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YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can’t get US visas

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Post by foota »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #497
drc511 wrote: post #461

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What YC has to do - is classical very very early Symptom Ecosystem dissolution.i.e. SV (i know its too early to say so). Its very hard to disrupt such woven ecosystem due to inherent resiliency and there is higher chances it will survive but this is unprecedented . I checked few VC twitter feeds, they are leaning towards Canada ,very early ,very slow but still unprecedented.Networks are strong as long as the inflecti…

If there is a move of any importance into Canada (doubtful to me as a Canadian) it will not be to Vancouver with its outrageous real estate prices, and very few tech companies, but to the Greater Toronto/Hamilton area, which is where 90% of these types of businesses are. Amazon, Google, and IBM are all already here or around here [Google is in Kitchener/Waterloo]. Apple is here for sales/marketing only (at least when…

I wouldn't underestimate the advantage that being on the West Coast provides.

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Post by fixxer »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #508
fixxer wrote: post #426

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I hear a lot of people in my area (West burbs of Chicago) joke about building the wall up to cut off California. Sure, they're joking, but I don't think the average citizen outside CA gives a damn about the state as a tax revenue base. They do, however, get tired of the far left rhetoric. Nobody thinks more highly about California than Californians. Personally, I am ambivalent (and technically I am a Californian).

Only in the US could middle of the road Keynesian economics with a touch of social liberalism be called "far left" Good grief.

The flip side of that sentiment is calling fascism on anyone who thinks sanctuary cities are bullshit.

The lunacy is bipartisan.

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Post by nradov »

mschuster91 wrote: post #499
jacquesm wrote: post #198

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> Excluding thermonuclear war, if things get annoying enough we'll just elect a democrat next year and restore the political arena that people believe is best. Most likely not next year.

> Most likely not next year. In Germany and many other European countries, when the government resigns (or the government is mistrusted by parliament), there is the possibility of immediate new elections. Is this totally impossible in the US?

Totally impossible (unless Congress or the States amend the Constitution to make it possible).

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Post by anigbrowl »

dragonwriter wrote: post #480
mehaveaccount wrote: post #214

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Calexit would allow California to bring in anyone they want though, and SF wouldn't have to worry about the US immigration policy screwing up it's tech scene. I'm looking forward to the Calexit proposition vote.

> Calexit would allow California to bring in anyone they want though In the same way that secession allowed the Confederacy to do that. The US has no equivalent of the EU's Article 50, and until it does, "Calexit" means a war that California is in no position to win.

War is coming anyway so it's just a question of how it manifests.

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Post by wfo »

ythn wrote: post #282
wfo wrote: post #92

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Pretending you can ignore politics in any discussion other than a technical seminar about compiler optimization is in itself a political position: you are supporting the people who can afford to ignore politics at the expense of those who can't, endorsing the status quo whatever that happens to be. This post is about people who are worried about being banned/being banned from the country who previously could enter an…

Politics discussions are so unfruitful though. Everyone replies to everyone else with the exact same format: "The problem with that way of thinking is [problem]. It's dangerous to think that way. In reality, my way of thinking is superior"

I don't find them unfruitful. I find them quite fruitful and enjoy and learn from political discussions with others. The problem with them is that they are not scientific or technical questions, and this forum is populated by a lot of people who naturally tend to look at things from a science perspective -- that there is a correct answer, and we just need to arrive at it. A discussion is only 'fruitful' if it gets us closer to that goal.

There isn't a correct answer in humanities/politics but that doesn't stop some answers from being very bad, and some answers being better than others, or from some answers being interesting and insightful and valuable regardless of how 'correct' they are.

There's definitely a range of quality in politics discussions though and the barrier for entry to having an opinion is very, very low unlike technical discussions -- it's very easy for it to quickly sink to the lowest form of human interaction that you're describing -- Breitbart, 4chan, youtube comments, /r/politics, etc. I find HN is markedly better than that almost all of the time.

And your quote isn't even so horrible. Pointing out problems with a particular point of view if new can be enormously insightful and helpful.

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Post by komali2 »

fixxer wrote: post #512
cmrdporcupine wrote: post #508

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Only in the US could middle of the road Keynesian economics with a touch of social liberalism be called "far left" Good grief.

The flip side of that sentiment is calling fascism on anyone who thinks sanctuary cities are bullshit. The lunacy is bipartisan.

I could make a strong argument, however, that a government seeking to strip the ability of states (cities) to have "sanctuary status" is fascist, or at the very least not very republican.

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Post by komali2 »

kolbe wrote: post #501
komali2 wrote: post #284

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The obvious question is will the US government allow one of its most profitable states to leave? Highly doubtful. Great way to start another civil war, though!

I'm sure Cali would be able to leave, they just wouldn't be able to take their assets with them.

Outside oil and crops, California assets are people, yea? Engineers.

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Post by Daishiman »

briandear wrote: post #478
clamprecht wrote: post #4

Wow. We often wonder how the Bay Area would be unseated as startup capital of the world. Maybe it'll be the US's immigration problem.

Ever tried to get a visa as an American for Europe or the U.K.? Good luck with that.

It's way easier to get a tech visa for Europe of the UK. At the very least you don't have to wait around for an H1B lottery.

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Post by madeofpalk »

ddebernardy wrote: post #118

In light of recent events [0], there's a non-zero chance that some founders out there would rather avoid going to the US at all - if only to protest with their wallet. It might be more sensible to open a second incubator in the EU. Berlin, Amsterdam, Dublin, Barcelona, there are plenty of options. (London is a good choice on paper too but pray tell what'll happen after Brexit.) [0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/new…

Sydney!

To your note about people avoiding the US - I've already seen this for personal travel. I was planning on doing a bit of a holiday around the country, but now the US just leaves such a sour place in my mouth and I would much rather go elsewhere. A number of my friends have made the same decision.

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