Oh, and they weren’t happy we were bombing Syria.

It’s mostly little stuff, and I mostly remember the stuff which contradicts what I expect to hear. We played a team wearing jerseys with Russian on them, and one guy said something like, “I guess we know which team the Whitehouse supports.” After the live action Beauty and the Beast came out, a lot of them were making…

That only solves the relocation costs issue. Employers still have to file paperwork for their h1b workers, and there are extra costs involved with filing a transfer petition (portability isn’t automatic). They also started lower, so since employers typically ask what you’re getting paid now and know what most…

Hard to say. People cross shop weird things. Last year, I was looking at either an e39 BMW 540iT or a WRX. I guess a lot of car enthusiasts cross shop for different features than normal people though.

I had not appreciated that it’s still at the old level for programmers. That’s pretty terrible.

My hockey team is full of conservatives, some Trumpers some not. I stay quiet in the locker room and just listen. It’s fascinating.

nuclear artillery is a problem, good news is it’s a different tech than implosion

I don’t understand this supposed fear China has over a unified Korea. The US and China are in no danger of going to war — we are each others’ largest trading partners, and whatever other problems it has, a globalized economy does tend to prevent wars between its participants. Since S. Korea is also huge economic…

I’m not sure they know anything. Probably more that they want to be prepared. If the US starts bombing the DPRK, there’s going to be a refugee crisis of unprecedented proportions.

Tech workers are not unionized: they have to negotiate salaries individually, and there aren’t really many laws dictating what the minimum is beyond the $47,476 minimum to be considered overtime exempt (which is below the limit for an h1b anyway). A programmer from Calcutta who’s been offered a job in Seattle isn’t…

I am an old person who doesn’t understand Twitter. What was the reply?

It’s a test in patience, but also because people who are liberal or conservative should regularly break out of their echo chamber to hear the other side.

I dunno about all of us (at least not from this) but I do wish I’d been able to visit Korea before it was turned into a wasteland.

purported ignorance in her analysis

No, because the style of the movies changes radically from the first one to where we are now. I didn’t see any past #2, which is probably for the best.

What was the end of the series?

Know what’s worse than when they speed up as you try to pass on the left? When they’re parked in the left lane so you go to pass on the right, and then they speed up.

Or even just not staying centered in the lane. If a car is moving side to side a lot within its lane, I know to stay far away.