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throwmex
7y ago
But made to flee their homes as refugees in middle though.
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7y ago
Don't you dare say that the emperor is nude. You will be shown the guillotine.
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> The oil belongs to the people of Iraq. So they will soon be rich like the Saudis in the near future ? You are kidding right ? This is what your medias are telling you ? Do you know what lead to the refugee crisis and other IS* organiza
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I wonder why you aren't down voted for crying out loud that the emperor's nude. I try to see the multiple facets of a story rather than trusting medias be it wester or eastern. How many will bother to see what CNN, RT, BBC, AlJaze
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Amazon Explores Having Its Drones Provide 'Home Surveillance' for Customers
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> The drivers, who followed Sikh traditions by wrapping their uncut hair in turbans, said bosses asked them to remove the turbans. Ironically, Quebec has made it a law now. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montrea
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2 "White washing" laws. 1. Immigration law helps in cherry picking white européan immigrants who fits Québec culture, values & French. 2. Religious law deters non white immigrants who are majorly non Christians.
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Why is there a market for shark fins in Canada to begin with ?
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Quebec’s harsh new laws may echo sentiments felt elsewhere in Canada
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I do hope all those developing countries with a democratic government will ban this one.
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Yes something similar to OOQLF ( https://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/accueil.aspx ). Specifics of enforcement are not clear at this point though.
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> The government also added a number of last-minute amendments to the bill, including changes that would allow for surveillance and enforcement of the law. > Quebec's majority government has pushed through a controversial piece o
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Quebec government adopts controversial religious symbols bill
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> Quebec hasn't banned anything. Politicians just proposed a bill and will likely face steep opposition since this sort of thing has happened before. The bill is passed on June 16, 2019 (yesterday). Source: National Assembly of Queb
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> The Coaliton Avenir Québec government wants to pass a bill today that will bar public-school teachers, government lawyers, judges and police officers from wearing religious symbols while at work. > The bill also invokes the notwiths
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Quebec's National Assembly continues, focus shifts to religious symbols bill
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Québec passes law to test immigrants on Québec values and French.
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7y ago
All those made in China apps have a hard time penetrating non Chineese markets. But they could if they want to, like TikTok which is popular in India too.
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It is relevant. To answer your question, the app could use a developer with more humility towards users.
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All I was saying is if he calls trial users "free riders eating resources" on a tech site which we all understand the verbiage and where this comes from. How will he treat paying customers ? I smell double standards. That's a
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An internet summarizes and makes a well informed conclusion :- Which is, I probably don't pay for things and felt hurt when I saw "yet another paid note taking app" amongst dozen others on the internet.
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It sounds right from a tech speak. But the question remains if he will treat the paid customers with this same attitude.
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What do you think his user conversion will be if he uses "Free rider who eats resources" verbiage in his pricing page as opposed to "free"
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Why don't he use the same verbiage in his pricing page and do an A/B test ? The results will prove if his verbiage is appropriate.
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Is it just me that thinks whenever a western media writes an article about India, they show an image of India in the worst possible way. For ex: Why does this article have to show a picture of a political rally ?
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> free riders will come eat the server resources that's not the way to address a user whether paid or "free rider" as you call them.
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Yeah totally, from the moment when they realize I am from India, they say they watch bollywood in Netflix to which I say "I do not speak much Hindi and I seldom watch bollywood movies" They must be thinking i'm pulling their
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Put them where ? Are you saying Canadian universities operate like airlines ? (overbook & bump)
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Can those employees progress in their career without speaking the native language ? Will the kids get an education in English ? Can the immigrant take part in social activities ? Can they talk to their doctors or to the grocery store in Eng
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Québec is an exception to this. Québec do not follow the Express Entry system. Québec has its own immigration system called Québec Skilled Worker Programme which is currently dysfunctional, plagued with delays. Québec gives more importance
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