The idea that someone wants (never mind needs) to be able to control their toilet via an app on their smart phone is kind of full of crap. Bad enough your smart TV reports back home...
But still tracked - doublclick, google adwords conversion, google analytics, google dynamic remarketing, janrain, scorecard research beacon, taboola. The tracking is more of a concern than the ads...
Why? Just because you need a job I have to hire you instead the person offering me a better deal? Wtf.
Perhaps you're forgetting that the H1-B folks are in the country in violation of the rules of the H1-B program? Sure, you can always get stuff cheaper illegally.
Let's take your example to other fields. I'm sure the Russians would be happy if you outsourced your military to them. The Chinese would also want to compete, and you can be sure both would make very competitive offers.
You're arguing from the point of view of someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
First off, Canada doesn't have an H1-B program. We have the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Thus the reason for my caveat.
Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take over the work of their department.
If that was actually true then either those laid off IT workers AREN'T looking for jobs, or they were replaced because they're not actually competent enough to do the job.
They had to train their replacements, who were not qualified to do the job. Too lazy to click on the links? Or just trolling because you don't have a clue as to what you're talking about:-)
maybe it's because... we get completely out of the field. Change career paths. Retire. Whatever.
In that case then, you're not actually *losing* jobs to temporary foreign workers, are you? Where do you expect businesses to find talent if the only competent, qualified local people out there have decided to leave the field?
It's because of the abuses of businesses that the talent is leaving. In many cases, it's constructive dismissal via a toxic work environment. So the ones to blame are the people who created that toxic environment. Look in the mirror.
...if you're getting people who think that knowing Dreamweaver and Photoshop makes them qualified, then you (or your HR department) obviously have a problem spelling out minimum requirements...
Nope. We don't use recruiting agencies, and our job requirements are anal retentively clear. We still get these people applying anyway. It's not like they actually make it to the interview though...
So what's your problem? Toxic environment, people leave the field for greener pastures, and then you complain that you can't find qualified people, all the while importing workers who are not qualified and have to be trained by the suckers who stayed behind when the writing was on the wall. There is no shortage of qualified people, but there is a shortage of qualified people willing to be crapped on.
I think your idea is a croc(k). same as the article.
But you might interest organized crime to finance a test, to help them "clean up" loose ends. Of course, eventually you too will be one of those loose ends, which judging from your proposals might be better for society in the long run:-)
If that $500 of rice were made with as much labor in 2001, it would cost over $3,000
That's like saying if my mother had wheels, she'd be a car. The fact is, it doesn't take as much labor. The simple fact is, more automation means less price, at every step of the way. Competition assures that prices will more or less represent the value-add of labor at each stage (including design, marketing, etc) with a margin that is competitive with the competition.
Inflation or deflation is the result of too much or too little money chasing after goods. That's why the central banks are pouring money into the economy in an effort to avert a deflationary spiral, which is self-feeding (the longer you wait, the cheaper it will be, so don't buy, so money doesn't circulate, so depression. Inflation results in increasing prices, because with more money in circulation, people can and will pay more if the supply of goods remains constant or diminishes, rather than wait until the price goes up some more,
Neither inflation nor deflation is directly linked to labor. If nobody's got money, desperate sellers will sell cheaper. Deflation. If everyone is flush (like the liar loans mortgages) prices for the same commodity go up because people can bid up prices. The exact same commodity (the exact same house on the same street) went up in price as too much easy money flooded the market, then dropped (in some places by 90% or more - see Chicago) because the mortgage market (and credit markets all over) froze. Then. with renewed credit, prices started rising again, Even though it was the exact same house. The number of hours put into it didn't change. Just the availability of money.
Faulty analysis. Prices going down reduces inflation. You can't say that inflation would have raised that $500 in 1970 to over $3000 in 2001. Different goods hand services have different rates of inflation.
I have a $29 antenna. I have welcomed our free over-the-air high-def digital TV overlords. So I'm not paying any middleman to watch TV content. Sure, there's less selection, but that just means I won't spend as much time glued to the tube, which I consider a Good Thing(TM).
Problem is that's ALL they do. But we're to blame too. FTFA:
Yes, companies hire and fire workers all the time. But only in the case of H-1B and related foreign guest worker programs are American corporations and offshore outsourcing rackets explicitly aided and abetted by the US government- and routinely in violation of the basic principles of these programs. With no well-financed, high-powered interest group in Washington, DC, to advocate on their behalf, American technology workers have endured this systemic displacement and humiliation for at least two decades.
Should have listened when some of us were calling for unionization to help restore some semblance of a balance of power.
Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take over the work of their department.
"They are being brought in from India, and I am wondering how they got work visas," said Dave Moreau, one of the employees affected by the move. "The new people are in our offices and we are training them to do our jobs. That adds insult to injury."
When you write: "WHERE in the hell are all the unemployed, competent, software developers this would create? Their absence is suspicious - they just don't seem to be out there", maybe it's because after decades of BS working for smug, self-satisfied people who don't even know what's going on around them, who can't even tell the difference between Canada and the US, we get completely out of the field. Change career paths. Retire. Whatever. Any way we can to give a big F*CK YOU to the people "managing" the industry, because what goes around eventually comes around, and it's their turn.
