Posts by ecofeco

Re: Excel is the scourge that just wont die.

Already happened.

Google : Scientists Forced To Change Names Of Human Genes Because Of Microsoft's Failure To Patch Excel

Happened just a few months ago.

Re: Sorry, but HTML counts

It is? Becasue most websites I see these days are created in everything BUT HTML.

Were you looking over my shoulder 6 years ago?

I was neck deep in the registry and on the phone to the 3rd party plug-in vendor trying to fix that one.

I never get tired of telling the user no matter who they are, it's a manufacturer problem and can't be fixed.

A good read: http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks

Re: A bad code push ? Really ?

But how will people know they are a l33t haxor without all that code?

Re: Clutch

"until the beancounters get involved and decide it is more profitable to force a new purchase or use of their own repair facilities."

Exactly.

Re: Go away boy, you bother me.

"Compared to the US, China, and mainland Europe, the UK is a small market..."

Unfortunately true. And what leverage it did have was lost to Brexit.

Re: Just because...

Never mind how long it takes, right?

No entry level programmer is being paid $78K a year outside of Silly Valley.

Re: Americans First

The downvotes are incredible. It is a verified fact that H1-B has been abused and used to drive down tech wages.

I know many people with 20+ years of experience who are now making 20% less than they did when they started as a direct result of H1-B abuse.

Re: Seems an excellent idea...

1B system should be used as a last resort to increase the size of the US's pool of talent,

Exactly. As was the original intention, but many knew it would eventually be abused. And so it was.

Re: The principle makes economic sense to me...

I have yet to meet any entry level programmer making $78K outside of Silly Valley.

Works for me.

Re: But wasn't that the point of the H1B?

All of the above.

Re: A Grand!

$500+ for any phone is suckers world.