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samfisher83 commented on Ask HN: Build a startup in the US while on H-1B Visa?    · Posted by u/neipme
samfisher83 · 2 years ago
https://www.lawfirm4immigrants.com/h-1b-holder-start-a-busin...

>So, if you decide to work actively for your own company – managing day-to-day activities, acting in elevated positions such as CEO including managerial or executive positions, and hiring-firing people in your business, it might lead to revocation of your H-1B status.

samfisher83 commented on What I Think About LeBron Breaking My NBA Scoring Record   kareem.substack.com/p/wha... · Posted by u/breck
ssgodderidge · 3 years ago
> If I had a choice of having my scoring record remain intact for another hundred years or spend one afternoon with my grandchildren, I’d be on the floor in seconds stacking Legos and eating Uncrustables.

Amazing. This guy gets it. We worship competitors like Jordan who “always want to win.” But we forget that all that really matters is the time we get with our loved ones. That’s what true winning is. Kareem is wise

samfisher83 · 3 years ago
He was kind of considered very aloof and an asshole during his career. Sometimes people age and become more mellow.
samfisher83 commented on Slack is cutting 10% of its product and engineering org   businessinsider.com/sales... · Posted by u/paywallasinbeer
samfisher83 · 3 years ago
Given software salaries are pretty high why not cut 10% of comp?

Unless they just wanted to fire them and just using this time as an excuse.

samfisher83 commented on Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang are cooperating in the criminal case against SBF   nytimes.com/2022/12/21/te... · Posted by u/infrawhispers
B4CKlash · 3 years ago
The prisoner's dilemma strikes again.
samfisher83 · 3 years ago
There was so much evidence that even if everyone stayed silent they weren't getting off.
samfisher83 commented on Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far   techcrunch.com/2022/10/28... · Posted by u/jiwidi
halfmatthalfcat · 3 years ago
Prediction: Brain drain at Twitter begins as Elon starts enacting unpopular policies. Valuation tanks. Morale becomes non-existent and Twitter slowly starts to fade from existence while competitors begin to fill the void. I give it 3-5 years before it's gone full husk.
samfisher83 · 3 years ago
He plans to fire most of them. I don't think he thinks they are are that smart.

He could be right or wrong.

samfisher83 commented on In Another Blow to Meta, Apple Demands 30% Cut From Promoted Social Posts   gizmodo.com/apple-faceboo... · Posted by u/sharemywin
samfisher83 · 3 years ago
Microsoft got smacked down for installing it's browser. How the government hasn't fined apple like a 100 billion dollars makes no sense.
samfisher83 commented on Why 23.976 and not 24 FPS? (2016)   cinematography.com/index.... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
nmilo · 3 years ago
Sometimes it makes me sad how "boring" digital transmission is. Just pack up your data and send it over IP. Life is too easy.
samfisher83 · 3 years ago
The digital data in many cases is still transformed into sine waves before being transmitted and received. There is a bunch of rf involved.
samfisher83 commented on Will young Americans want to work in semiconductor manufacturing? [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=jlAWx... · Posted by u/henning
samfisher83 · 3 years ago
I used to work in semi. Pay and opportunities are way better in software.
samfisher83 commented on The Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion   vice.com/en/article/n7zev... · Posted by u/gok
samfisher83 · 3 years ago
It was court ordered. Facebook didn't just give this information voluntarily to police.

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KarmaCake day5067March 29, 2013View Original