You Are Here - 2017-03-29

3:52 AM

@ZachLipton How is that answer decent? It's stupid.

"How do I stop my sister reading my diary?" A: "don't write illegal things in your diary"

4:31 AM

@Berwyn that was the original answer. The new answer still isn't great, but boils down to "customs officers can search your stuff. Don't carry stuff you don't want them to search."

not the most useful answer (discussion of encryption, travel devices, cloud storage, etc... is more helpful)

but less awful than the original one

which was basically "don't worry if you have nothing illegal"

third fourth or fifth edit?

probably the one where he added the ranting about downvotes

which, you know, if you have to keep rewriting your answer again and again to fix what people are complaining about, maybe the downvotes weren't so unwarranted

He added the ranting twice

wow, he's made 42 votes already. very generous of him

4:54 AM

Yeah, the regular complaints about downvotes when 50% of his votes are downvotes is always rich

mine is 4% and it feels high

you're at 3.5%

I think they've all been for him :)

did you read the tray table in front row answer?

that was funny

5:22 AM

yeah I've been trying to make sense of arya_amit's answer

but I like "this will create a mess in the flight like a fair," as if the floor of the cab of some flights doesn't already resemble a fair by the end of the trip

chx

yeah that answer made no sense to me either

made perfect sense for me

that person read the question as "why not just put one table at the front of the cabin"

instead of lots of silly little tables at everybody's seat

I think so. Like the bar on Emirates, but for everything and for the whole plane to share

sounds like a great idea!

interesting that United is adding a really small bar area on the 777-300 Polaris, it looks pretty cramped but curious how it works

5:40 AM

photos?

i2.wp.com/thepointsguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/…

thepointsguy.com/2017/02/first-polaris-biz-77w

bar?

that just looks like a self service area like on many existing flights

it's not much

they're also going to 10-abreast in Y, which has to mean crazy narrow seats, so that's going to be awful

not if you don't travel in it :)

I try hard not to :)

5:46 AM

me too

6:15 AM

Flights would be so much more social if everyone shared a single table though

Q: What are the consequences of a US citizen denying encryption key to the CBP?

has a certain appeal

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JoErNanO

8:41 AM

@RoflcoptrException I kinda agree with this comment

> I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is either superuser or security SE. – chx 19 hours ago

The OP might get better technical answers on other sites than Travel.

Rory Alsop

9:04 AM

@RoflcoptrException we already have a really good post on that over on Security.SE - I'll grab a link

On Security Stack Exchange we have this question, which I think covers everything relevant here: security.stackexchange.com/q/88947/485 — Rory Alsop 1 min ago

JoErNanO

Splendid @RoryAlsop

JonathanReez

10:00 AM

I am considering to travel out of the US. However, being a brown person, I am concerned about the recent actions of the US Customs and Border Protection. I strongly believe in digital privacy and 0% willing to share my data with anybody else. I keep my data encrypted. However, it looks like that ...

better fit for Law.SE?

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JoErNanO

1:46 PM

@JonathanReez I just asked the law moderators if they'd like it.

2:04 PM

Just because something also fits somewhere else, I don't think it should only go there

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phoog

4:09 PM

@JonathanReez @JoErNanO I agree with @Berwyn. The question is on topic here; it doesn't matter whether it's also on topic at Law.SE. Legal consequences of choices we make when we travel are a travel consideration.

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7:07 PM

Should I just delete this answer: travel.stackexchange.com/questions/90732/… ? This question is now a dupe, and my answer doesn't bring anything that the original one doesn't cover.

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chx

8:49 PM

eh, i would delete a legit answer but then again I am one of the very few in this chat room who is not blue so let's wait for the cavalry :)

Dorothy

@TymoteuszPaul even though the Q was marked as a dupe, leave your answer; it's clear, cogent, phrased differently, but still has value

9:34 PM

@Dorothy Okilly Dokilly ;)

Dorothy

@TymoteuszPaul I see you're a bit buzzed, now that the your paper has been submitted :D

9:50 PM

@Dorothy papers, Law school is hard I tell ya! But not buzzed, just switched into Flanders mode as it helps me relax :D

Dorothy

@TymoteuszPaul I don't blame you, take a break, and I'd prefer to be in Flanders, too.