The reveal of a demo device is nothing. At apple's size they spend a lot of money building out the assembly lines and buying the machines and those need to be used for years to make the devices profitable. And even if they don't make a part, they need to sign contracts with suppliers that last years.
I remember some of the original hockey puck apple TV's had CPU's that were basically rejects from what got used in iphones but were good enough for something else. Still have to pay to have them made, why junk them?
all the job sites, ebay and craigslist functions were originally controlled by the newspapers. if you wanted a job in NYC, you bought the Sunday NY Times. if you wanted to hire someone, you advertised in a newspaper.
They acted snobby when the internet came and watched their revenues vaporize
the best tech workers seem to be the ones making cool stuff like F-22's and new aircraft carriers and drones. Not writing python scripts that are in perpetual beta
If it wasn't for the armed forces investing lots of money in this stuff in the last 3/4 of a century most of you kiddies wouldn't have a job today except maybe factory work
Intel started making memory chips for Minuteman missiles
the internet and everything around it was originally a DoD program to build a network that could survive a nuclear war
CPU development was originally financed by the military
The ENIAC was built to calculate artillery fire tables
NASA was a civilian program to build ballistic missiles that just happened to buy lots of then new mainframes
DARPA funded the original AI and machine learning research as part of the war in Afghanistan.
the US military was one of Microsoft's first customers and even used Windows and SQL server on ships in the 90's.
The Army was buying tens of thousands of Exchange and office licenses in the 90's.
Their price for a certain brand of bottled water varies daily. Sometimes it goes up by 50% or so from the week before. They scrap amazon prices and price it the same.
Most of the work is hearing testimony from the agencies they oversee which is done in sub-committee and committee. Then there is confirmation for thousands of federal executive employees which is also committee work.
And most of the work of drafting laws is done by their staffs and testimony from stakeholders to their relevant committees and sub-committees along with several congressional committees meeting to iron out language differences
The actual floor debate you fall asleep to on C-SPAN is BS and a tiny part of the process
it's an expense when you loan the money and then you put the amount owed as receivables onto your balance sheet and recognize the repayments as revenue
i have a family member who did just this with his store outside of manhattan. Now the area is growing and getting more expensive but since he owns the building, he's set.
Lots of diners and other small businesses did this and some are cashing out by selling the land for tens of millions of $$$ and closing their worthless business.
the microphone on those is closer to the mouth or with the apple airpods they are supposed to detect your voice via bone movement or something like that
In the 80's we had lots of celeb and other magazines along with shows like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. In the 90's we had America's Funniest Home videos.
All this blended into social media and Youtube
Even then the whole point of magazines was to put advertising in front of your eyes. The content was secondary. And the subscription prices never covered the costs of running the magazine.
Most jobs they will give you a chance to change your job in the organization if you're willing to learn.
Union shops the people are like retarts and refuse to do any other job except what is specified in the contract. and the unions refuse to allow people to retrain and demand new employees all the time
probably the same way as Face ID and the one at Universal theme parks. At universal if you have the rich people express cut the line pass they scan the ticket and then your face to make sure you don't share the tickets with a friend.
It mathematically measures your face and allows some amount of error
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The reveal of a demo device is nothing. At apple's size they spend a lot of money building out the assembly lines and buying the machines and those need to be used for years to make the devices profitable. And even if they don't make a part, they need to sign contracts with suppliers that last years.
I remember some of the original hockey puck apple TV's had CPU's that were basically rejects from what got used in iphones but were good enough for something else. Still have to pay to have them made, why junk them?
If you figure $50 an hour for labor, you're looking paying over $100 in labor and parts when you can just buy new ones for $150
all the job sites, ebay and craigslist functions were originally controlled by the newspapers. if you wanted a job in NYC, you bought the Sunday NY Times. if you wanted to hire someone, you advertised in a newspaper.
They acted snobby when the internet came and watched their revenues vaporize
the trade in values for disc games are so bad it's not worth buying them. just buy the digital during the periodic sales
when you need him to fight for people's rights
up until chapter 11 it was one of the largest health insurance companies and a bank that just happened to make cars.
when the hardware becomes a commodity and profit margins drop, you suck up all the money spent around your hardware
$10 a month, why would anyone want to pay $1 for one song?
the best tech workers seem to be the ones making cool stuff like F-22's and new aircraft carriers and drones. Not writing python scripts that are in perpetual beta
If it wasn't for the armed forces investing lots of money in this stuff in the last 3/4 of a century most of you kiddies wouldn't have a job today except maybe factory work
Intel started making memory chips for Minuteman missiles
the internet and everything around it was originally a DoD program to build a network that could survive a nuclear war
CPU development was originally financed by the military
The ENIAC was built to calculate artillery fire tables
NASA was a civilian program to build ballistic missiles that just happened to buy lots of then new mainframes
DARPA funded the original AI and machine learning research as part of the war in Afghanistan.
the US military was one of Microsoft's first customers and even used Windows and SQL server on ships in the 90's.
The Army was buying tens of thousands of Exchange and office licenses in the 90's.
nobody gives a shit about your town with 5 people in it
Their price for a certain brand of bottled water varies daily. Sometimes it goes up by 50% or so from the week before. They scrap amazon prices and price it the same.
Just need to make some FTL engines
And all you old people know what comes next
Classic 90's Microsoft
I've scratched my share of game disks and with the amount of games I have, the last thing i want is 100 boxes of games cluttering up my home
if PC games were still sold in boxes we wouldn't have 1/4 the variety you see on Steam these days. None of the indies would be able to survive
I save a few GB by going to the gym, reading books and doing other stuff instead of watching TV 24x7
Most of the work is hearing testimony from the agencies they oversee which is done in sub-committee and committee. Then there is confirmation for thousands of federal executive employees which is also committee work.
And most of the work of drafting laws is done by their staffs and testimony from stakeholders to their relevant committees and sub-committees along with several congressional committees meeting to iron out language differences
The actual floor debate you fall asleep to on C-SPAN is BS and a tiny part of the process
Is this a trick question? USA has been helping dictators for decades
it's an expense when you loan the money and then you put the amount owed as receivables onto your balance sheet and recognize the repayments as revenue
i have a family member who did just this with his store outside of manhattan. Now the area is growing and getting more expensive but since he owns the building, he's set.
Lots of diners and other small businesses did this and some are cashing out by selling the land for tens of millions of $$$ and closing their worthless business.
some people have brains and bought the property their business is in
every store charges manufacturers for the best floor space. been this way for decades. especially the displays by the check out lines
the microphone on those is closer to the mouth or with the apple airpods they are supposed to detect your voice via bone movement or something like that
In the 80's we had lots of celeb and other magazines along with shows like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. In the 90's we had America's Funniest Home videos.
All this blended into social media and Youtube
Even then the whole point of magazines was to put advertising in front of your eyes. The content was secondary. And the subscription prices never covered the costs of running the magazine.
Most jobs they will give you a chance to change your job in the organization if you're willing to learn.
Union shops the people are like retarts and refuse to do any other job except what is specified in the contract. and the unions refuse to allow people to retrain and demand new employees all the time
probably the same way as Face ID and the one at Universal theme parks. At universal if you have the rich people express cut the line pass they scan the ticket and then your face to make sure you don't share the tickets with a friend.
It mathematically measures your face and allows some amount of error