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what explains the male to female ratio in first/business class?

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is it just me or the cognitive load required 3xs when going from 2 tracks/channels to 3

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after 10 days of monitoring the situation they did it while I was napping

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this is probably the most sober conversation i've heard on iran israel so far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY3jQXeV0Tw&t=4328s

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tired of monitoring the situation, boss.

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Apple's moat is the fact that they block everyone else from ANY cross-device interoperability that's not reliant on 25 years ago's technology. not hardware not innovation the great wall of china

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Episode 7 Don't listen You probably won't like it https://pinetree.so/video/0x7cb05b4db31722868d549e8a5de18cfe7f6c0909

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As a kid i was fascinated by the myths of causal paradox and the Oedipal Effect. The Iran Israel war is our generation's causal paradox story. Almost all cultures have a myth of a self-fulfilling prophecy -- usually it's a literal prophecy that is fulfilled by the very efforts made to prevent it: - Moses and the Pharoh - Odin and Ragnarok - Kaveh, Fereydoun and Zahhak - Story of Oedipus

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Something that pro–US involvement pundits don't talk about: Iran's deterrence strategy relies on being a "hedgehog" for lack of a better term. Hedgehogs aren't predators. They can be taken down but not easily. And the predator will come out of the fight in massive pain. Roughly, IR's hierarchy of priorities: 1. Maintain the nuclear and missile programs (in that order) 2. Ensure regime survival 3. Inflict max pain – (1) isn’t existential yet. – Advocates for US involvement and the IR opposition think (2) is already under threat. (I disagree obviously.) – But if Iran does feel existentially threatened, it’ll activate (3). Max pain will look like: 1. Guerilla warfare from within the borders. Think Iraq’s Shia militias but x10. This'll prevent any boots on the ground to 'finish the job' and will reach out of the borders to inflict pain. 2. Closing the Strait of Hormuz. Massive oil shock. It'll last way than people currently expect. This'll be naval guerilla warfare in the drone age. Basically, Iraqi Shia insurgents meets Ukraine-style drones, but at sea. This is mainly unimaginable today the same way guerilla warfare in Iraq wasn't a concern during the invasion or even the first phase of that war. 3. Drones and ballistic hell across the region. Israel’s Iron Dome level of defense is only sustainable short-term — and that level of defense doesn’t exist anywhere else in the region. On the other hand, the IR stock pile isn't infinite and won't be replenishable if we get to this stage. Still doesn't mean this'll be easy. The max pain phase will drag far longer than the collapse of the regime if that ever comes. This is why it doesn't seem to me that "regime change" is a viability -- it'll just be *regime collapse* and max pain. Disclaimer: Putting this out because I don’t see it being discussed. It's not a statement of preference, just how I think the deterrence logic plays out from an IR perspective.

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95% of pundits and guests on these TV shows call the supreme leader "Khomeini" Khomeini died in 89 current leader is Khamenei (been leader since 89) they either don't know that he's not Khomeini or somehow think the two names are pronounced the same?

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I wasn't seriously worried about my family and friends until this morning looks bad

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Iran has a serious crisis of "Live Players" between: - pre-revolution savak suppression - post-revolution suppression/neutralization of any and all opposing or even divergent voices for 45+ years - brain drainage to the west - lack of practically any significant societal mobility outside of IRGC - the demise of IRGC seems like there's no one left with a vision and the ability to execute it *regardless of what side they're on and what they even believe in

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iran info campaigns on social media are insane each side is living in their own manufactured reality everyone 100% fully bought into the narrative they spout

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oddly enough it’s easier to hit up people in Tehran and Tel Aviv to ask if the attacks are ongoing/stopped than figuring it out from news outlets

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best performance by sunglasses in a movie

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this is the neighborhood I grew up in unbelievable my elementary school friends via WhatsApp and Instagram

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it’s like going on a trip/vacation with a group of people and all you end up talking about is the trip itself and how it could be different if we did this and we did that

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anyone watched this? wow it gets so heated https://youtu.be/5m7LnLgvMnM?si=tOaAH1B6Kzse6XQC

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Privy acquisition is huge for consumer crypto the space needed a win like this big congrats to the team

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what i miss most about playing clubs it's hard to explain it there are these times where the dance floor is totally warmed up and people are fully tuned in AND you are fully in tuned with them and it feels like every track is landing with the room. there's a sort of flow state where you can just pick the next song effortlessly and mix it in just as well. a lot of the job is to warm up the crowd and read the crowd to be able to get to that point. and it doesn't always happen. as the opener (which i mainly was), your job is to make it as easy as possible for the headliner to reach that stage as early as possible in their set. that's one of the reasons i really liked closing sets

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