• modulus@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    8 hours ago

    Mmm, China perfidiously stealing the hard-earned talent of Western engineers? I know just the solution! They should build an anti-communist self-defence wall:

    We no longer wanted to stand by passively and see how doctors, engineers, and skilled workers were induced by refined methods unworthy of the dignity of man to give up their secure existence in the GDR and work in West Germany or West Berlin. These and other manipulations cost the GDR annual losses amounting to 3.5 thousand million marks.

    Some fine historical irony. Of course, given the way the university system works in places like the US, there’s not even a good argument that this imposes costs on the public, who trains personnel only for them to leave and benefit some other state.

    Maybe this is what Trump’s wall is for.

  • NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    14 hours ago

    Microsoft, Apple and Google all collectively shed one single tear as their concerns for their multi-billion dollar profits. For the Execs that is.

  • freagle@lemmygrad.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    20
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    15 hours ago

    Such disgustingly deliberate word choice when China hasn’t dropped bombs in, what, 60 years? The bombardment is happening in Gaza, not the fucking tech sector

    • perestroika@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      14 hours ago

      “To bombard someone with letters” is an expression actively used in the English language.

      China hasn’t dropped bombs in, what, 60 years?

      Almost correct. The last war-sized conflict China took part in was the 1979 Chinese-Vietnamese war [1]. That was 45 years ago. Battle-sized events between China and Vietnam have occurred up to 1991 [2], that would be up to 23 years ago. Skirmish-sized events with India are as recent as 2021. [3]. As for what occurs in Gaza, I agree. Bad stuff has been happening there. Going by the tonnage of things blowing up, Gaza is a gang shootout compared to Ukraine, though.

    • residentmarchant@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      13 hours ago

      From what I’ve read about working at Chinese tech companies, you will not get to work remotely. In fact, you will be required to work in an office for 10 hrs a day instead of coming and going as you please.

      Just look at the TSMC factory in AZ as an example. Taiwanese work expectations are not very compatible with how top US talent wants to work.

    • NastyNative@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      19 hours ago

      For 3x the money! Sign me up but I would need a pretty bad ass contract to jumpship!

  • Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    13
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    19 hours ago

    Didn’t see any specifics around hours in the article though.

    Is it twice the pay for twice the working hours? 996 or whatever they call it?