akashshah87
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Comment · 11 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Summary from ChatGPT:
- DHS proposes replacing the random H-1B lottery with a weighted system based on wage levels (higher wage = higher chance).
- Weighting scheme: Wage Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4.
- Goal: favor higher-skilled/higher-paid workers while still leaving a chance for lower wage levels.
- Differs from the 2020 rule (rank-order by wage); this uses probability weighting, not exclusion.
Comment · 1 year ago
“The U.S. began defunding UNESCO under Obama after it admitted Palestine as a full member—and then withdrew entirely during Trump’s first term.” — [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/world/europe/us-withdraw-...)
This isn’t just a blip, but part of a long-term downward trajectory in U.S. and UNESCO relations.
Comment · 1 year ago
The population of Manhattan peaked in the 1910s. Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_New_Yor...
Comment · 2 years ago
Yes, donating stock means you avoid capital gains. But even more relevant in this case is that she likely inherited the Berkshire stock from her husband which also resets the cost basis which means she wouldn't have had to pay capital gains even if she had sold the portfolio instead of donating.
Comment · 3 years ago
>> as all cardholders get their bills on the same date, giving customer service reps a huge peak in workload.
A real world manifestation of the thundering herd problem
Comment · 3 years ago
Unfortunately, looks like https://www.tarsnap.com/infrastructure.html will have to be updated.
>> So far such an outage has never occurred; but over time Tarsnap will become more tolerant of failures in order to minimize the probability that such an outage occurs in the future.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is not true. If the bonds are held to maturity, there are no losses.
That's because he was only the second-best sci-fi writer but the best science writer in the world at the time [Clarke-Asimov Treaty of Park Avenue|https://sfandfantasy.co.uk/php/the-big-3.php]