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Bilal_io··on Union Pacific to buy Norfolk in $85B mega U.S. railroad deal
I think maybe Lina Khan was, but not the whole Biden administration.
Bilal_io··on Palestinian who helped make Oscar-winning No Other Land killed in West Bank
You're not forced to read nor contribute to this discussion.
Bilal_io··on Stop selling “unlimited”, when you mean “until we change our minds”
I am not a heavy user of Claude in any way, sometimes I go days without using it. And I've hit the limit a week ago. Now with the limit changing to per week, I am 100% canceling my subscription. I'll likely spend a max of $5 using an API key.
Bilal_io··on Women dating safety app 'Tea' breached, users' IDs posted to 4chan
No, they'd be sharing the man's photo, name and phone number if I am not mistaken, and obviously without his consent.
Bilal_io··on AI.gov
You're not serious are you?

Also, the US is taxing its own citizen via tarrifs. $100+ billion and counting

Bilal_io··on Finding a former Australian prime minister’s passport number on Instagram (2020)
I believe this is the same story covered by Dark Diaries. Very interesting story. https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/84/
Bilal_io··on IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites
The civilians even blocked aid entering Gaza.
Bilal_io··on IDF officers ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near Gaza food distribution sites
They fled into Palestine*, and later established the state of Israel. Saying they fled into Israel assumes there was an Israel to begin with, but there wasn't.
Bilal_io··on New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles
The issue is that the US claims to be a free speech absolutist and even tries to apply this morality outside its borders using criticism and sometimes force.
Bilal_io··on Ask HN: What do you spend your money on?
I agree with your point, but Tlto be fair, they also mentioned they don't own a car, which can prevent them from traveling depending on the condition and type of car they choose.
Bilal_io··on Ten Years of JSON Web Token and Preparing for the Future
Oh yeah the token grows in length very quickly, we also tried using it 5 years ago to pass in roles to the client and ended up with many issues
Bilal_io··on Edit is now open source
Thank you. I looked and failed to find it in the Edit repo
Bilal_io··on Edit is now open source
Why didn't they make this a package available ia winget? Did it have to be part of the OS?
Bilal_io··on TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs
I think it's good to compare and contrast the items you got right and wrong in the take and discuss why it did or did not play out that way.
Bilal_io··on DoorDash to acquire Deliveroo
Is it because of the language?
Bilal_io··on Reverse engineering the obfuscated TikTok VM
I've used it for small files and it did very well prettifying, naming the variables and adding comments for context. But I can imagine it doing a bad job with large files.
Bilal_io··on Show HN: I Built a Customer Feedback Tool
Your vps costs are low now. But won't be forever when your database usage and traffic grow. Even if a $10 vps can handle the traffic, the provider might rate limit you.

Let's be optimistic and assume the following over the next year: - You get 100 paid users from initial launch. You'll need an advertising budget to gain more. - And 500 free users over time because they'll keep coming.

Can you support 600 users with $1000 for a year? And this is not about vps costs, it's your time as well, you'll need to manage the vps and respond to customer tickets whether it's bug fixes, performance issues, or feature requests.

I think $10/first year is reasonable to test out your SaaS idea, you'll pay a lot out of pocket, but it'll give you the chance to evaluate and workout your pricing model over the first year.

Bilal_io··on Laravel Cloud
$20 is too high for small sites and hobby projects that wish to use custom domains.
Bilal_io··on TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users
And upheld by the the supreme Court in a unanimous decision
Bilal_io··on OpenAI Fails to Deliver Opt-Out System for Photographers
Sorry the task failed for unknown reasons.
Bilal_io··on Deepseek: The quiet giant leading China’s AI race
That's a strawman, we never claimed that God doesn't punish, not sure where you got the idea that God will let people do wrong (someone like Hitler) and then they go unpunished the hereafter. It's fine if you don't believe in Heaven and Hell, but that was never the point of this discussion.

> No wonder there are so few Christian terrorists compared to Muslim ones.

