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"Are the employees entitled to the 'artificial' supply limitation created by national boundaries?"

I agree, this is a good question, but I do think that you can answer "no" while still disagreeing with the premise of the H1B program. Another way to frame this would be.

"Should the 'artificial' supply limitations created by national boundaries be enforced evenly across all sectors of the workforce?"

I'm actually ok with a "no" to this answer, though my answer would be "no, but proceed with caution."

I support a points program to emphasize skilled immigration, so clearly I am willing to bend on the "even enforcement" to favor certain types of workers. However, like I said, do this with caution. I think that as the magnitude increases and the target narrows, you increase the possibility of a bad market distortion. To some extent, I do think we've done this in the US - we have created a situation that deters young Americans from entering this field.

I think that the most innovative countries will succeed because they have both managed to attract the top talent from around the world while maintaining a strong pipeline of talent from their own population. If you lock out top talent from overseas, you're doomed. If your entire strategy depends on convincing talent from overseas to stay, you're doomed.
True, possibly because articles of value are very specific, in which not everyone can relate to or retain anything of value. What might be your domain expertise, I might have no interest in, or don't have the background to comprehend, and vice versa. Thus, the "least common denominator" tends to float up.

edit: there doesn't seem to be an "under" call for the karma number, it might be fun to troll the submissions with less love...
"We've got a little more to show you"

How is this Event confirmed for iPad mini launch? It might be something else too.
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That was my first thought, too. This may end up being a good thing if IV trolls just about anyone wanting to use DRM on their 3D printable objects. It would mean most companies wouldn't bother to deal with DRM and IV.
"The new iPad has a Retina display but beyond that ? (I'm talking about hardware)"
For a tablet form factor, one can argue that a fantastic display plays an enormous role in the user experience.
Stripe is a great company and so I hope this comment does not sound critical, but I find it surprising that a simple Meetup announcement would make it to the front page of Hacker News. Right now I see this information about the post:

6 points by michaelschade 27 minutes ago

So, 6 upvotes in 27 minutes gets you on the front page? I am puzzled by that. Perhaps it is an otherwise slow day? Is there some other explanation?
I disagree. Browser, Office, and a keyboard make a pretty compelling argument for lots of people. All they really need is a Facebook app (which is integrated into the People Hub) and it's what most people will really want. Then they also have Messages (doesn't include GTalk, but different people use different things. A lot of the world prefers MSN Messenger over AIM for instance. And many people use FB Chat and Skype. It's not excusing MS for not having GTalk, but it does cover lots of use-cases and peole)
From my experience, if its a large tech company then no. Canadians on TN get paid the same as local hires.
Microsoft's iPad is $500. But Microsoft's Surface is $600.
But it would criminalize a big part of the population, and although it means it won't be very effective, it does means that some people, if caught, will suffer years in prison for it.
Seems pretty clear cut. What else "little" are we expecting Apple to release? I can only think of the 13" retina MBP.
>No iOS customers are going to use our service.

I think you oversell the price sensitivity of iOS customers. Once you're out of 0.99 land, people will pay for things.
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Companies often turn to DRM software like Liquid Machines, Active Directory RMS, etc. Of course these won't stop a determined thief with access and motive from photographing or transcribing data, but it can be useful to protect against redistribution of complex work (such as the Excel spreadsheets upon which more than a few substantial businesses are built).
>If that would happen, GNU/Linux would be the biggest remaining open (biggest free it is already) operating system.

OSX and Android are both open and both have larger install-bases than GNU/Linux. Linux is fourth in the pecking order of open operating systems, or third if you only mean desktop computers.

>Though it's quite possible that they might try to kill it sometime, it is not the same technical cause like the move away from DOS.

It's not about any technical cause. The argument is that users will flock towards the new method of interacting with computers, the same way they went headlong towards the windows/mouse/icon thing and the developers will be forced to follow suit, and thereby become slaved to Microsoft (or alternatively, run off and join the GNU/Linux/Android circus).

