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Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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Honestly, with that kind of salary - it feels like you could save up enough to get to an EB-5 investors category, which have far shorter waiting times, correct? Or am I mistaken?

Even O-1 seems like it could be a good possibility (I wrote a reference letter for a colleague seeking the O-1 via a few years ago, and I only had to describe his work as open source project lead).

You mean EB-1. The O-1 is a temporary visa. Approvals of EB-1 are unfortunately highly subjective. It's like winning a lottery (based on who looks at your application).

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I've been here for 17+ years, earn $650k/yr and I'm still in the same boat. I'm at the mercy of the govt. if I want to change jobs. Moreover, I need to restart the labor certification process and reapply for my green card though I get to keep the same priority date. There's no end in sight i.e. I cannot predict when I'll get my green card due to the per-country cap and backlog. Worse, I cannot quit and take time off…

Surprised this is getting downvoted. These types of salaries are somewhat common in FANG companies for senior engineers and it is common for some of them (depending on their nationality) to still wait for the green card for 15+ yrs. I know people here won't like the truth but this is the current reality for Indian citizens legally immigrated in US. On the other hand, it is actually easier to get a green card if you a…

throwaway082729, I'm so sorry you're getting downvoted. You are the kind of person who deserves to have gotten permanent residence a long time ago.

Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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Please elaborate where there was ever a personal attack. Poster is willing debating the finer points of the topic. Debate is routinely attacking ideas; that is normal. Pointing out the trend of routine holes, inconsistencies, selectively addressing facts, glossing over arguments/facts, handwaving in the posters comments that demonstrate bias, blindspots, misrepresentation, poor judgement, dishonesty, ignorance, bigot…

Your first paragraph changed the topic into psychologizing the other commenter in a patronizing way. Please don't do that on HN.

I feel like that is a trap criticism since the poster became suddenly offended by my highly civil, PC, and blunted expression (disingenuousness) that their ideas and treatment of the data/facts was being criticized (to the point of misrepresenting/mischaracterizing the data or being dishonest). That is not changing the topic at all, it is redirecting their evaluative skills to the facts/data they chose to not respond to and hand-wave away, and puts pressure on their reputation to explain their motives for not choosing to respond or evaluate the facts/data. That is entirely substantive in the topic debate.

Further, the poster asked for a straightforward no-nonsense opinion and clarification, which I provided them in an adult fashion without kid gloves at their own request. I would expect the same adult, civil-but-no-nonsense treatment in an adult setting if I started choosing to get offended because someone criticized/called out the way I choose to view the world/facts/data with rose coloured glasses.

Respectfully this is the internet and difficult topics should not be so difficult to discuss because someone might take an adult but civil and valid criticism of repeated questionable opinions that contradict data/facts presented to them personally.

Hacker news is an adult site that may include divisive and real world type content where there will be disagreement to carry out informed but adult, real world discussions that spread/communicate valuable information and discovery and further everyone’s understanding of the world.

If I call out someone for being a hypocrite or espousing and spreading hypocritical views/ideas, does that warrant a warning to not to call them a hypocrite? I cannot shield a person from civil but real world criticism they choose to find offensive if their offense is derived from a criticism to their questionable behavior and questionable ways they choose to carry out discussion here.

TLDR: “I believe you may be a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings.”

“Did you just call me a hypocrite?”

“Yes I did. That or possibly a liar.”

“You can’t tell someone they are a hypocrite or a liar, those terms carry an air of superiority and trigger feelings of inferiority and are patronizing/condescending even if they ask you to clarify and even if they are a behaving as a hypocrite or a liar.

https://news.ycombinator.com/thislinkhasnorelevantcontentper...

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Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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Your first paragraph changed the topic into psychologizing the other commenter in a patronizing way. Please don't do that on HN.

I feel like that is a trap criticism since the poster became suddenly offended by my highly civil, PC, and blunted expression (disingenuousness) that their ideas and treatment of the data/facts was being criticized (to the point of misrepresenting/mischaracterizing the data or being dishonest). That is not changing the topic at all, it is redirecting their evaluative skills to the facts/data they chose to not respond…

Calling someone disingenuous isn't "highly civil, PC, and blunted. It's a fancy way of calling them a liar, and already crosses into personal attack. Presumably that's why DiogenesKynikos responded the way they did, and I wouldn't say it was an overreaction—they asked a question neutrally.

Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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I feel like that is a trap criticism since the poster became suddenly offended by my highly civil, PC, and blunted expression (disingenuousness) that their ideas and treatment of the data/facts was being criticized (to the point of misrepresenting/mischaracterizing the data or being dishonest). That is not changing the topic at all, it is redirecting their evaluative skills to the facts/data they chose to not respond…

Calling someone disingenuous isn't "highly civil, PC, and blunted. It's a fancy way of calling them a liar, and already crosses into personal attack. Presumably that's why DiogenesKynikos responded the way they did, and I wouldn't say it was an overreaction—they asked a question neutrally.

The question was not posed naturally. They asked in an offended fashion if I was accusing them of dishonesty (well yes, selectively responding to and ignoring presented facts says “those are inconvenient truths I’d rather avoid discussing because it hurts my preferred position/views”).

No. “Disingenuous” is rhetoric used in the context of scientific debates and responses to other studies, without controversy.

Meaning the claims are not valid, not true, not representative, not correct, wrong, mischaracterizing, not genuine. It also means dishonest in science too.

FYI scientists don't use offense to a commonly used term to deflect an opposing view and facts/data. Scientists may partake in highly spirited and civil debates and may call out bias, hypocrisy, lies, and any number of things that plausibly explain opposing incongruent (claims incompatible with facts/data) positions including: idealism, politics, institutionalism, naivety, wishful thinking and so on.

This is the great thing about science and debate. Don’t take arguments personally, it’s the facts that matter. Your biggest critic may be your best friend and they are most effective at showing you where you need to re-evaluate your views/position or improve your self-evaluation and make yourself a better scientist or individual.

Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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Calling someone disingenuous isn't "highly civil, PC, and blunted. It's a fancy way of calling them a liar, and already crosses into personal attack. Presumably that's why DiogenesKynikos responded the way they did, and I wouldn't say it was an overreaction—they asked a question neutrally.

The question was not posed naturally. They asked in an offended fashion if I was accusing them of dishonesty (well yes, selectively responding to and ignoring presented facts says “those are inconvenient truths I’d rather avoid discussing because it hurts my preferred position/views”). No. “Disingenuous” is rhetoric used in the context of scientific debates and responses to other studies, without controversy. Meaning…

If you have links to usages of 'disingenuous' where it's clear that no dishonesty or bad faith is insinuated, I'd be curious to see them.

Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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The question was not posed naturally. They asked in an offended fashion if I was accusing them of dishonesty (well yes, selectively responding to and ignoring presented facts says “those are inconvenient truths I’d rather avoid discussing because it hurts my preferred position/views”). No. “Disingenuous” is rhetoric used in the context of scientific debates and responses to other studies, without controversy. Meaning…

If you have links to usages of 'disingenuous' where it's clear that no dishonesty or bad faith is insinuated, I'd be curious to see them.

I think you might be jumping to conclusions. The usage of disingenuous in debates also means dishonest (see my above comment). What I communicated was that disingenuous usage in a debate is without controversy.

No one reacts by flagging/reporting a study or paper for moderation because I said your position does not honestly represent facts or data. What happens instead is positions are restated in a way that better speaks to and directly addresses the facts or data to better prove their point, or they can’t directly address those facts and the debate more or less ends there quite efficiently.

Does that make sense?

A google search result shows:

“The Economics of the Financial Crisis: Lessons and New Threats Marco Annunziata · 2011 · Business & Economics Yet this line of argument is in many ways simplistic, misleading and disingenuous. Economics is an imperfect science, and some of its weaknesses have been shown in an unflatteringly harsh ...”

“On the Economics of Say and Keynes' Interpretation of Say's Law - Jstor by PO Jonsson · 1995 · Cited by 37 · Related articles portrayal of how Ricardian economics differed from his own General Theory was best disingenuous and at worst fraudulent. Moreover, because ...”

