They are just out here parking camels in the parking lot like its perfectly normal.
Looks like i might be flying into Israel to do some consulting for a biotech company there after my stay on Egypt is over. They are trying to get me a b1 visa (a type of work visa for qualifying experts in a field). It will be fun to see how they conduct business over in Israel and tackle some hard problems again but honestly i cant wait to check out the super old architecture and religious sites.
> It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing.
-- Terry Pratchett
How to convert any meal to egyptian:
1) instead of bread and butter replace with pitas and tahini
2) Replace all types of beans and chickpeas with fava beans
3) Use eggplant like a californian would use avocado, add it to everything
4) replace butter with oil
5) whenever you dont know what to do with a fruit or vegetable, pickle it.
6) meat
7) meat
I Tried several egyptian foods i havent had the chance to try yet. It was delicious but i have so many left overs.
The white dish is Rice Muammar, the brown looking rice is "Oriental Rice" which isnt very oriental by american standards, its rice with nuts and seasoning, the sausages are called Mombar and is lamb casing stuffed with meat and rice and spices, and finally the meat stuffed inside the pita is called Hawawshi and the bread is a bit crispy and amazing.
@freemo that is quite the gift. The "perpetual" is a valuable complication. Unfortunately these things can cost a lot to be serviced. Rolex is a damn cartel, and I don't say that lightly.
I'm not good at estimating watch values, but here I go anyway: $3-5k is your floor, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it valued well over $10k.
@freemo And the key to being unhappy, for logical completeness:
Sing like a dragon
Invest like an ogre
Eat like and Elf
Crack Skulls like Tom Bombadil
Fart like a hobbit
And dance like a Dwarf
(Note, not a real suggestion: you'll be tone-deaf, poor, hungry, passive, gassy, and clumsy 😂 )
@freemo Hit it with a hammer. If it shatters into a million pieces, it was priceless.
So some time back I was gifted with a Rolex from an investor friend who I managed to make a lot of money for. I never wear it, only time I do is if I'm wearing a tuxedo which is rather rare. Its kind of a wasted gift on me especially because I hear they can be rather valuable. I wonder what mine might be worth.
Progress in human space flight fell off a cliff after the Apollo missions.
The accomplishments of the Apollo program are even more amazing when you consider that we went to the moon while simultaneously fighting a major overseas proxy war against the Chinese and fighting among ourselves here in the US over civil rights, women's liberation, and many other things.
Then Nixon resigned, while the country fell into massive crime and corruption and advancement in human spaceflight stalled.
It may be 66 years before we even return to moon again.
If you want to understand how much of a failure that is, watch 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the 60s, that's where people genuinely thought we'd be by the year 2001 -- 20 years ago. Instead we've been stuck in low-Earth orbit for 50+ years.
#space #humanspaceflight #nasa #moonlanding #artemis #Oriion
We don’t believe surveillance will help us out of the pandemic. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/vaccine-passports-2021-review
The key to being happy in life:
Eat like a hobbit
Invest like a dragon
Crack skulls like a Dwarf
Dance like an elf
Sing like Tom Bombadil
And fart like an ogre
Merry merry christmas to @tombies@social.tchncs.de @kranfahrer @stux @freemo
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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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