You must be joking. With all the paid holidays, vacations and numerous other ways to avoid work that Americans have (assuming you're American) it shouldn't be any problem at all for you to make time to go Fishing or any other activity
By that logic, every for-profit company is suspect, as are their products.
Indeed, how long has it taken you to come to that realization? Our system is built on self-interest, and they aren't optimizing for what is best for me, but rather what brings them the most dollars. I'm totally fine with that, but it means I take anything they say, do or produce with a grain of salt.
Nobody's lying to them. The label says salmon, and the package contains salmon.
Except it doesn't, it contains a Salmon/Ocean Pout hybrid. Sure, it's mostly Salmon and if they want to label it that way I'm ok with that, but calling it 100% Salmon is false advertising.
No, innocent until proven guilty is a pretty good standard.
For people involved in the justice system yes, because we prefer than the guilty go free than the innocent be punished. For potentially toxic substances, it's the other way around, guilty until proven innocent.
No, but a QR code on the package could easily link to a site displaying all of that extra information, and yes there are times when I'd want to see it.
If you label something, it gives support to the idea that it is important and something to consider. The government has no business doing that for GM foods which it has found to be harmless.
Except it hasn't found them to be harmless, it merely assumes that they are. There are no long term study requirements for genetic modification. If you can briefly show it's not immediately toxic then it's assumed to be as safe as non-modified food. That might be true, but then again it might not, look at how we originally thought radioactivity and DDT were pretty trivial and later they turned out not to be. The zealots who think GM food is the devil are certainly off base, but that doesn't mean that it's being treated with an appropriate amount of care. The problem is that the subject has become so polarized that you can't even discuss rational safeguards without being considered "anti-science".
Actually constant 1G thrust could produce some truly tremendous velocities. As a rule of thumb interstellar travel with a contstant thrust drive will take one year plus the number of light years to the destination, so Alpha Centauri is roughly 5.2 years away. (stationary frame of reference) The people on the ship will have a much shorter subjective trip. Give us a drive like that and we'll colonize the galaxy not just the solar system.
I worked a lot of hours, had a lot of fun, went to a lot of interesting places, met a lot of interesting people, went to a lot of meetings - the least fun part - but still worthwhile as a learning instrument, and was paid pretty well. Then got to retire 10 years early at 55 on my own terms. If that's being taken advantage of, sign me up.
I'm glad your anecdotal experience worked out well for you, but that has nothing to do with the broader situation.
San Francisco Tech salaries are about 35% higher than the national average, however living costs are something like 60% higher than average. Why would you be surprised that it's hard to attract talent with that sort of pay deficit? Laborers don't take pay cuts on purpose. A company will either need to pay the requisite premium, move their facility or accept telecommuting work. Abusing H1-Bs is just a way to try and do an end run around the labor market. Can't blame them for trying but that's no reason to let them get away with it.
Wait, so you're suggesting that a software developer, who is much more intelligent and skilled than the average worker, shouldn't be able to command any salary premium?
(as if *any* USian is going to pick fruit for less than minimum wage!)
Of course they won't, and it's illegal for anyone else to do so. The correct response would be a massive crackdown on employers who violate the labor laws. Daily raids, random inspections and audits, harsh prison sentences for executives and severe financial penalties for the businesses involved. Failure to do so is class warfare.
For the several positions I recruited for, I could not get a single qualified resume. We were paying competitive market rates, with excellent benefits, but, I did not have much luck hiring any good candidates in the Silicon Valley.
Then by definition you were not paying competitive rates. If you were, you wouldn't have had any trouble poaching the available talent from another organization or paying to bring them in from outside the area. The H1-B program is not for local worker shortages "No good candidates in Silicon Valley", it's for NATIONAL shortages as in "No qualified workers in the United States". If you saying that are no qualified embedded programmers in the US with the skillset you need, then I'm going to want so extraordinary levels of proof because that seems highly unlikely.
A better question is, Who thinks asteroid mining is economically feasible to the extent that they needed a law regarding property rights for it?
A couple of billionaires are exploring that issue right now. The quantities of precious and heavy metals contained in some asteroids is valued in the trillions. Sure, no one is going to be bringing back iron ore any time soon but there are plenty of other items of interest.
Trust me, I have worked at places where everyone yells at each other, has fights in the office (as opposed to disagreements behind closed doors) etc, and I wouldn't trade my current work environment for more money in those organizations.
I might be ok with it if it were actual fighting. There are a few people I've worked with I'd be happy to step in the ring and settle things a bit more energetically.
Depends on the business of course, hard to say without specific details. For example, if you're a manufacturing firm and you don't have any special talent strategy then you could probably outsource much of HR without too many negative side effects, operations or production on the other hand is how you add value and would need to stay in house.
Many jobs are not appropriate for outsourcing. If you don't believe me you've never tried to outsource critical business functions before. Sure, non-critical routine work, no problem, the rest, not so much.
You would tax the corporation obviously. I'm not saying it would ever pass congress, just that it would be fairly straightforward to actually do if the government wanted to.
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You must be joking. With all the paid holidays, vacations and numerous other ways to avoid work that Americans have (assuming you're American) it shouldn't be any problem at all for you to make time to go Fishing or any other activity
Strong Trolling, I applaud you.
After 30 years and multiple class action lawsuits, yes.
By that logic, every for-profit company is suspect, as are their products.
