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kingofpandora
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kingofpandora
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> tl;dr: it's probably real writing, likely related to Roma/Syriac Roma and Syriac are two radically different languages (Indo-European vs Semitic), so it's peculiar that the conclusion would be that it's one of the t
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9y ago
Care to link to such a study? It goes against everything I've heard.
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Never heard of this bridge until today. However, according to Wikipedia: > Because it is a suspension bridge and has similar coloring, it is often compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, US. It was built by the American Brid
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kingofpandora
9y ago
For those thinking "what the heck is Syrian?", I'm guessing the author meant Syriac.
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kingofpandora
9y ago
Reminds me of a company in a country I won't name that celebrated International Women's Day by giving each female employee a bouquet of flowers. There may have been good intentions ...
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kingofpandora
9y ago
> They never had Latin alphabet. Kazakhstan (as a state, part of USSR) was using Turkic Alphabet in its initial 13 years of existence. > I wouldn't consider Turkic as a Latin alphabet. It uses some Latin glyphs but so does Cyrill
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9y ago
I've already had to provide my social media account names (although not access to those accounts) at the US border as a foreigner trying to enter the country. This was about one year ago.
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9y ago
My history prof used to say that Sir Anthony Eden was the last Prime Minister to believe the United Kingdom was a superpower and the first to prove that it wasn't.
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YPG and PKK are two different entities.
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> Does not come bundled with any "end-user" applications (web browsers, email clients, multimedia software , office suites, etc..). The only utilities that Lumina brings to the table by default are the ones written specificall
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kingofpandora
10y ago
> And I'm not trying to be argumentative, but your take on TN visas is extremely simplified. For instance software developers aren't actually allowed to have a TN visa, and instead you have to say that you're a "syste
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10y ago
That's not what he said. He wrote: > It's also beyond bizarre that the US trusts Abu Dhabi's security enough to locate its only Middle Eastern Customs/Immigration preclearance facility, but not enough to let passenger