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c'mon now. is this really a proper topic for an HN discussion?

at first, i thought you were concerned about Google accounts and the privacy of your data within Google's servers. i feel like i have not put enough consideration into this other k…

after it says in the absence of immigration, wages for US computer scientists would have been 2.6% to 5.1% higher in 2001 the NBER study's abstract continues US workers switch to o…

what percentage of FedEx pilots are ex-military?

I'm definitely not against it, but my guess is the best minds will now be put to work figuring out how to defeat, avoid, mitigate this regulation.

> There are entire IT departments at companies like Disney, for instance, that are de-facto off limits to American workers. what I hear from people who work or used to work in IT a…

> You don't need a legion of smart lawyers to hire from this large, unemployed, qualified, bonafide American talent pool true, but I think the point is that the lawyer fees are les…

Historically there's been a lot of anti-foreign bias and discrimination from US workers and companies, which in part goes under the heading of "cultural fit." But I've often wonder…

> does the difference even matter? The article seems to say the answer is yes: ...scientists think that the initial exposure to bacteria at the moment of birth could be a “thermost…

Good point! The plan needs refinement. I guess they could break the job down: use one team of 4 drones to lift multiple 1 square yard tarps. Let's see, 12 square miles is roughly 3…

It would be too easy for electro-terrorists to stop production at the solar park: four drones (one on each corner) could simply airlift a rectangular 3x4 mile opaque tarp from Suda…

> The article's author says Gmail filed it into the 'Promotions' folder. Yeah, but they have to contact people by email because they don't have anyone's physical home address.

I ate at Cliftons some years ago, before the remodeling. It was pretty cool but also pretty worn out. Standard cafeteria fare, nothing really exciting. Mostly it was about the ambi…

here's a theory. shoot it down: work and cash are more abundant and salaries are higher in urban areas and this causes demand-pull price inflation. why are salaries higher? because…

mostly agree. currently, US city life has too many unappealing aspects unless you're either super wealthy or truly broke. in the US high quality of life cities are actually quite s…

What are the pros and cons of charging a fee to transcribe someone else's audio content? Does ListenNotes need a lawyer to deal with contracts or problems related to original conte…

I'm guessing the $4/hr price estimation is based on an average of the prices ListenNotes actually charges to transcribe a podcast, as shown on ListenNotes.com for various individua…

just a quick note: the US couldn't conquer Vietnam either

TV was/is heavily regulated. And starting a newspaper was much easier than starting a Google or FB competitor is today. IOW, big tech dominates in a way that is more complete, clos…

The national political season so far has surprised me because, AFAIK, none of the presidential politicians has made a direct attack on age discrimination at work. It seems like the…