“A Synthesis of Law and Economics - SMU Scholar by J Cirace · 2016 · Cited by 20 · Related articles and transfers, economists often make disingenuous statements to the effect that a " trade-off" between distribution and efficiency exists. 38 Such ...”

“Institutional Economics: Veblen, Commons, and Mitchell ... Joseph Dorfman · 1963 · Economics The roots of his institutional economics were planted in the disorderly ... In a homespun and often disingenuous way, he strove with dogged ...”

“A/moral Economics: Classical Political Economy and Cultural ... Claudia C. Klaver · 2003 · Business & Economics Economics ... "laws of the inductive philosophy" to the "abstract questions of political economy" is disingenuous given the long history of debate ...”

I had no trouble finding these somewhat general but critical examples; the rhetoric is fairly common. With some better targeted google-fu I can probably find some great examples in heated scientific debates like Einstein vs Bohr and other great controversial debates.

Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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If you have links to usages of 'disingenuous' where it's clear that no dishonesty or bad faith is insinuated, I'd be curious to see them.

I think you might be jumping to conclusions. The usage of disingenuous in debates also means dishonest (see my above comment). What I communicated was that disingenuous usage in a debate is without controversy. No one reacts by flagging/reporting a study or paper for moderation because I said your position does not honestly represent facts or data. What happens instead is positions are restated in a way that better s…

What I meant (and should have made clearer originally) was: if you can find usages where the word 'disingenuous' is being used in a personal context without implying dishonesty or bad faith.

Of your five examples, only #4 is personal. I can't tell what the word is implying there.

Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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Even O-1 seems like it could be a good possibility (I wrote a reference letter for a colleague seeking the O-1 via a few years ago, and I only had to describe his work as open source project lead).

You mean EB-1. The O-1 is a temporary visa. Approvals of EB-1 are unfortunately highly subjective. It's like winning a lottery (based on who looks at your application).

O-1 is extensible, isn't it? You can get it first instead of H-1B, and then apply for a green card once you move to the US.

Re: H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘specialty occupation’

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On which point related to economics do you think we disagree?

> The "mono" part of "monopoly" disagrees with you. You are using a rhetorical definition, not an economics one. > its just as much rent as any positive effect on real wages. What does that matter? Economic efficiency is almost synonymous with reducing rents > They have tens of millions of people to buy from. Shocks to the supply curve change equilibrium points in markets. There's elasticity of demand/supply. > There…

>Economic efficiency is almost synonymous with reducing rents

I wouldn't dispute that.

>Shocks to the supply curve change equilibrium points in markets. There's elasticity of demand/supply.

I'm not really sure what the relevance of that is, though I don't dispute that either.

>Economic literature has been arguing the exact opposite for literally centuries.

You yourself have stated that restricting the supply of doctors and lawyers raises the wages of those professions, so that their purchasing power is higher relative to other professions than it would be if those restrictions were eased or removed. But the same thing wouldn't happen for unskilled or medium skilled workers? What the economics literature you refer to says is that it would lower their purchasing power, but I don't think you can deny that it would raise their purchasing power relative to other people in society.

>This is almost a Malthusian model or labor and resources and it will give you dangerous and obviously wrong ideas, like the solution to economic prosperity is marginalizing and kicking people out.

Again with the economic prosperity. Do you think a country is nothing more than an economy?

>I am objecting on the value of any restriction whatsoever by any criteria or method.

And you're totally justified in making that objection if the only thing you find valuable is economic growth. If you value things like social cohesion and loyalty to one's countrymen, which I guess you do not, then I'm not sure how you could dispute that having huge numbers of unassimilated foreigners in the country who are there for no purpose except to make money has the potential to cause problems in those areas.

>Look for any chart of economic liberty and see where countries stand in free trade and economic prosperity. This is not a topic of debate, it's absolutely settled.

I don't dispute that.

>In every country it always is and must be the interest of the great body of the people to buy whatever they want of those who sell it cheapest.

In their economic interest, yes. I don't dispute that. But the health of a society is more than the sum of the net worth of each member.

It seems there is very little or nothing we disagree with as far as economics is concerned. You just seem to believe economics is the only thing that matters, for some reason.

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