I don’t feel as bad for L1 Visa holders. They came over specifically because they were already working for a specific company and that’s no different than being deployed in the military overseas and then having to leave once you leave the military.
From what I read, it’s also much easier to get and L1 Visas aren’t subject to the same caps and red tape.
I personally wouldn’t even move across the country beholden to a single company
I would be very hesitant to create roots in another country - like buying house - dependent on one company and not having a back up plan and the expectation that it was temporary and a way to save a lot of money
My situation is already a little different because prior to my L1 I was already working in the USA on a different visa. So I worked in the USA, then outside the USA, then returned to the USA (upon which I picked the L1 over the H1B for my spouse). My feelings on whether I want to stay permanently have changed a bunch of times, but in the end, I probably won't get a choice. Both L1 and H1B have time limits, and due to COVID and my company doing various layoffs I probably won't get a green card in time.
Unless I'm mistaken, you can transfer employers on an H1-B, and you have 90 days to find a new job if you get laid off. On an L1 you are immediately out of status when your employment is terminated, with no option of transfer
Eh. I'm in a large US metro area and one of our local dances recently had to put a cap on class sizes because it was getting too crowded. The local university club recently started back up after a post-pandemic hiatus. I'm considered one of the oldest at one dance I attend (I'm in my early thirties with some greys). The local yearly convention is back to pre-pandemic size
My Oma went through Alzheimer's. Sbe went from being a functional adult, to forgetting how to speak English, to mistaking family members, to recognizing no one, to being unable to feed herself over the course of 10 years. But she seemed happy most of the time, usually smiling, would light up when she saw people, she would attempt to sing along to whatever music was playing. So I'd say she remained happy most of the time, which made it much easier to deal with from our end.
The newer versions look OK. But all of them are a little chrome heavy IMHO. It can look nice on larger cars, but because the bolt is so small, all the accents and flourishes seem jumbled together.
Just do it! Most venues have a beginner class that is specifically designed for people who have never danced (there will likely be others in the same boat as you). I started a few years ago, now I teach it and it's all I do in my spare time. It's also a great hobby because you can either go all in like me, or show up once a week for 1h and still have good time, meet people etc
(based on your username), Poland has a great scene by the way.
I dunno. A Toyota RAV4 hybrid gets 41/38 city/highway mpg, but a Prius gets 57/56. That's 46% more efficient. Gas is just so cheap in the USA it barely matters.
Agreed. My 1972 MGB got 28mpg. I realize cars have improved in many ways since then (crash safety, NOx emissions, comfort) but I feel like in 50 years we stopped caring about efficiency as much.
Many of the MPG winds of the 90s and 00s were eaten back up by mandated safety standards. A 2020 focus weighs 10-20% more than a 2000 MY one, for example.
My 1998 SC2 Weighed ~2400 pounds and got MPG in the low 30s (35+ on the highway).
> NOx emissions
Managing that often impacts fuel economy. Ask VW group =)
I see. Yes, deliberately ignoring the result and error might be a problem. Of course the same novice programmers could write:
try {
failableCall();
} catch (Throwable t) {
/* Ignore. Stupid Java, always forcing me to handle checked exceptions that won't happen in practice. */
}
In general, I'd say the choice between exceptions and a result-or-error return type should be driven by how likely the user of the method is interested in the return value. In the specific context of this discussion, there is no reason to call a future's get method unless you're really very interested in what it returns. So in this case I'd think the result type would be a good choice. For other APIs the trade-off is different.
I'd say between a stupid result out of ignorance or risky defaults, vs a stupid result out of explicitly being stupid and overriding sane defaults, the latter is probably safer.
Also, exceptions (particularly checked ones) are not a simple matter of optional checks; they form an explicit contract forcing you to deal with exceptions (and having to be explicitly stupid to make them useless via an empty try/catch block). Compare to type-contracts where you'd need to go out of your way to make the "Null" part of the union type "useful" in the first place, for example.
The above post looks like carefully constructed satire, mostly there to make fun of people who hero-worship Elon Musk into thinking that Elon Musk personally handled all tasks at Tesla like Tony Stark / Ironman.
I'll do it if it's convenient and has a fixed end time. So, <10 min walk from either my house or my work, 45min max duration. I often find people who want stuff for free expect me to drive across the entire city to meet them.
