And no, stuff like this doesn't need to be mentioned during the job interview. (A company wouldn't want to know it, anyways, because it increases the risk of a discrimination lawsuit.)
You are right, but what can (and likely was) discussed is the job's requirement to be on-site for nights and weekends.
If he knew that, accepted the position, then told them about his inability his first day, well... that's lying to an employer to get a job. I'm pretty sure that if most any employer found out you lied during the interview, for any reason, you aren't going to remain employed.
What part of that leads you to believe that his work couldn't be performed from home? HR departments in large corporations are typically not intimately familiar with the detailed requirements of a particular position, while the employee's supervisor certainly is.
What we think is that no sane HR dept would fire a worker for needing to take care of a sick relative, at least to their face. And if they did, great. He has a rather large settlement coming to him.
What the AC said about employment law is true. It is illegal for companies in the US to ask about such things.
But it's not illegal to perform a background check, ask for a drug test, look you up on Facebook or other social media sites, call your references, Google your name, and so on.
Seriously, this is either false, half the story, or this guy is one of the luckiest people in the world considering how big a settlement he's going to get out of it.
It clearly can't or phones would be full of Intel x86 chips.
Okay. So ARM clearly can because we see server rooms and desktops full of ARM processors? Stellar reasoning. Like I said, at least Intel has a foray into their non-core-competence market. ARM hasn't even tried.
Back in the 90's all the fastest chips were RISC like the ARM (eg Alpha AXP, SPARC, PA RISC) and x86 wasn't used at all on servers
That's curious. So ARM was ahead of Intel in the 90s? ARM had a head start? So I guess ARM didn't just keep "getting faster and faster" did it?
Because in one case, you are knowingly exchanging usage data and patterns for services, and the other is corporate espionage. Any other hard questions?
I have a really hard time feeling sorry for a company whose entire business is to harvest as much data about every human being as they possibly can, in every domain they possibly can, even if you take serious measures to keep any info out of their hands.
I have a really hard time with people that are happy to consume the vast services Google offers but then complain about their profit model. If you don't like how they do business, don't do business with them. Don't create a Google account. Don't use Google search. Don't use Gmail. Don't buy a Google-licensed Android device. Don't use Chrome. And so on.
When you use Google services or buy their hardware products, you've eaten the cake. If you've eaten the cake, you pay for the cake. If you don't want to pay for the cake, don't eat the cake. And most of all, if you eat the cake, stop whining about poor the cake tastes.
So think of it this way: ARM is able to encroach into a market where Intel dominates, but the reverse is not true, in spite of many attempts.
ARM is able huh? I guess the lack of any high performance ARM processors is due to the fact that ARM licensees don't like money?
The product that doesn't exist will always beat the one that was built. No nasty aspects of physics and market forces to get in the way of it's success.
Intel's low power foray into mobile SoC with the Atom platform has been about as successful as Windows Mobile was. So much so they're bailing:
As opposed to ARM's foray into high performance desktop and server processors, which doesn't even exist. Oh but it could be done, it's just that the ARM licensees don't like money.
Like I always say though, the design / product that hasn't yet been implemented will always win against the one that has.
There's nothing specific to ARM that makes it low performance, just that they have been focussed on the low energy market but with a significant push the ARM architecture can easily make massive performance gains.
There's nothing specific to Intel that makes it high energy, just that they have been focussed [sic] on the high performance market but with a significant push the Intel architecture can easily make massive energy reductions.
How about building some offices 40 miles away where the houses are cheaper, so the staff can afford to live nearby and not have to use the highway?
Employers don't like it because they can only attract talent w/ a certain mindset. Employees don't like it because they are now married to their employer.
Really, there ought to be a simple, legal way to restrict local roads to local traffic.
Really, there ought to be a way to make people who propose such things personally foot the bill for installation and maintenance of the road. That'll change their opinion on the matter real fast.
Have they made it impossible to install your own OS on the rest of their laptops? I haven't tried to install ubuntu on anything in a while
No, it's that if people pay an arm and a leg for a laptop, they want it to be supported. And that doesn't mean "most of the stuff works", it means everything works. Every Ubuntu laptop I've used has had some quirk that didn't work right. Won't sleep. Won't hibernate. Display back light doesn't go off. DVD burner doesn't work. And so on.
Why would it do that? Changing the BIOS doesn't affect the hardware?
Sigh. Suggestion: go start futzing around in your BIOS and change a bunch of stuff randomly. I'm sure it won't effect your your computer at all and it'll run just fine. E.g., the timing for the RAM would be a good place to start.
What's that? Is that a phone number you call to ask why the Internet icon isn't on the desktop?
It's the same, single phone number you call for any type of support. You know, how every, single support organization works in the world? Or maybe you want the guy who integrated the BIOS into their system to be sitting around waiting for you call?
So just to be straight, you want the manufacturer, for every possible problem, to evaluate whether it could have been caused to a non-stock BIOS, and if so, determine if the user has a non-stock BIOS or had ever flashed a non-stock BIOS and re-flashed the stock BIOS later, AND determine if the problem occurred in the time when the non-stock BIOS was flashed? All this by tier 3 support?
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And no, stuff like this doesn't need to be mentioned during the job interview. (A company wouldn't want to know it, anyways, because it increases the risk of a discrimination lawsuit.)
You are right, but what can (and likely was) discussed is the job's requirement to be on-site for nights and weekends.
If he knew that, accepted the position, then told them about his inability his first day, well ... that's lying to an employer to get a job. I'm pretty sure that if most any employer found out you lied during the interview, for any reason, you aren't going to remain employed.
What part of that leads you to believe that his work couldn't be performed from home? HR departments in large corporations are typically not intimately familiar with the detailed requirements of a particular position, while the employee's supervisor certainly is.
