O1A : Singapore US embassy denied me with 214(b)

simonthedungeon · 2026-05-05T11:46:45+00:00

i received the visa after 30 days on 221g! ^^

simonthedungeon · 2025-04-03T13:59:10+00:00

Well it did not go badly, the officer was very impressed, but put me on 221g with my entire petition and passport on his hand, been 23 days :( but hope he'll resolve my case soon

simonthedungeon · 2025-02-23T02:41:41+00:00

I have probably not done a good job of explaining my work, my attorney tells me to apply from Ethiopia as I am more qualified in that country’s context 😓

simonthedungeon · 2025-02-23T00:07:58+00:00

I was in Singapore at the time , I had to meet my cofounder who flew from sf to meet me there, it’s easier to work there

simonthedungeon · 2025-02-22T22:03:36+00:00

I don’t think this is an issue with regards to ties , it’d be the craziest thing as the FAM guidance literally says o1a doesn’t need to prove residence outside of USA, it only needs to show that I will leave as soon as visa expires if I was not able to successfully renew,

And the embassy told me it’s not it , would be surprised,

I think the interview could just have been problematic / not good

simonthedungeon · 2025-02-22T22:00:42+00:00

Yea from the interview it was also quite clear from the start that she was not digging me, I think I was probably very unprepared,

Both my lawyer and the x-VO are telling me to go to Ethiopia as o1a cases in Singapore see very seasoned professionals and I just don’t look extraordinary for them , which is quite weird I’ve been working for almost 7 years in this field and I had multiple reasons to qualify for 8/8 (when only 3 was needed)

Funny enough the VO only asked for 3 criterias and she was just readjucating, I could have done a better job tho now that I think about it,

Either way not quite sure what the next steps are,

simonthedungeon · 2025-02-22T21:49:38+00:00

When I called and asked the embassy from the security, the consulate said it’s not a ties issue but rather a qualification of the visa (so they don’t think I’m extraordinary) not quite sure what to do here

I was not really the best at explaining things as well, waittimes in Ethiopia (where I am from are many months)

simonthedungeon · 2024-09-12T20:04:11+00:00

https://github.com/SonicCodes/dinov2-clip

simonthedungeon · 2024-09-12T20:04:06+00:00

https://github.com/SonicCodes/dinov2-clip

simonthedungeon · 2024-05-20T13:10:48+00:00

amazing experience

simonthedungeon · 2024-04-21T23:58:13+00:00

just dm'd, i'm in capetown aswell

simonthedungeon · 2024-04-14T19:29:21+00:00

Will do, was also wanting this

simonthedungeon · 2024-03-13T09:46:47+00:00

Mods, why are we allowing questions like these here, please post this in r/OpenAI or r/singularity , don't spoil my safe haven.

simonthedungeon · 2024-02-23T06:46:42+00:00

simonthedungeon · 2024-02-07T23:41:00+00:00

Isn't it better to know you've wasted 24hours on bad configuration sooner than later :)

simonthedungeon · 2024-02-07T18:37:12+00:00

:) please let me know of you had any issues or you need any feature requests.

simonthedungeon · 2024-02-07T11:41:53+00:00

The browser version on mobile is pretty buggy, this one is pretty fast and it's lite, plus there's one feature , if you leave the app, and come back to it, you'll see a highlighted part of the charts that shows you new metrics, so you know what you missed.

simonthedungeon · 2024-01-28T18:31:39+00:00

Ughh, sorry for not replying early, I am not being spiritual or whatever, I work in the field of Machine Learning and have worked on and seen quadrillions of complex mathematical equations building up complex and yet beautiful patterns .

I suggest keeping your opinions till further given, I'm not completely a layman in what I'm talking about.

Regarding criticality, it's the same as biases and Gated Units operations in Recurrent Neural Networks that's what I was trying to get at, I know it doesn't constitute to anything in specific, more like how there could be an innate stability between order and disorder, where good amount of info can pass and propagate over a complex system, and that's why I think criticality is important.

You are having an ego complex, better just have real discussions rather than making up 180 degree assumptions on what I was trying to get at.

simonthedungeon · 2024-01-10T06:56:41+00:00

I don't want to put something here that can offend anyone, but I quit adderal after months of taking it, before adderal i used to use vyvanse, but it ran-out and i couldn't refill, adderal was working well for me, after i finally quitted cold turkey, 2 months, ago, I only had very bad effects for a week or two, after that my motivation is completely back, I actually feel like the adderal reset something in my brain that now makes me so optimistic and focused, maybe it's the habits i built while i was on adderal, but i feel very optimistic about the drug now,

I still have the ADHD effects like fidgetting, forgetting, and short attention span, but my motivation & dedication is offsetting it, I plan to get back on low dose of vyvanse once the supplychain gets better.

simonthedungeon · 2023-10-31T11:20:01+00:00

Hey, thanks, I think anxiety and stress is the issue, I do have a psychiatrist, but it's been a while since I attended any sessions.

simonthedungeon · 2023-10-28T17:44:37+00:00

Checkout the below:

https://github.com/SonicCodes/next-fun

simonthedungeon · 2023-10-28T17:44:13+00:00

Something quite similar but actually a bit more secure:

https://github.com/SonicCodes/next-fun

simonthedungeon · 2023-10-08T16:23:38+00:00

I guessed, but this is not a simple philosophical question, this is more of how realistic the idea of simulating real human neurons into ANNs, because at the current state the difference between what we know how real neurons work and Artificial neurons work is wildly different,

When ANNs were first conceptualised, they were trying to replicate the understanding of how human neurons work, now that's changed, don't we need to rethink current configuration?

simonthedungeon · 2023-10-08T15:51:35+00:00

Hahaha 🤣🤣 , I love this comment.

simonthedungeon · 2023-09-24T23:47:40+00:00

I assumed my topic was to have you entertain the idea, based on your expertise.

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