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this is going to be like the macbook pro with the touch bar. an expensive gimmick that they’ll stop supporting after a few years. really wonder who wants to pay this amount of money for this?

devghat is one of nepal’s holiest pilgrimage sites, where the kali gandaki and trishuli rivers meet and become the narayani.

people come here to bathe, pray, meditate, and during makar sankranti, thousands gather at the confluence.

one of the most interesting parts is that some elderly hindus actually choose to spend their final years here, believing that dying in such a sacred place can help bring spiritual liberation.

it’s basically a whole town built around the idea that where two rivers meet, the physical and spiritual worlds get a little closer. image

some things to keep in mind:
*this does not stack with any government, student, or employee discounts.

*you can lease custom configurations and engraved items.

*you can purchase the device outright and it’s just the msrp - total of payments made

*applecare+ is optional. you will fuck yourself over if you don’t get it and something breaks. also warranties are 1 year so keep that in mind for leasing over 2 years.

*klarna makes their money from late payments and all sorts of other hidden fees. if you’re in a financial situation, you are the exact customer they want.

*the lease contract is per device. if you want to lease a phone, mac and ipad. you’ll have to lease each one individually.

*if you make the lease payments and don’t make a decision on what you’ll want to do, there’s a 6-month extension period that you’re automatically enrolled into. after that, they just assume you want to purchase the device.

*they’ve guillotined the iphone upgrade program and iphone payments - both through citizens bank.
you can upgrade early to a newer device at no additional cost — similar to the iphone upgrade program

*apple card monthly installments still exist.

*you can lease a device for someone else (like a child or an employee in a business), but you’re responsible for all payments made.

*you make payments through the klarna app, apple has no say once you’ve checked out the device.

there's this one professor of ours. an incredibly smart woman. sure, most professors are smart, but what makes her different isn't just her intelligence. she's very polite, very kind, very knowledgeable, and just as humble. every time we talk, i always learn something new. she gauges the distance between herself and people really well. neither too formal nor more familiar than necessary. she always speaks plainly, clearly, and understandably. and when there's a problem, she tries to solve it calmly, without raising her voice.

i've never once seen her make idle chitchat. she's always someone who's producing, reading, thinking. but my favorite thing about her is this; even though she's normally a very calm person, when it comes to a project or scientific work she turns into a completely different person. that excitement and passion of hers is truly contagious. you can tell she puts a lot of effort into everything she does. she's not someone who tries to show off at all. she doesn't need to, anyway. she's a professor who has earned people's respect through her work.

to me, with all these sides of her, she's a very attractive woman. i'd honestly love to be like her someday.

steve jobs explains why most people never get what they want.

"when i was 12 years old, i called bill hewlett. his number was still in the phone book, and he answered the phone himself."
"i said, hi, i'm steve jobs, i'm 12 years old, and i want to build a frequency counter, so i was wondering if you had any spare parts you're not using that you could give me."
"he laughed, and he gave me the spare parts to build this frequency counter."
"that summer he set me up with a job at hewlett packard putting together nuts and bolts on frequency counters, and i was in heaven."
"most people never pick up the phone and call. most people never ask."
"that's sometimes what separates the people who do things from the people who only dream about them."
"you have to take action, and you have to be willing to fail."
"if you're afraid of failing, you won't get very far."

the footballer who says euro 2016 is equivalent to the world cup. in the quarterfinal of that euro 2016 he can't stop bragging about, they knocked out poland (on penalties), and in the semifinal wales (lmaooo), and made the final. and in the final, ronaldo got injured at the start of the match and came off anyway. the final victory has nothing to do with him. he wrapped up the tournament with 3 goals, two of them scored against hungary. twenty-first (21st) in the tournament in average sofascore rating, seventy-second (72nd) in the tournament in average fotmob rating. i figured i'd write this so the young people who believe the tall tales from 10 years ago and think the lies this guy tells are the truth can learn the facts.

there's something i haven't been able to figure out for years now: this guy takes the field, plays his game, and that's it, no statements praising himself, no statements taking shots at others. the player with the most goal contributions in the world, 8 ballon d'ors, 48 trophies won, not a record left unbroken. you look at the comments and it's "midget" this, "jew" that, "fifa protects him." folks, this guy has been playing at the top level for 21 years, do you realize that? come on, comment with a little bit of sense and reason. what is even the reason you hate this guy?

that's me, yeah. i seriously try my best to answer both messages and calls, and even when i can't, i try to get back to them whenever i've got a free moment. the earth is a sad piece of land for people like us, honestly.

the goat who takes a free kick from 35 meters like it's a penalty. if only he'd take his penalties like penalties too.

egyptians should be proud of their national team. they gave up a penalty to the opponent, the keeper saved it, they had a goal disallowed and scored a second within 5 minutes. the opponent is the reigning world champion, by the way. egypt is playing with a lot of heart.

"growing up is not about winning every battle; it is about learning which battles never to fight at all."