But your passport is still tainted if you use any Israeli land crossing--they see the stamp from the other country and infer you were in Israel. Unlike what we saw in the 80s in Africa--so long as "South Africa" didn't appear you were ok. The border stamps into/out of South Africa didn't cause problems. The possession of a fair quantity of supplies with packaging in English/Afrikaans didn't matter--but the first day across the border the organizer had us stop and very carefully go over everything with a sharpie looking for labels that said "product of South Africa"--those had to be totally blotted out.
And to show how stupid things were--he also had a stamp he had made up to make forged entries on our yellow books. At that time your average joe certainly did not have an up-to-date smallpox shot--but at multiple border crossings they would hit you up for a bribe if you didn't have an up-to-date smallpox shot. Hence fake them. (Even around 2000 which was the last time I had occasion to have anything added to my yellow book there still was no anti-counterfeit protection.)
"Tainted" is an odd word. Any country that would reject a Jew from entering for having an Israeli stamp in their passport is a country I would never want to step foot in, whatever my views on Israeli politics.
> I visited Israel circa 2012 and this was true even then.
It used to depend on where you were coming from. When travelling to Israel for work a few years back, my passport (irish citizen) was not stamped, but my colleague's (at the time, a Turkish citizen) was.
No idea, Israeli border security are weird. Like, for the first few times I went there, they treated my like a terrorist (i am concerned that someone may have placed bombs in your bag etc). The last two times, OTOH, it's just been like a normal airport.
sad to hear this, but not suprised as much. according to wikipedia, turkey is one of the few countries/regions where israel requires a visa from; along with india, pakistan and arab countries.
Indeed. But as a technical guy I wonder which kind of "shared secret" one could provide to a (call center) service-agent to prove the legitimate ownership of an account without doubt?
Companies circumvent this complexity by simply asking you to login before you can request anything. If someone has full access to your account, all information accessible should be considered as insufficient to validate you...
In the end such a GDPR-request without login would probably again be a case-by-case topic which needs to cross the desk of some legal department to approve the action. But yeah, at least there are strict guidelines for response-times and other obligations for the company.
As per usual process of Google, Amazon, Apple et al, the process for this GDPR Request is done online AFTER you've logged in with your ID.
In case of Apple this is done in the "Manage your Apple Account" area of your account settings, for which you need to be able to login first.
I'm not sure these companies have a process in place to provide you this data without you having access to your own account. Filing a GDPR Request like that might turn into a topic requiring support from a lawyer / consumer protection agency...
I should probably say a significant border with Russia. Norway's border with Russia for example is a narrow sliver of mountains. It's completely insignificant. Finland isn't part of this because they're not a NATO member. The Baltic states (Latvia and Estonia; Lithuania doesn't obrder Russia) are a little more nuanced. I imagine that was a tough pill for Russia to swallow but again the borders are small. Poland and Kaliningrad is also more of a technaclity.
This map [1] puts the size of the borders in perspective and also why Russia has made Belarus effectively a client state. And also why Georgia is in a similar position as a buffer between Russia and Turkey.
But Ukraine is of particular strategic importance to Russia not only because of the expansive border but because Ukraine is relatively flat. Here's a map of the Operation Barbarossa invasion route [2]. It was largely through what is now Belarus to the north and Ukraine to the south.
I can't find a similar map but I believe Napoleon followed a similar route.
While niether of these two campaigns were successful, quite famously, it's merely a function of geography.
Additionally, Ukraine's position is even more significant because it potentially threaten's Russia's access to the Black Sea and the occupited territory of Crimea.
"Norway's border with Russia for example is a narrow sliver of mountains."
Wrong. It's fairly flat, mostly tundra and swampland.
"Additionally, Ukraine's position is even more significant because it potentially threaten's Russia's access to the Black Sea and the occupited territory of Crimea."
Wrong. Just look at a map.
Given this is already a pivot to sharing a "significant" border with NATO, perhaps you should be a bit more discerning with your statements.
If you really want to be pedantic, the US and Russia have a sea border.
If you count EEZ's, Russia's and Turkey's EEZ border each other in the Black Sea, as would Romania's if you believe Crimea (and hence its associated EEZ) to be part of Russia.
> puts, calls, warrants and other types of option securities
These are not stock. You definitely don’t need Amazon Legal approval to trade Amazon stock - otherwise all employees that get RSUs would need approval to sell their stock.
If you didn’t actually inhale smoke, than it is hard to feel anything.
If you did and you did not see any immediate physical effects, than good for you (as it was really hard for you to get addicted).
When I smoked, even after a few years of smoking, first cigarette a day, or a cigarette after a few hours of break, would have quite dramatic effect on me - buzz/dizziness, increased heart rate, and feeling lightly stunned.
Note that I tried vaping (at the same time as I was smoking) and I felt almost nothing comparing to cigarettes - I got “better” results with snuff tobacco than with vaping.
You need a better vape and a stronger juice -- if you are still trying to transition, that is. Try a proper vape, and not a pen. In most devices, you can alter voltage and resistance to create a custom experience for yourself. I can't even imagine going back to cigarettes. The throat feel is better, and if I want, I can get the buzz first thing in the morning, and all with no smell or waste.
Note, this post does not comment on the health risk of vaping or smoking.
I don’t think it is fair to compare it to Ghost of Tsushima or RDR2.
Both games have worlds that are mostly empty, with few buildings here and there. As far as I remember, RDR2 dropped to ~25FPS in Saint Denis on my PS4 just after launch (not sure now), and Saint Denis is tiny comparing to Night City.
I remember walking out of your apartment complex for the first time, and being really amazed at the number of NPCs walking and driving around. It's the first game I've played that actually made me feel like I was in a major city.
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