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Aditya Mukerjee
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Aditya Mukerjee writes /var/blog, a personal blog at varnull.adityamukerjee.net about programming and culture. Since 2012, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Don't Fly During Ramadan”. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link the author's post describing his own airport experience with a TSA officer who kept his bag during a detention. Commenters cite it as a first-hand account when discussing the JetBlue and TSA incident.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
blogging data from aditya mukerjee
Most-linked posts?
- Don't Fly During Ramadan6 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2013-08-22
- Don't Fly During Ramadan (2013)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-05-20
- Objects and Procedures: A Python and Java Comparison2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-09-27
What Hacker News says?
Ah, that makes sense. You're right, I'm probably bringing in the wrong points relative to his experience. However, I just feel that his experience opens up a higher level discussion of America's (poor?) implementation of border patrol. Also, in terms of unfounded comments. There is a chance you haven't read this: http://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/post/59021412512/dont-fly-... Race is always complex, especially becau…
Comment linking /post/59021412512/dont-fly-during-ramadan
on “America knows everything”Submitted Don't Fly During Ramadan as a story · 2744 points
HN discussion"I noticed an Indian boy in his early twenties at the end of the room." anyone else think of aditya? http://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/post/59021412512/dont-fly-...
Comment linking /post/59021412512/dont-fly-during-ramadan
on “America knows everything”Submitted Why You’ve Never Read “I Have A Dream” as a story · 505 points
HN discussionhope you have read the article http://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/post/59021412512/dont-fly-... TSA Officer “You can leave, but I’m keeping your bag.” Aditha was speechless. My bag had both my work computer and my personal computer in it. The only way for me to get it back from him would be to snatch it back, at which point he could simply claim that I had assaulted him. I was trapped." the issue faced by Adithya was…
Comment linking /post/59021412512/dont-fly-during-ramadan
on “Did The TSA and JetBlue Deny Travel For Looking Muslim During Ramadan? No”Submitted Don't Fly During Ramadan (2013) as a story · 165 points
HN discussionThis is gripping reading for me, because "Mr. Mukerjee" is someone I know by first name, indeed nickname, even though I have never met him. (He was my son's roommate for most of the last year, and was the crucial connection for my son getting his job in New York City.) I appreciate seeing someone else's perspective on the incident that has appalled all my Facebook friends who have seen Mr. Mukerjee's own account htt…
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on “Did The TSA and JetBlue Deny Travel For Looking Muslim During Ramadan? No”Submitted Bypassing a DNS man-in-the-middle attack against Google Drive as a story · 56 points
HN discussion> The inconvenience of extra passenger screening and added costs at airports after 9/11 cause many short-haul passengers to drive to their destination instead "Inconvenience" is putting it mildly. Even before my recent experiences with airport security[0], I preferred to drive or take the train for short distances (NYC to Boston, Philly, DC, etc.). As one can imagine, that aversion has only increased. Nate Silver pu…
Comment linking /post/59021412512/dont-fly-during-ramadan
on “Excess Automobile Deaths as a Result of 9/11”Submitted Don’t Fly During Ramadan (2013) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionNo one claimed that it is normal to be detained for insults in Western nations, you're the only one arguing that point. Parent comment specifically mentioned terrorism accusations in the context of treatment that Hayes experienced and the fears he envisioned. Had they said that all travelers to the US have fears of being held on terrorism charges then you would have a point, but they didn't. It was limited to how pe…
Comment linking /2013/08/22/dont-fly-during-ramadan/
on “Detained and interrogated for 10 hours in North Korea”Submitted Project Sputnik: Thoughts from a beta tester as a story · 4 points
HN discussionAgreed - I actually wrote a post about this myself (in the context of comparing Java to Python)[1]. I'm just pointing out how ridiculous it is that the actual father of object-oriented programming thinks that the only object-oriented languages are two which don't even fit this "new" definition! http://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/post/32394239181/objects-p...
Comment linking /post/32394239181/objects-procedures-a-python-and-java-comparison
on “Message Oriented Programming”Submitted Objects and Procedures: A Python and Java Comparison as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI wonder if this is the group that (allegedly? warrantlessly?) searched Aditya Mukerjee's apartment and took a religious photo during his recent boarding troubles and temporary detention. (See the last 5 paragraphs of: < http://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/post/59021412512/dont-fly-... )
Comment linking /post/59021412512/dont-fly-during-ramadan>.
on “The NYPD Division of Un-American Activities”Submitted Don't Fly During Ramadan (2013) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Allies as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't Fly During Ramadan as a story · 1 points
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