Religious Hack? This “Shabbos App” Aims to Let Orthodox Jews Text on the Sabbath

Re:Religious Hack? This “Shabbos App” Aims to Let Orthodox J... by serf on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @06:56PM (#8398346)

That specific venue of religious exploitation has a market in the United States, and the religious patrons to take advantage of such things seem pleased/willing to buy-in.

Every research/teaching/college hospital I have ever been in has had a special shabbos elevator that automatically stopped at each floor to avoid the button presses during Shabbat (in California).

'Penn and Teller's: Bullshit', I believe, explore the industry itself in Israel while showing all sorts of kookie work-around 'hacks'.

Here's a similar video clip, which shows the 'Institute for Science and Halacha' which specializes in making devices to skirt the rules of shabbat,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVpCNKp9PD0

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Re:Religious Hack? This “Shabbos App” Aims to Let Orthodox J... by mtmail on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @08:24PM (#8398725)

There is also a whole banking sector working on transactions to be compatible with Sharia law.

"Another approach is EIjara wa EIqtina, which is similar to real estate leasing. Islamic banks handle loans for vehicles in a similar way (selling the vehicle at a higher-than-market price to the debtor and then retaining ownership of the vehicle until the loan is paid)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_banking

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