The users didn't care whether DOS was an operating system or Windows 95 was just a shell on DOS 6 point whatever. They just wanted to be able to run their mission-critical applications like Word and Excel and Solitaire without having to learn and then invoke inscrutable command line incantations like 'DIR' and 'FORMAT A:' and 'ECHO c:\XCOM\XCOM.EXE > c:\AUTOEXEC.BAT'.

Microsoft thinks the same thing is going to happen with our Brave New Tabletized World; they'll keep the old desktop-style around as a legacy, but they'll exert control over anything touchscreeny, and let nature take it's course.
you're right for x86.

For arm secure boot cannot be turned off.
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Anyone who whines about this (a) doesn't understand international tax law and (b) has never run their own business. Corporate tax on profits is a pure money grab. If you tax profits to the point where it's no longer profitable for companies to be in your country they will leave and then you get ZERO benefit from their presence, like salary tax, sales tax, employees putting discretionary cash back into the economy etc. When countries start doing something FOR companies instead of doing things TO them (like suing them) then they can ask for more money. Until that day comes I say that corporations should keep whatever the law allows them to keep and "ethics" (it really has nothing to do with ethics) be damned.
Please consider the following two points. What's the difference between them?

1. The US pushed free-market + lower tariffs for imports of products into other countries. This lead to lower production in those countries, replaced by imports from the US. Leading to lower employment in many cases. [Today that's replaced with imports from China]

2. Other countries export 'services' to the US, in the form of BPOs/KPOs, or H1Bs. This leads to lower production of services in the US, resulting in lower employment in the US.

On the face of it, both are similar. Except one affects workers in the US and the other affects workers in the third-world.

So to balance free-trade, why not free-labor?

I would appreciate thoughtful replies on why free-trade and free-labor are not two sides of the same coin.
On the other hand the "biggest" thing was their phone getting skinnier.
How does that help if the tablet does not have a full USB port that is powered? Fiddling around with another power adaptor and cable is pretty annoying.
My current employer blocked all external storage devices on company machines (this has been rather annoying for engineers, as you can imagine). Dropbox was blocked about 6 months later. I don't think Google Drive has been blocked yet. This is really kind of futile since someone who is really motivated to steal IP is going to be able to get around these restrictions.

A previous employer of mine had thousands of design documents stolen by an engineer (employee) from China, who then successfully fled to China. This made national headlines and was considered a serious national security / competitiveness issue. After this incident, all personal computing devices and storage media were banned from company premises. Random bag checks were routinely conducted at entry points to company premises. However, bag checks were fairly poorly done so I'm not sure what this really accomplished. I wonder how the company is dealing with the proliferation of smartphones though, because they haven't banned them from premises yet from what I understand.
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It is not clear how the display quality is going to compare with IPad 3. I'm hoping to preview one (at a MS store maybe?) before deciding.
Because you want to run Windows software on it. Microsoft also had zero brand recognition in the GUI market when they launched Windows.
Why are spam accounts allowed to exists? If an account only submits articles from 1 domain, isn't it easy to tell it's a spam account and delete it? How many of these accounts exist?
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Easy if you area are developing an app in UIKit. If you are an OpenGL 2D game developer every new resolution is a lot of work.
My choice for an inspirational woman pioneer in the computing field would be Grace Hopper. Here she is on Letterman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZOxtURhfEU
No, the "biggest" thing was their phone getting a bigger screen. It's not complicated.
* Get it for the same price as an ipad with 3x the screen resolution
Stripe meetups look great and all, but I'm going to be unreasonably ticked off until they happen outside the US.

