Sure, except Russia actually is an autocratic state that crushes free expression within its borders, invades its neighbors, murders political rivals, and actively tries to interfere with and destabilize other countries.

What tech? The company is a scam.

Isn't this a well known problem? I can't remember a time when bots weren't ruining eBay auctions. They've been ruining concerts and shows for years, driving up prices to multiple times what they cost direct from the issuer.

Doesn't seem questionable to me. It seems like the Pixel Buds just suck in real world usage.

It's irrelevant if they can translate when used in a noise isolated room with a native speaker who speaks perfectly.

Well, costs have been exploding for many years. Is the decline new since Trump?

How does the exploding cost compare to the rise in income in countries like China and India?

The US is rightly seen as hostile which keeps people away, and countries like China are rapidly becoming powerhouses of their own, leaving less reason to come.

It doesn't sound like you've ever actually used Windows 10. Or seen it, for that matter.

Actually they don't. There's a fairly small amount of dependent employers. They just recruit US workers too. Of course, for many, they're hiring MS or greater and paying high salaries so they're exempt.

Except that the requirements you claim are completely imaginary. They're often claimed by US workers who dislike the system but don't actually know anything about the rules.

DOL Fact Sheet #62O

Unless the employer is H-1B-dependent, they can hire all the H1-B workers they can get and not make even the slightest effort to recruit an American worker.

Now, if you want an employee-sponsored green card, then the employer will have to do recruitment, but that's an entirely separate process from the H-1B and occurs years later.

This is entirely incorrect. Only H-1B dependent employers are required to recruit US workers. The recruitment requirements only kick in when/if the perm process is started.

It can be extremely difficult, especially for older people. Many of them never even had a birth certificate, or if they did, it has some error on it. Getting that sorted out so they can get an ID is a nightmare. And yes, it disproportionately affects minorities, because they're the ones who were most impacted by the lack of (correct) documentation.

Firing is not harsh. It's the standard at big tech companies. I guarantee I'd have been escorted off campus had I handed over piles of SEMs and TEMs to non-employees.

My first reaction upon reading this was, "Wow, that's a game changer. Time to embrace Google." This would be fantastic for someone like me who is routinely around people speak little to no English.

Then I remembered that Google Translate mostly churns out total nonsense when going to/from Chinese, and I was less excited.

Wait, since when does the government require you to share your SSN with financial institutions?

What drugs did you have to smoke to arrive in that alternate reality?

Let's get a little more granular... There are companies who get breached and don't know it There are companies who get breached and know it and tell those effected There are companies who get breaching, know it, and conceal it while execs cash out

Bingo. I'm very glad the Windows has a good way to run Linux programs. Why? Well, I don't want to waste an afternoon figuring out which three lines I need to write to handle something that any reasonable desktop OS would handle with no hassle.