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

snambi — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:33:39 +0000

It's perfectly natural for a country to experience periods of growth and decline. Demographic and economic cycles rise and fall over time, and a period of contraction does not mean growth won't return in the future.

What isn't reversible is losing a country's identity. As a foreigner, I'd rather see Japan remain Japan than become a messy cultural mix, like Europe.

New comment by snambi in "Getting into Flow State with Agentic Coding"

snambi — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 01:18:47 +0000

Looks like he generated a lot of code and dumped it somewhere.

New comment by snambi in "ICE test train reaches speeds of up to 405.0 km/h"

snambi — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:30:32 +0000

What is special about this train? There are trains that already surpass this speed.

New comment by snambi in "Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs"

snambi — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:40:12 +0000

Not really true. We have been asked to hire women in our team. Thankfully we found an amazing person. But other teams were not so lucky. It was pure nonsense.

New comment by snambi in "Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames"

snambi — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:20:41 +0000

This is fantastic.

Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices

snambi — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 18:02:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/21/2023-08239/changes-under-consideration-to-discretionary-institution-practices-petition-word-count-limits-and

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36372683

Points: 1

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Bosses are fed up with remote work for 4 main reasons

snambi — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 13:44:09 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bosses-fed-remote-4-main-193500794.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36340404

Points: 3

# Comments: 5

New comment by snambi in "An ancient Indian Buddhist monk buried in Athens"

snambi — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:57:27 +0000

Not true. Unless you learn Sanskrit, you cannot understand that the language can communicate multi[le dimensions of meanings. Ofcourse, it is not needed rudimentary things like physics, chemistry etc.

Ofcourse, Sanskrit can be used like English too. That is like using a super computer as a calculator.

New comment by snambi in "An ancient Indian Buddhist monk buried in Athens"

snambi — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:53:48 +0000

Caste system itself was introduced in India by Portuguese in the 15th century.

New comment by snambi in "How Southwest Airlines melted down"

snambi — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 07:37:32 +0000

Too much centralization. Centralization is bound to fail eventually. It happened.

New comment by snambi in "Amazon packages burn in India, final stop in broken recycling system"

snambi — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 15:20:06 +0000

Amazon is highly irresponsible company. It wastes so much packaging for each shipment.

New comment by snambi in "H-1B visa holders scramble for jobs after 2022 tech layoffs"

snambi — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:46:40 +0000

As a citizen, if I get laid off, I get a severance package and support from the state. It is ok if I get laid off. Temporary inconvenience, but family doesn't need to suffer. It is not the case for H1B visa holders.

If H1B visa holder gets laid off, they need to find a job in 60 days. That is a lot of stress. Suppose they find a in different state, they need to move. This is stress for the family and children as well. In the worst case, they may need to leave the country. It is harder, because they need to sell all their properties, move the stuff and relocate the family in an extremely short period of time. I think the H1B rules are draconian.

IMHO, H1B must be reformed or abolished. In the current form, it only benefits big companies to hire great talent for cheap and keep under their control. Similar to bonded labour.

New comment by snambi in "Queen Elizabeth II has died"

snambi — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 21:50:01 +0000

Why do you need a queen in 21st century?

Can't the Brits abolish royalty, how they abolished slavery?

New comment by snambi in "Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order"

snambi — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:15:19 +0000

This is not the full set of events as it happened.

New comment by snambi in "Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order"

snambi — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:11:37 +0000

There were plenty. But I think they were deleted now.

New comment by snambi in "Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order"

snambi — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:07:30 +0000

There is a name for it, democracy.

New comment by snambi in "Ask HN: What exactly is a mindfulness meditation?"

snambi — Sun, 03 Jul 2022 07:29:19 +0000

Not really sure what "medidation" means. But the word "Dyan" is clearly defined. There are many types of "Dyans". But, all theory is useless without a Guru.

No amount of googling will not find a Guru. It is your intense desire to find a "Guru" will attract you towards the "Guru".

New comment by snambi in "The dissolution of Apple’s legacy design team"

snambi — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 06:36:39 +0000

It could mean there are more than one.

I quit my job as a Netflix engineer

snambi — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:29:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/quit-job-at-netflix-senior-engineer-boredom-six-figures-2022-5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31585207

Points: 14

# Comments: 3

New comment by snambi in "Farm vehicles approaching weights of sauropods exceed limits for soil function"

snambi — Tue, 24 May 2022 18:50:32 +0000

Industrial farming is a wrong idea.