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fredfoobar··on Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor
I wish this was produced in large-scale: https://www.koenigsegg.com/dark-matter
fredfoobar··on Building the mouse Logitech won't make
+1

The mouse has disappeared into my hand and I've forgotten its existence. When I read your post I remembered how pain free my mousing experience has been lately.

fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
I think there is a big astroturf campaign that is going on on x, reddit etc. that is rabidly anti-Indian.
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
who is contracting to those WITCH companies?
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
I think you need some context here, most of the time, these folks have already gone through the PERM process (at least the legitimate ones, ignoring the fraud for a second), and gotten to the next step, but USCIS will reset them back if they switch jobs. If the candidate is from India, they'll probably do this multiple times in their career because the green card wait time is very long for them. I have a colleague who's not from India, and they got through the process and even got their citizenship in 6 years, for Indians, that it'd take 12 years on average to go from finishing the PERM and getting a greencard (let alone applying for citizenship, which would need 3 more years)
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
I think you need some context here, most of the time, these folks have already gone through the PERM process (at least the legitimate ones, ignoring the fraud for a second), and gotten to the next step, but USCIS will reset them back if they switch jobs. If the candidate is from India, they'll probably do this multiple times in their career because the green card wait time is very long for them. I have a colleague who's not from India, and they got through the process and even got their citizenship in 6 years, for Indians, it'll take 12 years on average to go from finishing the PERM and getting a green card (let alone applying for citizenship, which would need 3 more years)
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
To the poster (nunez?) who was lamenting about me apparently claiming blue collar jobs are easier (and then deleted it when I was writing this reply):

1. I didn't claim that.

2. Yes, I did say it's "high consequence", but technically, comparing skill to skill, it's MUCH easier. I've done a ton of electrical work (along with plumbing) on our old home, there are a great set of safety rules to follow (and gear to use) before "touching the wrong wire".

fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
> Soon AI can do your job easily, but it can't do an electrician's job. [he said gleefully]

do you really want an Amercian to lose a job to AI?? Also, why do you think I can't become an electrician after AI apparently "does my job" (or a plumber, I'm a better plumber than an electrician)

anyway, it's fine, you don't seem to have any idea about software development or how AI is actually going to help me more.

fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
That won't work as well as you think it does. This would come off as them being skilled enough to do the work in half the time an American would.

That said, consulting companies out of India are horrible, I don't think they'd be more productive even if they worked twice as hard.

fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
agreed
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
I'm sure it's ok to give out specifics of something that happened 12 years ago, what makes you think this sort of stuff is still happening?
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
I don't think this is a fair comparison, software development is very complex, but an electricians job isn't, it's very simple but it's high consequence.

Software development may seem simple for a lot of people here on HN, but trust me, I can do the electricians job easily, but an electrician won't be able to do my job. The regulatory environment which requires the "apprenticeship" is a totally different topic and doesn't inform anything on the skill required to do the job. Also, the electrician apprentice gets paid while learning on the job, the software developer in training doesn't.

fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
Fraud should be curbed and punished, but I don't understand why the visa itself is bad because of this, that's like saying people speed and break traffic laws, therefore we must ban vehicles entirely.
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
so, you believe that the H1B worker shouldn't get a greencard?
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
any update since 2011?
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
seems wasteful, I'm trying to understand why, what is the "play" here?
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
I think this is true as well.
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
Some of these posts make it seem like software engineering is a low skilled job, I beg to differ, it's still a very high skilled job, < .5% of the world knows how to code.
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
how does the "employee" survive here by doing whatever they want? what with the cost of living and all.
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
Do you have examples of these people who are saving money using H1B?
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
Do you have examples of these? they'd be easy targets to be sued for breaking the labor laws.
fredfoobar··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
Yeah, there's plenty of abuse with H1B with those consulting companies operating out of India and shipping people overseas, I don't believe many of them would qualify for the H1B. That said, many folks who come here to study and get hired by companies (usually, for their specialization in a masters degree for most foreign students) also apply for a H1B.

I don't understand your "low wage" argument though, aren't there laws against it currently? they need to be paid at least the prevailing wage in their location/job level.

fredfoobar··on Employee – CEO pay gap historically wide
Looks like a cash grab before the AI meltdown
fredfoobar··on Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You Tesla'
Who else can share the data Tesla is collecting??
fredfoobar··on Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You Tesla'
who should share the data Tesla is collecting? Tesla? or should some one steal their data and share it?
fredfoobar··on Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You Tesla'
why stop at FSD users? this should apply to all drivers in general. if they cause an accident they need to go to jail.
fredfoobar··on Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You Tesla'
I don't get it, what do you expect them to do? just reinforce your view? the data is pretty clear how many people use FSD without issues. What's equally weird is you guys preemptively smearing folks who defend FSD. I don't get it, nothing will make you guys change your mind I guess.
fredfoobar··on Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You Tesla'
It's so surprising to hear these issues with FSD and it makes me nervous even though I haven't encountered any problems in v13. I regularly use it back and forth between work and home and mostly rush hour with a lot of difficult merges and weird situations.
fredfoobar··on I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
Where did you hear Linkin Park?
fredfoobar··on I quit caffeine
I just have one large cup of coffee in the morning for the taste and that's about it. I feel bad for this person.
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