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shn | 12 years ago | on: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

1) All of the recordings? 2) Again, for all the recordings? 3) I checked it out. They are saying that they do not know if the recordings are authentic. Since accused can not provide the original recordings actually there's no point even seeking for such forensic examination. It has to be inconclusive, that is why illegally obtained wiretappings are rendered always invalid by the courts. In that case spreading recordings that can not stand such scrutiny is an attempt of defamation, and illegal. 4) I can not check that. 5) What prosecution? Does it have a name/date?

Again I am against the blockage. However we need try to understand what could have pushed the Turkish Courts to take such grave measures.

shn | 12 years ago | on: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

What I told are possible explanations and scenarios. I took the side of the 1st option which is what you defend as well. We are not in a position to be the judge ourselves. When we say something it needs to explain something. That's what I tried yet you downvoted, which unfair and mean. I stand by what I think of you.

shn | 12 years ago | on: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

So far this comment got downvoted twice. I bet those who downvote are Turkish. They are not explaining why did they downvote. They are as good as those that blocked Twitter in Turkey.

shn | 12 years ago | on: Twitter is blocked in Turkey

There are two sides of the coin.

1) In this day and age shutting down Twitter wholesale is simply a silly and undemocratic move. Information can not be blocked and will find its way around anyway. Like many people I am against it.

2) There is a blatant violation of personal rights of people by fabricated phone-tapes. You take it to the court and court decides that these are illegal, and ask the service provider (in this case Twitter) to take down those specific twits. They don't comply. What do you do?

Say there's a link for a fabricated phone conversation of Obama betraying the country disseminated using Twitter. The administration take it to the court and win the legal battle. Could Twitter afford not to comply? Can this happen?

This is the gist of the problem people are having over there.

shn | 12 years ago | on: How do you track a plane?

Somebody down voted a genuine question, and left no comment at all for why did it? There's no corner of the world short of mean people.

shn | 12 years ago | on: How do you track a plane?

Forgive my ignorance, but why the plane could not fly straight rather than north or south that is put forth as the only options? Straight is as suicidal as going south, still a vast ocean ahead.

shn | 12 years ago | on: We Have Luxurious Jobs but We Are Not Aware of It

Most of those recruiters do not deserve to be employed in the first place. They lack basic empathy towards job seekers. They talk like they own you. I have not met any of them yet that does not meet this description unfortunately. I think having some power on other people's lives corrupt them.

shn | 12 years ago | on: Why I hate virtualenv and pip

one should hate something when that thing is something he dislikes but most importantly it is forced on him or her. I am criticizing only the title, he might be right about these tools, but using agitative words does not make an argument better.

shn | 12 years ago | on: US and UK struck secret deal to allow NSA to 'unmask' Britons' personal data

There's no democracy only a shadow of it. We are pushed and shoved and most of the time did it ourselves voluntarily after listening patriotic brainwashing. We are ruled by elites, by big money, period. Worse is some really think that they own the country. I remember in a movie (can't remember now) a guy asks Matt Damon, Italians has this, that owns this, what you own? And he answers "we own the country". Those NSA people think exactly that way, they think they own you. Big companies think they can bend any rule. So don't expect anything change much for the benefit of the "taxpayer".

I find it extremely weird that these agencies need to hide what they are doing. Why do it in secret if this is democracy? What is wrong with what they are doing if they are not harming people? Gathering intelligence is their job, we need it. Bogeys know that too. But still they need to do it in secret. Then there must be something wrong with not what they do, but what they do with it.

shn | 12 years ago | on: Clojure from the ground up

IMHO, It would be better to seperate two distinct things into two seperate articles. Your view in women in computing and intro to clojure.

shn | 12 years ago | on: Stanford Ovshinsky: the greatest scientist you've never heard of?

I wonder why somebody promotes this person out of the blue and becomes an HN material? Yes it is an anniversary but why not do it while he was vertical last year or the previous year. I gather from the comments that his achievements are controversial as well. That is why I asked this question.

shn | 12 years ago | on: Appmaker

I liked the idea of channels with colors and connecting components with it. Although it is primitive as it is, if it evolves it can be used as a great mock-up tool at the least. It is mistake to consider it for people who program for a living. Let's not shoot down ideas/concepts/proof of concepts.

shn | 12 years ago | on: To-Do Lists Don't Work

I like your board. I would like to give it a try. Could you explain difference between "Actionable" and "Daily Goal". Aren't all "daily goals" are "actionable" since you transferred them from "weekly sprint" or "backlog".
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