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Sen. Blumenthal Demands Lifting of IT 'Gag' Order (computerworld.com)
dcblogs writes: U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the layoff and replacement of IT workers by foreign workers at a state energy utility. But he is also demanding that the utility, Eversource Energy, drop a particularly restrictive non-disparagement clause that laid off employees had to sign to receive their severance. This clause bars discussion "that would tend to disparage or discredit" the utility. [emphasis added] He wants the employees, who had to train foreign replacements, to be able to state "honestly what happened to them."
Had a new employee introduced to me today, his name was Rajiv. Management said "he'll be shadowing you for a few months, teach him everything you do." When asked where he was from, he said in passable English, Hyderabad. I probed further and found he was here on an H1-B visa. Nervous? Not really, just updated my resume'
It's a state-regulated energy company. Is the DoJ really necessary here? Can't the state introduce some regulations about how its energy companies operate, e.g. regarding outsourcing or gag agreements?
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Time for unions! and time for enforce the H1-B laws.
The company forced them to train their replacements, who are non-citizens brought in to the do the same job cheaper because the utility is run by people who apparently feel it's fine to sell out their own countrymen to make a buck.
I don't know what's so mysterious about this. It is what it is. The only question is what are you going to do about it?
I have a really simple solution. Abolish corporate taxes in their current form and replace them with a head count tax. Every US citizen is, say, $1000/year. Every legal immigrant is $2500. Every foreign national abroad, including contract workers on outsourced work, gets a fee of $5,000. If at any time, more than 25% of your work is either performed by subsidiaries or outsourcing firms based overseas that has a sales or some other nexus into the US, you pay FICA on your global workforce including contracted employees.
So carrot and stick. A big, incredibly sweet looking carrot and a stick that has nails driven into it because we want to make the choice obvious.
Sadly, the industries that give to a politician are impacted the most by the committee(s) the Senator sits on.
It's the bit about H-1B visas that the tech companies were most rallying for. The idea is for companies to be able to attract more of the world's brightest minds in engineering and technology and allow these workers to stay in the U.S. (2013 Bill) The bill was written by a bipartisan group of senators called the "Gang of Eight," which included Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). In the lead up to Senate debate on the bill, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched a political action group called FWD.us to focus on immigration reform. As a result, a deep roster of tech executives banded to together to push the bipartisan policy agenda and change how the U.S. approaches immigration.
The group vowed to work with members of Congress from both parties, the administration, and state and local officials. It has used both online and offline advocacy tools to build support for policy changes. FWD.us' list of heavy hitters includes Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, and many more.
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Requiring employees to sign a non-disparagement clause is proof that the leadership of Eversource Energy has no scruples.
If they wanted to indict themselves, they chose a particularly effective method.
The people in charge of this company should be replaced.
Thank you, Richard Blumenthal.
These agreements don't prevent testifying under oath. Just hold a hearing and subpoena them and they can speak freely without fear of triggering the agreements.
Once you've got your severance, can't you bitch about the company online, anonymously? Even if they find out, how are they going to get the money back?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
This is not an example of capitalism. In fact, we're not much of a capitalistic nation anymore. Not since government started placing artificial intensives and disincentives for various business activities, many of which are arbitrary, lack objectively provable benefits, and which inherently place one type of market, product or worker at an advantage over others.
"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,..." - Nancy Pelosi
Or stop playing the victim game, get a new job while still employed, give a two-week notice to old employer, and get a 30% pay raise from new employer.
Perhaps the senator needs to adjust the law.
There is no problem with an H-1B worker displacing a us worker if they pay the H-1B >$60k.
From the dol web site
An exempt H-1B nonimmigrant is an H-1B worker who meets one of the following statutory standards:
Receives $60,000 annual wages; or
Has attained a master’s or higher degree (or its equivalent) in a specialty related to the intended H-1B
employment.
What are the advantages to an employer in hiring an exempt H-1B?
H-1B-dependent and willful violator employers which employ only exempt H-1B workers on a Labor Condition
Application (LCA) are relieved from the additional obligations with which they would otherwise be required to
comply: non-displacement, recruitment, and hiring (see WH Fact Sheets #62C, #62M, #62O, and #62P).
More likely the ex-employee signed a arbitration clause that will gives the company the upper hand to settle the disputes in their favor while avoiding the public courts with a civil lawsuit.
Once you've got your severance, can't you bitch about the company online, anonymously? Even if they find out, how are they going to get the money back?
They sue you and point to the non-disparage agreement you signed before leaving in court.
It's about damn time.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
hardly a deterrent. Maybe $10,000 per foreign worker. Hey, if they're truly irreplaceable, that's not a big nut. Of course, if they're truly irreplaceable, by definition the American worker they're replacing can't train them to do the job.
Never let a lack of data get in the way of a good rant.
