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by ojbyrne 7y ago
There will still be the Senate - 2 senators per state regardless of population.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Dogs make you go outside on a regular basis. So there’s that.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Techcrunch says the number is "nominal:" https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/12/verizon-is-selling-tumblr-...
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
That is interesting, though it seems pretty tenuous. When I started down the path to a GC, TNs we’re indeed 1 year and H1Bs were under quota, so different conditions.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
For H1Bs from China or India, you’re gonna wait up to 20 years for that.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
It’s much easier to get a TN because there is no quota. Because the H1B is subject to lottery because more people apply than the quota, you have to apply in April to start a job in October. That’s generally not welcome by most employers.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
That’s not correct. TN visa is a non-immigrant intent visa. The path from TN to green card (which I’ve done) is TN -> H1B (dual intent) -> green card.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
The only way this works economically is if the driver can batch up deliveries. Pick up multiple orders at one restaurant or a cluster of restaurants, then deliver them all to a series of residences along a route. I’ve always assumed that Do
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
I think it was obvious when they used national security concerns to put tariffs on aluminum and steel from Canada.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
How does this article start off with “masterful late-stage investment in Uber Technologies Inc” and then describe all the ways it isn’t masterful?
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
https://youtu.be/Dn2RjahTi3M
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Actually there are still +EV video poker games in Vegas. http://www.slotsmamma.com/blog/how-do-you-find-full-pay-deuc... There are a few catches though. Mostly if you play perfectly (which is not simple) the most you c
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Honestly I'm nearly 60, and I never liked Mad. It felt juvenile when I was 12.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Decomposition and abstraction are fundamental tools of software design, obviously it can be done badly, as can anything. Carried to the logical extreme, this suggests that hiding the complexity of arithmetic operations like + and - is a bad
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
The problem with that work is that it’s “legacy.” Lower paying, less interesting technology, more subject to mass layoffs. It’s basically just like being “streamed” in school.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Only country? You should visit Canada.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Citation needed, and the colloquialism is actually “by all accounts.” Here is one for you: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/07/18/the-most-an...
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
Microsoft didn’t actually close at $1 T until today.
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by ojbyrne 7y ago
The idiom (as noted on your link) is firing on all cylinders, not full cylinders.
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AI joins the campaign against sex trafficking(nytimes.com)
2 points by ojbyrne 8y ago|0 comments
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by ojbyrne 8y ago
I don’t entirely agree with your argument, but the article actually says the commuters are coming from a different state.
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by ojbyrne 8y ago
"Generals always fight the last war."
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by ojbyrne 8y ago
And inflation.
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by ojbyrne 8y ago
You're likely not going to get that $1.2 million job unless you "travel in the same circles" as the people hiring.
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America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Miserable(nytimes.com)
296 points by ojbyrne 8y ago|460 comments
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by ojbyrne 8y ago
Since you asked: “nobody is denying that a large company creating jobs, is a bad thing” I think you meant that “nobody is asserting that a large company creating jobs, is a bad thing”
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by ojbyrne 8y ago
Excellent book that mentions this as well as other counterintuitive facts about driving: https://www.amazon.com/Traffic-Drive-What-Says-About/dp/0307...
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by ojbyrne 8y ago
Something like the H-2B visa? https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-worker...
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Our Never Ending 'Scam Season'(nytimes.com)
16 points by ojbyrne 8y ago|2 comments
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by ojbyrne 8y ago
On the Amazon page, all of that text comes from someone presented as authoritative, but turns out to be a _chiropractor_.

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