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by nir 9mo ago
A tiny fraction of the US budget which is almost entirely earmarked to be spent buying from US suppliers but sure, the Jews are the reason you have a malfunctioning health system.
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by nir 3y ago
I don't know about exports but for certain there's quite a lot of water Israel transfers to Jordan as part of the 90s peace accords. That's a huge deal in the Mid East. For decades, the weather report in Israel would include
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When Did Humans Start Settling Down? Magazine(smithsonianmag.com)
1 points by nir 3y ago|0 comments
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by nir 4y ago
Just my $0.02 (I'm a few years older): It's always earlier than you think. Don't let your perception of where you wanted to be at a certain age dictate what you can or can't do.
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by nir 5y ago
I built one, way back (I'm not an Android dev, kind of hacked it together but on the positive side it's extremely simple: https://github.com/niryariv/KalSMS ) At the time there were a lot of developing countr
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by nir 5y ago
I wouldn't say I know history of this area better than all Europeans, but definitely better than the vast majority. I wouldn't confuse Nesher the town with Nesher the factory, for instance, since having lived not far from the latt
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by nir 5y ago
I realize discussing politics here is pointless, but this is just so comically ignorant I have to reply. 1. Israel won its independence after barely managing to fend off the joint armies of seven Arab nations who invaded the Jewish area fol
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John Britten(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by nir 5y ago|0 comments
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by nir 6y ago
??? I'm pretty sure there are several YC startups with Israeli founders.
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by nir 6y ago
As an Israeli I always wonder why people who live in the US or Europe think they have some special insight into Israel/Palestine by merit of being Jewish or Muslim. Israel is vaccinating Palestinians who are Israeli citizens. It actu
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by nir 6y ago
Actually it's the HMO system here, much more than the military. Every Israeli, by law, has healthcare insurance. It works much like income tax - deducted automatically from your pay, varies according to income level, and is transferred
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by nir 7y ago
I think these articles and the responses are missing the real point which is how an Ivy League education became so important in America. I grew up in Israel near the Technion, our MIT equivalent which produced a few Nobel Prize winners. It&
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by nir 7y ago
My experience (as non-American, non-Asian) has been the interaction was actually somewhat easier in Japan or China, because you don't expect a smooth communication to begin with and both sides are not speaking in their native tongue. W
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by nir 7y ago
Same here, even after five years in the US I still had to remind myself how some phrases actually communicate the exact opposite of their literal meaning. Wasn't surprised at all to see this phrase book was authored by another Israeli
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by nir 7y ago
Usually people who see things as "simple" when most consider them complex are either extremely smart or extremely shallow. Providing Ilan Pappe as a serious source tells where you are in that range.
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by nir 7y ago
It took me a while to understand what's going on in these comments before I was reminded of the 30 Rock episode where a Canadian character has trouble understanding sarcasm because there aren't many Jews there. But still, did you
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by nir 7y ago
It doesn't make much difference any way. It's a private venture, his statement was just meant as cheer leading / consolation. I do hope they'll have another go, but it has very little to do with who's in government.
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by nir 7y ago
This spacecraft was the main thing my three year old and five year old were talking about all week, so at least partial success here :) Next time!
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by nir 7y ago
According to a post by one of the project's initiators, the lander will attempt to broadcast video from the moon's surface. Success depends on the ultimate landing angle which will determine how much power its solar panels will be
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by nir 9y ago
Never lived in SF but it definitely happens in NYC all the time. Not some deep conversation perhaps but people exchange small talk with strangers on the subway, in parks, cafes etc.
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How artificial intelligence could help warn us of another Dallas(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by nir 9y ago|0 comments
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by nir 9y ago
Marketing aside, MongoDB is just really easy to pick up and use. In a small project, its weaknesses don't really show up (at least in my limited experience), if it gets big you often end up rebuilding anyway.
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by nir 9y ago
Way back when I started reading HN, one thing that really struck me was seeing PHP discussed in a practical fashion rather than merely bashing it whenever it's mentioned as was the case in Proggit those days (often, the bashers obvious
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Announcing Azure Time Series Insights(azure.microsoft.com)
1 points by nir 9y ago|0 comments
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Querying OpenStreetMap with Amazon Athena(aws.amazon.com)
1 points by nir 9y ago|0 comments
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by nir 10y ago
I suppose Rafic Hariri isn't "random" as he was after all Lebanon's democratically elect Prime Minister when Hezbollah assassinated him, but how about the 21 people who also died in that bombing? I personally know a man
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by nir 10y ago
Do people in Google still think the magic is there? It seems like a great place if you want stability and a nice salary, but obviously (unless you're in the comparatively tiny X dept) you're going to be a very small cog in a huge
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by nir 10y ago
People reading HN could, but the general public doesn't really have that option.
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by nir 10y ago
As it stands you either give Apple complete control of you software/hardware or you give Google full access to every detail of your life. There should be a sticker "Don't blame me, I supported Firefox OS"
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by nir 10y ago
And how's that working out for you over there, with double digit unemployment rates in Spain, Italy, France? As someone who's not American nor European (but lived for a while in both) this self-satisfied approach always amazes me.

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