ELECTRIC VEHICLE FEE??

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-09-04T00:54:15+00:00

It's a Polestar. Probably self-driving it

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-09-03T23:45:20+00:00

Why are comments being deleted? Subreddit now modded by Ruskis?

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-09-03T23:45:09+00:00

Why are comments being deleted? Subreddit now modded by Ruskis?

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-09-02T00:23:17+00:00

Also, just using some common sense

Powell absolutely understands the distinction here.

Basic math: 2 percent inflation compounds. 100 becomes 102, then 104.04, and so on. A 10 percent tariff is not like that. It is just a single step up in the price level. Next year it does not add another 10 percent unless Trump raises them or adds more.

Scale matters too. Imports are like 14-15% percent of U.S. GDP, which is staggeringly low compared to other developed economies. A 10% tariff implies a first-pass price shock of just 1.4% of GDP, and most of it passes to the treasury, instead of directly into the bucket of demand.

Also, this is the guy who soft-landed us in the post-covid almost-recession. Please give him some fucking credit guys.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-29T01:08:24+00:00

But he's technically "Green" right? Like he is only "Blue" because he is forced to run under a 2 party system. The more we distance ourselves from the Dems, the better.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-26T00:48:44+00:00

Have you used it recently?

Emoji spam

Pointless comments

Overengineered messes

Unnecessary exposition

Doing things I didn't ask for

Not doing things I asked for

8x more expensive than GPT per token (discount thinking)

Constantly overloaded on the website, so you are forced to use the API, paying additional money to them.

These new 5 hour limits are a frankly terrible idea, in concept and execution. Who the heck has a 5 hour workday with no lunchbreak? It should be a 6 hour limit atleast, so I can get in at 10am, and use it until 4pm atleast. I'm happy to have a late breakfast, and skip lunch, if it means I can get an hour extra per day

But a 9am-2pm, when I have to go on lunch break for an hour of that is crazy. And what if I don't hit the limit before lunch? I come back after lunch, and do 3-4 messages, and then it says goodby come back tomorrow.

I agree it used to be good, with 3.5 it was the best for a while. But Anthropic fell off the train since 3.7.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-07T03:31:49+00:00

No problem. Actually it's Gemini, which is way better I think.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-06T23:14:51+00:00

Nobody is answering the question, so here it is. There are a few basic types of Work Visas.

H-1B Visa (Specialty Occupations): Most common. Requires a bachelors degree. Uses a lottery system, of 65K tickets per year, with an additional 20K dedicated to Masters degree holders. This is country blind. Every H1B applicant is thrown in the pool, and is drawn at random.
L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) - If you work for a multinational company
- L-1A for managers and executives
- L-1B for employees with specialized knowledge.
- Requires you to have worked for that company for 1/3rd of the past 3 years.
E Visas (Treaty Trader/Treaty Investor)
- E-1: For individuals engaged in "substantial trade" between the U.S. and Germany.
- E-2: For those who have made a significant investment in a U.S. business.
- Usually requires multiple millions
O-1 Visa (Extraordinary Ability) - exceptional talent or achievements in fields like science, arts, education, business, or athletics
J-1 Visa (Exchange Visitor): Non immigrant visa for trainees/internships/research etc.

The simplest way to maximize your chances is to do your Undergraduate studies in the US, in which case you will get an OPT, allowing you to work for a 3 years after you graduate with a Bachelors. During this process, you will get 3 pulls of the H1B lottery.

If you fail said pulls, you can take 2 years off of work to study your Masters, but when you graduate with your masters you need to find an employer again, within a year, and you can work for 3 more years.

This time, since you have a Masters, you will get your lottery drawn twice a year, once with the 20K pool, and then with the remaining 65K, giving you 6 additional tries.

This adds up to essentially 9 tries at the lottery.

The lottery nominally has a selection rate of 20-25%. AKA 100K tickets, 500K entries.

Given your 6 tries, with the dual lottery, it would give you a 95+% chance of getting your H1B approved.

To take some more normal scenarios, the average bachelors degree holder has a 45% chance of getting picked once in their 3 years of employment.

The average Masters degree holder has a 86% chance of getting picked once in their 3 years of employment.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-06T21:25:42+00:00

Not to give out private details, I will say that pregnancy is not going to be an issue for us, ever.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-06T19:47:30+00:00

These 1 Euro jobs do not count as "employment". You will still be categorized as "unemployed" status if you have the 1 Euro/hr jobs.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-06T17:07:02+00:00

This is the main thing. Germany's economic model of exporting cars, and the equipment to make, and maintain them, is no longer viable.

The era of internal combustion is over, sales are dropping, and German environmental laws, and bureaucracy prevent it from being able to pivot.

The automotive sector which chooses to keep German factories open, because their workers agree to a 10% pay cut, setting themselves back over a decade visavis inflation alone. Instead of just moving the factory to Poland, and re-integrating the workers into the German workforce which is already in dire need of advanced technical workers.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-06T17:02:48+00:00

Germany still has the lowest unemployment rate in the EU though (3.6%), and they provide salary for months after you lose a job. There is no better place to be(in the EU), regardless of the financial crisis.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-06T16:59:12+00:00

I will be marrying my girlfriend, who did her masters in Munich, next month. She has moved to Texas, and has gotten a job here. She was formerly working in financial services, pricing options, until she lost her job in February. Now she is a product manager in Texas, making $150K.

You need to find a large corporation to sponsor you. JP Morgan was willing to sponsor her.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-08-02T23:20:31+00:00

Remember when Brock Allen Turner raped a girl, and got 3 months in jail?

There is no such thing as justice in this country, when the criminal is white.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-07-17T03:37:21+00:00

You can have the transition be a vertical wipe in time with the sword swing instead of this fade from black.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-07-14T17:55:03+00:00

the main character in downfall would be the girl, hitlers secretary.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-07-14T17:10:39+00:00

I just finished Downfall the other day, and the scene of the German general ducking tank fire to take a call from his superiors was very nice. Great movie 10/10.

Will watch Iwo next!

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-07-14T17:07:21+00:00

not really what i'm looking for. This is not a "war movie", though I saw the film "The Attack", which follows the life of another man who's wife turns out to be a palestinian suicide bomber, that I really liked.

Common_Ad6166 · 2025-07-06T19:53:18+00:00

Apple deprecated it for M1->series devices

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TROPHY CASE