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I don’t know the full story, but a couple of things seem likely. One is political pressure—ICE needed to show they were “doing something,” which explains the 500 agents and helicopters. The other is that it works as a signal from Trump: if you’re a foreign company, invest all you want, but make sure the jobs and know-how go to Americans from the start.
In practice, Korean staff are essential for the initial setup of Korean companies’ factories. But even though Korea has an FTA with the US, it’s not allocated short-term work visa quotas (unlike Singapore, Chile, or Australia). For various political reasons, Korean firms have instead relied on ESTA short-term visas, and the US had tacitly allowed it. This time, however, a Republican filed a complaint saying these companies weren’t hiring Americans, which left ICE with little choice but to step in.

Show HN: Embedo – Word Equation Puzzle Game

Hello HN, Embedo is a word-equation puzzle game where you guess the solution to expressions like A + B − C. After each guess you see how close your word embedding is to the correct answer, which helps you converge quickly.Today's puzzle: pasta + noodle − lasagna = ?I built this for fun. Enjoy!https://plan9.kr/embedo/

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Show HN: Somehow people play this 100-char AI battle game all day

I built this game a few weeks ago, inspired by how we used to invent characters as kids and argue about who would win. (My wife keeps telling me I work too hard on things that make no money.)For the first few days almost nothing happened, then a small group of players went all-in, spun up a community, and the game started spreading by word of mouth.What's curious is that the most active players...

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Show HN: Text Battle – AI-simulated fights, daily leagues (Elo Ranking)

I built Text Battle, a lightweight web game where you:- Write a character prompt in ≤ 100 chars (e.g. "A sarcastic cyber-ninja with a plasma katana").- Earn Elo and appear in daily or unlimited-season leagues.Feedback I’m looking for:- Whether the 60 s cooldown feels fair vs. annoying.- Balance of Elo gains between free and paid matches.- I added micro-transactions because LLM costs are...

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> there is almost nothing “about go” to learn from watching alpha go play

That's not true.

Q: How much better is AI now compared to when Lee was playing against AlphaGo?

"It has increased enormously. It is only natural for the pros to lose a couple of spots. That's why most of the pros study baduk with AI."

Korean News Interview: http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=2019...