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donald123··on Helsinki to Begin Anonymous Recruiting
No, firing people is more expensive than rejecting them. And a lot of bias happening in the recruiting process are unconscious. So anonymous recruiting would prevent a lot those unconscious bias in the hiring process.
donald123··on Helsinki to Begin Anonymous Recruiting
And what makes it different for those people without anonymous recruiting?
donald123··on Helsinki to Begin Anonymous Recruiting
Why would someone do that if they know the faked degrees or qualifications won't pass the background check eventually? Just to get an onsite interview?
donald123··on Universities Are Leveraging H-1B Visas to Fuel Startup Hubs
there is no EB-visa, only EB green cards. But you need to get H1B first before you can jump through the EB hoops.
donald123··on Universities Are Leveraging H-1B Visas to Fuel Startup Hubs
Here is the official eligibility. Does make sense to set the bar high initially and loose it slowly afterwards.

Eligibility

-You graduated from a US university or participated in a US acceleration/incubation program, entrepreneurial boot-camp, etc.;

-Your company is underway in terms of incorporation, financing and corporate governance;

-Your company has been accepted as a member of the VDC; and

-You possess the necessary skill, experience and talent to qualify for an H-1B visa.

donald123··on Universities Are Leveraging H-1B Visas to Fuel Startup Hubs
According to the GEIR website, it only requires founders to spend 8 hours per week on university duties. One day a week does not sound to bad.
donald123··on Amazon Plans to Split HQ2 Evenly Between Two Cities
So Amazon HQ2A and HQ2B?
donald123··on H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada smooths way for techies
The issue here is people are forced to leave Bay Area or felt they are unable or not welcome to stay. So there is no free choice between the two.
donald123··on The Big Hack: The Software Side of China’s Supply Chain Attack
This article just refers to some firmware vulnerabilities from Apple back in 2015, which is nothing uncommon, and Apple had taken proper measures to mitigate that. Besides it has nothing to do with China's attack.
donald123··on How a Website Exploited Amazon S3 to Outrank Everyone on Google
This is bold and terrible idea. Affiliate programs encourage members to bring users, no matter through coupons or blog posts or other legit means. They have no idea if a user is coming because of a coupon or other reasons, how can they exclude this type of sites?

Besides, even if like you said a user is ready to buy something, there could be better coupons from rival retailers which bring the user to the site and look for the same product. Isn't this what a lot of retailers want? Using better coupons to bring users from competitors site?

There are many other scenarios, without considering those and just make the decision is really bad.

donald123··on How a Website Exploited Amazon S3 to Outrank Everyone on Google
It's called incognito mode.
donald123··on Eventbrite S-1
No, that's not true. A company may have been profitable for many years, but there is still risk of it becoming nonprofitable anytime in the future.
donald123··on Eventbrite S-1
Any example of what kind of companies have absolutely no risk of "not be able to generate sufficient revenue to achieve and maintain profitability"?
donald123··on Eventbrite S-1
Pretty common for tech companies, same like amazon IPO back in 1997, if that's what you meant "recently".
donald123··on Eventbrite S-1
What's the point? This is a common risk for all companies.
donald123··on MoviePass Won't Let Users Cancel Accounts, Renewing Plans Against Their Will
I will definitely dispute with my credit card with the Cancellation Confirmation email. Everyone should do that, to make MP pay and die faster.
donald123··on Taking Tesla Private
There are many factors that could affect this. There is no words of the source of the fund, although people believe he already has that secured. And all shareholders have to vote. The last and most important is when this would actually happen.
donald123··on Almost 70% of Millennials Regret Buying Their Homes
Home inspection cannot uncover everything, but without one, nothing will be uncovered before moving in. Besides, home inspection report can also be used to negotiate price, of course YMMV.
donald123··on Almost 70% of Millennials Regret Buying Their Homes
401k or IRA account.
donald123··on Canadian man changes gender on government IDs for cheaper car insurance
What if the insurance company used machine learning to calculate the premium, which resulted in correlations with gender, race, etc.? Is that also considered discrimination?Whose fault is that?
donald123··on Tariffs China imposes on every country
That's only one side story in US, all the arguments are for political or diplomatic goal. It's like a kid lost a game would claim unfairness ignoring all the established rules, just because he's not happy.
donald123··on I’m leaving China
The only risk is your blog getting blocked by the GFW, nothing else.
donald123··on Former Equifax Manager Charged with Insider Trading
that's only ability in theory. Besides I don't think SEC can "get you in most places on the planet". First they are only a civil agency and it would be a civil charge. Second, they cannot easily get you in most places, and they won't spend the effort and money to do that even if it becomes criminal charge.
donald123··on Former Equifax Manager Charged with Insider Trading
How about transactions made by non-residents, like people trading from outside US. They can transfer out the fund long before SEC can get to it and conclude the investigation.
donald123··on Former Equifax Manager Charged with Insider Trading
OK, make sense, just found out on the SEC website. So there won't be a criminal record before DOJ or local AGs place charges.
donald123··on Former Equifax Manager Charged with Insider Trading
So we'll probably manage (hide) our social networks well, and make some good offline-only friends. I do know SEC can put burden of proof to the person they suspect, but that can be prepared beforehand.
donald123··on Former Equifax Manager Charged with Insider Trading
Isn't the settlement with SEC to avoid the criminal record? Besides it's supposed to be a civil charge by SEC.
donald123··on Former Equifax Manager Charged with Insider Trading
Would be hard to discover if he uses his wife or relative's accounts to trade, right?
donald123··on Why America Is the World’s First Poor Rich Country
1. Have you actually read the survey you referenced? It is not just finding random people on the street, it's using "GfK Knowledge Panel® (GfK panel), a recruited internet panel designed to be nationally representative of U.S. households.". You need better argument or evidence to dismiss the survey.

2. The point of the quote is to prove high cost of healthcare overall to the society, not just the employee. In employer's perspective, insurance premium is considered cost of the employee, which has impacts on the employees' wages. So although the statement may not be precise, the point is not wrong.

donald123··on [dead]
Most of them have corporate or bulk subscription discount, and I'm sure you can also negotiate the contract with their sales.
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