Ray tracing support on the newest AMD chips is getting good enough. They are still behind Nvidia but definitely not a disaster anymore

I don’t believe early adoption applies to SMS. In a lot of Europe people just migrated from SMS to other services around 2010 because it worked better

Corporations used to not have that much political power

Corporations used to have their own militaries, they colonized entire nations and owned people. They underwrote kings and empires.

While this is all true, they were limited to targeting smaller, less economically developed nations, where a private army was sufficient.

Today, though, one can reasonably argue that megacorps have managed to successfully capture the most powerful government on Earth.

Yeah. The East India Company was famously powerless.

on Windows, LG TV Companion fixes the sleep issue

I try to give a clear timeframe of when I’ll get back.

Yeah, I think the jargon which will impress some people in the room is "I'll timebox an investigation of 2hrs/days/weeks".

Can you stream games at over 60fps?

Yes. I can stream 120fps with moonlight and sunshine

That's kind of misleading though given that the deck can't display 120 Hz

I dont understand what you mean ?

The best and brightest are worth the extra $100k tax, no?

Doubtful. Not sure I'd be hired. I was hired at like $160k/yr. Would my employer have paid over half my wages to import me? I'm not so sure. Am I not bright enough? Do ya'all not want me here? It's possible. I'm no genius but I think I'm pretty good at my job and I dare say above average, and I don't think my employer could fill all the positions they have with equal or greater talent with only American citizens.

The question is more are you irreplaceable - is there no way an American could do your job even if they may need more training?

We pay taxes, we compete for limited schools and jobs, yet far more people want to come here than leave. Americans have become a lot less wealthy the last 40 years relatively thanks to stagnant wages and skyrocketing prices.

The last thing we need is an unlimited supply of competition that only moves in one direction. Average H1B salary is like 60k, rich companies like MS are employing thousands of IT workers. These are jobs that anyone here could do with a 1-2 year online technical degree.

> I don't think my employer could fill all the positions they have with equal or greater talent with only American citizens.

I assume that's because the wages are too low, since you have already described your skill level as merely above average. Unless I'm significantly misunderstanding something, Americans would be better off if your company had to pay higher wages, even if the company ended up shutting down as a result.

Speaking as an employer, I’d be a lot more picky if I was going to sponsor a candidate to make sure I could make my investment back. (We’ve never sponsored someone though)

The potentially sad thing/abuse that might come out of this is that employers will keep even higher margins from the H1 person and make them pay back that money faster. Even through some shady deal back in their home country.

$15K extra per year? Absolutely. $100k pre-payment? No. That's impractical since the visa holder may get hit by a truck or return home due to an emergency, etc.

Sure - to those that can afford it. But this basically wipes out the ability for smaller companies to use H1Bs as an incentive to draw talent when they’re already behind the gun compared to the FAANG’s of the world from a hiring perspective.

The rich get richer.

why not just hire them in Canada or literally in any offshore office and not pay the 100k tax?

$100,000 per year.

Wouldnt be surprised if he spends more time on an iPad than Mac these days

Contrast and pixel response time. OLED PC monitors still look amazing even with low all-screen brightness.

The Max phones always have better battery life