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What are the 10 things you'd do to solve it?
With 4x the population of US, per capita comparisons might make more sense. No?
Re:Why America Needs India’s Rockets on Friday November 04, 2016 @07:24AM (#12871722)
And the sad part is all of this happened as Pakistanis were killing and aiding those killing American soldiers. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-pakistan-policy...
Re:Why America Needs India’s Rockets on Friday November 04, 2016 @07:21AM (#12871713)
Allies after WWI? How about the Treaty of Versailles? India and Pakistan signed the Simla accord as equals; not an unjust treaty.
Re:How D.E. Shaw's Wall Street Geeks Overtook the Paypal Mafia on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @06:06PM (#10707497)
+1. Then HBS or McKinsey should be in the lead here when compared to any other organization. Point is that PayPal mafia planted the seeds of the the social media revolution; unsure if DE Shaw is even a close second on impact.
Re:Gaming the H-1B system for good on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @07:23PM (#10591808)
Both India and China have a lot of diversity and are home to 40% of humanity. A fairer immigration system WOULD see a lot more Indians and Chinese.

If this is defensible, then racial quotas in schools (e.g., capping proportion of Jews) are also defensible by using the same logic as "you're now penalizing everyone else."

I'd rather have US as the home of the best and the brightest, not based on whether your parents were born in Mongolia or 100 miles away in Inner Mongolia that happens to be in China.

Sorry, can't really see how the moral argument works.

Re:India’s civil servant exam on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @09:23AM (#10185480)
One source: http://warontherocks.com/2015/06/how-pakistan-beguiles-the-a...

C Christine Fair is a Professor at Georgetown and at one time was offered the role of Asstt Secy for South Asia. It's a comedy that the lack of a dedicated South Asia cadre can have near disastrous consequences for US foreign policy.

Re:Housing.com CEO gives his entire stake to employees on Thursday May 14, 2015 @02:53AM (#9543772)
1. His stake might be all options or at best illiquid stock so unsure if it's comparable to "cash" 2. He's not on the best terms with his VCs and owns <5% of company: might be on the verge of getting kicked out. 3. Yadav already made his $$ with each round; he just bought a Porsche.
Re:Ask HN: What happens to older developers? on Monday March 10, 2014 @05:57PM (#7375957)
An interesting comment on a Valleywag article -

"I am a 20 year resident currently in the process of being "de-located", and will be leaving San Francisco in a few weeks, destination unknown. A little known secret about the tech industry is that if you're not in your 20s or early 30s, you are basically unemployable. It's a great gig for the kiddies, but if you're an adult with a family and responsibilities, you'll learn all about the magic of "at will" employment. Not to mention that many/most of these companies are run by financial criminals/sociopaths who could care less about anything other than lining their own pockets."

Comment on http://valleywag.gawker.com/twitter-will-cause-so-much-gentr...

Re:Elite Grads In Business Flock To Tech on Saturday November 09, 2013 @10:50PM (#6705079)
"When expensively educated, fashionable young graduates start showing up in your field, you're in a bubble." Michael Lewis
But what if you end up "working" for your company? Let's assume that you are in the US and might have to put in hours to hack together a product or a service. And none of your "employees" are in Latvia or Belize. Is it still legal?
Re:The Rise of Bay Area Rents on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @07:30PM (#6408865)
Interesting! So why are rents on HUD a lot lower? e.g., the rent for 1 BR in SF is $1579 according to http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/50per.html