What we think is that no sane HR dept would fire a worker for needing to take care of a sick relative, at least to their face. And if they did, great. He has a rather large settlement coming to him.
What the AC said about employment law is true. It is illegal for companies in the US to ask about such things.
But it's not illegal to perform a background check, ask for a drug test, look you up on Facebook or other social media sites, call your references, Google your name, and so on.
Looks like the click bait worked didn't it?
Seriously, this is either false, half the story, or this guy is one of the luckiest people in the world considering how big a settlement he's going to get out of it.
It clearly can't or phones would be full of Intel x86 chips.
Okay. So ARM clearly can because we see server rooms and desktops full of ARM processors? Stellar reasoning. Like I said, at least Intel has a foray into their non-core-competence market. ARM hasn't even tried.
Back in the 90's all the fastest chips were RISC like the ARM (eg Alpha AXP, SPARC, PA RISC) and x86 wasn't used at all on servers
That's curious. So ARM was ahead of Intel in the 90s? ARM had a head start? So I guess ARM didn't just keep "getting faster and faster" did it?
OK, I'll bite, why not?
Because in one case, you are knowingly exchanging usage data and patterns for services, and the other is corporate espionage. Any other hard questions?
I have a really hard time feeling sorry for a company whose entire business is to harvest as much data about every human being as they possibly can, in every domain they possibly can, even if you take serious measures to keep any info out of their hands.
I have a really hard time with people that are happy to consume the vast services Google offers but then complain about their profit model. If you don't like how they do business, don't do business with them. Don't create a Google account. Don't use Google search. Don't use Gmail. Don't buy a Google-licensed Android device. Don't use Chrome. And so on.
When you use Google services or buy their hardware products, you've eaten the cake. If you've eaten the cake, you pay for the cake. If you don't want to pay for the cake, don't eat the cake. And most of all, if you eat the cake, stop whining about poor the cake tastes.
this could spell doom for Uber's long-term success
This adds one more item to a long lists of things that could spell doom for Uber's success.
So think of it this way: ARM is able to encroach into a market where Intel dominates, but the reverse is not true, in spite of many attempts.
ARM is able huh? I guess the lack of any high performance ARM processors is due to the fact that ARM licensees don't like money?
The product that doesn't exist will always beat the one that was built. No nasty aspects of physics and market forces to get in the way of it's success.
Intel's low power foray into mobile SoC with the Atom platform has been about as successful as Windows Mobile was. So much so they're bailing:
As opposed to ARM's foray into high performance desktop and server processors, which doesn't even exist. Oh but it could be done, it's just that the ARM licensees don't like money.
Like I always say though, the design / product that hasn't yet been implemented will always win against the one that has.
There's nothing specific to ARM that makes it low performance, just that they have been focussed on the low energy market but with a significant push the ARM architecture can easily make massive performance gains.
There's nothing specific to Intel that makes it high energy, just that they have been focussed [sic] on the high performance market but with a significant push the Intel architecture can easily make massive energy reductions.
I was being sarcastic. Of course Google can (and should) pay for it.
Not for the price you're paying.
What price should we be paying for a 6" 720p panel from circa 2012?
Who's going to pay for that? Google? All of their money is tied up in offshore accounts.
How about building some offices 40 miles away where the houses are cheaper, so the staff can afford to live nearby and not have to use the highway?
Employers don't like it because they can only attract talent w/ a certain mindset. Employees don't like it because they are now married to their employer.
By "fixing" do you mean widen?
Better, more affordable public transportation.
Flexible work hours.
More, higher-density housing near urban centers.
Work from home alternatives.
Really, there ought to be a simple, legal way to restrict local roads to local traffic.
Really, there ought to be a way to make people who propose such things personally foot the bill for installation and maintenance of the road. That'll change their opinion on the matter real fast.
Have they made it impossible to install your own OS on the rest of their laptops? I haven't tried to install ubuntu on anything in a while
No, it's that if people pay an arm and a leg for a laptop, they want it to be supported. And that doesn't mean "most of the stuff works", it means everything works. Every Ubuntu laptop I've used has had some quirk that didn't work right. Won't sleep. Won't hibernate. Display back light doesn't go off. DVD burner doesn't work. And so on.
The year of the Linux Laptop (tm).
Why would it do that? Changing the BIOS doesn't affect the hardware?
Sigh. Suggestion: go start futzing around in your BIOS and change a bunch of stuff randomly. I'm sure it won't effect your your computer at all and it'll run just fine. E.g., the timing for the RAM would be a good place to start.
What's that? Is that a phone number you call to ask why the Internet icon isn't on the desktop?
It's the same, single phone number you call for any type of support. You know, how every, single support organization works in the world? Or maybe you want the guy who integrated the BIOS into their system to be sitting around waiting for you call?
So just to be straight, you want the manufacturer, for every possible problem, to evaluate whether it could have been caused to a non-stock BIOS, and if so, determine if the user has a non-stock BIOS or had ever flashed a non-stock BIOS and re-flashed the stock BIOS later, AND determine if the problem occurred in the time when the non-stock BIOS was flashed? All this by tier 3 support?
Sounds reasonable.
A truly free and open-source software laptop... which allows a FOSS BIOS or UEFI replacement, FOSS drivers. No Blobs, or Intel ME.
Would you flash a new BIOS if it voided your warranty? Would you expect support?
The year of the Linux Laptop!
Nothing wrong with homogeneous devices. As long as you are not vendor locked-in.
Well I don't know. You didn't say hardware locked, OS locked, or application locked did you? Any of those is vendor lock in.
You can buy a single model of chromebooks and use the google web apps.
But you can't (easily) switch to Outlook and MS Word can you? Or Libre Office. Etc.
Maybe it's about keeping malware off the school net ... ok.