Recently, we released RsRelayJS, a small RxJS lib that provides 'Relay' types. These are analogous to Subject types, but without the ability to call complete() or error(). Therefore, they are stateless in the sense that they cannot enter a terminal state. I've found myself using these more than Subjects in our code, to bridge non-Rx code to Rx.
Nothing overly exciting, but I've started a blog recently at shanefitzpatrick.io and am working on a Ghost theme inspired by Google's recent Material Design.
I'm going to be in this lottery and it's unnerving thinking about how different my life could turn out if I get this visa vs. don't. Young male, can't imagine I'd try again next year so it could be the difference of a much higher paying job plus living 5+ years in America vs. staying in my home country probably for life. Nothing wrong with my home country, but I'm excited of the prospect of living in America and the experiences that go with.
For people in the same boat: I think it's easier to cope with this if you take the view that you have to be lucky to get the visa, not unlucky not to. No one complains of ill-luck when they buy a lottery ticket and don't win millions. Positivity folks! :)
Not quite 68% because there are two categories: 20,000 for advanced degree holders and another 65,000. There is an initial lottery between the advanced degree holders for the 20,000, and then the unsuccessful people go into the regular lottery. Don't know if the figures were released for the number of advanced degree holders who applied, but assuming the cap here was also met, the chances in the main lottery would be 65,000/114,000 = 57%
Great guide, I'd love a similar one for Green Cards.
For instance, does a Masters in CS qualify you for an EB-2 filing? A search shows that the employer would have to give evidence of the advanced degree being necessary for the job. Usually you wouldn't need a Masters degree for a programmer role but I'm wondering how strict this is in practice.
Concretely, if you were to enter the US on a H1-B for a SDE role with BigCorpA and had a Masters degree in CS, could you immediately file for a Green Card under EB-2 category?
I used to do this, but then when compiling the project the Dropbox client would shoot to over 70% CPU usage and the fan on my laptop would go into overdrive.
I've seen this on numerous sites now and each has 'Reveals Real Name' in the title. His name wasn't some big secret beforehand (it was on his wiki page) and using this link bait in the title defers from the quality of his speech.
What saddened me most about that reaction was that it was for the announcement of something that we have always had. The biggest reaction at E3 was to a non-restriction, not a game!
I can't imagine what Facebook would be like today if every user had a share, given the community uproar (at least initially) to any new changes to the UI, feature set etc.
The correct way to go about this is to advertise to the entire population, but make a conscious move to have it geared towards women more (e.g. advertised more heavily in women-dominated areas).
While they might lose the extreme tin foil hat customers, this deal will only serve to enhance their trustworthiness as a company. "The CIA trusts Amazon with THEIR data...heck, so should I." etc.
I believe they had an agreement similar to this already (without the charge).
"...that the /gaymer sub-reddit had use of the word in exchange for a link to my site. Apparently that wasn’t enough for them because yesterday they filed a petition to have the trademark taken away." - Extract from a post by the trademarks owner.
I imagine they were pointing out the irony that someone who wanted to see the end of internet anonymity, which would inherently reduce privacy, is now complaining of a privacy breech on a site where there is relatively no anonymity.
For us younger programmers, 'Think first, code later' is without a doubt the best advice you can give someone going for their first interview. I still shudder thinking back to an interview when I threw myself straight into coding the solution to the given problem.
Check it out here - https://github.com/Microsoft/RxRelayJS