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by uiri 9y ago
SQL Server would be part of Server & Azure. Not sure if Video Games are part of XBox or not.
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by uiri 9y ago
Keep in mind that that is consumer Windows. Active Directory and Exchange run on Windows Server and I'm sure every large business has a fleet of those (or has decided to ditch them in favour of Azure). I wonder what falls in the "
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by uiri 9y ago
Disclaimer: I currently work in Azure. I've formerly worked inside of Google Cloud, and before that, AWS. Google runs its own infrastructure on people food and then gives its customers dog food. Until Google is eating its own dog food,
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by uiri 9y ago
South Dakota is kind of crazy when it comes to this. They cross references people who hold SD drivers licenses with student loan debt databases and buys up the debt. If people fall behind at all, they get a letter warning them that their li
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by uiri 9y ago
In Washington State, you don't have to enroll in school until you are 8 years old either. [0] Washington's constitution states that It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children r
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by uiri 9y ago
Yes, it does. It allows body shops to import tons of Indian-educated masters degree holders at $40-50k a year and then bill them out to other companies at much higher rates. The proposed bill removes this too.
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by uiri 9y ago
This isn't a minimum in the salary of H1B workers. The current "minimum" is $60k. It is perfectly possible to hire employees on an H1B under that limit, you (as an employer) will simply be under more scrutiny. It relates to H
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by uiri 9y ago
Income distribution and wealth distribution are not the same. It is perfectly possible to earn $500k/year (which would put you in the top 1% of income distribution that this article is talking about) and spend every penny of it, leavin
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by uiri 9y ago
The government explicitly can't restrict freedom of speech in the US. It is the first amendment to the Constitution. I'm not sure why you seem to think that e.g. non-disparagement clauses are unenforceable in the US.
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by uiri 9y ago
Actually curious: Why are you talking about British companies in a thread about American taxes? Or do you happen to be British so you use FTSE 100 as a shorthand for what most Americans would use the S&P 500 for?
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by uiri 9y ago
When does the clock for long-term capital gains start? Better solution: the US tax code should eliminate the short-term/long-term capital gains distinction and just copy the model used in Canada (and elsewhere, I'm sure): capital
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by uiri 9y ago
This reminds me of the deep well at Nuremberg Castle which is a measly 50 m (164 feet) deep. That on its own is deep enough that things take a noticeable amount of time to reach the water's surface. I imagine that it would take 5-10 mi
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by uiri 9y ago
Can we have the slashdot link replaced with this? The guidelines say to submit the original source. There's no paywall on Bloomberg.
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by uiri 9y ago
That little popup is basically just cscope. It isn't unique to VS/VSCode or even any specific IDE/editor.
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by uiri 9y ago
Microsoft still has a lot of buildings with private offices. You might be doubled up depending on seniority and how crowded the building you're in is. Some buildings have gone to open office but I think some execs realize that that&#x2
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by uiri 9y ago
As a resident of Seattle, it took be a minute to register that "Washington" in that list is part of DC.
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by uiri 9y ago
Nothing to do with regulatory resistance. Chinese culture generally views the stock market as gambling in a way that US culture does not. Real estate is a safe investment. It is also protected against seizure by the Chinese government.
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by uiri 9y ago
The NSA exit actually is marked. Going down it if you're not authorized to do so might get you shot. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/us/nsa-maryland-gate.h...
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by uiri 9y ago
Where I'm from (Toronto), we have a name for these different areas within a city: neighborhoods.
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by uiri 9y ago
CSE recruits fairly heavily at student-focused CS events in Montreal. Never seen or heard a peep about CSIS.
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by uiri 9y ago
I think Snapchat is a good example. The founder(s) still have a controlling interest in the company (or they did up until the IPO, at least). They want to build a company rather than sell it off. That's why they IPO'd, for insta
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by uiri 9y ago
Which other "Anglosphere" countries promote home ownership the same way that the US does with e.g. mortgage interest deductions? There are many pairs of otherwise culturally similar countries with differing policies on this (e.g.
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by uiri 9y ago
For instance, Canada (which, despite its resource based economy, is generally seen as fairly similar to the US) has no mortgage interest deduction, doesn't permit mortgages for terms of longer than 5 years (amortization is generally fo
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by uiri 9y ago
Not only that, but lane splitting is legal in California. That helps a lot in getting through standstill traffic.
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by uiri 9y ago
Another question that yields different responses from everyone that I like to ask: "what is your more favorite and what is your least favorite thing about working here?"
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by uiri 9y ago
Author here. I made this almost five years ago when I was in high school. The Scunthorpe problem is real - "shit" is used in a lot of good compound swears. The code isn't public because I was concerned about people taking it
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by uiri 9y ago
That 2% figure includes full Jews. But what percentage of the population has partial Jewish ancestry?
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Apple is an example that comes to mind although the outcome isn't exactly successful. They nearly went bankrupt before they acquired NeXT to bring back Jobs.
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by uiri 9y ago
If you are the copyright holder, you can do whatever you want with the software. You don't need to obey any license since you're the counterparty for anyone accepting the license. If your premise is correct, and open source projec
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by uiri 9y ago
I've never found a retailer in Canada who didn't take cash. The only exceptions would be buying stuff online which is Amazon and travel (flights, hotels, etc). Prepaid cell phones can be topped up by buying a code at a Shoppers fo

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