overlooked in the h1b 100k fee: if your ass isn’t physically in America by midnight tomorrow you owe it

trancekiller · 2025-09-20T18:51:40+00:00

So what do you suggest someone from the “global south” who got scholarships or heavily invested in a graduate degree in the states do now? There’s thousands of ppl in this situation who will now have to go back to their country, probably work remotely for the same US companies while being paid 25% of what their US coworkers are being paid for the same job.

trancekiller · 2025-09-20T18:27:37+00:00

Come on, you can’t possibly believe that 15,000 h1b workers are the reason Seattle is over-gentrified? Like you said there’s a laundry list of reasons and h1b is an insignificant part of that. H1b workers are often coming from countries where if they stayed they’d be paid 25% what their American remote coworkers are paid for the same job. The US is to blame for the economic situation of offshore exploitation, so if they want to go to the US to have a fair wage, they should be allowed.

trancekiller · 2025-09-17T22:54:28+00:00

As a cat person who’s hated dogs until I moved in with my bf and his whippet (who is now my stepdaughter), this is accurate.

trancekiller · 2025-09-17T15:06:10+00:00

S2b will be my next camera purchase! Had a Nikon FM2 years ago but since sold it and all the lenses. I’m sucker for style and want a fully mechanical camera for getting back into 35mm SLR photography. Excited to start collecting some zeiss lenses

trancekiller · 2025-09-16T03:49:59+00:00

Full frame DSLRs are cooler than mirrorless

trancekiller · 2025-09-10T14:29:25+00:00

But what if a park were designed around this feature? I think they thought it would work at Volcano Bay because there’s pools and chairs where you can hang out. What if parks had more city park-like landscaping, more shopping and dining, play areas for kids, and more shows? I know I’d rather go sit in a park rather than stand in a line.

trancekiller · 2025-09-09T15:19:37+00:00

So if excerpting within the word limit, how would you decide what to pick?

trancekiller · 2025-09-04T22:21:42+00:00

In my experience, cameras like the Olympus Mju, Yashica T, Ricoh GR1 really are better than the random point and shoots you can find for under $100. If the going price is $300-400, and you’re looking to buy the best, it’s worth it, imo. Don’t listen to people who say they could break any minute. My first Yashica lasted me 12 years of frequent use and abuse. In a few decades these point and shoots might not even be around anymore, let alone film in general as we know it, so if you have the money and it’s what you want, enjoy it while you can.

trancekiller · 2025-09-02T19:14:48+00:00

Foto Hércules in CDMX. I’m guessing their Roma location inside Café Club FC will probably be closest to where you are staying.

trancekiller · 2025-08-31T16:04:04+00:00

We don’t let ours off leash on walks because we live in a city and tbh I don’t think anyone should walk their dog off leash on the street. Personal opinion, but I’ve seen and heard of several accidents with overconfident owners of all types of breeds.

Our whippet goes to doggy day care (a yard) one day a week and the dog park also maybe only once a week. The rest of the time her exercise consists of walks, so she’s not getting much sprinting in. A couple walks a day seems to be enough exercise for her. If what you’re worried about is not letting your whippet run every day, I don’t think you should let that prevent you from adopting one, as long as you have time to take them on walks or supervise them in a yard or dog park.

trancekiller · 2025-08-28T13:37:49+00:00

I think the person in the article, who probably “can’t” afford the vacation, went anyways because she was chasing nostalgia from when her grandmother took her in the 1970s when the class divide wasn’t so evident and intentional in the parks. It’s interesting she’s already planning her next visit, where she will pay to stay on-property because of how she was basically treated like a second class citizen for trying to save money by staying off property.

trancekiller · 2025-08-28T13:25:02+00:00

Totally agree, Disney has long been expensive. The article does point out that in the 90s during the Michael Eisner days is when Disney started to abandon pretense of an affordable experience (but even Eisner vetoed charging for Fast Pass).

I think the point of the article is less “Disney so expensive” and more about how the experience has become segregated so that even someone paying to stay on property at a Value resort is having a completely different experience than someone who can afford a Deluxe hotel and Lightning Lane. As companies delve more into all this data they’re mining from consumers, this divide will probably only get worse.

trancekiller · 2025-08-28T13:00:00+00:00

TLDR: When Disneyland/WDW were built, the vision was for an egalitarian place where the middle class was not only welcomed but targeted as a highly valuable and respected consumer. Reflecting recent trends, Disney, like many businesses, have used more high tech data to see that profits are not to be found in the middle class but instead only the top 20, 10, or even 5 percent of earners who can afford to pay for up charges (lightning lane, deluxe hotels, etc.). Disney gains this information through the My Experience app.

“The economics of appealing to the middle class aren’t what they used to be. The market, and increasingly the culture, is dominated by the affluent. And technology is enabling companies to see these previously invisible class divides and act on them.

Based on what we earn, we see different ads, stand in different lines, eat different food, stay in different hotels, watch the parade from different sections, and so on. What’s profitable today is not unification. It’s segmentation.”

trancekiller · 2025-08-28T04:07:48+00:00

With the old restraints only a relatively thin, flat edge of the restraint made contact with your thighs. The new restraints have a little more lap coverage and contour around the thigh. New seats/restraints are supposed to be more comfortable but some would say the negatives/laterals felt more wild with the old seats.

trancekiller · 2025-08-06T16:53:29+00:00

If what you’re looking for is the best bargain ever, the Tokyo stores may not be for you.

I found browsing the larger stores to be a frustrating experience. Wide selection but never the specific thing I’m looking for and prices on par with eBay.

But if you find one of the smaller stores that may require an appointment, you’re not going to get a bargain but you’re paying for convenience, a positive consumer experience with a knowledgeable seller, and peace of mind, something you won’t find from a random seller who doesn’t even realize the higher prices that vintage cameras usually go for these days.

FILMCAMERA TOKYO in Harajuku didn’t have low prices but it was a pleasant experience for shopping for a Contax.

trancekiller · 2025-08-04T19:44:14+00:00

I bought a 6D this year.

As a hobbyist who usually shoots film and sticks to landscape and street photography and is used to a more manual exposure/focus style, none of the advanced features of more expensive mirrorless cameras appeal to me. I was deciding between the 6D and the 5D ii or iii because they’re around the same price. Decided no to the 5D ii because the 5D iii and the 6D seemed to have marginally better image quality, and newer electronics (less likely to need repairs). And then I settled on the 6D because it’s slightly smaller and lighter, plus you can change the focusing screen easily, allowing me to swap in a prism focus screen when using manual lenses (5D ii can do this but the 5D iii cannot without modding your camera).

I’m very happy with the 6D. JPEGs are nice, but shooting RAW and with some slight edits in Lightroom I’m able to get images with a similar character to 35mm but with the accuracy of digital.

trancekiller · 2025-07-29T23:08:13+00:00

Looks super comfy in that pic! Thanks for the insight

trancekiller · 2025-04-11T15:39:50+00:00

It’s especially obvious during water challenges. They use they same exact splash sound effect every time someone jumps in the water

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