skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not an American, but I fully understand your point.

Let me provide some background. If you already know this, my apologies.

The process of getting an H1B is not the employer picking up the phone and ordering "1 H1B for delivery please".

It involves applying at the beginning of April, being entered into a lottery, and you find out if you "won" (and your application is looked at) around the end of March. IIRC it is ~30% that your application is even looked at.

At this point, you're out legal and processing fees (at least a couple thousand), and likely more if USCIS wants more evidence that the position qualifies, or that the individual being sponsored is eligible. As a side note, this is often why job descriptions have degree requirements and such, even if they will hire people without a degree. If a similar job at the same company doesn't "need" a degree, it will be much more difficult to get a work status for, even if the requirement bar is actually quite high.

After this, assuming you actually get your status, you don't "get" it until the beginning of October.

It's now cost your employer 6 months of lead time, a legal process, thousands of dollars, and uncertainty throughout to know if they even _could_ hire someone.

It is not _easy_ to get an H1B.

If you have 2 equally qualified people, who will make the same amount of money (which is what market rates are, see my initial suggestion above), then any reasonable employer is going to go with the candidate that they can hire the next week, rather than going through the H1B process.
I really, really want to like this move.

I've written on HN before that the Trump admin's revealed immigration preference is, in effect, "as few immigrants as possible" [1]. Every past move this administration has made with regard to visas has been ill-advised and badly executed (imo). That they solved problem 1 (ill-advised) does not mean they've solved problem 2 (badly executed).

In that light, I can't help but think this is just another RFE hole: "you studied math and cs, and now want to work as a data scientist? That's not closely enough related" or "quantitative economics is not STEM, even though 12/15 required courses were math, stats, and CS, and we previously approved the program" (both objections I've heard raised in the past year, _before_ this new emphasis on degree-job relatedness).

This isn't a bad policy - it may be good, even! - but I hope it gets implemented by the next administration.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23760337
Hm, I like this a lot. However in regard to RSI, is it more intensive to stay on the keyboard or to frequently use the mouse? Or is it the act of switch from keyboard to mouse that causes injury, and that maybe if you could do everything with the mouse, that could work to?
LinkedIn’s Kurt Andersen Uncovers Blindspots in SRE Implementations
So looking at it it's 2 parts that get locked together. A ring part that you place the shaft and balls through. Then the container that when placed over the shaft and locked to the ring leaves a gap the balls can no longer get through. Thus it is attached until the lock is released and the ring and container are separated again.

It's a chastity device so the point is that when it's on you can't actually do anything sexual with the contained bits (or maybe it's painful if aroused and some get off on that). The secondary sexual goals are any emotional arousal from fear/trust/control/submission/etc.
Oh wow! That's filmed by the same guy that does periodic videos!
"An embedded TURN server" means that this server runs from within Screego?

I must be understanding this wrong, as a TURN server running behind a NAT makes no sense for helping outside peers to connect
But how do you force other people to accept your illegal random bytes? If people actually risked legal penalties for accepting them, I imagine that spam filters would get much stricter about deleting attachments from unknown senders, for example.
The INA allocates 140,000 visas annually for all five employment-based LPR categories. 226,000 are available for family based migration. [3, 4]

I was likely neglecting the Immediate Relatives of US Citizens? Is that un-capped?

[1] https://www.stilt.com/blog/2020/03/visa-bulletin/

[2] https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/immigratio...

[3] https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45447

[4] https://www.congress.gov/116/crec/2020/05/12/modified/CREC-2...

And also, 2017 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Table 6, “Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Type and Major Class of Admission,” Department of Homeland Security.
I am on H1B (bay area last 4 years, Atlanta 6 years) and my total compensation is significantly higher than that.
The only real change you would need is to eliminate birthright citizenship to avoid birth tourism. The rest is a CoL problem which is mostly a blue state problem because they like pretty policies over effective policies. Housing's cheap to build, oil is cheap, and farming is easy if you don't hate industry. The only thing that would need help to prevent scarcity initially is probably internet availability. After that just use some of the increased tax revenue to provide support for struggling citizens.
Sales Safari?

Talk to people outside your field about their problems? There was a guy on a professional machinist's forum where I hang out who simply asked "How can I help you with an IT problem?" and IIRC, the resulting thread is over 20 pages long. He's probably gotten tons of business by simply offering free IT help over the internet.

Go places where programmers aren't!
Super woke! Wait til you hear about the history of literally every country on Earth.
The abuse I've seen most often is that companies hire H1B workers and then contract them out to other companies, and the H1B worker can't change employers, and gets to watch most of what their time is billed for go to the original contracting company which often misleads the people about what they'll find when they arrive.

