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I believe the eliminated mosquitos for a certain period of time but this technique didn't work in the states because Americans were adverse to government agencies coming into their homes and telling them what do to.
- Rural areas mostly voted to leave
- Younger voters voted to stay, but turnout by younger voters was lower
- Of 30 areas with the fewest graduates (I assume this means college? wasn't clear) 28 voted to leave
My thinking was this person won't be a good fit working for someone else if they felt the need to strike out on their own. Just like I wouldn't hire myself.
This was when hiring for a sales role mind you. Obviously different for different positions / experience.
CTO wouldn't scare me if we were hiring for a lower position.
From trying to make revenue by creating "premium security" (see also pre-check, are you kidding me with this?), to reducing their workforce after already hiring the most apathetic, underpaid, and undereducated people I've encountered running security for airports.
Flying to Japan several times this year via LAX, airports in the US are not only some of the worst run (security-wise), but also the most unwelcoming anywhere I've been.
Last time I arrived back into the States, the immigration officers checking passports were full on wearing bullet proof vests. What is that about? What kind of way is that to welcome anyone into the country?
When I'm in Mexico it's almost rude not greet someone with a customary "buenas dias/tardes/noches"
In Japan rarely people will look you in the eye period.
If you had discovered this when you were 6 months in, spent 50% of the cash and had employees would you have made the same decision? To pull the plug and return remaining capital vs trying to make it work.
That app literally sucks the juice out of your phone in 10 minutes.
Too much gps trying to load all their filters or something I don't know. I have to turn off cellular data when roaming or my phone will dead 20 minutes after I left the house.
About a year ago I reinstalled as a way to share a trip I was on. It was perfect for that.
You'll post one perfect, curated photo to insta of your day, but you'll snap the random guy in the street, a funny sign in another language or just some bullshit you're up to.
Instagram feels a bit past its prime these days. I follow more commercial accounts on insta than I do on snapchat.
Snapchat it's like 40 close friends and fam. People who have my phone number.
Plus if you want to meet girls (sub 30 I should add) snap is the easiest way to connect lately.
The most amusing of all would be safe ways and grocery stores would turn into night club entrances as all the women would be shopping so guys would drive by the entrance and hold up signs with their phone numbers on them. So front of Safeway on a weekend night would be all these sports cars, benz's Etc. Too funny.
Jeddah a lot more lax than Riyadh.
Can't get into Mecca unless you're Muslim. We took a wrong turn on a road trip one time and were stopped and made to turn around.
Check points outside every city. If you were a female and didn't have written consent from your husband you weren't allowed to leave the city.
Essentially U.S. helps impoverished nations with infrastructure and other aid, but saddles them with debt in order to control them politically or otherwise.
The interesting part was when it came to Saudi Arabia, which had so much money it didn't need to take on debt to develop their infrastructure. So instead they bought America's debt as this article explains.
I lived in the kingdom from '82 - '04 which was quite an interesting time span to have lived there. Things have definitely changed as a younger, mostly western educated generation, returns home and social unrest cannot be quelled with unlimited social programs anymore.
Most of the Saudi's I know now simply take american concepts/franchises and spin them out over there. From hamburger chains to house cleaning services. Works pretty well for them.
The most annoying thing was the weekends were on Thursday and Friday, so if you wanted to do anything international with a bank you could only do it Mon - Wed as their banks were closed on their weekends and then U.S. banks were closed Sat / Sun.
I believe you can still simply walk to a certain part of town and watch an execution, along with a couple of hands once a week there. Just you know, if you wanted something to do on a weekend.
A better, but not very cheap solution is to just rent a wifi hotspot for around $8 - $10 / day if you're on a short trip. Get 1 gig / day as well.
I'm just going to get a japanese plan once I live here.
I hadn't read a book in a couple of years and it was scary the first time I tried again.
Literally could not read more than 1 - 1.5 pages without my mind wandering or feeling the pang to check the feed on my phone. Kind of horrifying to be honest.
Took me a couple weeks to get back in the groove and actually have some decent comprehension / retention. Personally, reading again was a great way to rebuild my attention span and just rewiring my brain in general. I had no idea how bad I had become.
Maybe I just need to do more research.