• nohaybanda [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    Those perfidious Asiatics, offering competitive salaries to experienced engineers! Very anti-competitive. I know what we should do - we can quadruple down on harassing researchers and professionals with Chinese origins. Heck, anyone vaguely Asian will do.

    • AernaLingus [any]@hexbear.net
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      1 day ago

      I found this line very funny:

      State funding for Chinese companies enables them to offer salaries beyond what Western companies can pay.

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      ASML made €8 billion in net income in 2023. TSMC, $30 billion (not Western, but mentioned in the same breath). I’m sure they could scrounge a few coins from under the couch cushions to match salaries if they wanted to.