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by geff82 11y ago
But you know...not everything is bad. Taarof makes actual travel to Iran rather smooth and comfortable as people really try to help you the best they can (as long as you have at least a small sense of what is too much, which you get fast).
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by geff82 11y ago
I try to :) In the form of really often expressing my explicit wish for their wonderful icecream :D :D
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by geff82 11y ago
A real world example for a taroof related conflict: "I think on my last visit she hasn't tried to convince me hard enough to stay overnight so I think I am not wanted" - 1 1/2 years siblings not talking any more. Other s
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by geff82 11y ago
They ARE most probably genuinely nice people, especially in their European context. I could not have married an Iranian women if I was not sure if she and her family were genuinely nice (and they are in tons, I am incredibly proud on my Per
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by geff82 11y ago
Well, ask anyone how they think Iranians are (as long as they know some in person) and almost always they will tell you something along the lines of "Wow, they are so extremely nice, so polite and generous". But this is, to some e
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by geff82 11y ago
Everybody who dares to compare Taarof to any western behavior has not experienced the sheer intensity of it... It's unlike anything I know and takes a good time to get accustomed to (husband of real grown-up-in-Iran persian wife here..
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by geff82 11y ago
Hell is freezing over at 0K. Oh my god. Wow.
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by geff82 11y ago
So how many stories "X in Go" or "Y in Rust" a day will we have in future? Its a bit much currently...
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by geff82 12y ago
This isn't the simplest radio (or oscillator) you can build. To get the nearest AM-station, simply put a resistor, an a diode together and attach 20 m of wire and an earphone on its side. Voila!
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by geff82 12y ago
The most important small feature for me in Runtastic is that it tells me how many calories I've burned. As I try to lose some pounds I run until I burned 1000 calories (or whatever the goal of the day is).
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by geff82 13y ago
Families are MUCH closer in Pakistan and the rest of the Middle East than they are in the western world. Doing things against the families will can get you in big trouble and leave you without your family at all. The main difference between
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by geff82 13y ago
"Making Money in Open Source" can have several meanings. Selling software is just what most people think of when reading the title. I myself can say I made about $150k in Open Source this year. But it wasn't by selling softwa
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Ask HN: How to socialize in a new city?
1 points by geff82 14y ago|0 comments
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by geff82 14y ago
Ask Eurostaff. I work with them as a freelancer. They are quick, very friendly, visit you at the place you are actually working and pay on the 28th day of a 30-day payment term. I love them for their professionalism. They have positions all
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How to make the most out of 200$?
2 points by geff82 17y ago|0 comments