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A significant (and arguably growing) part of the world population would likely disagree with your characterisation of Bitcoin's service as 'largely philosphical' (check your financial privilege!): https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1502067170242613248

> The middle east similarly never asked for democracy.

Oh boy... a blanket statement if ever I saw one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...

Never given; but taken, sometimes.

This is not true, not sure where you got this from? Source: I'm Iranian and have shaken many women's hands in Iran publicly. No lashings so far :)

Yes you can, it's quite convenient: http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/01/pipelining-r-pyt...

Please list all wars initiated by Iran during the last 50 years. As that will probably not take too long, maybe you can also tell us with which neighbours Iran has been at war during the last 50 years.

Strongest German, vegan: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrik_Baboumian

> devastating local communities by getting rid of a ton of low-skilled jobs

Why would those communities be devastated? People still have to eat, hence low-skilled jobs would still be required to produce other kinds of food in the same local communities.

A well maintained alternative, also open source: http://greendao-orm.com/. Disclaimer: I am affiliated with the company that initiated this project.

It is not friendly in the sense that you as the user are expected to extensively configure your system before you are able to use it. It does not work out of the box (unless you have very basic needs). What makes Arch Linux great in my opinion (I use it myself) is that if you are the type of person who is willing to spend some time customising your desktop to achieve a perfect, tailored work environment, Arch gives you all the flexibility you need without imposing unnecessary complexity.

Not really hard imho. At least as long as you are living in a major European city, but I would assume North America/some other places should be similar. Have you actually tried?

Mark seems to see the main problem with the carbs contained in grains. This does not apply to Gluten protein obviously, as it is nearly free of carbohydrates. The only problem with Gluten seems to be that some (up to a third according to Mark) people seem to be intolerant to Gluten. From what I could gather from the two links you provided, you should be ok with a Gluten-heavy diet as long as you make sure that you are not sensitive to it (which can be diagnosed easily)

Why do you try to avoid gluten products? Just curious as I rely on them for a significant part of my protein intake (being vegan myself).