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Comment Re:H-1B (Score 1) 75

This I've seen at my former employer, despite their denials. Posting fantastical, ludicrous jobs with unrealistic qualifications. Examples include; 'data scientist', 'full stack developer', a job that asks for PhD and 5 years experience. And does not specify a lack of visa sponsorship. Indeed, that employer rarely posts jobs at mid-level or even highly competent developer qualifications that specify no visa sponsorship. And while the salaries are competitive, these postings sure seem to be intended to fail to attract domestic candidates, giving the employer the path to pulling in H1B candidates. Who seem, sometimes, to migrate to offshore positions.

I'm pretty cynical about this, but H1B and similar visas are plainly being abused. And our Congress is unwilling to take any action. It's sad.

Comment Re: not radical, not new (Score 1) 390

If you're paid $5, it's worth $5. To you. Yes, your employer will want to derive more value from your labor, of course, and your cost to them is more than your direct wages. This is all obvious, isn't it?

Just as, from time to time, you may find you require more compensation for your labor, and so seek opportunity to earn more. Or your employer may decide your labor isn't worth as much as you think it is, or even that it's no longer necessary to them. This sort of market exists in many places...

Comment Re:not radical, not new (Score 1) 390

Expecting to be paid $5 for $4 worth of work seems radical.

Oh, 'muh productivity'? If you can do 5 hours work in 4 hours, maybe you should do the 6 1/4 hrs worth of work in the 5 hours you were paid for? Winning?

Look, I get the attraction of being paid for 40 hours but only working 32 hours. Yes. Only, maybe, no. Maybe a 6 hour day, so I can be denied support for another 2 hours a day.

Comment WHAT problem? (Score 1, Interesting) 66

Many/most/all of these papers are published by academicians. Their employers, these institutions, can't be bothered to preserve the work they benefit from and profit from?

This is the problem. The scientists and their institutions really do not value their own work. But in America these institutions are conquered by the Left, which only values itself.

Comment Confused (Score 0) 57

TFA and summery claim that 'Those whose plaques contained microplastics or nanoplastics' suffered form more problems. Yet I'm told, repeatedly, that these microparticles of plastics are ubiquitous, found in all regions, and there are some reports that they are found in all subjects, not limited to humans.

Ok, so which is it, some of us are not contaminated, or all of us are contaminated? And then, a follow-up, some of us who are contaminated will suffer more from increased risk of stroke etc., and some will not?

Or, plainly, is all this opinion, or poorly done studies? I'm pretty sure microplastics are not good for us, but we're not yet dropping like flies.

Comment About Damned Time (Score 1) 277

The abuse of carry -on allowances is offensive. One overhead, one under the seat, fair enough. I scored a great overnight bag at a work event that perfectly fits carry -on rules except for s free discount carriers that ignore their own rules and charge you anyways, and those I reject so no biggie.

To many people think they can carry on 3 items, shove two overhead, and someone only late to the gate it late in line gets stiffed. Pus. Set the rules and enforce them. I can pack around them fine, and my sling bag I've always counted as an item.

Comment Re: Private specs? (Score 1) 114

"Don't confuse closed specification with closed source."

I don't. Yet, your description seems to point out it is impossible for this version of HDMI to have an open source driver set, that must disclose the proprietary and closed specifications.

I'm not sure this is a difference with a distinction. Closed, restricted specs, must lead to only closed source drivers. Woops. Same effect.

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