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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @09:14AM (#43411483)
This is what main stream media propaganda looks like.

> Dr Alawieh had traveled last month to Lebanon, her home country, to visit relatives.

No, she did not; she attended the funeral of a leader of a US-designated terror organization.

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1901668299793899705

Re:How Backblaze Got Started (2017) on Saturday February 03, 2018 @11:20PM (#16301315)
I cancelled their account. It has a weird policy of deleting backups from hard drives that have not been connected within the last 3 months. Very weird policy.
Re:Ask HN: What are your sources of inspiration and motivation? on Saturday October 04, 2014 @01:28PM (#8409956)
1.01^365 = 37.8

0.99^365 = 0.03

This one thing always motivates me to put the extra effort in everything I do. Good luck mate :-)

Re:Ask HN: Do we need SMS based authentication? on Sunday August 05, 2012 @08:30PM (#4343193)
I think that unless it is for a over critical application like internet banking, SMS authentication is too much of a hassle for most users.
Re:Pie charts in your favicon on Friday August 03, 2012 @07:51PM (#4336801)
Another thing is that the fav icon is too small to use for any meaningful notification.
Re:Digg Relaunched; Is Almost A Pinterest Copy on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @01:54AM (#4321375)
Talking about Pinterest copies? Visit http://www.pinspire.com/ !
I have already been once where you are today. My simple suggestion would be to leave on a good note and go pursue something better. There are many more guys who are looking to join a startup and I am sure your bosses will get hold of someone else. Given the fact that your company does not actually server any active customer, 1 month of No-Development would not be of much harm to the company owners.
Thanks for the suggestion ohashi. I will give a 2nd shot at the visa interview. If they reject me again, I will probably approach the American Chamber of Commerce then!
Thanks for your reply michael. But can you please elaborate how will consulting a lawyer help my case?
Thanks for the reply. And Glad to know I am talking to the Nasdaq CTO :-) Anyways, I thing the consul officer did not have much idea about how tech companies function and she must have expected a CEO, CTO to be an aged guy. In that case, is she not aware of Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter???

Ask HN: Denied US Visa As I am too young to be a CTO, Now What?

I am a 24 year old guy who is the co-founder and CTO of a 1.5 Million dollar web / mobile software services company based out of Mumbai. Most of our clients are from the US. This was my first US visa interview and I got rejected.The consul officer asked me how could I become a CTO a such an young age and it does not make any sense to her.I was asked only four questions by the Consul...

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