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The.Best.Guzzler.Ever Joshua Tree National Park
(otherhand.org)
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>>>> Not to mention placing tapping devices in the Queen's furniture. They didn't actually placed tapping devices in the Queen's furniture. From the article: One of his first ideas was to try planting listening
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Bitdefender BOX
(bitdefender.com)
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Specs are not out yet? I couldn't find any on wi-fi.org.
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From https://onesignal.com/about : It's free; how does OneSignal make money? We make money by using the data we aggregate to improve web and mobile experiences. We also offer custom solutions to enterprise clients.
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>>>> eg: If more than X Android users block a number it should block automatically for everyone. Apps like Truecaller[0] have this functionality. [0] https://www.truecaller.com/services/truecaller
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>> Also, India did invade and annex Goa in '62. ... because Goa is an historically Indian territory, and Republic of India just got it back from foreign invaders!?
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2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident
(en.wikipedia.org)
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>>> It's strategically foolish for the major economies like the EU, Russia & China to depend on the US's goodwill in maintaining a system that drives a huge part of their economy, GPS is used pervasively for everythi
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Evernote reverses privacy policy that allows employees to read users’ notes
(techcrunch.com)
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Traversing the Mauritanian Sahara on the world's longest bulk train (2015)
(thetravelstories.com)
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A Terrifying Journey Through the World's Most Dangerous Jungle
(outsideonline.com)
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Sysinternals has a Windows equivalent[1]. Although most of the hex editors[2][3] have an in-built strings dumping functionality. [1] https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/strings.asp... [2] https:/
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Few examples: USICS/CBP/DHS (not sure who among them maintains finger print db) in the USA. UIDAI in India.
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Rooftop solar programs have been launched by electricity providers in a few Indian states[1][2][3]. They offer incentives like subsidy/discounts in electricity bill if a house has solar energy. [1] https://gpcl.gujarat.gov.i
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I'll just leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuL4sRc8ZMA Mr. Piyush Goyal is India's energy minister, and he's damn good. And, he knows what he's doing.
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Antarctica and the South Pole (2012)
(tema.ru)
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Best Practices for Time Travelers (2003)
(idlewords.com)
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Epic Cycle Journey
(crazyguyonabike.com)
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10y ago
So, can you edit your original post to be politically correct (read: non-echochamber)? Instead of just mentioning a certain inclination that you may not agree with, you can just say left-wing/communist media hasn't been in favour
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Then how do you catch people who deposit hoards of black money and get away without paying taxes? If banks don't ask for ID, then this whole exercise becomes pointless.
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So is the case in India. Cash transactions aren't banned. The linked article title is misleading. Existing ₹500 and ₹1000 currency notes are being replaced with new ₹500 and ₹2000 ones.
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True. Even ₹500 and ₹1000 aren't banned per se. They are being replaced with new currency notes (of 500 and 2000 denomination).
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10y ago
No offense, but do you think your transactions are not surveilled by your government or any of those three lettered agencies? ;)
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I guess the linked Bloomberg article doesn't make it clear? Cash hasn't been banned in India. Only ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination currency notes have been scrapped. Replacement currency notes (₹₹500 and ₹2000) with new design are bei
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Cash hasn't been banned in India. Only ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination currency notes have been scrapped. Replacement currency notes (₹₹500 and ₹2000) with new design are being disbursed at banks and ATMs. I don't think there's a
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Yes. Now, a lot of PMJDY bank accounts are seeing activity. This could be the case where people actually using their accounts, or could be the case where they are being misused to stash black money. In any case, GoI is looking into it[1]. [
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Well, I didn't actually say 'lot more == all'. I was just mentioning that PMJDY bank accounts and debit cards would ease things a bit for the people who have them, compared to the days when they had no bank accounts whatsoeve
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You don't need a bank account to exchange demonetized currency notes.
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Well, due to Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana scheme, a lot more people have bank accounts and debit cards now. Over 220 million bank accounts were opened since 2014. People who have those accounts can actually make use of them now.
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