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casanova, if youre interested, you can look into that, theres qualified biologists on youtube explaining it nicely, dawkins does a lot of great explanations

Casanova

ok

G. Bach

in order to understand you'll have to listen though

Casanova

dont forget to watch that series too

and LISTEN*

Mustapha Elbazi

dawkinz .. well i don't think u'll like him casanova :D

Casanova

12:03 AM

LOL yeah

G. Bach

but hes not talking about anything worthwhile

Mustapha Elbazi

his way of talking :)

G. Bach

its not like "muslims go to paradise and everyone else to hell" is hard to understand

dont need half an hour for that

Casanova

no he doesnt say that

Mustapha Elbazi

@goldPseudo you should other preadamic believs

Casanova

12:04 AM

oh gosh if you would only listen!

Mustapha Elbazi

it's funny sometimes

@G.Bach you have the same way as him

G. Bach

well what does he talk about

Mustapha Elbazi

sometimes :P

Casanova

WATCH

G. Bach

can you just summarize it

im not watching half an hour of random rambling

Casanova

12:05 AM

It is only 20 min

G. Bach

i dont care, im not gonna invest that time in random videos

just say what he talks about, thatll take a lot less time than arguing why you wont

Casanova

ok nevermind

G. Bach

do you have 1 minute to tell me why you want me to watch it, what you think i'll get out of it

Mustapha Elbazi

@goldPseudo are u a linux user ?

G. Bach

if you expect me to invest 20+ minutes to listen to a guy whose babble i cant stand

goldPseudo

12:07 AM

@MustaphaElbazi ostensibly. i have slack running my minecraft server, but i use windows for my day-to-day.

Mustapha Elbazi

i don't know what is those games serevers are

i know normal servers

goldPseudo

and i manage a mix of linux/unix/windows systems at work.

Mustapha Elbazi

but why we need game servers !?

goldPseudo

well, i need something to serve my minecraft world otherwise it's hard to play minecraft on it :/

Casanova

doesn't Gregor Mendel’s set of laws of inheritance outweigh Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution?

goldPseudo

12:09 AM

it's just a regular server running a minecraft daemon.

Casanova

mendel makes total sense

G. Bach

casanova, science isnt a game of "i got more authority than you"

Mustapha Elbazi

so why don't call iit just another PC . or it's online ?

G. Bach

its a process of evaluating data about the world methodically and designed to correct for errors and biases and misreadings

Casanova

ok

goldPseudo

12:10 AM

@MustaphaElbazi because it's not just another PC. it's a server.

G. Bach

a server is just a program that offers a service, mustapha

goldPseudo

Dell PowerEdge T110 II

i bought it pretty much exclusively to act as a server. so i call it a server.

Mustapha Elbazi

okey . i got it

goldPseudo

i also have apache running but don't really do much with it.

Mustapha Elbazi

this is looking powerfull :D

goldPseudo

12:12 AM

ironically, it doesn't host my plex server right now. i may change that in the future but i'm lazy.

Mustapha Elbazi

do you build mosques there ?

goldPseudo

not typically.

Mustapha Elbazi

:P

goldPseudo

my last big project was a giant ink farm. took way longer than i thought it would.

but now i have an infinite supply of ink.

which i never use for anything, so it's not like i really needed the farm.

that's just how i roll.

Mustapha Elbazi

i havn't ever play this :)

Casanova

12:14 AM

Goodnight guys, it is very late here lol

Mustapha Elbazi

i don't know if this is a wrong qst or not

but are male or female @Casanova ?

G. Bach

Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo dʒiˈrɔːlamo kazaˈnɔːva] or [kasaˈnɔːva]; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. As was not uncommon at the time, Casanova, depending on circumstances, used more or less fictitious names, such as baron or count of Farussi (the name of his mother) or Chevalier de Seingalt (pronounced Saint-Galle, as in French...

he was pretty male, and he didnt even carbon date, he carbon-affaired

Casanova

hahahaha I am a male

Mustapha Elbazi

from russia : P

hhh

Casanova

salaam guys

Mustapha Elbazi

12:17 AM

alaykom salam

wa 'alaykum assalaam

take care

good night

thanks, to you too

and bach read this islamqa.info/en/126913 hahaha

Mustapha Elbazi

@goldPseudo do u think that researching in arduino/raspberry/openCV with cameras

is a good thing now

goldPseudo

12:18 AM

haven't really looked into it.

Mustapha Elbazi

or just the classical path in programming ?

G. Bach

@Casanova listen mate, you cant give me reading assignments without me asking for them and without telling me why i should care

goldPseudo

i'm more a software guy than a hardware guy.

