Posts by JonathanH

Uncle Sam sounds like it may actually do something about rampant visa H-1B fraud

Re: Lol-1 visa

One does not "apply" for an E visa - you have to be sponsored by your employer. The process is long and costly, so usually the route is that staff come in on an H-1B, then eventually the employer may apply for adjustment of status to an E visa.

Seagate UK customer stung by VAT on replacement drive shipped via the Netherlands

Re: they can reserve up to 14 days from the 90 during the year,

Indeed!

This is something that has already been highlighted in the context of UK businesses sending staffers to the EU - yet many businesses are still very unaware.

I don't know how the immigration officials in most EU nations are in terms of this (by virtue of having freedom of movement until recently and tending to travel more to the US), but once COVID is under control and things return to "normal" there may be some nasty surprises ahead for some folks.

But hey-ho - this is (along with the other issues) all a price worth paying according to some...

Freezing in Newcastle? You're not alone: For one lonesome creature, the world stopped on 31 Dec 2020

Re: Maybe someone forgot the UX testing of the location?

It's more that the station used to be completely open, and there were shops and stalls in the area this ATM is located.

Then in around 2010 ticket gates were installed by National Express East Coast in response to a non-existent problem, which caused a reshuffle of how some areas of the station were used. Initially the 4 main ATMs, plus a newsagent, the station toilets and several other food outlets were stuck behind the gates!

The things are more trouble than they're worth, disrupting the flow of passengers in a number of places, manned on an arbitrary basis, and after all this time still unable to read local tickets and passes.

They should have been ripped out like their counterparts at Durham which were foolishly installed at the same time.

Mac OS X Lion debuts in July as $29.99 upgrade

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Im sure it will only be a matter of time before someone finds a way to create a DVD from the download...

I wonder if this is more in an effort to try and stop people buying the disk once and installing it on all their (and their friends) machines, without going down the Microsoft product key and activation route?

Either way, if a 4GB download is required each time, with my connection speeds I'll not be upgrading...

BT network goes titsup up north

O' RLY?

You're clearly not truly redundant then...