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To get attention. Politics is not an exception, its used everywhere.

True. Escaping the law, sexual harassment of employees and low wage to drivers aside, it will still make me feel very inconvenienced to see Uber go out of business. Not even Lyft comes close to how good and fast the Uber app is. I was sold the first time I used it. I just hope some other company steps in to fill in the void.

Research is also done with public funds in a lot of universities but the research papers themselves are conveniently put in behind journal and conference paywalls. I'd say that is a much bigger problem since it affects a larger section of the population but that is apparently completely expected and accepted.

The other day I was at a mexican restaurant and the waiter forgot to bring water. I got up and went to the kitchen to ask where the water cooler was. The woman who saw me was unable to understand what "water" meant. Water. Let that sink in.

If it is wrong tomorrow, we won't use it. It is right today. And right now, what's right should be used, not what may or may not be right.

Miss Equality ;)

I travel 2.5 hours for work.

By less fortunate I mean people fleeing war. Refugees. If you think being in a war is same as being poor in the US, you're mistaken.

What is not black an white about global warming or evolution?

What is not black and white about abortion?

What is not black and white about refugees fleeing war?

What is not black and white about LGBT rights?

I think they are referring to the protests that arose when media reported that non-violent illegal immigrants are being deported.

I am a staunch liberal and I don't understand the hostility towards deportation of illegal immigrants either. Calling illegal immigrants undocumented immigrants doesn't make the illegal part go away.

global warming, evolution, abortion, birth control, LGBT, Size of military, refugees

I am not a fan of how people try to downplay the situation and 'play fair' but giving someone the benefit of doubt who openly denies climate change and has appointed key members in the cabinet who have a lot of reasons to deny climate change even if they know its true. The Secretary of State is the former CEO of Exxon.

There is no wisdom in trying to be neutral. There is no smartness and tolerance in trying to protect and tolerate things that are by themselves intolerant and harmful.

and its down again

First of all, backup any and all email communication you have had with the company about it.

If neither of these are true, and you are in fact marketing to customers but not using their list or software, gather logs and customer testimonials, and proof about where you got the customer contacts.

Additionally, gather emails indicating why you left the company or were asked to leave, as it might indicate the company's intent to get even with you.

Lastly, talk to a lawyer. Consultation is often free for the first time.

Make it a chef so I can have new dishes everyday

Same reason millions of offices still use Microsoft Windows. It is the brand. It doesn't matter how bad a product is as long as everyone around them is using it and it is viewed as a mark of success and money. Functionality is secondary, people are willing to adapt around it.

Many might be jealous you got selected for an H1B visa.

Moral of the story - if its bad for you, its always worse for someone else. Not something that may make you feel better, but its important to try not to lose some perspective.

In science and technology, it doesn't matter where a scientific study was done. We have central repositories and conferences where applications from all over the world are welcomes, and the best achievements are included.

The difference in Philosophy is the default is assumed to be European philosophy. A Chinese paper has to be exceptional to be included in an existing course, where most things are directly derived from European philosophy. It is not a fair playing field at all unlike STEM. The course designer is not fetching a list of all studies in the world done of a topic x, and then a panel is not debating on which of these studies has a most merit. The course creators are taking discussion on a topic X from whichever study is done in Europe. If this is how we start carrying out STEM research, we'd have a hard time to say the least.