You libertarians drive me nuts sometimes, and you have to be one to call this the 'victim game'. You know what? When companies do illegal things they need to be held to account for it. That's not playing the victim game. That's standing up for what's right, and there's not enough of that in this country, which is how all this crap gets started in the first place
Or stop playing the victim game, get a new job while still employed, give a two-week notice to old employer, and get a 30% pay raise from new employer.
Oh that's cute, he thinks that you'll always get paid more just for leaving an old job.
Once you've got your severance, can't you bitch about the company online, anonymously? Even if they find out, how are they going to get the money back?
They sue you and point to the non-disparage agreement you signed before leaving in court.
Seems to me the negative publicity generated by suing former employees would be worse than what a former employee (branded with the label "disgruntled") might say.
Oh that's cute, he thinks that you'll always get paid more just for leaving an old job.
As an I.T. support contractor for the last ten years, I got paid more money with every new assignment. In fact, I had to turn down a job because a former coworker still worked at the company, made the same amount of money as I did when I worked with him nine years before, and my starting pay rate was 80% higher than his. Those 2% raises just don't add up over time. The job that I did accept paid $8 per hour more and provided a full benefit package.
That's standing up for what's right, and there's not enough of that in this country, which is how all this crap gets started in the first place
You want to play the hero, get fired and have a pity party, knock yourself out. My obligation tis to put food on the table by bringing home the money. That's capitalism, baby.
There are a couple problems with that off the top of my head. How are you going to determine the number of foreign "contract workers" there are? It would be very difficult to craft a loophole-free policy, since all they have to do is structure the transaction as a product sale with support contract or some other workaround.
The big problem though is that it gives companies one more reason to want to low head counts. Automation of more and more jobs is coming, with your plan it would be hastened even further.
This is not an example of capitalism. In fact, we're not much of a capitalistic nation anymore.
Because that's what happens to capitalism. As soon as someone gets enough capital, they want to keep and increase it. A system acknowledged to be built on greed means without any controls, the greediest wins. And there is no limit. Then there may be a revolt.
Capitalism has the seeds of success, but just like a formula one engine, it needs help to keep it from blowing itself to bits. Do some research on the boom and bust nature of pure Capitalism, and notice how especially in earlier times in the US, there were roughly 2 year cycles of boom and bust.
Any "ism" i it's pure form will destroy itself. Except for pragmatism. Pragmatism only deals with things that work.
Which makes it pretty rare these days, especially as those with great financial interests manage to play on idealism. There are people in the USA who believe that Capitalism is based on the Baksheesh paid to politicians to ensure that those who pay it remain in favor and wealth. So - it's complicated, but yeah, it isn't capitalism.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
You libertarians drive me nuts sometimes, and you have to be one to call this the 'victim game'. You know what? When companies do illegal things they need to be held to account for it. That's not playing the victim game.
That's because present day libertarians are merely Republicans who are selfish pricks, who can't put up with anyone telling them what to do
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
That's standing up for what's right, and there's not enough of that in this country, which is how all this crap gets started in the first place
You want to play the hero, get fired and have a pity party, knock yourself out. My obligation tis to put food on the table by bringing home the money. That's capitalism, baby.
I am glad to finally get hold of someone who has all of the answers, as well as has great clairvoyant powers.
What do you do, if the company replaces you and gives you the bum's rush escort by either security or the police? No notice, just 15 minutes to clear the desk and you are out on the street. Because its standard procedure these days.You must have a good resume to be hired in that 15 minutes.
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The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
Look, I like capitalism as much as the next fella...however....
I find it really hard to believe that with all the universities in this country annually graduating hundreds of thousands (millions?) in disciplines ranging from engineering to mathematics, comp sci, physics, etc. that it is necessary to import tech labor. When you consider all the additional inefficiency introduced in the form of language difficulties and what I've often found to be poor training (every problem isn't one that can be solved by consultants by the pound excreting bad java code), I find it hard to believe that it's even worth the effort to game the system in the first place. Yet here we are with legions of billion dollar companies that exist solely to exploit loopholes in the US immigration system while taking advantage of citizen workers and taking fat chunks of income ostensibly paid to the poor saps that are being pimped out to line their pockets.
Frankly, I don't believe that a tech labor shortage exists. What exists is a market distortion that's perpetuated by a corrupt group of companies that line the pockets of politicians in order to siphon their share of guest worker salaries. Just say no.
They'll hide it all in a web of contractors, which is exactly what they're doing now. If all else fails they'll fall back on the 'gig' economy and just move the goal post.They'll win, you'll lose. Because you play the game a few yours a day on /. while they do it for a living.
It's like Wargames (if you're old enough to know what that is): The only way to win is not to play. What you really want is tariffs and protectionism, but after 50 years of the right wing (economically speaking) press vilifying them nobody can bring themselves to say it. You will note that China and India both rely heavily on tariffs. They've worked for hundreds of years at their intended purpose of purpose.
