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I'm in the US right now. Upon arriving in SFO (from Sydney) on a holiday (ESTA), I was asked the following non-standard questions: "So you're a software engin
by HappyTypist 10y ago
I'm in the US right now. Upon arriving in SFO (from Sydney) on a holiday (ESTA), I was asked the following non-standard questions:
"So you're a software engineer? What is your most proficient language?"
Response: "Javascript"
"What does the atob function do?"
I was quite taken back and asked to repeat, and the CBP agent spelled out "a t o b". I answered something to do with base64 decoding and was let through
- ubersoldat2k7 10y agoHaha! Shit! The only time I've used atob in 20 years of doing JS was to read the ProtectionHeader of a SmoothStreaming manifest file recently. I'll bet little to none JS programmers know specifically what it does or if it even exists.