mkaziz

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by mkaziz 8y ago
You mean the cash that belonged to the Iranians that the US had frozen?
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by mkaziz 8y ago
4.95% flat rate is pretty high.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Illinois taxes are already pretty darn high. Illinois is also experiencing net out-migration, reducing the taxpayer base. Increasing taxes will only make people leave faster. It's a rock and a hard place.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Is it opensource? I've been looking for a location tracker to use for my family that isn't storing our locations on the side.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
> Ahmed Almheiri, Xi Dong and Daniel Harlow did calculations ... It's pretty cool to see a Westerner, Middle Easterner and an East Asian dude (at least based on names ...) collaborate to push the frontiers of science like this!
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Islamic Relief is my go-to. They are focusing on the tragedy in Myanmar that folks don't get a lot of visibility on.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Disagree. I am a native speaker of Urdu, and Urdu is effective only with significant English loan words. The Persian alphabet also makes little sense - we pronounce seen and suad the same way but write them differently thanks to the Persian
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Currently reading it too - it's an amazing, heart-warming book.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
I used to own an original Moto G, and the only complaint I had was the crappy camera. I would buy Morotola again if they made reasonable sized phones.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
do you have recommendations for reading up on this?
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by mkaziz 8y ago
From my understanding, stunning is still done in the West for producing halal meat- you just have to be careful not to kill the animal, so usually lower-level shocks are used.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Got any recommendations?
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by mkaziz 8y ago
I'm surprised this isn't being talked about more, given hostility to China from the current US administration.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
What did you switch out for Gmail?
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Does anyone know of an alternative to Google Voice?
4 points by mkaziz 8y ago|6 comments
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by mkaziz 8y ago
The Kickstarter has a postscript that says not to wear them while driving.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Unfortunately, deleting facebook means losing captions on your photos. Most of my college memories are captioned, so I can't just delete my account :(
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by mkaziz 8y ago
> These days, pretty much the only people who never have sex before marriage are religious extremists That's an incredibly ignorant and inflammatory thing to say.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
I'm not challenging your first or second sentence. I'm challenging your third sentence. I'm not sure where you got the idea that I was challenging your whole comment, when mine referred exclusively to the price of USPS servic
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by mkaziz 8y ago
I was responding to your statement: "Think of them as a private business when it comes to financials." A private business would be able to set the cost of its services.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Not true, since Congress can limit how much a stamp costs. Edit: Apparently there is a commission set up. It's part of the executive branch, but still, the USPS can't up and decide the price of a stamp: https://en.wikip
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Also the birth rate of the source population (Syria) is 2.5x. Germany is 1.5x. It's not really that far apart. Between that and the drop in the birth rate after the first generation, and the conversion out of Islam that will start happ
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by mkaziz 8y ago
The rate is high enough that in two generations they'll go from 5% to 51%?
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by mkaziz 8y ago
The rich also don't want to pay taxes. I think they're okay with that outcome.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
Whoa I am trying this now and it looks amazing!!
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by mkaziz 8y ago
I wish I'd bought Apple stock in December instead of Bitcoin.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
So if I want my kids to be surrounded by other, smart(er) kids / kids with engaged parents, I should send them to charter schools?
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by mkaziz 8y ago
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/under-o... Here's your definition of a "combatant".
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by mkaziz 8y ago
I would def feel more comfortable paying for it and having an ironclad guarantee you wouldn't use my data to stay solvent / pay for bankruptcy down the line.
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by mkaziz 8y ago
I love the idea but it needs way too many permissions. How do you guys make money?

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