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Owen Densmore

Why The Cold War Between Tech CEOs and Trump Is About To Go Nuclear

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Insights into the tech sector's need for foreign workers.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-30/why-cold-war-between-tech-ceos-and-trump-about-go-nuclear

When I was at Sun Microsystems, we had a huge number of folks H1-B visas. The first partner I had was from Iran.

From the post, much more on the site. Much focus on the difficulty getting US graduates with the right skills. (Seems a bit odd but who knows)

-- Owen

Over the weekend, openly defiant CEOs, particularly among the tech sector, expressed their displeasure with Trump's Friday executive order temporarily banning refugees and limiting travel from seven Muslim countries, with both words and deeds, among which the following (summary courtesy of Axios):

VCs funding the ACLU: Several venture capitalists, as well as a few entrepreneurs, took turns soliciting donations to the American Civil Liberties Union through social media and personally matching those donations.
Airbnb volunteers to help provide housing for impacted immigrants: The home-sharing company said that it will work with travelers and organizations to provide housing for those impacted by the executive order, whether through volunteer hosts or by funding housing.
Lyft and Uber commit millions of dollars to legal aid: On Sunday, Lyft said it will donate $1 million to the ACLU over the next four years. Later in the day, Uber said it will create a $3 million legal defense fund for impacted drivers, as well as provide legal assistance and compensate their lost wages.
Google is setting up a $2 million crisis fund: The search giant has set up a fund that will donate to the American Civil Liberties Union, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, International Rescue Committee, and UNHCR.

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Gillian Densmore

Re: Why The Cold War Between Tech CEOs and Trump Is About To Go Nuclear

As I've said I few times.

Wise man seeks not out trouble. And don't make an issue out isses and they (might not) be a problem in the first play.

Besides. You have to admit America does need to provide better stuff so as

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

is filled. To many people have no food (any) to many people have no home (any).

ZygZygler (and many others) have noted many many many many times: challenges will happen to any system when the individuals needs OR wants are not met.

The current denziens AND those from (call it for what it is) the middle east and the enormous cluster fuck of aholery

Must have needs AND wants met (with in reason on the wants): Why is it a question if someone needs basic check up? or to get something fun to eat?

I hold hope it's quite fixable.

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

Insights into the tech sector's need for foreign workers.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-30/why-cold-war-between-tech-ceos-and-trump-about-go-nuclear
When I was at Sun Microsystems, we had a huge number of folks H1-B visas. The first partner I had was from Iran.

From the post, much more on the site. Much focus on the difficulty getting US graduates with the right skills. (Seems a bit odd but who knows)

-- Owen

Over the weekend, openly defiant CEOs, particularly among the tech sector, expressed their displeasure with Trump's Friday executive order temporarily banning refugees and limiting travel from seven Muslim countries, with both words and deeds, among which the following (summary courtesy of Axios):
VCs funding the ACLU: Several venture capitalists, as well as a few entrepreneurs, took turns soliciting donations to the American Civil Liberties Union through social media and personally matching those donations.
Airbnb volunteers to help provide housing for impacted immigrants: The home-sharing company said that it will work with travelers and organizations to provide housing for those impacted by the executive order, whether through volunteer hosts or by funding housing.
Lyft and Uber commit millions of dollars to legal aid: On Sunday, Lyft said it will donate $1 million to the ACLU over the next four years. Later in the day, Uber said it will create a $3 million legal defense fund for impacted drivers, as well as provide legal assistance and compensate their lost wages.
Google is setting up a $2 million crisis fund: The search giant has set up a fund that will donate to the American Civil Liberties Union, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, International Rescue Committee, and UNHCR.

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