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I like computers and trains.
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longstation··on Vote Today on Senate H-1B Bill
Why downvote? I am stating the fact. We are discussing the issue, and you should not downvote just because that person is potentially against your interest.
longstation··on Vote Today on Senate H-1B Bill
Also add to your comment, every time this bill comes up in the news, it says people from India and China will benefit from it. But the reality is, only people from India will so because currently the wait time for people born in China is about 4 years, after the bill, for the next 10 years, no GC will be given to people born in China because the long waitlist from India.

In fact, no one from China I know supports this bill.

longstation··on Vote Today on Senate H-1B Bill
I believe the problem of the "gradual roll out" is it doesn't consider people from the countries that already exceed the per country limit, those people will wait a long time before they can get the green card.
longstation··on Vote Today on Senate H-1B Bill
Yes, to answer your question, the GC will be given to people from one country for a decade or more.

In the same time, people from Philippines, China etc will EVENTUALLY benefit from it, but before that "benefit", they will suffer more than 10 year wait because of the initial impact of this bill.

longstation··on Vote Today on Senate H-1B Bill
They will eventually, but two things: 1. Before they benefit from it, they will need to wait like 10+ years because of the initial impact from India. 2. Immigration laws change constantly (on the magnitude of 10 years), TBH, who knows how it's gonna change in the next ten years. So, to hope something that will eventually benefit people (in like 10 years) and hurt them now, I don't see much hope in it.
longstation··on Vote Today on Senate H-1B Bill
For both H.R.1044 and S.386, if they pass, people not born in India will wait for years before getting the green card. For example, currently, people born in China (note, it matters only where you born, not what citizenship you currently hold), would wait about 4 years to get green card (after they start the process), but once one of these bills passes, they would have to wait for 10 years to get it.

You would probably say they have a grace period, but unfortunately it only "protects" people born in the country that currently doesn't not exceed the per country limit. People from Philippines, China, etc will get the impact almost immediately. To make this really fair, we need to create extra quota for people born in India, not grabbing quota from other countries. (But I guess this will diminish the chance of this bill getting passed so they choose to hurt others, which from the perspective of people born in India, I totally understand, but I feel sad that I and other people not from India will get hurt inevitably once this bill passes).

[edited for typos]

longstation··on Google Fi Unlimited Plan
I am using mint. Not trying to compare it with Google Fi because it offers only the basic features: text, voice and data (no fancy features like international roaming). But when people say they cut down a lot on phone bills, I want to point out that I spend only $15 on my phone bill, $30 for the entire family (two people).
longstation··on PeaZip – A free cross-platform file archiver utility
If an SSD is used, would the extract and copy approach cause more wear?
longstation··on 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results
Is there any reason older/more senior developer prefers backend than full stack or front end?
longstation··on 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results
Just curious, for the salary section, could someone explain why the salary for frontend role is lower the full stack role which is then lower than the backend role?

I personally really like doing front end (Vue/React etc) work but when I saw this salary gap, I feel like that I need to reconsider my career path.

longstation··on Cone Programming Langauge
This property reminds me of Huffman code.
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