legolas2412

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by legolas2412 10mo ago
I am reading the article and it looks like it is being compared to the elder cohorts of Qubec children and also rest of Canada. Looks like Quebec's past and rest of Canada is the control.
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by legolas2412 1y ago
You might want to make the sarcasm clearer. People might think Elon Musk actually said that.
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by legolas2412 1y ago
Not related, but to add some woes of the american immigration system. There is no instant green card. If a truly extraordinary Indian-born person (say a Nobel laureate or olympic gold medalist) files for a green card today, they will be wai
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by legolas2412 1y ago
On paper sure. But what is the reality like?
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by legolas2412 1y ago
Please read about Dr. Shakil Afridi. The doctor who helped CIA find Laden has been in Pakistani prison for a decade plus now, on false drummed up charges. Why are you sure that Pakistan is not supporting terrorists now, after decades and de
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by legolas2412 2y ago
> It’s not like subpar research is ubiquitously getting funded over better research with lower “broader impacts” scores. Yeah I don't buy that. I've seen equity directives in universities explicitly asking to hire only underrep
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by legolas2412 2y ago
wiv was not documenting them. Hospitals were documenting flu like cases increasing at exponential rages. And there are hospitals everywhere
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by legolas2412 2y ago
As someone else has said, this isn't legal. I hope you don't publicize the actions you took.
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by legolas2412 2y ago
I will be actually inquisitive now. This is certainly new knowledge for me. What in the deal made it "less than a state"?
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by legolas2412 2y ago
But Israel was not the one that rejected two state solutions offered by UN in 1948, USA in 2000, and by Israel in 1990s, 2008 etc. It was Arab countries, and Palestinian leaders. Why was Palestine not a state before 1967 with Gaza and West
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by legolas2412 2y ago
USA is not a real democracy either in your definition.
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by legolas2412 3y ago
Jersey City has the broker problem too
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by legolas2412 3y ago
If only I could be in so much debt and the govt gives me a loan with such generous terms. The government undoubtedly provided its backing to the banks. That "profit" is not commensurate to the risk that the govt took on.
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by legolas2412 3y ago
> By this metric, we can see that the states where it’s easiest to find housing include Utah (2.83 units per capita), California (2.75), Hawaii (2.57), and Texas (2.57). Overall, in the United States, there are approximately 2.35 housing
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by legolas2412 3y ago
> Programs like Head Start in the US have measurable positive impact: Something can have an unjustified basis, but have a measurable positive impact. Just because the unjustified basis of race was correlated with income. But using the ju
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by legolas2412 3y ago
> It USED to be a very valid disadvantage across the board to have a minority race or skin color I completely agree that this used to be the case. I might even argue that it is still true to an extent. I will also agree that we should st
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by legolas2412 3y ago
Umm, NYC is 30% white (so, 70% non-white). If among those who left were 64% non-white (or 36% white), if anything, whites are disproportionately being pushed out. Although I would not say there was any group who is a majority in NYC.
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by legolas2412 3y ago
s/India/Whatever_group_you_think_it_was/g I am Indian, and Indians often get attacked for 70% H1b going to India. I am tired of it. I do not represent the Indian govt when I try to find job in USA.
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by legolas2412 3y ago
EB are immigraiton visas, that is green card visas. Unless you imagine that people just file EB visas to come work in the USA. Clearly you have zero idea of what work visas people get. Also, just do a google search, "high-skilled profe
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by legolas2412 3y ago
> First, people on H1B already have to prove they are being paid above the average market. Why should a software dev in SF being paid 150k$ be considered as good a candidate compared to one being paid 400k$? Why do you call it a "hi
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by legolas2412 3y ago
While that can obviously happen, here are a few more thoughts 1. Most grad students are also Indians, and the OPT (->STEM) -> H1B is a common path to employment based visas. And US universities are not unreasonably favoring Indians. 2
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by legolas2412 3y ago
Google does this.
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by legolas2412 3y ago
Nopes, everyone uses cloud VMs by default. These VMs were very powerful too.
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by legolas2412 3y ago
No, not illegal at all.
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by legolas2412 3y ago
Calling it fraud is stupid. They deliberately reduced the work that is required, allowing people to file applications easily and cheaply. They deliberately allow people to file multiple applications, that I have not seen a single legitimate
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by legolas2412 3y ago
History also definitely shows that nepotistic or race-centered systems really did not work out fine. In fact the malinged systems made by rich white people were nepotistic and race-centered. What history does show us is that systems that re
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by legolas2412 3y ago
So, if one kid gets more parental attention and devotes more effort in studying than peers of the same income level and means, that is "privilege"?
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by legolas2412 3y ago
Encouraging rich people to spend, and using that money to better support poor and working class people is a great idea.
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by legolas2412 4y ago
Why would you not normalize by population to quote per Capita numbers?
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by legolas2412 4y ago
Wow. Do you imply SF should embrace crime because that's the only way to keep things affordable?

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