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This argument is so absurd, that refuting it is like shooting fish in a barrel. Say I were to go and occupy Prof. Yehuda Lindell's (he likes this post) house. Then: Israel's area: 8,019 square miles Area that I have: 0.00007174 square miles therefore, I claim that Prof. Lindell (and his Israeli friends) must give his house to me because it's not about land and there's no occupation. This absurdity is the argument that is being made here. PS: Note also that Israel's area (8,550 sq. miles) is overstated. Wikipedia lists it at 8,019 sq. miles (the figure I used above), and the CIA World Factbook lists it at 8469.92 sq. miles.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/3-5-Billion-Accounts-Complete-WhatsApp-Directory-Retrieved-and-Evaluated-11083244.html Meta/Facebook is so bad at security that one starts to suspect if it's intentional. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqwre6r5e4hluk2l70jfa9hapaxclrklk50jfqga9pp08uag740exqy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mz7qgawaehxw309ahx7um5wghxy6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcqyrfxk9pa944ml6fmhaytrhsjy9x4h7xemt00gqffwvcvcexplyyzww09wr5

Whatsapp continues its degeneration. In the latest pain-point, it now refuses to let me share anything until I give it permission to access my Contacts. Like that's going to work!

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A request to the Muslim authors here (e.g., nostr:npub175nul9cvufswwsnpy99lvyhg7ad9nkccxhkhusznxfkr7e0zxthql9g6w0 nostr:npub1ysexlgmcz42apswgcde6z0jc464mtfs5drlm2ecjvzax8ajqw6eqfpmk06): Please see if there is a way to make your work available in digital formats. Paper-only format is not a viable option for someone in e.g., Pakistan, where shipping would cost more than the book itself.

A bank in India has sent me a bank statement email (meant to be sent to their customer). Ignore that they sent potentially sensitive information to a stranger. The statement pdf is password protected. And the email says the password is first 4 letters of his name and last 4 digits of the account number. Both the name and account number are given in the email. Q. So what did the password achieve? A. Bank grade security!

Going all in on cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, and others) is a good ideal. The path to it is not as straight forward. The traditional systems are designed to lock you in. For example, amy large purchase (house, car, etc) is likely goinh through a conversion to fiat because most sellers don't accept cryptocurrency. Your child's college would probably require fiat for fee payment. Given, how volatile the fiat vs cryptocurrency market is, it will keep aa significant population away from converting their life savings.

"When you argue with him, you make him feel that you are at the same level. Don’t!" This is a great piece of advice when supervising a bullshitter. I have wasted time and energy whenever I have ignored it. Short, authoritative messaging works best.

Whatsapp on the web browser encourages to download the app, making disingenous claims that the app is faster and as if it is impossible to do such calls within the browser. Most probably the "app" is the same code that runs in a browser but wrapped within electron. And by being able to run outside of the browser's sandbox (being an app), it can access more of your system and gather more personal information.

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Cardano/ADA is one of the two most academically sound cryptocurrencies (the other being Algorand). Calling it a shitcoin is ignorant. There is nothing "Islamic" about cardano. Calling it (or any cryptocurrency) Islamic is equally ignorant.

Now using Jumble on desktop and YakiHonne on Android. The good news is that zaps work (for the first time). nostr:note192tr2qdfnyuhztskp5ngqnlch6qejr5d2sx6n608uevta2e3x3kq858de3

There is an opportunity here for Pakistan, and other markets where Amazon has no presence, to come up with its own alternatives. Build a more transparent and ethical platfom. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish