My first thought was "grad student." Income that just barely covers basic expenses, travels to conferences, etc....

Books of his collected works would cost about the same (supply/demand would be about the same).

Having a monopoly on publications of Shakespeare's works would probably affect the supply.

Seems to me that for an internship to be educational to the intern, she needs to be doing something useful.

IIRC, a SCOTUS case dealt with a trainee program run by a railroad company where prospective rail workers would essentially do simulated work, supervised by actual rail workers. SCOTUS ruled that their arrangement did not require pay, and listed the fact that it was simulated, not real, work as a necessary condition.

The question is whether they really want to be unpaid or if unpaid work is just something they have to bend over and take in order to have a career. If the system effectively requires those new to the field to work without pay for a time, it is certainly not for the new workers' benefit, yet those defending the unpaid work keep on claiming that it is.

The fact is the current Soyuz launch record without fatalities is quite definitely and literally significantly better.

Except the "current streak" metric is close to meaningless. It depends too much on when the sample is taken. Even with two agencies of equal success rates, it is very unlikely for them to have equally long success streaks at an arbitrary point in time. This is the same reason why "current uptime" is not a good metric for system stability. Run the numbers for MTTF, and then we have something to talk about.

Aye. The judges want specific statute cited?
18 USC 1343

Actually, tmmagee talked about lesson plans devised while not employed as a teacher. That is about as much "on your own time" as it gets.

Is learning another language really so hard for you? With a good background in CS, it shouldn't take you more than a week to be able to start producing code in a new language. If you can't keep up with the arrival of new tools, you probably missed something while you were in school.
The skills you claim are valuable would not help you here; the skills you claim are useless are practically required.

GP's point is that introducing more PhD holders into the system will only benefit the schools that need it least.

Good programmers should be able to pass a competency test for any employer. If they pass that test, they should be able to seek the job, degree or not.

The process HR has in place (including checking the applicant's education) saves a lot of time (and thus money) in exchange for a relatively small hit to accuracy.

... finger; lyx; latex; mount; fsck; more...

Those who can't do, can't teach.

The argument against anonymity also seems to have roots in the idea that only criminals need and want privacy.

I've always taken a different tack: only someone who wishes me ill would try to deprive me of anonymity/privacy.