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New comment by arrowleaf in "Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model"

arrowleaf — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:33:40 +0000

This is the best voice/tone I've seen from any model so far. It's using filler words and phrases in places that normal people would put them, rather than sounding like a corporate customer support agent!

New comment by arrowleaf in "Canyon HUD helmet for road riding"

arrowleaf — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:42:04 +0000

Not having my hair and scalp act as the MIPS system is worth the $20 extra to me.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Midjourney Medical"

arrowleaf — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:50:27 +0000

There are huge backlogs of folks for imaging... Radiologists aren't exactly sitting around daydreaming all day waiting for a patient.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Apple WWDC 2026"

arrowleaf — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:13:27 +0000

American or corporate? I'm surprised that corporate talk overseas isn't overly enthusiastic! As an American, most of the stream has sounded very 'California' mixed with corporate.

New comment by arrowleaf in "OpenFOV – Webcam head tracking for iRacing"

arrowleaf — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:14:03 +0000

Do you really prefer webcam + opentrack over the trackir? Asking because I literally have a trackir on the way to me in the mail, and most discussions I could find were at least 2-3 years old.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SEC"

arrowleaf — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:26:29 +0000

Most (all?) 401k plans limit you to a pre-picked list of ETFs and mutual funds you can invest in. Not to mention the standard advice for decades has been 'broad market index fund'.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

arrowleaf — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:37:59 +0000

For F-1/OPT there is no 'pending immigrant visa case' status that lets them remain in-country after OPT expires.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

arrowleaf — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:19:11 +0000

Our population problems, in that we need immigration to avoid population decline? Our total fertility rate is 1.6.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

arrowleaf — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:16:59 +0000

The whole immigration system could easily be reformed and modernized if efficiency and speeding up the legal route to citizenship were the goal.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

arrowleaf — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:14:50 +0000

What is the typical wait time for appointments when going to consular processing route? My brief searches say anywhere from 2-9 months. 60-90 day NVC review phase, 60-120 day interview scheduling, and then 1-2 weeks once you have the interview. Are you saying that the 120-210 day wait time can happen while you're still in the US?

New comment by arrowleaf in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

arrowleaf — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:10:21 +0000

Only after losing in court, time and time again. This will take expensive lawyers and a lot of heartache to get any clear answers.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

arrowleaf — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:06:47 +0000

From what I've gathered, the consular route is nowhere near immediate, especially if they are from one of the countries typically backlogged (e.g. India). You're saying that someone who gets married while on F1 + OPT/STEM should leave with their partner, potentially for months if not years, while pursuing the consular route.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

arrowleaf — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:03:56 +0000

Curious to know how this will affect immigrants who arrived on a student visa, receive OPT to stay while working, and then subsequently get married. I know many top performers at my company who are in that boat, especially from India, who have built lives here during their OPT + STEM. It would be a shame to lose them if they have to go back to India and wait years (if not decades) for a green card or H-1B.

USCIS will grant 'adjustment of status' only in extraordinary circumstances

arrowleaf — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:24:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/us-citizenship-and-immigration-services-will-grant-adjustment-of-status-only-in-extraordinary

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48240323

Points: 99

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New comment by arrowleaf in "AOC displays drinking water contaminated by data center"

arrowleaf — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:13:07 +0000

Overdrawing water from an aquifer can disturb sediment. There are many second-order effects to consider.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Apple accidentally left Claude.md files Apple Support app"

arrowleaf — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:40:34 +0000

If you're committed to Anthropic at an organizational level, there's no point to have a 'standard' AGENTS.md with a CLAUDE.md layer on top. Just commit the CLAUDE.md.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Ultraviolet corona discharges on treetops during storms"

arrowleaf — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:24:34 +0000

Human eyes can be sensitive down to 380nm, the UV range goes up to 400nm. Birds and insects can see this. We can see this, using UV filters such as shown in the article. I get that it's fun to be a pedant sometimes, but come on.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Schedule tasks on the web"

arrowleaf — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:51:16 +0000

I paid a lot of attention to the opencode drama, and I still have a lot of respect for Dax, Adam, and the rest of that team. What I saw was a startup seeking to use API keys specific to Anthropic's subscription model, subsidized and intended for use solely by Anthropic's provided tooling. Anthropic also has an API usage-based model, for companies who want to create tooling around Anthropic models or integrate the models in their own products.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Schedule tasks on the web"

arrowleaf — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:42:14 +0000

> Anthropic wants a world where they own your agent where it can't exist outside of the Claude desktop app or Claude Code.

Please. I'm sure you're referring to their locking down of subscription keys, which of course they are going to have restrictions on. It's a subsidized subscription model.

You've always been able to create a platform account and use API keys with usage-based billing, and that will never go away. Charging enough to make a profit on inference isn't exactly rent-seeking or whatever language you want to use to villainize a company trying to make enough revenue to survive.

New comment by arrowleaf in "Schedule tasks on the web"

arrowleaf — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:01:22 +0000

Why? As a user of these tools, I love the convenience factor of having one tool rather than wrangling dozens. It's why in the past I've used an IDE (JetBrains), a language created by the provider of the IDE (Kotlin), web framework created by the same people (ktor), etc.