No one asked for this feature, but Apple wants to give it to us anyway.
That is what Apple has always done. If they wait till customers are asking for a feature, then that feature is so obvious that everyone will be doing it. So they stay out in front by anticipating needs.
Since this has made them the world's most valuable company, it is silly to say it is not a smart strategy.
Could be just me, but I never had requirement for the phone to be police-proof.
But some people do need protection from the police. If you don't speak up for their rights, there will be no one left to speak up when the police come for you.
You can feel complacent about your freedom only because other people have fought and sacrificed for you.
Most big American companies incorporate in Delaware. Delaware corporate law is considered "standard" and is by far the most well known by lawyers and financiers. There is rarely a sensible reason to incorporate in another state, unless you are so small that the $100 annual fee is significant.
I once saw a presentation by Kleiner Perkins on "How to get VC funding". This was the first item on their list:
1. Incorporate in Delaware
If you are too boneheaded to get that right, they consider you too clueless to succeed.
(for tax purposes)
State of incorporation makes almost no difference in taxation. Microsoft would actually pay slightly less tax if they incorporated in Washington.
None of the CEOs mentioned in TFA claim to be libertarians. Of those that have taken public political positions, most of the are liberals/progressives.
they're greedy douchebags who expect to find cheap labor they can exploit
They have located their companies in the World's most expensive labor market, and they have agreed to accommodate the unions and raise pay despite no legal obligation to do so.
Sure. Tapeworms make great pets - they go where you go, eat what you eat, they're quiet, not messy, etc.
They can also help you lose weight. Some types of parasitic worms suppress the immune system, and can be used to treat autoimmune disorders, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, and asthma.
Cost of living in the Bay Area is high, but so are salaries. If you are willing to scrimp and sleep several to a room you can come out way ahead. Syrian refugees tend to be educated, and they are mostly doing pretty well economically.
A big part of assimilating refugees is cultural fit. The Bay Area is very ethnically diverse, and has a relatively high muslim population. There are several muslim families in my neighborhood in San Jose (Palestinian, Pakistani, Punjabi). So Syrians should fit right in.
Hmm? Been having budget surpluses the last few years.
That is actually part of the problem. California's taxes are highly progressive and mostly based on income tax. Wealthy people tend to have highly variable incomes. So when times are good, California's budget racks up huge surpluses, and politicians being politicians, they tend to squander the surpluses on vote-winning boondoggles. Then a few years later, a recession comes along and the economic pendulum swings the other way. The revenues dry up, and we are locked into spending that we can no longer afford.
This is also why the "boom and bust" cycle is stronger in California than in many other states. Because of the volatile nature of government tax receipts, the government tends to overspend in good times, heating up an already frothy economy, while yanking spending at the very time some stimulus is needed.
The answer, of course, is long term planning and fiscal restraint, but you don't win elections by being a naggy sourpuss.
Adam Smith also mentioned inequality. So does that make him a Marxist as well?
Karl Marx advocated government ownership of the means of production, take by force from the capitalists, without compensation. Please follow the link in TFA to the textbook, and see if you can find even a single passage that advocates anything even remotely comparable.
The people writing a textbook based on idiotic Marxist dogma?
Look, they may lean left, they may even believe in Social Justice, but there is no "Marxist dogma" about globalization and climate change. If you click on the link, and skim the book, you can see that their views are more in line with Thomas Piketty than Karl Marx. Calling them "Marxists" makes about as much sense as calling Milton Friedman a Nazi (yes, people have done that too).
which can cost up to three hundred dollars, or even more
I love expressions like this. It encompasses any value from -infinity to +infinity, thus conveying absolutely no information whatsoever. It takes real skill to write something so vacuous.
Marxism has failed every real world test it's been put to.
Who is the Marxist? The socialist government textbook monopolists extorting money from bourgeoisie students, or the people providing a free alternative?
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." ~ Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of US patent office (1899)
Not true. Commissioner Duell never said that, and what he actually said was pretty much the exact opposite:
In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century will witness. I almost wish that I might live my life over again to see the wonders which are at the threshold. -- Charles H. Duell 1902
I think self-consciousness is even more mysterious than life.
"Self-consciousness" is not a scientific concept. There is no falsifiable test. You may "feel" that you are self-conscious, but there is no objective reason for me to believe that you are.
Much like "small business". Seriously, look at specific companies named when talking about "small businesses".
Everyone knows that small businesses are good, and big corporations are evil. So there is a lot of political pressure to redefine smallness so that bigger companies can be "good".
Companies with 1500 employees can get taxpayer subsidized "small business" loans.
Slashdot Mirror
What if you're disguised for some special occasion or just wearing makeup?
Then the facial recognition doesn't work, and you type your passcode instead.
No one asked for this feature, but Apple wants to give it to us anyway.
That is what Apple has always done. If they wait till customers are asking for a feature, then that feature is so obvious that everyone will be doing it. So they stay out in front by anticipating needs.
Since this has made them the world's most valuable company, it is silly to say it is not a smart strategy.
Could be just me, but I never had requirement for the phone to be police-proof.
But some people do need protection from the police. If you don't speak up for their rights, there will be no one left to speak up when the police come for you.
You can feel complacent about your freedom only because other people have fought and sacrificed for you.
their corporate headquarters is in Delaware
Most big American companies incorporate in Delaware. Delaware corporate law is considered "standard" and is by far the most well known by lawyers and financiers. There is rarely a sensible reason to incorporate in another state, unless you are so small that the $100 annual fee is significant.
I once saw a presentation by Kleiner Perkins on "How to get VC funding". This was the first item on their list:
1. Incorporate in Delaware
If you are too boneheaded to get that right, they consider you too clueless to succeed.
