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by jalammar 11y ago
What I understand is that Saudi is already home to ~1 million Syrians and the government says they have granted residency visas to 500K more since 2011 -- not as refugees, but as residents. I can't say for certain if they are refusing
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by jalammar 11y ago
As a Saudi HNer who has spent his life between Saudi and the US, I hope I can point out a few things here. I understand the point the author is trying to make. It does, however, come off to me as unnecessarily hostile and overreaching. - Sa
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by jalammar 12y ago
Check out IntelliJ IDEA with the Go Plugin. http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
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by jalammar 12y ago
I believe they announced this integration at Google I/O. When you get an office document as an attachment, you no longer have to download it or import it into Docs. You would be able to open, edit, and save it in the same office format
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by jalammar 12y ago
I'll chime in with my experience. I'm in an emerging market in the middle east (Saudi). I'm the founder of one of the very few funded Internet companies in the country. Spent the last 24 months fundraising with little luck. M
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Uncovered Vulnerability Allows Skipping The Lock Screen in Android 4(tech-wd.com)
1 points by jalammar 15y ago|0 comments
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by jalammar 15y ago
Hey thanks. I was thinking in general as well as things like partnerships and what not.
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Ask HN:Any Recommended Resources on Business Development for Technical Founders?
6 points by jalammar 15y ago|2 comments
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Lego Robot Beats Human World Record For Solving the Rubik’s Cube(singularityhub.com)
3 points by jalammar 15y ago|0 comments
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by jalammar 16y ago
It stopped updating and allowing us to edit,any idea why?
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Video Games and the Human Condition - Talk by Jonathan Blow, Author of Braid(edtech.rice.edu)
8 points by jalammar 16y ago|1 comments
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by jalammar 17y ago
I'll have to make this a shameless plug, but it's probably the only way any of you will get to know about this. My startup, Qaym.com is a restaurant rating site in Arabic. We're located in Saudi Arabia. April fools isn't a big thing here or
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by jalammar 17y ago
Restaurant reviews indeed.
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by jalammar 17y ago
1) Since June 2006. Last year gave equity to two team members in exchange for work they already completed. 2) Didn't apply 3) Didn't start looking. It's bootstrapped so far and I want to continue doing it this way until I no longer can. Not
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by jalammar 17y ago
There's certainly something to learn about entrepreneurship from some of these guys. I'm really looking forward to reading about Brad Fitzpatrick. He founded Live Journal, and made or started a lot of the software that powers many giant web
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by jalammar 17y ago
Just finished "Heretics of Dune". Now starting "Chapterhouse: Dune". Both are Audiobooks I got from Audible.com. Great production for the whole series.
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by jalammar 17y ago
I looked into this previously and was interested most by XMPP. You can use open source servers like Openfire (Java, http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp ) or eJabberd (Erlang, http://www.ejabberd.im/ ). It's more inst
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by jalammar 17y ago
Oh, my bad. Sorry about that.
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by jalammar 17y ago
I'm not actually affiliated with the site.
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by jalammar 17y ago
Yeah, it was just launched yesterday, though. I was hoping we could help em out getting started.
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Algorithmatic: A global repository for algorithms from all fields(algorithmatic.com)
12 points by jalammar 17y ago|10 comments
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by jalammar 17y ago
It's a two-part problem. First is finding the right people to delegate the tasks to. Second is to define the tasks, assign them, then evaluate the result. What kind of arrangement do you have though? Do you have employees? Are you assigning
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by jalammar 17y ago
Yes, founder of http://www.Qaym.com , a local business review site in Arabic
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by jalammar 17y ago
With Twitter’s repositioning as “real-time search”, and search becoming a two-dog race, both Google and MS must be salivating to buy Twitter. I wouldn’t be surprised if either of them laid down 1+ Billion to get ahead under these circumstan
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by jalammar 17y ago
Thanks all, your input is very much appreciated.
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Ask HN: Joining an Incubator. Concerned About 2 Items in The Contract. Advice?
8 points by jalammar 17y ago|8 comments
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Ask HN: Giving Equity to Early Employees/Late Cofounders
2 points by jalammar 17y ago|2 comments
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by jalammar 17y ago
awesome, thanks
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by jalammar 17y ago
Interesting read. I generally enjoy Steve's writings. Has he ever released any of his code though or does anyone know any project's he's worked on?
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by jalammar 17y ago
I think this says something to Facebook, Google, MySpace, and web giants facing this problem in general. It's time they gave some attention to these countries and started pushing to raise awareness about online ads over there. These compani

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