Any Audiobook recs that offer an impartial history of the Israeli / Palestine conflict?
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I've clearly got the balls of a very small boy. Undescended. Woke up this morning and it had risen another 80% - fuck it, sold. Well I kept 300 of the coins to avoid fomo. These shitcoins are a wild wild ride."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Silver-Tiger View PostAny Audiobook recs that offer an impartial history of the Israeli / Palestine conflict?- Israel by Martin Gilbert is pretty massive but will give you that historical sweep up to the mid-90s, by which stage modern Israel is well established.
- Robert Fisk is kinda one of our own and has been reporting on the Middle East for decades. The Great War for Civilisation will give you the broad picture, one that the author is passionately angry about.
- Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a great account of the city at the heart of it all
- From Beirut to Jerusalem is a great read by a man who has seen it all
- Recently read Colum McCann's Apeirigon, which hovers somewhere between novel and history. It offers inisght and pathos that you wouldn't get from standard history books and I think is fairly neutral on the politics. I see I only gave it three stars but should really have been 4-ish.
What I would like to read is something that covers the more recent history i.e. since the Oslo accords in 1993, the second Initifada, then covering the failure of the Camp David talks, the rise of Hamas, the rise of the right wing in Israel, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the rise of fundamentalism, land grabbing in the WB, the approach of the Palestinian Arab 'allies'. So if you find something like that, let us know.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Another 60% rise in the (single) day since selling. Its like ethereum all over again."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostI have a pension I started years ago with Bank of Ireland. I have no idea what the fees are or even what they invest in. (YOLO). Is it worth looking into changing the provider?
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostThe real story behind tulip mania is actually far more interesting than the common myth. There's a great section on it in this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View PostLooking for recommendations for a secondary email app for Android. I use Gmail for my primary email and Outlook is for my Hotmail account but what to setup a standalone app for my business email. Cheers in advance.
very quick to switch accounts using gmail and you get notifications of bothPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Goodluck2me View Post
You should be asking what the TER (total expense ratio) is at a minimum, and then look into whether there are trading commissions or mgmt fees or bidffer spreads on exit to see how they are getting paid. If they have full discretion and get paid trading commissions that’s a very dangerous mix. If you have <100k then you should have it mostly in index-based funds which are the cheapest to track, as the cost of paying an advisor to manage that wouldn’t be worth your while.
If it wasn't for the tax relief I would just lump an equivalent amount into index funds myself.
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
is it a gmail account?
very quick to switch accounts using gmail and you get notifications of both
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Originally posted by coillcam View Post
I use Gmail for my work and personal accounts. You can customise the sync and notifications on a per-account basis. This really sold it for me. The outlook app was just a pain in the hole tbh. Work is on manual sync so I don't get bombarded.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by DeeBrown View PostSitting in the observation room at COViD vaccination centre surrounded by people my exact age.
The freaking state of 'em!!!
​​​They're ancient.
Sad reality is that other people
must see me in the same light."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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hmm, got my account restricted on Coral (where I hadn't bet for a long time) for the crime of having 20 quid on a 4/1 winner
I did like their response@
The reduction in your stake factor is due to a well-meaning attempt to monitor our liabilities for online transactions. This provides a fair opportunity for all customers who bet on the Internet. You are a valued customer and can assure you we do wish to attract, customers to our service whether they win or lose. We do though have a responsibility to run the business profitably and therefore we do restrict certain customers and certain bets. These restrictions also affect our promotional offers and regrettably, we are unable to override any decision made."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by coillcam View Post
I use Gmail for my work and personal accounts. You can customise the sync and notifications on a per-account basis. This really sold it for me. The outlook app was just a pain in the hole tbh. Work is on manual sync so I don't get bombarded.
Better app than Gmail IMHO.Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostOh yeah
After half an hour I was getting rightly into it, they had Comms in the helmets so convinced them to take off the power/jet height limiters and let me roam free. Of course gave it some welly, shot about 5m into the air, promptly forgot about keeping hands level and somersaulted backwards into the lagoon. Planted myself like a fence post into the sludge at bottom of lagoon, head was about a foot buried into the crap up to my shoulders so could hardly move with the whole apparatus holding me down too, the amount of "Oh Fuck!!!" coming over the Comms was a lovely soundtrack to what could have been an ignominious end.
2 Of them came over and unceremoniously yanked me out by the legs and back onto the platform, I was wetting myself laughing and the color returned to their faces when they saw I wasn't traumatized or likely to go lawyer up.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostI'm doing that before I die.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by mocata View Post
Had mad craic on this yoke in Cancun a few years ago, was a bastard to get the hang of holding arms in right position and tilting body to change direction. If hands went up too much it changed the direction of the jets backwards and forced a backflip.
