Hillary's congressional mentor was a KKK member. I'm sure you hold her to the same standards? No...what a surprise.
I don't give a crap about Hillary's mentor, or her email server, or how many people she killed in Benghazi. I didn't vote for her because she opposes accountability in schools, flip-flopped on TPP, and is too interventionist on foreign policy. These things are ACTUAL ISSUES. Since there was no way I was voting for Trump either (again, because of ACTUAL ISSUES), I voted for Gary Johnson.
There are some hobbyists that collect AOL CDs. There were more than 4000 different AOL CDs sent out over the years, and some people have collected them all. If you have some rare specimens, they might be worth more than their weight in gold. Alas, I just tossed all of mine in the trash as soon as they arrived in the mail, unaware of the potential treasure I was holding in my hand.
Also, a US factory worker costs at least 10 times as much as a Chinese worker. If it costs $10 in Chinese labor, its at least $100 for US labor.
No. Americans are far more productive than Chinese. The better productivity does not make up for the higher wages (if it did, everything would be made in America), but it makes up for much of it. So $10 in Chinese labor can be replaced with $20 in American labor, just as Foxconn claims.
So, it's ok for him to say racist & misogynistic stuff
No it is no "ok", but it also doesn't necessarily mean he is racist. If I was running for president, would I want David Duke to vote for me? YES, I would. Every extra vote helps. If I was asked by a reporter if I wanted David Duke to vote for me, what would I say? I would say "NO", because that is the politically correct thing to say, and too many Americans are too stupid to understand the difference between desiring someone's vote and agreeing with them. Since Donald doesn't filter what he says through political correctness (or rational analysis) he didn't disavow David Duke. But, to his credit, he did try to weasel out of it later by blaming it on a bad earpiece.
Tossing around insults like "racist", "misogynist" and "fascist" doesn't help to win elections. Instead, the Democrats should have talked about what they could do to help working class people. They abjectly failed to do that. It is ironic how the Republicans are perceived to be the party of the working class, while the Democrats are seen as controlled by the elite.
False. All votes are counted, absentee or otherwise.
Indeed. One reason for this is that the ballots contain many many votes for things other than the presidential election. There are local, state, and congressional elections, as well as referendums and ballot initiatives. I vote by mail, and my ballot was four pages long.
I don't think Donald is racist or misogynistic. He is just tone-deaf to political correctness, and has no filter between his brain and his mouth. So he says things that would indeed be racist if they were said by someone that ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. But he doesn't do that, so he shouldn't be judged by the same standard.
There were women in high levels in the Trump organization, and in his campaign, and by most accounts he treated them fairly. He also worked well with blacks and gays. There is some evidence he discriminated against blacks when marketing the condos in his towers, but the evidence is weak, and was likely motivated by business rather than by prejudice.
I didn't vote for the guy, and I don't like him. But calling him a "racist, misogynistic fascist" is hyperbole. He is another Berlusconi, not another Mussolini.
You know....I hope they find exactly who did the break-ins AND the meddling and there are consequences for that.
I totally agree that there should be consequences for whoever exposed this corruption. Maybe a Congressional Gold Medal, or a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Facebook is a tarbaby for the 'look at me, look at me!' crowd. Thank dog they are there, think how bad the S/N ratio would be if those morons were on the wider net.
Thank you for this thoughtful and eloquent post. You are not like those Facebook people, who post meaningless blather that adds nothing to the betterment of humanity. You are obviously so much better than them.
On the other hand, parts for making ONE phone would be $250.
No. The $250 component cost is based on the volume pricing offered to Apple. If you bought one each of the components, it would cost you far more than that, if they were available at all.
There is nothing in the article which makes this claim. Did you read it from another source?
No, I got it from a different resource called "my brain" using a technique called "thinking". There is no reason whatsoever that component costs will significantly change just because the phone is assembled in America. Only assembly costs would change.
The article clearly states...
The article does not "clearly" state anything. It is muddled writing by an incompetent journalist.
They pay what they are legally required to pay. How much extra money have you voluntarily donated to the IRS? Nothing? Then why should Apple?
Apple is hold revenue off their books in order to not pay taxes.
No, they hold it overseas, which is not "off the books". If you think it is absurd for the US government to incentivize companies to invest outside America, then you should complain about it to congress, not to Apple.
When so many corporations get around their taxes completely, what can cuts do.
