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  • I don’t think we’re having the same conversation.

    This EO is about going back over the visa documents for people who entered legally and reviewing them based on a changed standard.

    The article is badly written with a sensationalized headline. The EO is written in standard legalese, and only related tangentially to the article. H1Bs likely don’t need to worry too much, but postdocs on that visa who went to a protest may need to reconsider their political activity. The fact that CAIR is quoted should give you a hint as to how this EO is expected to be applied - towards international students on F1 visas - specifically those who have taken part of campus demonstrations involving symbols from foreign terrorist organizations (Hamas flag, Hezbollah flags, etc).

    Beyond that, it may be used as a stick against postdocs working on politically charged topics like climate change.




  • So the actual EO doesn’t call out H1B at all, so I’m guessing this is sensationalized as H1B is the most “visible” visa in recent news.

    The context for this is likely the Moroccan national who recently committed a terror attack in Israel. He had a green card and that was supposedly part of the decision to grant him entry as a tourist to Israel.

    That having been said, this will likely result in some international students getting deported whether deserved or not. Semi-intended consequences is what I’d call them.






  • You can get a full itemized bill. The only thing that isn’t fully broken out are elastic ips. We found that out because we were tagging everything for billing and those weren’t showing up correctly.

    Mind you, it’s likely a bit more itemized than you want. Like you’ll see a separate line item for each price tier you paid for something, and things like ebs disks are all split out. It can be a bit…much.




  • Speed of light in glass is about 2/3c. Internet routing does not follow great circle routes either, so add an extra 20% fudge factor for that.

    From experience, voice calls sometimes get extra latency added in for no good reason whatsoever. Calling again usually resolves the issue.

    So while there’s a bit more delay, despite being noticeable it doesn’t change how you talk on the phone.