KhalilK

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by KhalilK 11y ago
Albeit necessary to check the authenticity of components such as the TouchID sensor for security reasons, bricking the phones seems extreme. Why not simply disable Touch ID? This is them asking for a lawsuit.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Tell that to Instagram moms.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
This! They are so boated and for no reason whatsoever.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
I spent a couple of weeks developing a blogging system in Django last summer. Doing so allows for great customization and fits exactly my needs. It was more fun than writing actual blog content though.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
I tried using PHP to scrape 50,000 webpages for a couple of fields, got it done in 4 hours, with scrapy it took 12 minutes. Been using it ever since.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Obligatory Numberphile video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6xJfP7-HCc
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Fun fact: Japonium [0] is a suggested name for Element 113. If accepted, the letter J will finally appear on the periodic table. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununtrium#Naming
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by KhalilK 11y ago
[Insert Security vs Freedom debate here]
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by KhalilK 11y ago
>it's so long that I can't really recommend it. Tell that to the teacher who made us read it at the age of 14. A masterpiece nonetheless.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
>Stop smoking, and control how much alcohol you drink, continue to be important public health messages to reduce the incidence of cancer. That obviously depends on the type of cancer. Smokers are way more likely to get lung cancer but fo
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Yes it is down to the environment but right now we don't know what these environmental exposures are. I've always considered "chance" and "luck" in science to simply be a placeholder for the unknown.
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On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit [pdf](journal.sjdm.org)
2 points by KhalilK 11y ago|0 comments
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Here you go http://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.9/ It's a development release so it was in the Development snapshots section.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
As a Tunisian citizen I must ask, is democracy always a positive thing? Even if the majority of the people doesn't know what's best for them?
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Matthias Wandel Builds a 42“ belt sander(youtube.com)
3 points by KhalilK 11y ago|1 comments
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OnePlus will refund owners of potentially hazardous USB-C cables(forums.oneplus.net)
2 points by KhalilK 11y ago|0 comments
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Tunisian ISPs. HTTPS was the solution of course. http://www.businessinsider.com/tunisia-facebook-2011-1 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/25/tunisia_facebook_pas...
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Same was done during the Tunisian revolution only to inject keyloggers.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Stupid onion-cutting ninjas.. This was quite an emotional read, a wake up call for many.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Nope, even tried different OSs (Windows and Linux) Chrome shows the request as Pending, tried disabling my ad-blockers, still an endless "Loading".
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by KhalilK 11y ago
I still can't get this particular website to load.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Tunisian here. This just goes to show how unreliable the Norwegian Nobel Committee is. Also, flagged for a very misleading title.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Relevant video: https://vimeo.com/134128443
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by KhalilK 11y ago
I like how the second search result points to this thread. We've gone meta HN!
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by KhalilK 11y ago
Clearly, English is not the author's native tongue.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
our space junk is stuck orbiting the Earth.
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by KhalilK 11y ago
posting it on YouTube is likely to end his career in any society. Given that the video gains enough visibility of course but I would still take that with a grain of salt.
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Cuba Has a Lung Cancer Vaccine(wired.com)
4 points by KhalilK 11y ago|0 comments
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by KhalilK 11y ago
https://www.facebook.com/robert.h.goldberg/posts/10153303390...
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by KhalilK 11y ago
khalilqacem@gmail.com I've been saving to buy a .me domain in bitcoins since I don't have easy access to international banking in my shitty country.

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