tiff_seattle

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TCS fined $194M in penalty charges for misappropriation of trade secrets(theweek.in)
3 points by tiff_seattle 2y ago|0 comments
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Fired Americans Say Indian Firm Gave Their Jobs to H-1B Visa Holders(msn.com)
114 points by tiff_seattle 2y ago|119 comments
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by tiff_seattle 3y ago
Does this mean that I can run PSWindowsUpdate in a remote PowerShell session? If so, this is going to save me a lot of time. Also, AD management tools never work vie Enter-PSSession. Will stuff like that work as well?
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by tiff_seattle 3y ago
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2003/06/12/airbuss-...
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by tiff_seattle 4y ago
thread over
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by tiff_seattle 4y ago
It's a very compelling experience. It's kind of mind blowing to take your F-16 and casually glance at real world scenery outside your cockpit. The most immersive controls are hardware HOTAS/Yoke controllers, IMO. It runs fine
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Thanks to a glitch, some Seattle Mazda drivers can’t tune their radios from KUOW(seattletimes.com)
2 points by tiff_seattle 5y ago|0 comments
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New evidence of widespread wage theft in the H-1B visa program(epi.org)
18 points by tiff_seattle 5y ago|1 comments
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by tiff_seattle 5y ago
I have that same chair. I can never get it to stay in the highest position though. Do you have that problem?
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Microsoft hits $2T market value(seattletimes.com)
43 points by tiff_seattle 5y ago|22 comments
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60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation?(phys.org)
2 points by tiff_seattle 5y ago|0 comments
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by tiff_seattle 8y ago
This bridge in Alexandria Egypt must have been inspired by SimCity. http://i.imgur.com/YbrJG2h.jpg
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by tiff_seattle 8y ago
Maybe this guy? https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/07/wh...
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by tiff_seattle 8y ago
My Philips Hue bulbs visibly flicker when they are dimmed, but not when they are at full brightness. I never had that problem with the old style bulbs. I wonder if that could be fixed with a firmware update?
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by tiff_seattle 8y ago
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610106/chinese-satellite-...
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H-1B lottery change could help big tech companies, hurt outsourcers(seattletimes.com)
2 points by tiff_seattle 8y ago|0 comments
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Redmond WA CEO charged with fraud on more than 100 H-1B visa applications(seattletimes.com)
63 points by tiff_seattle 8y ago|3 comments
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by tiff_seattle 8y ago
If they don't have a skill that employers are willing to pay top dollar for, then no. H-1B is designed for bringing highly skilled workers into the country. It's not a program for job security for new grads.
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by tiff_seattle 8y ago
H-1B shouldn't be used for entry level positions though. It should be used for positions that cannot be filled by the local workforce.
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by tiff_seattle 8y ago
Why not just adjust the H-1B program so that the highest paid positions get priority? That way companies could still hire abroad for in-demand skills, but it would eliminate bringing people into the country to avoid paying the prevailing wa
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by tiff_seattle 9y ago
I can't tell whether this comment is satire or not.
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by tiff_seattle 9y ago
Sounds like a good idea to me. It will demonstrate to lawmakers the advantages and necessity of encryption.
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by tiff_seattle 9y ago
for science
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Facebook Launches “Moon Shot” Effort to Decode Speech Direct from the Brain(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by tiff_seattle 9y ago|0 comments
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by tiff_seattle 9y ago
If this is text only, maybe it will work on Bash on Windows?
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by tiff_seattle 9y ago
Works fine on XBox though.
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by tiff_seattle 9y ago
Hopefully they will be broadcasting in 4K. It could be an influential driver of people with 4K TV's to try out Amazon Prime.
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by tiff_seattle 10y ago
We use multiple machines with 6 TB each at my job, all for use with databases.
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by tiff_seattle 10y ago
I live in Downtown Seattle and it would take me at least an hour to get to the nearest ones unless it was maybe 3 AM and there was no traffic.
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by tiff_seattle 10y ago
King County just by itself has over 2 million people.

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