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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> If they're studying history, they'll need to learn to read a whole bunch of weird, ancient, dead script I like when languages have lots of “backward compatibility” For example Spanish handwriting system hasn’t changed much.
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> Yup. So the main places that are still teaching cursive: While cursive is still teached at schools where I live,print letters are the ones used the most I guess there is be a difference between the way public schools and private school
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> In others, there were other dominant social networks I remember Hi5 in Latin America and India, Hyves in the Netherlands, Orkut in Brazil, VK in Russia, StudyVZ in Germany, Tuenti in Spain. Finland and Sweden had a popular photo log we
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> My theory has been that people have been conditioned out of posting to Instagram (if you don't have a literally perfect life, then why post) and as a result Instagram just has less content to draw upon. I think this effort to chas
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> "no tiktok" is short, and easy to understand to non-native English speakers. Funny thing is that for Portuguese speakers it could be understood as "In Tiktok"
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> These were tech-savy people and some people couldn't change paper role in the printer. I work in IT, but troubleshooting printers scares me. I like to keep my distance from them.
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
The U.S. doesn't really have international transit in airports as other countries do. So everyone has to go through passport control even for connecting flights. I believe this includes refueling and technical stops too.
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
From the article, she was denied entry because of her previous long stay in the U.S., and not because of the abortion/pregnancy question. > She said she was initially quizzed about why she was returning so soon after spending two an
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> Why do you think cert collecting is fun? My work requires me to take certifications and keep them renewed. What I appreciate from certifications is actually taking a well-made test. (Instead of a carelessly made normal school or univer
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
Some countries even use more than one keyboard layout, so I try to stick to special chacters that dont change from keyboard layouts. Like dot comma and space.
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> I don't know anyone under the age of 40 who cares one bit about fine china and china cabinets Definitely. My parents house has a china cabinet, with china dishes no-one is allowed to use. I've never understood why, I'll
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
I counted more than 200 dishes in a house of 2 :(
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
I hope they do that with non-cloud voice recognition My family tried an Echo Auto for voice control in one of our cars last year, but we ended up disconnecting it. We drive through hills and mountains often, and it was common for voice comm
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
Also try to be as neutral and boring as possible with them.
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
This is what I would do too. Keep them as far away as possible.
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
Hi! Just wanted to ask, are the cultivars or varieties for corn for human food, ethanol and corn for cattle feed different?
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> 40' Is it for shortwave or ham radio?
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by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> Expats are typically people living outside their country on a non-permanent basis (on assignment or some temporary basis), with no intention to permanent emigrate to the country. > Immigrants however are people who move to a country
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Last year I was considering applying to a master in the IT field. The University which had the programme I liked the most didn't offer for scholarships for men that I could apply for, only for women or trans-women.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
That is the textbook definition, but in reality expat is usually applied to those from higher income countries only. Do this quick experiment, do an image search "expats in <destination_name>" vs "migrants in <destin
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
The author will have to graft the avocado tree, to get good tasting ones.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
A decade ago it was common to read about how Chinese social media censorship [1] and that was usually shown in a negative light in our media. I remember reading how some users bypassed censorship by avoiding saying certain words or using ho
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
It is common for visa applications to have a question like "Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offence or crime, even if the arrest did not result in a conviction". And residency applications usually ask for a polic
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
> I think discriminating peoplejust due to their nationality has to stop. Agree. Passport discrimination is a harsh reality that hasn't gathered enough media attention.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
> Yes, starting from now, protesting becomes more risky (you may go to jail for years if you get caught second time). But just a week ago, it was mostly harmless (yes, some people get arrested for few days... Even one arrest record is en
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Estonia does that too. Job posts are required to publish a pay range and it is very useful to help decide if a job is financially interesting or not.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
> What about flat companies? I also work in a flat company. Actually some weeks ago, one of my colleagues was applying to a new credit card. So the bank called our HR team to very a colleague's salary. I ended up taking the call du
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Another one is how responsive/fast they usually felt.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
With so many ads and modal boxes in newspaper websites, I've recently find the paper newspaper a better experience recently.
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by ncpa-cpl 5y ago
I'm probably one of them. Sometimes when I'm very bored I spend some minutes watching the ads from foreign channels. Every country does them slightly different.

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