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godelmachine

7,525 karma · joined May 21, 2017

Enterprise software, VLSI, Self replicating machines, Von Neumann universal constructor, Reverse entropy.
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godelmachine··on XVideos: The porn empire next door
Something like Stockholm syndrome?
godelmachine··on Zain Nadella, Satya Nadella's son, dies at 26
My mom is being treated for resistant schizophrenia and she’s in a rehab. I get to talk with her only when the Counsellor is on duty.

When I visited my mom last month, she was complaining she doesn’t like 8 people ward coz of zero privacy and the need to share washrooms. She’s been brought up as a princess and was highly pampered, being everyone’s favorite, and finds it tough staying in such accommodations. She told me she wanted a single room to herself. I told her it’s not good staying alone, we will get you into a double occupancy room, so there’s someone in the room in case something untoward happens.

Today, she called me via the Counsellor today after a week, and the call got disconnected in about a few seconds coz of bad network.

I later called up the hospital but the Counsellor had left. However, I had her shifted from an 8 people ward to a 4 people ward today. It’s because the rehab administrator advised that we have 4 people ward as well if you wanna consider. I said ask mom and see what she like - 4 sharing or 2 sharing. The admin called up 10 min and said your mom was okay with 4 sharing, and we have moved her there.

Tomorrow, I will call her to ensure she’s comfortable in 4 sharing and if she does not like, next month I move her to 2 sharing.

Just a random post reading your comment.

godelmachine··on The case for updating Covid-19 vaccines for the Omicron variant
https://archive.fo/wVnDX
godelmachine··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Thanks for responding.

Would you mind if I ask a link to your website/ publications/ LinkedIn, so as to get going?

godelmachine··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Unrelated but if you don't mind, I am curious to know what you did to get an O1?
godelmachine··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Thanks Peter :)

That explains it.

godelmachine··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Hey Peter, in one of the other comments you mentioned that NVC/ immigration process is a disaster, whereas here I see GC through USCIS is speeding up.

As I understand, once USCIS approves a petition, it goes to NVC where paperwork is checked to be documentary qualified and then consular interviews are scheduled.

Is there a difference between the 2? Asking because ultimately both are responsible for issuing GC’s.

godelmachine··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Thanks so much, Peter.

Honestly appreciate you doing this.

godelmachine··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
OK, will do.

So I see there could be no guesstimates as to when I might get my GC?

Would you please comment on what I ought to know before I hold dual citizenship of US + Canada? Or is that even possible?

Thanks again for fielding these questions :)

godelmachine··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Hi Peter,

My father who is a naturalized US citizen since Oct 2018 (He got his GC in Oct 2013) filed for my GC. I am in F2B. I am born and raised in India, 32 yrs, unmarried, 5 years of exp in IT.

Priority date → Nov 2017 Petition approved → Nov 2020

My file should be with NVC now, probably in cold storage.

How severely has the pandemic slowed down application processing? I have been hearing there will be no change in Visa Bulletin till May 2022.

Meanwhile I have also applied for Canada PR under Express Entry and got nominated by Ontario province. I am expecting my Canadian PR application to be finalized in next 12 months.

Considering this -

1. When do you reckon I will get my GC?

2. I intend to be US + Canada citizen, both. Is there anything I need to know?

3. Will I be taxed by both countries? Is there a double taxation avoidance treaty?

Many thanks for taking questions, Peter :)

godelmachine··on Aaron Swartz Rememberance Day This Monday
I put Aaron Swartz at par with Alexandra Elbakyan. I wish I could financially support Ms Elbakyan's efforts but I am not so good at cryptocurrencies.
godelmachine··on Ask HN: Can Firefox be revived?
I don’t think the memory management part has gotten anywhere at all. Open 10 tabs on Firefox and I lose 2-3GB of my RAM just like that. Chrome and Edge never cross 700MB.

Firefox is a colossal RAM guzzler.

godelmachine··on Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021
Greenland is a cold country. I doubt if viruses can survive there for so long unlike a tropical country like Spain.
godelmachine··on Amazon vs. the Rest of the FAANG
Amazon and Apple both sell physical products.

Google and Facebook are ad driven companies.

Netflix sells digital content.

Should it really be surprising that Apple and Amazon get real people to talk with us?

godelmachine··on How Indian lawyers, scientists gave Sci-Hub its first legal defense team
I wish there was a way I could financially support Sci-Hub.

The only impediment is they accept cryptocurrency and I am too lazy to get well versed with it. Not forgetting to mention the prices are currently through the roof, and TBH unaffordable for me.

But just like I regularly support Wikipedia and USENIX with modest but periodic donations, I would like to support Sci-Hub as well.

godelmachine··on Google’s Answer to Overheated Job Market: Demanding Proof of Rival Offers
Need negotiation tips, if I may?

If I prove to Google that I am getting another better offer, how can I negotiate to make them eke out maximum salary?

For ex - Suppose I am getting USD $100k/ annum from Facebook, what is the maximum amount I can ask from Google and make them pay?

godelmachine··on Henry Kissinger on why America failed in Afghanistan
Paywall bypass → https://archive.is/ghYCS
godelmachine··on Taliban enter Kabul as Afghan government on brink of collapse
I don’t think that’s a valid question. What would they do with money? Buy more weapons, I guess? Invest in training. Hire more recruits.
godelmachine··on Taliban enter Kabul as Afghan government on brink of collapse
Nevertheless, the funding they receive is more than enough to keep them going, as such point where US pulls out and they could fight the fledgling Afghan army.
godelmachine··on Taliban enter Kabul as Afghan government on brink of collapse
US pulled out only because the general American public was bored of being in Afghanistan. Americans would had stayed there forever if they wanted to, and kept the Taliban at bay.
godelmachine··on Taliban enter Kabul as Afghan government on brink of collapse
What makes you think they don’t get the same amount from the Gulf?

Only US and NATO provided military assistance. Others like India invested billions in constructive projects like Salma dam.

godelmachine··on Taliban enter Kabul as Afghan government on brink of collapse
They just have strong level of petro-dollar support from the Gulf.
godelmachine··on Most Livable Cities
>>didn't look further than the first list, the others are closer to my experience

So you agree with the list except for Osaka?

godelmachine··on Microsoft Teams 2 will use half the memory, dropping Electron for Edge Webview2
This is great news!

When will Firefox do the same? Asking this since many years now.

godelmachine··on MS Teams Switches from AngularJS to React, Ditches Electron.
Not forgetting to mention Teams is a memory guzzler

Just boot it up and puff, 500MB gone into oblivion

godelmachine··on Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career?
I have both books but yet to finish

The latter book you recommend is Nand2Tetris I believe

godelmachine··on A growing number of governments hope to clone DARPA
Here’s an oft less spoken about institution which I believe more people should know -

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

godelmachine··on A growing number of governments hope to clone DARPA
I make it a point to thank people who post links that bypass paywall, so thanks :)
godelmachine··on Firefox Release 89.0
I wish the device history from all connected devices would be captured forever and not just for the past few hours as is currently the case.
godelmachine··on Firefox Release 89.0
I wish in one of their releases they address the memory footprint issue. Firefox is a RAM guzzler, consuming at least 1GB, easily.
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