Hacker News: ImJamal

New comment by ImJamal in "FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs"

ImJamal — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:31:43 +0000

Not who you were responding to, but most of the western world requires IDs already. The US is an outlier on this issue.

New comment by ImJamal in "Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story (2023)"

ImJamal — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:37:22 +0000

I don't think you know what the definition of corruption is. According to Merriam Webster the definition is:

> a: dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers) : depravity

> b: inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (such as bribery); the corruption of government officials

> c: a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct the corruption of a text; the corruption of computer files

> d: decay, decomposition; the corruption of a carcass

As far as I can tell the law was passed by the legislature, the police enforced the law, they weren't bribed to not enforce it or to enforce it.

Seems like the whole system worked correctly, legally and without corruption of any kind.

New comment by ImJamal in "NYC to install sensors to track how pedestrians, bikers and drivers behave"

ImJamal — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:26:46 +0000

Will this program be permanent giving the government 100 new cameras to track the movements of everybody?

New comment by ImJamal in "U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box"

ImJamal — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:03:43 +0000

It was a compromise... After the war the choices were to unite or be taken back over by Britain. Being taken back over would mean everybody who died and suffered from the war would be in vain and slavery would continue on in the colonies just like before.

People like Morris tried to get rid of the 3/5 compromise and get rid of the protection of slavery. He was one of the most vocal against slavery. He called out the hypocrisy and wanted to slow the import of slaves by taxing the import. He and others like him tried their hardest, but were at least able to set things up to allow the eventual ban.

I don't get people like you who can never see that while things weren't perfect, moving in a better direction is good. You let perfect be the enemy of good.

New comment by ImJamal in "U.S. midterms have a cyber problem, but it's not at the ballot box"

ImJamal — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:42:08 +0000

Large chunks of the founders were opposed to slavery. John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Gouverneur Morris, Sam Adams and more.

New comment by ImJamal in "Macron announces 93B euros in 'Choose France' investments"

ImJamal — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:26:24 +0000

The article is quite vague and only provides one tangible reason to choose France (nuclear power). Are there any other good reasons to choose France over other EU countries?

New comment by ImJamal in "The people who actually want AI to replace humanity"

ImJamal — Sun, 31 May 2026 16:24:14 +0000

The dehumanization push is coming from the tech people.

New comment by ImJamal in "California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash"

ImJamal — Tue, 26 May 2026 02:06:36 +0000

Guess we should get rid of murder and rape laws, right?

New comment by ImJamal in "California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash"

ImJamal — Tue, 26 May 2026 02:05:40 +0000

Well in the past there were laws banning the selling of cigarettes and alcohol to minors. Selling alcohol to a minor can cause you to lose your liquor license. With much of the online content being free and not involving a physical product it has become significantly harder for a parent to protect their children.

New comment by ImJamal in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

ImJamal — Sun, 24 May 2026 05:11:32 +0000

Trump also supports immigrants who work in the hospitality industry since he wants to pay them less than Americans.

New comment by ImJamal in "US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials' names with Senate"

ImJamal — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:59:39 +0000

The US has around 340 million people. Giving a million dollars to each one would be 340 trillion dollars.

New comment by ImJamal in "The spread of Christianity, from antiquity until today, on an animated map"

ImJamal — Fri, 22 May 2026 18:49:57 +0000

Genocide, as defined by the UN, includes religious groups.

https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition

New comment by ImJamal in "Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit"

ImJamal — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:05:37 +0000

And harmful communication can be "Fuck Hamas" which may be hateful, but not harmful.

New comment by ImJamal in "Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit"

ImJamal — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:00:36 +0000

Europe is a continent which the UK is a part of.

New comment by ImJamal in "Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas to be published May 25"

ImJamal — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:45:30 +0000

Neither Francis nor Leo (not sure which you mean by New Pope) have stated deportations or restrictions on immigration are wrong. Unfortunately, they are often taken out of context or do not provide clear statements which leads to confusion like you are experiencing.

New comment by ImJamal in "Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas to be published May 25"

ImJamal — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:42:43 +0000

The Catholic Church is growing not shrinking?

New comment by ImJamal in "Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical Magnifica humanitas to be published May 25"

ImJamal — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:32:11 +0000

Iran probably doesn't have the means to wipe America and Israel off the map while the inverse is not true.

Somebody threatening to do something they are capable of is obviously quite different than somebody threatening something they cannot do.

New comment by ImJamal in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Arabia and the UAE"

ImJamal — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:22:50 +0000

While true, they mentioned another country on the Arabian peninsula so you could assume it is the country.

New comment by ImJamal in "Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school"

ImJamal — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:55:34 +0000

I'm a bit confused. Are you saying Hitler and the communists were right for putting people in mental institutions or Reagan who didn't?

New comment by ImJamal in "Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants"

ImJamal — Fri, 01 May 2026 22:42:10 +0000

Surely global warming is going to lead to a less stable environment going forward?