The only time the US is united is when they're under threat from an external source. Let it be the Soviet Union, or 9/11, y'all need an external enemy to unite against, otherwise all the differences come up... and y'all are simply incapable of discussing political differences because half the population still thinks black people were better off as slaves, while the other half simply demands basic respect for all people...
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You can disagree with how one uses the right of free speech, and defend said right, in the same breath.
He was 60. Although he does look 20 years older...
But dare even mutter a sentence akin to "Mossad must have kompromat on half the US establishment" and you'll be labelled a conspiracy theorist...
So, Conservapedia, but with even more hare brained conspiracy theories?
Can we make one small change? Instead of legislature, make it legislator :3
The fact that you believe there's actual talent overflow in the US makes me question just what you might consider "talent". A warm body with the ability to turn on a computer is not "talent".
No, the talent simply isn't there in the numbers companies would need them. And this isn't limited to the US only - even here in the UK, it's a struggle to hire good talent, because the fields are incredibly muddled, especially since AI-aided engineering came to be.
For example, I work in software engineering. My role, aside from being a senior engineer, a systems architect and designer, also involves hiring. We're actually hiring in a number of countries, US included, and I'm overseeing most of it. The applicant rates are simply abysmal. HR pre-filters our candidates, and that usually boils things down from around 1000 CVs to about 50 who actually make it to first roster, and from that 50, we end up actually interviewing maybe 5, because the rest obviously lack the required (and clearly indicated!) skills. And even from those 5, more often than not we choose none to hire because they don't really reach the bare minimum for the position (and to be perfectly fair, the bar isn't set too high). I've recently had a candidate who had a Masters in Computer Science and some 8 years of work experience, yet couldn't name base components in the specific segment he's been working in, nor could he define basic terms like SOLID or KISS.
And I'm hearing similar experiences from other fields too. Reality is, there's not a lack of people but a lack of talent, which often needs to be imported. And blocking that import will simply result in the companies moving to locations where they can source the talent or where the talent is willing to move to. Previously that was the US, because even though the situation was quite shite, your country has done a great job hiding that via media propaganda. Now it isn't, simply because y'all had to elect a racist demented dipshit.
This is beginner level IT-TV mishap.
Wanna see something truly ridiculous? How about two ~~girls~~ hackers one keyboard?
absurd waste of power, water, and arable land
the AI systems I'm talking about here aren't LLMs. Their power/resource usage is so insignificant that you could literally run them right on your smartphone without having a noticeable impact on battery life.
Because without those visas, the non-American talent can't be employed, and the US simply doesn't have the local talent to fill those spots.
Which means companies will have only one way to keep up with the talent demand: employ it abroad. Which reduces the amount of tax paid to the US government, the amount of money that circulates in the economy, and so on.
Has Hannity been watching Hazbin Hotel and getting weird feelings in his tightie whities?