Eliminate the H1-B program. For the few real geniuses we want have a lengthy peer review process to prevent the diploma mill graduate loophole. Raise taxes on import goods made with slave labor. Redistribute the wealth in the form of socialized medicine, free education, infrastructure programs and basic income. Lather, rinse repeat. These things work. That's why the 1% is frightened of them; and it's why they want you to be frightened too.
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making all arbitration clauses binding. The US Supreme Court just ruled on it and said it was a perfectly valid because there's nothing in the US Constitution saying you can't sign away your rights. Blame our right wing, pro-corporate congress for all this...
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Listen up, kiddos. This is why you save your money from day 1 after you graduate. Forget the new beemer, swank apartment, and $50 bottles of vodka. From the day you graduate you should be stuffing as much as your income as you can into a tax-advantaged plan, and an equal amount to liquid investments (including a Roth).
You lived like a poor college student until you graduated, and so there's nothing wrong with living like a slightly less poor college student. That way, when something like this happens, you can be the hero who says "fuck you, you can keep your severance," and then head right over to the local TV station to spill all of the beans.
Freedom isn't free. When you take your $70K/year out of college and blow it on a nice car, a party lifestyle, and expensive booze, you should not be surprised to find yourselves in shackles eventually.
This is a welcome change from last year, when Blumenthal sponsored a bill that would have tripled the number of H1-B's from 65,000 to as many as 195,000 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/153/all-info). Let's hope he keeps moving in the direction of helping american workers instead of helping to put them out of jobs.
Negative publicity doesn't really affect a power company. What is anyone going to do, boycott them and live in the dark?
The article points out that as long as their paying what's been called the "prevailing wage" (just $60k/yr in Connecticut) it's all nice and legal. Not sure when congress snuck that in but assuming the article isn't lying we're all basically up shit creek in the IT world. Last I checked the only thing holding back the flood was a cap of 300k/yr visas, and every Prez candidate except Bernie and _maybe_ Trump wants to lift the cap.
/.ers aren't worried. Don't tell you you'll just polish your resume and move on. You can only run so far for so long. If nothing else you'll take a pay cut in your new job when all the other displaced tech workers apply for it...
What I want to know is why the hell more
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The article says that so long as they pay the prevailing wage ($60k/yr in Connecticut, which IIRC is a pricey place to live) they can now legally replace you. Not sure when that changed (probably shortly after the pro-Corporate Republicans took the Senate) but assuming the article isn't lying there's no abuse. It's all nice and legal.
.com boom and housing bubble hid the worst of it but it's starting to catch up on us. That's also why Trump & Bernie are doing so well in the polls. Too bad polls don't matter...
This is what we get for pushing 40 years of pro-corporate politics since Reagan. The
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I see what you're saying, which is that it's hopeless. They'll just buy everybody. The way I see it, Vote Left. Vote for the most left leaning, pro-worker candidate you can get. The right wing of America spent 40 years shifting us to the right. It didn't happen overnight, and undoing it won't happen overnight either. Vote Left every chance you get and you'll start to see a change. It's not like you've got anything to lose, right?
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Except for pragmatism. Pragmatism only deals with things that work.
That's still a problem, though, because you have to establish a standard of "what works". Pragmatically, the current system works wonderfully for those with money and power, but not nearly as well for the average citizen.
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I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet, but I think the H1B system, in spirit, is fine. In fact, there doesn't even have to be a limit on the number of them. The problem is that you can use it as a way to import cheap labor, without having to experience any anxiety.
1. Modify the wording of the law so that it's possible to actually enforce the rules.
2. When you get caught, all of your H1Bs are deported on the spot. Make that one of the conditions of hiring / being an H1B.
Since these are highly in-demand people that you can't find in the USA, they're obviously pretty wealthy.. the sort that wouldn't be affected by sudden loss of employment, or who could easily get a normal visa to stay in the US, if they wanted to. Let the investigations go on for a nice long time, until the company has moved a lot of critical functions over. Then, one morning... ICE pulls up with a few buses.
What do you do, if the company replaces you and gives you the bum's rush escort by either security or the police? No notice, just 15 minutes to clear the desk and you are out on the street.
That personally has never happened to me. But I had a string of one-year contracts ended after nine months because I did my job too well.
You must have a good resume to be hired in that 15 minutes.
Hired in 15 minutes? No. Hired in less than 24 hours that the HR paperwork wasn't finalized yet? Yes. I do keep my resume updated and active on all the job search boards, and I typically get ~20 phone calls per day from recruiters. That's somewhat annoying considering that I now work for the government and my contract is fully funded for the next four years.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep that in mind.