;)
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I was going off the PEGI ratings -- all the titles I cited are PEGI 18.
So excited about iPad mini. Wether it sells for $199 or $249, it will be in a price point where most of the small businesses could afford.
I was also wondering this... A local meetup making it to the homepage of HN?
I think that is much less likely now that microsoft has bought a stake in nook.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044349330457803...
For simply organizing music, iTunes is pretty solid. I think once you start introducing the iTunes Store, iOS device syncing and iCloud it all goes to hell.
I don't know about you, but almost all Android tablets I've seen have one (or two.) This (rather popular low-end tablet in India): http://www.hclmetablet.com/, for example has one too. It's a regular USB port and no adapters are required.
This looks like Zune all over again. Let's go over some points. First the UI has been around for a few years on phones and has yet to catch on at all. Market share has actually shrunk even with positive reviews from the technorati. Data point 2: I'm seeing lots of comments on how the pricing is "worth it" because you get a full computing experience... err no, the RT model is ARM based so it will only run native metro apps. The fact that geeks reading tech sites get this wrong should be a huge warning sign for MS. Think of how confused a normal customer will be when trying to figure out what runs on what? Point 3: MS office Touch enabled as a throw in for free, great until you actually try to use it. Instead of re-imagining from the ground up for a touch interface (Apple Style), they decide to hack on a touch mode and call it a day. All reviews have been deservedly scathing. The silver lining if your a MS fan is this will be the end of Ballmer. I assume the reviews should be out within a week, should be interesting.
Doing a project at Apple in the IT dept(big SAP shop). Feels like 99% of heads are staffed directly from India. There are some folks on L1's. Majority of them are rooming up to afford the cost of living in SV. No diversity whatsoever.
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> It was responsive and impressive and, well, weird. Keys fired well, but other aspects, like the track pad or pressing keyboard combinations, felt odd.

Due to (supposed) focus on productivity, Surface has piqued my interest, but there's no way I'm going to order one without putting my hands on the touch keyboard first. Microsoft has not done a good job showing me how it works or convincing me that it is better than the on-screen keyboard I'm currently using (compare to Apple's iPhone keynote, etc.).
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There is a certain irony here given that Pincus himself has stated his company is less about innovating and more on replicating tried and true models, and refine them to a high-margin point.
it's retarded that you can't do anything without logging in
Which is a shame, because while there's a chance I might end up with an iPhone, there's no chance I will end up with OSX.
You compare it to a tablet, which isn't really fair, since that's not really what MS seems to be aiming for. They are building more of a hybrid tablet/netbook. Wether that's a good idea, and they can execute it is uncertain.

For the SD slot, I think they absolutely have a use. Like transfering photos from your camera. Yes, you could do it over wifi, but then you'd still need to transfer them to another computer first. If you have one...

Even the USB slot can be extremely useful for some usecases. Look at the hacks people put up with for the ipad to connect external devices. Square use the audio jack both for powering their perhapial and to transfer data. It's riddiculous. And you sacrifice all sound while using it.
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The included keyboard is definitely better than an on-screen one for human factors, but is it good enough to not be in the trough where an on-screen keyboard is more available (no keyboard-cover needed) and a full-size physical keyboard/mouse?

Personally, I think there is some traction in the Transformer style tablet - but the surface cover seems gimmicky. We'll have to see - if it works, I'll be thrilled.
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Sorry to see that this did not gain traction! ("traction", get it? :)

Minor quibble with blog post (or really, its marketing spin...) there are tons of car services in the city that you can call to have someone pick you up! They are arguably less efficient - you have to call them, etc - but it isn't quite true that yellow cabs are your only option if you're stuck in the bronx!
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I guess I'm the only one hoping for a smaller iPhone.
They should be incredibly easy to detect, I assume nobody's looking.

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jmartellaro

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=digiwizard

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=Semteksam

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=davethenerd

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=mfiman

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=tanousjm

Ziff Davis (geek.com / extremetech.com / pcmag.com) has about the same number of accounts here to submit their rubbish, in the case of geek.com it's just rewrites of rubbish which is extra retarded.
Battery:

iPad 42.5-watt-hour clearly mentioning browsing time (its called confidence on your quality).

Surface RT 31.5-watt-hour Pro 42-watt-hour.

WiFi+Cellular:

iPad Yep.

Surface WiFi only.

Weight:

iPad 1.44lbs to 1.46lbs.

Surface RT 1.5lbs and Pro 2.0lbs.

Applications:

iPad Rock solid platform unified.

Surface Choose between RT and Pro messed up ARM and x86.

