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legolas2412

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    Comment #46018069

    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 c…

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    Comment #44309484

    You might want to make the sarcasm clearer. People might think Elon Musk actually said that.

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    Comment #44008438

    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 g…

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    Comment #43915816

    On paper sure. But what is the reality like?

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    Comment #43915743

    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 Pak…

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    Comment #42890126

    > 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 unive…

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    Comment #42830119

    wiv was not documenting them. Hospitals were documenting flu like cases increasing at exponential rages. And there are hospitals everywhere

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    Comment #42455135

    As someone else has said, this isn't legal. I hope you don't publicize the actions you took.

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    Comment #40590984

    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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    Comment #40590518

    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. W…

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    Comment #40590401

    USA is not a real democracy either in your definition.

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    Comment #40590375

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    Comment #40087222

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    Comment #39450041

    Jersey City has the broker problem too

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    Comment #39442350

    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 commens…

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    Comment #39401464

    > 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, i…

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    Comment #39266834

    > 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 b…

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    Comment #39266626

    > 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 sti…

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    Comment #38700264

    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 …

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    Comment #37961926

    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…

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    Comment #37961911

    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 …

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    Comment #37961484

    > 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 compar…

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    Comment #37961278

    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…

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    Comment #37790218

    Google does this.

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    Comment #37783674

    Nopes, everyone uses cloud VMs by default. These VMs were very powerful too.