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by mkhattab 14y ago
Gosh, it seems like Pycon 2012 was just yesterday. I considered contributing to PyCon 2013 but time just flies.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
There's no excuse for the murders related to the film and protests, but one cannot deny that US foreign policy has created fertile ground for these extremists.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
It's common knowledge that these "fatwas" don't mean anything. In fact, these fatwas are complete bullshit. In fact, in regards to the Salman Rushdie case, Al Azhar (at the time), the highest and most prestigious Islamic institution, stated
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I agree, but in the case of a single or a few fanatics, there's not much anyone can do. These types of people will use any excuse or none at all to harm others. It's not limited to Muslim extremists. Take a look at the several shootings tha
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by mkhattab 14y ago
This actress shouldn't be worried. There isn't a "witch hunt" for the participants in the film, even for the creator of the film, who happens to live in an adjacent city next to mine, which (Inland Empire) has a sizable Middle-Eastern and M
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by mkhattab 14y ago
There's a new chipset that does 802.11, NFC and Bluetooth. According to the date of the press release below, this chip was released sometime in June 2012, so obviously not enough time for Apple to integrate in the new iPhone. http://www.ma
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Perhaps there is too much emphasis on the interview process. Why not use the contract-to-hire method? It could be a short duration spanning a few weeks. There are of course multiple drawbacks, but at least this method could help alleviate t
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by mkhattab 14y ago
> My biggest gripe about udacity classes isn't the lack of quality, but the lack of depth. What I like about Udacity is that it's a good starting point. I can have a working foundation and dig in deeper on my own. This is better than th
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by mkhattab 14y ago
> I've used Vagrant before, but it always felt like overkill. I'm finding Vagrant is an indispensable tool for learning Chef and testing my recipes. Also, having a complete multi-VM setup as a development environment that replicates my
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by mkhattab 14y ago
To add to that, one more issue that caused me to drift away from Digg was the numerous posts/comments on sensitive topics such as religion, politics etc.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
In Safari, CMD + 1 works if you have it as a top-level bookmark. Or rather, in the case of your workflow, CMD + T then CMD + 1. There has to be a more efficient way of doing this!
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Perhaps it's not that we overload our brains with information, rather it's the way society expects us to be. We turn into walking talking trivia machines. There's so much information that it becomes a necessary skill to separate or distill
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by mkhattab 14y ago
I think the article describes the behavior of escapists. The constant need to be distracted in order to avoid facing one's own reality.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Something similar, to a lesser extreme, exists in Egypt. I believe this isn't an issue of security but an issue with the profits telecoms make on international calls. Telecom Egypt is sustaining significant losses due to VOIP and I assume i
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Yes, however, the new way seems counter intuitive. It would be difficult to keep track of what is publicly shared, at least in an organized manner.
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by mkhattab 14y ago
Well, this sucks. Are they removing this feature to cut down on bandwidth? Or perhaps piracy?