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giveita commented on Ants that seem to defy biology – They lay eggs that hatch into another species smithsonianmag.com/smart-... · Posted by u/sampo

rsynnott · 5 months ago

Well, no, I’m actually surprised that whoever wrote the Old Testament _was_ up enough on their biology (or at least aligned with biology, however accidentally) to realise that most animals reproduce sexually. This certainly wasn’t the conventional view in the Greek world, say, nor was it in the West until the 18th century or so.

giveita · 5 months ago

What was this view exactly? They would have know their pets and farm animals reproduced sexually. I guess it isn't a leap to think all mammals? So what animals did they think did not?

giveita commented on How to waste CPU like a Professional mostlynerdless.de/blog/20... · Posted by u/tanelpoder

woah · 5 months ago

These days it's all about wasting GPU like a professional

giveita · 5 months ago

Stop gatekeeping. With vibe coding anyone can waste GPU.

giveita commented on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/mriguy

kelnos · 5 months ago

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

giveita · 5 months ago

Well it aint a shibboleth either.

giveita commented on Rails Needs New Governance davidcel.is/articles/rail... · Posted by u/romellem

giveita · 5 months ago

What does DHH political views have to do with Ruby or Rails?

Sure dont let one person dominate the discussion though, if indeed he is.

Also noticed some of the hyperlinks are not good summaries of the linked thing. That is all I can say as dont want to start tangent, see if you agree.

giveita commented on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/mriguy

nine_k · 5 months ago

So startups often bring in H1B employees? What prevents them from hiring the same great people remotely?

giveita · 5 months ago

If you hire someone in say Australia you would be subject to its fair work act, and its courts. You'd need to sus out the tax situation too.

What if they are a contractor? Well usually the law treats these things like ducks and asks if they quack. If it quacks like employment it is subject to that law.

giveita commented on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/mriguy

moralestapia · 5 months ago

Yes, this is the way to go.

giveita · 5 months ago

Trump's plan might help with my dream of being able to be paid well in tech without going to the US. This action is another reason to divest from the one tech hub to around temperature works.

giveita commented on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/mriguy

aylmao · 5 months ago

The pendulum swung really hard back to in-person office work a couple years ago. I wonder if this will swing it back and make more positions remote-friendly.

giveita · 5 months ago

Remote if you live outside US. You get a COL indexed salary.

giveita commented on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/mriguy

FL33TW00D · 5 months ago

Throw away the H1B, introduce streamlined high skill immigration to the US. Top 1% of talent from all over the world should be able to move in under 2 weeks.

The first country that cracks this will have streets paved with gold.

giveita · 5 months ago

Quite a think to crack. My company takes 2 months to decide on whether to hire the top 1% of a very specific profession.

giveita commented on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/mriguy

giveita · 5 months ago

Dog whistle?

giveita commented on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/mriguy

mooreds · 5 months ago

Sorry, is this legal? Like is the fee something that can be changed with an EO, or is it set by congress?

The original Bloomberg article doesn't state: https://archive.is/tpuut

Some research (okay, okay, I used Claude) indicates that "In summary, while Congress provides the statutory authority and mandates certain specific fees, the specific amounts for most H1B fees are set through the regulatory process by DHS/USCIS based on cost recovery principles and activity-based costing analysis."

Further, "The core authority comes from the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 286(m), 8 U.S.C. 1356(m), which authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to set fees for adjudication services "at a level that will ensure recovery of the full costs of providing all such services".

From the legislation ( https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title8/pdf/U... ):

That fees for providing adjudication and naturalization services may be set at a level that will ensure recovery of the full costs of providing all such services, includ- ing the costs of similar services provided with- out charge to asylum applicants or other immi- grants. Such fees may also be set at a level that will recover any additional costs associated with the administration of the fees collected.

giveita · 5 months ago

They have already torn up the constitution, this would be small potatoes.