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ap3··on US 'extreme vetting' kicks in forcing visitors to hand over social media details
This is a requirement for a visa application- how many people applying for a US visa are on American soil?
ap3··on H-1B visa: Government says work ban for H-4 spouses coming this month
>In the current form, immigration is painful for the immigrants and doesn't do any good for the countries that send those immigrants.

No country is “sending” anyone. It’s an individual choice.

Some people decide to apply for H1B because it is advantageous to them, but a lot more decide to stay in their home country.

H1B is voluntary

ap3··on Netflix is not the future of TV
6.99 ? Why even torrent?
ap3··on Netflix is not the future of TV
$6.99 ?

I’ll sign up for both

ap3··on I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit other workers
Why do you think anyone expects “loyalty and sacrifice” for minimum wage at Walmart!

sacrifice? c’mon

ap3··on Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2018)
Not always the case because the market sets the rent - not the owners expenses

In CA I might be paying double the tax than my neighbors but I can’t charge more rent than them

ap3··on Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2018)
>The housing market moves so much faster than wages ever will

Is that true everywhere? Or are you just focusing on one-off locations like the Bay Area ?

According to Schiller housing has tracked inflation in the US for 100+ years

ap3··on VS Installer welcome image contains offensive element for Chinese
Interesting to learn the source behind the story, pretty harmless stuff
ap3··on VS Installer welcome image contains offensive element for Chinese
Is that still a thing? What about horse riding with both legs to one side?
ap3··on US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits
Realistically how can 200k+ be hard to live on?
ap3··on US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits
>Not only that, it is unfair to others countries who lose workers.

That is not how countries work - every other country can ennact their own policy

ap3··on US plans to strip H1B immigrants' spouses of work permits
>These policies also keep trying to restrict immigrants

With H1B visa cap this is literally true

When did H1B turn into a family work visa ?

ap3··on “Learn to Code”: The Meme Attacking Media
Aaah, look like you hit the nail on the hat.
ap3··on “Learn to Code”: The Meme Attacking Media
Aren’t those actual events ? Those are people with previous coal mining experience that are now coding.

It’s like reading about teens that built apps.

ap3··on Millions of Americans Flood into Mexico for Health Care
Or because they need to maximize the doctor’s time so he can stay highly compensated.
ap3··on Millions of Americans Flood into Mexico for Health Care
Mexico isn’t charging anything- it’s the individual providers setting up shop in a border town to cater to American patients.

They can and do charge more but competition drives prices down.

ap3··on Tesla laid off my disabled veteran husband then cancelled his sign on bonus
No - now what?
ap3··on Netflix Chose a New Market Over Free Speech. That Sets a Disturbing Precedent
There is no precedent and it’s not disturbing- sounds clickbait to me
ap3··on 'Dear NIMBYs' – An Open Letter from a Homeless Woman in LA
Why does it have to be LA though? Is there any place in the US where her skills could translate to being able to pay for a housing/shelter?

I know real third world poverty and people that barely earn US hourly minimum wage in a day, and yet in the US, the richest country in the world, it’s OK to live off of others and demand “rights”

ap3··on Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue
I pay Netflix with discounted iTunes card saving about $1 a month, yay!
ap3··on Apple needs to change iPhone’s call UI because robocalls are killing us
How much is your time worth vs the robocallers ?
ap3··on At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees
Love Blind - it has been great help during my job search
ap3··on How your life changes at different levels of wealth (2015)
When has it NOT been dificult to be a billionaire?
ap3··on An Open Letter to Elena Ferrante, Whoever You Are
I’d say this is your fault - OSC is the same being as when you picked up the first Ender’s book.

I mean, given what you said, should I even read your opinion if I don’t know who you are or what you stand for

ap3··on Life Sentence for British Student Draws Criticism for U.A.E
Sorry but there are enough incidents coming out of UAE and the arab world (KSA), where it seems easy to run afoul of the law (alcohol, drugs, sex/rape, religion) and end up in big trouble

You go after India but don’t reveal what country you hail from though.

The US is so big though that it’s impractical to make such a blanket statement.

There are mosques in every big city- no one seems to be opressed because of their religious views. You will never be judged for offending a deity or the government.

ap3··on Life Sentence for British Student Draws Criticism for U.A.E
You went totally the other way with the China angle though.

For high profile spying you would get consular help and maybe a spy trade.

No way you would be brought up on made up charges. You also have to consider the free press and the pressure they can apply in the US vs elsewhere.

The UAE press (or KSA, China, etc) operates under much different constraints.

ap3··on Life Sentence for British Student Draws Criticism for U.A.E
It all depends on the conditions, if you have access to an attorney and are in general safe situations

I would take that than say 1 day in a mexican prison run by the drug cartel

ap3··on [dead]
What does Dan Peña actually do?

His name comed up on shady self-promotional blogs related to seminars.

Net-worth creation is not the same as net worth right?

ap3··on Uber Revenue Slows as Quarterly Loss Surges to $1.1B
Have heard this from Lyft drivers too
ap3··on H-1B visa fraud: Sunnyvale man indicted for bringing in 600 workers illegally
> Any replacement visa needs to be like the diversity lottery (or the Olympics) by rewarding applicants from smaller countries

The Olympics are a performance competition- the guy from “Eastern Rhodesia” might make it but he won’t get any extra help when running against Usain Bolt.

Now you are saying that companies that want to make money will be saddled with less competent talent because of diversity?

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