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by ismail 13y ago
I think the lesson here is with the rise of Wikipedia. You can never know who is pushing an agenda, revisionist history formalized.
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The hackers guide to getting press(blog.clarity.fm)
3 points by ismail 13y ago|0 comments
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by ismail 13y ago
Maybe i am missing something, but can some tell me why this is big news? What is so special about Apples implementation? I think maybe the news here is not actually the Apple tech, but rather the first app in this class to really catch on.
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by ismail 13y ago
yes. terrible article.
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by ismail 13y ago
could solutions to this be used for settlement purposes I.e bank transfers etc.
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by ismail 13y ago
nice
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by ismail 13y ago
does. not work on mobile.
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by ismail 13y ago
well that prob explains how when I purchase some dev screencasts on ruby, I get an email the same day with ruby books. the freakiest however was amazon recommended parenting books 2 months into my wifes pregnancy, before we had even starte
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by ismail 13y ago
whats the Zuckerberg model startup?
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by ismail 13y ago
wow this is awesome. and would it be the first African entrepreneurs ib YC?
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by ismail 13y ago
I actually posted about this a while back here on HN, having figured this out when attending a course on SS7 signalling several years back. At the time i thought it was a 'theoretical possibility' https://news.ycombinat
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Live Coverage Mandela Memorial(youtube.com)
1 points by ismail 13y ago|0 comments
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by ismail 13y ago
I have fond memories as a young child, cops escorting us of a beach because were were not supposed to be there.
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by ismail 13y ago
Also to get a more accurate reflection, tune in to Radio 702 (Wont be much now since its 11pm) but you could possibly catch some clips from people who actually knew him. http://www.ourmadiba.com/reflect.html http:/&#x
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by ismail 13y ago
I think the media you are watching are doing you a disservice and quite possibly the world media. They are portraying Nelson Mandela as some kind of grand-father to the country, and yes in the last 15 years he has grown into that role, but
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by ismail 13y ago
" Our resort to the armed struggle in 1960 with the formation of the military wing of the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe, was a purely defensive action against the violence of apartheid. The factors which necessitated the armed struggle still
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Hacker almost derailed Mandela election in South Africa(theregister.co.uk)
1 points by ismail 13y ago|0 comments
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by ismail 13y ago
A sad day for the world. Many who did not live through the period 93-94 do not realise how on a Knife Edge South Africa was at the time, it could have gone either way. The country could have descended into civil war, but my personal opinion
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by ismail 13y ago
Erik, also the dots at the bottom for me indicate that i can click to see other images. They do not actually do that. Small UX issue
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by ismail 13y ago
Remember to write the slidedbread.js in under 30 lines :)
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by ismail 13y ago
WordPress has left the solar system
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by ismail 13y ago
Federal Prosecutors, in a cellular automata on an RC truck and saves the lives of 6 soldiers
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by ismail 13y ago
Ah, fond memories of downloading MP3's via irc DCC :)
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by ismail 13y ago
Single failed login attempt from china. Though could this be any way related to the adobe leak? If you have the list of emails and password, you could try a bunch of commonly used services and see if that works.
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Armed robbery/car hijacking with AK47 caught on camera in johannesburg(youtube.com)
2 points by ismail 13y ago|0 comments
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by ismail 13y ago
don't confuse being shy with being an introvert. Introversion has nothing to do with enjoying talking to people. it is actually about where you get your energy... for e.g do you feel exhausted after a day of social interactions and nee
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by ismail 13y ago
maybe too much focus on the market opp in the spp and not the problem you are solving?
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by ismail 13y ago
Yep. Damn mobile client. Anyone got a good recommendation for android HN client?
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by ismail 13y ago
LTE is available in Africa. look into the mobile industry in Africa in some ways we have leap frogged . theres an entire generation of tweens whos access to the net is via mobile. I Will never forget my visit to canada in 2009. I get there,
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by ismail 13y ago
one of the ways that coiuld be used to track feature phoned while they were switched on however was sending specially crafted messages sent to the phone that would force a location update which you can use to grab the cell id, and basically

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