Mustapha Elbazi

image analysis is considered software

goldPseudo

that is a true statement.

Mustapha Elbazi

12:20 AM

it's a big part of raspberry projects

moving the robot is easy comparing

to analysis images

so why do u thing about
image analysis ?

in general

i am planning to start it without going no-further in java/android right now ?

goldPseudo

not really a field i've looked into much.

Mustapha Elbazi

okey :)

your top answer in stackoverflow was about images : P

goldPseudo

really? i thought it was the one about C++ headers.

i don't recall ever writing an answer about images. :/

Mustapha Elbazi

i will cheak this

goldPseudo

i mostly work with text.

Mustapha Elbazi

12:30 AM

where did i see this :P

bad memory

G. Bach

might have been mine

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A: Java library to compare image similarity

You could take a look at two answers on SO itself: this one is about image comparison itself, offering links to stuff in C++ (if I read correctly) while this one offers links to broader approaches, one being in C. I would suggest starting with the second link since there's links on that discussi...

is this what you remember

Mustapha Elbazi

yes

G. Bach

i just googled that stuff, i know nothing about it

Mustapha Elbazi

so what do u thing ?

what stuff ?

G. Bach

im going to bed now : P

Mustapha Elbazi

12:33 AM

i tried to become like @goldPseudo last month and minimize my sleep hours

i just ruined everything :D

i didn't wake for fajr for a week because of that

goldPseudo

contrary to popular belief, i actually do sleep.

Mustapha Elbazi

hhhhh

you should say this next time :D

goldPseudo

roughly eight hours a night like a real person.

sometimes i'll even sneak in some sleep at work when nobody's looking.

Mustapha Elbazi

this is haram :P

hhh

well i used to sleep less than 8

but i wanted more and i get into troubles

not i sleep more than 8

in wrong times

تصبح على خير اخي "ذهب " ثبتني الله و اياك

Islam.SE

1:38 AM

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Q: How can we blockquote Arabic on mobile?

When I want to edit a question or answer to blockquote, I cannot blockquote the Arabic verses and hadith. Is there a way on a mobile phone to blockquote the Arabic?

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Most of the answers in islam.SE are based on references from islamqa.info, almost always being just a copy-paste answer. I've made an analys of the links used in the questions and answers and I found out that the majority links are linking to islamqa.info. Being a member in this community, I've ...

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Rebecca J. Stones

9:04 AM

We reached 10 questions per day on Area 51 !!! （：

cerberus23

9:19 AM

For whoever was speaking of "humans", or neanderthals, or whatever name you want to give of our specy

specie*

here are all instances of the usage of "Ins" and "Insaan" from Quran: quranix.org/c/Ans

And they are all negative

Insan is the negative self

the bad by nature

Fawad

11:17 AM

@RebeccaJ.Stones so good. And medi1sif is top user and you are in top 10. Let's have some sweets.

Islam.SE

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The 10 questions per day mark is important for site graduation: When a site starts to consistently receive 10 questions/day, we’ll consider it for graduation. -- Ana ♦, 2015 We're getting close to this mark! Questions per day: Date (May 2017): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 No...

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Q: Burninate request for the "islam-for-beginners" tag

I listed the tag islam-for-beginners in this question Can we kill off the tags "clarification", "meaning", "islam-for-beginners", and "advice-request"?. Meta-tags, like [beginner]... are useless by themselves -- The Death of Meta Tags The 26 questions with this tag seem adequately tagged wi...

feature-request burninate-request

Fawad

1 question away to get 7k questions on main site.

Rebecca J. Stones

11:45 AM

@Fawad Nom nom nom

Rebecca J. Stones

2:46 PM

My question got two downvotes. Gee, it's so hard to predict which questions will be well received. *shrugs* islam.stackexchange.com/q/39766/17163 I thought it was okay.

G. Bach

3:37 PM

i think the downvotes are weird too, i dont think its an interesting question but no less on-topic than Is it permissible to steal in a game

Armaan

4:28 PM

@RebeccaJ.Stones Should this chat be about Islam SE or food that's 'Nom nom nom'?

Rebecca J. Stones

4:52 PM

@Armaan What's fair game in a chat room is somewhat up to the community to decide. Users bonding with one another (even in off-topic ways) can help the community work together. And purpose-specific chat rooms can be created when the scope needs limiting.

Casanova

5:03 PM

I agree with @RebeccaJ.Stones. This chat should not only be about Islam.

Armaan

5:30 PM

@G.Bach I'm surprised with your knowledge of Islam being a non-muslim, Muslims that I know that were born non-Muslims don't even know stuff you ask about. Same with you @RebeccaJ.Stones. Being a Muslim convert, you know more stuff about Islam in around a year than people who have been Muslims for over 20 years.

