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by torgian 8y ago
Or in the case of a citizen of said country it’s, “you want to return home, play by our border rules, and btw you have no citizen rights because the border isn’t the country.”
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by torgian 8y ago
ok, so we will waste money on A: token female board members or B: a female board member who is under qualified because the company couldn’t find a better qualified woman to fill the role; when that male candidate had to be passed up because
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by torgian 8y ago
Today I learned my data is worth one cup of coffee.
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by torgian 8y ago
Bullshit. Facebook capitulated and have access. No doubt. They made backroom deals. Call me paranoid, but if the government wants something, there’s honestly little anyone can do about it.
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by torgian 8y ago
Maybe it's alien transmissions that are using the Earth as a gigantic radio booster. XD one can dream...
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by torgian 8y ago
That's terrible, seriously. If it were up to me, I would move to east Asia and continue this project in Hong Kong or China or some place where this sort of thing happens all the time.
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by torgian 8y ago
Damn. They don’t do this in China unless you are leaving/entering the country. At that point they take your photo and fingerprints. If America is starting to do this, then for sure China will at some point.
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by torgian 8y ago
I'm really interested in trying it out, but I live in mainland China right now. Have no idea who I could even contact about getting some, even in places like Taiwan or Thailand.
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by torgian 8y ago
Funny startup idea: buy a bunch of real estate in those areas, then rent out capsule homes for a hundred bucks a month. Stuff them into these overpriced homes and take a bunch of cash-strapped renters away from those that are pushing the re
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by torgian 8y ago
Nope! American
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by torgian 8y ago
I live in China now and fly around or in/out of the country about four times a year. It’s a better experience overall imo
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by torgian 8y ago
Apparantly the author hasn’t flown much if he thinks it’s a “harrowing experience “. I hate flying simply because it’s annoying. The only time I actually enjoyed flying was when I was in the Navy. I upgrade to business or first class as oft
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by torgian 8y ago
iPhone 5s was the perfect size for me (I guess that's the SE now). But I've been using the iPhone 6s for the past few years and like it. I don't see myself replacing it anytime soon since it works just fine the way it is. The
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by torgian 8y ago
I currently make about 24k a year as a part time engineer (which should go up to around 40k if I go full time for this company). I stay because of other benefits (good health care in Japan, remote work with bimonthly meetings, and most impo
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by torgian 8y ago
Not necessarily. Look at them outside of the United States. Software engineers typically make anywhere between 20-60k a year depending on location (east Asia being the worst).
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by torgian 8y ago
Eff that noise. I’ll just keep buying my food at Food an’ Stuff.
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by torgian 8y ago
So... this is just the start. You know the next step is the government taking control over what tech companies can do when it comes to dissemination of information. I'm gonna say it now: In 20 years, large tech companies in the States
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by torgian 8y ago
My current project uses Postgresql along with pipelineDB. It's great for handling a lot of data, but I don't pretend to fully understand it. I'm focused on front-end, but my job naturally needs me to learn at least the basics
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by torgian 8y ago
Shit at this point I’d rather get a used iPad and keyboard if I wanted something like a Chromebook. Or just a used thinkpad. But I guess I’m not part of the normal demographic anyway, so....
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by torgian 8y ago
accountability. Using your real name on social media makes you much more accountable than using a pseudonym. Some people really believe in that (I do too, just not on most social media platforms)
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by torgian 8y ago
Quite right. Japan has excellent rail systems and they’re all owned by private corporations, albeit with government oversight. However, public trans can be done right, such as the case in mainland China which is state owned. All comes down
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by torgian 8y ago
I’ve had many interviews such as “all day interviews” to ones that were only an hour or two at a time in America. The current position I’ve accepted is a German owned company that has a Japanese branch. Small company. Pay is low when compar
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by torgian 8y ago
Pfft. Loyalty is overrated. The company will fire you without a care in the world even if you are the most loyal person out there
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by torgian 8y ago
And you probably don’t want to work for a company that does that anyway
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by torgian 8y ago
Yeah. We’re fucked
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by torgian 8y ago
I live in China currently and teach at a University. Students and others I have met here in Chengdu use taxis and Didi on a daily basis. Yes, they know what happened, but murders are so rare in China. And one million users in a country with
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by torgian 8y ago
Article can't be found now?
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by torgian 8y ago
Huh. Article cant be found now?
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by torgian 8y ago
Damn is it really that bad? I hate buying new shit. I spent a year thinking about replacing my head phones (5 year old Sennheisers) before getting a pair of Noise canceling AKGs. I have a 5 year old MacBook that I want to replace but don’t
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by torgian 8y ago
This is kinda funny and hypocritical when you devote a few brain cells to this. Every country is gathering data on everyone. If you think they are respecting your privacy, you’re naive. The US has been doing it for years. Secretly. EU and I

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