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by raincom 3y ago
In almost all companies, even seeking help is frowned upon. One ex-Microsoft manager, now a senior Manager at Atlassian, called that 'hand holding'. Some actively don't want to help out others, due to PIP/bonus culture.
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by raincom 3y ago
Endogamy fails when the ratio of males to females in a group is not 1:1, a simple mathematical fact. Many castes have disappeared, many emerged. Genetical evidence just show that people prefer to marry within that particular sub-caste, but
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by raincom 3y ago
Government 'subverts' the fourth amendment using the third-party doctrine. Now, extend that logic to every amendment. Use private companies to curtail the first amendment.
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by raincom 3y ago
No one has described the so-called sociopolitical system and its dynamic (how it reproduces). What we have speculative accounts, ad hoc in nature. Let's look at endogamy. "A caste is an endogamous group, or collection of endogamou
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by raincom 3y ago
Any charge of discrimination requires one of making normative moral assumptions: everyone ought to be equal, everyone ought be to be same, etc. Without such moral assumptions, it becomes a mere choice.
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Both incompetence and corruption need to be fixed. Incompetence from the rationality perspective [1], corruption from the systems perspective. Just because some book says "people from X varna should do certain job", who is enfor
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by raincom 3y ago
Corruption is NOT confined to one class, one caste, one set (random vs. non-random), one alumni association, one group (competent vs. incompetent). This issue is orthogonal to competence: one can be corrupt irrespective of competence. Peopl
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No one wants to talk about the giant elephant in the room: reservation system vs. competence. Go to any govt office: the chief of some division is incompetent, some low-level clerk does the heavy lifting. Of course, this low-level clerk hap
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by raincom 3y ago
Equality of Opportunity vs. Equality of Outcome is a common dispute in these discussions. It also depends on the context: Equality of Opportunity at the n th step totally depends on Equality of Outcome at the n-1 th step. Who is responsible
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by raincom 3y ago
Even though RTI queries to major IITs reveal that almost all faculty comes from un-reserved category, one needs more evidence (than this RTI data) to show that caste discrimination occurred. If there is an opening for two faculty positions
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by raincom 3y ago
Read this: 'Indian View from Outside: Quotas, Rational & Moral?' : https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2015/sep/11/Indian...
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Maybe, it is time to think what discriminations are, what caste-discriminations are: https://www.hipkapi.com/2011/03/24/normative-assumptions-dis...
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What makes some choice, any choice, a discrimination? What makes a discrimination a caste discrimination? Imagine a scenario where someone, say, A accuses of his/her higher ups for a caste discrimination. Here, A is denied a promotion,
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by raincom 3y ago
Maybe, try this format: https://www.youtube.com/v/kTOwZxRT5Qc
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by raincom 3y ago
Europe's Cocaine Tsunami[0], a documentary by VICE, is about Albanian Mafia and Columbian clan del gulfo. Here, you can hear about how Albanians in UK are 'enslaved' by Albanian mafia families, and how many young Albanians fr
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Other countries bear the cost of US printing dollars to the infinite; that's why inflation in other countries is double/tripe of the official inflation rate (aka natural interest rate) in US. 35% of dollar value comes from being t
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by raincom 3y ago
Well, that massive list is anonymous, since only register numbers of students and their grades are published.
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It makes money laundering harder for low and intermediate level drug dealers. Netherlands is a major importer for drugs: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Hamburg are major ports for drugs. Drug wholesalers in EU would rather transport millions of
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by raincom 3y ago
Exactly this. Currency transaction reports are mandatory for any individual transactions > $10,000. This limit $10K was established in 1970 (Bank Secrecy Act). After 50 years, $10,000 of 1970 should have been at least $50K of 2023. Polit
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by raincom 3y ago
Instead of wegovy and mounjaro, hookworms can be taken.
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kula-s and jaati-s exist; injustices and poverty exist. Does the caste-system exist? One can't use injustices or fights between different kula-s or jaati-s as an evidence for the existence of the caste-system. From: https://
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by raincom 3y ago
tl;dr "Underwood Ranches supplied Huy Fong Foods’ peppers for 28 years. Underwood told CNBC that he could have kept up with demand if he were still the company’s supplier. After a dispute between the two parties led to a legal battle t
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by raincom 3y ago
For instance, Eurolink eSIM card with 180 days validity can be had for 180 euros on Airalo.com. They also have re-chargeable eSIMs, just you need to top up just before it expires.
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People use Airalo app to buy eSIMs, wherever they travel to. One can buy eSIM even before you land in foreign lands. I don't have experience with Airalo, but many recommended that app on this site.
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by raincom 3y ago
Just as power is centralized through federal laws, federal bureaucracies, executive orders, by stripping it from states, similarly states taking the power from counties, municipalities, etc, parental control is taken over by the state. Expe
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Dawood Bohras (a particular Shia sect in Islam) practices this, it is called Khatna or Khafd. Most of Dawoodi Bohras come from Mumbai, India, where this is common[4]. A female doctor from this particular community was prosecuted in Detroit
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'half of American adults' in the poll sample.
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Can you give some examples from the US?
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Miasma theory ruled from 4 BC until 1800s. Miasmata (airborne vapors, noxious, polluted air) caused most diseases. This encouraged cleanliness. Germ theory of disease replaced it. "Malaria was prevalent in the Roman Empire, and the Rom
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In that reddit post, he says "I had over $10m in the bank for a startup of 5 people making low 7 figures from well established and extremely happy customers." You are right: low 7 figures = $3-$5M annual revenue

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