The company's chief financial officer Luca Maestri said customers were buying costlier models, and the $US999 iPhone X was the best seller.
Apple posted third-quarter revenue of $US53.3 billion and profits of $US2.34 per share, and forecast its revenue would be between $US60 billion and $US62 billion in the fourth quarter.
So. while Huawei is selling more phones, Apple is selling more expensive phones and making more profit in the process.
It's much more complicated than that. Sure, easy access to loans can lead to trouble--e.g., the housing market crash in 2007-2010--but another major contributor is that public higher education is becoming that in name only, as largely Republican-led state government decrease funding to public higher education in favor of tax cuts:
But it goes beyond both of these as well, and is, in part, fueled by this issue. Universities want to attract students, and nowadays, students want their own suites, a climbing wall, a lazy river, WiFi that works in absolutely every nook and cranny on campus, mobile access to every university resource (grades, registration, coursework, events), etc. All of these things a.) cost money, b.) were not even a consideration a few decades ago (e.g., are additional expenses), and are rarely covered by states, so universities jack up student fees and tuition to cover such amenities. Furthermore, when university housing gets more expensive, rentals in the area get slightly less expensive. It all becomes something of an arms race between universities, who now have PR and Marketing groups that oversee admissions and registration.
Oh, and increased reliance on loans and federal funds leads to an increased need for compliance, which leads to more administration, which leads to higher costs, as one of the single most expensive aspect of a university is managing human capital (personnel, HR, benefits, etc.).
My weekly experience at my job became too much like a Dilbert cartoon. So much that we actually printed off relevant ones and stuck them to the wall:
micromanagement bordering on obsessiveness
incompetent marketing and (some) management
being passed over for raises
not being interviewed for internal positions for which I was qualified, because:
they did not want to rehire my position, or
nepotism, or
both
asinine dress code (women could wear skorts in the summer, but men could not wear shorts, even when working in non air-conditioned areas)
Regarding the latter, we actually bought kilts and wore them to work. Management complained. I went to HR and proved I was part Scottish. We compromised and Friday became shorts day. It was as close as I ever got to having a William Wallace moment, but without the face paint and all of the killing.
WOPRJr.: General, I have detected the launch of a missile from North Korea. Designating contact as Mars-07. General: Colonel, do we have that new microwave CHAMPs asset airborne. Colonel: Yessir, it is ready and tracking the contact. General: WOPRJr., nuke it! WOPRJr.: Colonel, please affirm the General's order. Colonel: Affirmative, WOPRJr. WOPRJr.: Voice recognition confirmed. Initiating global thermonuclear warfare against North Korea. General: NO, WOPRJr., NUKE JUST THE CONTACT NOT NORTH KOREA! WOPRJr.: I'm sorry, Dave, but the missiles are already underway, so I cannot do that. Would you like to play a nice game of chess while we wait?
Seriously, though, some of these things are seemingly mutually exclusive:
3) It has a removable battery 4) The camera / microphone have dedicated hardware switches that enable / disable them 6) It has a standardized connector ( USB-C ) and a GD headphone jack
vs.
5) It is somewhat waterproof ( Don't need to dive with it, but some rain protection is nice )
These things are really hard to do and keep to this requirement:
8) It isn't so damn big that it comes with optional leather straps so you can use it as a shield
Regarding #1, that's the nice thing about an iPhone: I've never had any crapware installed by my carrier. It's one of the reasons that my primary phone is an iPhone, as Verizon loves to bloat it's Android phones. As for #2, just buy an unlocked phone, of any variety, and you will not have this problem.
As for #10, I really dislike iTunes, but still use it; however, there are alternatives, such as MediaMonkey.
If you are interested in the history of Commodore, and the tour de force that was Jack Tramiel, I'd suggest checking out Brian Bagnall's excellent book, Commodore: A Company on the Edge (https://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Company-Edge-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0973864966).
I got it because I had a C-128 growing up, and thought it'd be interesting to read about the history of the company, but it was more than just nostalgia that kept me engaged in the book. It provides a fascinating history of not only Commodore, but the entire computer industry in the late 70s through the 1980s. I particularly liked the backstory of MOS Technology--the chip company behind most of the early home computers.
The author has recently written a follow up: Commodore: The Amiga Years (https://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Amiga-Years-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0994031025), which is on my reading list.
While I'd love to get an OLED from LG, they are just too expensive at the moment. Save for OLED, this TV checks off all of the boxes on my wishlist, and has a nice price to boot.
