Awesome Read .. The video looks great ..
Thank you. Glad you liked the video.
How I hacked my way into CES
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Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#12Great stuff. That is some amazing social engineering at work, right there :)
Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#13The section on your website doesn't mention much about the OS. More details would be great.
Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#14The section on your website doesn't mention much about the OS. More details would be great.
Sorry, CES took up all the bandwidth. Got some time now. Will be making a new video of the OS. Will post it on HN soon.
Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#15Great stuff. That is some amazing social engineering at work, right there :)
Social Engineering - wow. Should have used that in the title of the blog post.
Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#16Seems interesting
Please checkout emo2.com - our product website if you like.
Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#17I've got several acquaintances who go to the CES but I never realized it was hard to go there.
I don't live in the U.S. so could someone explain at a glance so we better understand the article what exactly you need to do to be able to go there?
You need to have your own company and get a booth or you can just go check all the booths?
Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#18I've got several acquaintances who go to the CES but I never realized it was hard to go there. I don't live in the U.S. so could someone explain at a glance so we better understand the article what exactly you need to do to be able to go there? You need to have your own company and get a booth or you can just go check all the booths?
1. The biggest hurdle is to get a visa to get to the US. Yes it is a big deal these days. Especially for people going from India. In the article if you noticed, I could not get a visa. SO I had to get everything done remotely, which was a challenge.
2. As a startup it is not possible to get a booth. There are costs involved and money is better spent elsewhere. Instead of getting a booth, I convinced another booth owner to let me use his booth the showcase our product.
Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#19Another typical story of hard work and persistence with the word "hack" thrown into the title for linkbait. Congrats on making it to CES, but this is not news, nor is it relevant or interesting.
Thank you for pointing out the hard-work and persistence part. I had to do day and nighters to pull this one. IMHO, this is a hack. May not be in the truest sense of the word. Your comment is well-taken.
> IMHO, this is a hack. May not be in the truest sense of the word.
If not in the truest sense of the world, then in what sense does this come under the term hack?
Re: How I hacked my way into CES
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you for pointing out the hard-work and persistence part. I had to do day and nighters to pull this one. IMHO, this is a hack. May not be in the truest sense of the word. Your comment is well-taken.
> IMHO, this is a hack. May not be in the truest sense of the word. If not in the truest sense of the world, then in what sense does this come under the term hack?
Well, what I meant is - this is not like I was sitting and hacking a network or something. This qualifies as a hack because I had to overcome a significant hurdle.
If you continue to imagine that hacks can be performed only on computers and networks. Then this may not make sense as a hack. Hacks can be social and/or real-world hacks too.