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Congratulations to those whose certificates are being reinstated, and sympathies for having had to go through that.

I posted something like this question to the other forum and the mods deleted it, perhaps because it might invite speculation: Has there been any guidance on how the IRCC handles this sort of thing going forward? Ever since the surrender letter fiasco everyone who achieves citizenship by descent can potentially live under the shadow of having it taken away: "Oopsie, we found something odd with your paperwork, please relinquish your citizenship!" I see that IRCC has been trying to clarify documentation requirements for granting citizenship certificates, but have they articulated any protections for those who already have them? To have a citizenship document that can be taken away at any time basically creates the kind of second-class citizenship that C-3 was supposed to remedy.

What I'd like to see is a policy change to the effect that a decision to recognize citizenship is final unless fraud can be proven, and should this come into question one's citizenship remains in full force and effect until a final determination can be made. Otherwise IRCC can do take-backsies at any time.

Thoughts?

I'm flying from Boston to CDG next week. The published landing time of my flight is 6:10AM, and I have booked the TGV to Bordeaux (from the station right in the airport terminal) at 8:08AM. Is this enough time to get through baggage and passport control? I've heard that 6AM is actually rush hour at CDG because of all the transatlantic flights landing at that time, and I've heard stories of anywhere from "no time at all" to "hours and hours" to get through passport control. The next TGV isn't for several hours after that and I'd hate to lose half a day if I can help it... thanks!

I feel devastated for those who have received surrender letters and whose lives are suddenly in limbo, but there's another aspect of this situation to consider: what happens going forward? If someone receives their citizenship certificate now, how certain can they be that it will stick? All of a sudden there's the prospect that IRCC can say "oopsie" after the fact. Can one reasonably make significant life-altering plans based on a status that could be yanked away anytime?

So my wife is in France while I'm staying in the US. Both of our phones have Unlimited Premium service on the same account. I'm a bit confused as to exactly how roaming works and I've seen other people shocked by big bills and data loss:

• How much are calls? I see both "free" and "20c/minute". Is it free when I call her and 20c/min when she calls me? Or is it 20c/min because she's in France no matter what? This isn't entirely clear to me.
• Regarding data service: She's going to be there long-term. I understand that she'll lose cellular data after 90 days, and they say one can still call and text. Will calls and texts continue as though nothing happened, or will there be any degraded service? Will they be subject to the same charges as above, or something else?
• She is planning to get a French phone for use over there, but she's keeping the Fi phone so that people can reach her on her US number. If the calls are forwarded is there any charge?

I'm going to be visiting her one month in to her trip so if there's anything that needs to be done I can help her with it. Thanks!

Now that software developers are expected to use AI as much as possible, are recruiters still looking for last year's skillsets? Are they still making candidates jump through leetcode hoops when claude could solve those problems in a flash? (so help me, if I'm ever jobhunting again I'll just bring up a claude window when they throw that at me and let them see me doing it) Are they still looking for *exact* skill matches even if AI could make up the difference? ("I see you have Typescript experience, but the job is looking for Javascript... next!"). I've used AI recently to add features to codebases in languages and platforms that I'm not familiar with; are we still rejecting candidates for only having experience in Python 3.11 when the job uses Python 3.14?

I hope this doesn't break the "no advice" rule since I'm just playing out a fantasy here...

Fantasy time: Suppose I were to be one of the lucky winners over in r/hypotheticalsituation and I walk away with a billion dollars, tax free with no strings attached. Could I then get together with a whole bunch of friends and buy up enough houses in an HOA to make a controlling interest, then go all Opposites Day with the HOA rules?

• Grass must be a MINIMUM of 3" tall
• Each household must have at least one non-functional vehicle parked on the lawn
• No two mailboxes can be the same height
• Trash cans must remain on the curb at all times

and so forth. Is there any legal impediment to doing this?

(Yes, I skipped a few steps here... each of my friends would own their own house which I will finance for them at very generous terms so they truly count as "owners" with all attendant voting rights)

Neurodiverse brain here... why is "standard" residential electrical service in the US called "single-phase", whereas commercial service is called "3-phase"? Three-phase power has three conductors with alternating current whose phases are 120 degrees apart from each other, right? My home service has two phases that are 180 degrees apart from each other. So why isn't it called "two-phase"?