And if you're getting people who think that knowing Dreamweaver and Photoshop makes them qualified, then you (or your HR department) obviously have a problem spelling out minimum requirements, or the recruiting companies you deal with are just sh*t monkeys throwing sh*t at the wall and hoping some of it sticks. Either way, the problem is on your end of the line.
There is nothing broadcast over the airwaves that I'd be worried about.
Different strokes for different folks. I'll often watch the news, and there are a couple of shows I'll try to make a point of watching (Murdoch Mysteries and The Blackist). Sometimes the Big Bang Theory. CBC's Marketplace is pretty good for exposes on the latest scams. The odd movie. That's about it, I'm afraid. Really don't need cable or satellite.
Please share with us an example or two of what you're doing that's having a practical effect on making the world better for everyone else.
It's not that I don't believe that you do, it's just that you're posting this criticism on an ad-supported site after digging into a topic that clearly doesn't apply to you.
(most slashdot users) "What, the internet has ads?"
Why don't you just walk away from TV if it bothers you so much?
I do, when the commercials are on. Reducing the break to 30 seconds will be inconvenient - no pee breaks, no time to make a snack, wash the dishes, or put away the dry ones, channel surf, or take a couple of minutes to troll^H^H^H^H^Hpost on slashdot.
Pushing targeted ads just creates an echo chamber effect - you see the same type of ad over and over. One of the purposes of advertising is to expand your market to non-users. Targeted ads completely fail this.
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Of course not, citizen. Thank you for asking. Could you step this way for a moment, please?
The idea that someone wants (never mind needs) to be able to control their toilet via an app on their smart phone is kind of full of crap. Bad enough your smart TV reports back home ...
But still tracked - doublclick, google adwords conversion, google analytics, google dynamic remarketing, janrain, scorecard research beacon, taboola. The tracking is more of a concern than the ads ...
Why? Just because you need a job I have to hire you instead the person offering me a better deal? Wtf.
Perhaps you're forgetting that the H1-B folks are in the country in violation of the rules of the H1-B program? Sure, you can always get stuff cheaper illegally.
Let's take your example to other fields. I'm sure the Russians would be happy if you outsourced your military to them. The Chinese would also want to compete, and you can be sure both would make very competitive offers.
You're arguing from the point of view of someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
First off, Canada doesn't have an H1-B program. We have the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Thus the reason for my caveat.
Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take over the work of their department.
If that was actually true then either those laid off IT workers AREN'T looking for jobs, or they were replaced because they're not actually competent enough to do the job.
They had to train their replacements, who were not qualified to do the job. Too lazy to click on the links? Or just trolling because you don't have a clue as to what you're talking about :-)
maybe it's because ... we get completely out of the field. Change career paths. Retire. Whatever.
In that case then, you're not actually *losing* jobs to temporary foreign workers, are you? Where do you expect businesses to find talent if the only competent, qualified local people out there have decided to leave the field?
It's because of the abuses of businesses that the talent is leaving. In many cases, it's constructive dismissal via a toxic work environment. So the ones to blame are the people who created that toxic environment. Look in the mirror.
...if you're getting people who think that knowing Dreamweaver and Photoshop makes them qualified, then you (or your HR department) obviously have a problem spelling out minimum requirements...
Nope. We don't use recruiting agencies, and our job requirements are anal retentively clear. We still get these people applying anyway. It's not like they actually make it to the interview though...
So what's your problem? Toxic environment, people leave the field for greener pastures, and then you complain that you can't find qualified people, all the while importing workers who are not qualified and have to be trained by the suckers who stayed behind when the writing was on the wall. There is no shortage of qualified people, but there is a shortage of qualified people willing to be crapped on.
I think your idea is a croc(k). same as the article.
But you might interest organized crime to finance a test, to help them "clean up" loose ends. Of course, eventually you too will be one of those loose ends, which judging from your proposals might be better for society in the long run :-)
If that $500 of rice were made with as much labor in 2001, it would cost over $3,000
That's like saying if my mother had wheels, she'd be a car. The fact is, it doesn't take as much labor. The simple fact is, more automation means less price, at every step of the way. Competition assures that prices will more or less represent the value-add of labor at each stage (including design, marketing, etc) with a margin that is competitive with the competition.
Inflation or deflation is the result of too much or too little money chasing after goods. That's why the central banks are pouring money into the economy in an effort to avert a deflationary spiral, which is self-feeding (the longer you wait, the cheaper it will be, so don't buy, so money doesn't circulate, so depression. Inflation results in increasing prices, because with more money in circulation, people can and will pay more if the supply of goods remains constant or diminishes, rather than wait until the price goes up some more,
Neither inflation nor deflation is directly linked to labor. If nobody's got money, desperate sellers will sell cheaper. Deflation. If everyone is flush (like the liar loans mortgages) prices for the same commodity go up because people can bid up prices. The exact same commodity (the exact same house on the same street) went up in price as too much easy money flooded the market, then dropped (in some places by 90% or more - see Chicago) because the mortgage market (and credit markets all over) froze. Then. with renewed credit, prices started rising again, Even though it was the exact same house. The number of hours put into it didn't change. Just the availability of money.