The worker ends up with very few choices, and the companies at which the workers are working are likely overpaying for what they're getting. The only one truly happy is the "placement" company that holds the workers' contracts.
Some people ending up as taxi drivers actually have skills; their skilled visa isn't based on lies. They are just not able to continue in their field in the new country for whatever reason. Their accreditation is not recognized, or they don't interview well or whatever. Meanwhile, there are bills to pay and food to put on the table.
I'm not implying that Canada (or other developed countries) are cheaping out on healthcare. I'm only pointing out that your initial claim (that the differences in pay can be accounted for because of the various taxes paid) isn't true, or at least isn't telling the whole story.
I wish I could do this. As an admin, it would be hell on earth for me. Going from one system to another would be all but impossible, especially on systems I can’t make changes like that to. Still a cool idea though!

Edited for formatting because mobile is awesome!
I agree with you. But there's nothing you can do to change it.

I'm not saying you should stop calling it out either, but the only result will be that eventually you will annoy the mods - not because of what you're saying but because you're being repetitive and "repetition is the enemy of curiosity" - and they'll either ask you to stop and you will, or you won't and they'll ban you.
What do you offer that other affiliate program aggregators do not?
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? You've been doing it a lot, unfortunately, and we've already had to ask you once.

We're trying for a different sort of community here, in which people have thoughtful and curious conversation. If you don't think that's worth trying for, that's fine, but we'd be grateful if you'd at least not damage the experiment like this. I'm sure you wouldn't litter in a city park or dump motor oil in a lake...it's kind of like that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Sorry, where are you getting these views from? Every tech company I've worked at, or have talked to people who work at them, become incredibly risk averse to innovation as they grow.

The only time they makes serious investments in innovation is when they buyout smaller companies that pose a risk to their business, or who have innovated and proven that their innovation might actually be useful. And the reason for those investments is more to protect their business rather than to foster innovation itself.
The wikipedia article slightly disagrees:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_sexing#Vent_sexing
Seems like you assume a finite number of nurses. If the pay keeps going up, then new candidate will appear, not immediately but, pretty soon. Market forces and all that.
"every other country is just as bad, therefore this bad thing is good, actually"
DOMPurify bypass: XSS via HTML namespace confusion
let's be honest, HN does not care about H1B workers.

i've seen so many damn comments saying shit like "only low skill indians come here on h1b". it got to a point where i couldn't discern between right wing "they took our jobs".
In the new wage rules one will not be cost effective at all. It changes everything
> Under the changes, an applicant must have a college degree in the specific field in which he or she is looking to work. A software developer, for example, wouldn’t be awarded an H-1B visa if that person has a degree in electrical engineering.

As an EE, that is rough.
Oof, here's the catch. This is bad.

A non-retroactive raise of the wage scale isn't bad per se - it cuts down a lot of the incentive to flood the system, and prioritizes employees who will add the most value.

But I have a sneaking suspicion that this surprise kick-out is a feature, not a bug.
I get the reasons recurring sponsorship helps projects, but is there any chance to sponsor as a one time payment?

As a resident of a non-USD country, my bank shafts me for foreign currency payments, which is partly a fixed fee and partly driven by the total amount. Therefore lots of small payments ends up paying a much larger portion to the bank, money that I'd otherwise prefer the project got!
Apple’s “monopoly power” over iPhone apps gives it outsized profits
A hurt pig can turn into a really dangerous creature, will charge against any human, including children, so shooting them is the worst idea possible. Females are social. Killing one of the small pigs will 100% grant triggering a vicious attack from their mother and aunts. Just running towards the children and allow the pigs an escape route would be a much safer move.

The tale looks much more like an excuse to explain having a lot of furtive hunting in the fridge IMO.
IOTAS | Portland, OR or Remote | https://www.iotashome.com | Full time | REMOTE | Backend Engineering Manager

At IOTAS we work directly with apartment buildings to bring smart home technology to renters and property managers. Think smart door locks, lights, thermostats, etc that can be controlled via our mobile app. We are constantly integrating with new IoT devices that make life easier for both residents and property managers. Our backend software runs primarily on AWS (ECS, RDS, API Gateway, Lambda) and we have a fleet of hubs deployed in the field which are installed in each apartment.

We are looking for a Backend Engineering Manager to lead the IOTAS backend team which is responsible for architecting, designing and building the core of the IOTAS IoT platform.

* Backend Engineering Manager - https://www.iotashome.com/job/backend-team-engineering-manag...
People have a choice of where they want to go for work. If you tax them so hard that anywhere else is better then you may as well have simply not bothered pretending like you wanted it to be easier for them to come at all.
Nice, I had missed that!

I'm actually super impressed with Walmart's commitment too:

https://www.axios.com/walmart-climate-plan-zero-carbon-emiss...

