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pigtailgirl··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA
did a startup -- had wrong visa class -- angry employee called CBP -- got picked up passing through JFK -- 10 year ban -- is permission to reapply actually a thing or a dead-end process? -- thanks --
pigtailgirl··on There's Waldo is a robot that finds Waldo (2018) [video]
-- this was 5+ years ago - wonder what they would change today --
pigtailgirl··on Ask HN: Is anyone using cloud dev environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?
https://bunnyshell.com and k8s -- seems like a good way to get going quickly with new projects --
pigtailgirl··on South Korea to give $490 allowance to reclusive youths to help them leave house
-- hard to say if this will work - i know - visit - people who have not left the house in over a year - they are very genius people who never made - to Samsung or LG or other chaebol - many have gained a lot of weight or are unhappy with appearance - genius and "ugly" - depressed - in Korean culture - not good --
pigtailgirl··on South Korea planned a 69-hour workweek. Millennials and Gen Z had other ideas
-- yet everyone is against UBI - any version of socialism - women in the work force - robotics - want a country that has no natural resource - only technology and innovation as an export to think about number of hours in a work week as the answer - we are in trouble --
pigtailgirl··on The price of eggs in America cannot be explained by inflation alone
—- 36 eggs still 6,400won! —-
pigtailgirl··on South Korea Again Smashes Own Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate in 2022
-- 한강의 기적 - we are capable of changing quickly - if you unfamiliar history - 후삼국시대 - deeply study with 한 --
pigtailgirl··on South Korea Again Smashes Own Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate in 2022
-- complicated - patriarchal - more intense than many cultures - its common to hear a Korean man say - the woman needs to be in her place - or - i own my wife as i own my car --

https://www.koreasociety.org/images/pdf/KoreanStudies/Monogr...

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_South_Korea

https://asiasociety.org/education/womens-role-contemporary-k...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korean-women-hit-ba...

pigtailgirl··on South Korea Again Smashes Own Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate in 2022
-- its normal conversation here - usually we put the reason on - 헬조선: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Joseon - also - there is a big problem with a gender clash - women are learning about modern feminism - rejecting traditional system - young men are not accept it - it causing a lot of tension - more women tell me - i prefer to die alone than have traditional Korean husband - many of my Ewha ("feminist university") friend won't wear school brand clothes for fear of assault - https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaenam --
pigtailgirl··on South Korea's world lowest fertility rate drops again
-- it's really a problem - big time - Yoon Suk-yeol got elected on removing 여성가족부 - Ministry of Gender Equality and Family - young korean men are angry - i know so many Ewha University students who are not wearing their school jacket outside anymore out of fear --
pigtailgirl··on Record-Breaking Egg Profits Prompt Accusation of Price Gouging
-- at the market next to my house - 36 eggs are 6,700 won - I think $5.50? --
pigtailgirl··on Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US developers?
-- South Korea - naver - kakao - huyndai - samsung - all hiring like crazy for developers - if you're a developer in south korea finding a job is very - very easy --
pigtailgirl··on South Korea's world lowest fertility rate drops again
-- I asked some of my friends - why they think it's happening - they all say same thing - 헬조선: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Joseon --
pigtailgirl··on London is handing out free meals for all primary school children
-- in uk school lunch is not free? - this is typical lunch every school child in Korea provided free daily - thought this was usual in developed countries? --

https://imgur.com/a/8KECVAp

pigtailgirl··on The 16 hour flight from Auckland, to... Auckland
-- makes sense - Korean Air flight - Only other nearby East Coast ports they could fly into are Boston - DC - don't think the have resources to deal with random passengers stuck at those two airports - friend of mine does logistics at Korean Air - his english is ok - but not good enough to deal with such a change id guess --
pigtailgirl··on Twitter starts limiting how many tweets you can post per day
-- website just gives me error "This community is not accessible because you are in South Korea." - what they got against South Korea?? --
pigtailgirl··on The technology behind GitHub’s new code search
-- was looking at their glassdoor last night - one of the worst ive seen in tech so far --
pigtailgirl··on Tell HN: Sadly, my blog post's title was moderated
-- imo HN is trying to be better than that - you been here since 2015 - find it hard to believe you didnt pick up the ethos --
pigtailgirl··on Tell HN: Sadly, my blog post's title was moderated
-- not sure you understand what clickbate is - "Clickbait is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow that link and read, view, or listen to the linked piece of online content, being typically deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading." - all the titles you provide - tell what the article is going to be about to some degree or another - granted some better than others - your title tells me nothing useful at all - it's pure clickbate - it is not a good title --
pigtailgirl··on Tell HN: Sadly, my blog post's title was moderated
-- the title was clickbate - they changed it to not clickbate - it's in the HN guidelines - makes sense --
pigtailgirl··on Netlify acquires Gatsby
-- my guess is this is a way to roll Gatsby investors into netlify stock - and get the team into netlify - probably more a merger vs acquisition --
pigtailgirl··on Missing radioactive capsule found in WA outback after frantic search
-- What Caused the 2013 Hueypoxtla, Mexico Radiation Event? - really really interesting story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuZvc5mmAXk --
pigtailgirl··on Prime Voice AI: AI speech software
-- think google Neural2 sounds better - https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/voices --
pigtailgirl··on Faze Clan falls from $725M SPAC to penny stock in 6 months
Annual revenue

Year Revenue

2022 $26M

2021 $53M

2020 $38M

2019 $30M

O.o yikes

pigtailgirl··on AirGradient Open Source Air Quality Monitor for CO2 and PM2.5 Measurements
-- live in seoul - air quality is sometimes "unbreathable" - using AirIQ api for smart home alert - https://www.iqair.com/us/air-pollution-data-api --
pigtailgirl··on Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills
-- He was on Steve-O's podcast - few months ago - the whole episode is hilarious - - the $2 bill stuff - its at 1:25:25 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRi8r0XQFHU - Steve-O (guy from jackass) podcast is great - btw --
pigtailgirl··on Take more screenshots (2022)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32215277

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34544199

pigtailgirl··on Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?
-- "sounds like you live in bad neighborhood" - make no sense in this context - its a global question - no? --
pigtailgirl··on Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining?
-- i live in Seoul - agree with the post - how does that square with your comment? ---
pigtailgirl··on Detect ChatGPT Generated Content
-- I copy and pasted GPT3 reply to - what are Jim Crow Laws? - said written by AI - then copy paste wikipeda first paragraph - said written by AI - then I wrote it myself - said written by AI - then I copy/paste 1 word over and over and over 100 or so times - it says "likely written by human but some by AI" then - highlights the whole text and notes - likely written by AI - hahhaa --
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