lokar

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by lokar 21d ago
I moved my large tv cross country twice. The movers build a wooden and cardboard crate for it. Very safe.
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by lokar 21d ago
Land value tax!
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by lokar 21d ago
It came for free on hubs :)
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by lokar 22d ago
I think in Alaska it helps that the natives have enough votes to be politically relevant.
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by lokar 22d ago
I don’t know the discussion in Australia, but in Alaska (also having an indigenous population with land ownership) they found solutions. Regional “native corporations” were given large amounts of valuable land, natives were given preferen
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by lokar 23d ago
Everything I’ve seen says minor collisions (without injury) go up and injury accidents go down. A good trade
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by lokar 23d ago
I’d rather have more small non-injury accidents if it means fewer injury accidents
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by lokar 23d ago
Home of the double red light, “you really have to stop”
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by lokar 23d ago
The headline accurately summarizes the main point of the story, and the part that is emphasized is from the subject of the story.
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by lokar 24d ago
Why is it unlikely that Russia would seek to obscure its involvement by recruiting (possibly without their knowledge that Russian was involved ) locals to carry out these acts? If Russia was behind it, this seems like the most likely way th
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by lokar 25d ago
My experience writing a letter for a colleague about 10 years ago was that it seemed pretty arbitrary and vague, just in terms of what I was asked to do.
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by lokar 25d ago
They all eventually became permanent residents and citizens. But they all start off as h1 or the one that lets you stay a while after finishing a PhD. Some switched to O-1 (or whatever the extraordinary talent one is). I’ve worked with so
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by lokar 25d ago
Writing the code was never the hard part.
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by lokar 25d ago
Well, it’s not even close to working
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by lokar 25d ago
International relocation is much more, I’ve had close to 50k for just domestic. But I never had the impression they cared about the amount very much.
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by lokar 25d ago
I’ve interviewed hundreds of people over many years. Lucky to find one out of 10 that are good.
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by lokar 25d ago
In software, groups of people (teams) have value far more than individuals. You need a large pool of talent to reliably build good teams. This includes some amount of the very best people world wide. These people gravitate towards big cit
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by lokar 25d ago
IMO the “tech market” is uselessly broad. Why include Google fellows with desktop IT at a regional insurance brokerage in the same group? I don’t think it helps set policy well for either group.
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by lokar 25d ago
Yes, there is a ton of abuse that drives down pay for many people. We should find way to improve the system.
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by lokar 25d ago
And it’s a hard problem to fully specify. A lot of people here seem to think that CS style analytical thinking can solve every real world problem precisely. That’s just not true.
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by lokar 25d ago
Most of my friends and colleagues ended up in that range (or higher). It’s more common then people think
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by lokar 25d ago
The best people I worked from (in the bay area) were from Switzerland, Germany, the UK, France , Israel, etc.
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by lokar 25d ago
I learned a tremendous amount (and was very successful as a result) from foreign born colleagues (some of whom went on to be ACM fellows, and other major awards). Having a disproportionate share of the best people world wide to work with is
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by lokar 25d ago
At all of my jobs everyone was treated the same.
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by lokar 25d ago
IME we had very few people turn down offers, and even the it was rarely about the comp. It’s hard to get people to even interview, or find them in the first place.
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by lokar 25d ago
And it’s well known all CS grads are equally good
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by lokar 25d ago
Re: cost Also, very expensive relocation packages
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by lokar 25d ago
The company documents it and files an application. It’s pretty formula and a bit random. I’ve written recommendation letters for colleges to get these. My impression was the person evaluating it knows a bit about the field, they are no w
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by lokar 25d ago
IME it’s not cheaper, it’s the only way to find enough qualified people
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by lokar 25d ago
I think it has to be by industry and role. Software, mechanical engineering, teaching, medicine, etc are all very different

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