Hacker News: garbawarb

New comment by garbawarb in "DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent"

garbawarb — Sun, 24 May 2026 15:31:18 +0000

Right before OpenAI's IPO. The boldness.

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

garbawarb — Sun, 24 May 2026 14:16:12 +0000

Green card is completely independent of whether you're in the US. You can get one without ever having set foot in the US, and you can live in the country for 15+ years and still not be able to get one.

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

garbawarb — Sun, 24 May 2026 13:44:04 +0000

Not just uncertainty, but the apparent speedrunning of making the US an undesirable place to live compared to other countries.

Where did you move to and what are you doing now? (I'd love to hear from anyone else who's left too)

New comment by garbawarb in "USCIS Will Grant 'Adjustment of Status' Only in Extraordinary Circumstances"

garbawarb — Sat, 23 May 2026 12:35:14 +0000

Doesn't it take a few months to process a green card application?

New comment by garbawarb in "Bliss (Photograph)"

garbawarb — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:35:49 +0000

Appropriately the photographer's name is O'Rear.

New comment by garbawarb in "Korea Surpasses Canada as Seventh-Largest Stock Market"

garbawarb — Fri, 08 May 2026 20:14:24 +0000

A year ago its size was half of Canada's. Insane.

New comment by garbawarb in "Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?"

garbawarb — Sun, 03 May 2026 00:52:25 +0000

When was he looking and when did he get the job?

New comment by garbawarb in "Chinese EVs Can Now Project Movies from Their Headlights"

garbawarb — Sun, 03 May 2026 00:51:29 +0000

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

garbawarb — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:57:22 +0000

How exactly would this come up when applying for citizenship?

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

garbawarb — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:23:11 +0000

There's some information online that says if you get an employment-based green card, you must stay at your employer for 6 months after receiving it or else it will cause problems in the future. And others say there's no such rule. Can you clarify if there's any restriction like that and where it comes from?

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

garbawarb — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:00:42 +0000

There's a been a massive jump in EB processing times in the last couple of months, specifically EB3 ROW which is my category. Do you think this quick advancement will continue over the next few months?

New comment by garbawarb in "U.S. gender ratios by metro, ages 20-34"

garbawarb — Fri, 01 May 2026 02:15:31 +0000

Why are Southern states so female-heavy?

New comment by garbawarb in "For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa"

garbawarb — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:00:08 +0000

Wouldn't they figure out you've installed a VPN on their machine?

New comment by garbawarb in "For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa"

garbawarb — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:50:23 +0000

In practice almost no companies let you do this.

If you know of one that does and is hiring, please share...

New comment by garbawarb in "For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa"

garbawarb — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:48:11 +0000

Is a green card the equivalent to a first time residence permit in Europe? It's notoriously hard to get a green card: it'll take 3 years for a normal skilled worker who's already in the US and that's assuming nothing goes wrong in the process, and something always does. Plus many visa categories don't even have a path to a green card. "Long term stay visas issued" might be a better comparison.

New comment by garbawarb in "Data center boom strains Texas homebuilders' need for electricians"

garbawarb — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:19:48 +0000

Nice to see these data centers are paying their electricians well. That should make salaries more competitive all around.

New comment by garbawarb in "45800 tech employees laid off in March 2026 alone"

garbawarb — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:05:09 +0000

Is there any data on how many were hired in March 2026?

New comment by garbawarb in "China Blocks Meta's $2B Acquisition of AI Firm Manus"

garbawarb — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:15:25 +0000

Manus started in China, and China is doing this even though they moved their operations to Singapore. This sounds like a message to Chinese founders not to build their companies in China.

New comment by garbawarb in "Health AI Startup Has Helped Reverse Denied Health Insurance Claims"

garbawarb — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:23:14 +0000

It's amazing how so much of healthcare tech is designed to plug holes in a healthcare system that's very specific to the US.

Personally I'd be worried about growth if I were a founder: can this expand to other countries? What if the US moves to a public healthcare system one day?

New comment by garbawarb in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

garbawarb — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:17:32 +0000

So low supply is good for the economy because it keeps people working.