nuclear powered backhoe.

Just start digging.

The size of the debris field seems to indicate a mid flight explosion. So something radar guided from the ground, or fired from another aircraft seems likely.
Could be on board terrorism. I would think being shot down has a higher likely hood.

Seems likely. The debris scatter is 9 miles, so that indicate a large explosion. Something larger then what would typically be use by an on board terrorist.

Maybe the fuel exploded but that is EXTREMELY unlikely for many reasons.

"... is that the latter is needed before the former can present itself."
we don't know that.

Still too cheap.

500+ expenses, 80 hour min.

That will still be cheaper then the actual; cost of figuring it out.

The vast majority, it not all, these position are management. Or so I am lead to believe.

" Take the emotion out of it for a moment. "
no. That's the point. The shouldn't take the human out of it. They should take that into account when making these decisions.

Thank about it: We are creating a system to dehumanize our own species from survival.
That's bad, and it far more important then optimizing a bonus structure.

here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

This is in Finland. Just so you know.

". H1-Bs save employers more than enough to pay for the bureaucratic overhead of hiring them"
depends on industry and product. The cost of overseas work is going up, and it won't take much more for it to not be worth the hassle.
China is already starting to loose work.

They don't apply when they are being intentional undermined.

"You want to be paid more money? Produce a better product. "
nope. That does not impact pay. Get thing out at the arbitrary schedule, regardless of quality, mean you are a team player, and as such worth more.

Look at you own post. It seems Oracle, SAP, MS, et all make a lot of money with their crappy products.
Yeah, I work with them to.

We need a solid push for actual engineer in software. Not just some coder who calls themselves an engineer(often illegally), but someone who is certified and needs to sigh off on projects. Lets put actual testing in place. Actual documentation.
Like actual Professional Engineers.

It's a coffin. It's slow, easily seen, loud.

you don't know what 'government' means, do you?

The use of the word 'poking' in that sentence just cracks me up.

I imagine a cartoon missile polity peeking in 'Excuse me, mind if I explode?'