MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by kg | 2025-09-20 01:34:51+00:00
Personal decisions in healthcare are about more than just abortion.

For example, if miscarriages are criminalized, and access to birth control is restricted - both real things that have been attempted or have actually happened in the US as a part of anti-choice policies - the only safe choice is to not have sex, ever. Which means you're probably never going to have kids, instead of before where there was a chance you'd get pregnant and then decide whether to have the child or not. Now it's too risky to even have a chance of getting pregnant if you have no autonomy. I certainly would never risk it in a state with anti-choice policies.

The intent of these policies might be to raise the birth rate, but I'm not sure they're going to do that. We'll see, I guess.

IMO the demographic crisis is more likely to be influenced by other factors, like the rising costs of raising children, the increasing constraints and pressures on parents, etc. But those policies don't help.
by scheme271 | 2025-09-20 01:35:57+00:00
I don't think the EB-2 is an alternative. If the applicant is outside the US, the process takes ~3 years to get the applicant into the US and up to 4-12 years if the applicant is Chinese or Indian.

I don't think the EB-2 process allows the applicant to stay within the US while waiting for the priority date to become current so staying in the US and working during that 3-12 year period won't work without another visa type.
by huevosabio | 2025-09-20 01:36:10+00:00
Strong disagree. This is a dumb move in that the US wins wins when people move to the US, especially young, skilled people.

There are big issues with the h1b, particularly how strongly tied to the employer the employee is and how few of these we give away. But this basically closes the door for hiring foreign talent to anyone but BigCo.

It is a sad shotgun shell on the right foot on a long streak of the US feet shooting it's way out of relevance.
by Detrytus | 2025-09-20 01:36:13+00:00
Nothing in the proclamation [1] says it is "per year". What it says is that every existing petition must be supplemented by $100k check, otherwise the employee won't be able to (re-)enter the US.

So, if you already got your visa issued for 3 years, and you didn't have any plans to travel abroad you are good until the end of your current visa term (which might be 2-3 years in future).

Also, apparently Department of State has started a pilot program that allows one to extend their H-1B visa without going abroad to have their passport stamped, so in that case you can get 3 more years in the US without the fee. The biggest limitation of course being that you're stuck in the US for the whole time, unable to leave.

[1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...
by roenxi | 2025-09-20 01:36:44+00:00
Insofar as a "pro-labour" position exists in practice it has to be anti-globalist. If pro-labour is going to mean something it has to mean trying to get labour a better deal than a free market would offer, otherwise it isn't really taking a position on labour at all. A key part of globalism is it makes it impossible for labour in any given country to avoid being paid the market price for their labour.

Environmentalism is similar. Globalism fixes the amount of pollution globally to the market optimum where presumably an environmentalist wants to control pollution using some other system than markets.

You seem to be arguing that globalism makes the world better off. I agree, but that is because pro-labour and pro-environmentalist ideologies are pretty explicit that they aren't trying to maximise the general welfare. A situation where one soul works very hard and happily for little pay making things for everyone else could be a good outcome for everyone (see also: economic comparative advantage). The pro-labour position would resist that outcome on the basis that the labourer is not making very much money. And the environmentalist would probably be unhappy with the amount of pollution that the hard work generates. The globalist would call it a win.
by gsf_emergency_2 | 2025-09-20 01:37:13+00:00
Right, this take would be "zoning rules for MDs" with the caveat that healthcare outside of pharm can never be as uh industrialized as construction.

Things seem to get muddled with global pipelines (your breakthru drugs come from Nordic R&D) but I'd argue that therein (Obamacare-type bipartisan stewardship) lies the real argument for a "inputs-first" post-fossil Abundance
by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 | 2025-09-20 01:37:20+00:00
Stop. Just because that is the median income does not automatically make it high. The value of the income comes from what it is able to purchase. That value has been steadily eroded over the year. If anything, it is indictment of the existing system. If anything, the proper way of looking at it is that the actual value you are able to get for your work has been greatly reduced. The number is meaningless to anyone, who is able to look at basic reality ( or does not depend on status quo for one reason or another ).

