Hacker News: walid

New comment by walid in "Mozilla WebThings"

walid — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:56:48 +0000

"another move from Mozilla to start gathering"

What do you mean by "another move" here? Mozilla isn't gathering anything!

New comment by walid in "Mozilla WebThings"

walid — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:55:14 +0000

No he can't always contribute himself because most people myself included can't contribute to whatever project just because it is open source. You need to have an intimate knowledge of the technology and the experience and since you suggesting that he "can always contribute" I'd ask you: can you?

New comment by walid in "Firefox Pioneer"

walid — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:30:02 +0000

Check the "How do I opt out?" part of the article.

New comment by walid in "Firefox Pioneer"

walid — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:24:18 +0000

You're conflating different forms of ads. Ads that get your info through trackers are invading your privacy. The Mr. Robot ad is as invading of your privacy as an ad in a paper magazine. It didn't collect your data. Come on don't pretend you don't know how invasion of privacy works.

New comment by walid in "Firefox Pioneer"

walid — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 21:36:37 +0000

The Mr. Robot extension didn't send data about you to other people so that means it didn't invade your privacy. It was strange that Mozilla would allow such an extension but it wasn't spying on you.

New comment by walid in "How a Hacker Proved Cops Used a Stingray to Find Him"

walid — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 21:24:37 +0000

Probably crypto mining.

New comment by walid in "“Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”"

walid — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 05:41:20 +0000

I have an account on Pinterest because I like the service but having to sign-in for the simplest of things surely bugs me. Sometimes I just want to see one image and I end up having to navigate a bunch of sign-in pages just to see something. Recently I've found myself skipping Pinterest pages just because of the hoop jumping that signing-in creates.

New comment by walid in "Rubber that can make and store power from light and vibration"

walid — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 05:29:24 +0000

So Vibranium is not a metal after all!

New comment by walid in "Microsoft Announces Simplygon Cloud; Optimizes Mixed Reality Development"

walid — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:23:12 +0000

Speak the name loudly to someone and ask them to write it. I know all about the company but I couldn't stop laughing after reading the headline. It gets to me every single time.

New comment by walid in "Microsoft Announces Simplygon Cloud; Optimizes Mixed Reality Development"

walid — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:21:29 +0000

I've heard about the acquisition months ago. It took them a while to create a Microsoft version out of it.

New comment by walid in "How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportation. He’s not alone"

walid — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 23:08:29 +0000

The reason for his detention is mentioned near the end of the article:

"After several hours, Carrillo and another detainee were driven to a privately run immigration detention center in Adelanto, 85 miles outside Los Angeles in the Mojave Desert."

Privately run centers don't get paid based on citizenship or not but on services rendered.

New comment by walid in "How a U.S. citizen was mistakenly targeted for deportation. He’s not alone"

walid — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 23:05:43 +0000

This is one of the truly American stupid statements that mean nothing to the rest of the world.

New comment by walid in "I'm Testifying to Congress about Data Breaches – What Should I Say?"

walid — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 13:53:02 +0000

Derive from other people's testimony: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/11/me_on_the_equ...

31 organisations ask to improve public procurement of software

walid — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 12:22:25 +0000

Article URL: https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170913-01.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15264322

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by walid in "Learning the Language of Mathematics (2000) [pdf]"

walid — Tue, 23 May 2017 12:53:22 +0000

What's the difference? Discrete mathematical concepts are applicable to programming as is without modification.

Firefox Nightly Marks Legacy Add-Ons

walid — Tue, 02 May 2017 11:52:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ghacks.net/2017/04/30/firefox-nightly-marks-legacy-add-ons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14245588

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Mozilla Firefox 53.0

walid — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:59:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/53.0/releasenotes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14152534

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by walid in "iPhone App will not stay open - just flashes when trying to launch"

walid — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:07:45 +0000

I think it should be illegal. Frame it in terms of a burger. If McDonald's says "since you say our food is bad we're messing with your burger after you bought it and we'll give you your money back if you return it" that would be illegal and probably, not sure though, a form of discrimination.

Firefox – Notes (52.0.2) – Mozilla

walid — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:27:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.0.2/releasenotes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13980884

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by walid in "Tesla Model S: the story of a very short happiness and excitement"

walid — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:20:22 +0000

The reason dealerships exist has nothing to do with accountability. Google it.