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  1. Re: Crypto is one solution on Swedes Turn Against Cashlessness (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Since US dollar is Petrocurrency, inflation will be shifted to Oil importing nations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. Companies ruined or almost ruined by Indians

    Adaptec - Indian CEO Subramanian Sundaresh fired.
    AIG (signed outsourcing deal in 2007 in Europe with Accenture Indian frauds, collapsed in 2009)
    AirBus (Qantas plane plunged 650 feet injuring passengers when its computer system written by India disengaged the auto-pilot).
    Apple - R&D CLOSED in India in 2006.
    Apple - Foreign guest worker "Helen" Hung Ma caused the disastrous MobileMe product rollout.
    Australia's National Australia Bank (Outsourced jobs to India in 2007, nationwide ATM and account failure in late 2010).
    Bell Labs (Arun Netravalli took over, closed, turned into a shopping mall)
    Boeing Dreamliner ES software (written by HCL, banned by FAA)
    Bristol-Myers-Squibb (Trade Secrets and documents stolen in U.S. by Indian national guest worker)
    Caymas - Startup run by Indian CEO, French director of dev, Chinese tech lead. Closed after 5 years of sucking VC out of America.
    ComAir crew system run by 100% Indian IT workers caused the 12/25/05 U.S. airport shutdown when they used a short int instead of a long int
    Dell - call center (closed in India because Premji's conmen don't even know how to use telephones, let alone computers)
    Delta call centers (closed in India because Premji's conmen don't even know how to use telephones, let alone computers)
    Fannie Mae- Hired large numbers of Indians, had to be bailed out. Indian logic bomb creator found guilty.
    GM - Was booming in 2006, signed $300 million outsourcing deal with Wipro that same year, went bankrupt 3 years later
    HSBC ATMs (software taken over by Indians, failed in 2006)
    Intel Whitefield processor project (cancelled, Indian staff canned)
    Lehman (Spectramind software bought by Wipro, ruined, trashed by Indian programmers)
    Microsoft - Employs over 35,000 H-1Bs. Stock used to be $100. Today it's lucky to be over $25. Not to mention that Vista thing.
    Microsoft - Lian Yang, Microsoft-Contracted Engineer, Arrested in Smuggling Plot After Another FBI Sting in Portland in 2010
    MIT Media Lab Asia (canceled)
    PeopleSoft (Taken over by Indians in 2000, collapsed).
    Qantas - See AirBus above
    Quark (Alukah Kamar CEO, fired, lost 60% of its customers to Adobe because Indian-written QuarkExpress 6 was a failure)
    Rolls Royce (Sent aircraft engine work to India in 2006, engines delayed for Boeing 787, and failed on at least 2 Quantas planes in 2010, cost Rolls $500m).
    Skype ( Yarlagadda fired)
    State of Indiana $867 billion FAILED IBM project, IBM being sued
    State of Texas failed IBM project.
    Sun Micro (Taken over by Indian and Chinese workers in 2001, collapsed, has to be sold off to Oracle).
    United - call center (closed in India because Premji's conmen don't even know how to use telephones, let alone computers)
    Virgin Atlantic (software written in India caused cloud IT failure)
    Visium Asset Management - Sanjay Valvani Insider trading
    World Bank (Indian fraudsters BANNED for 3 years because they stole data).

  3. Remember Churchill on US To Seek Social Media Details From All Visa Applicants (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." --Winston Churchill

  4. Dopamine = Facebook on Ask Slashdot: Is There a Good Alternative to Facebook? (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Is there a good alternative to dopamine?

  5. No news on Trump Bans Venezuela's New National Cryptocurrency (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Till China bans Venezuela's Cryptocurrency

  6. Counter argument on Ask Slashdot: Should You Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Make? · · Score: 1

    Nepotism runs strong in India. Nearly 85% of the countryâ(TM)s businesses are family-run, and Bollywood is dominated by just a few families. Even job-seekers with impressive resumes have to fall back on personal connections to find work.
    https://qz.com/889524/the-us-s...

  7. 1% cannot own 80% wealth unless they're running Pyramid schemes;
     

  8. "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." --Reagan

  9. TL;DR on Reddit and the Struggle To Detoxify the Internet (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Reddit is unable to find a solution to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority

  10. Unreasonable on Why Hiring the 'Best' People Produces the Least Creative Results (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw

  11. Pyramid schemes on US Startups Don't Want To Go Public Anymore (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Listed companies are no different than Pyramid schemes

  12. Most Indian coders say they are self-taught
    https://qz.com/1187943/most-in...

  13. Re:Hopefully Amazon focuses on low hanging fruit on Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope Machine Learning will replace Unnecessary tests and Generic Medicines replace Pharmaceuticals

  14. In that case let's increase Inheritance tax to 80%

  15. OPEC sells Oil on More Wall Street Pundits Caution Against Investing In Bitcoins (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll not invest in BTC till OPEC sells Oil in it

  16. Select some Law makers via Lottery like in Belgium on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Use Computers To Make Elections Better? · · Score: 1

    Just like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa we should elect some Law makers via lottery
    https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Do-you-support-MLAs-MPs-being-selected-via-lottery-like-in-Belgium

  17. Can Robots replace Law Makers and CxOs

  18. "Politics is the art by which politicians get money from the rich and votes from the poor in the pretext of protecting each from the other" --Oscar

  19. What is the impact of Spectre on ClearLinux?

  20. Re:Stop Taxing Profits! on Google's 'Dutch Sandwich' Shielded 16 Billion Euros From Tax (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody really endorsed this since 10 Feb 2015 https://archive.is/Vtk1C

  21. The Feynman Technique on Ask Slashdot: How Can Programmers Explain Their Work To Non-Programmers? · · Score: 1

    I'd recommend https://qz.com/849256/how-to-master-a-new-subject/

  22. I'd not invest in Bitcoin unless its a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrocurrency

  23. Bitcoin transactions are NOT Anonymous.
    https://bitcoin.org/en/you-need-to-know

  24. Cognitive biases on Google News Will Purge Sites Masking Their Country of Origin (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Can Google News filter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
    I don't think so.

  25. IRS will have a field day when you cash out Bitcoin