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

enaaem — Sat, 23 May 2026 20:35:19 +0000

That is for a different scenario. It means that if you already have a residence permit, you have to wait 8 years before you can apply for citizenship. OP is talking about marriage green card. For 75% of cases in Sweden it is less than 15 months to get a residence permit.

[1] https://www.migrationsverket.se/en/you-want-to-apply/live-wi...

New comment by enaaem in "Why Japanese companies do so many different things"

enaaem — Fri, 22 May 2026 18:29:16 +0000

Asian countries seem to have a different approach to diversification. In the East it is the companies that diversify while in the West it is the shareholders that diversify. So Bill Gates will not tell Microsoft to start farming, but he probably does have farms in his portfolio.

New comment by enaaem in "Hanoi’s humble beer glass and the memory of a nation"

enaaem — Tue, 19 May 2026 22:44:04 +0000

I like them because they look like cartoon glasses

New comment by enaaem in "Why does Amazon have no Western rivals?"

enaaem — Mon, 18 May 2026 10:15:18 +0000

I find that if you are going to buy Chinese stuff, you might as well look on Temu. It is cheaper and has greater selection.

New comment by enaaem in "Mistral's CEO: Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state'"

enaaem — Sun, 17 May 2026 20:23:03 +0000

Very few governments outside of the US will let a US company "own" them. It is a national security issue. They just take a good enough locally made model.

New comment by enaaem in "Mistral's CEO: Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state'"

enaaem — Sun, 17 May 2026 19:16:03 +0000

I am sceptical of the AI world dominance race.

The thing is that AI is not winner takes all market. AI models and server space is all fungible. It is very valuable, but no one will hold exclusive AI capabilities in the long run.

New comment by enaaem in "Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?"

enaaem — Sat, 16 May 2026 23:41:44 +0000

Reminds me of winamp skins. Such wacky designs would be unthinkable today.

New comment by enaaem in ""Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage"

enaaem — Wed, 13 May 2026 23:23:09 +0000

Imagine this: patients buy an AI service to get approval. Insures build an AI to deny claims. 21st century AI wars..

New comment by enaaem in "The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization"

enaaem — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:16:35 +0000

Leading the race makes sense if it's a winner takes all market. AI cannot be a winner takes all market, because of national security reasons.

I would also argue that as AI gets better it will also be more fungible. It will be valuable like electricity. Lots of companies make good money producing electricity, but not the kind of money current investors are hoping for.

New comment by enaaem in "The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization"

enaaem — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:08:04 +0000

It will just hack its own reward function. In other words it will just artificially goon all day.

New comment by enaaem in "Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)"

enaaem — Sun, 10 May 2026 09:43:02 +0000

That is because you have to see it in real life. I have never seen this calculator myself, but I have been to a lacquerware company called Hanoia in Vietnam. They als do lacquerware for Hermes. First thing you will notice is that the colours are super rich. If you see a yellow tea box, then it has the deepest and richest yellow you have ever seen. It is like going from a 2010 LCD to a 2026 OLED screen.

New comment by enaaem in "Heat pump sales rise across Europe"

enaaem — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:55:31 +0000

Stupid symbolic politics to own the greens. Good thing is that heatpumps are the most rational choice for new homes, so I don’t think much damage was done.

New comment by enaaem in "Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons"

enaaem — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:09:02 +0000

Not IT, but I think Leica has the best camera design. At around the Leica M6 they decided that the design was done, and every future M camera is essentially an M6 clone.

New comment by enaaem in "An open-source stethoscope that costs between $2.5 and $5 to produce"

enaaem — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:21:27 +0000

That is also my productivity hack. It reminds me of video games that gives you reward cues for doing something. Psychological tricks to massage your brain and get you hooked. That's why also like to buy nice stationary. I always look forward to use my notebooks and pens.

New comment by enaaem in "Networking changes coming in macOS 27"

enaaem — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:41:57 +0000

For me the launcher itself loads fast, but it takes 1-2 seconds to show the icons. And when I scroll down it often times does not draw the icons fast enough.

New comment by enaaem in "Networking changes coming in macOS 27"

enaaem — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:32:24 +0000

Even the new app launcher. It takes 1-2 seconds to draw a bunch of icons. Scrolling is also choppy. This even happens on their newest machines. How this possible in 2026?

New comment by enaaem in "France's Mistral Built a $14B AI Empire by Not Being American"

enaaem — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:43:12 +0000

Interesting that you mention commodity, because the better AI models become the more fungible they are. AI companies become like web hosting companies renting out server space with good enough open models. It’s not like Excel that runs the world economy because people don’t want to learn anything else.

New comment by enaaem in "Mistral built a $14B AI empire by not being American"

enaaem — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:31:42 +0000

It seems that the winner takes all market for tech will eventually go away. Countries and regions want to develop their own good enough solutions that is not dependent on America.

New comment by enaaem in "Europe to burned American scientists: We'll take you in (2025)"

enaaem — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:07:23 +0000

As research is being defunded [1], scientists affected have nowhere to go, so you can pick them up at a discount.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74dzdddvmjo

New comment by enaaem in "Can you stop beans from making you gassy?"

enaaem — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:12:13 +0000

Reminds me of the cure for lactose intolerance: You just have to keep drinking milk until your microbiomes adapts.