mkhattab

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by mkhattab 14y ago
This is a big WTF moment for me. There are a ton of private keys here. I don't even know what else to say.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Here's Linus' opinion on Github pull requests https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/17#issuecomment-56546... I wonder how critical the HN community would have been if the exchange was with a female programmer? If you read the exchange, y
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by mkhattab 14y ago
> Watch the gossip magazines trash actors' clothes and haircut And also reading some of the more interesting messages on the Linux Kernel mailing lists, specifically messages by Linus. It's sometimes entertaining to read them and the re
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Perhaps you are correct. While I completely agree that what happened to her was completely uncalled for regardless of her gender. I find that sometimes myself I am slightly harsher in criticism of my male colleagues and friends. Perhaps dcr
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Indeed, I looked at the image before fully reading the comment and thought it was an older version of Outlook.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Do you mean that most people are highly selective about the race of their potential mate? If this is the case, I don't think that this is racist. Besides, scientists are humans too, I doubt there would be much of a difference.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
GnuPG on OSX and I use it mostly via Emacs. PGP would probably be a good choice for some companies since it relies on a concept called the "web of trust."
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by mkhattab 14y ago
This sounds awesome. I've contemplated programming in Arabic. I figured that if Arabic as a language is much more expressive and concise than English in normal modes of communication then the advantages would cross over into programming lan
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I fear Google Voice might tread in the same path of Google App Engine. That is, switch pricing schemes after widespread adoption. Like you, I use my GV number as my primary and feel one of these days I'm going to get shafted. I might need t
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I love Flowroute. Their web interface is much cleaner than Vitelity's. However, I wish they would take the initiative in supporting more open codecs other than G.729, G.711, etc. I dislike the G.729 licensing scheme. On another note, I was
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by mkhattab 14y ago
E911 is complicated when it comes to VOIP. With providers such as Flowroute or Vitelity, you basically fill out a form with your current address/location and it takes some time to propagate to whatever system the dispatchers use. Basically,
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I agree with you to a degree on employee abuse, disregarding that corporations have policies in place regulating access to their networks, as well as monitoring for Internet use outside work-related activities. Perhaps these studios are inc
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by mkhattab 14y ago
No, it's wrong to make this the goal in and of itself. The purpose, according to the guidelines, is to post something that is intellectually stimulating to oneself. If it makes it on the front-page, then this is an indication that others sh
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Undemocratic and oppressive nature of mideast governments for millennia? Seriously? :) I'm sensing a prejudicial subtext from your comment and other comments you made, that you think the governments and the people they represent, are incapa
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by mkhattab 14y ago
You do realize that the US has been intervening in Iran and Afghanistan for decades, right? The Soviet war in Afghanistan, during the late 80s in which the US was involved in support of the Mujahideen, widely considered to be the cause of b
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Interesting that what you described is reminiscent of the Jahiliyyah. Al Saud, in this context, reminds me of Quraysh.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Of course the United States, since its inception, has a perfect track record of treating women and minorities (sarcasm). US foreign policy stifles natural progress and evolution in many countries in the Middle East.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I think whether the government was involved in 9/11 is irrelevant. Seriously who cares? I don't think the American public even cares. How do I know this? A simple example is the Iraq war. One doesn't need to be a genius to understand the im
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Another Bullshit FBI Thwarted Terror Plot(pjstar.com)
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I've always felt that airport security was always about testing the limits of the complacency of the people and not really about security. I imagine some person complaining during a security checkpoint, holding up the line, and some lady ye
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by mkhattab 14y ago
At least Canada is not involved in wars of aggression and is a relatively peaceful nation (in comparison to the US). The point is not where we are now that is of concern, it's when the shit hits the fan, which will inevitably happen. When t
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by mkhattab 14y ago
We're (open source advocates) a niche inside the software world and I don't think basic computer users, including government officials, even care about any argument or cause based on principle. People are just pragmatic, they want something
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by mkhattab 14y ago
The obvious problem I think, notwithstanding the fork of OpenOffice, is that MS Office is the de-facto standard and it's not in the interest of MS to have the compatibility gap closed. The critical issue with OpenOffice is rooted in Cat Str
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Could you please spare us from the anti-semitic card? HN is not the mainstream media and many here are not ignorant, so this tactic doesn't work here. It also betrays your lack of objectivity on the matter.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Wow, it's well known that the settlements are illegal under international law. This is acknowledged by many academics and intellectuals such as Norman Finkelstein and Noam Chomsky.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
This looks cool. It's unfortunate that it's Python-controlled rather than Python programmable. It uses a PIC16, so you'd probably have to throw out essentially all of Python's dynamic features. At that point, one might want to stick with Ar
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I wonder if they will apply the same restrictions to Udacity which offer course completion certificates? It's worrying that such a harmless mode of learning can be threatened by the stupidity of a few government officials.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I guess I missed the "old" slogan on the homepage. It's now "Your wish is our command."
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Last year I bought a Thinkpad E420s based on the praise I had read from multiple review sites and more importantly, the laptop is listed as Ubuntu certified. The first thing I did when I got it was install Ubuntu, of course. I'm not sure wh
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I'm curious to know what the difference this service and the one oDesk provides? The %-cut is the same, minus the more personal service from matchist, I'm assuming. The site doesn't explain the vetting process, which is something that I'm a

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