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  1. They're in the pay of Airbnb on Indiana Considers Prohibiting Cities From Banning Airbnb (usnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much Airbnb paid to have that proposed?

  2. Lawmakers Market any day. on US Lawmakers Propose Minimum Seat Sizes For Airlines (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    Lawmakers can do what the market cannot - force the larger seats to happen.

  3. The market failed. on US Lawmakers Propose Minimum Seat Sizes For Airlines (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    The market has failed, thus legislation was proposed.

  4. Then intercept the lobbyists. on US Lawmakers Propose Minimum Seat Sizes For Airlines (consumerist.com) · · Score: 1

    If the lobbyists dont make it, they can't affect the proposal.

  5. Now to replace the guest workers with citizens. on Google's New Campus Will Open Its Restaurants To The Public (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Then replace the guest workers with directly-hired citizens and all shall be well.

  6. Nobody desires to be rtbl'd, you just get rtbl'd. I've had Excellent for years but no modpoints for close to a decade.

  7. Consider that those updates break functionality. on Many Smartphone Owners Don't Take Steps To Secure Their Devices (pewresearch.org) · · Score: 1

    Those "security issues" are how people reclaim their devices.

  8. I bet they'll allow espionage of conservatives. on Facebook and Instagram Ban Developers From Using Data For Surveillance (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Given their history of selective enforcement, this will only apply to anything deemed a threat to leftist narratives.

  9. Re:Not much for those stuck *right now* on Canadian Millennials Struggle As College Degrees Don't Guarantee Jobs (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    My point was to ask the other way around - would Canada count the same under the STEM umbrella?

  10. Trouble Ahead with AI. on Google Wants To Use AI To Cut the UK's Electric Bill By 10 Percent (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    This is one case where humans might want to be involved - versus being cut off in the middle of a cold winter by AI.

  11. Re:Older Thinkpads are better. on Can Crowdfunding Bring Back The Netbook? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    An X series or Carbon isn't that much of a burden.

  12. Re: Not much for those stuck *right now* on Canadian Millennials Struggle As College Degrees Don't Guarantee Jobs (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Try having the following:

      * 4 years prior experience equivalent to an entry-level IT job (and then some) at a very large media conglomerate.
      * Volunteer work for a related interest (information security)
      * Capstone project that outperformed other projects for same client
      * Being quite well respected amongst peers.

    ...but no internship and only occasional contract work as a result.

  13. Re:Not much for those stuck *right now* on Canadian Millennials Struggle As College Degrees Don't Guarantee Jobs (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    What gets counted as "STEM"? Someone with an Information Systems degree arguably does do work under that umbrella (IT/CS), but receives their education under a non-STEM department (e.g. Business).

  14. Re:Not much for those stuck *right now* on Canadian Millennials Struggle As College Degrees Don't Guarantee Jobs (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    And for those not lucky enough to land one (or somehow skipped one due to having some experience)?

  15. Re:Not much for those stuck *right now* on Canadian Millennials Struggle As College Degrees Don't Guarantee Jobs (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    There's a difference in saying that he's screwed versus making recommendations that would help. Absent a good solution, more drastic and heavy-handed ones will appear in their place.

    If you don't go and get experience during college...

    And if your experience didn't come from co-op/internship, is it any less relevant?

    Universities that are smart push these things all the time for good reason, they improve hiring rates.

    Forcing employers to recruit from citizens first (especially persons like the subject of the article) also improves hiring rates, but good luck on getting that done.

  16. Try being excellent for years and getting nothing due to being rtbl'd.

  17. Not much for those stuck *right now* on Canadian Millennials Struggle As College Degrees Don't Guarantee Jobs (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sandro Perruzza, the chief executive officer at the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), is familiar with graduates like McCrave.

            "He could have applied for co-ops or apprenticeships while he was at school — even if it delayed his graduation," Perruzza said. "We strongly advocate co-ops. The fact is because of the sheer number of applicants these days, the ones who get the jobs have some kind of experience."

    But what help can that be right now? That just smacks of arrogance on Mr. Perruzza's part.

  18. Older Thinkpads are better. on Can Crowdfunding Bring Back The Netbook? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    For the price of these netbooks, you can get a lot more.

  19. Reddit, really? That leftist site? on Nick Denton Predicts 'The Good Internet' Will Rise Again (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    sites like Reddit which involve their reader community

    The future isn't with narrative-controlled places like Reddit.

  20. s/Trump/Clinton/g on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Like so many others who voted for Clinton and other establishment candidates, you've been conned.

    Fixed that for you to reflect facts.

  21. Follow the establishment payola. on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    They're the ones causing things to go wrong, not Trump. Deal with them and their lobbyists, which want the status quo.

  22. Why are you describing Obama? on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Because he's an incompetent, narcissistic clown who clearly has idea NO how the government works?

    That's Obama for you.

    Because he's an insecure, delusional jackass who's filled his cabinet with crooked, deceptive people who have no real-world experience in the posts they've been awarded?

    From Valerie Jarrett to Hillary Clinton, that's Obama again.

    Or maybe, just maybe, because he just willing to say whatever it took to whip his gullible followers into a frenzy and he never had the slightest intention of doing most if not all of the things he claimed he would do?

    He's busy claiming credit for stuff he hasn't done, why should he make good on any of his promises? I mean, that shit takes work.

    Obama, yet again as demonstrated in his jobless recovery, wiretapping Trump out of fear, and enabling black racists to riot.

    After all, this is the guy who said, "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated". Nobody knew? Really?

    That's Obama's doing, if not his exact words. The truth really must hurt badly if you're going to modbomb it.

  23. Why are you describing Obama? on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because he's an incompetent, narcissistic clown who clearly has idea NO how the government works?

    That's Obama for you.

    Because he's an insecure, delusional jackass who's filled his cabinet with crooked, deceptive people who have no real-world experience in the posts they've been awarded?

    From Valerie Jarrett to Hillary Clinton, that's Obama again.

    Or maybe, just maybe, because he just willing to say whatever it took to whip his gullible followers into a frenzy and he never had the slightest intention of doing most if not all of the things he claimed he would do?

    He's busy claiming credit for stuff he hasn't done, why should he make good on any of his promises? I mean, that shit takes work.

    Obama, yet again as demonstrated in his jobless recovery, wiretapping Trump out of fear, and enabling black racists to riot.

    After all, this is the guy who said, "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated". Nobody knew? Really?

    That's Obama's doing.

  24. s/Trump/Clinton/ on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 0

    > Like so many others who voted for Clinton and other establishment candidates, you've been conned.

    Fixed that for you to reflect facts.

  25. Follow the establishment payola. on IEEE-USA Criticizes Failure To Reform The H-!B Program (ieee.org) · · Score: 0

    They're the ones causing things to go wrong, not Trump. Deal with them and their lobbyists.