ravila4

China has four times our population, and we are falling behind on many fields. We need all the manpower we can get. On another note, I'd like to raise the point that bringing talent to the country also creates demand. Many of the next generation of startups will be biology-based.

THe bias I speak of is in regard to the attitude towards H1B. I have my own different bias, for in my field most people are in favor of it.

In my view, we can never not have a shortage of talent when it comes to scientific disciplines - at any pricepoint. The beauty of bringing more researchers to the country is that they eventually help create as many or more jobs than they "take".

Part of the problem is that in basic science, it is hard to measure the value of a project until years in the future. But we do allocate money on academic projects -- through federal grants.. nevertheless the base salary for a postdoc is pretty standard across the country, an subpar compared to industry. Hence, salary does not necessarily correlate with importance of the research.

Absolutely. But perhaps it is precisely for this reason that we need a comprehensive and thoughtful reform that takes into account the value added. I am worried that blanket-raising the requirements solves one problem and creates another.

I feel like this thread has a lot of bias coming from bad experiences in the computer science field. While I do understand the bad practices of many tech companies, I think the picture is very different when you look at careers in other STEM fields, such as biology, chemistry, and physics. H1B visas are very important for foreign students in these fields particularly those hoping to pursue careers in academia. H1B visas are in fact a beacon of hope that brings many talented students to America, with the promise of finding a job here. As a matter of fact, many of these students go on to work on projects that are important for human health, e.g. COVID-19 research. It is convenient for the country to attract and retain their talent, of which there is currently a shortage. Not every H1B holder is an underpaid scrum master. Some are legitimately scientists doing on a postdoc in academia, and working to improve lives. For those of you rejoicing, I just want to ask you to do more research in how this rash policy change may impact the lives of real people.

This is very cool! I wonder if using input from multiple cameras, plus a 3D rig can improve the accuracy of the rendering.

Another option is to host the comments in Github/Gitlab issues. There are several plugins that allow users to login using OAuth and post comments.

Gitalk is one of them: https://github.com/gitalk/gitalk/

Vssue supports both GitHub and GitLab, and allows users to edit and delete their comments: https://vssue.js.org/

And there is also Gitment: https://github.com/imsun/gitment

In science, NAMD, one of the most popular molecular dynamics simulation packages, and VMD, a molecular visualization tool are scripted in TCL.