Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — sstone

sstone

HN member
Joined
Sat, Dec 19, 2009, 5:27 AM UTC
HN karma
192
Public activity
18 items

About sstone

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #2390755

    Is there a way to hack the political process to get this moving ? Can individual states bypass the federal government with some kind of visa ? Some law that this can piggyback on ?…

  2. story
  3. comment
    Comment #1886115

    The document was linked here before but is very detailed and interesting, even naming specific issues: A) The large population of older travelers, >65 years of age, is particularly…

  4. comment
    Comment #1869638

    His intention is to make them secondary. I'm sure the TSA would have none of that - it would just be magnetometer set to the highest sensitivity first - scanner second - for everyo…

  5. comment
    Comment #1869585

    People in the lawsuit are US citizens. They just don't want to get naked and receive more radiation every time they board any flight in the US. People outside the US must also some…

  6. comment
    Comment #1869496

    Yes, he has been following this thing for a long time. "Only two things have made flying safer [since 9/11]: the reinforcement of cockpit doors, and the fact that passengers know n…

  7. comment
    Comment #1869370

    Almost no politician would ever vote for removing this awful "security" measure. They would risk being blamed when another incompetent terrorist mastermind passes security and hope…

  8. comment
    Comment #1846326

    nice error: http://data.mint.com/region/us

  9. comment
    Comment #1823805

    It is depressing that he is a game changer. Not because of the quality of his show and the fact that he has writers. Him having stupid gags is perfectly fine. Having writers watch …

  10. comment
    Comment #1823778

    I didn't realize until now how valuable comedy can be not only to entertain but to keep things real. Watching him makes me feel like there is still a boy out there with guts to sho…

  11. comment
    Comment #1804924

    Making salary information available is but one, small step towards greater employee satisfaction. If it is the only step - this can be disastrous. You essentially get the problems …

  12. story
  13. comment
    Comment #1380036

    Anyone involved in video (movies, music videos, commercials) could put this on heads of a test audience and see what people focus on and how to deliver a message more effectively. …

  14. comment
    Comment #1163730

    There is an interesting documentary related to this: Food Inc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-MP3I

  15. comment
    Comment #1163722

    There are people who never grow up and behave irresponsibly. The first example, people who party and lie about being sick can easily be detected by their peers and removed from the…

  16. comment
    Comment #1163662

    I agree, everybody lies, it is human. Should it be expected? Lying is far from the optimal way. When a company structure starts to mimic a hierarchical army structure then lying be…

  17. comment
    Comment #1005983

    Seaside and Smalltalk are awesome. Sadly the last few months i had to resort to hideous creatures like telerik and asp.net to cobble up complex grids of some sorts. I wish there we…

  18. comment
    Comment #1004837

    The paper is interesting, but I'm more interested in hearing your startup story. Can you describe what lead you to start it, what were the problems, how did you find first customer…