A lot. One of the reasons that corporate tax payments are so low is because the rates are so high, so corporations have a big incentive to lobby for loopholes, and pay accountants to exploit them. If they pay an accountant $80k, and he finds $81k of tax reduction, then it is worth it to the corporation to employ that accountant, but it is an $80k dead loss to society.
Taxes should be simple and fair, and they should incentivize good behavior. Our current corporate taxes do none of that. They are immensely complicated, very unfair (two near identical companies can have dramatically different tax rates), and the incentivize a lot of harmful behavior, like shipping jobs and capital overseas.
We need to cut the rates, eliminate the loopholes, and get rid of the idiotic extraterritorial taxation that is done by no other country on the planet.
Disclaimer: My wife and I run a software business that is incorporated. I spend a lot of time reading up on tax laws. That is time that I could otherwise spend on productive activities. But it is worth it, because we pay near zero income taxes. Oh, and here is how many Americans we employ: 0. Our sysadmin is in Shanghai, our graphic artist is in Karachi, etc. You can thank your government for that.
That's not how profit works. There are a bunch of other costs which eat into that number, such as designing, engineering and proving the device just to name a few.
You seem to be unfamiliar with the term "marginal profit". Lmgtfy.
So they would make $300+ per iphone rather than $500+ per iphone. It's still over a 100% markup, so I fail to see much of a problem.
No. The component cost would not double. Only the labor cost. The component cost for an iPhone 7 is estimated to be about $250, and the assembly labor is estimated to be about $10. The average sale price is $649, leaving a marginal profit of roughly $390 per phone. If the cost of assembly doubled, that would decline to $380.
The figures would be different if the component manufacturing was also Americanized, but since most of the components are made by Asian companies, I don't see that happening.
Disclaimer: I didn't vote for Trump, and I think the government telling companies where to make their products is idiotic, but, at least in this case, it would make little difference in the price.
Not anymore. Ethereum ASICs have been available since August. GPUs can no longer compete. Ethereum mining takes much more memory than bitcoin, so it doesn't scale as well when going from GPU to ASIC, but the cost saving is still substantial.
When is the last time the British Navy fired an anti-ship missile from a ship?
Ideally, you have a military, not to fight your enemies, but to deter them.
Almost 40 years? Seriously.
Tomahawks are used by the Royal Navy as anti-ship missiles. They are also used against land targets. They were last fired in action by the Royal Navy against Libyan targets in 2011.
You are aware that Trump is politically left of Cruz, right?
That depends on whether you mean "traditional" right or "alt-right".
Traditional right is pro-trade. Alt-right is anti-trade.
Traditional right is anti-Russia. Alt-right considers Putin to be "one of their own".
Traditional right is pro-immigration, as long as it is legal. Alt-right is anti-immigrant.
Traditional right thinks black people should become entrepreneurs and vote Republican. Alt-right thinks blacks should be sterilized and/or sent back to Africa.
Indeed. If climate changes is a Chinese hoax, then of course they would deny it. So by denying it, they are actually providing even further evidence that it is a hoax. Now we just need to figure out how they photoshopped NASA photos to show a million square miles of open ocean where there use to be arctic ice. The obvious explanation is that NASA is in on the hoax.
Better customer satisfaction doesn't necessarily mean more reliable or faster service. Often it just means friendlier interaction. If you look at doctor reviews on Yelp, the biggest difference between those rated highly and lowly, is the politeness of the front desk staff. People complain about rude receptionists far more than they worry about their mom dying from a misdiagnosis.
1. Because competition is good. 2. Because renting by the minute, rather than the hour, is useful. When developing OpenCL applications, I spend more time debugging and tuning in short bursts, than I do running in production.
So you're just completely ignoring the Obama shooting targets
The Obama shooting targets are repugnant, but they are just symbolism, and constitutionally protected free speech. Comparing symbolic speech to actual rioting causing property damage and injuries, is silly.
Meanwhile the far right's crazies get portrayed as mainstream
The right's crazies are mainstream, and becoming more so, as the Republicans drift further to the right. Meanwhile, the Democrats tried to steer to the center. Trump won, with Cruz as the runner-up. Sanders didn't even get nominated.
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Hillary's congressional mentor was a KKK member. I'm sure you hold her to the same standards? No...what a surprise.
