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I got bitten by this yesterday when I updated. I didn't expect it at all and only realized I had installed something a fraction of a second after I clicked what looked like a Next …

This is one of the things that most baffles me about alcohol culture in general, but specially in the American tech industry which is supposed to have smart people. Although my pri…

Islam forbids alcoholic drinks which is why most Muslims, including myself, do not consume them. I mentioned that I am Muslim by way of explanation as to why I don't drink, so it a…

Umm, because that's the reason for me abstaining from alcohol. I made that quite clear when I started my sentence with "As a Muslim".

Religion and alcohol are not the same. Are trying to say that religion is like a rapist? But even if I continue with your horribly broken and anti-religionist analogy, I could say:…

As an aside, why is alcohol such a big part of things like tech meetups, etc? I've been to a few and there is always alcohol being served and people drinking it. As a Muslim, I've …

Let me tell you my own personal story. Take from it what you will. My first passion in computers was programming. Before any games (other than Microsoft Flight Simulator), it was p…

I'm a religious American Muslim who fasts every day of Ramadan every year. So, what you're saying is that if I am Muslim, it's Ramadan, I'm fasting, and I'm traveling for religious…

I'm England -> Saudi Arabia -> Pakistan -> Saudi Arabia -> US

Yes, I'm very surprised that Hindi/Urdu are not in the list.

I am aware of the variations in ancient manuscripts of parts of the Quran. These variations are due to different scripts, different recitations, and sometimes scribe error. There i…

I think it's well known among Muslims that there are multiple readings of the Quran. Another point of note is that unlike the Christian or Hebrew writings, the main method of prese…

Good ol' cross-product and angular momentum!

Interesting. Islamic tradition also has a "night prayer": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahajjud

My company got a couple of emails from a "credit advisor" Stacy at D&B with no subject. Then in the third email, from the same person... the email was typed out in the subject and …

I just wanted to say thanks for writing this.

It feels like it was just a few months ago... well, it was, but a year?!

The flight map over South Asia, China, and most of South America looks to be very incomplete.

I started when I was 8 using QBASIC. When I was around 11 I discovered Java, and from there C. My first programs were text-based games written in QBASIC. I also wrote a program to …

So that's why I've stopped receiving spam to my GMail account.

I just wasted 3 hours on this (in a good way).

Thank you!

Although I live in Dallas, TX, USA... still good to see my fellow Pakistanis here! As I write this I am actually visiting in Pakistan for a few days.

This is the most mind-tickling thing I have seen/read/watched in a long while! I am going through all the slides and now I know how to interview other coders. Thanks for sharing th…