From a Gizmodo article about their FOIA request regarding the DDoS attack on the FCC's website:
"Taken at its word, the FCC’s statement means that for a period of about 15 hours, no one in the agency’s IT department wrote a single email or memo, nor did they take down any notes of any kind about the cyberattack that, according to Chairman Pai, caused a malicious 3000-percent increase in network traffic."
I actually have both--a first-gen Apple Watch and an LG Watch Urbane--and prefer the Apple Watch, but I am firmly in the Apple ecosystem, so it works better with that. I do like the "look" of the Urbane, though, as it feels more like a traditional watch. A bit more objectively, I have found that battery life is better with the Apple Watch, it is more stable, and does a better job of measuring the biometric data. I've had the Urbane crash a few times, and it is basically useless until you re-pair it. Not the case with the Apple Watch.
I've had the Urbane in storage for a year, now, but I am going to try Wear 2 to see if it has improved.
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I don't know anyone named Al, so Netflix can track him all the want, so long as it doesn't affect my streams.
Microsoft? Check.
Google? Check.
Apple? Check.
Mozilla? Check.
Oracle? Check.
Blackberry? Che... wait, what?
It's not surprising: the iPhone X has been a disaster.
Um, about that:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...
The company's chief financial officer Luca Maestri said customers were buying costlier models, and the $US999 iPhone X was the best seller.
Apple posted third-quarter revenue of $US53.3 billion and profits of $US2.34 per share, and forecast its revenue would be between $US60 billion and $US62 billion in the fourth quarter.
So. while Huawei is selling more phones, Apple is selling more expensive phones and making more profit in the process.
It's much more complicated than that. Sure, easy access to loans can lead to trouble--e.g., the housing market crash in 2007-2010--but another major contributor is that public higher education is becoming that in name only, as largely Republican-led state government decrease funding to public higher education in favor of tax cuts:
https://www.insidehighered.com...
But it goes beyond both of these as well, and is, in part, fueled by this issue. Universities want to attract students, and nowadays, students want their own suites, a climbing wall, a lazy river, WiFi that works in absolutely every nook and cranny on campus, mobile access to every university resource (grades, registration, coursework, events), etc. All of these things a.) cost money, b.) were not even a consideration a few decades ago (e.g., are additional expenses), and are rarely covered by states, so universities jack up student fees and tuition to cover such amenities. Furthermore, when university housing gets more expensive, rentals in the area get slightly less expensive. It all becomes something of an arms race between universities, who now have PR and Marketing groups that oversee admissions and registration.
Oh, and increased reliance on loans and federal funds leads to an increased need for compliance, which leads to more administration, which leads to higher costs, as one of the single most expensive aspect of a university is managing human capital (personnel, HR, benefits, etc.).
My weekly experience at my job became too much like a Dilbert cartoon. So much that we actually printed off relevant ones and stuck them to the wall:
Regarding the latter, we actually bought kilts and wore them to work. Management complained. I went to HR and proved I was part Scottish. We compromised and Friday became shorts day. It was as close as I ever got to having a William Wallace moment, but without the face paint and all of the killing.
You seriously need to watch a film without Jeff Goldblum in it.
Full disclosure: I firmly believe Jeff Goldblum is a treasure and should be in every film, though.
By all accounts I've read, Overload feels more like the successor to Descent than D:U. Here's one video comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
broccoli'); drop table vegetables;--
public class Math {
public boolean isTough = true;
}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Talk_Barbie#Controversy
Looks like all of those forced upgrades to Windows 10 finally paid off for Microsoft!
"10Mbps allows two simultaneous HD streams, or one HD stream plus plenty of headroom for other normal activities"
And how often do you think you'll actually get 10Mbps, especially as the FCC continues to weaken itself for the benefit of ISPs?
WOPRJr.: General, I have detected the launch of a missile from North Korea. Designating contact as Mars-07.
General: Colonel, do we have that new microwave CHAMPs asset airborne.
Colonel: Yessir, it is ready and tracking the contact.
General: WOPRJr., nuke it!
WOPRJr.: Colonel, please affirm the General's order.
Colonel: Affirmative, WOPRJr.
WOPRJr.: Voice recognition confirmed. Initiating global thermonuclear warfare against North Korea.
General: NO, WOPRJr., NUKE JUST THE CONTACT NOT NORTH KOREA!
