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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by penskymaterial on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:35PM (#50009012)

  s/American/British/
  s/European/Polish/
or

  s/American/Canadian/
  s/European/Indian/
There has to be a common thread here (ignore Canada's lack of boardwalks).
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by epgui on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:42PM (#50009118)
What does this mean? Use more words please.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by gorjusborg on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:46PM (#50009194)
The s/something/other/ patterns are regular expression replaces.

He's saying you can replace 'something' for 'other' in each of those patterns.

Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by ecshafer on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:46PM (#50009188)
They are (quite obviously) saying that this could be changed to British people commenting on how all of the service jobs are Poles, or Canadians commenting how they are all Indian.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by jameshart on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:51PM (#50009285)
… as a way to express what, though?

That American complaints of this form are not unique and therefore should be disregarded? That American complaints of this form are universal and therefore indicative of a global pattern that should be concerning?

Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by badc0ffee on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:51PM (#50009280)
Seems like a pre-Brexit example for Britain.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by jppittma on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:46PM (#50009199)
I feel like AI has ruined hn
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by overfeed on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:00PM (#50009458)
I agree! People can't recognize regex-replace statements anymore! a forum commenting tradition that goes back decades.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by nuancebydefault on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:53PM (#50009329)
HN and regular expressions are best friends.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by aembleton on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:30PM (#50009927)
\bai\b
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by epgui on Friday October 09, 2026 @02:12PM (#50024517)
How does AI relate to my question?
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by esafak on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:56PM (#50009378)
Other countries import cheap labor too.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by snapcaster on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:11PM (#50009633)
whats your point?