>> Shouldn't /. know that you shouldn't feed trolls?
If there were no trolls there would be no /. It's why this place is considered an "entertainment site" not a "news site."
Damn - you've let the "secret sauce" out! Next thing you'll be telling everyone to browse at -1.
Faulty analysis. Prices going down reduces inflation. You can't say that inflation would have raised that $500 in 1970 to over $3000 in 2001. Different goods hand services have different rates of inflation.
Just be happy it's Wednesday, and not SJW Friday,
If one side is in the wrong, being "fair and balanced" tends to disguise that fact. This is neither fair nor balanced.
I have a $29 antenna. I have welcomed our free over-the-air high-def digital TV overlords. So I'm not paying any middleman to watch TV content. Sure, there's less selection, but that just means I won't spend as much time glued to the tube, which I consider a Good Thing(TM).
Problem is that's ALL they do. But we're to blame too. FTFA:
Yes, companies hire and fire workers all the time. But only in the case of H-1B and related foreign guest worker programs are American corporations and offshore outsourcing rackets explicitly aided and abetted by the US government- and routinely in violation of the basic principles of these programs. With no well-financed, high-powered interest group in Washington, DC, to advocate on their behalf, American technology workers have endured this systemic displacement and humiliation for at least two decades.
Should have listened when some of us were calling for unionization to help restore some semblance of a balance of power.
I'm a Canadian and I call BS.
First off, Canada doesn't have an H1-B program. We have the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
If you had watched the news, you would have known about RBC bringing in workers to replace Canadian IT workers under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. They only backed down - this time - because of all the negative publicity exposing the illegal practice in this one instance.
Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take over the work of their department.
"They are being brought in from India, and I am wondering how they got work visas," said Dave Moreau, one of the employees affected by the move. "The new people are in our offices and we are training them to do our jobs. That adds insult to injury."
When you write: "WHERE in the hell are all the unemployed, competent, software developers this would create? Their absence is suspicious - they just don't seem to be out there", maybe it's because after decades of BS working for smug, self-satisfied people who don't even know what's going on around them, who can't even tell the difference between Canada and the US, we get completely out of the field. Change career paths. Retire. Whatever. Any way we can to give a big F*CK YOU to the people "managing" the industry, because what goes around eventually comes around, and it's their turn.
This problem has been going on for years in Canada.
And if you're getting people who think that knowing Dreamweaver and Photoshop makes them qualified, then you (or your HR department) obviously have a problem spelling out minimum requirements, or the recruiting companies you deal with are just sh*t monkeys throwing sh*t at the wall and hoping some of it sticks. Either way, the problem is on your end of the line.
While the marketers have many flaws, unfortunately stupidity isn't one of them.
Disable your ad blocker and see how stupid marketers really are, repeatedly advertising something you searched for and bought a couple of weeks ago.
There is nothing broadcast over the airwaves that I'd be worried about.
Different strokes for different folks. I'll often watch the news, and there are a couple of shows I'll try to make a point of watching (Murdoch Mysteries and The Blackist). Sometimes the Big Bang Theory. CBC's Marketplace is pretty good for exposes on the latest scams. The odd movie. That's about it, I'm afraid. Really don't need cable or satellite.
But how else are you going to get that genuine "shoes stick to the floor because of dried spilled soft drinks" experience?
Or the "I wish I could rewind it because the assh*le two seats over feels they have to explain every scene really loud"?
And let's not forget that special bonus features - not being able to go to the washroom when YOU want, and the excitement of using a strange toilet.
Please share with us an example or two of what you're doing that's having a practical effect on making the world better for everyone else.
It's not that I don't believe that you do, it's just that you're posting this criticism on an ad-supported site after digging into a topic that clearly doesn't apply to you.
(most slashdot users) "What, the internet has ads?"
Just as long as you understand you paid for a part of that break.
Not if I'm not watching the commercials, I haven't. I haven't even paid with my time :-)
Why don't you just walk away from TV if it bothers you so much?
I do, when the commercials are on. Reducing the break to 30 seconds will be inconvenient - no pee breaks, no time to make a snack, wash the dishes, or put away the dry ones, channel surf, or take a couple of minutes to troll^H^H^H^H^Hpost on slashdot.
The only reason they're putting this out there is to avoid liability.
I think you missed the point - all assemblers use mnemonics, just different sets. (this IS a discussion of mnemonics vs symbols after all)
Pushing targeted ads just creates an echo chamber effect - you see the same type of ad over and over. One of the purposes of advertising is to expand your market to non-users. Targeted ads completely fail this.
Sure, sure, blame it on the wife :-)
I guess smart TVs now need a tinfoil hat.
Buying a smart TV isn't all that smart.
$20 over-the-air antenna sure beats cable or satellite to keep your viewing habits private.