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  1. Re:Not a single time traveler? on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Lots of Democrats in that page.

  2. Re:Not a single time traveler? on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Then explain why there were no credible threats in the past 8 years, but plenty against Trump before he took office?

  3. Perhaps globalism might be in fear for once. on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Less H1-b fraud/abuse, more regular employment for those that want it, and a climate where anyone can succeed - not just those that identify correctly.

    Even if one opposes him, one should be hoping for success.

  4. How many are US Citizens? on Tesla Is Investing $350 Million In Its Gigafactory, Hiring Hundreds of Workers (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Would be nice to know that citizens are filling these jobs, especially those looking for work.

  5. Someone got *paid* on Zuckerberg Sues Hundreds of Hawaiians To Force Property Sales To Him (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    One of that worker's great-grandchildren, Carlos Andrade, 72, lived on the property until recently, the paper said. But the retired university professor told the Star-Advertiser that he is helping Zuckerberg's case as a co-plaintiff in an effort to make sure the land is not surrendered to the county if no one in his extended clan steps up to take responsibility for paying property taxes on the plots."

    Someone got paid to betray his kin and I bet it was big enough to matter.

  6. Right now, the closest device is a downgrade.

  7. How many are US citizens on Tesla Is Investing $350 Million In Its Gigafactory, Hiring Hundreds of Workers (cnbc.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Would be nice to know if these are filled by citizens, especially those looking for work.

  8. Only for unharmonious areas of China. on China Cancels Over 100 Coal-Fired Power Plants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Coal will still be there as expected, much to the chagrin of environmental activists.

  9. Nice gaslighting there. on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    You've failed to refute anything.

  10. Still would rather have the human do it. on AI Can Predict When Patients Will Die From Heart Failure 'With 80% Accuracy' (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    No thank you, but trusting the job-destroying AI is not exactly the best of ideas.

  11. Re:Thank globalization & guest workers. on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    While blaming others

    Since they are at fault, it's quite proper to call them on it. It is indeed truth and not some "big lie".

    Importing people is hard, as is off-shoring jobs.

    It's only hard when you have to figure out how to:

    * create a criteria and interviewing protocol that excludes all citizens
    * hide it from the affected group, much less anyone who could stop it
    * coerce the affected group to provide (effectively) involuntary services under financial duress
    * make a PR statement that explains why their actions were of any good.

    After that, it is practically easy.

    You only do it if there is something really wrong with the local workforce.

    The only thing wrong is that they're US citizens, which are harder to control due to legal protections. A minimally competent US citizen could run circles around the offshore help - but is avoided for not being someone that can be easily controlled.

    Well, you may do it for a while just because it is hyped up, but that does not last.

    Yet companies have done it for decades. No company has ever been stopped in its tracks for anything beyond a token "punishment" (which I've not even seen).

  12. Every single indicator from history disagrees with this sentiment.

    Except for the ones that precede the deleterious effects of globalization. Never mind that the United States' economic/geopolitical status as a hyperpower tends to nullify precedents set by other countries.

    Approximately 75% of the [amorphous construct redacted] market (by consumption not population) is found outside of the US so if our country tries to rely [redacted].

    Nothing says that the US market can't be served by itself and friendly countries, while others can be localized to serve *their* own.

    Given the proper reward, companies will step up and employ as well as serve US customers - as well as those in friendly (read: not recipients of abuse/fraud against US citizens) foreign countries.

  13. Those companies will be replaced. on Congress Will Consider Proposal To Raise H-1B Minimum Wage To $100,000 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They can and will be replaced with companies that don't see US citizens (of all skill levels) as a problem.

  14. Better than the guest workers on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    At least the education and degrees are all but guaranteed to be real on this side of the border.

  15. Thank globalization & guest workers. on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither really existed in the extent that they do for current career entrants/re-entrants.

  16. Just can the entire guest worker series. on Congress Will Consider Proposal To Raise H-1B Minimum Wage To $100,000 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    An even better solution - move to a points system and no guest workers.

  17. ITT: tons of VZW shills, some with mod points on Verizon Purges Unlimited Data Customers, Targets Those Using 200GB (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Libertarian snark really does no favors here.

  18. For a forward-looking company, they seem to think that the last 40 years of space travel never even happened.

  19. Would be amusing in the wrongest of ways if they used Verizon Math to set quotas.

    For example:
    100 Gigabytes -> 0.100 Gigabits

    It's not like they've done that before.

  20. What corners did they cut? on CVS Announces Super Cheap Generic Alternative To EpiPen (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    I'd like to know what corners they cut for this one versus its equivalent.

  21. ITT: tons of VZW shills. on Verizon Purges Unlimited Data Customers, Targets Those Using 200GB (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    This is when the libertarian snark really does no favors.

  22. Compu$erve loves you. on Verizon Purges Unlimited Data Customers, Targets Those Using 200GB (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you never knew of the restrictiveness of the Compuserve era.

  23. Purge Verizon then. on Verizon Purges Unlimited Data Customers, Targets Those Using 200GB (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If Verizon wants to screw customers more, then keep that in mind when they have to reinstate unlimited data (and in a way that is accessible to the masses) to get access to 5G.

  24. Not expecting many caught aside from unconnected on Choked By Smog, Beijing Creates A New Environmental Police Force (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    Given that offenses are largely based on on having enough familiarity with those enforcing them, I'd not expect this to affect anyone significant.

  25. Traitors abound. on After Brexit, More Than 100 Firms May Move To Ireland (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    We now know where these traitors stand and where they will be.