Hacker News: johntfella

Cannabis may make you remember things that never happened

johntfella — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:30:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/health/article/how-cannabis-affects-memory-thc-false-recall

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47814233

Points: 4

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Roman Catholic Churches See a Surge of New Converts

johntfella — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:58:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/catholics-converts.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47558813

Points: 14

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The illusion of American omnipotence (1952)

johntfella — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:07:21 +0000

Article URL: https://harpers.org/archive/1952/12/the-illusion-of-american-omnipotence/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47540465

Points: 2

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Hans J. Morgenthau, "We Are Deluding Ourselves in Vietnam" (1965)

johntfella — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:14:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/1965/04/18/archives/we-are-deluding-ourselves-in-vietnam-we-are-deluding-ourselves-in.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47486331

Points: 7

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Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband

johntfella — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:39:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-a-third-of-gen-z-men-agree-a-wife-should-obey-her-husband

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291712

Points: 12

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'Free' Sterling in New York and Switzerland in the 1940s (2017)

johntfella — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:51:33 +0000

Article URL: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2972147

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47272978

Points: 2

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Debunking the Myth of a Unified China-Russia: Threat Review

johntfella — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:08:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2026-03/features/debunking-myth-unified-china-russia-threat

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47255291

Points: 6

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Blessed Are the Rich

johntfella — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:34:59 +0000

Article URL: https://lawliberty.org/book-review/blessed-are-the-rich/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47238573

Points: 2

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Tech Has Never Caused a Job Apocalypse. Don't Bet on It Now

johntfella — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:37:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/tech-has-never-caused-a-job-apocalypse-dont-bet-on-it-now-d192b579

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185258

Points: 2

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US role as global talent hub in doubt amid Donald Trump's visa crackdown

johntfella — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:50:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/c8114fd1-771b-49ac-98c3-a8acf6177626

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161604

Points: 5

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The 'botlash' movement is gaining momentum

johntfella — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:53:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/ecead6b9-eb42-4a85-bd33-073c659e84bf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47133343

Points: 2

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New comment by johntfella in "The U.S. spent $30B to ditch textbooks"

johntfella — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:01:13 +0000

It is interesting no one mentions budget cuts to k-12 programs from 2008 and onward ... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/04/02/many-pub...).

H-1B Visas and the AI Race

johntfella — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:18:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/h-1b-visas-artificial-intelligence-jobs-immigration-economy-nfap-report-ee4a1a24

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104264

Points: 2

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The Flawed Paper Behind Trump's $100k H-1B Fee

johntfella — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:36:43 +0000

Article URL: https://eig.org/the-flawed-paper-behind-trumps-100000-h-1b-fee/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47102293

Points: 3

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The economics of offshoring in the software industry (2003)

johntfella — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:53:15 +0000

Article URL: https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2003-04/offshoring/inevitable.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47068060

Points: 1

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Unauthorized Immigration Effects on Local Labor Markets

johntfella — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:19:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/publications/economic-letter/2026/02/unauthorized-immigration-effects-on-local-labor-markets/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47056730

Points: 5

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The Myth of Technological Unemployment (2017)

johntfella — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:34:46 +0000

Article URL: https://reason.com/2017/07/11/the-myth-of-technological-unem/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47020804

Points: 2

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The exorbitant privilege of the US brain gain is fading

johntfella — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:34:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/9b4f51ae-6d22-43d7-9d8c-6497b3995d08

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995562

Points: 6

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Big Tech Companies Prepare to Skirt Trump's $100k H-1B Fee

johntfella — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:42:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/big-tech-companies-prepare-to-skirt-trumps-100-000-h-1b-fee-7cbf1ebe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46972923

Points: 7

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Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy

johntfella — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:21:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/contaminated-the-carpet-industrys-toxic-legacy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46909731

Points: 2

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