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New comment by dev_throw in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"

dev_throw — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:54:39 +0000

Would having prior valid TNs reduce risk or is there any such notion as having too many TNs? I have heard of this anecdotally but it might have been speculation on their part.

New comment by dev_throw in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"

dev_throw — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:23:36 +0000

It sounds great in theory, but is returning to the USA on an AP nearly as stress free in reality?

I am considering a concurrently filed EB-5 petition and am curious as to what you are noticing of late.

Thank you for doing this AMA, Peter!

New comment by dev_throw in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"

dev_throw — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:18:19 +0000

Ah that makes sense. I appreciate your quick response!

New comment by dev_throw in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"

dev_throw — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:13:41 +0000

Can a person be eligible to purchase a ACA health plan in CA if they're on a B2 visa considering they have been in the USA for several years on prior work visas?

I know there are some recent changes with OBBBA that will kick in Jan 2027 but as per my understanding only affect PTCs not ACA eligibility.

New comment by dev_throw in "Cancer rates are rising in young people"

dev_throw — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:29:35 +0000

Irregular bowel movements, cramps that I couldn't attribute to what I ate, inexplicable fatigue. Eventually it was a bright red blood in stool which made me force my doctor to take it seriously.

New comment by dev_throw in "Cancer rates are rising in young people"

dev_throw — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:05:50 +0000

Stage 4 as well, diagnosed in 2021. Lifelong vegetarian, mostly ate organic foods and generally active. I always suspected something was wrong with my gut, but didn't think it would be cancer. No genetic component either.

New comment by dev_throw in "Ask HN: Enough is enough. What can we do about Xfinity (Comcast)?"

dev_throw — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:36:59 +0000

Thanks, I am intimidated by the process of court but I'll look into it. Will they be notified automatically, or do I have to serve them the notice?

It is insane that we tolerate this in 2023. I actively switch to other providers even if speeds are lower, but it is impossible to avoid their monopoly. Short of lobbying for municipal broadband, I am at a loss as well.

New comment by dev_throw in "Ask HN: Enough is enough. What can we do about Xfinity (Comcast)?"

dev_throw — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:41:22 +0000

Accidentally submitted it without a description so I'll just put it here.

Xfinity (Comcast) support is non-existent and actively lies to me about promotions or what I will be billed. Every time I call them to dispute, they waste an hour of my time and either throw me a $10 credit that I'm not sure is even getting applied. Different departments don't know about what the other is doing.

I'm now getting charged $70 for international calls I did not make.

How can I escalate these issues? Can I just cancel all association with them cleanly by reporting them to my credit card company? They seem ok with atrocious service because of their monopoly. Why do we put up with this blight?

Ask HN: Enough is enough. What can we do about Xfinity (Comcast)?

dev_throw — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:34:27 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38541987

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New comment by dev_throw in "Anti-tumor activity of all-trans retinoic acid in gastric-cancer"

dev_throw — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 03:59:29 +0000

Health really is the only wealth, amen to that. Ah, my 5FU was a 2 day pump affair that left me in a totally nauseous haze; I do not miss that at all. 4 out of 7 days is great.

I hope you are able to get to even more tolerable therapies in the future!

New comment by dev_throw in "Anti-tumor activity of all-trans retinoic acid in gastric-cancer"

dev_throw — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 15:24:43 +0000

Stage IV CRC as well. Agreed, for the vast majority, it is still cytotoxic chemotherapy. I used to follow these innovations hoping to bring it up with my onc, but rarely do any of them work better than standard of care in vivo.

I hope you're handling maintenance chemo okay. Tumor DNA can change over time, so get a biopsy at some point to see if you qualify for other treatments.

New comment by dev_throw in "I’m not a programmer, and I used AI to build my first bot"

dev_throw — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:44:50 +0000

All good until we get a new vector of subtly poisoned training data introducing vulnerabilities if one doesn't understand the generated code.

New comment by dev_throw in "ROCm is AMD's priority, executive says"

dev_throw — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 02:48:33 +0000

16 GB is a really nice offering at that price point for AI workloads. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a higher end Battlemage offering and some real competition for Nvidia.

New comment by dev_throw in "ROCm is AMD's priority, executive says"

dev_throw — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:22:09 +0000

Intel has managed to get their drivers on 23.04 Ubuntu with no additional packages needed to be installed for their Arc dGPU offerings.

New comment by dev_throw in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"

dev_throw — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:06:27 +0000

Thanks for the AMA, Peter! What are the options for a TN visa (Canadian) holder if they become permanently disabled (cancer treatment) and are unable to work at all? Are they able to renew their TN visa assuming the employer is okay with that?

New comment by dev_throw in "How to hire engineering talent without the BS"

dev_throw — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 18:49:27 +0000

We don't want to do it but sometimes we do if it means getting to work on interesting things/paid competitively.

I've had interviews with heavy LC and ones where I got plain old fizzbuzz and there wasn't much difference in staff competence or how quickly we delivered.

If anything, the place with the low bar had more well rounded peers I wanted to spend time with after work.

New comment by dev_throw in "Social Security denies disability benefits based on list with jobs from 1977"

dev_throw — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:27:21 +0000

Exactly. The only way to get SSDI is to quit work forever.

On cancer (stage 4) treatment, but returned to work part time by stretching myself. However, it makes me ineligible for SSDI since it is above the ludicrously low earnings threshold.

New comment by dev_throw in "Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment"

dev_throw — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 16:52:53 +0000

Exactly. It sounds so cliche but just keeping active and finding purpose really helps me cope with the day to day. Dealing with Leukemia at 15 must have been truly scary, I'm glad you're well!

New comment by dev_throw in "Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment"

dev_throw — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 07:47:17 +0000

I appreciate the kind words. That's wonderful, I know of a couple others in my support group that have survived it. Cancer is truly the most enigmatic disease, no two people experience it the same.

New comment by dev_throw in "Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment"

dev_throw — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 07:45:27 +0000

I hope your mom recovers well. I'm on chemo indefinitely so its a matter of finding a cure before chemo stops working for me. I'm only in my thirties so it might just happen!