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Submission + - Large corporations displacing aging IT workers with H1B visa workers (npr.org)

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genericmk

on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @12:48PM

genericmk writes: "NPR is running an interesting story about the unfortunate state of the aging programmers in the IT industry. The headline reads of aging IT workers opposing the H1B visa overhaul; the underlining reality is that large corporations claim shortage of IT talent and are bringing in large volumes of foreign staff. The staff is easier to control and demands less wage; indentured servitude is replacing higher cost labor."

Submission + - Python Trademark Filer Ignorant Of Python? (computerworlduk.com)

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WebMink

on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @06:39AM

WebMink writes: "Is it possible that the CEO of the company that's trying to file a trademark on "Python" was unaware of Python's importance as a programming technology? That's what he claims — despite running a hosting company that's trying to break into cloud computing, where Python is used extensively. Still, he also regards the Python Software Foundation as a hostile American company and thinks that getting attention from half the world's geeks is a DDoS..."

Submission + - The IIPA Copyright Demands for Canada and Spain (freezenet.ca)

Submitted by Dangerous_Minds on Saturday February 16, 2013 @04:30PM

Dangerous_Minds writes: The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is demanding a number of countries be placed back on the special 301 piracy watchlist. One country being recommended for inclusion is Canada (PDF). Apparently, even though Canada passed copyright reform laws, any compromise to protect consumers is reason for inclusion. Michael Geist offers some analysis on this move. Meanwhile, the IIPA is also recommending that Spain be included in the watchlist. In a separate filing, the IIPA makes a host of reasons why Spain should also be included. One of the main reasons seems to be that even though Spain passed the Sinde Law in spite of protests, the courts aren't simply rubberstamping any takedown requests and that cases that were dismissed due to lack of evidence is cause for concern. Freezenet offers some in-depth analysis on this development while noting towards the end that the Special 301 report suffers from credibility problems.

Submission + - Mega Accepts Bitcoin; Email, Chat, Voice, Video, Mobile Coming Soon

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16, 2013 @03:00PM

An anonymous reader writes: Kim Dotcom knows how to stir up a storm on Twitter. On Saturday, he announced Bitcoin support for his cloud storage service and also sent out a slew of tweets suggesting Mega is going to become much more than just the successor to Megaupload.

Submission + - Facebook paid no taxes despite record profits (msn.com) 2

Submitted by Frosty Piss on Saturday February 16, 2013 @02:52PM

Frosty Piss writes: Despite earning more than $1 billion in profits last year, social media juggernaut Facebook paid zilch when it came to federal and state taxes in 2012. In fact, the website will actually be getting a refund totaling $429 million thanks to a tax reduction for executive stock options. In the coming years, Facebook will continue to get monster tax breaks, totaling about $3 billion. 'The employees cash in stock options, and at that point there is tax deduction for the company,' Robert McIntyre, of watchdog group Citizens for Tax Justice, said. 'Because even though it doesn't cost Facebook a nickel, the government treats it as wages and they get a deduction for it. And usually it doesn't wipe out companies whole tax bill, although many companies get big breaks from it.'

Comment Re:Not interrupted, but segmented! (Score 1) 277

by hgayosso on Tuesday February 28, 2012 @01:50PM (#39186917) Attached to: Interrupted Sleep Might Be the Best Kind

I think you missed the main point of my comment:

"you go to sleep and naturally wake up whenever your body feels like (nothing interrupted the sleep)"

Comment Not interrupted, but segmented! (Score 2) 277

by hgayosso on Thursday February 23, 2012 @12:45PM (#39137549) Attached to: Interrupted Sleep Might Be the Best Kind

Those that complain that they have experienced interrupted sleep (e.g. with kids, medical profession, etc.) and prefer uninterrupted sleep are missing the point.

The article talks about "segmented sleep", let's say you sleep 4 hours at night and 4 hours in the day.

In other words, you go to sleep and naturally wake up whenever your body feels like (nothing interrupted the sleep), then get active, the go to sleep again and naturally wake up again (nothing interrupted the sleep), then get active again. Rinse and repeat every day.

A car analogy (electric car):

Charge up the batteries
do errands
Charge up the batteries
do more errands

This would guarantee that all errands are done at almost full power and speed.

If instead you:
Charge the batteries
Do lots of errands

The problem is that probably the last errands will be done with less power and speed as the batteries are almost drained.

"interrupted sleep" would be like losing power so can't fully charge the batteries in the above examples.

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