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by truth_ 5y ago
For me, it was "no need". I liked everything I saw. I just had no need to write Rust.
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by truth_ 5y ago
Patreon was able to change that though. Yes,there was a time when Patreon meant porn. But now a lot of mainstream artists, YouTubers, etc. using Patreon.
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Indira Gandhi is being painted in a complete negative light here, and the Princes and Kings and Nawabs are being glorified here. Let me disagree. The Princes, Nawabs, and Kings were all chosen based on birth and birth only and they are flag
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by truth_ 5y ago
Whoa, you remind me of walking through College Street in Kolkata. A whole locality named after books- Boi Para (literally- a locality of books). The place has colleges, schools, parks, and book shops- a whole lot of them. And the book shops
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by truth_ 5y ago
I would really like an AMD version, too. Buying Intel makes no sense now.
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by truth_ 5y ago
I use a combination of pen and paper, and sticky notes on a wall mounted detective board for things to do immediately. I also use Simplenote. Free with markdown support, sync, and publishable links. I use Samsung Notes for trivial stuff,
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by truth_ 5y ago
The article does not speak for me at all. I massively won lockdown. 1. Gained a totally new skill that got me employment for a modest pay. 2. Learned to paint digitally. 3. Learned to play the piano. 4. Furthered my expertise with two (hu
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by truth_ 5y ago
No, not complete bollocks. Learning new languages does add different layers to your personality. I am native-level fluent in three languages, and have some level of fluency in three more. Learning a new language opens a complete new door to
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by truth_ 5y ago
Not even a bit. I am hearing this "Python domination threatened by Julia" thing for the last 4-5 years (others have been hearing it since much earlier). Nothing changed. I never got paid for writing Julia, nobody I know that used
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This was a fascinating read. And this information about Indian dance gestures should not be seen separately from ancient Indian languages like Sanskrit. If you are wondering how a gesture can mean multiple things, then I must tell you it al
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Military funding of terrorists is nothing new. Pakistan as a proxy state of the US created the Taliban in Afghanistan. US wanted religiously motivated fighters countering the USSR. Pakistan, armed with US weapon, and flush with US money,
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Exactly. When I find overlapping content in MOOCs, it becomes very annoying. I don't want to miss out a valuable insight I might gain listening to a different instructor speaking for a different point-of-view. The RoI is quite low. But
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by truth_ 5y ago
1. Correct my posture while not outside. For the most parts of my life, I had really bad posture. I would study on bed, code ln bed, and watch movies on bed. Half lying, fully lying, straining my whole upper body. Since two years, I always
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by truth_ 5y ago
I regularly take part in programming groups, paper reading groups, and book reading groups with Discord. It works flawlessly without any problem. Screen-sharing, video chat, voice all work properly as expected. I also admin several servers,
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by truth_ 5y ago
Indian government has official channels in Telegram, too.
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by truth_ 5y ago
1. Having to share the phone number is the biggest issue for me. This shouldn't be the case in 2021. I can only use Signal with my close friends. OTOH, I can confidently share my Telegram handle with anyone I have known for a some mont
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by truth_ 5y ago
Race is a very important component on Paletinians hating Jews. You are uninformed in this matter. You can find rampant anti-Jewish sentiment in Quran and Hadith, and they are widely circulated in social media. You maybe living in the West w
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Time Management Won’t Save You(hbr.org)
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NASA uses the experiences of Victorian sailors to prepare for life on Mars(gq-magazine.co.uk)
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Russian threats in the 2000s turned Estonia into the expert on cyber defense(edition.cnn.com)
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by truth_ 5y ago
No I am not one of those. If somebody says Turn Iraq into a glass parking lot , they should be banned after repeat violations, and their post should be removed.
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What nobody talks about is how beautiful and unique their illustrations are in every release notes and blog posts. It's refreshing to see original thoughts in illustration.
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Save some, I turn the notification off from all groups and channels. I just check them when I want. This has worked for me well.
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by truth_ 5y ago
Where are these occupied territories? "Arab" is not a religion, it's an ethnicity. Blacks in SA did not have any rights. Arabs have rights in Israel. It is not an apartheid.
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by truth_ 5y ago
> carpet bombing Gaza indiscriminately It's just their words against theirs. I don't know what happened to the anti-Arab chanters, in my opinion, they should be sued (and arrested when appropriate). And "Israelis" did
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by truth_ 5y ago
> but there are clearly two classes of population: Israelis, and people living under Israeli military control without being Israeli Any trustable source to back this up?
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Exactly. If Israel were an apartheid state, then even the Arabs living inside Israel would not have rights.
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Yes. If they are racially motivated, and shows hatred towards a whole ethinicity and people, yes, the posts should be removed and the users banned after repeat violations.
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Of course social media is technology. But so are brick houses, scissors, and trousers. This post does not belong in this site because it is more political than related to technology. Just notice the tone in the article. It screams "pol
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by truth_ 5y ago
Well, I will have to write many paragraphs to fully understand your questions. Let me tell you that I am highly unsuccessul as a piano player. I cannot play much more than a few simple "pieces". Becaue I am highly irregular. And a

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