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by breadwinner 1y ago
You are right, unless you have been present at every manager-employee interaction you can't say it has "never" happened. But to claim that this is happening requires more than just one or two instances, right?
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Sorry that's untrue. Top companies such as Google, Meta or Microsoft absolutely do not abuse H-1B workers or treat them any different. As I said there may be smaller outfits, or IT shops where this is happening.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
H-1B workers at companies such as Google, Meta or Microsoft are not treated any different, they are not taking abuse or being exploited. There may be smaller companies where this is happening though. One of the issues is conflation of IT jo
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by breadwinner 1y ago
I would like Amazon to be fined another Billion for not notifying customers about the annual renewal. They sneak the charge on to your credit card, and you have no easy way to find out what the charge is for.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
I would like Amazon to be fined another Billion for not notifying customers about the annual renewal. They sneak the charge on to your credit card, and you have no easy way to find out what the charge is for.
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Amazon to pay $2.5B for tricking customers into signing up for Prime(cnn.com)
2 points by breadwinner 1y ago|2 comments
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Germany’s ambassador to India made a pitch for skilled Indians to come to his country, taking an indirect jab at the United States over its crackdown on skilled foreign workers. https://x.com/AmbAckermann/status/19
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Germany Woos Indian Workers Spooked by U.S. Visa Changes(nytimes.com)
6 points by breadwinner 1y ago|1 comments
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Will/can Facebook tell you the real identity of the user? If no then Facebook has to take responsibility for the fraud/slander/libel. Currently Section 230 means they can't be held responsible.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Citizens. Through lawsuits. Currently we can't because of Section 230.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
I am not saying we should go back to physical newspapers printed on paper. News can be published online... but whoever is publishing it has to stand behind it, and be prepared to face lawsuits from citizens harmed by false stories. This is
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by breadwinner 1y ago
You know how this used to work in the old days? Instead of publishing allegations yourself, you would take your story to a newspaper reporter. The reporter will then do the investigations then, if there is solid evidence, the story will be
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by breadwinner 1y ago
I think it would be wise to listen to Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa of The Philippines, regarding unchecked social media. "You and I, if we say a lie we are held responsible for it, so people can trust us. Well, Facebook m
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by breadwinner 1y ago
The New York Times has published plenty of stories you could call controversial. Just this morning the top headline was that Trump lied at the UN. Trump has sued the Times for defamation, yet the paper stands by its reporting. That’s how pu
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Have you visited nytimes.com in recent months? Just this morning the top headline was about the lies Trump told at the UN. That's pretty controversial - the newspaper of record calling the sitting president a liar. That's not allo
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by breadwinner 1y ago
That seems like a reasonable middle ground.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
The government created this problem when they enacted Section 230. This is at the root of the misinformation and disinformation... social media companies are not responsible for the harm. The simple solution is repeal Section 230. When info
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Easy solution: Repeal Section 230. Allow citizens to sue social media companies for the harm caused to them by misinformation and disinformation. The government can stay out of this.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Easy solution: Repeal Section 230. Social media platforms in the United States rely heavily on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides them immunity from liability for most user-generated content.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
It is social media that is the root problem. On the internet everything can appear equally legitimate. Breitbart looks as legit as the BBC. Sacha Baron Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymaWq5yZIYM Excerpts: Voltaire wa
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by breadwinner 1y ago
If the government asks private companies to do that, then that's a violation of 1st amendment, isn't it? This is the conundrum social media has created. In the past only the press, who were at least semi-responsible, had the abili
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by breadwinner 1y ago
> silencing people doesn't work I agree, but how do you combat propaganda from Putin? Do you match him dollar for dollar? I am sure YouTube would like that, but who has deep enough pockets to counter the disinformation campaigns?
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Trump's $100k H-1B fee sparks a global race to grab top talent(cnbc.com)
6 points by breadwinner 1y ago|2 comments
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by breadwinner 1y ago
O-1 is not enough. For jobs requiring bachelors degree, there is currently plenty of US-born workers looking for jobs. For jobs requiring masters and PhD there is still a need for H-1B visas, and O-1 is too high a bar.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Agree, for ordinary CS jobs, there's plenty of workers available right now, thanks to AI. But for highly specialized jobs including AI research, you still need to be able to hire immigrant talent.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
Yes, it would be a new H-1B visa.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
That would be surprising if developers were fungible. You can have a surplus of web developers (whom you lay off) while at the same time have a shortage of AI talent. Those web developers can't be hired in to the openings for AI talent
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by breadwinner 1y ago
It is not a win unless you are talking about IT jobs. For silicon valley type jobs, silicon valley is silicon valley because it is where top tech people congregate. If it loses that status then talent and venture capitalists will find anoth
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by breadwinner 1y ago
It is not, and don't be. If you were not previously qualified you won't suddenly be. The job will simply migrate overseas.
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by breadwinner 1y ago
You are right about Bell Labs, the majority were US-born. But let's consider one of the biggest innovations of recent times: Artificial Intelligence (transformers/LLMs specifically). Where was it invented? In America. Who invented

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