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    Comment #30460749

    This is certainly a ... reductionist view on geopolitics. Not only does this assume everyone in the thread is American, but also completely disregards the sovereignty and historic …

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    Comment #30186887

    If there is any meta advice I've learned from developing good sleeping habits it would be "Learn your own nervous system". Anecdotally I've seen varying responses to different life…

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    Comment #28922775

    What is your experience? I will admit I don't have much insight into WITCH. I've worked at and interviewed people at FAANGs for the past 5 years and the bar for hiring is the same.…

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    Comment #28922570

    An H1 transfer is when an active H1-B visa is transferred from one company to the other. If both incoming and outgoing positions are in the same geography and have the same respons…

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    Comment #28922502

    To add - when this process fails, tech companies rotate employees out to a remote office (often in Canada). The US loses tax money which the employee would have paid and the positi…

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    Comment #28922482

    In this thread there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding regarding both the Permanent/Temporary visa distinction, as well as what Facebook did. The lawsuit refers to the Permanen…

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    Comment #27632928

    It's unfortunate since ideally any contribution is a good contribution, but the Linux kernel has been so highly dependent on maintainers, that them being highly protective of their…

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    Comment #27622371

    What's unfortunate is that Hristo Georgiev is a very common Bulgarian name. This isn't a case where a highly uncommon name can lead to a high degree of certainty in association.

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    Comment #27606521

    > but then you are simply dividing by ability While I understand the sentiment, but I think we need to speak of skill vs physical factors. The division of weightlifters in weight c…

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    Comment #27606414

    It is indeed! PEDs provide such an advantage in Power sports, that anyone not on them is at a huge disadvantage. > Personally I just take Creatine and WPI All you need! Similarly I…

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    Comment #27601700

    Fully agree with your second point. Your first point touches on why it's such an interesting and difficult problem to solve. 1. Country-wide doping systems that currently exist in …

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    Comment #26733504

    I'm someone who's been seriously active in powerlifting for years and I was getting ready to argue, but you seem to be correct. Not only was I not able to find research supporting …

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    Comment #15779602

    To add to your anecdote - I also have an extremely high caffeine tolerance and can fall asleep just fine even if I've had an espresso (or two!) after dinner. Similarly to you, I do…