benque

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by benque 5y ago
Okay, what's your plan? You want Germany to roll over when Putin attacks? Germany should double that military budget :)
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by benque 5y ago
False. Exhibit A: China from 1980-Present. QED.
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by benque 5y ago
1. Opaque interview process with no feedback. Recently two interviews I attended went this way; After 5-6 rounds of tech discussion, the process ended with the recruiter not responding to my email requesting an update or feedback. 2. Coding
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by benque 5y ago
"Attempt"? You'd be in violation of The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Act of 1956. "Just doing it" is fine as long as its not outright illegal.
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by benque 5y ago
Iran is a special case for Israel. Israel isn't directly threatened by Pakistan having nuclear weapons.
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by benque 5y ago
What would prevent Russian authorities from taking action against local employees anyway? The buck stops at the government. The only options for private companies in these type of situations are: comply or exit.
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by benque 5y ago
Start from here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Storm-333 (Hint - It was the Soviets who went with their guns blazing to Kabul setting off a series of events causing instability.) Beyond that, your reading co
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by benque 5y ago
Where did I say that any of the events in Afghanistan is justified? My point is, the reality in Afghan has many sides, and none of them look good. Blaming one party is stupid. Also America didn't "create" Taliban - again you
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by benque 5y ago
For embedded and system programming roles, try applying at companies which evaluate you only on generic coding skills, and then learn on the job. Typically these companies use C, C++, or Rust for low-level software and perhaps Golang or Jav
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by benque 5y ago
What exactly do you want to do with past events? At least in the west (I am a South Asian) they document it and possibly learn from it / incorporate it in studies (Germany). Would you rather have the Chinese method of whitewashing or c
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by benque 5y ago
I almost died laughing at your comment. You have to understand the ethnic divisions that exist in the region before arriving at opinions. Taliban (Pashtuns) don't give a damn about "others" such as Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras (in
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by benque 5y ago
Yes, they are self goals too. It doesn't mean you got to score more of them.
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by benque 5y ago
If any given area produces more people than they can handle, then it should be their problem. The dominant ideology in middle east is religious authoritarianism. If you're a liberal democracy, then its a self goal to get immigrants fro
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by benque 5y ago
They have a spokesperson now. Say reasonable stuff, do whatever you want; Just like every government or corporate with PR.
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by benque 5y ago
One man's journalist is another man's .... ;-)
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by benque 5y ago
Where exactly is the so called tech talent shortage? I would certainly like to immigrate there. (Australia is out of bounds now, but which parts of Asia are you referring to?) Also all "tech" is not equal. Are you specifically ref
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by benque 5y ago
Tangential but genuine question - can you please provide examples of such countries?
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by benque 5y ago
I think you and the parent commenter don't understand the ground realities in such countries. A lot of stuff will remain "on paper" or in "official" communications. There is no way any government here is going to pa
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by benque 5y ago
Not that I agree with the root comment, but China is not that large without Tibet, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Inner Mongolia. These provinces also have the least population densities - the terrain doesn't support it.
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by benque 5y ago
In a liberal country that is. I am sure certain single party dictatorships can regulate any company of any size within a day.
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by benque 5y ago
Yes. These are the major reasons not the "only" reasons. Sure, there will be a few percentage of people who are irresponsible, but we have to look at the big picture as well. Mass gatherings are far more responsible for the spread