That's because present day libertarians are merely Republicans who are selfish pricks, who can't put up with anyone telling them what to do
Eli the Computer Guy on YouTube has made the argument that I.T. workers need to be assholes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_YaNGzplbE
From what I read in the article so long as they pay his replacement $60k/yr it's legal...
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Except for pragmatism. Pragmatism only deals with things that work. That's still a problem, though, because you have to establish a standard of "what works". Pragmatically, the current system works wonderfully for those with money and power, but not nearly as well for the average citizen.
We can observe what happens in the world. I have observed that highly idealistic isms tend to fail, usually because of some fundamental mistakes in determining human nature, as well as ideology needing to become ever more "pure".
Communism does not allow for the inherent wish for humans to advance themselves.
Fundamentalist religion allows for no compromise, and it's need tor enemies and ever increasing purity eventually kills it.
Capitalism, which relies on the greed factor, if unchecked means that once enough capital is obtained, those who have attained it seek to destroy the free market. This should be self evident as the drive that produces the wealth will end up making the most greedy accumulating as much of the wealth as possible, and often by any means.
Socialism comes close, but only because it is the closest to pragmatism. Problem is, there are so many definitions of socialism these days, we have to evaaluate. on a case by case basis.
Libertarianism is another ism that is a little difficult at this point to evaluate, because what passes for modern libertarianism is just a quirky form of Republicanism. I'll note that the downfall of traditional Libertarianism is a miscalculation of human nature, assuming everyone is intelligent and law abiding. Perhaps they would stand a better chance if they didn't have to pander to the social conservative base of the party they choose to identify with. It's been sickening to watch Rand Paul try to pander to the religious right http://crooksandliars.com/2015..., Play George Bush the third by doing the aircraft carrier tough guy biz http://dailycaller.com/2015/03... - the only thing missing was the "Mission Accomplished banner! Then he forgot that there is no compromise, no room for anything that he is told that he has to believe, because if you do not do exactly that, this happens to you. http://teejaw.com/rand-paul-ju....
Actual Libertarianism is not compatible with the Republican party.
And if I'm tough on Paul, he deserves it. Libertarianism comes closest to pragmatism, as long as you remember that you can't run a pure ideology. So in my heretical pick and choose pragmatism, Capitalism with brakes to protect itself from itself, coupled with Libertarianism with it's willingness to respect the individual's rights and obligations (not what currently goes for Libertarianism, and progressive understanding that there are some things that should not be run for profit, and some that should. Banks and producing goods should always be run for profit - health care should not, makes for a pretty good version of pragmatism.
I also have this weird idea that a country becomes wealthy by having as many people have money as possible, not by concentrating it in the hands of a few. And this is not done by taking money from the wealthy at all, but by having as much of the populous enjoy the fruits of their labors by pecuniary renumeration as possible. People with money buy the stuff the job creators make. The present situation of making as many Americans as poor as possible, and having me the taxpayer make up for the shitty wages some industry wants to pay is a race to the bottom.
Pragmatism - its not just for breakfast any more.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
Capitalism, in engineering terms, is based on positive feedback loops in the market itself. The bigger you are, the bigger you can become. No government assistance required.
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The two week notice is not strictly necessary.
What do you do, if the company replaces you and gives you the bum's rush escort by either security or the police? No notice, just 15 minutes to clear the desk and you are out on the street. Because its standard procedure these days.You must have a good resume to be hired in that 15 minutes.
Even this is more than you may get. Your boss (or HR) might intercept you coming back from lunch and point to your stuff (or most/some of it...) in a box on a cart and tell you to hit the bricks. I've seen that done.
Some places just cancel your badge, and you have to ask security why you can't get in. And then you find out. (This sounds even tougher but it actually fallible since your fellow co-workers will usually badge you in when you tell them you left yours on your desk.) I've seen this too.
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Sue you into nothingness. Always blow the whistle anonymously if you don't want to be a martyr.
Utilities have lots of people doing PR to deflect negative publicity (*). And the general public will not pay attention to stuff like this anyway. They will sue until the former employee has nothing except a few followers sending consolation tweets.
(*) except for PG&E which seems to have the most incompetent PR ever. Their method of dealing with angry customers is to make them angry at something else (like asking to reduce the very light fine they were given for accidentally killing their customers)
I try to avoid burning any bridges on the way out. Silicon Valley, in particular, is a very small community. You never know who you will work with again or be your future boss.
Your boss (or HR) might intercept you coming back from lunch and point to your stuff (or most/some of it...) in a box on a cart and tell you to hit the bricks.
I worked at a video game company in Silicon Valley before the dot com bust that transferred a software tester to a development studio in Texas, shut down the studio a month later, and told the guy to hitchhike home if he wanted to come back to California. We took up a collection to get him a Greyhound bus ticket.
I would almost agree. My issue is with your #2
" When you get caught, all of your H1Bs are deported on the spot. Make that one of the conditions of hiring / being an H1B"
That discourages the H1B person from reporting the issues.