The sheer balls on people to suggest that high absolute value automatically means it is high. And that is before we get to how those jobs are are not even in the same category...

I am going to stop here, because I don't want to get mean.
by TehCorwiz | 2025-09-20 01:37:20+00:00
The Burrito Supreme Court said that they and no other are the sole arbiter of what constitutes an "official act" by The President. And, that he is immune from prosecution for "official acts". Congress has simultaneously abdicated lawmaking and has decided to let the president make policy via executive orders. I think most people have forgotten E.O.s are merely directives to the executive branch departments about how to implement the laws congress passes. Or, at least they were. Now apparently they're royal decrees.
by epistasis | 2025-09-20 01:37:32+00:00
Not yet.

The slate of policy choices in the US is removing it from that list of countries, and will strengthen those countries' labor forces.

Right now SV salaries command a huge premium, because all of SV is predicated on increasing productivity, increasing the economic pie, and rewarding those who do so with a fraction of that gain in GDP.

Treating SV labor like plumbing or construction labor fundamentally misunderstands the dynamics and the creation of wealth.
by joe_the_user | 2025-09-20 01:37:33+00:00
I'd preface this by saying I'm a not fan of Trump or the direction he is aiming for in general.

But when the circumstances are that opportunistic actors have been behaving badly for many years and adjusting to small and medium changes in laws that they see coming, Friday night massacres are exactly what's needed. What would be nice (but unlikely) is a similar health care sea change.
by zahlman | 2025-09-20 01:37:48+00:00
> especially when Japanese themselves are not a single coherent race but a mixture from all over.

> The Yamato (大和民族, Yamato minzoku; lit. 'Yamato ethnicity') or Wajin (和人 / 倭人; lit. 'Wa people')[4] are an East Asian ethnic group that comprises over 98% of the population of Japan. Genetic and anthropometric studies have shown that the Yamato people predominantly descend from the Yayoi people, who migrated to Japan from the continent beginning during the 1st millennium BC, and to a lesser extent the indigenous Jōmon people who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago for millennia prior.[5]

> Generally, the Japanese are related to other East Asians like the Koreans and the Han Chinese, but can be genetically distinguished from them.[47][48] Japanese and Koreans diverged from each other about 1.4 KYA, around the Asuka period or the middle of the Three Kingdoms period.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato_people

(For comparison, the Māori arrived in New Zealand about 0.7 KYA, and are considered an indigenous people.)
by kg | 2025-09-20 01:38:07+00:00
I'll wager if you asked most people what they think "rich" is, the number they pick would not include the vast majority of people posting here on good ol' orange website.

Class war is bad for everyone, yes, but it's a bit silly to generalize and pretend every tech worker is rich just because they pull down high five or low six figures. Doing well, certainly. Not millionaires.
by fastball | 2025-09-20 01:38:11+00:00
Student visas still exist. O1 visas still exist. Other routes I can't remember off the top of my head exist. The door is not closed. Indeed, even H1B visas still exist, assuming that young talented person is worth $100k more than a US citizen.

> the US wins wins when people move to the US, especially young, skilled people.

I personally lean towards this being true, but it is a claim that needs to be demonstrated comprehensively for your argument to hold water. It is not trivially true.
by lazyeye | 2025-09-20 01:38:17+00:00
Please don't quote a couple of left-wing advocacy sites as if that's credible evidence. And yes you are arguing that non-citizens should be able to vote by consistently attacking any kind of approach that would manage the issue. None of the things I've argued are extreme or radical, simple common-sense in most countries I think. Anyway it would be great if you could stop replying as we are just re-hashing the same arguments repeatedly.
by lattrommi | 2025-09-20 01:38:50+00:00
Quite a lot of it.

