Most employers offer supplemental health insurance for things that the province doesn't cover. Some provinces such as Ontario also charge an employer health tax. But as I wrote, these are far lower than what US companies and employees would pay for health insurance.
Also, the corporate tax rate in Canada is very competitive, and health care premiums are much, much lower thanks to universal single-payer health care. Plus, if your income is in USD but your salaries are in CAD, you get a nice little boost.
Well, no, the papers that they submitted were not the results of their research. The papers were their research. Their data points were not at all faked, since the actual data points were "the following journals accepted our bullshit papers..."
I think the question of faked data is not at all clear, and it's therefore not at all clear to me that they broke any rules.
Netflix can survive quite nicely without "playing in the Apple ecosystem." If forced to choose between an Apple device and Netflix... Android would suddenly become very popular.
I was in Stockholm in 2014 and mostly paid for things in cash. Maybe things have changed since then, or maybe touristy places are more willing to take cash.
The name Weboob is clearly a juvenile attempt at humour, which 20 seconds worth of looking at the weboob.org web site would make obvious. It's silly, stupid, juvenile and pathetic... but harrassment? Really? That's going too far.
If Debian wants a policy against juvenile and stupid package names, that's fine, but I don't think over-reach of the anti-harrassment rules is the way to go.
Canada should absolutely determine that the US extradition request was made in bad faith. Except... Now the Chinese have gone and disappeared a couple of Canadian citizens, which means we'll look like chumps if we give in to China.
Thanks for involving us in your stupid pissing match, US and China.
Lenny's script is genius and the voice of the actor reading it is perfect. And I crack up every time I get to the ducks.
I set up Lenny on Asterisk and used it for outgoing calls to "Microsoft Support" virus scammers. The script is not quite as good, but there is still the the occasional good conversation.
The real crux of his presentation is probably Slide 15. He's just sore he wasn't hired for a position where he felt he was more qualified than someone who was hired.
The New Yorker article said those things, but I don't think the issue is a women's issue, particularly. Decent behaviour is not related to sex or gender; it just seems that women in general get fed up with bad behaviour sooner than men.
I don't think Torvalds was misogynistic, nor do I think anyone is claiming he was. I think they were just claiming he was too abrasive for a professional working environment. The word "misogyny" or anything derived from it doesn't appear anywhere in the New Yorker article.
For whatever reason, the New Yorker articles quotes a couple of women, but there have been plenty of guys who've gotten fed up with Linus's abrasiveness and moved on.
Having founded and run an actual company with actual employees for 15 years, I both agree and disagree with the above post. I agree with the premise that a manager should not try to be a friend to his or her employees. It's not that sort of relationship.
I disagree that it's always necessary to be "blunt". It's always necessary to be clear and decisive, but that can be done politely and professionally. Very occasionally, it's necessary to ratchet it up a notch... but only occasionally and not on a regular basis.
The company I ran was profitable and had very happy customers and employees and extremely low turnover. Treating people well actually makes financial sense. If people get annoyed and quit, the expense to a company is very high.
I note that the above was posted cowardly and anonymously.
Don't EVER tell a woman her code sucks. Don't EVER yell at her (via email, none the less!) if she isn't listening to that criticism.
No, you should not do those things to women. OR to men. This is not about men or women. It's about behaving like a decent human being to everyone. The fact that women are more likely to go away in the face of bad behavior just means they seem to have a lower tolerance for that kind of bullshit than guys. It doesn't make it OK to keep doing it to guys.
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So let me get this straight: more companies competing for tech workers in Canada will drive down wages? Economics 101 fail...
Most employers offer supplemental health insurance for things that the province doesn't cover. Some provinces such as Ontario also charge an employer health tax. But as I wrote, these are far lower than what US companies and employees would pay for health insurance.
Also, the corporate tax rate in Canada is very competitive, and health care premiums are much, much lower thanks to universal single-payer health care. Plus, if your income is in USD but your salaries are in CAD, you get a nice little boost.
