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New comment by pandaman in "Federal judge blocks H1B visa $100K fee"

pandaman — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:00:18 +0000

>and no language tests

English test is a requirement for naturalization, which is governed by the same INA, which governs H1B and other visas.

New comment by pandaman in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

pandaman — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:25:32 +0000

I demand an example of friendly fire incidents where attacker closely observes (they were able to aim at antennas for example) the friendly target for hours yet keeps attacking. All friendly fire incidents are opposite of this - people shooting at something they don't see or see for a brief time before the attack, there are no known cases of such an attack declared "friendly fire" other than the USS Liberty, so this is why I was very skeptical of your claim this happens all the time.

New comment by pandaman in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

pandaman — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:55:46 +0000

So I figure you could not find an example of friendly fire like that despite your assertion they happen all the time? Color me unsurprised.

>There was no attempt to blame Egypt

Are you an LLM? Of course there was not - the ship survived and there were too many witnesses of Israel doing this, it would be the uber chutzpa to still try to say it was Egypt.

New comment by pandaman in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

pandaman — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:58:06 +0000

Can you give an example of a friendly fire on a warship consisting of continuous air and naval attack over the course of two hours? Just one? Friendly fire will suffice, I am not even asking about some other country doing the same to the US.

As for Israel motivation it's pretty obvious why they did it - they wanted to blame the attack on Egypt and involve the US in the war. Though it does not really matter, even you are unable to deny that Israel attacked the US ship, it's an empirical fact.

New comment by pandaman in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

pandaman — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:28:50 +0000

>Has the US ever been easier to manipulate or spy on?

Yes, at least nowadays Israel does not try to sink American warships, killing dozens of sailors in the process and then having the US government to cover it up.

New comment by pandaman in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

pandaman — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 02:35:48 +0000

Yeah, I've seen that show too. It's not real. You could tell by the fact they've never mentioned AIPAC in the entire run of the show.

New comment by pandaman in "What happens if Japan takes in zero immigrants?"

pandaman — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:07:00 +0000

I think you are confusing "homogeneous" with "indigenous". With the common meaning of "homogeneous" your entire post is a non sequitur. There are many different words ending with "-geneous" meaning entirely different things, you need to look at what goes before the "-genous" part.

New comment by pandaman in "How Fear and Social Pressure Are 'Overarming' the U.S."

pandaman — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:04:43 +0000

>But I don't see it.

Do you really see armed gangs terrorizing citizens somewhere in the US then? You not seeing people in the process of suppressing gangs is fine, it just means the suppression is very effective. If suppression did not exist as you imply then you'd be seeing armed gangs collecting protection money from you every week.

New comment by pandaman in "The desperation of NYTimes"

pandaman — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:07:41 +0000

When I moved to the US, one surprising thing was the "telemarketing" and, at that time, half of the spam calls I've got were selling NYT subs. I had no idea what kind of newspaper it was at the time but I figured it's not very good if someone is paid to call random people at home to move those subs.

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

pandaman — Fri, 29 May 2026 17:32:47 +0000

I am sure they had, how is it relevant?

New comment by pandaman in "A scoping review of bicycling interventions’ impacts on well-being"

pandaman — Fri, 29 May 2026 17:22:56 +0000

Did you read it? Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom. right at the start. It talks about animals only.

New comment by pandaman in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"

pandaman — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:57:32 +0000

So, in this system, when does government execute this option? Does it execute on everyone and becomes the largest real estate broker in the world and the Tax Day becomes also the day you book movers to move into the next house? And if not, who is going to be moving all the time and who is going to enjoy paying taxes off their $5 houses unmolested? Who gets to buy hovels and resell them to the government at $100M a pop? So many questions need to be answered before we get to implement it.

New comment by pandaman in "The real cost of owning a home"

pandaman — Tue, 26 May 2026 21:17:20 +0000

Though it could also be a case with a HOA, a government employee is much more likely to not give any fucks about local ordinances than the board of HOA, composed of people who are directly affected by violations.

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

pandaman — Mon, 25 May 2026 02:14:36 +0000

If someone came in as a child then it's true, and thus there is a discretion. Adults have history in their home country which does not disappear in 10 years or any period of time.

New comment by pandaman in "The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients"

pandaman — Sun, 24 May 2026 23:51:20 +0000

When people are talking about seed oils they rarely mean olive oil, usually it's "canola oil" (considering what "canola" stands for it's insulting not just to one's digestive system but intellect too).

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

pandaman — Sun, 24 May 2026 20:52:52 +0000

A consulate overseas is more equipped to vet someone from the country where it is located than a USCIS office in New Hampshire. E.g. it has people able to read the documents in the local language and access to the officials who can validate those, it has people able to call or mail local authorities to ask about an applicant's involvement in crime, it has people who can recognize affiliations with local extremist groups etc.

It is actually really bizarre that the USCIS would essentially take the applicant's word without any vetting before this memo.

New comment by pandaman in "A scoping review of bicycling interventions’ impacts on well-being"

pandaman — Sun, 24 May 2026 17:01:42 +0000

Maneuverability of a bike suffers from the same traction issue. At the speed when you can't plant your foot to pivot around bikes need to go much slower than cars in the same corners to not skid out. Check out descends on any road race, bikes are braking to 20-30 mph in sone corners, which cars pass at full speed. Not to mention that a car can skid fairly easily on either axle, while on a bike very few can get out of the rear wheel skid and the front wheel skid is the game over.

New comment by pandaman in "A scoping review of bicycling interventions’ impacts on well-being"

pandaman — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:37:55 +0000

You could just get on a bike and test for yourself your theory. People who ride bikes tell you they are not good at stopping quickly, perhaps you should ask yourself how you became so knowledgeable without riding?

New comment by pandaman in "A scoping review of bicycling interventions’ impacts on well-being"

pandaman — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:38:33 +0000

I don't know what "total transport efficiency" is or how is it measured, I just noticed you mentioned 70% of energy wasted by ICE as if humans waste less than that. As for more efficient than anything else in terms of MPG, you might want to check the current MPG record, it's in range of 15K MPG on some hydrogen powered car if memory serves.

New comment by pandaman in "A scoping review of bicycling interventions’ impacts on well-being"

pandaman — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:12:52 +0000

You obviously have not rode a bike for a long while if ever.