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by dxhdr 10y ago
> 1) what are corporations doing with their increased profits as a result of tactics like abuse of the H1B system? I'll answer that for anyone confused: stock buybacks, of course!
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by dxhdr 10y ago
> this fixation on Silicon Valley is dumb The tech industry accounts for the vast majority of H1B visas: http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2017-H1B-Visa-Category.asp...
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by dxhdr 10y ago
> its also worth noting that fruit is sugar water. its 98-99% water + 2% sugar and fiber Oranges, apples, etc are only 85% water. Grapes 80%. The rest is fiber and is likely why your body tells you to stop eating them. Two and a half app
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Well-off families will pay $20k to put their kid in private kindergarten. That's per year per kid and at a local private school, not sending them internationally. And that's kindergarten! Grades 5-12 can be $30k or more in tuition
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by dxhdr 10y ago
It's interesting how identifiable you are just by compounding information provided by the browser: https://amiunique.org/fp Browser fingerprint plus IP and/or geo location and I'd think you could get a fairly
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by dxhdr 10y ago
> Because all your friends and former classmates can't code even if their life depended on it. How about a little on-the-job training? Let's be honest, the real issue isn't talent. These H1B applicants are willing to sacri
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by dxhdr 10y ago
H1Bs are overwhelmingly used for tech: http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2017-H1B-Visa-Category.asp... That said I do agree that there should be some kind of exception for highly skilled individuals in STEM fields (I b
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Not sure what your example is trying to demonstrate; yes, there's no viable business producing a $100k widget that costs $100k in labor and $50k in goods to create (unless maybe you're VC funded).
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by dxhdr 10y ago
> That's incorrect, most scheduling systems, including OS threads are preemptive. Erlang's scheduler itself is actually cooperative - though it can still preempt the "processes" it schedules. OS processes are preempti
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by dxhdr 10y ago
I think you're confusing the issue; OS processes are preemptive, threads within a process are not. Preemptive threads are not the norm on Unix / Linux / Windows systems. The BEAM VM implements its own threads which allows for
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Being able to type quickly and accurately is enjoyable. It lets my brain stay focused on what I'm writing rather than how I'm writing it. No context switches necessary, no mistake every 10th key; typing should be fluid and easy. I
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by dxhdr 10y ago
I'd argue the root cause is the decreasing utility of unskilled labor in an increasingly automated economy. Automation is inevitable, not the result of a few executives "authorizing" R&D. Describing it that way is a gross
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by dxhdr 10y ago
> TBH, if Zero Hedge accurately reported that the loss of wages was due to the executives who authorized the R&D for this system half of their readers would immediately denounce the site as Communist propaganda. Not sure I understand
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by dxhdr 10y ago
> Yet somehow the World Tribune lays the blame for some future job losses in the fast food industry at their feet? Incredible! I don't think anyone is blaming Bernie and Clinton, it reads to me that they're criticizing the idea
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Twitter says 5% of their MAUs are bots but this surely an underestimate. Facebook estimates nearly 9% fake users which is also likely too conservative. Bot traffic in ad fraud is even higher (30+%? every study is different, seems difficult
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Here's my Stack Overflow theory: Programmers writing dynamic websites are likely to post questions on Stack Overflow. Questions on Stack Overflow create mindshare, mindshare attracts more serious programmers who can improve the ecosyst
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Here's another one from just last week: https://www.sec.gov/news/pressrelease/2017-11.html That doesn't explicitly mention frontrunning but it's guaranteed that's what they were doing. These gu
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by dxhdr 10y ago
> Also, HFTs can't see your orders before they hit the market, despite what everyone seems to think after reading flash boys. And the idea that HFTs mostly do arbitrage is flat out wrong as well. Not true: https://www.sec
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis is a good place to start.
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by dxhdr 10y ago
HFTs like Virtu are just front-running, scamming retail investors like you and I out of pennies on every trade. There's no trading or investing happening here, just arbitraging broken market rules. HFTs don't destroy the notion se
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Erlang Just Works(tm) for me, I have a problem and I write code to solve it, no whiz-bang new features or frameworks needed. That said I do partially agree, in particular advancing the state-of-the art in regards to inspecting and debugging
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Maybe I'm misunderstanding but isn't the whole point of A/B testing to answer the question "is A better than B?"
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Agreed, spiciness adds minimal additional calories compared to something like a thick cream sauce or sugary hoisin-style sauce. Healthiness isn't a given but seems easier to achieve compared to other popular styles of preparing food. I
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by dxhdr 10y ago
I bet Newton pursued what he was interested in, rather than thinking "well, I better hedge my bets!"
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by dxhdr 10y ago
> This our terrifying future in America - the incoming administration has very scant regard for civil liberties Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Your home is a durable consumer good. You spend (lots) of money maintaining it and paying insurance, because it's in a constant state of decay. Your home isn't paying you anything, quite the opposite. Maybe someone will come along
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Minor tangent: how strongly does the minority component factor into this, versus the low-income and first-generation components? In other words, does this still apply to high-income, second-generation black and Latino college attendees? The
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Multiplexers may have some control key quirks but they seem to be essential for any workflow that involves a remote machine or VM. I can have the same workflow everywhere with tmux, local and remote. Though nesting tmux sessions is annoying
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Defraud: illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception. That does not describe the situation in the least. AdNauseum is more akin mailing junk back to junk mailers using their paid postage. You show me an ad, which I did not ask to see
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by dxhdr 10y ago
Dota 2 and Starcraft 2 both use UDP.

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