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jraby3··on US Government threatens Harvard with foreign student ban
I was commenting to OP blaming the situation on AIPAC, which is not even in the top 10 list of donors, and has much less impact than most people believe.
jraby3··on US Government threatens Harvard with foreign student ban
What's wrong with the ADL definition of antisemitism?
jraby3··on Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain?
Sure. Just look at medicine, quality of life, etc. /s
jraby3··on Apple was getting bid up like crazy yesterday, don't tell me this wasn't leaked
Couldn't agree more. All the inside traders should be in prison, Trump and Pelosi most of all.
jraby3··on White House may seek binding control over Columbia through consent decree
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatari_involvement_in_higher...

Thought this was common knowledge at this point.

"Approximately 200 colleges and universities in the United States concealed information regarding about $13 billion in unreported donations from foreign countries, much of which originating from Qatar."

jraby3··on White House may seek binding control over Columbia through consent decree
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatari_involvement_in_higher...

Thought this was common knowledge at this point.

"Approximately 200 colleges and universities in the United States concealed information regarding about $13 billion in unreported donations from foreign countries, much of which originating from Qatar."

"Reports on antisemitism in the United States indicated that between 2015 and 2020, institutions receiving funding from Middle Eastern donors experienced, on average, a 300% higher incidence of antisemitic incidents compared to those that did not. During the same period, institutions receiving undisclosed funds from Qatari donors had, on average, 250% more anti-Semitic incidents than those that did not.[18][1][6]"

jraby3··on Strengths Are Your Weaknesses
Maybe that is your biggest weakness.

Maybe working less hard on higher impact things would be better. Or maybe you'd be more creative if you didn't work so hard.

It's definitely worth exploring.

jraby3··on How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
This isn't true and has been tried in the Nordic countries.

This is an outstanding article on the subject: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/03/the-population...

jraby3··on In Defense of the Rat
Are the mice trained to use a litter as well? Or is that just the rats?
jraby3··on Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe
https://archive.md/jRglK
jraby3··on Substance in broccoli, celery inhibits graying of black hair
In mice.

And it was applied topically by rubbing the substance on their fur.

jraby3··on Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks
Constantly stretching the heel in two ways works well for me, both to cute it and prevent it in the future.

The first is hanging your heels off a step and letting them stretch down, both with straight legs and bent knees (one foot at a time).

The second is putting your heel as close to a wall as possible, with toes on the wall.

Both work better with sneakers on.

jraby3··on San Francisco homelessness: Park ranger helps one person at a time
You are online way too much. Come see the world say hi to some people. The US isn't a death cult it's just more heavily influenced by propaganda than most smaller countries.
jraby3··on 50 Years of Travel Tips
I use multiple packing trips. One for solo (generally) business travel. One for me and my wife traveling. And the last one is for me wife and kids.

It works really well and the lists are significantly different.

jraby3··on More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile
My autoplay keeps going even when I turn off the tv. I can turn it on four hours later and YouTube is still playing. The numbers seem to be way off.
jraby3··on Leaked documents expose deep ties between Israeli army and Microsoft
It mentioned about 50% of the budget went towards translation and 25% towards chat gpt.
jraby3··on Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza
If all you do is look at the death count then it's easy to use a number and point against Israel.

You need to go deeper. The best article I've scene on the subject for some moral clarity is here:

https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-bright-line-between-good-...

jraby3··on Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza
Here's another one. All you need to do is look.

https://time.com/7207459/israeli-hostages-gaza-ceasefire/

You wrote in your comments that the hostages were treated well. This is absolutely not the case.

There are plenty of hostages, btw, who have openly discussed that they were raped repeatedly. I don't have the stomach to reread the hostage accounts but they are easy to find online.

jraby3··on Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza
How are you supporting a group that would take a newborn baby as a hostage? What drugs do you need to take to pretend that it's ok and defend the kidnappers?!?
jraby3··on Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza
You have first hand accounts of the rape and abuse by the people who were kidnapped.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/26/middleeast/amit-soussana-...

What do you mean there is no proof? There are mountains of evidence.

jraby3··on Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza
It could be made more fair if all the hostages were released. Why would international society accept hundreds of peaceful civilians being tortured, raped and murdered for over a year as acceptable?

Israel actually built a lot of the civilian infrastructure, including the largest hospital in Gaza. It's pretty clear those places are being used as terrorist hideouts and to launch rocket attacks. Why is it acceptable to shoot rockets purely targeting civilians while breaking a cease fire agreement?

jraby3··on Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza
The side that isn't allowed concrete built the biggest tunnel system in the world. Instead of building schools, libraries, hospitals they chose to build a terror tunnel system larger than the British Underground.

There is plenty of food if you actually look at the trucks of food waiting to be distributed. The side that is fighting without food is doing that because their food is being stolen and used to recruit more terrorists.

jraby3··on TSMC begins producing 4-nanometer chips in Arizona
That's true, but there is a large financial cost to always being ready for war. The US has spent 80 years being the "policeman of the world" for good or bad. Lots of bad decisions but the world also takes for granted the open seas, etc. that come at a great cost to Americans in reduced social services like health insurance and higher education.
jraby3··on US credit card defaults jump to highest level since 2010
It was an economic boom based on debt. The US faired much better than europe but most likely due to the massive debt we used and then gave to our citizens (and businesses).
jraby3··on US credit card defaults jump to highest level since 2010
Credit cards are probably an earlier indicator than mortgages.
jraby3··on Americans React to UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder: 'My Empathy Is Out of Network'
They are literally the worst. The deny more cases than any other insurance company.
jraby3··on 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Point Blame at Fat (2016)
At the time the book takes place in they were very rare. Most Americans had never eaten or seen a banana.
jraby3··on Nvidia Rides AI Wave to Pass Apple as Largest Company
Profit and expected future profit (based on growth rate) is one of the ways a (non publicly traded) company is valued.

Theoretically that's how price targets are created by analysts. So market cap is explainable through that metric.

Profit this year and no growth vs. the same profit this year and double profits next year should lead to different market caps, and it generally does.

jraby3··on 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Point Blame at Fat (2016)
Banana industry basically had America destroying democracies in S America so we could access their resources. United Fruit.

Great book about it The Fish that Ate the Whale.

https://www.amazon.com/Fish-That-Ate-Whale-Americas/dp/12500...

jraby3··on US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash
Any idea how many accidents and how many fatalities? And how that compares to human drivers?
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