I was a huge gamer for years but quit playing them as a new years resolution (along with watching TV and movies) the same day I lost my job, so I could improve myself and learn more.

I've learned how to install Linux. I haven't used Windows since September 2021.

I got my amateur radio technicians license 2 years ago.

I've programmed "Hello world!" in 14 different programming languages, because that takes about the same amount of time as I can maintain my focus. I've only written a few programs outside the Hello World ones, most of which do not work.

I've built every computer I've owned that I've used regularly (3 total) and feel llike I have a better understanding of them than the majority of people I know (non tech types mostly) and occasionally make money or end up with hand-me-down parts, by helping friends pick out compatible parts and assisting with assembly of their builds.

After I stopped using Windows, I lost alt-keycodes for special characters, so I made a custom keymap/keysym setup that includes characters not normally on keyboards but still are frequently needed. ≈ ± ≠ ∞ √ ∅ Ω © ® ™

I've penciled out and/or made somewhat tech-related things, like costumes and props that use simple robotics (moving hand for Halloween) and LEDS ('magic' wands made of wood that light up from the inside with certain movements).

One project currently in progress (i have 100's in progress) is a little box that has sensors for weather, an RTL-SDR to pick up aircraft and a raspberry pi in a 'hopefully' weatherproof case, with the goal of data collecting from locations near me.

I make a ridiculous amount of directed graphs and diagrams.

I have a memory map like a wikipedia of my own life and knowledge.

So yes, I am interested in a little bit of everything, possibly to a fault.
by nelox | 2025-09-20 01:38:57+00:00
The actual proclamation [1] is very narrow: a $100k surcharge on new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US. It’s a one-time hit tied to the petition. It does not say “annual.” It does not drag in renewals or transfers for people already in status.

Boundless is technically right that a $100k fee exists, but the piece glosses over the narrow scope and leans into speculation. It frames the fee like an ongoing tax on every H-1B, which just isn’t what the proclamation says. The difference matters: a one-time petition fee is brutal enough, but calling it annual misstates the policy and inflates the impact.

[1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...
by cuttothechase | 2025-09-20 01:38:58+00:00
Majority of CS/EE/MBA type grad programs across all universities are heavily enrolled by foreign students. Most of them end up paying out of state fee.

This is a significant chunk of revenue for many colleges to keep their budget in shape.

Even in conservative states, lots of colleges are reliant on this stream of income. A loss of this stream is going to put a strain on them to balance their budget, or seek more help from govt.
by pyuser583 | 2025-09-20 01:39:03+00:00
And I really don’t either. Close relatives have died from cervical cancer. I care about it a lot.

Ideologically it feels weird, but when the doctor says it’s not recommended, what do I say?

I’ve never fallen in the recommended categories. I’ve been to doctors overseas where I do fall in the recommended categories, but even they say to follow the advice off my “home practitioner.”

And while I’m at it, how do I generalize the ethics behind this? Which medicines should I ignore doctors advice and take anyway?
by Swizec | 2025-09-20 01:39:10+00:00
> How many people on here can truly say that they were considering between two different countries. That doesn’t happen at scale.

/me

I started in Slovenia, considered London, actually got an offer in Canada, but ultimately chose San Francisco. Figured that if I’m going to the trouble of moving abroad, I might as well go to the center of the industry.

Got lots of friends who chose various EU companies based on desired lifestyle/work/partner balance. You have lots of options as a good engineer. Especially before the last 3 years of market shenanigans.
by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 | 2025-09-20 01:39:20+00:00
I think you misunderstand me greatly and, more importantly, greatly misunderstand the zeitgeist. I am unbelievably thankful for being paid for what I am doing the amount I am paid.

But, and this is the most important part, just because I am in better situation than most, does not make the overall state of the population that much less shitty.

Am I getting through to you?
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by maleldil | 2025-09-20 01:40:05+00:00
I think this assessment is unfair. The paper [1] is not from economists. The first author is an endocrinologist. The third author is a dermatologist. As for where the authors are from, I don't see why it would matter, as long as their methodology is sound.