(for tax purposes)
State of incorporation makes almost no difference in taxation. Microsoft would actually pay slightly less tax if they incorporated in Washington.
They're not libertarians
None of the CEOs mentioned in TFA claim to be libertarians. Of those that have taken public political positions, most of the are liberals/progressives.
they're greedy douchebags who expect to find cheap labor they can exploit
They have located their companies in the World's most expensive labor market, and they have agreed to accommodate the unions and raise pay despite no legal obligation to do so.
San Francisco loves its left wingers, but somehow the economic side of that is left in the dust.
California in general, and SF in particular, have very pro-union laws snd policies, so I don't think there is any hypocrisy there.
If you want to see hypocrisy, look at how prosperous urban California uses exclusionary zoning to keep the poor out of their cities.
Is a moron we can do without.
We are doing alright without Variola major .
None other than the Father of AGW's name is one that paper, Michael Mann.
Sorry, but not even Michael Mann gets to skip peer review.
Why are you in such a hurry? The truth will come out. In the meantime, just relax, calm down, and have a cup of cocoa.
Sure. Tapeworms make great pets - they go where you go, eat what you eat, they're quiet, not messy, etc.
They can also help you lose weight. Some types of parasitic worms suppress the immune system, and can be used to treat autoimmune disorders, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, and asthma.
They tend to be sikhs who were the ones defending India from muslims.
San Jose has the largest Sikh temple in North America, so I know a Muslim from a Sikh. Punjab has plenty of both. So does San Jose.
Cost of living in the Bay Area is high, but so are salaries. If you are willing to scrimp and sleep several to a room you can come out way ahead. Syrian refugees tend to be educated, and they are mostly doing pretty well economically.
A big part of assimilating refugees is cultural fit. The Bay Area is very ethnically diverse, and has a relatively high muslim population. There are several muslim families in my neighborhood in San Jose (Palestinian, Pakistani, Punjabi). So Syrians should fit right in.
Hmm? Been having budget surpluses the last few years.
That is actually part of the problem. California's taxes are highly progressive and mostly based on income tax. Wealthy people tend to have highly variable incomes. So when times are good, California's budget racks up huge surpluses, and politicians being politicians, they tend to squander the surpluses on vote-winning boondoggles. Then a few years later, a recession comes along and the economic pendulum swings the other way. The revenues dry up, and we are locked into spending that we can no longer afford.
This is also why the "boom and bust" cycle is stronger in California than in many other states. Because of the volatile nature of government tax receipts, the government tends to overspend in good times, heating up an already frothy economy, while yanking spending at the very time some stimulus is needed.
The answer, of course, is long term planning and fiscal restraint, but you don't win elections by being a naggy sourpuss.
There is no objective reason for me to believe that you exist.
There are objective falsifiable tests for determining if something is real. For instance, does it continue to exist when you stop believing in it?
I am conscious of my existence, therefore, self-consciousness exists.
That is simply an appeal to intuition. You could say the same thing to "prove" free will, or the existence of your soul.
What are your objections to the mirror test?
That it is easy to fake. An ELIZA level bot could be easily programmed to give reasonable answers to questions about self-recognition.
They did specifically mention inequality
Adam Smith also mentioned inequality. So does that make him a Marxist as well?
Karl Marx advocated government ownership of the means of production, take by force from the capitalists, without compensation. Please follow the link in TFA to the textbook, and see if you can find even a single passage that advocates anything even remotely comparable.
The people writing a textbook based on idiotic Marxist dogma?
Look, they may lean left, they may even believe in Social Justice, but there is no "Marxist dogma" about globalization and climate change. If you click on the link, and skim the book, you can see that their views are more in line with Thomas Piketty than Karl Marx. Calling them "Marxists" makes about as much sense as calling Milton Friedman a Nazi (yes, people have done that too).
which can cost up to three hundred dollars, or even more
I love expressions like this. It encompasses any value from -infinity to +infinity, thus conveying absolutely no information whatsoever. It takes real skill to write something so vacuous.
Marxism has failed every real world test it's been put to.
Who is the Marxist? The socialist government textbook monopolists extorting money from bourgeoisie students, or the people providing a free alternative?
Do you think that happened with ANY of the listed companies?
The billion $ corporations listed in TFA are not typical startups.
Uber was funded entirely out of the founders' pockets?
Of course not. But thousands of other startups were.
I see. So according to you:
1. A "startup" is a company funded by a "VC".
2. A "VC" is someone that funds a "startup".
That is tautologically vacuous, but certainly consistent!
Which came first, the startup or the VC?
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
~ Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of US patent office (1899)
Not true. Commissioner Duell never said that, and what he actually said was pretty much the exact opposite:
In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century will witness. I almost wish that I might live my life over again to see the wonders which are at the threshold. -- Charles H. Duell 1902
I think self-consciousness is even more mysterious than life.
"Self-consciousness" is not a scientific concept. There is no falsifiable test. You may "feel" that you are self-conscious, but there is no objective reason for me to believe that you are.
We can only make things so small.
There is still plenty of room at the bottom. Conventional transistors can't get much smaller, but that just means we need some unconventional innovation.
Much like "small business". Seriously, look at specific companies named when talking about "small businesses".
Everyone knows that small businesses are good, and big corporations are evil. So there is a lot of political pressure to redefine smallness so that bigger companies can be "good".
Companies with 1500 employees can get taxpayer subsidized "small business" loans.
... any VC backed company that has not yet achieved a positive ROI.
The majority of tech startups never seek VC funding.