How about
When a company is caught abusing the H1B program they loose all there H1B employees and every H1B employee who reported the company it gets a green card free and clear.
Company looses their cheep labor, incurs hefty fines, and there is a reward for the H1B visa holder reporting the crime.
I had a company do a fire drill, then the managers came out and picked those that could come back in. Told everyone else over a megaphone that we were laid off.
True, but if you're getting the shaft on the way out do you really want to work the people that did that again?
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> Actual Libertarianism is not compatible with the Republican party.
I knew there was a reason I like you. It's funny. You can fit almost any political ideology into Libertarianism *except* for the Randian and the modern US Republican. But, somehow, they managed to do it. Neither one of those two groups is the least bit interested in liberty, not even close. (Though they'll scream and yell about being supporters of freedom, while not actually understanding what the word means.)
The other day, I wrote a piece (a long novella - surprise!) to David T. on this site. I can dig it out if you're interested in figuring out ways to polish it up. I'm one of those strange people who's actually willing to evaluate their position and change it as new information is gathered. So, insight is always a good thing. (But, a lot of work.) It was long because it was trying to articulate what it was that makes a Libertarian. That's not exactly easy as there are some pretty basic things to cover that lots of people don't seem to have spent much time thinking about.
However, that's the most intelligent thing that I've read on Slashdot all day. Oddly, in a politics article...
But you're not only correct, you're completely correct. I'm really not sure who had the bright idea of trying to shoehorn the most inappropriate political ideologies into Libertarianism. Somehow, they've not only managed to do so but they've managed to make it stick. At one time, I was pretty well considered to be on the "loony left" (even by the Democrats) by virtue of my party affiliation. That really wasn't all that many years ago. Today, someone finds out that I'm a Libertarian and they automatically assume that I'm some sort of ultraconservative fan of corporatism who wants to make people adhere to a bunch of religious beliefs. Err... That's so far wrong that it's about as far from correct as possible.
I've been trying to clear up the misconception for years. Ah well...
Many of the people who self-identify as Libertarians are actually just Republicans with a little bit of shame and don't actually know where they belong. I'd suggest they try to make the Tea Party sane. But, it's not like we can stop them from claiming to hold the affiliation and thus representing the party and ideology. We're a bit pragmatic and not really about to institute a "purity test" or take away the microphone.
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this is also the guy that spent a couple of years unemployed and filed for bankruptcy because he went so long w/out a job
take employment tips w/a grain of salt!
What accident? "Accidentally" stealing the federal grants that were earmarked to replace that pipeline?
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I swear, the first presidential candidate to jump on this issue, publicize the hell out of it, and then propose meaningful legislation and/or tax policy designed to discourage it will win the friggin' 2016 election. I'm just afraid one of the dimwit Republican will discover this secret first.
Bernie Sanders, isn't this right up your alley? Why aren't you talking about this more?
I hate to break it to you conservatives & libertarians, free markets are NOT solving this problem. This is one area where government needs to step in.
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I'm serious. You are the reason this great nation is going down the tubes.
Move to Russia.
So don't tell me that everyone here is for migrants coming over but that they cannot take jobs?
Did you just think they would take poor blue collar jobs?
California allows 3rd parties to sell you most utilities, so you could easily buy your electricity from someone else. You would have to pay the system upkeep fees and regulatory fees to the company, but the bulk of what they actually make a profit on can be bought from someone else.
Post as AC, both you and all others who have experienced this, company names. I want to avoid companies that do that.
putting the 'B' in LGBTQ+
Blame corporate lobbyists, they're the ones who write the legislation. Google ALEC sometime.
when I write this, but honestly, why are IT workers not standing up for themselves. I've been in IT since graduating college in the late 90s. My work life has not been perfect. I've taken some jobs that were not as good as I wanted. But... I would never do as some have done and knowingly train my replacement. I also would sign nothing. I would walk out and take a job as a bartender before I would continue to aid and abet the ongoing practice of screwing over American workers.
IT needs to be unionized or the next administration needs to step up protectionism for American workers. Americans deserve a living wage, not being screwed over by multinationals who see nothing but the bottom line.
What I've done to help insulate myself from this is I tend to work only for non-profits. My pay is less than it would be were I at a pure IT company (none really in my area) or for a large multinational (all laying off here). Schools and colleges are other places that always need IT people. They are great places to work as you generally only work about ~200 days a year, and if you have children, you get to be off with them quite a bit.
I know that no one will step up because IT is too broad a field to actually organize, but laws need to be changed to state that Americans have to be hired, not foreigners. There is no shortage of qualified IT workers in the country. None. There ARE shortages of qualified IT workers who are willing to work for wages that are not realistic, or wages that third-world workers are willing to take on.
