projectazorian

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by projectazorian 1y ago
> I am very much on the fence on this one. I can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt, based on having been in manufacturing across various industries for over thirty years, that the US and Europe have been on a path to loose nearly all
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by projectazorian 1y ago
People can do whatever they want. I simply observed that this is a toxic practice that reinforces my decision to stay away from the platform. Entitlement has nothing to do with it, and I don’t appreciate the implication of your statement. (
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by projectazorian 1y ago
I was always polite and respectful on Twitter and still wound up on a blocklist. So did many others. There was no notification or explanation provided and no recourse, I just suddenly found myself blocked from various accounts to the extent
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Yeah, I try to give people some grace but if their behavior is repeatedly disruptive over a period of months to years, eventually something has to give. Everyone needs to have some boundaries.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
I've gotten in the habit of straight out calling out these people, including throwing them out of my house when they start down this road. They tend to have some form of serious mental illness and/or a major substance problem they
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Same. Thanks Elon! It wasn't without consequences though. I'd made some IRL connections through twitter that I thought would last for years - they migrated to bluesky and IG but I didn't. Suddenly they were not interested in
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> Also: Bluesky has an absolutely amazing feature which is you can subscribe to someone else’s block lists. That changes the experience quite a lot, to the better. Oh yeah I remember how this worked on Twitter. Make a post that annoys so
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by projectazorian 1y ago
Consulting employees make more money and are not subject to the absurd federal hiring process. Plus they can jump between projects more readily.
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by projectazorian 1y ago
> They still don't generally need to use consultants. Even at the poor rates of pay in many government teams, there are still some decent technical staff who don't just chase the dollar. Bear in mind the salary standard is norm
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Every time I open bluesky it seems to be full of over-the-top anxiety posting by delusional leftists - last post I saw was telling LGBT people to start storing cash in their mattresses before Trump confiscates their bank accounts. Either th
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by projectazorian 2y ago
ICE is often the employer of last resort for wannabe cops who can't get jobs at other agencies due to low IQ, poor physical fitness, criminal history, misconduct, etc.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Hemp is a lower THC variant of cannabis that has a variety of non-psychoactive uses. It was legalized in the US in 2018.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
The startup employing her was selling products containing hemp, which used to be illegal but was legalized at the federal level several years ago.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Both of those states are net contributors to the federal budget, unlike many "middle-america" flyover states. BTW, your stats are way off, CA is at 33-34% Medicaid utilization. Below several red states.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Not sure if it’s still the case but extraordinary ability green cards used to be surprisingly easy to get for software engineers! Get your name on a patent (not as hard as you think, companies love adding to their IP portfolio), get accepte
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by projectazorian 2y ago
The lump of labor fallacy is usually covered in “basic economics” classes. There are multiplier effects from clustering of certain types of skilled workers. This increases overall demand and thus overall compensation for everyone in the mar
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Nope, it's not 100% required, there are exceptions for certain job categories like nursing and there's also the extraordinary ability exception. (Not trying to be pedantic but US immigration law is full of random loopholes and peo
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by projectazorian 2y ago
The labor market test is usually required to upgrade to an employment-based green card from a H-1B, though, hence the frequent confusion.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
The requirement to pay market rate already exists and it's very easily gamed, eg. by under-leveling people or hiring them in under a related (but lower paid) role that doesn't reflect their actual responsibilities.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
> The h1b program is supposed to be for people at the top of their field so they can skip the normal visa line, but it is commonly used to save money through exploitation. Incorrect - such people already qualify for green cards under the
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Can you change teams? Even at smaller companies there can be large culture and impact differences between teams.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Makes sense that NYC/London would be more lucrative than NYC/Paris, given all the finance industry travel. I think US West Coast/East Asia city pairs would be the real killer app for passenger supersonic, if aircraft range pe
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Concorde was very popular with business travelers, though. 3-4 hours in the air is a lot easier to deal with than 7-8. Maybe you don't get to a formal meeting on the same day but it still frees up time in the evening to meet with local
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by projectazorian 2y ago
> Not sure if you’ve flown recently, but the front cabin is full, increasingly of leisure travellers who can work remotely. (Not upgrades, either. RASM is up and growing.) It seems like US legacy carriers have gotten a lot better at offe
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Or you could tell the people in meeting A that you have to leave 5 min early - best option if possible. Alternatively, tell the people in meeting B that you will be 5 minutes late. Lateness communicated in advance is far less disruptive tha
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Chances are higher that those hours won't feel like "work" though.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
Where I live thieves now demand your passcode and iCloud password at gunpoint, along with the phone.
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by projectazorian 2y ago
> Any test that has disparate impact is in effect illegal Nope, it just has to be shown to be relevant to the requirements of the job. So you call it an "employment skills assessment," make 80% of it indistinguishable from an I
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by projectazorian 3y ago
> Homosexual prostitution...is a long way from most people's definition of hustle culture. The slang term for this is literally "hustling"
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by projectazorian 3y ago
What city?

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