However, this doesn't mean one should forget about the current consensus. This is just one paper, and it takes more than that to offset the current knowledge.

[1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43630-025-00743-6
by throwaway290 | 2025-09-20 01:40:57+00:00
nostr is not a social network. per words of every nostr promoter. it's a protocol. it's like email

also you'll be committing an offence. the first thing you do is report it to authorities, not doing it is illegal. so that's half your day gone. then blogging about how to find it before it's taken down probably also illegal. literally no one wants any of this on a random day)
by trhway | 2025-09-20 01:41:15+00:00
It could have been a smart move if it were staged like this :

20K H1Bs with $30K fee 20K H1Bs with $60K fee 20K H1Bs with $100K fee unlimited H1Bs with $200K

Any oversubscription in a category - you have a choice of either going through lottery or paying for the higher category.
by TehCorwiz | 2025-09-20 01:41:15+00:00
The US has one of the largest militaries in the world and has nearly 75 year of experience in force projection around the world. No one is escaping what happens. It's just that he's turned the beast on it s people first. When it's done gorging itself on "traitors" it'll turn to empire building soon enough. Greed cannot be satisfied.
by rayiner | 2025-09-20 01:42:41+00:00
> If there such a thing as American exceptionalism, if the USA has an edge, it is immigration

You’re conflating cause and effect. The U.S. has had high immigration because it’s exceptional, not the other way around. The U.S. GDP/capita was head and shoulders above everyone except Great Britain by 1801: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/bdvazr/top.... That was before even the German mass migration.

Silicon Valley arose during the 1950s and 1960, during a period of very low foreign born population in California: https://www.ppic.org/publication/immigrants-in-california/
by nerdponx | 2025-09-20 01:42:48+00:00
It wasn't controversial, but this is literally the textbook Manufacturing Consent model. The small number of people in positions of power at the network are either overtly aligned with the president that he just talked bad about, or want to stay or get on the president's good side. He doesn't even need to pick up the phone or post anything on social media, they know what they need to do.
by tyre | 2025-09-20 01:43:16+00:00
Having interviewed hundreds of software engineers, I’m not convinced that the talent is out there but just hiding. Nor do I believe talent is fungible.

Pulling in smart people from all over the world is good for America.

I’m sure there are US citizens who would have been better candidates if we had a better education system or grew talent. Maybe this will encourage that, but it’s going to take a long time.
by jonasdegendt | 2025-09-20 01:43:21+00:00
Seconding what the other commenter is saying.

I’m in CA vacationing right now for a month, flew in last week. Literally the same experience getting in, and on the daily, as it’s been for the last decade of visiting annually.

I was talking to my +1 at work before I left, he’s just gotten back from living in OH for the last couple of years for his wife’s job. As much as stuff is seemingly a shit show at the highest levels (which we can all agree on, I reckon), the day to day hasn’t changed all that much. At least not for us privileged techies.

But hey, that’s just two datapoints, so what do I know really.
by kazinator | 2025-09-20 01:43:38+00:00
> But… CRAN had also rerun the tests for all packages that depend on mine, even if they don’t belong to me!

When you propose a change to something that other things depend on, it makes sense to test those dependents for a regression; this is not earth shattering.

If you want to change something which breaks them, you have to then do it in a different way. First provide a new way of doing something. Then get all the dependencies that use the old way to migrate to the new way. Then when the dependents are no longer relying on the old way, you can push out a change which removes it.
by scarface_74 | 2025-09-20 01:44:00+00:00
How else would someone know about me and how would I connect with them? I can change my status to “Open to Work” and have 1200 people see it My specific niche is strategy consulting along with hands on keyboard work for smaller projects and before that, I was hired at 3 separate companies by a new to the company director/CTO to lead initiatives. At that level it’s all about knowing how to “influence” and communicate.

