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ryzvonusef

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About ryzvonusef

Based in Islamabad, Pakistan

I write articles sometimes, do read and comment:

https://substack.com/profile/27961964-rizwan-yousaf

ryzvonusef@substack.com

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #49239096

    > ABSTRACT > We study the effects of H-1B immigration on U.S. industries that employ H-1B workers and their trading partners. Using a novel cross-industry design and the 1999–2003 …

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    > It is unavoidable that in the long term the cost of sodium batteries will be much lower than of any lithium batteries. The question is, will it be meaningfully lower? if processe…

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    Comment #49055661

    from what I've heard, the problem with moving sodium from lab to manufacturing is that all the industrial processes and machinery have been setup for lithium and the factories are …

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    Comment #48917255

    bro i'm not touching local political drama with a 10 foot pole

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    Comment #48887629

    > No, the purpose of a college loan is to enable a student to pay for college with future earnings. Aren't you and I saying essentially the same thing? If you are taking a loan, th…

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    Comment #48887620

    Again, maybe I could have phrased things better, but I feel you are digging to deep into the analogy rather than seeing the broader picture that I was attempting to present. The po…

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    Comment #48887591

    I'm Pakistani, and I'm just stating the facts as I see them. Many countries have free college education, but at the end of the day some one has to pay for it, and those are the tax…

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    Comment #48882116

    I do too, but you need buy-in from your fellow tax-payers/voters if they are willing to fund it also. I live in a 3rd world country, and due to the limitation of our weak taxpayer …

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    Comment #48881855

    I'm not an american, my profile clearly states I'm from the 3rd world. My father grew up dirt poor, and a basic associate degree (gotten via his saving from a factory job plus a pa…

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    Comment #48881700

    I actually wrote Egyptology in my comment but then deleted it and wrote XYZ instead ;p

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    Comment #48881678

    > We live in a society and to some extent we decide what that means Precisely my point! Tax-payers/Voters (effectively the same thing) get to decide how much indulgence they want t…

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    Comment #48881594

    As in, you and the college can decide privately if they want to teach you XYZ in return for money from you. Getting tax payers to chip in brings in a 3rd party and then they have r…

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    Comment #48881535

    Perhaps I should have written it a bit more clearer, but in my mind I was comparing degrees with certifications. I feel studies/degrees that have an associated certification (possi…

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    Comment #48879562

    The purpose of a college degree is NOT a job... but the purpose of a college LOAN is 100% a job, and it's very important to differentiate between the two. The whole point of the lo…

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    Comment #48765392

    I feel that...if this only ever useful for limbs and not the head or torso.. it could STILL be a useful device given how cheap and useful it is.

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    Comment #48682294

    Please share your review of the device and how you read on it when you get the device. It will be interesting to see how your reading habits change.

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    Comment #48670476

    I have been trying to move away from doom scrolling, and the vice I've replaced it with is online webnovels and webcomics. Reading from RoyalRoad or WebToons is hardly mentally sti…

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    Comment #48631992

    > Under the agreement, Reflection will get immediate access to Nvidia GB300s, top-of-the-line AI chips used to train and run advanced models, and has agreed to pay SpaceX $150 mill…

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    Comment #48554291

    they had the option, but hadn't executed on it... now it seems they have.