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  1. Re: Premium processing has been canceled this year on After Healthcare Defeat, Can The Trump Administration Fix America's H-1B Visa Program? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    And when you get to age 50 and your boss decides that you're incompetent as a way to dump you because you're causing his insurance rates to rise, we can also remove your citizenship? Goody!

  2. Who needs who more? on Australia Shelves Copyright Safe Harbor For Google, Facebook (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd have Google and Facebook block users from Aussie-land with a simple page saying, "Due to actions of the Australian government, we are no longer offering service to users from your country. Contact your govermental representatives to comment."

    I'd give the issue about five days to be cleared.

  3. Why not close the rest, too? on Twitter Suspended Hundreds of Thousands of Accounts Amid 'Violent Extremism' (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Due to this experiment, I believe we can safely say that Twitter's good to society is inversely related to its user-base population. The logical conclusion is that Twitter would provide the most good to society by closing all of their accounts.

  4. So the implications... on IBM, Remote-Work Pioneer, is Calling Thousands Of Employees Back To the Office (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    The implications are that either (a) IBM can't properly technologically provide for remote work or (b) IBM is unable to manage remote workers properly. Neither bodes well for their business.

  5. Re:The fix is in on Typo In IP Address Led To an Innocent Father's Arrest For Paedophilia (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just port the fix from Soylent News

    It's been fixed there for months. And it's open source! Take it!

  6. First learn English... on Commentary On How To Make Novice Programmers More Professional (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Like the difference between "bear" and "bare". Or maybe how to not keep the smart quotes from Word in the article so it doesn't barf on the screen under /.'s retarded lack of unicode.

    I don't see a lack of professionalism - just standard lack of experience and youthful hubris. And only more projects and time fix those.

  7. Re:What I'm bothered by is the teacher didn't know on Google's Featured Snippets Are Worse Than Fake News (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Given the current political climate, I suspect we may have to wait a few decades for that.

    Given the current political climate, I suspect there may not be a POTUS a few decades from now.

  8. Re:How do you Store a 5gb MRI image on Researchers Suggest Using Blockchain For Electronic Health Records (hbr.org) · · Score: 5, Informative

    And what do you do when you need medical data expunged from the record? It's difficult enough as is today, but still doable in cases like wrong diagnoses or a doctor or nurse logging to the wrong journal. But you can't modify a signed chain without breaking it - that's the entire point.

    Yes. It is the entire point. But you don't remove data from an EMR (Electronic Medical Record). Working with them on a daily basis, I can tell you the "removed" bits and "reason for removal" fields in their databases have a reason. You always add to the record, even if it is a removal. That is, you do if you and your customers value their legal skins.

  9. No wonder Apple charges so much... on Apple Cracks Down Further On Cobalt Supplier in Congo as Child Labor Persists (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I always knew that Apple was supposedly a premium brand, but artisanal cobalt? Does that go with their artisanal chips? Can I get an artisanal cucumber and water cress sandwich with that at the genius bar now, too?

  10. Good start... on An 81-Year-Old Woman Just Created Her Own iPhone App (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Wakamiya started using computers at age 60 when she was caring for her elderly mother and finding it difficult to get out and socialize with friends.

    Probably lives in the basement, too. Great start!

  11. Re:Interesting story on Software Engineer Detained At JFK, Given Test To Prove He's An Engineer (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    They didn't ask him to write an entire balancing algorithm, they asked him for an algorithm to tell if the tree was balanced - a much simpler task, left as an exercise to the reader.

  12. Re:oh no my hugbox on Twitter To Get Even Harsher On Trolls (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey. The right got rid of the equal time rule in broadcast media a long time ago. Here you go and try to bring it back online. Doof.

  13. Re:oh no my hugbox on Twitter To Get Even Harsher On Trolls (cnbc.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    First of all, it's a private company doing it, so it's not censorship - you don't like Twitland, go back over to Faceplace - it's not like there aren't other alternatives. Same with the second comment - people who like the service will keep using it. Those who don't will find another platform for their trolling - I'm sure 2chan or something like that is still available. Free market in action, baby...

  14. They must have. The tons of genius, high-skilled computer programmers over there (that we desperately need over here via H1-B visas) would have never allowed this kind of security flaw to creep in.

  15. Re:trying on Nobody Is Moving, Especially Millennials (nymag.com) · · Score: 2

    Are there other jobs available for them if they do move and you decide you don't need them? Comparable jobs?

    Moving is a large investment. And usually a long-term one, given the cost and the hassle factor. If the conditions aren't good for long-term in your area, don't complain if you can't get folks to move there.

  16. The answer is obvious... on Bay Area Tech Job Growth Has Rapidly Decelerated (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's a shortage of tech workers to hire. Industry must have increased H1B caps!

  17. Curiously, as a group Republicans give more to charity than Democrats. Apparently Republicans are more caring and giving than Democrats in general on that score, so long as the giving is voluntary and not mandated.

    Most of this "charity" consists of donations to religious institutions, most of which funnel more funds to their preachers and building funds than any social goods. Adjust for religious giving and I'd expect you'd get a different outcome.

  18. Yeah. Because that's how a country stays a technological leader... Make America great again.

  19. You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means.

    Really - look it up... Although the use of it does bring to mind its third definition from the American Heritage dictionary: Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.

  20. Re:Donald Trump - RacistPresident Constitutional F on Ask Slashdot: Should You Tell Future Employers Your Salary History? · · Score: 0

    I would imagine The Donald will continue this behavior or increase it. There are no white knights. And you are an idiot if you see no shades in the gray.

  21. Lawsuit. At least that seems to be industry best practice...

  22. Re:Confusing on Microsoft Formally Shuts Down Its TechRewards Program (neowin.net) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What? You get experience in implementing some hideous API that interfaces to some other Microsoft thing that no one will be using two years from now and that the company itself buries a couple years after that? I've never seen a place where developer experience points were tallied, either... In fact, I find the whole notion vaguely disquieting.

  23. Re:DAB is useless nowadays, ever heard of streamin on Norway To Become First Country To Switch Off FM Radio (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why would I build one without drawing a schematic first? I'd at least have to calculate the values for the components - those would need to be recorded somewhere.

  24. Color me shocked! on Bitcoin Is Crashing (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    World's lowest volume currency has high volatility. Who'd a thunk it?

  25. Oh boy!!! on Intel Acquires 15 Percent Stake In Mapping Firm HERE (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Intel gets to ruin another software company!