That’s one of the arguments for multi vendor sourcing. The same price negotiation tactic occurs in other industries.
It’s why google buys non intel chips. Come negotiation time there’s a serious threat they can leave. And there’s a serious rfp out to other vendors for pricing. Bringing their intel chip costs down.
It’s a real role that’s hired in the Jewish community. Both to encourage in-faith marriages and to foster a sense of community. Usually one person for teens, another for young adults, and others for men’s club, woman’s club, newly parents, retirees...etc
It’s generally funded by synagogues and charity foundations.
I’d of thought the Christian churches/denominations have similar programs.
It could be unique to Jews due to historical and present anti-Semitism. E.g. Jews were (and still are in a few establishments) barred from many fraternities, country clubs, athletic clubs, summer camps...etc
Making it a paid position is a great idea, it provides incentive for the person to do their job well and adds some status to it. I'd like to see this idea carried over to other groups since it's done so haphazardly everywhere else or added on as a soft skill for people in other roles where they either have it or they don't. Is there a name for this role? I'd be interested in knowing more about it.
Linking directly to the image file (and in fact a cached version of the full image) is one of the best reasons to use DDG.
Reverse image search is also intentionally gimped, unlike non-US jurisdiction Yandex which is quite good.
It's certainly for legal reasons, not technical, but Image Search has gotten progressively worse every year. It used to be godly effective 10 years ago.
> Linking directly to the image file (and in fact a cached version of the full image) is one of the best reasons to use DDG.
That’s possible thanks to Microsoft’s Bing API. I’m surprised Getty (who’s afaik responsible for Google removing direct image links) only went after Google and not Microsoft.
Article forgets the biggest of them all. Peace in the Middle East.
Not once in my life did I think 2020 would be the year when many middle eastern countries sign peace deals with Israel. Heck there’s already Israeli Jewish weddings in Dubai!!!
The us government who helped broker these deserves a peace prize. If not with their help and assistance these peace deals would not have occurred.
I look forward to what 2021 will bring with the Middle East better aligned to future industrial and cultural growth.
No, the chances for real, long-lasting peace in the Middle East have actually ended with this year (or at least, this presidency).
While 4 years ago there was some hope, it is now impossible to imagine that:
(1) there will ever be a peaceful 2 state solution to the Palestinian crisis
(2) there will ever be another deal between the US and Iran
The fact that a handful of arab states have agreed to join Israel's side instead of Palestine's is in no way an end to the threat that the conflict between the two creates.
And let's not forget that the war in Yemen is still ongoing, with US military support for the aggressor, Saudi Arabia.
The countries involved weren't really all that hostile to each other, though. More Seinfeld vs. Newman than Hatfields vs McCoys.
Some of them weren't even that, with the two countries already having unofficial trade, security, and diplomatic relations and this new deal just making it official. And they got or will get US arms deals out of it.
It will take quite a while to see if these agreements actually make the region more peaceful or they were just going through the motions to get access to US arms.
In the case of the Morocco deal, there is a decent chance it will lead to more violence, due to it including the US recognizing Morocco's claims over the disputed Western Sahara.
I agree, though I would say "several" instead of "many". There are, I think, four countries. That leaves 10 or 20 to go, depending on how you define "middle eastern".
It's way to early to know if these deals will make any lasting difference. The countries in the middle east have been parties to similar pease agreements for decades, but so far they don't seem to last.
If the peace continues to last, sure, we can acknowledge those who were involved. But it's way to early to acknowledge anything yet.
The only action China could do would be to start a world war 3 in response.