After half an hour I was getting rightly into it, they had Comms in the helmets so convinced them to take off the power/jet height limiters and let me roam free. Of course gave it some welly, shot about 5m into the air, promptly forgot about keeping hands level and somersaulted backwards into the lagoon. Planted myself like a fence post into the sludge at bottom of lagoon, head was about a foot buried into the crap up to my shoulders so could hardly move with the whole apparatus holding me down too, the amount of "Oh Fuck!!!" coming over the Comms was a lovely soundtrack to what could have been an ignominious end.
2 Of them came over and unceremoniously yanked me out by the legs and back onto the platform, I was wetting myself laughing and the color returned to their faces when they saw I wasn't traumatized or likely to go lawyer up.
This too shall pass.
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We seem to be closing the vaccine gap on the US rather rapidly.
We're now at 35% of the adult population with at least one dose and they're at 46%.
Given that (I think based on very unscientific research) our vaccine hesitancy is a lot less than theirs, I suspect we'll surpass their % sometime in June."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by oleras View Post
Speaking of Mexico, was listening to a security expert on all things Mexico and he was saying is has gotten so bad with the cartels that he thinks they will see US boots on the ground in the next 3-4 years, flooding the US with drugs.
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by DeeBrown View PostSitting in the observation room at COViD vaccination centre surrounded by people my exact age.
The freaking state of 'em!!!
​​​They're ancient.
Sad reality is that other people
must see me in the same light.
I deffo saw some 40s somethings there but then again. My old eyes might be acting up . Was like the thriller video
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
I deffo saw some 40s somethings there but then again. My old eyes might be acting up . Was like the thriller video
Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by oleras View Post
Speaking of Mexico, was listening to a security expert on all things Mexico and he was saying is has gotten so bad with the cartels that he thinks they will see US boots on the ground in the next 3-4 years, flooding the US with drugs.
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620% gain in 7 days. omg. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/seedify-fund/"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post620% gain in 7 days. omg. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/seedify-fund/"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post
This must be possible, I just haven't had time to look into it, but can you customise notifs in Gmail so you only get them during business hours?People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
is it a gmail account?
very quick to switch accounts using gmail and you get notifications of both"you raise, i kill you" El Tren :{)
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Originally posted by Wombatman View Post
I use outlook app for work (1) and personal (4). Looking at it now. It has configurable notification per account. You can also change sync settings per account???
Better app than Gmail IMHO.
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Originally posted by Wombatman View Post
I use outlook app for work (1) and personal (4). Looking at it now. It has configurable notification per account. You can also change sync settings per account???
Better app than Gmail IMHO.
just as an fyi - this is either a practical joke or a symptom of a deranged mind. outlook is not the answer to anything. email searching and retrieval is so unbelievably bad in outlook, that I can only assume microsoft has accidentally deleted all old emails but doesn't want to admit it."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Fucking kids; took them about 30 minutes to work our how to overwrite Screentime. Hopefully they can put that ingenuity to profitable use in the future."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
just as an fyi - this is either a practical joke or a symptom of a deranged mind. outlook is not the answer to anything. email searching and retrieval is so unbelievably bad in outlook, that I can only assume microsoft has accidentally deleted all old emails but doesn't want to admit it.Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Wombatman View Post
Are you talking about the Outlook Android application. If you are you are talking rot. Microsoft are battle with Google across multiple platforms, from Cloud Computing to Office Applications. Microsoft have made serious progress in UX in the last couple or years and are slaughtering Google IMHO. Can't comment on Apple because I wouldn't be caught dead using an Apple device or platform.
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The things we most use our emails for:
1. Sending and receiving emails
2. Finding information
Both apps do number one about the same. Outlook is a horror show at doing 2, while gmail is decently respectable. Microsoft just can't do search. Also Azure is a shitshow. Windows - meh, we just use it for opening browsers. Bing - wha? Its lipstick on a pig in the case of Microsoft, bright pink hooker lipstick that doesn't quite make up for the syphilitic poxmarks on its broader appearance.
"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View PostI hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Slightly confused as to what happened to Cohorts 6 and 8"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
The things we most use our emails for:
1. Sending and receiving emails
2. Finding information
Both apps do number one about the same. Outlook is a horror show at doing 2, while gmail is decently respectable. Microsoft just can't do search. Also Azure is a shitshow. Windows - meh, we just use it for opening browsers. Bing - wha? Its lipstick on a pig in the case of Microsoft, bright pink hooker lipstick that doesn't quite make up for the syphilitic poxmarks on its broader appearance.
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostSlightly confused as to what happened to Cohorts 6 and 8"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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