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Re: How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way

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Post by a_t48 »

Waterluvian wrote: post #20
a_t48 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No - please do not use "it" as a catch-all pronoun for an unknown person. "It" is generally a dehumanizing term for a transgender person - though a minority use it as a pronoun (in those cases, go for it).

I’m not asking if they’re interchangeable. Just if “it” differs from “they” in some way in the above context where it sounds like that’s the individual’s preferred pronoun? Yes, calling someone “it” has been a ridiculously offensive thing to do in my life experience.

Ah! I’m not equipped to answer that, unfortunately. Would be interested to know, also. I certainly opened up a can of words replying to you.

Edit: I suspect the answer differs from person to person.

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Post by berniedurfee »

twunde wrote: post #40

Relatively off-topic, but I absolutely love the 90s/early 2000s vibes I get from this. I can't remember the last time I saw a webring, much less one with animated logos.

I got 1983 vibes of Matthew Broderick owning an airline in 3 easy steps to grab tickets to Paris.

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Post by chaboud »

tastysandwich wrote: post #200

As a software engineer even I sometimes can't help romanticising hacking in my imagination. But so many times it turns out to be just like some company left the front gate wide open and the "hacker" walked in and took a look around. Eg when an airline had a public API where you could get someone's passport number and details just from their boarding pass https://mango.pdf.zone/finding-former-australian-prime-minis...

Private keys checked into code?

Password salts that were identical for the entire set?

"Random" initialization vectors always created from the same prng seed?

Without coders like these, hackers would really have to work for it.

(And, yes, I've encountered all of these in my career.)

Re: How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way

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Post by irjustin »

toss1 wrote: post #224
irjustin wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Snowden was a compromised asset of Russia, working for them. So Snowden was a Russian asset, who wanted to go against Russia by leaking information about a US surveillance program, and then after failing being a Russian asset, went back to Russia...?? I'm having a lot of trouble with this line of logic, can you point me to something credible on this? I can 100% believe there was a selfish purpose, but this doesn't…

>>go against Russia by leaking information about a US surveillance program The information Snowden leaked was in no way against Russia, it benefited Russia enormously. Even the stuff that was on his claimed point created turmoil in the US to this day, which harms the US and only helps Russia The other stuff he leaked helped Russia directly, and directly endangered and likely got killed US people and/or assets. and of…

I took a quick look but please cite something. Lots of claims here:

- Russian agent

- Directly leaked explicitly on Russia's behalf

- directly endangered and got US assets killed

> There is nothing he did that didn't harm the US and benefit Russia

This is what whistleblowing does - it harms the "entity" you're tattling on. It benefited all of the west's enemies for what it's worth.

Re: How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

Jerrrry wrote: post #248
anigbrowl wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes... after you submit a form asking why you were denied boarding, as was stated in the opening paragraph. You don't get notified automatically when you are put on the list.

I have been told a few times that I am on the no fly list, so I avoid planes - that, and I am nearly 7 feet tall. Is my only way to discover if I am allowed on an airplane is to buy a ticket and get subsequently denied on the boarding gate/security? No FOIA request, or anything similar, to circumnavigate this? Thank you.

Yes this is insane. I’m a U.S. citizen and if I’m not allowed to fly because of some arbitrary national security measure then that measure had better be public information and known before I book a ticket. If my government has denied you the right to travel without telling you why I genuinely and sincerely apologize and take responsibility because it should not work like that and ideally I should be able to vote out the people who made that decision.

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Post by KennyBlanken »

culi wrote: post #106

> Suspected members of the IRA, the Irish paramilitary organization, were also on the list. Oof the international politics always come out in things like this. Twitter also publicizes all of its suspensions and bans. There's a Wikipedia article with a list of all the notable suspensions since 2010. It's interesting to see that, contrary to popular narratives, many of the international groups banned were actually far-…

> contrary to popular narratives, many of the international groups banned were actually far-left aligned.

Massachusetts state police posted a photo on twitter from inside one of the emergency management command post whatever facilities.

In the background was a projector screen showing a web browser and in the toolbar was at least one link to a facebook group for one of the occupy movements.

Of course, no visible bookmarks to any of the state's numerous white supremacist or far right groups.

Those polo-shirt-and-khaki wearing clowns? From numerous accounts by witnesses, reporters, and photos on twitter they received what amounted to a police escort from the public transit station where they all parked, all the way into the city...and then from the transit station to their protest site. And then back again.

See: FBI report from a decade or two ago citing the huge problem with white supremacist groups infiltrating law enforcement.

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Post by plusminusplus »

zeveb wrote: post #183
culi wrote: post #106

> Suspected members of the IRA, the Irish paramilitary organization, were also on the list. Oof the international politics always come out in things like this. Twitter also publicizes all of its suspensions and bans. There's a Wikipedia article with a list of all the notable suspensions since 2010. It's interesting to see that, contrary to popular narratives, many of the international groups banned were actually far-…

> The last notable ban was Paul Graham for simply sharing their Mastodon handle. Paul Graham is a man, not a plural entity.

"the suspect jumped in their car and fled the scene"

In English the word can be used as a singular pronoun

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Post by edmundsauto »

sanedigital wrote: post #231
0x44 wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Singular they predates singular you in the English language by about three hundred years.

That doesn’t mean the “they” here isn’t unclear. I wasn’t sure whose Mastodon handle Paul Graham shared. I certainly didn’t think OP meant he shared his own handle.

To be perfectly pedantic, this should only be confusing if referring to the Mastadon employees. Otherwise, if referring to the non-person entity, singular or plural appropriate syntax would be “it”.

Re: How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way

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Post by culi »

mproud wrote: post #214
zeveb wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The last notable ban was Paul Graham for simply sharing their Mastodon handle. Paul Graham is a man, not a plural entity.

A very modern convention is now using “they/their” when a person may not be aware of someone’s preferred pronoun. And even still, I have also seen people abandon gendered pronouns entirely.

It's also a very old method. In fact, he/she is a later evolution of the English language. "He/his" used to be more equivalent to "it/its". It wasn't until ~15th century that the modern "he/him" and "she/her" fully evolved. "They/them" meanwhile was in full use by the 14th century
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