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

nvgrw — Sun, 24 May 2026 06:19:03 +0000

O-1 is nonimmigrant in the statute, so by definition we take in zero O-1 immigrants. It’s a temporary work visa.

People care about this because it is arbitrary and capricious and runs counter to decades of established practice.

New comment by nvgrw in "The California Government Is Coming for Your E-Bikes"

nvgrw — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:33:02 +0000

Good! Ride a regular bike and earn your speed. Electric mopeds should be regulated as such, especially given how irresponsibly they are ridden.

New comment by nvgrw in "Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs"

nvgrw — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:33:29 +0000

Very few, probably. It only applies to consular processing, and only brand new petitions. And that’s ignoring the likelihood that all of this might get struck down by a court (on appeal) at some point given the administration’s propensity for breaking the law. EOs aren’t law on their own.

New comment by nvgrw in "WTF: Police responded on Saturday night due to a zero-day"

nvgrw — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:14:51 +0000

Hmm strange. iCloud relay has been consistently causing me to get geolocated in Switzerland. I’m in NYC.

New comment by nvgrw in "WTF: Police responded on Saturday night due to a zero-day"

nvgrw — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:01:38 +0000

Could someone post an archive? It’s impossible to view this page without a giant cookie pop up asking one to pay or to consent to being tracked. Isn’t this coercion and illegal in the EU?

New comment by nvgrw in "Study: 'Security Fatigue' May Weaken Digital Defenses"

nvgrw — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:50:31 +0000

Every time I log into the FTB (CA tax authority) website I have to set a new password. I wish there were some affirmative guidance to stop doing this because at the moment governments still think forcing password changes makes it “safer”.

New comment by nvgrw in "The MacBook Neo"

nvgrw — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:18:58 +0000

Batteries swell

New comment by nvgrw in "Explain it like I'm 5: Why is everyone on speakerphone in public?"

nvgrw — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:55:31 +0000

Ride the NYC subway for a few days, especially any overground segment, and you’ll see plenty of this.

right after I posted this someone at work was on speakerphone. ugh.

New comment by nvgrw in "Ask HN: Why Did Mercurial Die?:("

nvgrw — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 21:28:11 +0000

FWIW at Google I use it daily

New comment by nvgrw in "Google lays off its Python team"

nvgrw — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 22:12:40 +0000

Getting a python readability review seems downright impossible in my org.

New comment by nvgrw in "Amazon Fresh Opens in London"

nvgrw — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:02:18 +0000

Unfortunately that's normal in British supermarkets