profdevloper

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by profdevloper 7d ago
What, exactly, is a "literal Nazi" -- I think Tobi is German, but he seems more like a capitalist than a national socialist. /shrug
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by profdevloper 8d ago
Reject modernity, embrace tradition
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by profdevloper 21d ago
* America was built by pioneers and colonists who tamed the wild continent and helped create the modern civilization we enjoy. They brought their experience and culture from the Western civilization from which they were launched. * There a
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by profdevloper 21d ago
Is it not cruel to Americans to replace them with said slave labor through legislation? The people who built this prosperous modern nation that so many people wish to flock to for a better life are just kicked to the curb -- talk about crue
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by profdevloper 21d ago
> the US has been a country founded on immigration and racial diversity This is a misreading of pre-1965 history with respect to immigration. The Naturalization Act of 1790 explicitly states: "any Alien being a free white person, wh
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by profdevloper 21d ago
Yea, he sensed the heat that H1-B scab labor is getting now that the economy is in a downturn and AI is poised to take out a lot of high-tech white collar jobs. He wants to nominally end H1-B but really just wants to shift attention away f
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by profdevloper 22d ago
I'm relieved that the magic soil in the United States can improve these peoples' lives.
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by profdevloper 22d ago
Before Hart-Cellar we had national origin quotas, it wasn't a free-for-all.
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by profdevloper 22d ago
Ok, that has to be a joke. One thing that I continue to wonder about is why is sympathy always directed at the person who is visibly in rough sorts - these people are definitely suffering from mental illness and substance addictions, but th
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by profdevloper 23d ago
What recourse do those of us who want to live in a clean productive society have while we wait for the world's sociologists to finally figure out a solution to the homelessness problem? I don't think I'm alone in wanting to s
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by profdevloper 1mo ago
I think the scrutiny was due to him being an avatar for the frustrations around DEI and western society's focus on equality of outcome. He didn't deserve his position at Cambridge, but he didn't deserve this fate either.
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by profdevloper 1mo ago
Yes this is a common PERM loophole that companies exploit for cheap labor -- they can't get applicants to respond, so they have to look outside the US
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by profdevloper 1mo ago
Imagine how terrible it must be to live in Kurdistan or Afghanistan that these guys are willing to be tortured to remain in the United States.
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by profdevloper 2mo ago
No, deportation is the moderate option. Decline is a choice
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by profdevloper 2mo ago
I think immigration from developing nations does raise the standard of living for the immigrant (e.g. India), but not for the host nation -- it's called "regression to the mean". As far as GDP goes, I always think of this: &
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by profdevloper 2mo ago
If there is reduced demand for new housing due to increased inventory, there's less of a demand on construction for new housing. The expenses involved in new builds is both labor and building codes/restrictions - construction firm
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by profdevloper 2mo ago
Why is immigration always absent from these discussions on HN? the US has absorbed millions of people through immigration (both legal and illegal) which puts pressure on housing supply which drives up prices since supply is relatively inela
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by profdevloper 2mo ago
Just think -- with the increased efficiency, they will have more time for Tik Tok dances.
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
Nice -- now can they do fetuses?
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
Wait until you find out about Sysco
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
One thing not debatable -- the guy is dead. Whatever he was doing there, hope it was worth it.
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
Actually seems like it was 2 weeks before the incident -- I stand corrected. Looks like he was in a shoving match with people (possible LEO) before he was tackled and the firearm discharged.
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
Guilty until proven innocent
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
Video footage of him attempting to smash taillights of LEO vehicles
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
No, they don't, but real life is messy and the good guy doesn't always win. When you intentionally put yourself in a chaotic situation, bad things can happen. It's unclear if deadly force was justified in either the Good or
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
Sociopathy is a valuable skill in today's competitive marketplace.
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
Late 80's / early 90's was the war on fat, so companies introduced "low fat" versions of their products that replaced fat with sugar
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by profdevloper 3mo ago
Who's 'we' in this context? USA? China? Developing nations?
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by profdevloper 4mo ago
That's technically still true according to the tax laws here, but Trump raised the standard deduction during his first term in office so where I previously took an itemized deduction and claimed my mortgage interest from my taxable inc
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by profdevloper 5mo ago
Sure it may be the engineers implementing product tours, but I don't think they're the ones pushing for them.

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