I much prefer working with Swiss or Germans - many of the ones I've worked with won't do much more than a 9 hour day, but they'll work very hard during those 9.

Are you really suggesting that a 9 hour day is some kind of acceptable norm or am I misunderstanding you? You guys should be aiming for a maximum of 40 hours / wk for a decent work/life balance.

As a guy who worked for a company with its headquarters in France, I'm siding with the CEO on this.

No... it is not. Using an ending of 'i' for the plural form from words where the singular form ends in 'us' comes from Latin, and is as such only applicable to Latin plurals. Virus is originally a Latin word, but in Latin could not itself possess a plural, because it did not denote a single thing. It is best likened to an English noun which does not have a quantity associated with it, such as "happiness" or "everything", and so does not make any sense to try to pluralize. If you are a native English speaker, trying to pluralize such words is going to probably sound sort of odd. That's because it's wrong. In modern English, we have have altered the conceptual meaning of the word virus so that it can refer to a unique thing, but because that is an English invention and not Latin, the plural follows English convention for pluralization and not Latin. Hence, viruses.

we’re frankly smarter than most people in society (the PhD and doing original research is kind of a baseline test for that ). I know, that’s probably not ‘nice’ to say but it’s true.

There is a point that we realize we’re idiots for committing ourselves to a life of functional poverty (because seriously, we’re never going to pay off our student loans)

It's matter of principle[...]I'll gladfully spend hours finding a way to get it for free than pay even 1p, even though a hour of my time is worth much more than that.

So, what you're saying is, you'll happily pay that Microsoft Tax, so that you can play games? Interesting . . .

Many share their good and bad interview experiences with {Google, FB, MS, Apple etc} on a daily base. Why is this one getting any extra attention?

While the only argument every kneejerker gives is,"If you can't make money on media, no one would ever write a book again! We might as well just abandon civilization."

Or it could be that you are a full of shit denialist. Sorry the time for engagement is over. You have a first amendment right to be a lying sack of shit. I have a first amendment right to tell the truth, and call you a lying sack of shit. And I don't care how many asshole moderates push my karma down.

You've never been charged with a crime by the government, have you?

Lemme drop a little free-range wisdom on ya: The justice system is fucked. Often times, accused people are given 2 choices by prosecutors: plead guilty and get a lesser sentence, or fight to prove your innocence (yes, that's right, it's no longer 'innocent until proven guilty') and risk having the book thrown at you. It doesn't matter whether you're actually guilty or not, it's all just a farce to keep the money flowing through.

Don't take my word for it, go steal a candy bar from Walmart* and enjoy the anal-raping courtesy of the US corporate court system.

* Wal-mart always prosecutes. Always.

Except that the total amount of proof of anything Manning has done at the moment, is ZERO.

All the hardcore authoritarian fascists want him dead, I wonder if they'll get their wish. If so, I wonder if Adrian Lamo will feel any guilt at all for ending this guy's life for no fucking reason (attention? "Remember me? I'm still around, everyone!")

Which of his legs was bionically enhanced, his left, right or third?

Also, FWIW, I have both my legs and wouldn't make it up those 103 stairs.