They have huge amounts of refrigeration, and will act a a buyer that forces refrigeration supply chains to start using refrigerants with less global warming potential, which can often reach into 1000x or more of CO2. (CO2 can be used as a refrigerant, but requires instead conditions that pit a lot demand onto materials...).

And Walmart is going to require these to be super cost effective. MS and Google have lots of slack in their budgets, so if DC energy costs go up by 30%, no big deal. Walmart will be forcing the tech to be cheap, meaning that everybody can adopt it once Walmart does.

When Walmart it more ambitious than an entire political party in the US, our politics are completely messed up. Walmart should not have to pull along the word, we should be pushing Walmart. It's ridiculous.
cos is not the inverse of sin, cos(sin(9)) is not 9
I have a different philosophy: before you can build something that people love, you need to build something that pays the bills.

Most software isn't loved; it's not even liked. But if it does the job, you can sell it and they will buy it.
I'm not sure you're using the term 'per capita' in the way it's intended or normally understood. If Canada allowed 28-33000 refugees per capita, that would effectively mean every person in the world could move to Canada.
What is 'low level'? It depends on what the product is and what tier of bullshit it implies.

For example: "Free photo editor" but the free plan does not allow saving.

"Free CMS" but you can only have one page and no ability to edit CSS.

In these cases it's not free or freemium, that's utter BS.

99% of the time it's a no
I'll admit, this specific device has some safety concerns, but there are plenty of safe chastity devices out there that couples use regularly spice up their sex life.

Your comments here reflect some substantial sexual repression on your part. The issue here isn't that people are playing with sex toys. The issue here is that the sex toys have safety failings.
The home page doesn't load any content for me, only a grey background and the menu on the left. This is on Android, with both Brave browser and Firefox with uBlock. I thought the ad blocker was breaking the page, but it doesn't work either if the blocker is disabled.
> jimi hendrix was a pioneer. van halen was another rock-n-roller.

Millions of guitarists around the world say otherwise -- including many well respected professional guitarists. That includes a guy you might have heard of: Les Paul.

Sure, he wasn't everyone's cup of tea. But he was very much an artist who spent thousands of hours crafting his own sound and his own technique.

I think saying he was "another rock-n-roller" is inaccurate and extremely unfair.
The best life hack I ever did, have iOS and Mac autoreplace "@@" with your email address.
Not a chance on the Samsung part. They're just as creepy as Facebook but with more hardware in your home

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24662353
Few things are more horrible than angry internet arguments about whose life was worth more. Please don't go there here, even if you think a past story should have had more attention on Hacker News.

The answer to a lot of these questions, btw, is randomness. Even when it's not the whole answer, it's usually part of the answer, and another part of the answer is judgment calls which may not look so different from randomness. If you're expecting easily explicable consistency, that's your problem right there.
> Under the new rule, the required wage level for entry-level workers would rise to the 45th percentile of their profession’s distribution, from the current requirement of the 17th percentile. The requirement for the highest-skilled workers would rise to the 95th percentile, from the 67th percentile.

This is pretty abstract and probably the most important detail. How much would a software engineer have to make to qualify? I'd figure it'd have to be at ~200k if it's 95th percentile. A number high enough and it truly would be for only highly skilled, hard to find software talent, rather than just labor cost cutting. Does anyone have concrete numbers?
I think you're not a good customer for us? I'm not sure that makes us hostile, or you wrong, but I'm pretty comfy with how we treat our customers (and they seem cool with it too).
And that's why you are luckily not in charge ;).
I think this can potentially affect startups who may want to hire H1bs at a lower than prevailing wage for their area(even if they are paying their American colleagues the same amount).

Other than that, the biggest issue might be to IT consulting companies (mostly based in India) that tend to have their employees work at a lower rate than tech companies.
Social Impact Entrepreneurs in Education
There's a collection of stories by Skeeter Skelton (Good Friends, Good Guns, Good Whiskey) some of which discuss the hunting of wild boar in Texas.

In several of the stories there are recipes and methods of cooking the meat that make it palatable.
HN is largely community moderated. Not my fault that people here appreciate music more than ball.
Maybe, but I find it hard to square the idea that someone capable of and willing to do my job for less money shouldn't have the opportunity to better their prospects at the expense of mine.
No. I once had a site hit #1 on HN. It was hosted on a Dreamhost shared VPC with Wordpress. It barely broke a sweat. I have no idea what these guys are doing who are having their sites bulldozed by HN traffic but it's worryingly common for something that should never happen.
> I can't afford to wait 4 years for someone to train as a nurse to be available for me to hire

From my comment. Nurses require training. I did not assume a finite number of nurses. If I am sick and need a nurse, I need one _right now_. There not being enough of them is a shortage. It may not be a shortage in the future, but right now, it is.
I predicted (incorrectly) that this would just say "Change keyboard layouts".

