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  1. It learns the meaning of futility.

  2. Re: If You're not rich, have a bright future! on 'We're Just Rentals': Uber Drivers Ask Where They Fit In a Self-Driving Future (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    They could go offshore and build empires. Now they can't build empires.

  3. Re:USB usually means you have physic access to the on USB Killer 2.0: a Harmless-Looking USB Stick That Destroys Computers · · Score: 1

    That's a question of who your opponent is. If you are worried about the police, don't use the fingerprint.

  4. Re:Confessed? on Two Arrests In Denmark For Spreading Information About Popcorn Time · · Score: 0

    Except the British in Kenya? On in India?

  5. Re:No support for dynamic address assignment?!? on IT Pros Blast Google Over Android's Refusal To Play Nice With IPv6 · · Score: 2

    https://www.arin.net/resources... perhaps?

    It did happen, even if you didn't notice much impact.

  6. Re:About time. on Ten US Senators Seek Investigation Into the Replacement of US Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    "Open up your markets" applies as much to the labour market as that for any other sort of good. So yeah, it's fair.

  7. Re:What about our citizens who spent so much on ed on H-1B Visas Proving Lucrative For Engineers, Dev Leads · · Score: 1

    You can work in India if you can find an employer willing to pay you the minimum wage requirements (25000 USD/yr pre-tax, perquisites not included).

    Keep in mind that this sum is about right for someone with 5 to 10 years of experience, depending on domain and employer.

  8. Re:Honest question. on Fighting Tech's Diversity Issues Without Burning Down the System · · Score: 1

    I would say "highly paid desk jobs".

    Plus, the women from those countries who get admitted to us universities are already an elite minority. The US probably has the same percentage, but a smaller population base in college.

  9. Re:utf-32/ucs-4 on NetHack Development Team Polls Community For Advice On Unicode · · Score: 1

    Combining characters (and the rest of the crap) pretty much never occur in real life.

    Depends on the scripts and languages. It's fairly common in Indic scripts

  10. Re:Bar fucking barians ... on In Paris, Terrorists Kill 2 More, Take At Least 7 Hostages · · Score: 1

    Or they might even be able to integrate if the western countries would stop being racist and xenophobic.

  11. Re:Asian = Multi Color on Black IT Pros On (Lack Of) Racial Diversity In Tech · · Score: 1

    That's very culture dependent. In Europe (and Asia), they are all Asians. In the US, Asian == mongoloid features.

  12. Re:At last: an explanation! on Scientists Discover a Virus That Changes the Brain To "Make Humans More Stupid" · · Score: 1

    http://science.slashdot.org/co... says 10000 lakes. 10000 in binary is 16 in decimal.

  13. Re:This is huge on Irish Girls Win Google Science Fair With Astonishing Crop Yield Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Or inherited it.

    The problem with extreme economic inequality is that it leads to a feudal system.

  14. Re:They already "gave back" on Apple's Spotty Record of Giving Back To the Tech Industry · · Score: 1

    Then you move out of such businesses? Or only tax humans?

  15. Re:They already "gave back" on Apple's Spotty Record of Giving Back To the Tech Industry · · Score: 1

    They could just tax net worth/capital instead. Not capital gains, capital.

  16. Re:Boo Fu*king Hoo on Indian Hustle: How Fraudsters Prey On Would-be US Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    That's why you have more than one of those. And outsource to the telecom company.

  17. Re:Request for Feedback from actual Indians on Indian Hustle: How Fraudsters Prey On Would-be US Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    (I haven't migrated to the US, but I am working outside India.)

    What drives someone in India to come to the US, rather than improving their situation at home?

    Money. Indian salaries are still very low as compared to US salaries, especially in Silicon Valley. Improving your situation at home means that you do the same job for a third of the money (at best), or less (usually about a 5th to a 10th).

    Keep in mind that the wage gap in India is huge, unlike the US. This means that someone with 15 to 20 years of experience will have a roughly comparable salary, but for a fresher, the salary gap is 10x or more. (Rule of thumb, a job change gets you a 30% salary increase, you change jobs every two or three years. Not true for everyone, but often the case).

    A few years ago, it was possible to move to the US for three years, live cheap, return to India and buy an apartment cash down. That's not possible now, it takes 6 years. If you are living in India, you might save up enough for the down-payment in 15 or 20 years, if you give up on most fun parts of life.

  18. Re:Boo Fu*king Hoo on Indian Hustle: How Fraudsters Prey On Would-be US Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    A hardware technician. You don't need that many of those.

    Or you virtualise as much as possible, and then you need even fewer hands on site.

  19. Re:326 euros? on Pirate Bay Block Lifted In the Netherlands · · Score: 1

    326000

  20. Re:Yes. on Should the US Copy Switzerland and Consider a 'Maximum Wage' Ratio? · · Score: 1

    Isn't that just income tax though? There are other taxes, and CEOs aren't always paid in cash terms.

  21. Re:Smart guns... on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 1

    So a historically poor and oppressed group of people shows more violence than their richer counterparts?

  22. Re:Good news for us, I suspect... on Japan's Military 'Needs Marines and Drones' · · Score: 1

    Also Arunachal Pradesh.

  23. Re:Minimal danger on Rethinking the Wetsuit · · Score: 1

    Yay! Another Freefall fan!

  24. Re:The real question.. on Northern Hemisphere Pollution a Cause of '80s Africa Drought · · Score: 1

    Pollution is tied to quality of life, which is tied to energy consumption per capita.

    GDP is really not a relevant measure, except in terms of being able to purchase that energy.

  25. Re:at least they're trying... on Spain's New S-80 Class Submarines Sink, But Won't Float · · Score: 1

    s/sales/capital gains/, defined as net worth now - net worth at the same time last year.

    That drives the taxes to the people who can afford to pay them.