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  1. 40 million is a drop in the bucket. on New Mexico the Most Coal-Heavy State To Pledge 100 Percent Carbon-Free Energy By 2045 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "$40 million toward economic diversification efforts in that corner of the state and support for affected power plant employees and miners."

    That's going to be awfully short for helping the displaced.

  2. But if you scratch a Huawei product, you might find a Nortel logo underneath.

  3. Then hire what we have here and build it inhouse. on Hiring Based on Skills Instead of College Degrees is Vital for the Future, IBM CEO Says (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Instead of asking for perfection or H1-b, perhaps it might be better to build such inhouse.

  4. They'll just sell it to a third party. on Amazon Worker Pushes Bezos To Stop Selling Facial Recognition Tech To Police (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    That technology is going to get in the hands of LEO's anyway.

  5. No root, no care. on Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL Announced With Bigger Screens and Best Cameras Yet (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the Titan chip is designed also to kill off root, it's a deal breaker.

  6. When you worry about the community dynamics more than the code, things go downhill.

  7. The more reason to kill off contracting on Microsoft Will Require Business Partners To Offer Paid Parental Leave (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    It's just a benefits dodge that heavily favors employers.

  8. Reductio ad XKCD fallacy on Trump Accuses Social Media Firms of 'Silencing Millions' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Basically you can't win on the merits, so your only answer is to silence the opposition.

  9. I wouldnt believe it "backfired" on Game Company Receives Complaints About Bad Example Set By '%FEMALENAME' (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Given the trend to hoax responses like this, history suggests that the "attacks" are damage control. Whatever slight this was against them, a sloppy "harassment campaign" would only serve to benefit the targets - as they could point to the variable names and incidental joiners-on as a call to harass ArenaNet.

  10. Re: Contractors on A British Plumber May Show Uber the Future of Employment (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Citation needed, especially for entry level work. Contracting agencies are incentivized to treat people like raw meat.

  11. Then California would just move the bar further on Gig Economy Business Model Dealt a Blow in California Ruling (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    What would prevent them from adding a (DMCA-like) anticircumvention rule?

  12. Re: Black Mirror again on China is Now Monitoring Employees' Brainwaves and Emotions (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    They haven't moved on from 1984 as much as they've run out of things to implement from the book.

  13. Black Mirror again on China is Now Monitoring Employees' Brainwaves and Emotions (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    China forgot that Black Mirror is a TV show, not an instructional video.

  14. Staffing agencies helped Amazon dodge things. on Amazon Employee Explains the Poor Working Conditions of An Amazon Warehouse · · Score: 1

    "Amazon ensures all of its associates have easy access to toilet facilities which are just a short walk from where they are working. Amazon provides a safe and positive workplace for thousands of people across the UK with competitive pay and benefits from day one."

    All of *Amazon's* associates, not necessarily the contractor's associates (like Integrity Staffing in the US)

    "We have not been provided with confirmation that the people who completed the survey worked at Amazon and we don't recognize these allegations as an accurate portrayal of activities in our buildings."

    They worked for a contractor, which allows Amazon to wash the blood off their hands, rinse, and repeat with another agency.

  15. Embrace, extend, extinguish on Microsoft Built Its Own Custom Linux Kernel For Its New IoT Service (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Given that Microsoft and Mediatek are partners, I'm not sure this will be as open as it is led to be.

  16. Theyre not detoxifying it. on Reddit and the Struggle To Detoxify the Internet (newyorker.com) · · Score: 0

    They're making it go leftward.

  17. Re: What could possible go wrong? on Google's Slack Competitor 'Hangouts Chat' Comes Out of Beta (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    He isn't wrong. If anything, it should encourage immunity from adverse actions at work for personal (non-workplace) conduct.

  18. It wrongly assumes the displaced are at fault on AI Will Create New Jobs But Skills Must Shift, Say Tech Giants (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Instead of having the displaced to be assumed to be "at-fault", consider the overly entitled employers that ask for everything yet offer not much for such talent.

  19. With AMZN's record, not sure on Amazon Buys Smart Doorbell Maker Ring For a Reported $1 Billion (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Amazon hasn't done well with its cloud cameras and key systems. I'd hope that they don't make Ring just as bad.

  20. The real question is, why is it so hard for displaced workers to train for better jobs

    Employers are too picky about requirements. Tech or vocational.

  21. Given rampant guest worker fraud and abuse, it shouldn't be a surprise to see a good chunk removed.

  22. Perhaps benefit-dodging isn't worth it. on Contractors Pose Cyber Risk To Government Agencies (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    In light of trying to dodge obligations and shortchanging the people doing the work, perhaps they might want to actually hire directly or have contract firms provide better conditions/terms.

  23. Offshoring firms did. on Who Killed The Junior Developer? (medium.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Tata, Accenture, Cognizant, Infosys, IBM Global, and other firms have contributed greatly to the decline of junior developers.

  24. Re:Why would it make people angry on FreeBSD's New Code of Conduct (freebsd.org) · · Score: 1

    Which is reasonable, as it is an actual code of conduct.

  25. Re:Last sentence in the policy. on FreeBSD's New Code of Conduct (freebsd.org) · · Score: 1

    This stupid meme about straight white males being oppressed now needs to stop.

    Yet it is more than just a meme. It is written policy. If the terms have to be written to specifically prevent or frustrate straight, white, and/or male individuals from being heard, it is oppression nonetheless. In the case of the revised CoC, it does so by creating exemptions for certain individuals.