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jothezero··on قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic
Does a sub-routine starts with : salam aleykoum ?
jothezero··on The most successful people are just the luckiest, a new computer model confirms
You can increase your luck outcome simply by trying more.
jothezero··on Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted
My last post was satirical about the stake, but it is exactly why I mentioned it.

I feel like we are in the dark era of Christianity burning witches and dissidents.

The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same.

jothezero··on Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Event in Taiwan
I think China might be a great market for micro transaction based games. This is why Blizzard is acting like this.
jothezero··on The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
Once tried to step up and say that a certain article should not be on Hacker News.

Got down-voted down to the abysses.

Obviously, the article was an anti-trump article.

jothezero··on China pressured London police to arrest Tiananmen protester, says watchdog
Pretty sure it will cause chaos when a certain line will be crossed.
jothezero··on Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL
firebase, I encrypt the data with a hardcoded key in the extension. Mostly a prototype.

Never launched.

Have a look : https://github.com/JonathanFillion/chat-extension

jothezero··on Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL
I've built the same on chrome not so long ago. Mine is probably uglier than yours.

I support you because the comment blocking hysteria these days is getting a bit too much. Let me know if you would like to see what I built on chrome.

jothezero··on South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry
Most of governments are locked-in windows and will for a while.
jothezero··on MIT Researcher Exposing Bias in Facial Recognition Tech Triggers Amazon’s Wrath
Eternal debate.
jothezero··on MIT Researcher Exposing Bias in Facial Recognition Tech Triggers Amazon’s Wrath
Not the first article about this kind of stuff. Police departments can do whatever they want to obtain leads (as long as it is legal (Gray area)). I will be worried when they will start using technology instead of judges.
jothezero··on Defense of Amazon's Face Recognition Tool Undermined by Only Known Police Client
>From now on, whenever a computer crime is suspected I'll make sure to forward your name as a lead on >the off-chance that you had anything to do with the crime.

Policing start from any leads available, not evidences. Evidences are used in a court of law.

jothezero··on Defense of Amazon's Face Recognition Tool Undermined by Only Known Police Client
<The technology provides leads for investigators, but ultimately identifying suspects is a human-based decision-making process, not a computer-based one.>

It does provide leads to police officers, which is a great tool. Many criminals are recidivists and are already existing in the database.

Many police officers know their 'clientele' very well by face and name, so they can run checks on the computer anytime they want as long as it is justified. I don't see anything in using a automated way of doing it by picture.

jothezero··on A 100k Botnet Turns Home Routers to Email Spammers
The kind of subject I love...!!
jothezero··on U.S. Freelance Workforce, Now 56.7M People, Grew 3.7M Since 2014
Bullshit, not usa workers
jothezero··on Amazon Employee: We Shouldn’t Sell Facial Recognition Tech to Police
A political piece of text (to not say crap)
jothezero··on TSA announces “biometrics vision for all commercial aviation travelers”
Sounds about right, at least it is setting the path towards it
jothezero··on Study Finds Increased Incarceration Has Marginal-To-Zero Impact on Crime
This is making a good case for death penalty.
jothezero··on Study Finds Increased Incarceration Has Marginal-To-Zero Impact on Crime
By screaming at the child, hitting the child, taking drugs around the child....

Keep the easy questions coming.

jothezero··on Underhanded Solidity Coding Contest
Technology will evolve.

Good points.