Since Slashdot doesn't allow editing: The people up for renewal had to find new jobs. The company wasn't hiring new workers.

I had the exact opposite experience. The Fortune 500 company I worked at had layoffs, and shortly afterward the government started inquiring why H1-B workers weren't let go. All H1-B applications were rejected for the next 2 years and those people either found new sponsors or moved back to their country of origin.

IMHO the best way to avoid H1-B abuse is to put a floor on the salary across the board, and verify it through the IRS.

This CNBC article had a surprising quote:

The big hyperscalers like Microsoft and Google, he said, have instituted a strategy of “offloading their capacity to other data center providers.” That’s leading businesses to use Oracle. “These are not organic customers to Oracle,” said Luria, who recommends holding the stock. “This is Microsoft, Google and Amazon’s customers that will use Oracle capacity.”

So the Big 3 cloud providers don't own their own data centers? Is the cloud some sort of infinite regress? Is it turtles all the way down?

The battery will last all day without having to be charged!

I've seen so much progress in the education field. It's being truly treated a science, and a lot of important research is being done to understand how we learn, and how to teach. Unfortunately, education in the US is highly politicized and most of that research is ignored in order to score political points.

It's a question of enforcement. Most large cities actually do a good job of it. I only see people "rolling coal" in rural areas with minimal law enforcement.

It should be noted that PM2.5 emissions have been heavily regulated in the US for close to two decades now.

I switched to the online version over a decade ago. Why? It supports Linux. Sure, you may not want your taxes in the cloud. However, the IRS puts your tax documents on the Web no matter how you file.

They've been pretty transparent to reporters that ask about the ingredients. They use genetically modified organisms to produce proteins that mimic meat.

Care to provide a citation on this?

They sell these price lock contracts as being in the customer's favor, however the ISP continues to raise prices whenever they want. Comcast/Xfinity is by far the worst at this. I've found Verizon to be much more honest by comparison.

I have a similar setup to the one described and my hardware isn't nearly as powerful. The Immich Android app is unstable though.

It is AMAZING for documentation. I've had ChatGPT create excellent documentation of my code... and then warn me about a few edge cases I forgot to handle...

It's Windows, I'm sure there's a registry key to turn it off.

...or they could use more efficient lasers.

Whereas NIF’s 1990s-era technology is only 0.5% efficient, Campbell says that modern lasers can get as high as 20%.

-Physicsworld