exactly.  and many of these "degrees" would not pass accreditation in USA

BINGO church!  and that's exactly what is happening with the H-1B visa system.  and it covers ALL the technical skills

It'll be useful for home based businesses.  small businesses that can design and manufacture products with essentually open tooling.  i don't know how many are around like this, but my business sells a small product.  i paid $10k for tooling 6 years ago.  while the tooling paid for itself, i would still like the flexib...more

the only guy i know who made money on FB stock is a friend who was given stock by FB and sold it on day 1.

yep.  if it crashes i just go to another free site.  i toyed with the idea of posting my pottery tool ad there.  i see other pottery suppliers have ads.  however for us, it we're in the business, we know our local suppliers.    i had a kitchen tool idea i abandoned last year.  i looked into getting ads as part of ...more

i guess as it relates to stocks and value, it gets traffic.  but i've been trained since the inception of the web to ignor ads and ad links.  it's not a shoping site.  for things like that, i go to amazon

exactly!  i'm a mechanical engineer, obviously in a different industry from you, and see the very same thing occuring.    quietly "we" are being told we need more H-1B approvals due to shortages in technical people.  those in the industry know better.    "we" are being lied to by the government and media (who...more

FB has been useful in my side interest of pottery or art in general.  i've traced real sales for my pottery tool to FB.  as well as webhits from FB.    meanwhile, i keep everything very generic.  i post pottery pictures, visit groups of the same interest, and burn only about 1/2 an hour a day on the site.    ...more

3D printing has been around since about 1988.  however it's use was focused mainly on manufacturing companies.  they were able to prototype new designs and produce them in 24 hours cutting development time down remarkably fast.    note how toro gained the sprinkler market while rainbird floundered?  that's because...more