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Re: How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon

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Post by jrmg »

paradite wrote: post #58
paradite wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

O-1

Ok looks like people are not getting my comment. Being a judge in a hackathon is one of the criterion for O-1 visa. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/getting-o-1-visa-easier-than-...

It might work in practice, but it really does not seem to meet the spirit to me. It’s definitely not true to just say “being a judge in a hackathon is one of the criterion” directly.

Actual regulation is:

Evidence of the alien's participation on a panel, or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or in an allied field of specialization to that for which classification is sought;[1]

is one of eight criterion (of which meeting three is required).

Examples given by USCIS[2] are:

Examples of relevant evidence may include, but are not limited to:

Reviewer of abstracts or papers submitted for presentation at scholarly conferences in the respective field;

Peer reviewer for scholarly publications;

Member of doctoral dissertation committees; and

Peer reviewer for government research funding programs.

Which seems to indicate rather more prestige than “judging a hackathon” is the intent of the regulation.

[1]: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/...

[2]: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-...

Re: How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon

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Post by paradite »

jrmg wrote: post #61
paradite wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok looks like people are not getting my comment. Being a judge in a hackathon is one of the criterion for O-1 visa. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/getting-o-1-visa-easier-than-...

It might work in practice, but it really does not seem to meet the spirit to me. It’s definitely not true to just say “being a judge in a hackathon is one of the criterion” directly. Actual regulation is: Evidence of the alien's participation on a panel, or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or in an allied field of specialization to that for which classification is sought; [1] is one of eight…

Yes. This is my point I'm trying to make. Thank you for explaining it.

Re: How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon

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Post by falcor84 »

dmurray wrote: post #39
falcor84 wrote: post #14

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I found that jarring too. Diversity can only really be a criterion of a group, not an individual. Otherwise it's just tokenism.

It could be a measure of each candidate's difference (in diversity points) from the overall cohort, which is an approximation of how much the diversity of the group will change by accepting/rejecting this candidate. But that seems hard to implement - you'd have to recalculate this for every candidate every time you got a new candidate - so perhaps we can implement an optimization: approximate this by estimating the d…

> HR teams, I'm available for techwashing consultancy.

Nice! Especially if coupled with a secondary business whereby you train applicants on how to increase their "diversity points"

EDIT: I think I have the appropriate "one weird trick": flood the pool with fake applications grouped together but very dissimilar to you.

Re: How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon

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Post by reportgunner »

ForTheKidz wrote: post #25
Anduia wrote: post #11

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Firestore's quick setup uses "test mode", which is free and unrestricted. The "locked mode" recommended for production blocks all reads and writes until you set up the rules. So I don't know if they had the site in test mode, or they simply set a rule to allow everything (I've seen that happen) instead handling access based on user permissions.

Wait, firebase allows full access to http connections accessible from a browser ? Wtf? Why would you want to give the user direct access to a database to begin with? Is firebase built around the idea of not running your own servers or something?

Yeah you can't really run it on-site so you just debug in the open.

Re: How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

Etheryte wrote: post #24
paradite wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

O-1

The O-1 visa is appealing otherwise, but the fact that it doesn't give your spouse a right to work is an absolute no starter as far as I'm concerned. So it only really makes sense if you're single or if your other half qualifies for a separate visa.

They can work in your country's consular offices if one is nearby.

Re: How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon

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Post by non- »

accurrent wrote: post #22

Nice catch. I remember the days when one could just show up to a hackathon and do cool hacks. Now it feels like they only exist for serious reasons.

You definitely still can just show up and do cool hacks.

Also hackathons are really easy to host if you keep them under 50 people. All you really need at that size is a co-working space and some pizzas.

So if you don't like the vibe at your local hackathons, why not host your own one weekend?

I think the key is really the size of the thing. Giant hackathons with big sponsors and prizes are always going to be more "serious" feeling than your local self-organized hack-days.

Re: How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon

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Post by pdntspa »

accurrent wrote: post #22

Nice catch. I remember the days when one could just show up to a hackathon and do cool hacks. Now it feels like they only exist for serious reasons.

The hackathons I have been forced to participate in always seemed like a cheap shot at labor and ideas from some corporate overlord

And for the record.... PIZZA is not an appropriate compensation. Especially if someone is lactose intolerant!

Re: How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon

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Post by uoaei »

jrmg wrote: post #61
paradite wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok looks like people are not getting my comment. Being a judge in a hackathon is one of the criterion for O-1 visa. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/getting-o-1-visa-easier-than-...

It might work in practice, but it really does not seem to meet the spirit to me. It’s definitely not true to just say “being a judge in a hackathon is one of the criterion” directly. Actual regulation is: Evidence of the alien's participation on a panel, or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or in an allied field of specialization to that for which classification is sought; [1] is one of eight…

"phenomenon" is singular, "criteria" is plural
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