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I'm always surprised by how many Americans don't know that their country's first war was against the Barbary pirates of North Africa.
They attacked American ships, captured and enslaved American sailors, and demanded tribute payments.
When Jefferson and Adams asked why Americans were being targeted, the Tripolitan ambassador justified it by citing the Quran, claiming that his religion gave them the right to wage war against those who didn't acknowledge their authority.
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Ava Gardner, director Stanley Kramer and crew between takes on the set of On the Beach (1959)
ALT Actress Ava Gardner and director Stanley Kramer — Gardner in costume, dressed in a light-coloured shirt, black trousers and white flip-flops, Kramer in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark-coloured trousers — captured together, Gardner standing on a train platform, facing the camera, smiling while holding a small dark-coloured travel bag, Kramer in profile in the foreground, a train, a film camera and lighting equipment behind them, manned by several crew, in a full-length black-and-white shot taken at Frankston Railway Station in Melbourne, Australia, during a break from filming On the Beach (1959)
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VIA THE BIG CARTOON NETWORK LEAKS ON /CO/: POWERPUFF GIRLS Z WAS IN FACT SUPPOSED TO RELEASE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2007 AND GOT CANCELLED
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The 1932 Fleischer Studios short "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You" features the earliest known film footage of Louis Armstrong
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I listened. I give you biblically accurate Halo naval battles. Marathon archer missles overwhelming CCS shields and then a double tap MAC round volley!
Also point defence turrets on the CCS. That’s a thing. Enjoy!
#Halo
Archer Missiles? Completed it mate. ✅
HALO VFX test render. Just seeing it my Apc Melts and what do you know. We’ve found a balance finally.
What a month of fault finding and testing.
Never afraid to share a WIP. This is a process like anything. The good the bad and the ugly got to come first before the goated version 😂
Animation made in Blender.
#Halo #HaloSpotlight #VFX
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The first ever Halo LAN Party political fundraiser is underway.
And all the original Bungies are here!
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This was Microsoft’s confidential international Halo research from October 2000. Only Jaime and I went to the presentation.
The first conclusion they came to was that we shouldn’t call it Halo.
And that point, I checked out and never listened to a word they said again.
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Redditors are now trying to claim Malfoid trend is a ''Muhfuggen CIA psyop''😭😭😭
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me in row 7 having the time of my life
Pick Your Seat 🎃 Halloween Edition
Spill it, where are you sitting and why?
#halloweengame #halloweentvg
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I'm going to lay this out as simply as I can Shobhit. I'm not going to be a dick. No hate. Just laying it out for you.
The reason why you're seething at the admins decision, is the same reason why H1Bs shouldn't be imported en masse to take these jobs. Here we go:
- You don't possess a magical skill that Americans (as a broad athnos) lack. 99% of the time, H1B hiring is pure economics. You will do the work for cheaper.
- Culture (both in business and in civic life) changes based on demographics. We're not blank slates. This is a fact. 100 Americans brought into a department at an Indian company, would fundamentally alter the culture and environment of that company. There would be friction between these groups because of natural in-group preference.
- You are not entitled to a job at an American company. Perhaps, you should express some gratitude, rather than speaking down.
- Proactive Government policy should incentivize the hiring of native born citizens. America is not an economic zone. It is a people, culture, and identity. There are tens of thousands of smart, driven, and talented young Americans struggling to find work because of the H1B program. What is better for America, in the long run, is to incentivize the hiring of these individuals.
- H1B workers send billions of dollars BACK to their home country in the form of remittances. These are minimally taxed. Your money doesn't stay here because this is not your home.
- Numerous loopholes in the H1B program allow for individuals such as yourself to then bring over numerous family members which are a net negative to the American taxpayer.
- Since you're exceptionally talented (more so than an American) and love your country so much, your own logic would dictate that you should stay in your home country. India needs you.
I hope this helps.
When Amazon hired me on an H-1B visa, Amazon was making losses for 10 straight years. It was operating out of a rented building where we worked on door desks in small cabins. I was in the initial team that built AWS.
Today AWS contributes more than 60% to Amazon's profit. The stock price has gone 300x. Amazon's buildings have changed the skyline of downtown Seattle. Jeff Bezos went on to become the world's richest man.
There were about a hundred H1B visa holders like me in the initial team of Amazon. Good luck building companies and wealth without these 'indentured servants'