Sometimes you don't have a choice in who you work with. The best course of action is to remain professional at all times.
this is also the guy that spent a couple of years unemployed and filed for bankruptcy because he went so long w/out a job
I'm the guy who spent two years being unemployed because recruiters and hiring managers looked at my resume, saw three-plus years of help desk experience in the last three positions, made the conclusion that I wanted to continue working in help desk, and, "Oh, sorry, we're not hiring for help desk positions," never mind that wasn't the job I applied for. This was during the Great Recession when there were seven job applicants for every job opening. Yes, I did file for chapter seven bankruptcy after exhausting my savings. On the day my bankruptcy got finalized in 2011, I got a new job and then spent the next two years working multiple jobs for seven days a week. When I got my government job, the two-hour investigative interview lasted four hours because the government thinks it is suspicious for someone to work more than one job and I had to list all contract assignments that I've worked since being unemployed.
We should not allow any action which impedes any individual from telling the truth, far and wide. It is important that the public can see for itself, the morals and ethics of any company allowed to have a business license.
"You are terrified someone will steal your software if you publish the source code." - by Coren22 (1625475)
WTF? A respected other in security & competent coder has OK'd it as clean/safe!
I don't give it away to everyone W/ GOOD REASON (Google's mistake w/ CHROME = prime example) -> http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
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"You have yet to address the issue of name resolution performance of anything not found in your hosts file. This is a serious issue when the hosts file is so large" - by Coren22 (1625475)
By placing users FAVORITE SITES where they spend 95++% of their time online @ TOP of hosts files cached in RAM gets them to sites FASTER & MORE RELIABLY than a more-than-potentially REDIRECT POISONED DNS SERVER (99.999% of ISP DNS aren't patched vs. the kaminsky flaw, stupid).
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"DNS outperforms your hosts file solution several fold" - by Coren22 (1625475)
No it doesn't (see using hardcoded favorites above) - & DNS outperforms hosts in GOING DOWN (does a lot) OR poisoning users via redirect poisonings (DNS amp attacks is another).
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"so why not just run your own DNS server? Oh, resources eh?" - by Coren22 (1625475)
More resource consumption + moving parts complexity + POWER USE doesn't = a GOOD solution vs. hosts by using redirect poisoning/DNS amp attack exploitable DNS w/ only a few systems @ home.
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"But you have no problem running 100k copies of the hosts file in a domain" - by Coren22 (1625475)
It works easily migrated by central admins via scripts or chronjobs/scheduled tasks with less moving parts complexity, room for exploit & breakdown, OR power usage.
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"You have yet to submit to a code review from anyone but your friend. No, I don't trust that he has thoroughly assessed your software." - by Coren22 (1625475)
I have to a seasoned security pro AND competent coder himself (unlike you).
"you are stealing other people's work in your code" - by Coren22 (1625475)
I don't "steal" (you project YOU DO)!
APK
P.S.=> You FAIL, MENIAL.. apk
"the secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code and said it looked all good to them" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015
My code went thru verification by Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes' hpHosts
hpHosts Site Admin Mr. Steven Burn quoted:
"I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code, and yes, it is safe."
FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...
(On my latest 9.0++ code engine above & from past versions -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... )
A competent coder & BEST security researcher I know of FROM THE BEST ANTIMALWARE THERE IS http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
NOT a secretary!
I don't give away work to be stolen OR misused like GOOGLE CHROME http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
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"won't demonstrate security of his product be exposing the source" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015
Bullshit: 62 reputable sources + /. users say different:
Safe by 57 antivirus programs in 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
the 32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Per VirScan (installer too)-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> Eat your words, scumbag:
Tell us about AD + DNS too while you're @ it & how you said I said not to run DNS when I use it myself & said to NOT use external to network DNS with AD http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
OR
About how my program NEEDS admin privelege to update too (& it doesn't http://slashdot.org/comments.p... )
LOL... fool - 'eat your words' on ALL those accounts chump!
... apk
"you are stealing other people's work in your code" - by Coren22 (1625475)
I don't steal (you project YOU do). I write my own code (you don't) & use public data to protect + speed up users.
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"You have yet to submit to a code review from anyone but your friend. No, I don't trust that" - by Coren22 (1625475)
A seasoned security pro & competent coder reviewed my work as safe & IT'S WHAT HE DOES (unlike you). He can't "play friends": It's his site & reputation.
---
"You are terrified someone will steal your software if you publish the source code." - by Coren22 (1625475)
I don't give source away W/ GOOD REASON (Google's mistake w/ CHROME) -> http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
---
"You have yet to address the issue of name resolution performance of anything not found in your hosts file. This is a serious issue when the hosts file is so large" - by Coren22 (1625475)
Placing users' FAVORITE SITES where they spend 95++% of their time online @ TOP of hosts files cached in LOCAL RAM gets them to sites FASTER & MORE RELIABLY than a more-than-potentially REDIRECT POISONED DNS SERVER (99.999% of ISP DNS aren't patched vs. the kaminsky flaw, or DNS amp attacks).
