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Oh, just caught this. If I said 20, it's a typo. I moved here at the end of '11. I spent my previous 10 years in Europe. I moved to Turkiye because I love the music here. Microtona…

Currently, there is not, as all nations of muslims are ruled by a-secular, illiberal dictators.

It should go without saying that you cannot have religion be part of a secular democracy. Turkiye has not been a secular nation for a very long time. Go read hurriyetdailynews.com,…

> Sure, they just created Algebra, cameras, algorithms and many foundation of our modern world. What a coincidence for a society that hates modernity! Algebra is what, 3,000 years …

You know, I've never actually been on reddit? HN and Slashdot were the only sites of that format I ever visited.

Please, citation needed about the last time a western government stoned, beheaded, or hung to death a gay man for sucking dick?

Sufis are still fairly right-wing, except maybe the hippy westerners who go spin themselves doing the semih in the unofficial mevlevi lodges in Yelova or Konya. I've done the one i…

Meanwhile, Turkish men are the most metrosexual in the world, and let's just say it 's easier to get laid in Taksim than it is in the Castro. I feel that Istanbul is actually a far…

I like to suck dick. If I get caught sucking dick in a Muslim country, I die. If I suck dick in the west, maybe I get my own dick sucked in return. Tell me again about the freedom …

How was this not substantive? I gave you a very solid example of how in one large province of Indonesia, democracy and the rule of law were entirely removed and put in the hand of …

How is Indonesia not an Islamic nation when now several of its provinces are legally ruled by shariah law interpreted by mullahs, not by representatives or leaders elected by the p…

You should ask the king that question.

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"One person" Like I said I've been in the islamic world for a decade. I've studied Arabic/Turkish music in Iran, Egypt, Turkiye, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. It's not li…

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His level of violence is the only distinction between MBS, Tayipp, and the rest of the islamic ethnostates. Otherwise everything else is true in every muslim nation from Indonesia …

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My first century was 4500 ft of elevation gain in Normal. I came in 2nd to last after an 85 year old woman who did a century every year on her birthday! I was 300lbs at that point,…

This is definitely happening. After 6 glowing interviews, I was expecting an offer two weeks ago from a startup. small company, profitable, growing quickly, only 100 employees, jus…

Nice! The second best moment of my life was the first time I finished a century. What was your time?

If you quit today, expect this to be your last technical position. You will not find another job this year. I know incredible engineers with great experience, well known engineers,…

I asked ChatGPT to summarize how to remove chatgpt from the comments of every single technical story on hacker news. Didn't give me an answer.

My family fled russian aggression in the turn of (last) century. I'm not sure what you mean by "becoming". This IS the history of russia. It is how they have always viewed the rest…

The key to peace in Ukraine is for russians to all go home.