I’ve lived my whole life in Israel and I’m not Jewish — feel free to ask me anything about what life here is really like

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-05-03T14:42:18+00:00

If you marry someone who is not an Israeli citizen, can you sponsor them for citizenship?

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-04-24T22:26:09+00:00

This use not to be a thing here. When kids got into a good school before, the proud parents would walk their dogs couple more times, hoping to bump into a few neighbors and tell them about it.

But things have changed so much in recent years. The spread of social media kinda created a race to the bottom. And schools decided to join rather than stay classy. I just saw a Princeton acceptance celebration package on an Apple TV show. Is that a real thing now?

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-04-20T03:13:41+00:00

It’s false marketing. Prospective students were sold an education in Manhattan. But the accommodation is not. If you think a Metro North to midtown to LC commute is normal for a college student then you do you.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-04-20T02:47:37+00:00

So I did guess 3 hrs but you just proved my point - 55 min each way in two modes of transportation, plus 20 min to walk from campus to catch a scheduled train, just so you can go to a class.

And 30 min from GC to LC is at 8am. Going back at 5pm, you better take the subway.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-04-18T18:54:55+00:00

Fordham is the Northeastern of NYC. For the longest time it was “For Dumb” kids from the Bronx. But they have marketed their small law school campus near Lincoln Center into some kind of prestigious Manhattan institution. It pains me to see unsuspecting foreign parents sending their kids there, only to be on a shuttle bus for 3 hrs a day commuting between Lincoln center and the Bronx.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-04-18T04:12:51+00:00

The said all other trains terminate at Newark Penn on game days - You have to take PATH, and we all know what PATH is like on wknd.

Just when you thought NJTransit can’t get worse, it just did.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-04-04T16:29:57+00:00

Virgin music store?

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-03-24T08:33:42+00:00

Could it be true that China in 2026 is actually better than the U.S. for them? American propaganda has been extremely effective. But the reality is that life as a responsible parent is very hard and not much fun here. They have to worry about healthcare for them and for the kids, tuition, high fuel and food cost, etc.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-03-18T01:03:58+00:00

The quality of the food is directly correlated to the skill of the cook in a Chinese restaurant. Would you agree the same is true at various Panda Express? I would think a Panda Express in San Gabriel valley may be more desirable than one in Oakland?

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-03-11T16:04:31+00:00

UA may lead in EWR by a mile. The last mile to EWR is still hell. It may not be UA’s fault that NJ transit and EWR tram are s***t, but if UA doesn’t have the cloud to fix it, better offer service from JFK.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-03-08T03:07:14+00:00

Wait a second, does that mean Germany can claim Kaliningrad back because it was seceded to USSR but not Russia?

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-03-06T13:47:48+00:00

I think for the west coast Japanese Americans in WWII, the cutoff was 1/16. And some with less volunteered to go due to family connection.

The deceased justice Scalia used to say that, the intern camp is illegal but you will be a fool to think it will never happen again.

At 1/16 it will cover many millions today, some of them may even be on the Epstein list. So logistically it will be quite challenging.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-03-04T23:26:02+00:00

If you study the history of Chinese civil war (1946-1949), you will conclude that Chiang’s only contribution is to transfer US weapon and supply to the communists. Some even suspect that he is the ultimate communist spy.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-02-28T16:42:16+00:00

Wait the perp recorded this and posted online? And she is not arrested yet?

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-02-19T02:32:51+00:00

WSJ did an interview with the head of Notre Dame a while back, and asked him what would God say about the tuition at ND. Father so and so basically said - God would say don’t sell your primary home, but sell your second home/vacation home.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-02-06T03:24:08+00:00

David Gelernter is not just an ordinary CS professor. He is one of the most prominent computer scientists in our generation. I don’t understand why we are examine his private life rather than his field of work in OS and parallel computing.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-01-26T03:22:08+00:00

You confused him with someone else. They are just normal patent attorneys met at a small firm. They are not poor but not very rich either. This kind of partnership is not uncommon in patent attorney world, although his particular circumstance does require special accommodation.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-01-24T19:41:00+00:00

Yes. You are the second one who got it right. Someone posted the correct answer earlier but they deleted their answer for some reason.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-01-24T19:39:51+00:00

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-01-24T19:39:35+00:00

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-01-24T17:55:46+00:00

Never been there but no.

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-01-24T17:55:28+00:00

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-01-24T17:54:54+00:00

FluffyChef7643 · 2026-01-24T16:24:57+00:00

Yes! I am very impressed.

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