---
"DNS outperforms your hosts file solution several fold" - by Coren22 (1625475)
No it doesn't (see above) - & DNS outperforms hosts in GOING DOWN (does a lot) OR poisoning users via redirect poisonings (DNS amp attacks = another).
---
"so why not just run your own DNS server? Oh, resources eh?" - by Coren22 (1625475)
More resource consumption + moving parts complexity + POWER USE doesn't = a GOOD solution vs. hosts by using redirect poisoning/DNS amp attack exploitable DNS w/ only a few systems @ home.
---
"But you have no problem running 100k copies of the hosts file in a domain" - by Coren22 (1625475)
It works easily migrated by central admins via scripts or chronjobs/scheduled tasks w/ less moving parts complexity, room for exploit & breakdown, OR power usage.
APK
P.S.=> You FAIL menial... apk
"the secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code and said it looked all good to them" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015
My code went thru verification by Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes' hpHosts
hpHosts Site Admin Mr. Steven Burn quoted:
"I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code, and yes, it is safe."
FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...
(On my latest 9.0++ code engine above & from past versions -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... )
A competent coder & BEST security researcher I know of FROM THE BEST ANTIMALWARE THERE IS http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
NOT a secretary!
I don't give away work to be stolen OR misused like GOOGLE CHROME http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
---
"won't demonstrate security of his product be exposing the source" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015
Bullshit: 62 reputable sources + /. users say different:
Safe by 57 antivirus programs in 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
the 32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Per VirScan (installer too)-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> Eat your words, scumbag:
Tell us about AD + DNS too while you're @ it & how you said I said not to run DNS when I use it myself & said to NOT use external to network DNS with AD http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
OR
About how my program NEEDS admin privelege to update too (& it doesn't http://slashdot.org/comments.p... )
LOL... fool - 'eat your words' on ALL those accounts chump!
... apk
Oh, and the union lobbyists are innocent? The ones that make donations to campaigns, and pressure lawmakers into adding pork to bills to give jobs to their union members? That doesnt happen?
I agree that the systems is corrupted by corporations. But your argument is that unions balance the scales by participating equally in the corruption.
"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,..." - Nancy Pelosi
"you are stealing other people's work in your code" - by Coren22 (1625475)
I don't steal (you project YOU do). I write my own code (you don't) & use public data to protect + speed up users.
---
"You have yet to submit to a code review from anyone but your friend. No, I don't trust that" - by Coren22 (1625475)
A seasoned security pro & competent coder reviewed my work as safe & IT'S WHAT HE DOES (unlike you). He can't "play friends": It's his site & reputation.
---
"You are terrified someone will steal your software if you publish the source code." - by Coren22 (1625475)
I don't give source away W/ GOOD REASON (Google's mistake w/ CHROME) -> http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
---
"You have yet to address the issue of name resolution performance of anything not found in your hosts file. This is a serious issue when the hosts file is so large" - by Coren22 (1625475)
Placing users' FAVORITE SITES where they spend 95++% of their time online @ TOP of hosts files cached in LOCAL RAM gets them to sites FASTER & MORE RELIABLY than a more-than-potentially REDIRECT POISONED DNS SERVER (99.999% of ISP DNS aren't patched vs. the kaminsky flaw, or DNS amp attacks).
---
"DNS outperforms your hosts file solution several fold" - by Coren22 (1625475)
No it doesn't (see above) - & DNS outperforms hosts in GOING DOWN (does a lot) OR poisoning users via redirect poisonings (DNS amp attacks = another).
---
"so why not just run your own DNS server? Oh, resources eh?" - by Coren22 (1625475)
More resource consumption + moving parts complexity + POWER USE doesn't = a GOOD solution vs. hosts by using redirect poisoning/DNS amp attack exploitable DNS w/ only a few systems @ home.
---
"But you have no problem running 100k copies of the hosts file in a domain" - by Coren22 (1625475)
It works easily migrated by central admins via scripts or chronjobs/scheduled tasks w/ less moving parts complexity, room for exploit & breakdown, OR power usage.
APK
P.S.=> You FAIL menial... apk
"the secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code and said it looked all good to them" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015
My code went thru verification by Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes' hpHosts
hpHosts Site Admin Mr. Steven Burn quoted:
"I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code, and yes, it is safe."
FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...
(On my latest 9.0++ code engine above & from past versions -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... )
A competent coder & BEST security researcher I know of FROM THE BEST ANTIMALWARE THERE IS http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
NOT a secretary!
