Because nefarious sellers and buyers would have unlimited license to prevent negative feedback from being posted to their account, ever. They would always appear to be a new seller/buyer.
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On a related note, I sincerely hope you are not in a position where you interview women for positions that require systematic thinking (a.k.a. "jobs"). Personally, I'd hate to be on the other side of the table if that were the case.
Can you elaborate, with specific examples, of which parts of the middle east have gender equality, or some approximation thereof?
If anything, the UK CVs stand out among European CVs as being much more like the US resumes, i.e. less invasive. Back to the context of this thread, for the parent to point to Europe as a protector of privacy for the job seeker is disingenuous.
(Not certain if your post implied that European companies are more privacy-minded, just wanted to point out that that's debatable).
- Is demonstrably untrue
- Endangers the public
It's pretty easy to see that both of these conditions are met with regard to this video.
Your statement is factually wrong on so many levels.
One, your understanding of what first amendment covers or doesn't cover is incorrect. Hate speech in particular is protected (which this video may or may not even be - I would call it distasteful but legitimate satire). This has been expressly addressed many, many times: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech#United_States
Two, the words "demonstrably untrue" mean that someone has audiovisual proof of what happened. I am not agreeing or disagreeing with the video's interpretation of the history of Islam but fact is, no one has the video of Muhammad getting religion. This is why it's called "faith".
Three, inflammatory words = violence equation is no more valid than slutty dress = rape equation. Violence is always squarely on the perpetrators, however provocative the trigger may be. I don't see why Muslims - or people of other faiths - should get special treatment when it comes to their religious feelings being offended.
My personal choice is privateinternetaccess.com: $40/year, unlimited bandwidth (cloak and many others limit bandwidth), multiple platforms (Windows/MAC/*nix/iOS/Android), multiple protocols (PPTP, OpenVPN and IPSEC/L2TP), multiple gateways (US/UK/Switzerland), and most importantly, NO user activity logs.
Also, per http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4474529 you could use any vpn that routes through Switzerland.
Irate callers are just like those black people who don't tip at restaurants.
Now do you see it?
(Obviously, I made that up. Apologies to Geek Squad and their CEO who I am sure would never say such a vile thing).
Pair programming is like those girls that go to the restaurant bathroom together.
In Andy Singleton's universe, I should just go die already.
P.S. Used Assembla on a client. Very subpar tool, IMHO.
For the mobile app SDK, go to NDEV Mobile:
http://dragonmobile.nuancemobiledeveloper.com/public/index.p...
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1. The ostensible reason for the H-1B program is a shortage of technical know-how, yet most H-1Bs are under 30 and most unemployed Americans are over 35. Wages comparison is moot when you pit junior jobs against senior jobs - again, in view of experience being the supposed goal of the program.
2. Wages do not account for working hours. If you work 12-hour days, your salary is effectively significantly lower than if you work 8-hour days.
3. Wages do not account for the downward pressure on market competition. If you are handcuffed into your job per your visa conditions, you can't shop for better offers elsewhere.
Better explanation here:
[...] Estimate of ethnic entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley was obtained by identifying all businesses with CEOs having Chinese and Indian surnames in a Dun & Bradstreet database of technology firms started since 1980. According to this count, close to one-quarter (24 percent) of Silicon Valley’s technology firms in 1998 had Chinese or Indian executives.
Technology company executives are salaried employees - even at C-level, they do not create tech jobs any more than the HR department. Moreover, it's a well-known fact that C-level executives rarely come from founders (example: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/29/why-startup-fou...). Not to mention that an ethnically Indian/Chinese person is not the same as an immigrant from India/China.
If there are qualified Americans who can fill these jobs already, why exactly do we have a talent shortage in tech?
Because "we" don't pay enough? Because "we" won't look at anyone over 35? Because "we" demand a statistically improbable combination of skills plus open-source experience plus hobby projects? Because "we" equate talent with blogging? The list goes on and on.
(FWIW, I am an immigrant).
It's not your "wide range of knowledge" but rather the risk profile of your employer. Some RFP's demand that the consultancy have 10k+ employees, 20+ years in business, and so on. Some of these requirements are government mandated, some process mandated, etc.
In other words, if you, with all your knowledge, were to strike out on your own, you would find yourself quite unable to bill at $400/hour, even if you were to be hired by the very same clients (which is not going to happen because they are paying the higher rate specifically so that they can get the low risk profile as per above).
In my experience, $400/hour at a large consultancy translates into ~$150/hour as a sole consultant, wide as your knowledge may be.
1. Insurance is not the same as coverage. Plenty of Americans who do not have health insurance are covered through various programs for children, the elderly, veterans, etc.
2. Insurance is voluntary, and many people who can in fact afford it, simply choose to spend money on "stuff", including that sacred cow of american life, home ownership.
3. The statistics for the uninsured (like your 1-in-6 number) include the elderly, the illegal immigrants, those who are uninsured only part of the year, and other groups that skew the results.
4. If 50MM (although I dispute that number as per above) cannot get the heart surgery because they don't have any coverage but the other 250MM can, it's better than, say, 200MM not being able to get the surgery because of waiting times or ineligibility. Of course, those are totally made up numbers, I am just making a point.
If you are healthy, it's a wash because, well, you are healthy and it makes no sense for you to have health insurance at all, just pay out of pocket for what little you need. If you are sick, it's a wash because there are waiting lists and eligibility requirements, so they (my friends) all choose to carry extra insurance, for which they pay out of pocket, just in case by the time they are able to get that fancy heart surgery, they may no longer be alive.
What is your take on that?
Edit: Curious that all the responses so far are all about money. Surely going bankrupt beats dying because you never got that life-saving surgery on time?
A less dramatic example: I just had a wrist fracture. According to google, if I were a Canadian or a Brit, I would have had to walk around with a broken wrist for roughly 2.5 months (official average wait times).
I am not saying the US healthcare system is not broken. Of course it is. I am just saying universal coverage is not all it's made out to be either. At the end of the day, if you want good healthcare, you have to pay.
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