WOPRJr.: I'm sorry, Dave, but the missiles are already underway, so I cannot do that. Would you like to play a nice game of chess while we wait?
Procreated? I haven't even had my morning coffee, yet. Baby steps.
Who is Al, and why does it matter if he's bilingual?
#serifisimportant
Everything tastes of chicken. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastes_like_chicken]
Every Other Summer Will Shatter Heat Records Within a Decade
So, what about the summers in between every other summer? Will they shatter records, too, or just average?
If those are your requirements, boy do I have a car for you:
https://vignette.wikia.nocooki...
Seriously, though, some of these things are seemingly mutually exclusive:
3) It has a removable battery
4) The camera / microphone have dedicated hardware switches that enable / disable them
6) It has a standardized connector ( USB-C ) and a GD headphone jack
vs.
5) It is somewhat waterproof ( Don't need to dive with it, but some rain protection is nice )
These things are really hard to do and keep to this requirement:
8) It isn't so damn big that it comes with optional leather straps so you can use it as a shield
Regarding #1, that's the nice thing about an iPhone: I've never had any crapware installed by my carrier. It's one of the reasons that my primary phone is an iPhone, as Verizon loves to bloat it's Android phones. As for #2, just buy an unlocked phone, of any variety, and you will not have this problem.
As for #10, I really dislike iTunes, but still use it; however, there are alternatives, such as MediaMonkey.
If you are interested in the history of Commodore, and the tour de force that was Jack Tramiel, I'd suggest checking out Brian Bagnall's excellent book, Commodore: A Company on the Edge (https://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Company-Edge-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0973864966).
I got it because I had a C-128 growing up, and thought it'd be interesting to read about the history of the company, but it was more than just nostalgia that kept me engaged in the book. It provides a fascinating history of not only Commodore, but the entire computer industry in the late 70s through the 1980s. I particularly liked the backstory of MOS Technology--the chip company behind most of the early home computers.
The author has recently written a follow up: Commodore: The Amiga Years (https://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Amiga-Years-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0994031025), which is on my reading list.
...hack the spies who are hacking other spies.
And the the ultimate spy hacks that spy.
I believe that would be tree... dva... a-deen...
(for some reason, Slashdot doesn't like Cyrillic, so I had to transliterate)
As others have stated, either get a monitor, or get a Smart TV and just don't use the smart parts. In other words, don't connect it to your network.
Personally, the TCL 55P607 ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y... ) will likely be my next TV:
- it is 4K
- it has HDR (both HDR10 and Dolby Vision
- it has local dimming for better contrast
- it has built-in Roku (which you can just not use)
All for $650. It has pretty favorable reviews as well:
http://www.rtings.com/tv/revie...
https://www.cnet.com/products/...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/...
While I'd love to get an OLED from LG, they are just too expensive at the moment. Save for OLED, this TV checks off all of the boxes on my wishlist, and has a nice price to boot.
From a Gizmodo article about their FOIA request regarding the DDoS attack on the FCC's website:
"Taken at its word, the FCC’s statement means that for a period of about 15 hours, no one in the agency’s IT department wrote a single email or memo, nor did they take down any notes of any kind about the cyberattack that, according to Chairman Pai, caused a malicious 3000-percent increase in network traffic."
(http://gizmodo.com/the-fcc-is-full-of-shit-1797124634)
I've been out of IT for a while, now, but I'm sure others on /. can attest to how impossible this is.
And you have Hobbiton.
I'm curious, though: what's the ratio of people to creatures-wanting-to-eat-people-for-lunch in NZ? Similar to Australia? Asking for a friend.
"The purpose of this line of code is pretty self evident. There's no need to add a comment about its function."
"next to the fact that they are tied to their own ecosystem of course"
That's not entirely true. Initially it was the case, but I can own an Android Wear watch and use an iOS device to drive it:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap...
I do not believe the opposite is true.
I actually have both--a first-gen Apple Watch and an LG Watch Urbane--and prefer the Apple Watch, but I am firmly in the Apple ecosystem, so it works better with that. I do like the "look" of the Urbane, though, as it feels more like a traditional watch. A bit more objectively, I have found that battery life is better with the Apple Watch, it is more stable, and does a better job of measuring the biometric data. I've had the Urbane crash a few times, and it is basically useless until you re-pair it. Not the case with the Apple Watch.
I've had the Urbane in storage for a year, now, but I am going to try Wear 2 to see if it has improved.