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Such a messed up system. Most conversations about immigration reforms omit improvements to legal immigration. Taxation without representation I guess.

The travesty is that very few people know that the wait for India born folks is 120 years! That's not a typo, it's actually more than a lifetime. And those who do, don't care much - these are real people, real families stuck in a limbo, unable to travel every time their applications are in flight, unable to start businesses that would contribute back to the economy.

Hopefully Canada sees a great deal of growth - their immigration intake is merit based, instead of an arbitrary per country cap.

This terrifying scenario is kinda common. We've come across a bunch of tweets like: https://twitter.com/alexwlchan/status/1399095011178958851

This inspired us to add billing limits to our SaaS product so that users don't have be in scary situations with bill run offs: https://mediamachine.io/blog/protect-your-customers-with-bil...

used to have a sticky note on the desk reminding me to disengage from going down a rabbit hole if I've spent more than 20 minutes investigating a particular theory. It's usually a sign I'm attached to the idea more than finding a solution. Going for a short walk turned out to be surprisingly good. Often came back with solutions or new ideas.

Another interesting thing that has worked these days is listening to podcasts on adjacent topics - tech but somewhat away from what I use daily and there were a few aha! moments.