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I believe whether this was to cover up something or not, Israel is using intimation tactics to keep eyes and cameras away from them. We have a saying in Arabic that goes "hit the one with the leash to scare the loose" basically you attack non-threatening individuals to scare away actual threats.

You guys are also forgetting that the Golan Heights since 1981 and recently southern Syria are illegally occupied by Israel and heavily militarized. Which has caused the locals to move away that of itself may be argued to be a crime. So if you wanna maintain opsec go ahead but not when the operation is about stealing land and harassing locals.

I don't know what sabra is but it reminds me of sabra and shatila

Yeah I believe that standardisation is beneficial in general whether it's capitalism or not. In fact I believe it's even more beneficial for a non-capitalist society, since yes you could not use the standard but nobody would be able to afford to come up with everything themselves. Unlike companies like apple that can afford having their own proprietary ecosystem including the lightning port. In that case standards could be maintained by non-profit organisations consisting of other organisations with a donation based model. Which is what happens in the real world except for the part where companies step in and put lots of money for their own benefit and to be able to pull these organisations in the direction they desire.

The concept of standardisation isn't necessary capitalist but the form it exists in today is shaped by the capitalist world we live in.

DNS is also super cool can't imagine my life without it

In Arabic we just say (معرص), aka a pimp aka ass kisser.

I think it's that some older people tend to be overconfident and think they've figured out everything in life (not that this behaviour is exclusive to old people but the older you're the more likely you're to think that you know shit). Another factor might be that over time you're more likely to confirm to your surrounding, being too tired and old to "rebel".

Just stay curious, open minded and always willing to learn and do new things.

I've noticed that most of the professors I liked in college were the ones to admit when they're wrong, understand that not everyone learn the same and willing to accept nonconventional answers in exams, not use the same material from a decade ago, etc. it might be trivial facts but it shows that on the larger scale this person is still evolving and adapting to their surrounding not being stuck in some old mentality.

I also believe that while age has a role in this it's not actually about age but rather the mentality the person has and whether they can see the big picture or not. I think the fact that OP has noticed it and didn't want to become like this is an indication that their mentality is moving in the right direction.

PS: English isn't my first language and I'm kinda tired while writing this so please forgive me.

You want it displayed as "yyyy/mm/dd" so it's actually "[RTL]dd/mm/yyyy"

RTL invert characters are just for rendering purposes it doesn't help with sorting also in older systems sometimes it was not supported.

In Arabic we use DD/MM/YYYY but it actually gets written as YYYY/MM/DD since Arabic is written and read from right to left. When the year is dropped the confusing part is not what format is used here but rather does this website/software support RTL or is it just regular unformatted ASCII.

Edit: it's still not ISO 8601 and it doesn't solve the sorting issue

I thinks it's less of the market playing a role and more of being a sign that we are getting even closer.

Entrance exams aren't actually that common here but they do exist admission is mostly based on GPA and final grades in highschool. What amazes me isn't the lack of basic knowledge (in such an education system) or getting accepted, but rather the decision to choose this professional/academic path when you lack the interest in it.

People are actually uninterested and treating college as if they're prisoners here. I know some people are only thinking about the potentially higher income in these fields or the social status (engineers and doctors are thought of highly in some countries). A not insignificant amount of students here are forced to study what their parents have chosen for them. I believe we have a corrupt system in all areas (political, social, educational) and the economical situation isn't helping.

Usually these kids in my opinion don't realise that they need to change something till very late in there lives. This matter isn't a problem but rather a symptom of bigger problems here.

P.S: I'm very sorry for the long rant I got kinda carried away lol.

I mean I live in country with a kinda failed education system.