emeraldx

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by emeraldx 7y ago
As far as I know, there is a minimum salary requirement for the Blue Card visa. So this blows the 'Cheap-talent-taking-over, Reduced-average-wages' argument out of the water. IMO, the reason this is happening is simple. 1) H1-B vi
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by emeraldx 7y ago
I feel your motivation is misdirected. A Masters/PhD thesis should be in something you're interested in and deeply care about. More than getting a job, it should be about advancing the frontiers of available knowledge in a given f
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by emeraldx 7y ago
Yes, but to make up those lower profits Acme Inc. could just reduce compensation for its employees. And I think that is what TheRealDunkirk was trying to say. That when corporate taxes are levied, eventually it is the employees who end up t
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by emeraldx 7y ago
> Worker productivity is incredibly low (too many meetings with people who have nothing to do there), lack of individual leadership/initiative, and "cluelessness" is rather the norm than anything else. I agree with this. M
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by emeraldx 7y ago
Yes, precisely the reason I try to avoid it as much as possible. I've been flying across the Atlantic and further East for 25 years now through multiple airlines. These years have taught me to stay away from Heathrow unless it can&#x27
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by emeraldx 7y ago
Nice
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by emeraldx 7y ago
Can confirm. I too noticed these through the Japan App Store.
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by emeraldx 7y ago
I'd recommend finding a local Gurudwara (their place of worship) and visiting there during Langar. Langar is when they offer free meals to all visitors of the temple, no questions asked. People volunteer to cook these meals, serve them
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by emeraldx 7y ago
> 15 - Fission power supplies "well over half of the power needs of humanity" - no I soo wish this were true. Don't how the support was for Nuclear power back in the day. But wish it were mainstream today. Nuclear engineer