The $100k H1B fee is good news for tech centres outside the US: it's not like tech giants aren't going to seek out the cheapest skilled labour they can find, especially in a world where everyone is c… (View Post)

Indeed, they deliberately make sure their camps are (a) easy to leave from, and (b) close to the French borders with the UK and Belgium. It's politically popular for the French to encourage the self-… (View Post)

Where is that data from? The International Labour Organization has data on % of the workforce employed "informally", i.e. without tax, contracts, checks, etc. It is not *just* people withou… (View Post)

I have a philosophy degree, and it's been very useful to me. You see, when things don't work out, then at least I can be philosophical about it. (View Post)

Hear me out. Maybe getting 50k of debt (or 400k in the US) is actually the whole point of University. I've been financially stretched many times in my life. When you've thrown your life savings behin… (View Post)