stickydink

15 ms·

91.
Spouses of US immigrants on H-1B visas could lose their right to work(theguardian.com)
3 points by stickydink 10y ago|0 comments
92.
US consumers lose privacy protections for their web browsing history(theguardian.com)
1 points by stickydink 10y ago|0 comments
93.
by stickydink 10y ago
Sennheiser. I had a pair of reasonably expensive (~$250) headphones and the left ear went a week after my 2 year warranty expired. I knew it was basically just the cable (which was detachable), since it worked with a spare. But the official
94.
by stickydink 10y ago
Q: Approx. how good will the resolution be when direct imaging exoplanets? (asked by @JakePeriphery) A: Resolution? JWST's cameras can image gas giant planets greater than a few AU from their stars. http://jwst.nasa.gov&#x2F
95.
by stickydink 10y ago
Semi-related. For those who want to track their weight daily, efficiently, try Fitbit Aria (or one of the cheaper no-brand WiFi scales). Hook it up to Fitbit app, connect that to TrendWeight ( https://trendweight.com/ ), then
96.
by stickydink 10y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in San Francisco CA 7 years experience as mobile game and app developer, Android and iOS. Lead developer at mid-size gaming startup, looking for part-time projects (<16hrs per week). Basic rate $100/hr,
97.
by stickydink 10y ago
I left my PhD position only a couple of months in, to take up a job offer at a startup half way across the planet. It was one of the toughest decisision I'd ever made, but I have no regrets. My rewards and experiences that came from th
98.
SF to require Lyft, Uber drivers to obtain business licenses(sfgate.com)
1 points by stickydink 11y ago|0 comments
99.
by stickydink 11y ago
You can get an estimate easily, but the final price for an UberX is a function of distance and time, just like a taxi. I have had a few occasions where my driver's taken the wrong route. Not intentionally, I don't think, but a wro
100.
by stickydink 11y ago
There's a risk that people decide that pumping out children is an effective way to make money in the short term.
101.
by stickydink 11y ago
I moved here with my wife from the UK on a H1-B a few years ago now. Three weeks ago we drove (less than 1hr) to Stinson Beach, spent all day hiking the hills, spectacular views of the Bay, the City and the Farallon Islands in the distance.
102.
by stickydink 11y ago
This is true but, fwiw, they do not necessarily keep up-to-date. I'm 4 years into a H-1B, and the amount showing on the database-scraping sites (see sibling comment), is the amount I was offered on day 1.
103.
Why I Chose Industry Over a Postdoc(pointersgonewild.com)
4 points by stickydink 11y ago|0 comments
104.
by stickydink 11y ago
Here's an interview with Territory about the movie. https://medium.com/@HcSwahn_86152/ui-stories-the-martian-eff...
105.
by stickydink 11y ago
There's a YouTube video linked in the article. Basically, stand off the seat, and balance while stationary by rocking forwards and backwards. Possible on a fixed gear bike because pedaling backwards moves the wheel backwards.
106.
by stickydink 11y ago
I think a lot of people were waiting for it, Elon basically described this last December! > Btw, we are actually working on a charger that automatically moves out from the wall & connects like a solid metal snake. For realz. https:&
107.
by stickydink 11y ago
People are wondering what the advantage of this is. It's worth noting that Autodesk have not updated their Scaleform plugin to work with Unity 5. I was pretty annoyed, and it seems like this could be the reason why. Unity's UI got
108.
Tesla releasing autosteer and parallel parking software update(twitter.com)
1 points by stickydink 11y ago|0 comments
109.
Modernizing our legal immigration system for the 21st century [pdf](whitehouse.gov)
2 points by stickydink 11y ago|0 comments
110.
by stickydink 11y ago
Not all H-1B's are treated like that, but regardless, the public data is inaccurate. It tells us the amount on the original application, not the amount you're necessarily getting paid after working there for a while. I've had
111.
by stickydink 11y ago
Understandable, thanks for an explanation
112.
by stickydink 11y ago
Seriously? That's the critique you have? Choices like that are 100% personal preference, and belief of which is "better" again is personal opinion. Foe the counter argument; I find it far more readable to follow the if/e
113.
by stickydink 11y ago
> unlimited testing for a flat monthly fee of $250 per device Renting remote-controlled Android devices for $250 a month, is this even remotely worth it? There aren't many devices that wouldn't pay for themselves by the end of
114.
by stickydink 11y ago
Billings MT to Lusk WY is ~380 miles. That puts it well out of range of any model? A solution that accounts for routes which are possible using only the Superchargers, would be interesting!
115.
Driverless Trucks to Hit Alberta’s Oilsands Region(globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com)
2 points by stickydink 11y ago|0 comments
116.
by stickydink 11y ago
The tricky part was the integration really. We're using Eclipse (our project is getting kinda old), and we can deploy to a PC or device. We use Gradle to do our real builds; CI and to devices at our desks. And we just use Eclipse set u
117.
by stickydink 11y ago
Just to make things awkward for ourselves; we have tools that _do_ use real Java 8, as do some of our unit tests :) It's not so bad, I was just trying to come up with negatives -- we've made the mistake of pushing something to a d
118.
by stickydink 11y ago
As a slight aside, we've been using retrolambda[1] in our Android game for a little while now (>10M downloads), and it's been fantastic. There's an "Auto convert to lambdas" in Eclipse that shrunk our code down n
119.
by stickydink 11y ago
Be aware this shows the salary as it was when the visa was applied for; which is often many months before the visa (end supposedly, the job) begins. I found myself on here (the only H-1B at my company), and the salary is almost $20k less th
120.
by stickydink 11y ago
Given that the article is specifically talking about the Bay Area, I thought it was appropriate

More ›