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by cesarbs 12y ago
So basically you can get PR after just 2 years? That's amazing!
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Ask HN: How can I move to Canada to work as a Software Engineer?
1 points by cesarbs 12y ago|3 comments
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by cesarbs 12y ago
I don't know if this is really true, since it's something someone at work just told me with no references or anything, but there's also another problem with these Indian consulting companies. Apparently they request loads of
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Anyone knows what is a good place around the Seattle area to watch the sky at night? I know I'll probably have to drive quite a bit out of the city, but I'm looking for an option where I don't have to leave the state just for
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by cesarbs 12y ago
How can I learn to prepare for something like this? How can I find out where the good spots are? My wife and I would love to go on such an adventure, but we fear for things like bears and other predatory animals.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
The Java standard library has its share of such insanity.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
A better title would be "How Caffeine-producing Plants Evolved to Survive and Help People Wake Up". Caffeine itself is just a substance, it's hard to say it evolved by itself.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
A bit off-topic, but could you describe what your sinus headache was like? I've been having a lot of pain over my eyebrows for more than a month now. I've read that this could be related to a persistent sinus infection/inflam
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by cesarbs 12y ago
One thing doesn't exclude the other. At one of the best places where I've worked at we had to fill out timesheets. It was actually used to make sure people worked a sane amount of time. If you piled up on extra hours you were told
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by cesarbs 12y ago
"Fridays are half days as long as you get in your 40 hours by noon on Friday" means they're working 40 hours over 4.5 days, instead of 5.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
> Finally, if you make it this far, Chapterhouse and Heretics are once again quite fun reads and re-reads. But it can be hard to get this far in the first place. I loved reading Heretics just a few weeks ago. It is definitely my second f
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by cesarbs 12y ago
I love reading the book of Acts in the Bible because it relates their travels within a part of the Roman empire. What strikes me is how similar to modern day traveling it seemed to be, just in longer timescales. But the same way we could sa
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by cesarbs 12y ago
I have a friend who recently moved to SF. The tip someone gave him was basically to not take anything less than $150K for a salary.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
This is crazy. I pay $2300 for a large-ish 2 bedroom loft in an expensive place in the Seattle area (Downtown Bellevue). I hope prices here don't get to what they are in SF.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
My wife and I are seriously considering moving to Canada after she graduates from college. We love Washington, but the Green Card system is just awful. We estimate it will still take us 3-4 years till we get ours (we're Brazilians on E
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by cesarbs 12y ago
I've been living in Seattle for 1.5 years and I have a hard time with this "we rarely get proper rain" everyone says. I've seen proper rain countless times. Sometimes it really pours. I thought I'd be able to walk a
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Well, my wife got an offer from them last year. The only reason she's not working there is that she wasn't selected in the H-1B lottery.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Why "Empty Quarter"? What's the reason behind that name?
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by cesarbs 12y ago
> Why would I want to work, if I am just paid to do nothing? Try not working. Boredom is unbearable. Most people would do some kind of work even if they have enough money to spend the rest of their lives doing nothing.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Do you have a link to that story?
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by cesarbs 12y ago
You can stay longer than 6 years if you have a pending Green Card application.
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Where is "here"? :)
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Unfortunately, I don't even have PERM yet :\
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Microsoft employee here. My main concern is the fact that I'm the US on an H-1B visa. I really, really, really don't want to go back to my country, but that will be the case if I'm laid off and unable to find another H-1B spo
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Interesting. And once a permanent resident, do you know how hard it is to attain citizenship?
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Ask HN: How can I get started with FPGA?
7 points by cesarbs 12y ago|4 comments
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Is the permanent residence just granted after 4 years, or is it a stressful process like the American Green Card one?
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Sounds good to me! Stress free is what I look for, and not having to worry about health insurance seems awesome. I think it would be a good life for my family. The weather is not a problem, I love cold climates :)
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by cesarbs 12y ago
The website makes it sound like it's relatively simple to move there for work, and permanent residence seems to be granted after 4 years working there. Can someone confirm that it is really that simple? What is the situation like for s
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by cesarbs 12y ago
Does my call count if I'm not American but live in the US as a worker?

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