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Comment Re:Laws only work... (Score 1) 69

Proper light meters exist and have existed for a long time to deal with this. Specifically for state inspection reasons.

Of course it's a bit more than just a light meter, but what's required is far from any tecnological or financial bar to mass production. So amazing that people on here are still so confidently wrong about basic decades old technology.

Comment Incompetence running wild (Score 4, Insightful) 73

How are colleges and municipalities finding themselves in situations where they've signed contracts for someone else's equipment to be installed on their property, sometimes literally on a piece of infrastructure they they own/control and legally unable to physically remove the equipment? I woud consider signing that contract to be gross incompetence and negligence if I were a resident of a municipality like that, and it should be a fireable offense for whoever is responsible at that college.

This isn't just about flock either. I just don't understand how we've come to such a large number of people demonstrating startliing levels of incompetence in the performance of their assigned duties.

Comment Re: Uncalled for (Score 1) 195

The fact is they blocked several companies, but didn't lower the number of visas being issued. So what they are doing is redistributing who gets visas (which smacks of favoritism and corruption)

Except they are excluding the companies found abusing the system, in turn leaving the companies complying with the rules alone. Complying with the H1B program as enacted by Congress is neither favoritism nor corruption. Quite the opposite actually.

None of that matters. They will just hire their H1Bs through Tata or some other body shop. This is just more favoritism and graft.

Comment Re:Different usage? (Score 1) 113

Maybe people shouldn't believe everything they see online, and learn how to research the candidate/incumbent themselves.

Any time I get a political ad, I read at least 3 sites (as diverse as possible) and average the overall "facts" that the sites say. Maybe candidates could switch from only bad-mouthing other candidates to the candidate just saying what they're campaigning on.

I know you're saying this with the best of intentions, and I'm sure you're surrounded by capable, at least moderatly intelligent people because people tend to surround themselves with people like themselves. But most people are not like this. Seriously thinking this is a reasonable solution paints you as painfully naive.

Comment Re:Subprime [Re:Uh HUH] (Score 1) 84

That's not the incentive that caused the subprime mortgage crisis at all. Where dod you get this idea from?

The incentive that caused this was the ability for originators to easily sell loans, and the demand for such loans of nearly any quality by the aftermarket as packaged loan tranches were making good money. It's basic market dynamics once you understand the change the precipitated it.

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