bruceb

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Organizing the world's information...well at least the online learning part.

www.coursebuffet.com

bruce (at) coursebuffet(dot) com

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Comment · 3 months ago
Initial impression is too much information. Multiple things competing for my attention when I land on your page. Trim the text a bit and decide the order of importance of the things you are offering. .
Comment · 7 months ago
I wonder if NBA has higher % of players (employees) who directly work with each other where the difference is pay can be substitutional than regular businesses.
Comment · 8 months ago
You can. Most children are not going to end up on HN when they are older. The stories you read here about hacking system at 11 are outliers.
Comment · 8 months ago
Comment · 9 months ago
I think you are not understanding me. My contention is adjustments of status snafus isn't going to be much different than K1 approval rates in terms of how people are treated. It seems by the numbers, people are treated the same as it relates K1 whether they come from a "right skin color" country or not. Why is that going to be wildly different when it comes to minor issues?
Comment · 9 months ago
The K1 approvel rate seems a decent proxy instead of 1 lawyer's opinion. Acceptance went up during V1 of the current administation. https://visagrader.com/visa-approvals-and-refusals/K1

Jamaica, not known for having lots of people with pale skin, has basicaly same approval rate as Germany. https://visagrader.com/visa-approvals-and-refusals/K1/jamaic...

https://visagrader.com/visa-approvals-and-refusals/K1/german...

Would be unlikely that the USCIS radically changed their approach when dealing with paperwork messups for populations if these different countries while apparently approving applications at basically the same exact rate.

Comment · 9 months ago
You have it backwards. Police shooting a white person will get less attention than if they were not white.
Comment · 9 months ago
Comment · 9 months ago
Most K1 applications are approved, most are female, most are not white. I doubt your case would have been any different had you not been a "'the right color' and a high-earning male".
Comment · 9 months ago
Not just pressure. Stoping SNAP benefits from funding these sugar and oil peddlers is a good thing.
Comment · 9 months ago
Pure partisan spite. The gov't not spending money on candy and sugary drinks is good. Just like when Michelle Obama pushed for better school lunches.
Comment · 9 months ago
One of the dumbest, frustrating things during Obama's Administration was the partisan Republican attack on Michelle Obama's push for healthier school lunches.

Democrats should not reflexive be against this just because they don't like the current president or HHS secetry. Same thing with the restrictions on buying soda and junk food with SNAP.

The supermarket is filled with processed food. Black cat/White cat whatever catches the mouse. The push to eat real food is good. Embrace it even if you don't like people behind it.

Comment · 10 months ago
Refreshing Musk is not mentioned here. He says some stupid stuff but he has made his money actually making inovative products that move the world forward. So dumb to hear him talked about as an oligarch.

Plenty of others making their fortune through rent seeking means that could be focused on.

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