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mh_ | 11 years ago | on: GCC 4.9 is doing “some seriously crazy shit” according to Linus Torvalds

(just to play devils advocate) How do you figure "the evidence contradicts him" ? His attitude: launched & maintains the largest free collaborative dev known to man (?) which has generated squillions as a by-product. Yours/My attitude: makes some friends

seems to me he has some runs on the scoreboard (and some facts on the ground)

mh_ | 11 years ago | on: Bypass PayPal's Two-Factor Authentication

The disclosure process is always fraught with peril (and pain) and its a safe bet that no matter what a discloser does, there will be some person or group who thinks they should have handled it differently. In a case like this, when reasonable time is given, and the world gets to benefit from a great deal of work (effectively done for free), i tend to simply say thanks, and make notes..

mh_ | 12 years ago | on: Turkey pushes through new raft of 'draconian' Internet restrictions

I'm assuming that when you point towards the story of Asma Bint Marwan you acknowledge that classical scholars have rejected this story? It also pretty amazing that you would complain about an ad hominem when your comment led with "what did you expect an islamist to do?" (I also note your silence on the fact that draconian Internet silliness seems ok when done by non-"islamists")

Again: There is certainly a lot in the OP's post relevant to HN, but i would submit that sweeping statements on religions are not

mh_ | 12 years ago | on: Turkey pushes through new raft of 'draconian' Internet restrictions

Your statement: "islam means criticism of the government = criticism of the religion = punishable by death" is patently untrue (and is really better saved for clan meetings than HN). Do you have citations for: "The prophet executed people for that"? (Its kinda interesting that with all the recent documentation of states using the Internet to infringe on peoples rights, the moment Turkey does it, the response is: "see.. islam!")

mh_ | 12 years ago | on: Be the best?

I must confess to finding this answer pretty insulting (but i guess in truth, you are calling everyone monkeys, and just distinguishing between those that climb to the top and those that don't)

I guess the counter-thought would be that of exploration & discovery, where we need trailblazers to set the path that others will follow later..

mh_ | 13 years ago | on: TRA denies jail and fine up to Dh1 million for using Skype in UAE

a) this comment is annoyingly simple minded and pretty plainly racist. ("Those people"? Really?) b) with all the talk of un-warranted wiretaps, and the state of surveillance building up in the US/Europe, it's probably a bad time to throw stones c) it's worth spending some time to investigate how "those" countries have had democracy deliberately crippled for decades by western powers needing puppet dictators to guarantee their flow of oil (try a YouTube search for "secrets of the seven sisters")

mh_ | 13 years ago | on: How the Wikileaks founder alienated his allies

I see lots of Assange dislike from people, and i'm constantly reminded of misappropriated quote: "You want someone who does what i do, but you want him to behave like you."

It takes a certain type of personality (and a certain type of mania/insanity) to run against the odds/world like he did.. We should accept that if it comes with some rough edges, thats kinda the price for it.

Even if there are arguments over wether or not he is "a great man", it is clear that he has achieved great things, and sometimes the people who do also have great flaws..

mh_ | 14 years ago | on: Your Password - Their Business?

I mentioned on twitter, that the reason for the big outcry over this, is in part because the employers did it so badly..

ie.. if they built a facebook app that accepted uploaded CV's, they could have sneakily taken this data (like so many other facebook apps) :>

mh_ | 14 years ago | on: Chrome Hacked In 5 Minutes

The "hacked in n-minutes" meme around these sorts of contests is really horrible (and needs to die). Researchers work on the exploit for months ahead of time.. The amount of time taken to click "launch exploit" really makes little difference..
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