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cemregr··on Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)
I made a similar app, it’s called “Only DMs” free on the app store :)
cemregr··on A fake job offer took down Axie Infinity
Is it just me or is the (x) button on the banner ad on this site not work, and open the ad instead of dismissing it?
cemregr··on How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
> Have I done anything noteworthy these last three months?

Either the author’s bar for noteworthy is really low or I’m really out of touch with what an individual can achieve every three months.

cemregr··on Madhya Pradesh man cycles 105km to ferry son to Class X exam centre
Try GiveDirectly!
cemregr··on Peter Mertens, Former Head of Audi R&D: “We All Did Sleep”
This website is refreshing over and over making it impossible to read on my phone ...
cemregr··on Emotionally Expressive Text to Speech
Is there an actual demo?
cemregr··on Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root on macOS Silently
I’ve been trying to delete every trace of creative cloud from my computer. Despite scouring the file system and rm-rf everything I can find, it comes back every restart ️
cemregr··on E Ink smart screen puts a newspaper on your wall
Cringeworthy statement from the manufacturer:

(I) THE PRODUCTS ARE NOT CONSUMER PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES; AND (II) PURCHASER IS PURCHASING THE PRODUCTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND/OR IN A BUSINESS CAPACITY. ORDERS PLACED BY CONSUMERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

cemregr··on I Worked at Capital One for 5 Years. How We Justified Piling Debt on the Poor
Capital One’s secured card helped me build credit when I arrived in the US years and years ago. Interest rates were high but I wasn’t shocked by that given I was someone with no credit history.
cemregr··on Google, Facebook spend big on U.S. lobbying amid policy battles
Are we upset that big tech is lobbying, or are we upset about lobbying in general?

I can’t think of any big US corporation that doesn’t spend money lobbying.

cemregr··on In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes on Tricky Public Health Role
Is the ask here for Facebook not to do anything to intervene?

Times was giving Facebook crap that Facebook Live promoted/publicized suicides, so doesn’t quite compute that their attempt to do something about it is also bad.

cemregr··on Journal raises $1.5M to bring Google-like search to your personal life
I remember a very similar YC company to this - I think it was called Ark. What happened to them?
cemregr··on Ask HN: Would you rather work for Google or a smaller high growth company?
It's absolutely not true that FB currently has 250 engineers. There were over 700 in 2012. The company has multiplied in size many times over since then.

You linked to an answer with no source. Here's a revant post from the FB blog: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/ship-ear...

cemregr··on Mediagenic (or, the Patent from Hell)
Thanks for suggesting patreon! Used it for the first time with him.
cemregr··on I made 6 figures at my Facebook dream job – but couldn't afford the Bay Area
Facebook has offices in Seattle and NYC too. In NYC you can buy in NJ, Queens or Brooklyn and still have a reasonable commute.
cemregr··on Hipmunk (YC S10) Acquired by Concur
Makes a lot of sense to me - where I work, we use Concur to book business travel. Concur's current UI for booking flights is complicated and makes it hard to pick optimal results. I think they could benefit from the team working to improve the feature.
cemregr··on Privacy – Forget Your Credit Card
The email you send to verify the bank comes off as SUPER shady. It reads exactly like a phishing email. It doesn't talk about which site / bank I'm using. Might be worth fixing.

From: Account Management Team <account.management@acctmanagement.com>

....

Thank you for being a valued customer.

Sincerely, Online Banking Team

cemregr··on Paribus (YC S15) saves you money when items you purchased online drop in price
I couldn't sign up using an email address that has a + in it. (My amazon email is abcd+amazon@gmail.com). Could you get paribus not to flag it as invalid?
cemregr··on Don't Be a Stanford Asshole
This never happens in san francisco, the rents go up very little every year.. less than inflation, so in real terms your rent gets cheaper every year.
cemregr··on At Facebook, Creating Empathy Among Cyberbullying
They work on a big gamut of things, including but not limited to protecting your account from getting hacked, helping you recover your account if you do, impersonations, spam, etc. It' s not just "help people act nicer" :)
cemregr··on Deconstructing Finnish
Yeah it's the dialect of my hometown - that's def not standard Finnish :)
cemregr··on Whatever goes up, that’s what we do
Messenger?
cemregr··on Secret raises $8.6 million Series A
It's hard to make anything that people want to open and use every day, that's why I commend the folks behind secret.
cemregr··on Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs
What is Divvy? If you mean Divvyshot I thought it was a talent acquisition.
cemregr··on Redesigning the United flight search interface in Photoshop
I think the redesign could benefit from better organization and more contrast. I felt like "search by" was unnecessarily cramped in a corner, the input fields weren't standing out, and the options at the bottom could be better visually organized.
cemregr··on Dogecoin Paper Wallet
This is great!
cemregr··on YC's Safe annotated by lawyers, founders, and investors on Casetext
I suggest actions don't up and down but instead just quickly fade in/out next to each para as you mouse over. Would be better to make them more subtle to make them less distracting, then you could reveal the whole thing when user hovers the right side.

I'd look at medium (their "add comment" and "add photo" ctas) - they are clear and not distracting.

Another thing that distracted me other than the animation was how "add tag" got in the way of the annotation link. I'd aim my mouse at the annotation link and the link would move before I click on it. It should stay put.

Would also be great being able to close annotations by clicking outside.

cemregr··on Ask HN: How do I legally run a startup in US while on an F1 or H1B visa?
Yeah, when the OPT runs out you need H-1B. However there's something called the Cap-Gap extension which extends your OPT until your H-1B begins.

I actually got an O-1 because my company got press and funding and I was able to use that as evidence of extraordinary talent .

cemregr··on Ask HN: How do I legally run a startup in US while on an F1 or H1B visa?
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cemregr··on Ask HN: How do I legally run a startup in US while on an F1 or H1B visa?
* You can do this on the OPT *. Without OPT F-1 employment rules are strict. But the OPT is basically a green card when it comes to what kind of work you can do (anywhere, you don't have to ask anyone's permission to change employers, you can freelance, you can start a business, you can work for multiple employers).

You need to work full-time on OPT. I don't know how they check but you need to be prepared to prove that you're working full time. (I know about this because if you're freelancing, my school told that I need to keep extensive paper trail to prove that I'm employed.) There's limitations about how long you can be unemployed in the OPT.

You need to register your company in E-verify for OPT extension. To register for e-verify you need tax ID numbers and a DUNS number as well. It's a pain but I was able to do it myself. (They make you study for a quiz, etc). You actually don't need to e-verify yourself. Just registering the company and getting an e-verify number was enough for us.

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