furqs

Re:Engineers who dismiss AI on Friday December 19, 2025 @08:30AM (#46325634)

What's a "Code Refactor Specialist"? Are you implying that in the future we'll have programmers who will just write code using AI and a specialist role whose job it would be to clean up that code? That isn't going to work, you'll need a superhuman for that role. People who write the code using AI have to be the ones who review it and they have to be responsible for the quality of that code.

Ask HN: A modern day alternative to “JavaScript the good parts”?

Posted by furqs on Saturday September 08, 2018 @06:48AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've been out of touch with Javascript for about 5 years. Before that I used to do a little bit of frontend programming. I first learned javascript from "Javascript the good parts", a book by Douglas Crockford. I want to learn it again now. Is there a modern day alternative to the same book. An online resource will also work. The real requirement is that it should be concise and engaging.

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Re:Getting Started with Quantum Computing in Python on Sunday July 22, 2018 @01:14PM (#17587741)

I have a question. Please excuse my ignorance but I thought that once the world has a working quantum computer, the world as we know it will be destroyed. Since a quantum computer can solve any NP hard problem in a polynomial time, it would mean it could break any kind of crypto, any kind of security and can brute force anything. Why hasn't that happened yet since its 2018 and we already have quantum computers?

Ask HN: Why does every country have its own antivirus software?

Posted by furqs on Saturday March 24, 2018 @04:22PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Does this mean governments don't trust antivirus software from other countries? Is there any proof of antivirus companies being involved in malicious activities/spying?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_antivirus_software

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Re:Why German companies fail at digital innovation on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:53AM (#16656437)

There's no way to have a 2 hour commute in Munich unless you live in Salzburg, Austria. The problem with Munich is the lack of good tech companies here.

A pull request to SecureDrop

Posted by furqs on Friday February 09, 2018 @09:01AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/2982

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Re:Today is the fifth anniversary of Aaron Swartz's death on Thursday January 11, 2018 @07:17AM (#16123182)

Rest in peace you beautiful beautiful heart.

I would like to recommend the documentary "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron" for everyone to watch.

Re:Show HN: Tool for visualizing GitHub profiles on Thursday December 21, 2017 @08:24AM (#15978552)

That is a really bad way to ask for stars

Re:Fast food and obesity in developing countries on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @04:34AM (#15399045)

As a person who moved from Pakistan to Germany, I can confirm. In Pakistan an average person will only eat fast once in a while, on occasions like a birthday party as the article suggests; in developed countries on the other hand fast food is a cheap no-brainer lunch and dinner option