Casanova

That is true!

Rebecca J. Stones

Zeal of the convert (: Hahaha, we're like sponges.

Or, maybe more cynically, it's a kind of defence mechanism. People can be a bit patronising since I'm new, so indicating some non-trivial knowledge of Islam can help overcome this without being too rude.

Also, people like to "instruct" me, and it's helpful to know what's Islam and what's their personal opinion, or just some localized thing.

goldPseudo

5:49 PM

i've been Muslim for most of my life, and trust me that doesn't go away. People still insist in "instructing" me.

Zaid

@RebeccaJ.Stones it's a rolling average of the past 2 weeks

Rebecca J. Stones

It's a rocking and a roll'n' average, if you ask me. (:

(*giggles* maybe that sounds a lot funnier to me than anyone else)

goldPseudo

I had a well-intentioned older gentleman from the masjid offering me a pamphlet on how to wudhu not too long ago. Despite the fact that I've been praying at the masjid for over a decade at that point.

(and at other masajid for maybe a decade longer than that)

Rebecca J. Stones

Ah well... I guess that's what I'm in for in the future (:

Casanova

can you read and write arabic @goldPseudo?

goldPseudo

5:54 PM

@Casanova i can read the script, but don't necessarily understand the words.

Zaid

@RebeccaJ.Stones we're not that naïve

goldPseudo

i can pick up bits and pieces of vocabulary.

Casanova

ah ok

Zaid

Is anyone a fan of Arabic poetry here?

goldPseudo

also me reading without tashkeel is still more guesswork than proper Arabic pronunciation.

but i'm getting better at that.

Zaid

5:56 PM

@goldPseudo even Arabs struggle with that

Casanova

yes

goldPseudo

ideally, i want to learn how to read with only rasm. but that's still a ways away in the future.

Rebecca J. Stones

@goldPseudo Do people recognize you as Muslim in everyday life? (Feel free to not answer if it's too personal.)

Casanova

have you memorized any surah in the quran?

goldPseudo

@RebeccaJ.Stones well, people who know me do. but strangers don't jump to "Big white guy w/o beard = Muslim"

Rebecca J. Stones

5:58 PM

I see, I see.

goldPseudo

and when strangers see me in the masjid and come up to me, they typically do so under the impression that i'm a new muslim who would appreciate someone who can "instruct" me

there's a reason i typically avoid the masjid when the tablighis are in town.

Casanova

tablighis lol?

Rebecca J. Stones

Interesting. I had never heard of them.

goldPseudo

of course, that doesn't always help since they also go door-to-door.

nice guys, but i can seriously only take so much maashallah maashallah whenever they find out that i'm a big white muslim who's not completely ignant.

Rebecca J. Stones

I didn't realize there were door-to-door Muslims

goldPseudo

6:06 PM

consider yourself lucky. they love converts. or reverts. or whatever you call them. us. whatever.

Rebecca J. Stones

I'm not sick and tired of the mashallahs yet (:

goldPseudo

give it thirty years.

Rebecca J. Stones

Alright, I'll get back to you then (inshallah) (:

goldPseudo

if i haven't been maashallahed into an early grave.

Zaid

I have to question where this Masha Allah expression traces its origins back to

(as an expression of delight, that is)

Casanova

6:10 PM

hahahahahahhah

Zaid

I don't know of any Hadeeth where it is used in this manner

You'll find Subhan Allah, but I don't know of any instance where there is a Masha Allah

@RebeccaJ.Stones you might want to ask that as a question on the site

Rebecca J. Stones

Am I the official question asker? (:

Casanova

hahaha

Zaid

@RebeccaJ.Stones you've set the bar pretty high

Rebecca J. Stones

Hahaha, I suppose that's a good thing

And why don't we say "mashallah" 33 times?

like we do "subhan allah", "alhamduillah" and "allahu akbar"

(Anyway, I should sleep... got a flight in the mornin'. Nighty night, ya'll.)

Casanova

6:27 PM

good night

Islam.SE

6:43 PM

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Armaan

9:16 PM

Is anyone on?

goldPseudo

@Armaan i'm sorta hereish.

Mustapha Elbazi

10:14 PM

@Zaid i like arabic poets .. but believe me Medi is better :D

Islam.SE

10:43 PM

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Should questions about Islamic sites such as Masjid al Haram and the Zamzam well be asked? I was going to ask this question; How does the Zamzam well never run out of water? but I didn't because I didn't know whether or not the question is on topic.

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