cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Kenya Shilling Symbol
I learnt Ksh all my life so I assumed it was correct too
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cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Kenya Shilling Symbol
I'm Kenyan, and I can tell you that I'm not quite clear on whether it is Kes or Ksh, I use the latter but see Kes used about the place. The symbol they came up with is great and I can see it being widely adopted(looks very much like their own logo:-D). Glad to see a story on Africa, particular Kenya, on the front page of HN that's not about mpesa though what up with the grey on black page? Poor UX
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Venezuela, Bolivia offer asylum to U.S. intel leaker Snowden
This is what happens when you push an entire (sub?)continent to feel like they must flip you back for embarassing one of their own
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Venezuela, Bolivia offer asylum to U.S. intel leaker Snowden
History is written by the victors
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: How Exercise Can Calm Anxiety
Running: not just good for the body but good for the mind too. Makes me glad I started running a couple of months ago
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Newly disclosed papers give rules for NSA surveillance without a warrant
Ever leak invalidates the information the NSA tells the public. Now I have to ask do they even know what documents Snowden left with? Each new revelation seems to be catching them flat footed
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Prominent Scientists Sign Declaration that Animals have Conscious Awareness
Does this mean they know right from wrong? The article isn't very clear on what conscious awareness means.
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero
When a hardcore terrorist calls the future correctly you have a huge problem
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero
I have to agree that in his actions the public benefit by far outwieghs the "security" risk. In a country where people have been blocked from travelling for mentioning "bomb" and "airport" in the same tweet it's not really shocking that the security apparatus is monitoring the internet. Like he mentioned there's a reason Osama's home had no internet or phone connection. So this leak only does one thing, show the extent that American's civil liberties have been eroded for something that has killed less people in total since 2000 than chocking
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: If the NSA Trusted Edward Snowden With Our Data, Why Should We Trust the NSA?
Please. This is not about can we trust them because someone leaked, any civic-minded person would have done what he did if they had big enough balls. Are we trying to say that out of the thousands of employees the NSA has no one else but this one guy felt there was something wrong with this program?
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of NSA surveillance
I'm not American but from where I sit this guy represents bravery of the highest order and the tenacity(sp?) of the American spirit. I'd be extremely proud to associated with him. He represents what we -the rest of the world- most value about America, freedom of speech, expression and calling out wrong damn the consequences.
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Must Stay Secret
Laws that are interpreted in secret can only be subject to massive abuse. The problem isn't the survellance its the lack of public oversight
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies in broad secret program
Cheers, I'll be sure to keep that in mind next time
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: Underwater Archaeologist Finds 1,600-Year-Old City that Vanished 1,200 Years Ago
Anyone esle read this title and think Atlantis?
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies in broad secret program
It's important to remember that we still have a functioning democracy. If you -- Hacker News reader -- decided to run for congress tomorrow, you might not win, but you won't be killed, sabotaged, or secretly blocked. Well the IRS may just decide to target you:D
The problem isn't so much the collection of the data, it's that checks and balances that are in place are completely opaque to public scrutiny. Everything is classified
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies in broad secret program
would you prefer this link instead? http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence...
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
I wonder how the Obama administration will repond to this other than the usual "Terrorism is bad and you need to trust us that we do all this for your own safety"
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies in broad secret program
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
Two days, two major reveals, wouldn't be suprised if tomorrow I wake up to find out that they've been switching on the microphones and cameras on webcams and cellphones.
cdooh | 12 years ago | on: US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies in broad secret program
not unsubstantiated: http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/6/6/4403868/nsa-fbi-mine-dat...