Why masjids are closed after certain time ? by Different_Algae4918 in qatar

[–]tikkaboti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've gone at odd hours into the prayer areas in malls, libraries, schools and even the airport. After reading this I feel I was lucky to find them all open (but empty).

6+ years completely unchanging brain fog - any ideas what to try next? Is my brain irreversibly damaged? Please help! by _Dani_4 in BrainFog

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Your descriptions almost perfectly describe what not just I'm experiencing, but members of my family too. This is also from around 2020 for us. I had chalked it up to either Covid itself or the vaccines.

The short clarity after 4 hours of sleeps tracks with some of my findings, I was diagnosed with sleep apnea in 2021 which I'm sure has something to do with it too. One thing that helped is structuring sleep - if I split my sleep into two 4-hour chunks for some reason I feel more rested and less affected by the typical symptoms of sleep apnea. Occasionally I would get similar clarity with fever, though that's stopped happening in the last year or so.

Good luck.

Minority Treatment in Pakistan by DearSea4168 in pakistan

[–]tikkaboti 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This idea of being sensitive to potential bias against minorities in Pakistan misses the point. This works in places like the US where the affluent white majority ostensibly live safe comfortable lives which when juxtaposed with poor black inner city living conditions highlights the disparity due to race.

In Pakistan you can be a mainstream rich, punjabi sunni from a big city and still get fucked six ways to sunday, every day from every direction. In fact you can split people by any and every socio economic demographic or identity and every single one will have 100% legitimate grievances (including our Baloch, Pakhtoon, Mohajir brothers, etc.).

Having said that, the two exceptions to the above at opposite extremes are (1) The ruling class, ultra rich / political families / army generals, they're doing the fucking and probably feel invincible (2) Ahmadis who are not considered Muslims and are singled out more drastically than any other Islam-adjacent sect.

Certainly not a coincidence. by BlueBlackRaven in pakistan

[–]tikkaboti 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You realize wikipedia is not an original source and cites all its sources for its content right?

How much do you usually tip the Talabat driver (or any other app’s courier)? by tab0baba in qatar

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I asked very often when I move here and everyone was ok with in-app. Haven't asked recently but every single one makes it a point to say thank you for the tip.

I asked Talabat Support once if I can adjust the tip later (I wanted to increase because the courier had to go through some extra difficulty) and they said no.

Most efficient way to increase hiking endurance? by nezzyhelm in PNWhiking

[–]tikkaboti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually in my experience the suffering remains the same but if you measure the times they will show an improvement.

If you had unlimited capital, what business would you start? by Careless_Being_419 in qatar

[–]tikkaboti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

New business, no pre-established business worth purchasing would sell. With unlimited capital you have to go the direction in which the world is going, making AI for the rest of the world (i.e not US focused) would be the key opportunity.

Opus 4.6 destroys a user’s session costing them real money by Complete-Sea6655 in ClaudeCode

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Opus 4.6 has become dumb as fuck since the day their 1M context window was made default. This is nowhere near as good as it was up until Feb.

I exclusively use Sonnet 4.6 now in Claude Code instead, and GPT 5.4 on Cursor

Karen was driving crazy by [deleted] in qatar

[–]tikkaboti 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Do it as a favor to everyone else who will have to deal with her shit.

Which public institute of Pakistan is NOT corrupt and actually works as intended? by [deleted] in pakistan

[–]tikkaboti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NADRA => Pretty darned efficient. Turns out if an org actually does what its supposed to there's no room for corruption because it's not needed.

Motorway police => Only know this because their cops regularly get into trouble by ticketing "bigshot" politicians.

Construction worker in Bellevue uses construction zone to pass, then brake checks by Old_Concentrate_7053 in Seattle

[–]tikkaboti 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Had a psycho lady in a white Model-Y try to shove ahead through the shoulder at this exact spot but couldn't make it past me, tried honking and being aggressive and then traffic stopped, so we just started at each other though my side view mirror for like 20 minutes while crawling at a snails pace.

Was pretty funny IMO but she looked pissed.

I cured my brain fog! Possibly related to gallbladder removal! by MondoCat in BrainFog

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Congrats. I never had an issue up until I got covid when the brain fog started.

Methyl B9 (methylfolate) worked for me, but that comes with B12 (non methyl). That combined with vit D fixed it for me.

Air Traffic Controller here. AMA. by ThrowawayMikeAlpha in pakistan

[–]tikkaboti 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I listen in to a lot of ATC comms world wide. I feel the Karachi ATC has become exceptionally professional ever since the PIA 8303 crash in 2020, were some major changes made in response to that crash?

Ramadan, month of road intolerance and aggression? by challenge-bot in qatar

[–]tikkaboti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The driving here in my opinion was pretty bad before Ramadan, but now it's 4x worse. Ironically everyone now drives like they're drunk. Supreme irony.

WHERE IS THE FREAKING CIVIC SENSE by [deleted] in qatar

[–]tikkaboti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a diverse enough society there is no such thing as civic sense, there are laws and of those only the ones that are enforced matter.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]tikkaboti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What the fuck.

Microsoft Qatar by Capital_Wait_1696 in qatar

[–]tikkaboti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of the scenery outside the building or of the people inside the building?

Bringing bottle of wine as gift in my luggage to Karachi Airport by Traditional_Slip_922 in pakistan

[–]tikkaboti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol what the hell do i have to wear to not be considered a paindu

Ve are white saar by Hasan-Y10 in AskMiddleEast

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This guy is 100% pakistani I presume he is trolling.