The US hates immigrants so much that there was at one point an attempt to create a floating ship in international waters near the Bay Area (without being actually in it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueseed
And lastly, the craziness of American xenophobia (especially the puzzling intense hatred of skilled immgirants no less) can seen in full blast, right here on HN, any time high-skilled work visas come up -- a lot of people right here on HN just can't wait force every last software developer (even those earning $200k) out of the country for the simple crime of them not being born here. I've conversed with immigrant-haters on HN for a long time[1], like for years. I've never understood why they hate me and other immigrants so much. It's puzzling, tbh. It's very tiring and emotionally tiring (when they effectively repeatedly tell you to "gtfo".) I've given up on engaging with them directly.
[1] One example where a user named ones_and_zeros essentially tells me to gtfo: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11313462 (see the parent of that comment as well). And I was in fact actually even scolded by dang for bringing it up later on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13599190 dang is right in the sense that it is indeed an extremely emotional topic for me. These people are trying to (quite literally) destroy my life, and want to force me out of what's been my home for 10+ years. But I've learned it's actually best for one's own emotional/mental well-being to not engage with them.
My immediate reaction was that I was about to read some scandalous anti-semitism (as I'm sure you did too). The truth is a little more bureaucratic with no malice or discrimination from either contributor (I won't comment on the law itself!).
The title is a little click-baity but I'm not sure how it could be more accurate?
Extremely far. It'd be extraordinarily costly - imagine every Chinese national SWE having to leave American companies - and in the US probably unlawful to impose.
A lot of these restrictions were imposed by the Arab states in the very early days of Israel's "nationhood" and haven't been lifted since, so you don't have to expel people to do this.
If US/China did this there would be mass expulsions on an India-Pakistan partition level
In the US a blanket anti-boycott law would be unconstitutional to enforce. Government contractors in some states (maybe federally) are subject to anti-BDS restrictions, but to my knowledge GitHub isn't one.
Also, GitHub as an organization is not boycotting Israel, one of the users of its site is. The law / requirement is to state that you (i.e. the gov't contractor in question) will not boycott Israel. But it doesn't say anything about your customers also abiding by that provision.
renewiltord|5 years ago
Fuck. That. Shit. May the culture of human independence and individual freedom win over this authoritarian bullshit.
winter_blue|5 years ago
The US does this all the time with its horribly restrictive work visa policy.
Some startup wants to hire a passionate engineer from abroad -- and what happens? The US govt says you can't.
Paul Graham wrote about it back in December 2014: http://paulgraham.com/95.html
The US hates immigrants so much that there was at one point an attempt to create a floating ship in international waters near the Bay Area (without being actually in it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueseed
And lastly, the craziness of American xenophobia (especially the puzzling intense hatred of skilled immgirants no less) can seen in full blast, right here on HN, any time high-skilled work visas come up -- a lot of people right here on HN just can't wait force every last software developer (even those earning $200k) out of the country for the simple crime of them not being born here. I've conversed with immigrant-haters on HN for a long time[1], like for years. I've never understood why they hate me and other immigrants so much. It's puzzling, tbh. It's very tiring and emotionally tiring (when they effectively repeatedly tell you to "gtfo".) I've given up on engaging with them directly.
[1] One example where a user named ones_and_zeros essentially tells me to gtfo: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11313462 (see the parent of that comment as well). And I was in fact actually even scolded by dang for bringing it up later on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13599190 dang is right in the sense that it is indeed an extremely emotional topic for me. These people are trying to (quite literally) destroy my life, and want to force me out of what's been my home for 10+ years. But I've learned it's actually best for one's own emotional/mental well-being to not engage with them.
phonon|5 years ago
https://blog.yiddishe-kop.com/posts/my-pr-was-denied-by-iran...
yuriko|5 years ago
colourgarden|5 years ago
My immediate reaction was that I was about to read some scandalous anti-semitism (as I'm sure you did too). The truth is a little more bureaucratic with no malice or discrimination from either contributor (I won't comment on the law itself!).
The title is a little click-baity but I'm not sure how it could be more accurate?
runawaybottle|5 years ago
SpicyLemonZest|5 years ago
notsureaboutpg|5 years ago
A lot of these restrictions were imposed by the Arab states in the very early days of Israel's "nationhood" and haven't been lifted since, so you don't have to expel people to do this.
If US/China did this there would be mass expulsions on an India-Pakistan partition level
aronpye|5 years ago
renewiltord|5 years ago
throwawaynothx|5 years ago
notsureaboutpg|5 years ago
Also, GitHub as an organization is not boycotting Israel, one of the users of its site is. The law / requirement is to state that you (i.e. the gov't contractor in question) will not boycott Israel. But it doesn't say anything about your customers also abiding by that provision.