I don't give away work to be stolen OR misused like GOOGLE CHROME http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
---
"won't demonstrate security of his product be exposing the source" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015
Bullshit: 62 reputable sources + /. users say different:
Safe by 57 antivirus programs in 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
the 32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Per VirScan (installer too)-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> Eat your words, scumbag:
Tell us about AD + DNS too while you're @ it & how you said I said not to run DNS when I use it myself & said to NOT use external to network DNS with AD http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
OR
About how my program NEEDS admin privelege to update too (& it doesn't http://slashdot.org/comments.p... )
LOL... fool - 'eat your words' on ALL those accounts chump!
... apk
See subject & hosts vs. remote dns 1st http://slashdot.org/comments.p... &
2nd: Hosts use less cpu/ram, moving parts for exploit or breakdown vs. LOCAL dns too - period...
See subject - you fail, limited cretin!
DOWNMODDING THIS TO HIDE IT -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... ?
Yes... lol!
* :)
(That dull "aspie defective brain" of yours MISFIRING again? Yes, lol... Thank-You, for being SO stupid, evidencing yourself to be a LIMITED CRETIN who only knows what he read "by rote" but has NO CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF HIS OWN to evidence - lmao, whereas I use BOTH mathematics, common-sense tests, & SKILLS to dust your defective brain ass... lol!)
APK
P.S.=> It was JUST (& you KNOW that I've just GOTTA say this, now don't you? Ah, but of COURSE you do, lol) "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" vs. a LIMITED IN SKILLS IN COMPUTING & MATH EDUCATION BACKGROUND menial, like YOU, Coren22 -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
"you are stealing other people's work in your code" - by Coren22 (1625475)
I don't steal (you project YOU do). I write my own code (you don't) & use public data to protect + speed up users.
---
"You have yet to submit to a code review from anyone but your friend. No, I don't trust that" - by Coren22 (1625475)
A seasoned security pro & competent coder reviewed my work as safe & IT'S WHAT HE DOES (unlike you). He can't "play friends": It's his site & reputation.
---
"You are terrified someone will steal your software if you publish the source code." - by Coren22 (1625475)
I don't give source away W/ GOOD REASON (Google's mistake w/ CHROME) -> http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
---
"You have yet to address the issue of name resolution performance of anything not found in your hosts file. This is a serious issue when the hosts file is so large" - by Coren22 (1625475)
Placing users' FAVORITE SITES where they spend 95++% of their time online @ TOP of hosts files cached in LOCAL RAM gets them to sites FASTER & MORE RELIABLY than a more-than-potentially REDIRECT POISONED DNS SERVER (99.999% of ISP DNS aren't patched vs. the kaminsky flaw, or DNS amp attacks).
---
"DNS outperforms your hosts file solution several fold" - by Coren22 (1625475)
No it doesn't (see above) - & DNS outperforms hosts in GOING DOWN (does a lot) OR poisoning users via redirect poisonings (DNS amp attacks = another).
---
"so why not just run your own DNS server? Oh, resources eh?" - by Coren22 (1625475)
More resource consumption + moving parts complexity + POWER USE doesn't = a GOOD solution vs. hosts by using redirect poisoning/DNS amp attack exploitable DNS w/ only a few systems @ home.
---
"But you have no problem running 100k copies of the hosts file in a domain" - by Coren22 (1625475)
It works easily migrated by central admins via scripts or chronjobs/scheduled tasks w/ less moving parts complexity, room for exploit & breakdown, OR power usage.
APK
P.S.=> You FAIL menial... apk
"the secretary at MalwareBytes took a look at his source code and said it looked all good to them" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015
My code went thru verification by Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes' hpHosts
hpHosts Site Admin Mr. Steven Burn quoted:
"I've been asked to further clarify so for the record yes I've seen the code, and yes, it is safe."
FROM http://forum.hosts-file.net/vi...
(On my latest 9.0++ code engine above & from past versions -> http://slashdot.org/comments.p... )
A competent coder & BEST security researcher I know of FROM THE BEST ANTIMALWARE THERE IS http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
NOT a secretary!
I don't give away work to be stolen OR misused like GOOGLE CHROME http://it.slashdot.org/story/1...
---
"won't demonstrate security of his product be exposing the source" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday November 18, 2015
Bullshit: 62 reputable sources + /. users say different:
Safe by 57 antivirus programs in 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
the 32-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
&
Per VirScan (installer too)-> http://f.virscan.org/APKHostsF...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it -> http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus per this VERY recent testing of them all http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
APK
P.S.=> Eat your words, scumbag:
Tell us about AD + DNS too while you're @ it & how you said I said not to run DNS when I use it myself & said to NOT use external to network DNS with AD http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
OR
About how my program NEEDS admin privelege to update too (& it doesn't http://slashdot.org/comments.p... )
LOL... fool - 'eat your words' on ALL those accounts chump!
... apk
It is time for them to burn down the managers houses.