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Lets say there are 50 people in the lowest priority (fare class[0]). It'll pick from random out of these 50 people.

Come'on this is hacker news. I am sure most here have seen the mainframe based applications that entirely control every aspect of airline industry.

These things were coded by professionals over 30 years ago. Its not like these flights are being managed by some buggy wordpress plugin made by some offshore developer.

[0] http://www.cwsi.net/united.htm

United is the airline pulling this $#!^. The problem isn't the regulations. The problem is United's execution. There is a reason why United isn't popular amongst premium paying and frequent travellers. I was avoiding their flights way before all this bad PR.

I have multiple times deboarded a plane before take off. Due to change in business plans, flight delays, etc. In one case a passenger was sick on board and I asked to deboard as I didn't want to risk getting their cold.

This was all on Asian airlines. My few experiences on United have been terrible.

So in this case I'd say the regulations guiding airlines is fair. United's execution of these regulations is the problem. There are a million things United could have done in the chain of events to have avoided facing a PR backlash. As this is HN, I'd give a simple technical solution that would have avoided this whole problem:

The computer could have deboarded 8 passangers at random from order of lowest priority. United could have explained that if their employees don't catch this flight another flight with XXX passengers will be delayed / cancelled. This would allow the supervisor to use their own discretion to allow 4 of the 8 passengers to reboard.

Making the practice of "overselling" illegal is not the solution. There are times where problem could be cause by equipment swaps changing seat numbers. If we stop the airlines from overselling then travelling will become a lot more expensive.

Unfortunately, due to the economics of airline class[0], privileged passengers account for about 70% of airline revenue.

0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzB5xtGGsTc

That works both ways. If you are on a flexible ticket you can get a refund up until the door is closed. All these rules work 2 ways.

That's not true. Airlines can remove a passengers for safety reasons whenever they need to.

This is actually a really good thing if numbers are greatly hit. It'll hopefully lead to the entire US travel industry to focus on becoming the most travel friendly place it can be. But the hit needs to be big enough for shareholders to care.

tldr; Mark to become CEO again

I'd assume their are some behind the scenes politics that will leak in the coming weeks.

Depends if there is extra screening before its checked. There was a theory amongst reddit commentators it was so some 3 letter agency can install tracking chips. If we are going to dabble in speculation we may as dabble in all of it.

I'm assuming the scanning machines for checked luggage are superior to carry-on luggage. I know in TLV they put checked luggage through a pressurisation check, in addition to all the scanning they do.

I rather sleep on my flight than be woken up 30 minutes before arriving to Halifax.

Obligatory: https://xkcd.com/651/

This still doesn't stop someone from doing what the comic says with the loaner laptop.

This is speculation. Not reporting on official government statements or leaked info.

Has any reasoning been made public? All I've seen is speculation.

>right-wing sources ISIS on youtube: 5.2 million ISIL on youtube: 0.6 million

Dear China,

No need to spend billions. Just don't cancel my flight one week before I depart and everything will be fine!!! :[

This is commonly referred to as OTP and I have implemented it on a few recent projects. It is very common in Asian countries.

Bring in myspace.

Only the lawyers win.

I don't think he took into account that we could become an interplanetary species. WW3 could lead to death star style weaponry.

Who is finding these quotes for him?

What kind of features are included in government sponsored spyware vs the regular kind?

I'm waiting for them to release a backup runner that tests your backups.

These should be American robots.

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> Hardware 2FA, a security key, (such as a Yubikey) is the only likely way to prevent phishing For now.

I don't know why OP is being down voted. Kim Dotcom tweeted he had early access to the leaks. It feels like a more plausible theory to me than the one the Obama administration is pushing. He announced his attention to be "an Internet Freedom fighter" and "Hillary's worse nightmare in 2016" back in 2014.

Look at this tweet from 10 hours ago: "My old hacker firm Data Protect hacked 100% of its clients." https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/815373371001028608

Another tweet from a few days ago claiming: "I know with 100% certainty that @Russia & @PutinRF_Eng had nothing to do with Clinton related election hacks!" https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/814593453963083776

It surely seems like Kim Dotcom wants people to think he is involved.

Wonder how this will be profitable with Bangalore's traffic. 2km can take 1 hour in peak hour.

Weight sensors cost next to nothing. Plus it being hidden in the seat gets rid of the taboo of people getting weighted.

Why not add a weight sensor to every seat?