Indeed, how long has it taken you to come to that realization? Our system is built on self-interest, and they aren't optimizing for what is best for me, but rather what brings them the most dollars. I'm totally fine with that, but it means I take anything they say, do or produce with a grain of salt.
Nobody's lying to them. The label says salmon, and the package contains salmon.
Except it doesn't, it contains a Salmon/Ocean Pout hybrid. Sure, it's mostly Salmon and if they want to label it that way I'm ok with that, but calling it 100% Salmon is false advertising.
No, innocent until proven guilty is a pretty good standard.
For people involved in the justice system yes, because we prefer than the guilty go free than the innocent be punished. For potentially toxic substances, it's the other way around, guilty until proven innocent.
No, but a QR code on the package could easily link to a site displaying all of that extra information, and yes there are times when I'd want to see it.
If you label something, it gives support to the idea that it is important and something to consider. The government has no business doing that for GM foods which it has found to be harmless.
Except it hasn't found them to be harmless, it merely assumes that they are. There are no long term study requirements for genetic modification. If you can briefly show it's not immediately toxic then it's assumed to be as safe as non-modified food. That might be true, but then again it might not, look at how we originally thought radioactivity and DDT were pretty trivial and later they turned out not to be. The zealots who think GM food is the devil are certainly off base, but that doesn't mean that it's being treated with an appropriate amount of care. The problem is that the subject has become so polarized that you can't even discuss rational safeguards without being considered "anti-science".
Well, if you're offering triple market rates we can discuss it, otherwise not interested.
Don't worry, there are plenty of alternative dystopias for that technology.
We don't have the technology yet to land humans and materials to sustain them on the surface of Mars.
Sure we do, it would be ridiculously expensive and somewhat pointless, but it's within our grasp if we really wanted to.
Actually constant 1G thrust could produce some truly tremendous velocities. As a rule of thumb interstellar travel with a contstant thrust drive will take one year plus the number of light years to the destination, so Alpha Centauri is roughly 5.2 years away. (stationary frame of reference) The people on the ship will have a much shorter subjective trip. Give us a drive like that and we'll colonize the galaxy not just the solar system.
That was my first thought.
I worked a lot of hours, had a lot of fun, went to a lot of interesting places, met a lot of interesting people, went to a lot of meetings - the least fun part - but still worthwhile as a learning instrument, and was paid pretty well. Then got to retire 10 years early at 55 on my own terms. If that's being taken advantage of, sign me up.
I'm glad your anecdotal experience worked out well for you, but that has nothing to do with the broader situation.
San Francisco Tech salaries are about 35% higher than the national average, however living costs are something like 60% higher than average. Why would you be surprised that it's hard to attract talent with that sort of pay deficit? Laborers don't take pay cuts on purpose. A company will either need to pay the requisite premium, move their facility or accept telecommuting work. Abusing H1-Bs is just a way to try and do an end run around the labor market. Can't blame them for trying but that's no reason to let them get away with it.
People who have time constraints they place upon their employer should be working non-exempt and punching in and out on a time clock.
There is a difference between being flexible and willing to put in extra hours as truly necessary and just being taken advantage of.
Wait, so you're suggesting that a software developer, who is much more intelligent and skilled than the average worker, shouldn't be able to command any salary premium?
Good if you are fond of fruitless police states, I suppose.
How about states where corporations are expected to follow the laws just like the rest of us? I'd be happy to live in that dystopia.
So basically what you're saying is that you need to move your headquarters.
(as if *any* USian is going to pick fruit for less than minimum wage!)
Of course they won't, and it's illegal for anyone else to do so. The correct response would be a massive crackdown on employers who violate the labor laws. Daily raids, random inspections and audits, harsh prison sentences for executives and severe financial penalties for the businesses involved. Failure to do so is class warfare.
For the several positions I recruited for, I could not get a single qualified resume. We were paying competitive market rates, with excellent benefits, but, I did not have much luck hiring any good candidates in the Silicon Valley.
Then by definition you were not paying competitive rates. If you were, you wouldn't have had any trouble poaching the available talent from another organization or paying to bring them in from outside the area. The H1-B program is not for local worker shortages "No good candidates in Silicon Valley", it's for NATIONAL shortages as in "No qualified workers in the United States". If you saying that are no qualified embedded programmers in the US with the skillset you need, then I'm going to want so extraordinary levels of proof because that seems highly unlikely.
A better question is, Who thinks asteroid mining is economically feasible to the extent that they needed a law regarding property rights for it?
A couple of billionaires are exploring that issue right now. The quantities of precious and heavy metals contained in some asteroids is valued in the trillions. Sure, no one is going to be bringing back iron ore any time soon but there are plenty of other items of interest.
Trust me, I have worked at places where everyone yells at each other, has fights in the office (as opposed to disagreements behind closed doors) etc, and I wouldn't trade my current work environment for more money in those organizations.
I might be ok with it if it were actual fighting. There are a few people I've worked with I'd be happy to step in the ring and settle things a bit more energetically.
Depends on the business of course, hard to say without specific details. For example, if you're a manufacturing firm and you don't have any special talent strategy then you could probably outsource much of HR without too many negative side effects, operations or production on the other hand is how you add value and would need to stay in house.
Many jobs are not appropriate for outsourcing. If you don't believe me you've never tried to outsource critical business functions before. Sure, non-critical routine work, no problem, the rest, not so much.
You would tax the corporation obviously. I'm not saying it would ever pass congress, just that it would be fairly straightforward to actually do if the government wanted to.