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> Have the Taliban ever conducted any operations in Tajikistan? I know people go back and forth over the river (I went to Badakshan once and saw them swim across!), so there's contact, but I don't think the Taliban have a habit of going to Tajikistan to take hostages or anything like that?

I don't think they have. It also wouldn't really make sense for them to do that. The Taliban mostly have issues with Iran and Pakistan so you will see conflicts with these nations most often in the news. I've never heard of them in conflict with any of the other stans. Badakhshan is also quite distant from the core of Taliban power which is mostly in the South. Northern Afghanistan is traditionally Northern Alliance territory.

I think they were on high alert up until recently and are now in the process of trying to figure out how to get along with them. On the border areas, there were a handful of markets in the mountain villages where they allowed Afghans to cross the border to sell products. These markets were shut down once the Taliban took over but have recently been re-opened (within the last month or two).

As of last year but probably since the Taliban came to power, Tajikistan has has military checkpoints along the border. Also, I don't know about for all seasons but during the summer, the river seemed too fast to be crossable along most parts of the border.

I think they were on high alert up until recently and are now in the process of trying to figure out how to get along with them. On the border areas, there were a handful of markets in the mountain villages where they allowed Afghans to cross the border to sell products. These markets were shut down once the Taliban took over but have recently been re-opened.

OP visited about 15 years ago so if you are hinting at the more recent event, it doesn't sound relevant. And if it is not that, I'm not sure what you are hinting at.

I visited last year. I agree with everything you said. It was beautiful. I didn't notice many Russians there at all though. Many more in the surrounding stans.

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Options Simulator - An extended family member asked me to create a small simulator to help forecast the outcome when making options trades.

Their arrival may change it!

I heard that all of crypto mining uses a similar amount of electricity as Serbia but it is probably more now.

Source from Dec 2017 -> https://newatlas.com/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-power-consumptio...

I was thinking the exact same thing! It would be something I would definitely be interested in reading just to get a different perspective on how different people approach a site.

The Chinese Supreme Court can decide to send a law back to the legislature for clarification.

I'm totally fine doing that but I don't know how. Can we private message?

So, uh, I was looking through past threads (this one in particular https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21578769) and I came across your comment:

"I might be spat at or beaten up in the street for being Jewish - that happens in Brooklyn or LA anyway these days."

And I was wondering, how has it been for Jews in the US in the past few years up till now? When did things start to get noticeably worse?

I know about the rising Anti-Semitism and the particular incident in NY about a month ago.

Great job!

Your splash page looks pro.

Yes, that is what I've heard. During Obama's presidency, they increased the number of medical schools or openings at the existing schools but did not increase the number of residency positions.