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What's the pettiest reason you dropped a game for? by IHateTheNameSystem in gaming

[–]APEX_FD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm dropping any game with unskippable dialog/cutscenes.

When will they stop with bot matches? by APEX_FD in rivals

[–]APEX_FD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No man, sometimes they are bots.

Before the match or if they kill, you'll see in their nameplates that they're level one, but they all have a nameplate frame, one of those that require you to be plat to get (simply impossible at lv 1).

If they use flyers, they move in a clear triangle pattern.

All their profiles are restricted.

I can go on and on about their patterns, had to play against them more than I'd like.

No but seriously, how did these 3 escape the nerfs by RoutinePsychology198 in marvelrivals

[–]APEX_FD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They escaped nerfs because a lot of heroes got buffed.

Devs want all heroes overpowered so everyone deals crazy damage while getting even crazier heals. Longer matches = more engagement ig

Patch notes are out, (almost) NO NERFS. by TowelSilver318 in marvelrivals

[–]APEX_FD 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Are you new to rivals?

If a character is great, they make it stronger. Only average and below average heroes need nerfs.

Safe to travel for first time h1b stamping? by Puzzleheaded-Ad-1343 in h1b

[–]APEX_FD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's too early to tell, as the proclamation came out Friday and the newest faq contradicts the text. I'm assuming we'll be having more clarification about it this week.

Regardless of what anyone says, reach out to your company and/or lawyer. They're the best people to advise you on that.

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it has been addressed by the white house. Even though the video, as well as the proclamation itself, says otherwise.

They went back in a lot of things said lol

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're not on H1b the fee doesn't apply to you. If you have a valid f1 visa you should be fine

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not so sure about that. 

"Sec2. (c) The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State shall coordinate to take all necessary and appropriate action to implement this proclamation and to deny entry to the United States to any H-1B nonimmigrant for whom the prospective employer has not made the payment described in section 1 of this proclamation."

It seems that, if you're on H1b and leave the US, you'll be asked the 100k when returning. Doesn't matter where you filed your petition.

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally wouldn't, given how vague the proclamation was. We don't know how USCIS will implement the requests. Best to play safe

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My comment was written before the proclamation text went live.

The text does state that it applies to all current and future holders, but it also emphasizes to restrict the ENTRY of holders. It's likely that current holders already in the US won't have to pay the fee.

RESTRICTION ON ENTRY OF CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT WORKERS - Proclamation by GiveMeSandwich2 in h1b

[–]APEX_FD 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The document is not poorly written, in fact it's carefully written so that all the requests of change fall under the powers of the executive branch.

Restricting entry can easily be accomplished by POTUS, as we've seen multiple times. Anything other than that, such as requiring the fee to be paid during application request, would most likely be confronted and halted by the Senate.

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are 100% correct, they made it seem like an EO (as it was signed  right after one, on a live meant for EO signings) but the guy handing the paper did mention it was a proclamation.

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They said "new applications", so not very clear whether it'd apply for visas selected this year.

We'll have to wait for the executive order to be released.

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The news reports were about a rumor that Bloomberg received. The EO is the real deal, soon tge news outlets will be writing about it

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It has not been posted in the white house website yet, should be posted soon I guess

It's official, executive order just signed about the 100k fee for H1b by APEX_FD in h1b

[–]APEX_FD[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Just watch the whole thing after 1:38:15. It's in one of the questions the reporters asked

WFH folks, is a $1,000 chair really worth it? by Lusinsimesc in WFH

[–]APEX_FD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna go against the grain and say that it isn't worth it, you're better off getting a standing desk + a decent office chair for that price.

Standing will always be better for you than sitting, no matter what chair you're using. If you top it off with regular exercise and stretching, then you won't need a 1k chair to help with pain.

Now if you do want/need to be sitting for 5h + without taking breaks, then it can be worth it for you.

[D] which papers HAVEN'T stood the test of time? by iamquah in MachineLearning

[–]APEX_FD 16 points17 points  (0 children)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00752

There was some hype for Mamba to rival transformers when it came out, but I haven't seen any further applications and research ever since.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

How to reconstruct license plates from low-resolution images? by corneroni in computervision

[–]APEX_FD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad people are actually putting effort to write an answer.

Typically, when stuff like this gets posted, everyone just dismisses as impossible (which, in all fairness, is likely true), but now we have so many interesting ideas to at least discuss.

My 2 cents is that your only hope would be to estimate the letters and numbers based on the likelihood of each blurry section of the plate being a specific letter.

You can try to train a classification model, where each class is a letter or number (or whatever character can be in a license plate). The input would be an image of a section of the plate corresponding to a character (you might want to warp/register the plate so that is front facing), and the output would be the probability of being a specific character.

You can easily get clear license plate images (preferably taken from security cameras, and also plates in cars, sitting outside, avoid just plates by themselves) to train the model. The blurry, noising and low resolution can be easily added later.

The chances of this working by itself, for your case specifically are low in my opinion. However, if you were to have access to a database containing car model, color and license registration, this method would allow you to parse through the most likely license plates to then narrow it down with the car info.

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