Makes sense - in 2003 the landscape was very different. I bought a first-generation consumer plasma - 480p - and kept it for about 10 years. Still worked great, but 1080p had finally happened and it was time to move on.
WeChat isn't IRC - it's a platform on which basically everything runs that's your typical user in China regularly uses. There's a reason TenCent is as big as Alibaba.
Bluray is a kind of DVD (which is technically a kind of laser disk, though with the different form factor it makes more sense not to call it that). It's still DVDs in the mail.
Man, I remember when Sony made good stuff - before the sonytimer was the norm. Why not just get a plasma for a lot less, and get the same color quality? I'm waiting for OLED to come down to plasma prices, and mature a little quality-wise, but if it weren't for the jump to 4K I wouldn't bother (and you need a screen that's a bit oversized for comfortable viewing to even notice 4K, but my living room is a bit small so I might as well).
Actually, that's an argument for why Apple's top designers, engineers, etc should be being paid $8.75 million, not the CEO.
Lots of "designers" in the world. Senior Apple engineers make around $240k per Glassdoor--I'm sure "top" ones do better--so they're doing OK. Pay is all about the use usefulness of one additional person in the role, vs the difficulty in hiring one additional person. Credible CEO candidates for large orgs are rare, and you only hire one of them, so it pays more.
Just don't put it on your wi-fi. Mine has an ethernet port, which I've used a couple times to get firmware updates, but now that it seems stable I won't even do that. None of the "smart" features are a problem without a network connection.
All I get on Netflix streaming is "content will be be removed soon". Their streaming technology is OK (hate the client UI, but that's different), but that's only useful if I like one of the six programs they have left.
I wish I saw a good (legal) alternative to DVDs in the mail, but I still don't.
It is a larger change from the Plasma -> LCD switch that happened years ago.
People changed from plasma to LCD? Not me - plasma looks great. LCD looks washed out and can't display black.
But it's an incremental upgrade in quality. Clearly most people don't care much about color fidelity, or LCD never would have taken off. Compared to plasma, OLED has some incremental advantages, mostly lower power consumption.
The way it works is the parent gives consent, according to the privacy policy, EULA, and whatever else, by allowing the child to use the service. Fairly twisted, but that's law for you.
At least they're openly stating in clear language what their business model is.
Your argument is what jealousy is. It's how young children think: he has more it's not fair. CEOs make more because of supply and demand, like most jobs. They make about the same as professional athletes and top-tier entertainers, and for the same reason: scale.
The same math works for almost every CEO, is the thing. You're not getting paid noticeably less because your CEO is paid well - it just doesn't work that way. Jealousy and envy are not good character traits.
It's still a bit unclear how BTC will be taxed (new tax law is never settled until there's a court case that can set precedent on corner cases). If it's taxed as a collectable (like gold coins), then it's a 28% rate regardless, which really sucks. If it's taxed as an investment (or currency) then you get significantly lower long term capital gains, worth keeping track of.
In the US, every sale of BTC is taxable, so you must provide a sales price and cost basis. If you have 100 CC charges, that's a 100 line spreadsheet for taxes. Not exactly convenient. OTOH, if the CC provider gave you all of that in a report: much easier.
But....but.....her magic vagina was supposed to solve all our problems. The liberals PROMISED!
Hey, now, She drove Yahoo into the ground just as efficiently and dramatically as any male CEO could have! She also vacuumed up huge amounts (bigly!) of investor money. Truly, as competent as any male CEO. What did you imagine the skill set of a CEO was?
This, of course, exists. It wasn't reasonable to set up until China allowed direct outsider ownership of Chinese stocks, which was a recent change, but arbitrage opportunities are rarely missed. More practically, there are some useful ETFs that trade on US exchanges in US hours. E.g., I use CQQQ to get exposure to companies like Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu. Whether that's a smart investment is a different question, but it's a very practical one.
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Makes sense - in 2003 the landscape was very different. I bought a first-generation consumer plasma - 480p - and kept it for about 10 years. Still worked great, but 1080p had finally happened and it was time to move on.
WeChat isn't IRC - it's a platform on which basically everything runs that's your typical user in China regularly uses. There's a reason TenCent is as big as Alibaba.
Bluray is a kind of DVD (which is technically a kind of laser disk, though with the different form factor it makes more sense not to call it that). It's still DVDs in the mail.
