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by dmode 9y ago
Trump administration has been increasingly hostile to legal immigrants, so this doesn’t surprise me one bit. Everyday there is a new policy change in USCIS designed to screw immigrants, whose only crime is working on high paid jobs. I am on
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Ask HN: H1/L1 folks, how are you coping with the hostile visa environment?
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by dmode 9y ago
Given the margin of Trump's victory was so small, and he lost the overall popular vote, I would be surprised that anyone can be confident of a victory looking at any data set.
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by dmode 9y ago
India tried this approach for multiple years and was a catastrophic failure. Indians had to survive on subpar cars such as Ambassador and Maruti, expensive TVs and fridge with subpar quality, and a dwindling economy. The way many Asian econ
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by dmode 9y ago
Even if they mass produced an EV, I still wouldn't buy one from them. Reason - 1. they will nickel and dime customers like crazy and charge for LED lights, 17" wheels, CarPlay subscription 2. iDrive is a relic from 90s, an archaic
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by dmode 9y ago
Can someone comment on what are some compelling use cases for Magic Leap that can be developed using these APIs ? Still seems to me that they are constrained by a device that you need to carry
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by dmode 9y ago
I know when Uber was stopped by CA DMV to operate its self driving cars without a permit, the Arizona governor went all out to promote the state as a beacon of business friendliness and deregulation etc. etc. Perhaps, when something is as c
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by dmode 9y ago
Order to cash is a core part of any ERP module and SAP and Oracle have been selling it for decades.
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by dmode 9y ago
Slightly off topic, but these huge rounds at Robinhood, Airtable and Doordash a few days back underscores how the Valley is still the place to be. There have been a number of posts in HN over the last few years about how another region is a
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by dmode 9y ago
The length Trump supporters will go to spin his behavior. Cheating on a pregnant wife is now acceptable.
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by dmode 9y ago
What nonsense. Now any unilateral measures can be imposed in the name of “national security”.
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by dmode 9y ago
How does 1,2, and 4 matter ? Did he defraud investors ? Yes. Was it illegal, yes ? How does it matter if he was a total douche. He would still be out and doing his thing if he didn't commit a crime.
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by dmode 9y ago
How does this affect people living on Western borders in China ? Do they have really long days ?
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by dmode 9y ago
This. As a parent, I would love to have daylight after work so that I can enjoy some time with my kid outdoors. It is depressing to pick up your child when it is already dark outside.
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by dmode 9y ago
Once you introduce advertising, you have to hire an army of engineers, biz devs, ad ops, revenue folks, accounting, finance, sales folks to manage that business. The ad business seems so complex with so many players.
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by dmode 9y ago
Investors must be seeing something that we ordinary peasants are missing. Has there been another company that raised so much money PRIOR to a commercial product launch ?
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by dmode 9y ago
As a consultant who used to fly every week for three years, and hated it, I cannot believe people will voluntarily do this. My consulting travel almost killed my marriage.
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by dmode 9y ago
How many of this “Silicon Valley comes to Midwest” article do we need ? It’s all feel good, but numbers don’t support it. And this PR move has been happening for 3-4 years at least. Just other day DoorDash raised $535mn and it is based in P
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by dmode 9y ago
I have ordered with Doordash 10-15 times. It failed me only once when the "dasher" delivered my food to a random neighbor (who actually ate all of it)
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by dmode 9y ago
You are thinking about this based on your experience with traditional cars. When you drive today, think about all the moments of interactions that you have with the car while driving. It is fairly limited. You would change volume controls,
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by dmode 9y ago
I don't think it explains anything. A car purchase decision is based on a number of different factors. Availability of buttons is certainly one of them, and it is reasonable to believe that many Tesla owners have bought their vehicles
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by dmode 9y ago
I don't understand everyone's complaints about Model 3 missing tactile buttons. I went from BMW (which had buttons everywhere) to Model S. I have had the S for 2 years and have never missed any tactile button. Nor have I met any M
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by dmode 9y ago
I am probably an exception, but I actually love this monoculture. I don't have to explain to anyone that I work at Houzz and get blank stares. The monoculture also has advantages of adopting things quickly. Like Tesla cars were on the
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by dmode 9y ago
Austin belongs to Tier 4. It is no way close to Seattle in terms of tech jobs and growing tech scenes
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by dmode 9y ago
This is the first time I have heard that SF housing market has been stagnant for years. I made 200k profit on my 600k house in East Bay in 2 years (sold in 2016). That house is up another 100k. So not sure what you are referring to here.
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by dmode 9y ago
These cost of living calculators are severely flawed. It fails to capture that RSUs form a significant % of compensation in the Bay Area. It also fails to capture the exponential impact of high dual income. Also, fails to account for rapid
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by dmode 9y ago
US savings rate actually dropped to a 12 yr low recently https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-savings-rate-falli...
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by dmode 9y ago
I would not have worried too much of a Dow correction, but I feel like a trifecta of events are coming together that is a bit concerning. First, is the explosion of US government deficit which could potentially lead to austerity measures in
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by dmode 9y ago
I have an electric car and I know many people have electric cars. Each have their own motivations, for some people it is to save on gas. Others for carpool access, while still others are for environmental reasons. I doubt Nissan Leaf is a g
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by dmode 9y ago
You do realize that most of the deficit is due to massive dip in tax receipts during the Great Recession followed by automatic increase in spending triggered by dramatic rise in unemployment rates. Deficit actually was reduced significantly

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