I’m not bragging, I’m old. I should have that type of experience and network.
by gnulinux996 | 2025-09-20 01:44:45+00:00
> If the US loses its massive lead

By US you mean corporate America? What if they maintain that massive lead on the backs of the US citizens?

The exploitation of the US worker needs to end, if the company does not have 100K to bring in global talent then that company cannot "massively lead" in any domain and the "talent" is neither global nor talented.
by autoexec | 2025-09-20 01:44:49+00:00
I think they'd much prefer people not watch than see people enjoying the content without giving them money (often while seeding the shows to other people in the process).

If nobody watches the shows they can blame the content. If everyone clearly loves the content but refuses to give ABC/Disney/ESPN/FX their business it means the company is the problem (although that wont stop them from falling back on the lie that piracy is all about greedy people who just want everything for free)
by agentkilo | 2025-09-20 01:44:49+00:00
IIUC, yes, all the kernels involved run directly on the hardware, in a "cooperative" way, i.e. they must agree on not touching others' memory regions.

I think the architecture assumes all loaded kernels are trusted, and imposes no isolation other than having them running on different CPUs.

Given the (relative) simplicity of the PoC, it could be really performant.
by siliconc0w | 2025-09-20 01:44:58+00:00
The subject of the sentence was "the MAGA gang" - and it's true that they (and the president himself) were the ones desperately declaring right after the assassination before we had any information that shooter was a radical leftist. So for me it's a fair statement and really only disinformation if you purposely distort the sentence.

The second part of what he said is also a true statement, that they're using this tragic event to score political points and go after their political opponents.
by freetime2 | 2025-09-20 01:45:06+00:00
I believe that the United States has long benefited from being able to attract talented people from other countries. They pay taxes, they participate in the economy, and they make the US more innovative and competitive in the world.

If there are abuses, then let’s fix them. But this is too heavy handed, and may have an impact on US competitiveness for generations to come.
by jleyank | 2025-09-20 01:45:16+00:00
Uk has nukes of some kind, and there’s Germany…. The problem with such a grand pact is that the pawns might not want to be on that particular chessboard. Lots of military tradition there, and guns, jeeps and trucks don’t take much to make in quantity.

And the us isn’t well positioned to hold land. The navy and Air Force can only destroy. Not that many grunts in the states, and they might be busy holding it together in such a scenario. And if they try to eject the women and undesirables from the us forces they’ll have significant gaps to fill. Enlisted troops don’t get paid squat to start.
by Ancapistani | 2025-09-20 01:45:23+00:00
It was a different time.

I honestly was excited about Windows 95. Win98 was underwhelming, and WinME was a joke that I never bothered to install on my own machines. Win2K brought back some of the excitement, but not much.

Then Vista came out, and it was a total flop at first. Win7 fixed most of those mistakes, but the damage was done. Vista basically killed any chance Microsoft had at building excitement for an OS.

FWIW, I think the last macOS version that I was really looking forward to was High Sierra.
by Froztnova | 2025-09-20 01:45:39+00:00
Yeah, I don't understand how people can be arguing that there aren't enough Americans to do this work when we've just gotten off a round of mass layoffs all throughout the tech sector and there are stories about CS grads being unable to find work now.

It's transparently obvious that the draw of these employees isn't skill, it's cost. The bottom/middle rung in this field is being hollowed out when it comes to domestic hiring because companies don't care who fills the position so long as they can keep the salary low and the employee locked in, and H-1Bs are the perfect fit for that.
by ekjhgkejhgk | 2025-09-20 01:45:46+00:00
Reminds of that idea - Feynman perhaps, I cant remember - that theres two reasons why an organization might give a prize to an individual. One is to afford the individual the prestige of being associated with the organization, the other is for affird the organization the prestige of being associated with the individual. Sort of like your uncle Bob creating a prize for enterpreneurship and giving it to Jeff Bezos.

P&T should say We dont want it now.