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

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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 int_19h »

ripdog wrote: post #560
tpm wrote: post #488

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> "It" refers to inanimate objects It may do so in English, but it is Swiss, so probably also speaks German, where 'it' - 'es' is Genus Neutrum, exactly meaning neutral gender. For example 'the child' - 'das Kind' is neutrally gendered. Hope this makes sense.

Makes sense, but we aren't speaking German here.

In English, animals are routinely referred to as "it", and they're obviously animate.

So, at most it could be said that "it" doesn't normally refer to persons... but even that's not true if you include sci-fi in your definition of "English language". When dealing with topics such as non-standard biological sex and/or gender fluidity, older sci-fi works would often use "it" for such people without any implication of non-personhood.

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 int_19h »

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #573
Scoundreller wrote: post #534

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Depends on the country. Mine was founded by some overseas family that can still come over and start telling us what to do as they please. So uhhh, yeah, can confirm, Canada’s laws basically revolve around keeping old money wealthy without providing any value to anyone.

The British Crown hasn't had real power since 1649, but please continue complaining about nothing.

There's still a 10% difference in wealth on average between people with noble Norman family names and everyone else in UK.

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

notch656c wrote: post #606
pbhjpbhj wrote: post #604

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Yeah, it's crazy to me that the UK has no armed forces, the military are all personally bound to the monarch. The king has interfered in politics too, so arguments based on royalty not being active are off to a bad start.

It's hilarious that even though I think my comment was misread, it turns out I think we both are right. You read it as me talking about the military in the UK. No I was talking about the Canadian military. They are bound to the queen and swear an oath to such, you know the one that lives in the UK. It really illustrates the absurdity of the situation.

Ah, I suspected you were talking about Canada, but wasn't sure if it might be Australia. I guess your situation is more absurd.

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 tekknik »

gggggg5 wrote: post #539
zinekeller wrote: post #464

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I don't know if you are joking or I need to break it to you that in most cases passports are the de facto identification for foreigners and passport S/Ns are being used as part of identification procedures.

> I don't know if you are joking or I need to break it to you that in most cases passports are the de facto identification for foreigners As a perpetual foreigner I've never had to use my passport number for identification. >passport S/Ns are being used as part of identification procedures. Where?

In the US there are basically 2 forms of ID cards currently, one says “Federal Limits Apply”, the other does not. The one that says “Federal Limits Apply” requires a backup identity document to verify in some cases like buying a gun, or flying. Passports are often used, and while the TSA is going to verify the info on the passport, others likely will just verify if it looks real enough or check that the number actually exists and go no further.

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Post by culi »

dang wrote: post #627
culi wrote: post #528

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too political?

I think it was just that the subthread was mostly veering off topic. Offtopicness is fine when it's fresh and whimsical but not when a thread gets sucked into old/repetitive arguments.

Fair enough. Thanks

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Post by n4r9 »

refurb wrote: post #631
n4r9 wrote: post #492

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The US (at least the Republican party & some supporters) possesses other authoritarian traits as well, such as using excessive force to quell protests, pushing a narrative which alienates outgroups (Mexicans, Muslims...), or widespread surveillance. Obviously it's not as bad as China or Russia, but it's not exactly a bastion of hands-off governance either.

I can't think of a single country that doesn't exhibit some authoritarian traits. That doesn't make them authoritarian.

Indeed, it's a matter of degree. I wouldn't call it autoritarian relative to the world, but it's lagging behind Western Europe and a bunch of other countries.

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 ctb9 »

assuming i was willing to ever interact with a SOAP api in my life which i sure as hell am not

^^^ this killed me. i'm sure everyone who has ever interacted with a SOAP api feels the same. god bless this tiny kitten/person/hacktivist, the world needs more of this energy.

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 hackmiester »

Maursault wrote: post #642
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...

> 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 ... Underneath all the garbage, good story. But Holy Hell, why do bloggers write so terribly and self-indulgently? That's a half hour of my life I'll never get back that shouldn't have been more than 10 minutes. Don't they have Rital…

You could just say you don't prefer the writing style.

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Post by upsidesinclude »

culi wrote: post #530
WaxProlix wrote: post #314

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And yet, pronoun ragers cleave to Olde Anglishe in an attempte to rectifye Ye langge. Sadge.

This train of thought makes no sense. The fact that something originated in Old English doesn't at all mean it's dead. He/She also originated in Old English, just a little later. Should I make fun of people using he/him, she/her pronouns because they're "clinging to Olde Anglishe"? lol

No one made that claim.

Your comment is non sequitor

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