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Re: International Travel Guide for Basecamp employees

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Post by randallsquared »

Vivtek wrote: post #245
microtonal wrote: post #74

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So only about 27% of all eligible voters actually voted for Trump. The remaining 43% voted for 'I'll take whoever wins'. So, ~72% of the eligible voters can be held accountable for him becoming president. Those are the rules for democracy, so he is the legitimately elected president. Definitely, it is legitimate, even if we don't like the outcome ;).

You know, "I'll take whoever wins" might very well be the best way I've ever seen of putting that.

It isn't a very good way, because it describes everyone who did vote, as well, no matter who they voted for.

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Post by dbbk »

afandian wrote: post #230
dbbk wrote: post #220

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I was just going to the US for a convention then staying for a few weeks afterwards. The question that arose suspicion was why I'd booked to stay in a hotel rather than stay at a friend's house. Ridiculous. Anyway yeah, I had to collect my luggage and they then opened it up and rummaged through it. Asked why I wasn't taking a video game console despite ostensibly going to a video game convention. My response was of c…

Were you just picked out when your passport was being stamped? When you handed your immigration form in? Did someone approach you in baggage reclaim?

Passport stamping. I'm on the Visa Waiver Program.

Re: International Travel Guide for Basecamp employees

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Post by maxerickson »

ChrisBland wrote: post #270
maxerickson wrote: post #244

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Obama never tried to revoke visas while the people holding them were in the air. I think there can also be a big shift in who is given a visa, without there being much visibility. Time will tell. That's not part of the entry procedure but is part of border policy more generally.

I really try to avoid political discussions on HN, as I dislike both of the major parties. I would suggest you read a book called 'Operation Troy', what Obama did IMO is much worse than revoking a visa, he extrajudicially killed an american citizen with a drone strike not in the field of battle.

So if I read a book about Obama abusing the power of the US presidency, how will that impact my thinking about whether the approach to border policy has changed under the new administration?

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Post by alphapapa »

mobiplayer wrote: post #228
alphapapa wrote: post #176

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> Semi-related: we were in the market for a new car. One of the factors we decided to go for a European car this time (we had a Ford Focus before) is that we'd like to support Trump America as little as possible. What an exciting new world we live in, in which, before we do any kind of business or trade with a company which has a presence in a foreign country, we must consider all of the policies of that country's cu…

What kind of influence on voters is OK in your books? Political rallies where you lie about what you'll do and about your opponents? Discussions with friends? TV ads?

What does any of that have to do with citizens of Nation A refusing to trade with companies in Nation B because some of the citizens of Nation B elected a leader whom the citizens of Nation A don't like?

That is the kind of attitude that drives people apart, creates hostility, and eventually leads to war. In what world is that a good idea?

Can you imagine Americans refusing to buy BMWs because they don't like Angela Merkel?

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Post by SimbaOnSteroids »

tertius wrote: post #177
Sacho wrote: post #140

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It seems like those people didn't feel the electoral college was problematic. Otherwise, voting would have exposed the vast discrepancy between popular opinion and the college. Even if Hillary had won, that demonstration could be used to spur reform of the election process.

Say the majority went up to 55%... We'd still need a lot more than that to change the electoral college. And honestly, having big states control who becomes president just because of their population, given how independent states should function, is a cornerstone of the electoral college.

A presidential candidate can win the election with only 21.91% of the popular vote.

Something closer to that might be enough. However, I don't think that the electoral college could be changed because the parties responsible for changing it would be decreasing their electorates influence in the government which might be unpopular with said electorate.

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Post by pjmlp »

bengale wrote: post #239
pjmlp wrote: post #18

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Even most IT companies in 2017 still don't allow for home office, and the few that allow it, do a very timid "only in exceptional cases". Meanwhile working for enterprise consulting companies, all of which have offshore teams, means remote work is a daily activity. Funny enough some customers are exactly those companies that forbid home office to their own employees.

Some tax incentives for remote employees may help, would be good on for workers carbon footprints too.

It is already working, but not as you suggest.

As I mentioned on my comment, instead of allowing their own employees to do remote work, they outsource the work to consulting companies that actually do support working remotely.

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Post by germanier »

cr1895 wrote: post #170
baby wrote: post #77

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It hasn't happened to me, but when I go to the US embassy in France they take my phone for the entire time I'm waiting there.

The US Embassies in the Netherlands explicitely disallow you from bringing most electronics* and they say they are unable to store things for you. https://nl.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/amsterdam/access... *It used to be no electronics, but now you are apparently allowed to bring a mobile phone provided you turn off Bluetooth.

Now I'm curious. Does anyone know why they ask you to switch off Bluetooth specifically (and nothing else)?

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Post by saryant »

accountyaccount wrote: post #273
petre wrote: post #123

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The Ford Focus sold in Europe is assembled in Germany [1]. The current US border control security climate dates since the Obama Administration. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_of_Europe#Facilities

The personal device snooping is new.

It's not.

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Post by staticelf »

js8 wrote: post #194
staticelf wrote: post #157

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Not really, no. Especially when you're used to just walking through an automated machine which I get to do for most of the time when I travel. First I thought I would bring my computer with pirated movies on it but when I read up online I decided not to bring a computer at all. People in the thread seems to think I am defending the process which I am not. I just state that people seem to hype the evilness of the bord…

> I decided not to bring a computer at all I also prefer travel without much electronics, since it's easy to get it lost or stolen. But it's not always an option - if you're traveling for business, you have to take the computer, and also everybody has a smartphone these days. > I just state that people seem to hype the evilness of the border control. Maybe to you it seems like a hype. But I was born in totalitarian c…

I do feel that way though. I wouldn't want my devices to be searched and is the only reason why I didn't bring my laptop.

Trust me, I am against searching peoples computers and private lives as much as anyone but I still think it's a bit blown out of proportion.

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