ahmedalsudani

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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   It seems to me that you are young and just starting your career. It’s ok to only want to do certain kinds of work (for example C code that runs close to the metal and that is performant and easy to reason about). Other people in the world t
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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   Good God. I thought the management change would actually mean no more boneheaded moves.
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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   As far as I know, plus wildcards are not part of the standard either.
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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   Signal and Telegram are very different. Signal has always been an open source project that allows you to audit the source and run your own server if you so desire [1]. It’s a project that has always put security first but made some compromi
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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   Ah, my mistake. I stand corrected.
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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   The only thing the Enterprise offering gives you is priority access.
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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   I’m very disappointed that Apple has not made it possible to integrate Spotify with Siri and don’t want to reward Apple for it--even though it’s something I value.
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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   Certainly more complicated, but we do know the answer. It's Turing-complete. http://rendell-attic.org/gol/tm.htm
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   by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

   You can’t put a laptop in my pocket and carry it around though. The only realistic options for a smartphone are android and iOS. Between the two (and I have used both), I much prefer iOS. Not for features or smoothness, mind you. I actually
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    by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

    This is going to be the funniest thing I read all day. Thanks for writing it up!!
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    by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

    1. Energy does actually escape black holes 2. The jets are not matter originating inside the black hole. They are are matter that is accelerated by the black hole then slung away. It’s a similar mechanism to how we accelerate some of our sp
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    by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

    Previous discussion on the video: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16032643
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    by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

    I believe this has been debunked. See https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/22/alcohol-... Admission: I never got the chance to look at the research so I don’t know how reliable it is.
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    by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

    “I am the Alan Kay in question” Hah. Not everyone can be that cool.
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    by ahmedalsudani 9y ago

    You've probably heard about it, but Mastering Emacs is fantastic. https://masteringemacs.org/reading-guide