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Similarly, Adi Shamir, bazillionaire founder of RSA (he’s the “S”), couldn’t get a visa this year to attend the RSA conference. https://www.cnet.com/news/adi-s

Similarly, Adi Shamir, bazillionaire founder of RSA (he’s the “S”), couldn’t get a visa this year to attend the RSA conference. https://www.cnet.com/news/adi-shamir-couldnt-get-us-visa-to-attend-rsa-conference-named-for-him/ https://www.cnet.com/news/adi-shamir-couldnt-get-us-visa-to-...

pnw_hazor 7y ago
We don't know if it is similar. Zoom CEO was probably applying for an investor immigrant visa which are complicated and could be rejected for many reasons until the proper documents have been provided. Shamir sent in a visa request and never heard back from USCIS. Similarly, his US visa was delayed in 2013 also: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/crypto_guru_shamir_red_tape_bungle/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/crypto_guru_shamir_...
- klipt 7y ago
  Visas are issued by the Department of State, not USCIS. USCIS can adjust the status of foreigners already within the US but that's not the same thing.
Abishek_Muthian 7y ago
Good information. But be warned that CNET has popup auto playing video Ad which doesn't get caught by uBlock Origin.
- yourduskquibble 7y ago
  Are you using chrome and also have either uBO-Extra or Nano Defender installed? If not it's most likely the ads are being served by Instart Logic. [1] [2] [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBO-Extra/wiki/Sites-on-which-uBO-Extra-is-useful https://github.com/gorhill/uBO-Extra/wiki/Sites-on-which-uBO... [2] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227
  - Abishek_Muthian 7y ago
    Thanks, I didn't use uBO-Extra. What is the trade-off for not being included by default in the main extension, CPU? BTW, I manually blocked the Ad column in CNET & seems to work.
    - yourduskquibble 7y ago
      > What is the trade-off for not being included by default in the main extension, CPU? gorhill's (developer of uBO) explanation from[1] below: > uBO-Extra is needed to deal with IL stuff because the IL inline script appears at the top of the served HTML page -- before any other secondary resource-pulling tag. uBO-Extra injects its content script declaratively, i.e. on every page, hence it will always run before IL stuff. The root cause of why it is needed is because of a bug with web socket implementation in chrome.[2] Additional info on why both are needed (& why for chrome but not firefox) in some reddit threads.[3][4][5] [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227#issuecomment-325188758 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227#issuecomm... [2] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=487422 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=487422 [3] https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/83quub/ublock_origin_extra_for_firefox/ https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/83quub/ublock... [4] https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/7mfkv1/ublock_origin_together_with_ublock_origin_extra/ https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/7mfkv1/ublock... [5] https://old.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/a9trz2/ublock_origin_ublock_origin_extra_get_both_for/ https://old.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/a9trz2/ublock_origi...
      - Buge 7y ago
        I would call it more of a missing feature than a bug in Chrome.
gota 7y ago
Surely he could have gotten an O Visa by now if he applied previously?
- zaatar 7y ago
  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).
  - gota 7y ago
    Oh, ok, I had no idea. Thanks.

pnw_hazor 7y ago

We don't know if it is similar. Zoom CEO was probably applying for an investor immigrant visa which are complicated and could be rejected for many reasons until the proper documents have been provided. Shamir sent in a visa request and never heard back from USCIS. Similarly, his US visa was delayed in 2013 also: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/crypto_guru_shamir_red_tape_bungle/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/crypto_guru_shamir_...

klipt 7y ago
Visas are issued by the Department of State, not USCIS. USCIS can adjust the status of foreigners already within the US but that's not the same thing.

Abishek_Muthian 7y ago

Good information. But be warned that CNET has popup auto playing video Ad which doesn't get caught by uBlock Origin.

yourduskquibble 7y ago
Are you using chrome and also have either uBO-Extra or Nano Defender installed? If not it's most likely the ads are being served by Instart Logic. [1] [2] [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBO-Extra/wiki/Sites-on-which-uBO-Extra-is-useful https://github.com/gorhill/uBO-Extra/wiki/Sites-on-which-uBO... [2] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227
- Abishek_Muthian 7y ago
  Thanks, I didn't use uBO-Extra. What is the trade-off for not being included by default in the main extension, CPU? BTW, I manually blocked the Ad column in CNET & seems to work.
  - yourduskquibble 7y ago
    > What is the trade-off for not being included by default in the main extension, CPU? gorhill's (developer of uBO) explanation from[1] below: > uBO-Extra is needed to deal with IL stuff because the IL inline script appears at the top of the served HTML page -- before any other secondary resource-pulling tag. uBO-Extra injects its content script declaratively, i.e. on every page, hence it will always run before IL stuff. The root cause of why it is needed is because of a bug with web socket implementation in chrome.[2] Additional info on why both are needed (& why for chrome but not firefox) in some reddit threads.[3][4][5] [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227#issuecomment-325188758 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227#issuecomm... [2] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=487422 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=487422 [3] https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/83quub/ublock_origin_extra_for_firefox/ https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/83quub/ublock... [4] https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/7mfkv1/ublock_origin_together_with_ublock_origin_extra/ https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/7mfkv1/ublock... [5] https://old.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/a9trz2/ublock_origin_ublock_origin_extra_get_both_for/ https://old.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/a9trz2/ublock_origi...
    - Buge 7y ago
      I would call it more of a missing feature than a bug in Chrome.

gota 7y ago

Surely he could have gotten an O Visa by now if he applied previously?

zaatar 7y ago
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).
- gota 7y ago
  Oh, ok, I had no idea. Thanks.