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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @01:51PM (#48910563)
Initial impression is too much information. Multiple things competing for my attention when I land on your page. Trim the text a bit and decide the order of importance of the things you are offering. .
I read the actual report. It isn’t scientific. It’s just opinion masked in numbers.

Just because some is elected and does things you don’t like doesn’t mean democracy is ending.

I wonder if NBA has higher % of players (employees) who directly work with each other where the difference is pay can be substitutional than regular businesses.
Re:System76 on Age Verification Laws on Friday March 06, 2026 @01:41AM (#47271693)
You can. Most children are not going to end up on HN when they are older. The stories you read here about hacking system at 11 are outliers.
Re:Would You Buy Generic AI? on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @01:26PM (#47236573)
How many people use AI model routers to optimize cost? The poors will get genrics whether they like it or not? See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47236218
Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:15PM (#46559442)
I think you are not understanding me. My contention is adjustments of status snafus isn't going to be much different than K1 approval rates in terms of how people are treated. It seems by the numbers, people are treated the same as it relates K1 whether they come from a "right skin color" country or not. Why is that going to be wildly different when it comes to minor issues?
Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:46AM (#46554397)
The K1 approvel rate seems a decent proxy instead of 1 lawyer's opinion. Acceptance went up during V1 of the current administation. https://visagrader.com/visa-approvals-and-refusals/K1

Jamaica, not known for having lots of people with pale skin, has basicaly same approval rate as Germany. https://visagrader.com/visa-approvals-and-refusals/K1/jamaic...

https://visagrader.com/visa-approvals-and-refusals/K1/german...

Would be unlikely that the USCIS radically changed their approach when dealing with paperwork messups for populations if these different countries while apparently approving applications at basically the same exact rate.

Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods on Thursday January 08, 2026 @02:57PM (#46545666)
You have it backwards. Police shooting a white person will get less attention than if they were not white.
Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods on Thursday January 08, 2026 @02:53PM (#46545609)
Zero chance they will get life. Maybe they will get promoted. https://rollcall.com/2023/08/24/capitol-police-promotes-offi...
Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods on Thursday January 08, 2026 @02:36PM (#46545412)
Most K1 applications are approved, most are female, most are not white. I doubt your case would have been any different had you not been a "'the right color' and a high-earning male".
Re:Eat Real Food on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:42PM (#46529580)
Not just pressure. Stoping SNAP benefits from funding these sugar and oil peddlers is a good thing.
Re:Eat Real Food on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:40PM (#46529532)
Pure partisan spite. The gov't not spending money on candy and sugary drinks is good. Just like when Michelle Obama pushed for better school lunches.
Re:Eat Real Food on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:37PM (#46529478)
One of the dumbest, frustrating things during Obama's Administration was the partisan Republican attack on Michelle Obama's push for healthier school lunches.

Democrats should not reflexive be against this just because they don't like the current president or HHS secetry. Same thing with the restrictions on buying soda and junk food with SNAP.

The supermarket is filled with processed food. Black cat/White cat whatever catches the mouse. The push to eat real food is good. Embrace it even if you don't like people behind it.

Re:In 2026, Will Americans Turn Against Oligarchs? on Thursday January 01, 2026 @02:16AM (#46452029)
Refreshing Musk is not mentioned here. He says some stupid stuff but he has made his money actually making inovative products that move the world forward. So dumb to hear him talked about as an oligarch.

Plenty of others making their fortune through rent seeking means that could be focused on.

“Lie” I suggest not just reading clickbait headlines. Read the last 2 or 3 paragraphs of story where the writers often bury the inconvenient facts. Such as charges that would invalidate a legal immigrant’s status.

Millions of people who are from other countries are living perfectly fine in the US and not hiding in fear.

Re:Auraphone: A simple app to collect people's info at events on Thursday November 06, 2025 @08:08PM (#45842540)
Seems different form of friction? Scanning QR shows likely there but not quite proof (can just send screenshot of QR).
Re:US Passport Power Falls to Historic Low on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @04:25PM (#45597943)
If you think the country is falling apart and people are going to flee, then yes stock market would fall if those things did actually happen.
Re:US Passport Power Falls to Historic Low on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @04:11PM (#45597786)
Well they should stop worrying. They will be fine. I suggest they don't make MSNBC or similar as their only news outlet. (and yes same for people who only watch Fox news or Newsmax).
Re:US Passport Power Falls to Historic Low on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @04:07PM (#45597745)
"..as the US falls apart."

If you actually believe this, you are welcome to short American stocks. See how that works out.

Re:Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers on Monday September 15, 2025 @03:30PM (#45253941)
Article doesn't mention the pay once. No matter what you think about this issue, this is total trash journalism by the reporter Samuel Benson and Politico. No wonder people don't trust news sources.
Re: on Sunday September 14, 2025 @12:27AM (#45237444)
We don't know the motivation of the killer. Seems best to wait before inventing a motive.
"Immigration’s impact on wages, especially in the long term, is not as straightforward as “less supply → higher pay.”

"Restricting immigration might reduce competition in some low-skill job markets, but it can also harm industries that rely on labor shortages being filled"

So restricting immigration of low wage workers, would push up wages in low wage industries. Seems pretty clear.

Hundreds of thousand of foreigners were given work permits by the previous administration. You can see all the companies they highlight in the report here. Many do hire foreign workers: https://ips-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/executive_exce...

Clearly there foreign workers at Starbucks or there would not be protests: According to the popular videos circulating over the Internet, Starbucks halted a few minutes of their services across the nation as a form of protest against the recent “illegal deportation of immigrants.” "We are stopping work for a few minutes to read a statement in protest of actions against our fellow workers," Starbucks Workers United members at the Ellicott City location in Maryland said in a statement during their strike on April 1.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/glob...?

This is specifically addressing the type workers mentioned in the article. Restricting immigration of those who would compete with them. Which ain't going to be your Nvida type engineers.
Pushing the agenda of supply and demand? Generally any gain in income is NOT going towards the lowest rung American worker who are specifically being talked about here. This is why you always told by open border advocates if you restrict/enforce immigration the price if produce will rise. Why would that be..
This from an advocacy group with a clear agenda. But if they wanted to raise wages they could just advocate for less immigration and robust enforcement. Restrict supply, wages will rise. But they don't.
Selecting Other, some interesting jobs description including:

https://www.jobs.now/jobs/151415137-hotel-renovation-special... Must be fluent in Russian. Do you really need to have this to do the job?

https://www.jobs.now/jobs/153205684-senior-director-enrollme... Must have masters in Project Management, IT, Business Administration (pretty broad). Also have 4 years experience in enrollment management systems & operations in higher education setting.

Probably a decent number Americans who could qualify for this.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @01:55PM (#44436439)
Interesting approach. How would you make money?
Re:Show HN: Whenish – Plan Group Events in iMessages on Thursday May 22, 2025 @02:38PM (#44065233)
App size: 990.2 KB I don't think I have seen an iOS app under 1mb ever. Wow!

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