I don't give a crap about Hillary's mentor, or her email server, or how many people she killed in Benghazi. I didn't vote for her because she opposes accountability in schools, flip-flopped on TPP, and is too interventionist on foreign policy. These things are ACTUAL ISSUES. Since there was no way I was voting for Trump either (again, because of ACTUAL ISSUES), I voted for Gary Johnson.
The AOL CD were junk. You couldn't reuse them.
There are some hobbyists that collect AOL CDs. There were more than 4000 different AOL CDs sent out over the years, and some people have collected them all. If you have some rare specimens, they might be worth more than their weight in gold. Alas, I just tossed all of mine in the trash as soon as they arrived in the mail, unaware of the potential treasure I was holding in my hand.
Also, a US factory worker costs at least 10 times as much as a Chinese worker. If it costs $10 in Chinese labor, its at least $100 for US labor.
No. Americans are far more productive than Chinese. The better productivity does not make up for the higher wages (if it did, everything would be made in America), but it makes up for much of it. So $10 in Chinese labor can be replaced with $20 in American labor, just as Foxconn claims.
So, it's ok for him to say racist & misogynistic stuff
No it is no "ok", but it also doesn't necessarily mean he is racist. If I was running for president, would I want David Duke to vote for me? YES, I would. Every extra vote helps. If I was asked by a reporter if I wanted David Duke to vote for me, what would I say? I would say "NO", because that is the politically correct thing to say, and too many Americans are too stupid to understand the difference between desiring someone's vote and agreeing with them. Since Donald doesn't filter what he says through political correctness (or rational analysis) he didn't disavow David Duke. But, to his credit, he did try to weasel out of it later by blaming it on a bad earpiece.
Tossing around insults like "racist", "misogynist" and "fascist" doesn't help to win elections. Instead, the Democrats should have talked about what they could do to help working class people. They abjectly failed to do that. It is ironic how the Republicans are perceived to be the party of the working class, while the Democrats are seen as controlled by the elite.
False. All votes are counted, absentee or otherwise.
Indeed. One reason for this is that the ballots contain many many votes for things other than the presidential election. There are local, state, and congressional elections, as well as referendums and ballot initiatives. I vote by mail, and my ballot was four pages long.
They voted for a racist, misogynistic fascist
I don't think Donald is racist or misogynistic. He is just tone-deaf to political correctness, and has no filter between his brain and his mouth. So he says things that would indeed be racist if they were said by someone that ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. But he doesn't do that, so he shouldn't be judged by the same standard.
There were women in high levels in the Trump organization, and in his campaign, and by most accounts he treated them fairly. He also worked well with blacks and gays. There is some evidence he discriminated against blacks when marketing the condos in his towers, but the evidence is weak, and was likely motivated by business rather than by prejudice.
I didn't vote for the guy, and I don't like him. But calling him a "racist, misogynistic fascist" is hyperbole. He is another Berlusconi, not another Mussolini.
You know....I hope they find exactly who did the break-ins AND the meddling and there are consequences for that.
I totally agree that there should be consequences for whoever exposed this corruption. Maybe a Congressional Gold Medal, or a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Facebook is a tarbaby for the 'look at me, look at me!' crowd. Thank dog they are there, think how bad the S/N ratio would be if those morons were on the wider net.
Thank you for this thoughtful and eloquent post. You are not like those Facebook people, who post meaningless blather that adds nothing to the betterment of humanity. You are obviously so much better than them.
On the other hand, parts for making ONE phone would be $250.
No. The $250 component cost is based on the volume pricing offered to Apple. If you bought one each of the components, it would cost you far more than that, if they were available at all.
Go try to buy ONE A10 processor. Good luck.
There is nothing in the article which makes this claim. Did you read it from another source?
No, I got it from a different resource called "my brain" using a technique called "thinking". There is no reason whatsoever that component costs will significantly change just because the phone is assembled in America. Only assembly costs would change.
The article clearly states ...
The article does not "clearly" state anything. It is muddled writing by an incompetent journalist.
It's work for the robot makers.
Most industrial robots used in America are imported from Japan.
No Apple does not pay their taxes.
They pay what they are legally required to pay. How much extra money have you voluntarily donated to the IRS? Nothing? Then why should Apple?
Apple is hold revenue off their books in order to not pay taxes.
No, they hold it overseas, which is not "off the books". If you think it is absurd for the US government to incentivize companies to invest outside America, then you should complain about it to congress, not to Apple.
When so many corporations get around their taxes completely, what can cuts do.
