that does this for all tech events in the Bay area :) https://fogcity.events/
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
This could transform the country!
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
Bite me
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
Why the fuck was this built on Bahawalpur? I'm so frustrated at Pakistan's inability to not fuck things up :( years it's been. Years of frustration. Disappointments. Disillusionment. Sigh :(
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
I personally don't think partition was a good idea but give me a fucking break with this Hindu-nationalist view that Muslims were the "original colonizers" of India. Most Islamic empires in India Indianized rapidly, adopting
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
Seconded! Pakistani living in the States. Have been pulled over by cops many times at night because they're bored and/or want a bribe. Bribed a guy to get my passport made. Corrupt ranger tried to squeeze cash out of my dad's
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
I think his point was that olive oil when done right is a result of crushing fruit. The bastardization of that product is a travesty but it is still possible to get the real stuff.
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
As a Pakistani and American, I am upset, astonished, excited, conflicted. The Pakistani team was already looking pretty bad coming into this World Cup. Sigh
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
"It's banned in all these places so it must be bad" is a terrible argument. It was also illegal to be gay or get an abortion in most places until recently. All societies up until maybe 200 years ago for some, yesterday for ot
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
There is an excellent behind the bastards podcast on this: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kSz7fsdOV9fzFFC93tdS7?si=U...
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
This is the most ridiculous take I've seen all year. South Asia is an established geographical-cultural term that includes the two largest countries in Southern Asia - India and Pakistan.
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
Incredible read. I'm a trained olive oil panelist and the olive oil community has always made very strong claims on the evil of seed oils and he benefits of olive oil. The question I still have is: is olive oil healthier than seed oils
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
The division of the subcontinent was one the greatest calamities of our collective humanity. I don't think I'll ever be able to not look at the Empire in disdain, even if it's a crumbling shadow today.
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by faizan-ali 2y ago
Olive oil somm here (yeah that's a thing!) Olive oil (and all cooking oils in general) are the opposite of wine - once bottled they start degrading and any additional exposure to air, light, heat degrades them further. What degrades sp
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by faizan-ali 3y ago
See comment above. Your local olive oil store (if there is one) should have great options. If you're on the east coast, one of those local high-end "Italian" stores may have a knowledgable person who stocks good oils. Online
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by faizan-ali 3y ago
California Olive Ranch oils are the only ones I've seen that are consistently decent across the US. I do occasionally see bottles from 2021, so be wary. 2022 is the latest year you should buy, most coastal cities/national Whole Fo
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by faizan-ali 3y ago
Expert here! You can totally inspect your olive oil yourself. First a primer: Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade. This is unregulated and mostly nonexistent in most US grocery shelves. Here's the criteria I recommend: - Source
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by faizan-ali 3y ago
Stay in San Jose! There are some pretty awesome events happening in the South Bay - albeit not as much as SF proper: I built http://fogcity.events/ to help me find tech events around the Bay, hope it's useful to you to
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by faizan-ali 3y ago
Regardless of who's selling the product, (extra virgin) olive oil has been consistently shown to have significant health benefits. His product specifically? Let's look at the details: - "May 2023 harvest date" - Not bad!
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by faizan-ali 3y ago
Regardless of who's selling the product, (extra virgin) olive oil has been consistently shown to have significant health benefits. His product specifically? Let's look at the details: - "May 2023 harvest date" - Not bad!
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by faizan-ali 3y ago
I built myself an events aggregator for tech events in San Francisco. It finds the best tech events in town by going to various websites, my private Gmail, and a few Slacks/Discords I'm a part of and uses LLMs to normalize all the

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