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by z2 7y ago
Indeed--there's a halal market I just discovered today that has the most reasonably priced semolina and spices I've seen. Ignorant me believed that semolina came only from large retailers or specialty Italian shops (i.e. sellers o
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by z2 7y ago
There's value (and power?) to the length of stay though. It's a good starting measure to see which countries can you just hop on a plane to without a visa, but after getting off that plane, what if you want to stay for a while? Th
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by z2 7y ago
Yeah, passports are up there alongside currencies in that countries are increasingly putting a lot of effort into the designs to show off their culture, history, art, etc. Too bad the fear of forgeries prevents the artwork from being more c
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by z2 7y ago
I think one of the most interesting and actionable takeaways from the previous discussions is that holders of weak passports with a US, Canada, or EU tourist visa gives tourist access to an increasing list of developing countries. The think
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by z2 7y ago
That's exactly it! The list is so focused on country counts that it doesn't account for things that make visits interesting, such as population, area, or even economic development of the countries with access to. It would be easy
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by z2 7y ago
Android needs an incognito mode or some way to set up a secondary user that looks as if it's the only user on the device. Maybe this mode/user can be triggered with a different passcode or finger.
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by z2 7y ago
The market capitalization of the large oil companies have also been very closely correlated with oil prices, so cheap oil could in fact hurt their margins rather than help shareholders.
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by z2 7y ago
And even if those adjustments are somehow accepted, travelling anywhere longitudinally will be a world of pain to the traveler, to re-learn what should be common sense on the 'local' time to wake up, time for lunch, days of the we
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by z2 7y ago
Or the opposite, as in buying the stock when it was down and seeing it nearly double since then.
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by z2 7y ago
I thought the same too, to the point that maybe even lead acid batteries could work. Unfortunately, buses still care somewhat about weight--from a 2005 report: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files&#x
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by z2 7y ago
Japan's IC card system is similar, and have been integrated across much of the country for universal use in transportation and cash-equivalent purchases. There are essentially two kinds, one that's unregistered, and one where you
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by z2 7y ago
But the sum of members, sponsors, and even half-hearted supporters of these and similar organizations does not add up to 1.3 billion or so nationals, no? I don't think it's a liberal or conservative stance to practice arithmetic.
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by z2 7y ago
The best possible interpretation of this comment is that you are warning of influence from people who have ties to the CCP. The worst possible interpretation, however comes from: > Wherever the Mainland Chinese are expanding influence an
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by z2 7y ago
Of course Adam Khan is is "willing to talk" per the article. They were dealt a second hand given recent events and their brush with Huawei, and will play it for all it's worth, starting with their interview in February. These
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by z2 7y ago
I used to be angry at these posts, but now I'm just sad. Despite the GP then saying it's 'PRC Chinese' vs 'Singaporean Chinese,' it's still unclear if this is a broad swipe at an ethnic group, a nation&#x2
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by z2 7y ago
I'm with you on the 'too young to know from experience' boat, though there are groups that have been trying to measure the probability of recession through macro indicators across consumption, production, and employment. htt
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by z2 7y ago
As the site mentions elsewhere, they have a relatively power-hungry fiber router that needs a constant 10W, currently still running on the grid. In that sense, the website isn't entirely solar-powered. This seems to be the state of thi
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by z2 7y ago
Well, the Wi-Fi Alliance kicked them out, so maybe the USB-IF, based in Oregon, is a possibility. It's kind of scary how fast everything under the American sun has been weaponized.
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by z2 7y ago
The article has a good diagram of the roof that provides the counterbalancing force to be discharged through the walls and buttresses. On an unrelated note, a sibling post, though also summarizing the article, seems to be correct. How did i
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by z2 7y ago
In Korea, Japan, and many similar tech powerhouses, the link was two ways. With maturing technology and a desire to guard it, they developed better policy for protecting IP rights.
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by z2 7y ago
As others have alluded to--here's an explanation for _a good portion_ of the people who have two character given names. The first character of the given name is defined by ancestors, generations ago in a poem. Each subsequent generatio
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by z2 7y ago
Something like this, perhaps! http://zulko.github.io/blog/2014/02/12/transcribing-piano-ro...
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by z2 7y ago
Not being an expert or qualified on this, my speculation is size, as in a reasonably-educated population and resources to support them, not necessarily government efficiency or competency. The size is what enables a complex supply chain and
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by z2 7y ago
Not sure if that was sarcasm, but surely there's South America, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia. Though, obviously not all these places are on good terms with China either.
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by z2 7y ago
I think a unique problem with China (and India too in the future) is that it is so big that the consequences of transfer materialize faster and and in bigger ways. Unlike smaller developing nations, China seems to be pretty good at learning
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by z2 7y ago
Even US-approved CAR T-cell is currently so toxic with a high chance of severe adverse effects that it should only be used as a last resort treatment. From a linked article: “Right now it is heroic medicine,” he says — a grueling treatm
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by z2 7y ago
I'm oversensitive to this and my comment is sort of off-topic, but I've seen a fair bit of confusion, especially on China, where people fail to distinguish between the authoritarian government, nationals, and people of ethnic desc
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by z2 7y ago
From what I've seen, so many people really wanted a car and many who got one over the last 15 years never looked back at public transit. The economics are sort of balancing out though with tiered license plates. It's over USD $10,
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by z2 7y ago
That wasn't the entirety of your message. Could you please explain what you meant by needing ethnic homogenization? If Americans are so busy helping out illegals, then doesn't that invalidate the premise that America is too divers
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by z2 7y ago
There have been covers of people taking a pre-recorded segment of a game (say, a 1v1 fight), and improvising a jazz score around it. How awesome would it be to have this happen live for any game? Anything from mood to specific sound effects

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