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by jmpman 3y ago
She’s a politician. The most important issue in her state right now is the next election. That’s true for every politician.
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by jmpman 3y ago
I’ve heard that the problem isn’t the lack of skilled engineers in AZ, but the union trades. At Intel they have to prepare the location for an electrical pull three days ahead of time. The pull must be between 9am and 4pm, M-F. I expect the
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by jmpman 3y ago
I’m happy to cite the studies. Certainly the people did consume more than they exercised, but the results were pretty universal. I’d like to think I was special, but likely just the same as others. When I was in my 20’s and 30’s, diet and e
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by jmpman 3y ago
Mounjaro. There are similar ones, such as Wegovy. They’re both over $1k/month, but an absolute game changer in weight loss and weight management. Unfortunately the studies following discontinuation of these medications, show that the w
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by jmpman 3y ago
You’re the first person outside of the c-suite I’ve heard demand in-office work for everyone. Maybe you are in the c-suite?
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by jmpman 3y ago
The weight loss medications I’m on are over $1k/month. My current company doesn’t cover them. After losing almost 70lbs in a year (using a $25/month coupon), I’m now looking at $15k/year in order to keep this weight off. That
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by jmpman 3y ago
Phoenix is only pleasant when it’s under 105. Anything above that, and I’m indoors or in the pool. When I move, it’ll be to a place with significantly fewer days under 105.
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by jmpman 3y ago
There’s plenty of reasons why black American’s fail to succeed, but in IT, the availability of cheap H1B is absolutely a factor. I worked in a Fortune 500 company who hired a ton of engineers from historically black colleges and universitie
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by jmpman 3y ago
Absolutely it does. Let’s say that the market rate for a job is $100k. The company, over time, has a bunch of “overpaid” senior employees making $200k. Now they want to lay off all their senior employees and replace them with H1B. Currently
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by jmpman 3y ago
And yet you regularly see companies laying off their more senior employees in favor of H1B either directly or through hiring TCS or Infosys to bring in an army of H1Bs.
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by jmpman 3y ago
Additionally, there should be a feedback loop when the economy slows. The Visa cap should be reduced, maintaining the yearly rate. Btw, I don’t envision this visa fee to be a few thousand dollars a year, but in the 10s to 100k per year. Rig
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by jmpman 3y ago
No. The employer should be required to pay market rate, plus whatever they bid on the slot. Now, you could convince me that the additional fee is evenly split between the employee and the employer. Any excess money the employee has is eithe
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by jmpman 3y ago
My one data point: I used to be an IT consultant in St Louis. St Louis is roughly half white and half black. The IT departments I worked with were roughly half white and half H1B Indian. The only black employees I saw were the security guar
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by jmpman 3y ago
When’s the next contest when each team of paintball players each get a single AI Drone armed with a paintball gun? Let’s not kid ourselves, that’s a more accurate simulation of where this research is going.
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by jmpman 3y ago
I want a bidding system for the H1B slots, paid not just once, but yearly by the companies which hire the H1Bs. That money should then go for scholarships to educate American citizens for these jobs. It first allows American citizens to com
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by jmpman 3y ago
CommonCrawl…
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by jmpman 3y ago
I don’t care what technology power the carbon capture. My point is that Norwegians should identify that the entire reason for their current financial situation is due to their hydrocarbon extractions. They have a massive wealth fund, which
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by jmpman 3y ago
Norwegians with their hydrocarbon sourced funds should have a countrywide requirement to mitigate all the CO2 emissions produced by their hydrocarbon productions through carbon capture before they use that fund for their own purpose. Of cou
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by jmpman 3y ago
I agree. There are certain cultures which I expect to abuse “unlimited” anything.
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by jmpman 3y ago
This is IBM. I read this as - we plan to justify laying off our most senior employees due to not reskilling due to AI. This is just another MBA planning their own promo doc.
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by jmpman 3y ago
I support the ban. It’s potentially a mouthpiece for China. I see Chinese propaganda in my feed today. Mostly benign cultural garbage - here learn Chinese from some lady with a beauty filter - here let’s see how great the workers in luxury
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by jmpman 3y ago
TSMC built in AZ with the expectation that they would be able to leverage the existing engineers. The problem is that they built on the opposite side of Phoenix from all the other semiconductor plants. To commute from one side of Phoenix to
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by jmpman 3y ago
My sleep doctor prescribed CBT and it was a nightmare. Ended up so sleep deprived that I almost had an accident driving down the freeway. Simply didn’t work. I feel bad for future patients that aren’t receptive to CBT.
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by jmpman 3y ago
Sad news. This man was the only balancing force in AZ news. He was a champion of free speech.
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by jmpman 3y ago
I drove the same route, at the same time, at the speed limit, the days immediately following the event. I would have easily been able to see a cyclist crossing the road, with plenty of time to react.
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by jmpman 3y ago
I’d like to be able to go 200 miles at 85mph, and do it between 80% and 20% of charge (so I can supercharge quickly and not worry about range at the bottom end) That would equate to a single stop on my typical family road trip. That’s 333mi
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by jmpman 3y ago
It’s a matter of economics at this time. The naval vessels in Sevestapol are extremely expensive to build. Destroying them will force Russia to commit resources to rebuilding them. Although not a critical goal for Ukraine, this make sense f
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by jmpman 3y ago
Germans doesn’t seem too concerned with French troops on its western border. Russia chooses to maintain its militaristic posture. It could also opt to end its militaristic ways, and join Europe.
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by jmpman 3y ago
I’ve stopped tipping at places where I wouldn’t have normally tipped pro-Covid. Probably perceived as an A-hole by the service worker, whose pay wasn’t raised in liu of tips. What irks me more are businesses who tack on a service fee (discl
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by jmpman 3y ago
This is what doesn’t make sense. If Ukraine joined NATO, they would never attack Russia, as it would escalate into a MAD scenario. Ukraine had no reason to attack Russia other than to regain Crimea, and Russia had no reason for Crimea other

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