H1Bye

I kind of suspected that was what was going on with that Microsoft buyout. Since it’s very difficult (especially in this market) for H1Bs to get sponsorship elsewhere, a lot of Americans will leave and the trapped H1Bs will remain, all of whom work for lower wages.

Next year I expect other tech companies to make the same sort of move.

Pure evil.

Hate Right

Inceldom makes people angry not because it’s wrong, or because sometimes one of the incels malfunctions and goes nuts, but rather because inceldom is largely correct about the dating market and its cruelty to most men.

Being right is one of the easiest ways to become despised.

Qwenputer: a fully functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5.

Confessions Of An SR-71 Blackbird Pilot.

Chinaโ€™s CE-25A Electric Commuter Airliner Demonstrator Emerges.

Police are pulling people over because license plate cameras say their travel patterns look "suspicious."

The Migration Sales Pitch They Never Gave You.

England has developed into a complete dystopian tyranny.

"Mental load" is an interesting example of a slanted idea, designed by absurdly silly activists. making it into normal discourse.

Christine Lagarde to Resign Early as ECB President.

As Missile Stockpiles Dwindle and China Looms, U.S. Turns to Japan for Production.

America's Truckers on the Brink With 221 Bankruptcies This Year.

Belgium restored nuclear power output.

Polish MiG-29s, F-16 Cannon Ammo Reportedly Headed To Ukraine As Bitter Warsaw-Kyiv Rift Heals.

Trump ignored intel on Chinaโ€™s Nvidia spy to protect companyโ€™s stock, report says.

What America is Living Without.

The Bigger Meaning Found In Four-Hour Amazon Delivery Times.

China and the US Are Competing for Space Dominance.

Bigger Rigor Trigger

I was reading about some supposedly extremely-difficult Harvard humanities class that people are clamoring to get into these days.

And it turns out they read one book a week. And all the books are in English. I’d not consider that class to have any level of difficulty until you’re at ~5 books a week, or ~3 a week if many of them are non-English.

Otherwise, you’re just goofin’.

XDR

What expensive products are worth the money if you manage to get your hands on them?

A great monitor. I have an Apple Studio Display XDR. It’s amazing. The best monitor I’ve ever had, by far. It’s also incredibly expensive.

And worth every fucking penny.

I think most people don’t even realize they are hurting their eyes with crappy displays. Get something better and your eyes will be happier. Doesn’t have to be an XDR; you can get a pretty great monitor for $400 these days.