I actually made myself do that ~5 years ago (to colemak). Ultimately I am not sure if it was worth the effort, but I can tell you that I type at least 40% faster (tested), and typing < 100wpm is a 'bad day'.

Ultimately does it matter? Maybe on slack, but not while I'm coding. To me, learning my editor well (Vim) is where I got my 40% from while coding.
Facebook says it will ban QAnon
So government slaves, basically?
The monopoly or the public authorities aren't even the problem, natural monopolies are well understood and brought under control by regulation. There are three manufacturers of insulin in the US, about six worldwide. Everywhere else the natural monopoly is dealt with by price controls, except in the US. They could, but they don't want to.
How many of those Canadian immigrants move to the US as soon as they can? I've seen a bunch.
It's a difference in goals.

- Hobby kid doesn't want to overpay, shut everything down

- Business absolutely doesn't care about spend, if they get some kind of marketing result traffic spike they just want the site to stay up even if it blows the average budget

Guess which one they optimise for?
The best answer anyone seems to have about that is "maybe." Yes, there was an Old Norse word "vic" meaning "bay". There was also an Old Norse word "vig" meaning "battle". Is that why they're called "vikings"? Nobody seems to know. Did vikings call themselves "vikings" at all prior to the emergence of the Anglo-Saxon word "wicing"? No one seems to know that either.
I find this really sad. Knowing a lot of people who work in the US who aren't citizens and have more and more been stressed about their access to return home and back for a variety of reasons, this just adds to a pile of depressing realities people in America are facing.
if you're using gnome, gnome tweaks has an option to turn acceleration off (just search for 'acceleration') and it seems to work for me.
> I finally agree with something this administration is doing.

As they say, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Magic Leap is a startup, I mean established mid-sized companies. The ones that are making money and steadily growing. For them taking a big risk can end the company. A startup is already expecting that they'll go out of business, and funding a startup is a big risk in general.
Yikes. I would have been unemployed by that measure because I work as a SWE without a CS degree.
As a Lithuanian I can tell that a lot of what Lithuania does with regards to the nuclear plant in Belarus is just fearmongering. The most active critics come from political parties which don't want that plant due to political reasons. Having a nearby nuclear plant effectively controlled by an ally of Putin is not a good thing and I agree with that, but this has nothing to do with safety. It's all political play.

Ironically, a decade ago the same political parties which now oppose the Belarusian nuclear plant wanted to build a nuclear plant here in Lithuania. What's more ironic was that the chosen location was just a couple of kilometers from the border of Belarus.

Personally I'm happy that Belarus managed to build the nuclear plant. In the end of the day, every new nuclear plant results in one less coal power plant somewhere.
> And you don't get this knowledge simply by copying out great works.

Well, I think the point is that you may get knowledge, but nt necessarily of the type that lets you make another great work. Doing is an act of learning, whether very small amounts of learning as you do something you've done countless times before, or possibly large amounts of learning as you try something absolutely new, or learning about yourself and what you like, what you don't, what you feel is worthwhile even if you dislike it, etc.

Ultimately, there's something to be learned from everything. Even the book you read that purports to teach you someething that you find worthless for the task should be illustrative of either what things are not useful for you in learning that, or how to structure something in such a way that it's hard for you to take away good meaning from it, and ultimately, some hints about what to look for next time that doesn't have the same problems.

So, copying isn't necessarily creating, but it should be an act of learning, and learning should hopefully help in creating, even if it's something totally divorced from what you were originally copying.
Really enjoyed the sausage story — a perfect counter-balance to Chesterton's fence. Of course, in the end both anecdotes are about value of curiosity.
I'm on the fence about re-binding variables. I don't really mind it and have gotten used to the pin operator when I need it. I actually use variable re-binding quite a bit but always only in situations where I want a prime.

def foo(bar) do
bar = decorate(bar)

{:ok, bar}
end

I like that better than calling it something like `new_bar`. I kind of wish there was prime syntax along the lines of `bar' = decorate(bar)` but I can deal with re-binding when only used like this (and really, the stakes are low). More complex cases can generally always be handled with piping.
How do court stenographers do it? Seems like a good formalized starting point.
DataRights EUs top court paves the way for major reforms of EU surveillance laws
“Today’s judgments are yet another strong confirmation from
ECJ that national security, law enforcement and intelligence services are not above the EU rule of law”
Well could it be dependent on employment and housing availability? Are there 500m jobs that need filling? If not then they would not be able to apply. If there was a flood of people coming the housing market would see a shortage so again these people would need somewhere to stay before being granted a VISA. I don’t think unlimited necessarily mean without restrictions.
That's not true at all. The engineer from India will simply be re-classified to L1 with a reduced wage requirement. While the grad student will require a much higher wage requirement. In the end it will actually turn out worse for someone trying to hire the engineer from Switzerland