Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

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

maia.crimew.gay

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

371–380 of 677 posts

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

#371

Post by namdnay »

ohbleek wrote: post #201

I had always assumed that the “no fly” list was a phrase and that it didn’t refer to an actual list, but rather a database with more detailed information than a “can they fly?” Column with a Y/N entry. In pharmacy we have a database we have to access when we suspect there is abuse, fraud, or diversion of controlled substances. The database is regularly updated with current information about prescriptions that were di…

Network connectivity in airports can be patchy at best, and connectivity from the airport internal network to the internet even worse. All the check-in and boarding systems are designed to be able to work offline (with semi-automatic reconciliation afterwards). You have to query the no-fly list at check-in and boarding, so it's more resilient to have a list that can be loaded airport-side every morning

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

#372

Post by orra »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #363
gambiting wrote: post #357

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The page literally says the pronouns are "it/she" so you can call her "she" and no one should be offended, correct?

Doesn't sound right to me. A normal clause of that form would look like "she/her" and indicate that the pronoun is "she" as the subject of a clause and "her" otherwise. This would indicate that maia wants to be referred to as "it" as the subject of a clause and "she" otherwise.

No, you misunderstand. You need to apply some common sense, not rigorous logic.

“they/he” and “it/she” indicate alternatives, whereas “she/her” indicates different cases.

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

#373

Post by tsimionescu »

ripdog wrote: post #174
easrng wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it isn't a guy and it uses it/its pronouns.

What? "It" identifies as an inanimate object? This neopronoun thing really is getting absurd.

I agree with you on this, but I feel a need to note that "it" refers to non-persons, not just inanimate objects. It's perfectly normal to refer to animals as "it", and it is also quite common to use it for babies (and even more common for fetuses). Not that this makes it any less weird to ask to be referred as "it", mind you.

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

#374

Post by dragonwriter »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #363
gambiting wrote: post #357

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The page literally says the pronouns are "it/she" so you can call her "she" and no one should be offended, correct?

Doesn't sound right to me. A normal clause of that form would look like "she/her" and indicate that the pronoun is "she" as the subject of a clause and "her" otherwise. This would indicate that maia wants to be referred to as "it" as the subject of a clause and "she" otherwise.

Both preferred multiple alternatives for nominative case (“it/she”) and preferred single alternatives for nominative and accusative case (“she/her”) are commonly used. When at least one of the pronouns involved are traditional pronouns rather than neopronouns this is pretty clear as to which is being used (though unless they are both standard pronouns, its ambiguous as to the accusative case to use with the neopronoun, but of course it indicates that the standard pronoun and its corresponding accusative form are acceptable, so that’s not really a problem), though if they are both neopronouns it might be ambiguous in theory (in practice, if they are both neopronouns, its always the second nominative/accusative form, not the multiple alterantives form.) Occasionally, you’ll find neopronouns presented in a triplet where the third is possessive case (which really should always be the case with neopronouns, since otherwise you’re left to conjure up your own possessive if one is needed.)

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

#377

Post by [deleted] »

mkl95 wrote: post #318

TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_arson_crimew > In March 2021, crimew was indicted by a grand jury in the United States on criminal charges related to her alleged hacking activity between 2019 and 2021. The charges were unrelated to the hack of Verkada. Her home and her parents' home were raided by the Swiss police at the request of United States authorities, and her electronic devices were seized. People used…

[deleted]

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

#378

Post by tsimionescu »

gambiting wrote: post #370
thaumasiotes wrote: post #369

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That.....frankly doesn't make sense, or it breaks the English language in ways that I'm not familiar with Correct; it is massively ungrammatical. > Do you mean that instead of saying "it's her apple" you'd say "it's she apple"? No possessive form is indicated. But instead of saying "I gave it a dress", you would say "I gave she a dress".

Well, thank you for explaining. I have complete respect for anyone's choices in this area but I'll leave the opinion on this particular choice to myself. Edit: looking at other comments, it seems like it might not be the correct explanation after all?

As someone else noted, GP is just misunderstanding a frankly confusing subject. There are essentially two common ways for people to specify their pronouns.

Some people desire a single set of pronouns, and indicate this using the nominative/accusative pair (she/her, they/them, ze/zer).

Other people accept either of two different sets of pronouns, and indicate this preference using the two nominative forms separated by a slash (she/they, they/he, and apparently, it/she).

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

#379

Post by peteforde »

greenhorn360 wrote: post #361
kristofferR wrote: post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guys doesn't refer to men anymore, it's now a neutral word that can refer to both genders.

So how many guys have you slept with? It's not neutral but guys like to pretend it is.

This is a genuinely clever reply.

I do wonder what a linguist would suggest about these two uses, though. English is a language in which context often changes outcomes.

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

#380

Post by KyeRussell »

neilk wrote: post #273
shadowgovt wrote: post #265

Apropos of nothing, I also just really appreciate crimew.gay's aesthetic. This website is what me from 1993 thought a hacker's website would look like. A nod of respect to them for kickin' it old-school.

And they were born in 1999. We are dealing with a unique mind here.

In reality it’s like a kid listening to the beatles, but with computers. I’m a younger millennial that grew up entrenched in ‘hacker culture’ and even then there was a clear fetishisation of the good ol’ days.
Post reply on HN