You don't have to use GNOME. I use XFCE4 on all my machines; it's just enough of a desktop to be usable without getting in your way.
But really... A software engineer who puts his life savings entirely in cryptocurrency is not a good software engineer. He should have known better.
The video did seem a little dubious.
Right. Because removing 4mm of ice with windshield washer fluid is going to work really well. Not.
He's the only one who works at a university, AFAIK, and therefore the only one whom the committees can reach.
Well, no, the papers that they submitted were not the results of their research. The papers were their research. Their data points were not at all faked, since the actual data points were "the following journals accepted our bullshit papers..."
I think the question of faked data is not at all clear, and it's therefore not at all clear to me that they broke any rules.
Netflix can survive quite nicely without "playing in the Apple ecosystem." If forced to choose between an Apple device and Netflix... Android would suddenly become very popular.
I was in Stockholm in 2014 and mostly paid for things in cash. Maybe things have changed since then, or maybe touristy places are more willing to take cash.
The name Weboob is clearly a juvenile attempt at humour, which 20 seconds worth of looking at the weboob.org web site would make obvious. It's silly, stupid, juvenile and pathetic... but harrassment? Really? That's going too far.
If Debian wants a policy against juvenile and stupid package names, that's fine, but I don't think over-reach of the anti-harrassment rules is the way to go.
"I will spend 12 months practicing defeating lie detectors." Thank you.
Canada should absolutely determine that the US extradition request was made in bad faith. Except... Now the Chinese have gone and disappeared a couple of Canadian citizens, which means we'll look like chumps if we give in to China. Thanks for involving us in your stupid pissing match, US and China.
Lenny's script is genius and the voice of the actor reading it is perfect. And I crack up every time I get to the ducks.
I set up Lenny on Asterisk and used it for outgoing calls to "Microsoft Support" virus scammers. The script is not quite as good, but there is still the the occasional good conversation.
I hear the decryption tool was written in Rust.
On your knees, then...
The real crux of his presentation is probably Slide 15. He's just sore he wasn't hired for a position where he felt he was more qualified than someone who was hired.
The New Yorker article said those things, but I don't think the issue is a women's issue, particularly. Decent behaviour is not related to sex or gender; it just seems that women in general get fed up with bad behaviour sooner than men.
Fork it if you're worried.
I don't think Torvalds was misogynistic, nor do I think anyone is claiming he was. I think they were just claiming he was too abrasive for a professional working environment. The word "misogyny" or anything derived from it doesn't appear anywhere in the New Yorker article.
For whatever reason, the New Yorker articles quotes a couple of women, but there have been plenty of guys who've gotten fed up with Linus's abrasiveness and moved on.
Having founded and run an actual company with actual employees for 15 years, I both agree and disagree with the above post. I agree with the premise that a manager should not try to be a friend to his or her employees. It's not that sort of relationship.
I disagree that it's always necessary to be "blunt". It's always necessary to be clear and decisive, but that can be done politely and professionally. Very occasionally, it's necessary to ratchet it up a notch... but only occasionally and not on a regular basis.
The company I ran was profitable and had very happy customers and employees and extremely low turnover. Treating people well actually makes financial sense. If people get annoyed and quit, the expense to a company is very high.
I note that the above was posted cowardly and anonymously.
Don't EVER tell a woman her code sucks. Don't EVER yell at her (via email, none the less!) if she isn't listening to that criticism.
No, you should not do those things to women. OR to men. This is not about men or women. It's about behaving like a decent human being to everyone. The fact that women are more likely to go away in the face of bad behavior just means they seem to have a lower tolerance for that kind of bullshit than guys. It doesn't make it OK to keep doing it to guys.
You have a good point. If the Angry Oppressed Males want to, they can fork Linux and go their own way without a code of conduct.
Let's take bets as to the likelihood of that happening. Seems to me the Angry Oppressed Males are all talk.
I like (many) men and dislike some men. I don't dislike men in general.
I like meritocracy, but it's not an ultimate good. Being a decent person figures in there too.