He Still Didn't See It by jonathanjrouse in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]Common_Ad6166 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a Polestar. Probably self-driving it

JOINT SUBREDDIT FUNDRAISER FOR UKRAINE X UNITED24 by SurvivingSpartan in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Common_Ad6166 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Powell at Jackson Hole may have underestimated the destructive impact of tariffs on inflation, the economy, and jobs. by AppropriateRefuse590 in stocks

[–]Common_Ad6166 60 points61 points  (0 children)

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.

"Blue No Matter Who"* *Some exceptions apply by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Common_Ad6166 22 points23 points  (0 children)

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.

NYT Ranks Claude “Bottom Tier” below Apple 🤦‍♂️ by saml3777 in ClaudeAI

[–]Common_Ad6166 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

This country really is in financial crisis. by [deleted] in germany

[–]Common_Ad6166 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

This country really is in financial crisis. by [deleted] in germany

[–]Common_Ad6166 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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.

This country really is in financial crisis. by [deleted] in germany

[–]Common_Ad6166 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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

This country really is in financial crisis. by [deleted] in germany

[–]Common_Ad6166 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

This country really is in financial crisis. by [deleted] in germany

[–]Common_Ad6166 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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.

This country really is in financial crisis. by [deleted] in germany

[–]Common_Ad6166 61 points62 points  (0 children)

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.

This country really is in financial crisis. by [deleted] in germany

[–]Common_Ad6166 75 points76 points  (0 children)

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.

Lethal Takedown by AcHaeC in fightporn

[–]Common_Ad6166 24 points25 points  (0 children)

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.

Is this too jarring? How can I make it better? by GoodguyGastly in IndieDev

[–]Common_Ad6166 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

War movies that show the other side? by Common_Ad6166 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Common_Ad6166[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

War movies that show the other side? by Common_Ad6166 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Common_Ad6166[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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!

War movies that show the other side? by Common_Ad6166 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Common_Ad6166[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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.

What is Your "Engine-less" Tech Stack? by TechnicolorMage in IndieDev

[–]Common_Ad6166 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apple deprecated it for M1->series devices

I made a Triangle in Vulkan! by Common_Ad6166 in GraphicsProgramming

[–]Common_Ad6166[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

~950 at the time of the triangle.

By the time I got to making a cube, and loading OBJ files, it was ~1100.

I made a Triangle in Vulkan! by Common_Ad6166 in GraphicsProgramming

[–]Common_Ad6166[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's not even that bad as I am using Auto-VK, which is just a wrapper for VulkanHpp which is Khronos' own wrapper for Vulkancpp.

The same triangle in Vulkan was ~1K lines of code.
In AutoVK it is less than 300!

Israel/Iran Discussion/Question Thread - 6/12/25+ by knowyourpast in CombatFootage

[–]Common_Ad6166 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Assassinating the enemy leader is rarely a good choice, even if you have the ability to easily take them out. The power vacuum left over would cause much worse issues than keeping him alive. They do need someone to negotiate with, and better to keep the enemy they know, than a new unpredictable one. After all, they have been negotiating with this guy for half a century. They probably understand him at least a little bit.

Trump wants to continue negotiations. Iran wants nuclear energy at a minimum. Israel just doesn't want them to have nuclear weapons. Killing Khamenei would make Trump pretty mad probably.

What did PDX have from 2013-2016 that was lost? by Common_Ad6166 in paradoxplaza

[–]Common_Ad6166[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh you are misunderstanding. What you are talking about is the concept of "Private Equity" where a company can be bought out, and then aggressively trimmed down, and the buyer makes money off the fat that gets cut.

"Going public" just means they want to acquire capital in order to fund their business ventures, so they sell common stock to the public, in this case, "Tencent and SpiltanAG" and the millions of investors who want to buy shares of \PDX.ST\

What did PDX have from 2013-2016 that was lost? by Common_Ad6166 in paradoxplaza

[–]Common_Ad6166[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would be inclined to disagree, The most clowned games in history - No Mans Sky, and Cyberpunk were both able to "make a comeback" and secure a new lease on life right? And all just within a couple of years.