Fix the definition and you'll see how wrong you are. Were the crusades terrorism? Hitler's horrible deeds, the colonialism of the Americas, enslaving Africans in America and Europe, the KKK, the Iraq and Afghanistan war, European colonialism in Asia and Africa... the list goes on and on.

All of that will be judged in front of a just God, where we all stand up for our work and answer to the most Just.

Have a good day.

Bilal_io··on Deepseek: The quiet giant leading China’s AI race
You're doing what others do, you're picking stuff out of context. Start by reading a few verses before and after each one of the verses you mentioned, then we can discuss them further.

Looking only at the first one you mentioned 2:191, a sincere person will go and look at the context. 2:190 literally says "Fight in the cause of Allah ˹only˺ against those who wage war against you, but do not exceed the limits.1 Allah does not like transgressors."

Bilal_io··on Dropbox Engineering Career Framework
This is very well written IMHO, it highlights the possible responsibilities, but it's important to remember that these are not definite boundies as someone could be operating within 2 or 3 definitions while labeled as one.
Bilal_io··on Deepseek: The quiet giant leading China’s AI race
> "The sins mentioned here are among the many sins that the Jews committed, which caused them to be cursed and removed far away from right guidance. The Jews broke the promises and vows that Allah took from them", "their hearts are sealed because of their disbelief", "their hearts became accustomed to Kufr, transgression and weak faith" - the list is long.

All of this is specific to individuals who have transgressed at that time. Islam is very very clear on the idea that "No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another"

As mentioned in 39:7 "If you disbelieve, then ˹know that˺ Allah is truly not in need of you, nor does He approve of disbelief from His servants. But if you become grateful ˹through faith˺, He will appreciate that from you. No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you of what you used to do. He certainly knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart." And many other places: 17:15, 6:164, 35:18 ...

Bilal_io··on Deepseek: The quiet giant leading China’s AI race
> Not the OP, but here's one I feel quite uncomfortable with: https://quran.com/en/an-nisa/155/tafsirs - "The Hour will not start, until after the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them. The Jew will hide behind a stone or tree, and the tree will say, `O Muslim! O servant of Allah! This is a Jew behind me, come and kill him".

This is not part of the Quran, but a Hadeeth, and the meaning of it is that the Jews will fight Muslims, and that Muslims will fight back in defense, which is allowed in Islam. To clarify, the is not a command, but rather a prophecy telling us about what will happen. You can read more about this on here: https://islamqa.info/en/answers/223275/in-the-battle-between...

> Other examples from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-Nisa include "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women"

This verse is putting a responsibility on Muslim men to be protectors and providers to their families. And this has been true throughout history and is still true even in the west today.

> "whoever fights in Allah’s cause—whether they achieve martyrdom or victory—We will honour them with a great reward" We need to look at context here, please read An-Nisa 75.

Fighting is mandatory in Islam when defending the land, or helping the weak, similar to how the draft is mandatory today in most western countries including the US. Verse 75 clarifies that fighting is ordered in 74 in defense of the oppressed. You can read the exegesis here https://quran.com/4:75/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir

> The list is kinda endless

I assume you shared the worse verses that make you uncomfortable. I hope I gave you a satisfactory explanation for each. But feel free to share more

Bilal_io··on Deepseek: The quiet giant leading China’s AI race
Western LLMs have a bias when it comes to Israel and Palestine issue.

Out of curiously, what part of the Quran do you consider controversial?

Bilal_io··on Show HN: Map of YC Startups
OP made the change
Bilal_io··on GPT-5 is behind schedule
Not OP, but based on their mention of Ollama, I can tell you that it has built in search tools, all you need to do is supply an API to one of the tools, or even run one of the search tools locally using docker.
Bilal_io··on US judge finds NSO Group liable for hacking journalists via WhatsApp
Agreed. And no sensible adult should refer to the genecide in Gaza as being deep in the algorithm.
Bilal_io··on US judge finds NSO Group liable for hacking journalists via WhatsApp
The victims are the good guys. Meta is just not happy that their platform was exploited. Even if you consider them to be the bad guys, they needed to sue to curtail the bad PR
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