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Comment · 9 years ago
Wouldn't that trigger the security alarm installed in the property?
Comment · 9 years ago
> When a courier arrives with a package for in-home delivery, they scan the barcode, sending a request to Amazon’s cloud. If everything checks out, the cloud grants permission by sending a message back to the camera, which starts recording. The courier then gets a prompt on their app, swipes the screen, and voilà, your door unlocks. They drop off the package, relock the door with another swipe, and are on their way. The customer will get a notification that their delivery has arrived, along with a short video showing the drop-off to confirm everything was done properly.

So, you only need a valid smart card, a working Amazon courier app and a balaclava to gain an unencumbered access to any of these homes?

Comment · 9 years ago
Actually, good morning صباح الخير has a strong vowel right there "ا" in the first word.

One of the problems people face with learning Arabic is that weak vowels are implicit by nature and you need to know them by heart in order to read the words properly.

Comment · 9 years ago
I have to play the native Arabic speaker resident here and weigh on this controversy

1) The guy wrote يصبحهم (non standard Arabic) but it was picked as يذبحهم by FB which translates to (He slaughters/slays them)

2) The smaller problem lies in that the word يصبحهم is not standard Arabic and probably Palestinian slang like in Egypt we got many variations on the morning greeting like صباحو or صبّح صبّح etc etc

3) The bigger problem was why FB translator went out of its way to change the letter from ص to ذ instead of returning a "Not Found" or "Please double check spelling and try again" or "Did you mean ....?"

It's really very strange.

Comment · 9 years ago
Did he call for violence against homosexuals or this is just a strawman?

I must admit that I am not well acquainted with all the facts of this controversy, just the basics and I don't recall him calling for violence.

Comment · 9 years ago
Collective punishment and guilt by association are morally reprehensible but getting everyone off the hook is equally wrong irrespective of their rank in the food chain.

I am not saying that you necessarily advocated for this position in your comment but I just felt the need to make my point clear.

Comment · 9 years ago
What makes you think that that the coverage of this event to be unbalanced and vindictive?

I think that we all agree that this event should be documented and reported objectively as it's newsworthy proved by this very article here and it deserves a mention in a subsection on their Wiki entry.

Comment · 9 years ago
It's free speech whether you like it or not and I don't think your tactics of playing hardball with Eich or any other skeptic of gay rights would win him over to your cause as it foments feelings of resentment and discontent and likely lead to counter-productive results.
Comment · 9 years ago
When you usually write headlines, you go for the most concise or compact version possible to conserve space.

Even though I'm a non native speaker, I haven't experienced any difficulties parsing and processing this headline. I am not sure what part of it that got you off balance.

Comment · 9 years ago
These questionable material in your opinion could have more entertainment value than other those educational and scientific material on YT and entertainment is more lucrative for advertisers than other genres.

This is a value judgement and therefore it's subjective and function of personal preferences.

Comment · 9 years ago
My supposed remark was a reference to how this ritual was practiced in other human cultures as Jews didn't invent male circumcision.

It was like "Hey boy, you've hit puberty and become a man now. Let's do this small rite of passage and cut that foreskin off your dick so you could join the rest of the tribe of grown up men"

Comment · 9 years ago
That's a theological critique, mine was sociological one from an outside observer. Still, the theological arguments don't work under a secular government which takes pride in separating the state from religion.

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