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It's bad enough to share the road with bad drivers now I have to share the road with poorly written software.

I know at least 3 people on this list. Pretty much everyone I know considers it to be quid pro quo. One of my friends suggested that it cost their company ~$100K in extra marketing spend to secure a spot. The other two were backed by powerful people and didn't know how much it costs but it was considered a big favor. A VC offered me a spot on the list as part of their investment in a proposed company. I presume this was also part of their marketing spend.

I still think it can be valuable to be on the list. The US loves its secret and the not-so-secret societies and being in them can afford a rather nice fun life. I would generally recommend them if you can.

The age requirement is more than a youth fetish, it is a way of discerning privilege and privileged people are more likely to succeed and not make you look bad.

You probably shouldn't believe most of what you read in the news. For the people making investment decisions based on this list I'm sure the same people would have found some other way to waste their money.

Another big problem is landing weight limits which are lower than takeoff limits.

I had no idea this was the case. This is awful. Microsoft got so much good will out of those free games and now they choose to nickel and dime people.

It's a virtue signal in an industry that demands it.

A weird but predictable side effect of using affirmative action to promote women is that statistically attendees will see female presenters as worse. (Availably heuristic / selection criteria bias).

Samuel Brannan, the shovel guy, died poor and in relative obscurity.

In death everyone is equal.

I've been on H1B numerous times at big and small companies. Each time they used my immigration status as leverage to pressure me to take increasingly bad deals and are somehow surprised when I quit.

I would consider the bulk of H1B to be about suppression of worker rights (and salary)

I now remote consult from my home country. I still get employers who figure they should pay me less since I live in a cheap country but it's much easier to negotiate when they can't kick me out of the country.

There is no need for it to be a systematic policy, it can easily be an emergent behavior. Such behaviors are common when there are conflicting objectives. It's human nature. Good luck fighting that.

Expanding benefits while simultaneously harassing those who take them gives the benefit of virtue signalling with less of the cost. Most people who receive harassment keep it to themselves as to be public about it is generally a career ender.

The idea that those countries could get along is hilarious.

And by Asian do you mean Pakistan as per British terminology?

We’re Im from real estate is currently crashing with no floor in sight. So sometimes it’s worth it to wait a bit.

If it drops 40% I might be able to afford to go back home.

I planned on water cooling but I never made it that far. They were FE cards. I do miss blower style but I understand they're hitting limits with it.

I would pay it, and I did pay it. I need a bunch for on-prem Deep Learning. My test rig of 4 RTX 2080tis artifacted after about a week of use. I'd like to buy them by the handful but I've not been able to source a reliable supply. Given this new it looks like I may have to wait a lot longer.

That’s not why America is the most powerful. To sum it up “cheap credit.” No other place will give you access to money so cheaply.

Even if your not mad it sometimes helps to put on a show. Lets others know that you’re serious about security.

Pretty sure the bridge has bolts. Before the rebuild it hidden spikes hense the myth.

There aren’t that many Jews left there to be reminded.

If the ‘lamb’ is unfamiliar with the concept there is no hint you could give that would not also open you up to lawsuits.

When I was told that I wasn’t good enough by my new boss and should look for another job on my first day, I thought it was ridiculous, and that it would be possible to change her mind. She was not my hiring boss due to a reorganization that happened just before I started. I hung on for a year and the stress literally nearly killed me, I ended up quitting for health reasons. I got the lowest ranking you could get in what I believe to be the shortest amount of time in the company’s history.

The funny thing is is that I’m a freakish prodigy at my work and after a successful stint at a different company, I ended up back at the same company at much much higher position.

Hating companies like this is like hating a snake that bit you... it’s a snake. At least in the US the money is better.

If I could give advice to anyone who finds themselves in a similar position it would be that failure is not the end and not always your fault. And probably find a new job sooner rather than later.

Can confirm

In the Bay Area. The restrictions were from a mix of Hindu and Muslim. They made official complaints to upper management that effectivly banned the occasional lunch time beers and Friday afternoon drinks. It was one or two beers, it’s not like people were getting belligerent. After the complaints the only sanctioned events were vegetarian restaurants that didn’t serve alcohol.

I once worked at a place with lots of diversity, so no alcohol, beef, or bacon was allowed at official functions. It ended up meaning a number of us started our own private secret social gatherings which excluded those who had these restrictions. I didn’t want to exclude people but I also like bacon burgers with my beer.

I’m not touching that one

Sanctions often have the reverse effect by entrenching state power and creating a outside force upon which to blame the problems. I.e. these onions cost a fortune because of the evil Americans.

Also the US does not have a great track record with inciting revolutions in Iran.

Iran and Isreal don’t get along

Not sure if arresting innocent people is any kind of progress

I can’t say where I live as there are not enough expats here for me to stay anonymous but I can say work remotely for US companies.

There is foreign earned income exclusion. Which stops at $100K but this is still a lot for many people.

I’m not American so it’s not my problem, but it’s what I hear from other tax exiles.

My parents are American but given the choice for me to become American I declined due to the whole tax issue.

I’m a tax exile. It has been the best decision I have ever made. I now save 10x more money each year. More and more Americans are turning up every year doing the same thing. I love America but the idea of paying American taxes is just too much from a fiscal, moral, ideological point of view.

The reduction in tax is still substantial.