I've telecommuted for the past 14 years or so doing sysadmin, dev, and app support. It works for me because I have built an excellent report with my leadership team (they trust I will get my work done). My team communicates with Skype business mostly in group chats. However, we're all open for quick VoIP and screen sharing calls if needed to better address the subject. It is important to "over communicate" when you are the sole remote team member. Out of sight and mind will render good work fruitless (we all know shit work gains attention). I also ensure to include personal or friendly phone conversations with my team on topics unrelated to work so that we are more personally invested.

Having a couple young children, I built a detached office in my back yard with a standing rule - do not bother me unless someone is near death or beyond. Otherwise, call.

It does get lonely at times, but being able to eliminate Southern California commuting so that I can be a part of my children's lives is well worth the solitude.

More like Licensing Ahoy.

"This Audio Devices is Not Certified" messages will accompany.

Adding more labor jobs sounds great and all, but toxic byproducts from manufacturing doesn't.

And the disruption to the economy is why Cognizant's visa abuse won't be investigated or acted on.

I liked(ed) LastPass a lot. But my problem is that it is now another product. When it was its own company, LP put 100% behind the one flagship product. Now, LP is "another" product and will receive resources based on value to the owner.

I'm not a proponent of perpetual unions, but rather a system where we can activate/deactivate unions as necessary. However, in tech now is a time when a union is needed to level the playing field, and use the power of the collective to lobby against big corporation lobbying agenda (H-1B increases).

Until Netflix, iTunes, etc. are able to stream live non/sporting events, cable TV is far from moot.
The problem with all of the available services is there is no one single source, so I must app switch to find content (open app, search for content, close app - rinse/repeat). Additionally, subscriptions eventually add up to and exceed the cost of cable TV.

Why pay for a terabyte of storage when you are not using it to capacity?

Discovery occurs with selective filtering of the music. I listen to KCRW here in Los Angeles, as well as catch recordings of Passport Approved for my music discovery.
Sure, Pandora can play tracks I have never heard before. But that's akin to throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks.
I'd rather have talented humans help me to find new music worth listening to.

The reasonings that are given mean nothing.
The only reason they want H1B worker is financial benefit. All the rest is spin.

Please don't take this as H1B's are cheaper or inferior -- that argument is a distraction.

Fair enough, but I mentioned "big publishers". Indie games won't exactly excite the masses.

...which will limit you to Valve for games. I'm not confident they are going to get the numbers (sales) to incentivize big publishers to follow and develop for Linux.

GM did it in 2010 and appears to be ready to do it again soon.

I forget exactly where to do it since I've gone back to Windows 7 -- but I believe if you change the font size (in windows appearance options) to normal (100%), the borders and buttons will follow to a normal size. The default out of box was 125% IIRC.