For me I think Microsoft has done same mistake again, introduce "complexity" and if you look closely they are actually selling you a "not a gorgeous quality stuff" for same price as iPad. I don't see Microsoft dominating the market! Just getting a market douche on stage that makes you hear sound of click with no quality in product pisses me off!

So ya Microsoft is reinventing in fact "reimagining" how to create mess in Tablet world!
Sorry, I just saw your post! HN really needs a notification system a la Reddit :)

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I don't think it is fair to say it undercuts the price - the cheapest surface matches the cheapest ipad 3 at ~$500, while apple still offers the ipad2 for $400.

The surface does offer more storage at the $500 level, but the ipad has a higher resolution screen.
> It is human nature for Americans to perceive immigrant hires as cheaper.

Not at all. We perceive it because that's been the reality. If businesses only relied on their perceptions (and not accountants) I am sure more businesses would fail.
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You can't get 3G/4G on the Surface at any price. How mobile is that? Hotspot/cellphone-tether needed? - not going to work for some users.
Since they de-tethered iOS from iTunes, you really don't need to use iTunes any more.
If Microsoft adopts Apple's app strategy, it's better to follow OS X than iOS
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As the first public release of Windows for ARM processors, Surface RT is probably going to have rough edges for quite some time, not to mention limited software support, so it makes sense that they're being conservative with the pricing. If they dumped them on the market, they'd still get pummeled by poor reviews, their margins would be nil, their partners would be irate, and they'd have a much bigger support issue on their hands. The people they really need to be buying these at launch are developers who want to bet on a future market for Windows RT apps, at least until they've had a chance to fix some of the bigger bugs.
I'm impressed by your transition from the blog post to doing this site, and hopeful that a site like this one will finally take hold. Good luck!
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Windows Phone not doing well in the market is not an indication of the success of the UI. Most reviewers praise the UI.
You meant semicolon is used as a binary operator, joining the statements into one long expression. Since it's an operator, its behavior can be defined to however make sense. Why not just say in the absence of the right operand, return the result of the left operand? Just like || (or) can return the result of left or right operand.

So type of 'a' is A. Type of 'a;b' is B. Type of 'a;' is A.
That would be OK, except that Windows RT does not run Windows software. It runs only software from MS App Store, i.e. Metro apps plus preinstalled Office. That's it.

iPad and Android tablets have much more software available.
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I've not seen the major complaint yet in any of the HN articles.

Microsoft has traditionally made software, and rebranded things like mice and small peripherals. They only 'recently' got into the xbox, but that was different for it was a game system.

Now, with them being a computer dealer now, where does that leave Dell, HP, and other manufacturers?
5 points in the first 30 minutes is pretty standard for a front page post on almost all HN days, except for peak time. At slow times 3 points can be enough...
The only Surface I'm interested in is the Pro version. Without access to the wider world of Windows software, I'll just keep using my ASUS Transformer. Based on the lack of a release date and likely significantly higher pricing for the Pro I'll probably just end up buying someone else's hybrid Windows 8 solution (eg. ASUS seems like a good bet based on my positive experience with the aforementioned Transformer).

I may be wrong due to my tech geek biases but I think leading out with the "RT" model is a mistake. The only super-compelling thing Windows 8 tablets bring to the table for me is the possibility of running "real" Windows software when using it as a laptop.
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Ha, said much more eloquently than I would. I think it is odd that people are automatically dismissing it simply because it is not an iPad. I guess that is how the hive mind works now-a-days. I like the Surface because it is a genuinely unique OS. And, in many ways it is better than Apple's offering. The gestures are better, it surfaces information better, and it works much better as a productivity device. When has better become not good enough?
Am I the only one disappointed that Apple is reaching down to cater to this market?

As a consumer, yeah I get it...7" is smaller. But I'm just fine with my iPhone when looking to interact with a smaller screen.

As a developer, Android isn't looking so fragmented after all.

iPhone - plain, retina, retina+
iPad - 7" plan/retina?, plain, retina

Am I now going to create a dozen icons for every universal binary?
Well, it certainly could be. There are reasons that exist as to why the phone hasn't been successful, and that has to be considered as a possibility.