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

pigtailgirl — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:36:34 +0000

did a startup -- had wrong visa class -- angry employee called CBP -- got picked up passing through JFK -- 10 year ban -- is permission to reapply actually a thing or a dead-end process? -- thanks --

How AGI-Lite Happens

pigtailgirl — Mon, 20 May 2024 14:34:45 +0000

Article URL: https://b.h4x.zip/agi/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40415937

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by pigtailgirl in "There's Waldo is a robot that finds Waldo (2018) [video]"

pigtailgirl — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:18:27 +0000

-- this was 5+ years ago - wonder what they would change today --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "Ask HN: Is anyone using cloud dev environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?"

pigtailgirl — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:30:55 +0000

https://bunnyshell.com and k8s -- seems like a good way to get going quickly with new projects --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "South Korea to give $490 allowance to reclusive youths to help them leave house"

pigtailgirl — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:43:49 +0000

-- hard to say if this will work - i know - visit - people who have not left the house in over a year - they are very genius people who never made - to Samsung or LG or other chaebol - many have gained a lot of weight or are unhappy with appearance - genius and "ugly" - depressed - in Korean culture - not good --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "South Korea planned a 69-hour workweek. Millennials and Gen Z had other ideas"

pigtailgirl — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:12:05 +0000

-- yet everyone is against UBI - any version of socialism - women in the work force - robotics - want a country that has no natural resource - only technology and innovation as an export to think about number of hours in a work week as the answer - we are in trouble --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "The price of eggs in America cannot be explained by inflation alone"

pigtailgirl — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:12:43 +0000

—- 36 eggs still 6,400won! —-

New comment by pigtailgirl in "South Korea Again Smashes Own Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate in 2022"

pigtailgirl — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:08:51 +0000

-- 한강의 기적 - we are capable of changing quickly - if you unfamiliar history - 후삼국시대 - deeply study with 한 --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "South Korea Again Smashes Own Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate in 2022"

pigtailgirl — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:00:09 +0000

-- complicated - patriarchal - more intense than many cultures - its common to hear a Korean man say - the woman needs to be in her place - or - i own my wife as i own my car --

https://www.koreasociety.org/images/pdf/KoreanStudies/Monogr...

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_South_Korea

https://asiasociety.org/education/womens-role-contemporary-k...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korean-women-hit-ba...

New comment by pigtailgirl in "South Korea Again Smashes Own Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate in 2022"

pigtailgirl — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:57:00 +0000

-- its normal conversation here - usually we put the reason on - 헬조선: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Joseon - also - there is a big problem with a gender clash - women are learning about modern feminism - rejecting traditional system - young men are not accept it - it causing a lot of tension - more women tell me - i prefer to die alone than have traditional Korean husband - many of my Ewha ("feminist university") friend won't wear school brand clothes for fear of assault - https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaenam --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "South Korea's world lowest fertility rate drops again"

pigtailgirl — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:10:00 +0000

-- it's really a problem - big time - Yoon Suk-yeol got elected on removing 여성가족부 - Ministry of Gender Equality and Family - young korean men are angry - i know so many Ewha University students who are not wearing their school jacket outside anymore out of fear --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "Record-Breaking Egg Profits Prompt Accusation of Price Gouging"

pigtailgirl — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:06:23 +0000

-- at the market next to my house - 36 eggs are 6,700 won - I think $5.50? --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "Ask HN: How are the current layoffs affecting non-US developers?"

pigtailgirl — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 09:57:27 +0000

-- South Korea - naver - kakao - huyndai - samsung - all hiring like crazy for developers - if you're a developer in south korea finding a job is very - very easy --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "South Korea's world lowest fertility rate drops again"

pigtailgirl — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 09:45:00 +0000

-- I asked some of my friends - why they think it's happening - they all say same thing - 헬조선: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Joseon --

South Korea's world lowest fertility rate drops again

pigtailgirl — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:34:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-world-lowest-fertility-rate-drops-again-2023-02-22/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34893126

Points: 17

# Comments: 5

New comment by pigtailgirl in "London is handing out free meals for all primary school children"

pigtailgirl — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:37:00 +0000

-- in uk school lunch is not free? - this is typical lunch every school child in Korea provided free daily - thought this was usual in developed countries? --

https://imgur.com/a/8KECVAp

New comment by pigtailgirl in "The 16 hour flight from Auckland, to... Auckland"

pigtailgirl — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:26:40 +0000

-- makes sense - Korean Air flight - Only other nearby East Coast ports they could fly into are Boston - DC - don't think the have resources to deal with random passengers stuck at those two airports - friend of mine does logistics at Korean Air - his english is ok - but not good enough to deal with such a change id guess --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "Twitter starts limiting how many tweets you can post per day"

pigtailgirl — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:37:29 +0000

-- website just gives me error "This community is not accessible because you are in South Korea." - what they got against South Korea?? --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "The technology behind GitHub’s new code search"

pigtailgirl — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:17:25 +0000

-- was looking at their glassdoor last night - one of the worst ive seen in tech so far --

New comment by pigtailgirl in "Tell HN: Sadly, my blog post's title was moderated"

pigtailgirl — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:28:43 +0000

-- imo HN is trying to be better than that - you been here since 2015 - find it hard to believe you didnt pick up the ethos --