<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: zaatar</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=zaatar</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 18:49:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=zaatar" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, probably, however, an O Visa requires the recipient to be working in the USA upon receipt, it's not meant for tourism for business or pleasure (including tech conferences).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2019 03:53:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696979</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696979</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19696979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves Are Abusing USPS’s Mail Scanning Service"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is incorrect; you can indeed get Informed Delivery for [at least some] P O Boxes, postal employees don't know how to do it, but if you change the address on your Credit Card to be the P O Box, and then try authenticating using that card, it passes fine. That's what I did for my own P O Box, for example (it failed the first time when my card was using my street address).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:21:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18415018</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18415018</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18415018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Pocket Casts acquired by NPR"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How does Pocket Casts compare with Breaker?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 22:19:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16990529</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16990529</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16990529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sensify Security | SDET / QA Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | Full-Time, ONSITE | <a href="https://www.sensify-security.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sensify-security.com/</a><p>Sensify Security is a seed-stage Industrial IoT Security company working on Trust & RBAC solutions at the Edge of Industrial Operations. We've got cutting-edge technology, customer traction, and are growing organically. We're based in the heart of Silicon Valley, California and continue to grow our Engineering team.<p>I'm hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / Quality Assurance Engineer (QAE) to help with Product Quality, Build & Infrastructure / DevOps. This is still an early stage opportunity with plenty of room to grow.<p>Submit resumes to jobs@sensify-security.com and if you have questions about this role, please ask me: ravi@<p><a href="https://www.sensify-security.com/careers.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.sensify-security.com/careers.html</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 18:08:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15150979</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15150979</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15150979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Same Q as last time: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14707266" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14707266</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 19:40:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15101557</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15101557</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15101557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thank in advance! How easy is it for a French Citizen holding a DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine - 5 year degree) to secure a H1B? Are there any other work visa classes they would qualify for?</p>
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<p>SD is "South Dakota" as abbreviated in US-English. See: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 07:57:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14686630</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14686630</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14686630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Twilio Sued by Authy (YC W12) Founder Over Merger Compensation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Actual complaint (PDF): <a href="https://www.bloomberglaw.com/iframe/document/X1Q6NR78D282/download" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberglaw.com/iframe/document/X1Q6NR78D282/do...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 04:48:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381087</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381087</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14381087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Bilingual speakers experience time differently, study finds"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>At first glance, his is too naive a conclusion. This isn't simply language-specific, it is further locale-specific in addition to simply the language, here's why:<p><i>Ahorita</i> in Spanish (USA) means something else from Spanish (Nicaragua) for example. If a Greyhound bus driver were to use that word to indicate the bus is departing "Ahorita", I would assume that to mean the next 10-15 minutes whereas in Nicaragua, I would have no idea if it means 10 minutes, 30 minutes or even 60 minutes, so my follow-up question would be, "Do you mean 15 minutes or less?" To me, this is more a cultural thing, not a linguistic thing since in fact the language in use is the same, i.e. Spanish. As another example, "later" (EN-US) is not the same as in EN-IN.<p>Or maybe I'm missing the point of the research entirely ...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2017 22:13:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14277187</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14277187</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14277187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "My shitty AirBnB experience"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The first bait-and-switch apartment listed "Entire home/apt" with 4.5 stars rating is here: <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/14489610" rel="nofollow">https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/14489610</a><p><i>1 or 2 of my very nice people will be in the office upstairs to help with any questions during daytime. (the bathroom is shared on Mo, Wed, Fri during daytime)</i><p>How is this even legal?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2017 18:28:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14267401</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14267401</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14267401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Startup School 8: Jan Koum of WhatsApp"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A simple tweet from your verified twitter account @jankoum to indicate that your "HN username = jankoum" should suffice.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 00:26:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14252044</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14252044</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14252044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Startup School 8: Jan Koum of WhatsApp"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not to take any credit away from Jan, it is however worth noting that his background (and that of many of the early employees) is in Infrastructure / Backend at Yahoo! The side-effect of that is that reliability/uptime is already in his DNA, as also, just "getting things done without enjoying any of the limelight", and he's done a great job carrying over lessons/behaviors learnt in that previous life over to WhatsApp.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 19:59:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14250020</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14250020</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14250020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sensify Security Inc. | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite Fulltime<p>Sensify is an early stage IoT Security Startup working on bringing decentralized security services to the Edge, i.e. to bridge the IT vs OT gap in the Industrial IoT space.<p>We have a diverse (technologies, cultural backgrounds, work experience between large and small companies) team in place currently in the heart of Silicon Valley.<p>We are looking for multiple Senior Staff Software Engineers who can work with various technologies and software stacks including focus on authentication, blockchain, cryptography, databases and networking protocols.<p>More info: <a href="https://sensify-security.com/jobs/" rel="nofollow">https://sensify-security.com/jobs/</a><p>Please feel free to email jobs@sensify-security.com and refer "Hacker News" in the subject line if you want to chat more. Thank you!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 23:13:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14242627</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14242627</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14242627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "DoorDash to pay $5m to settle class-action lawsuit over independent contractors"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>DoorDash customer support is <i>atrocious</i> and their own CS representatives know & acknowledge this. This is also what lead me to deleting DoorDash and sticking with UberEATS.<p>If I were upper management at DoorDash, I would be talking to the person that runs Customer Support to see if they (a) even recognize their CS setup is terrible (b) are doing something to fix the problem.<p>Context: <a href="https://twitter.com/zaatar/status/849968887491776513" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/zaatar/status/849968887491776513</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:46:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14093200</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14093200</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14093200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "LeEco will not acquire TV maker Vizio as planned"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Related FTC Fine on Vizio for $2.2 Million in Feb 2017: <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/02/vizio-pay-22-million-ftc-state-new-jersey-settle-charges-it" rel="nofollow">https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/02/vizio...</a></p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://tv.youtube.com/">https://tv.youtube.com/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14053923">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14053923</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>Related bug: <a href="https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1225" rel="nofollow">https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=12...</a></p>
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<p>Here's a brief clip from the 90s movie, <i>Reservoir Dogs</i>, that could shed some light: <<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4sbYy0WdGQ>" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4sbYy0WdGQ></a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 02:22:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13881867</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13881867</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13881867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What a great idea, congrats on executing! Some quick Qs;<p>1) What kind of security exists on the wireless network?<p>2) Your privacy policy keeps talking about credit cards and Razorpay (a payment processor) yet in this thread you are saying one can hop onto the network using a cash-purchased token. Where exactly do Credit Cards fit in the workflow?<p>3) Please consider switching your website over to SSL, Lets Encrypt certs are free, other certs are cheap (GoDaddy charges only like $30/year or so) :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 22:31:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13880491</link><dc:creator>zaatar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13880491</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13880491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by zaatar in "The European Parliament votes non-bindingly to reintroduce visas for Americans"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's not simply the financial implications; the visa-process for B1/B2 entails handing over a <i>ton</i> of paperwork (e.g. student records, health records, employment records, etc.) which go into your file, and further, all your 10 fingerprints. The VWP doesn't entail all of that extra stuff. One could argue that the $160-$14 saving is but the simple part, the bigger issue is the loss of privacy that comes with the application of a visa.</p>
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