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xoneill··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2025)
Just offering constructive criticism here. These portfolios and home pages look like crap - I would never hire any of you. We do not care who you are and what you do. What can you do for me.
xoneill··on Tracking America's Egg Crisis
An article/website exploring the economic factors behind the rise in egg prices, including supply chain disruptions, the widespread impact of avian flu, and the market forces driving these changes.
xoneill··on Ask HN: How do you backup your Android?
Syncthing
xoneill··on H1B / Offshoring Concerns
Ah ok, seeing it now - thanks!
xoneill··on Why are corporations cutting managers?
Part of the problem:

https://47cleanupcrew.com/

"Of course they want to bring in Indians and Artificial Intelligence. Why would they want to pay a US citizen $100,000 a year or whatever the commensurate salary is for your job."

xoneill··on H1B / Offshoring Concerns
Looks like HN just pulled this post?
xoneill··on H1B / Offshoring Concerns
This is exactly what I did, proactively. I figured, better I just bite the bullet on my own terms. Saved up money for a year, and made the jump.
xoneill··on H1B / Offshoring Concerns
Reddit post pulled despite a a very healthy debate over a growing issue:

https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1htnn3m/ame...

With all the debate over H1Bs, Offshoring is orders of magnitude more damaging.

Of course they want to bring in Indians. Why would they want to pay a US citizen $100,000 a year or whatever the commensurate salary is for your job:

https://47cleanupcrew.com/america-doesnt-got-talent/

xoneill··on America Doesn't Got Talent (H1Bs)
Many of these these companies are US only. If many continue doing this, if this trend continues - it's pretty obvious where this goes.
xoneill··on America Doesn't Got Talent (H1Bs)
Wow! Didn't now that, thanks for sharing. They've exploited this well, even after tons analysis - I'm still stumbling upon new things.
xoneill··on America Doesn't Got Talent (H1Bs)
Everyone's fretting over H1Bs displacing US jobs. H1Bs are not required when they're displacing you via offshoring.
xoneill··on H1Bs America Doesn't Got Talent
Many are fretting over H1Bs displacing US jobs. Who needs them when theyre already displacing you via outsourcing.
xoneill··on AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a week in office
They're not out of touch they know exactly what they're doing, following orders while these centibillionaires are jockeying for position on the Forbes 100.

The strategy was and always will be bottom line: Displacement of American workers through attrition by hiring remote Asian workers -- 1 FTE = 4 Indian workers.

'Most' of these are American companies selling American products and services to Americans. If they like Asia so freaking much, leave the US and go sell your $hitty products and services over there!

xoneill··on AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a week in office
The right idea? These companies have no problem outsourcing American jobs -- outside of the US!

RTO my a$$, the strategy was and always will be displacement of American workers through attrition by hiring remote Asian workers -- 1 FTE = 4 Indian workers.

'Most' of these are American companies selling American products and services to Americans. If they like Asia so freaking much, leave the US and go sell your $hitty products and services over there!

xoneill··on AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a week in office
No, the unspoken of motive behind this is to put more money in investor pockets while centibillionaires jokey for position on the Forbes' 100.

This is complete bullshit!

The strategy here is to displace American workers through attrition by hiring remote Asian workers -- 1 FTE = 4 Indian workers.

These companies have no problem outsourcing American jobs -- outside of the US!

'Most' of these are American companies selling American products and services to Americans. If they like Asia so freaking much, leave the US and go sell your $hitty products and services over there!

xoneill··on AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a week in office
This is complete shit!

The strategy here is to displace American workers through attrition by hiring remote Asian workers -- 1 FTE = 4 Indian workers.

These companies have no problem outsourcing American jobs -- outside of the US!

'Most' of these are American companies selling American products and services to Americans. If they like Asia so freaking much, leave the US and go sell your $hitty products and services over there!

xoneill··on Why Companies Are Ditching the Cloud: The Rise of Cloud Repatriation
Telco, and I'm sure other industries, are adopting hybrid. Many things core to the business are being yanked out of the cloud.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Just added the BIMI stuff.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Fixed, thanks! Embarrassing :).
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Valid point, thanks. I debated added a section concerning BIMI :). I'll add something in the next revision.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Removed! Yeah, bad attempt at humor. And certainly not done in support of said candidate.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Very valid point. I just removed my poor attempt at political humor. It was not meant in support of any candidates.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Thank! Will look into this and reconsider.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Agreed, this is the upside for sure. Despite frustrations, I'm hoping this cleans things up.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
That sucks! And fixing reputation is at best a nightmare. I've seen suggestions about purchasing / sending email from other domains - to protect your primary domain. Not something I really care to do.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
There's some online tools out there, and an OSS project that'll scan DKIM reports for you - but this was all I could find. Beyond this, there's commercial tooling / services. I may implement something that keeps a tab on things if I come across any issues.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Thanks for the info. For years, I've been using trial & error / reverse engineering approaches to improve deliverability. Frustrating!
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
This was my initial thought too. These guidelines have been around for ages, and just now being officially implemented in 2024.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
I've been wrestling with this for years as well. I hope with these guidelines being published / transparent by the big 3, things behave consistently.
xoneill··on A deep dive into email deliverability in 2024
Just a freindly reminder. I wrote a thorough guide on email hygeine here, includes validation tools to help troubleshoot & straighten things out.