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by notsureaboutpg 6y ago
To outsiders, it's a democracy because they've been told that. To Modi bhakts it's a democracy because they are in power. To regular people, it's very clear it's a democracy like Russia is a democracy. The govt pays
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by notsureaboutpg 6y ago
Very few people do this. most popular apps have a version on both stores.
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I work for a company which helps huge enterprises move to the cloud, and we found a lot of places opting for Azure because their experience with GCP support was really bad. These are people paying for the top tier of support too.
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Muslims also have a similar tier system of giving charity, but because Islam mandates charity from its followers at a fixed rate (a flat income tax for charity), it places the "communal funds" very low in the totem pole. Actually
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This doesn't take into account that the vast majority of Arabs are Muslim and learn the intricacies of Quran and Quranic Arabic as kids, so they will understand it quite well. Speaking Arabic natively makes a huge difference in that th
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I'm born in the west to Indian parents and you're right this is common among Indians but I also went this route and met my spouse this way and we are really happy that we have a multigenerational household. It's especially he
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There is more to it but it is also a "cancel culture" moment if there ever was one. I think history will look back on his ousting as part of a mass hysteria, but I don't agree with OP about likening it to the Khmer Rouge (mes
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If anyone is interested in a different perspective (the Iranians you will interact with online know English, have affinity for the West, etc. These are not representative of majority of Iranians, just like many Americans aren't represe
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Way far. A lot of these restrictions were imposed by the Arab states in the very early days of Israel's "nationhood" and haven't been lifted since, so you don't have to expel people to do this. If US/China did
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In the US a blanket anti-boycott law would be unconstitutional to enforce. Government contractors in some states (maybe federally) are subject to anti-BDS restrictions, but to my knowledge GitHub isn't one. Also, GitHub as an organizat
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But the drivers using this technique are truly nearby, they are getting the route on the phone in the tree and then forwarding the route information to their own phone in their car, and they are presumably in the area. They are trying to be
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Most commenters are focused on the optimizations made, but I actually think the custom routing and verification mechanism is the interesting bit. That kind of a tool could be handy in lots of scenarios (comparing the same service written in
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Russians have won 3 Nobel prizes in Physics since 2000. I think that's a cultural/economic achievement
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I mean the USA shot down an Iranian passenger plane killing all the civilians inside it. The USA sanctioned medical supplies from a country battling a pandemic. The USA armed Saddam Hussein to invade and fight a decade long war with Iran. T
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Being from India, I'd like to point out that these groups of people you are talking about actually reinforce a gender binary rather than muddling it. Hijra are men who take on all the societal roles of women. They aren't "non
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by notsureaboutpg 6y ago
Apple is behind in AI. Google has Google Lens, real-time transcription of audio recordings, live captions. And Google Assistant is leaps and bounds ahead of Siri in nearly every way. What is there in AI that Google doesn't beat Apple a
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by notsureaboutpg 6y ago
I really like my Pixel 4. I don't think it's boring or bland. I think it actually has way more features than an iPhone, and I'd rather have that than 5 years support. The Pixel 4 has automatic call screening, live transcripti
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If anyone here has been around kids around the age of 7-11 years old recently then they know exactly why this consensus is emerging. The internet isn't built for parental guidance, and parents don't know how to lock their kids dev
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Just wanted to point out this might not be true of other religions in the US. Yes they make up a smaller number, but I know for a fact that Muslims are religiously more participatory than they were 20 years ago in America. It could be sheer
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There are at least 2 others. Reread and see if you can find them. Also, being state run doesn't mean you aren't innovative. It's a different game but still requires innovation. Companies don't grow and grow and grow with
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by notsureaboutpg 6y ago
Yes they were built by innovation. Creation of a new country no matter how it happens is an innovation. Creation of a new company, no matter how it happens, is an innovation. Growing a company also is an innovation. You can only grow by ven
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by notsureaboutpg 6y ago
The most economically successful company in the world is Saudi ARAMCO so what does that say about PG's startup founder thesis?
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I was raised in such a world too. I get what you're saying. But like everything there is a middle ground. US has good press freedom, but they also, like every country, will kill you if you "blaspheme" against them too much. T
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I also am not a fan of cancel culture or the sort of progressive Victorianism we see these days. Sure an antifa government would suck. But that's just bad manners, these are people being assassinated because the government disagrees wi
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His suit was dismissed by the government because having to defend themselves against the accusation would disclose state secrets. The right to sue only matters if you can meaningfully exercise it... And your standards are ridiculous. If any
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>No matter what, the fundamental ideas that America is built on is focused so heavily on freedom Freedom as long as you aren't threateningly critical of America. The journalist of the Syrian War who took an anti-American stance and
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Well what about if the rules of the conventional quadrant become "Anyone who says or implies 'Crush <outgroup>!' is bad and should never be listened to"?
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Isnt PG claiming that the "rules" are to value free expression and not turn people into heretics and that those who "break" this rule are bad and unworthy and never able to have new, original ideas and thus should never
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Ah, conventional minded people are those who insist that those who break the rules are bad, worthless in society, and should be punished. Then Mr. Graham goes on to say that the rules of civilized, successful, wealthy societies are that eve