Man, I remember when Sony made good stuff - before the sonytimer was the norm. Why not just get a plasma for a lot less, and get the same color quality? I'm waiting for OLED to come down to plasma prices, and mature a little quality-wise, but if it weren't for the jump to 4K I wouldn't bother (and you need a screen that's a bit oversized for comfortable viewing to even notice 4K, but my living room is a bit small so I might as well).
Actually, that's an argument for why Apple's top designers, engineers, etc should be being paid $8.75 million, not the CEO.
Lots of "designers" in the world. Senior Apple engineers make around $240k per Glassdoor--I'm sure "top" ones do better--so they're doing OK. Pay is all about the use usefulness of one additional person in the role, vs the difficulty in hiring one additional person. Credible CEO candidates for large orgs are rare, and you only hire one of them, so it pays more.
Just don't put it on your wi-fi. Mine has an ethernet port, which I've used a couple times to get firmware updates, but now that it seems stable I won't even do that. None of the "smart" features are a problem without a network connection.
All I get on Netflix streaming is "content will be be removed soon". Their streaming technology is OK (hate the client UI, but that's different), but that's only useful if I like one of the six programs they have left.
I wish I saw a good (legal) alternative to DVDs in the mail, but I still don't.
It is a larger change from the Plasma -> LCD switch that happened years ago.
People changed from plasma to LCD? Not me - plasma looks great. LCD looks washed out and can't display black.
But it's an incremental upgrade in quality. Clearly most people don't care much about color fidelity, or LCD never would have taken off. Compared to plasma, OLED has some incremental advantages, mostly lower power consumption.
The way it works is the parent gives consent, according to the privacy policy, EULA, and whatever else, by allowing the child to use the service. Fairly twisted, but that's law for you.
At least they're openly stating in clear language what their business model is.
Fair point, I forget the journalists, but they're even less trustworthy.
Your argument is what jealousy is. It's how young children think: he has more it's not fair. CEOs make more because of supply and demand, like most jobs. They make about the same as professional athletes and top-tier entertainers, and for the same reason: scale.
The trick is not BEING in business. The trick is STAYING in business.
Seeing as Apple is the most successful business of all time..
Standard Oil says hi - see you in 100 years and we'll talk.
Yeap, Use the mouse to push the power button. duh!
Well played, AC.
Is there even a GUI way to shut down Ubuntu?
You just reformat the hard drive, and then install Windows 7 (or your other preferred flavor). Easy as two simple steps!
fdisk, format, re-install
doo-dah doo-dah
patch without the phone-home calls
oh the doo-dah day
Win10 stuck in a big mud hole
doo-dah doo-dah
Cant touch bottom with a ten-foot pole
Oh the doo dah day
Gonna patch all night,
Gonna patch all day,
Same old story, different day
Oh the doo dah day
The same math works for almost every CEO, is the thing. You're not getting paid noticeably less because your CEO is paid well - it just doesn't work that way. Jealousy and envy are not good character traits.
Don't go around believing politicians. It's a poor life strategy, and makes you look foolish.
If Apple craters the company by ignoring customer feedback it will be, what, the third time?
It's still a bit unclear how BTC will be taxed (new tax law is never settled until there's a court case that can set precedent on corner cases). If it's taxed as a collectable (like gold coins), then it's a 28% rate regardless, which really sucks. If it's taxed as an investment (or currency) then you get significantly lower long term capital gains, worth keeping track of.
In the US, every sale of BTC is taxable, so you must provide a sales price and cost basis. If you have 100 CC charges, that's a 100 line spreadsheet for taxes. Not exactly convenient. OTOH, if the CC provider gave you all of that in a report: much easier.
Holy shit, this exists. I blame you for me learning about it.
Nope: the total stock held by these special markets is a small percentage of the total stock. No way to sell 20% of a company that way.
But....but.....her magic vagina was supposed to solve all our problems. The liberals PROMISED!
Hey, now, She drove Yahoo into the ground just as efficiently and dramatically as any male CEO could have! She also vacuumed up huge amounts (bigly!) of investor money. Truly, as competent as any male CEO. What did you imagine the skill set of a CEO was?
This, of course, exists. It wasn't reasonable to set up until China allowed direct outsider ownership of Chinese stocks, which was a recent change, but arbitrage opportunities are rarely missed. More practically, there are some useful ETFs that trade on US exchanges in US hours. E.g., I use CQQQ to get exposure to companies like Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu. Whether that's a smart investment is a different question, but it's a very practical one.
Bah, these neologisms. "... its suckfullness was embiggened and enstrongulated by ... " The traditional words just sound better.