A lot. One of the reasons that corporate tax payments are so low is because the rates are so high, so corporations have a big incentive to lobby for loopholes, and pay accountants to exploit them. If they pay an accountant $80k, and he finds $81k of tax reduction, then it is worth it to the corporation to employ that accountant, but it is an $80k dead loss to society.
Taxes should be simple and fair, and they should incentivize good behavior. Our current corporate taxes do none of that. They are immensely complicated, very unfair (two near identical companies can have dramatically different tax rates), and the incentivize a lot of harmful behavior, like shipping jobs and capital overseas.
We need to cut the rates, eliminate the loopholes, and get rid of the idiotic extraterritorial taxation that is done by no other country on the planet.
Disclaimer: My wife and I run a software business that is incorporated. I spend a lot of time reading up on tax laws. That is time that I could otherwise spend on productive activities. But it is worth it, because we pay near zero income taxes. Oh, and here is how many Americans we employ: 0. Our sysadmin is in Shanghai, our graphic artist is in Karachi, etc. You can thank your government for that.
That's not how profit works. There are a bunch of other costs which eat into that number, such as designing, engineering and proving the device just to name a few.
You seem to be unfamiliar with the term "marginal profit". Lmgtfy.
So they would make $300+ per iphone rather than $500+ per iphone. It's still over a 100% markup, so I fail to see much of a problem.
No. The component cost would not double. Only the labor cost. The component cost for an iPhone 7 is estimated to be about $250, and the assembly labor is estimated to be about $10. The average sale price is $649, leaving a marginal profit of roughly $390 per phone. If the cost of assembly doubled, that would decline to $380.
The figures would be different if the component manufacturing was also Americanized, but since most of the components are made by Asian companies, I don't see that happening.
Disclaimer: I didn't vote for Trump, and I think the government telling companies where to make their products is idiotic, but, at least in this case, it would make little difference in the price.
For instance, you could mine Ethereum on a GPU.
Not anymore. Ethereum ASICs have been available since August. GPUs can no longer compete. Ethereum mining takes much more memory than bitcoin, so it doesn't scale as well when going from GPU to ASIC, but the cost saving is still substantial.
When is the last time the British Navy fired an anti-ship missile from a ship?
Ideally, you have a military, not to fight your enemies, but to deter them.
Almost 40 years? Seriously.
Tomahawks are used by the Royal Navy as anti-ship missiles. They are also used against land targets. They were last fired in action by the Royal Navy against Libyan targets in 2011.
You are aware that Trump is politically left of Cruz, right?
That depends on whether you mean "traditional" right or "alt-right".
Traditional right is pro-trade.
Alt-right is anti-trade.
Traditional right is anti-Russia.
Alt-right considers Putin to be "one of their own".
Traditional right is pro-immigration, as long as it is legal.
Alt-right is anti-immigrant.
Traditional right thinks black people should become entrepreneurs and vote Republican.
Alt-right thinks blacks should be sterilized and/or sent back to Africa.
Nice try, China! I don't believe you!
Indeed. If climate changes is a Chinese hoax, then of course they would deny it. So by denying it, they are actually providing even further evidence that it is a hoax. Now we just need to figure out how they photoshopped NASA photos to show a million square miles of open ocean where there use to be arctic ice. The obvious explanation is that NASA is in on the hoax.
Better customer satisfaction doesn't necessarily mean more reliable or faster service. Often it just means friendlier interaction. If you look at doctor reviews on Yelp, the biggest difference between those rated highly and lowly, is the politeness of the front desk staff. People complain about rude receptionists far more than they worry about their mom dying from a misdiagnosis.
AWS already offers it, why should I care?
1. Because competition is good.
2. Because renting by the minute, rather than the hour, is useful. When developing OpenCL applications, I spend more time debugging and tuning in short bursts, than I do running in production.
This can be used for bitcoin mining
Nope. You cannot mine bitcoins profitably with a GPU. Not even FPGAs are sufficient. You need ASICs.
A GPU can give you a few mega-hashes per joule. An FPGA can do about 20 MH/j. The best ASICs can do about 10,000. It is not even close.
Mining hardware comparison.
So you're just completely ignoring the Obama shooting targets
The Obama shooting targets are repugnant, but they are just symbolism, and constitutionally protected free speech. Comparing symbolic speech to actual rioting causing property damage and injuries, is silly.
Meanwhile the far right's crazies get portrayed as mainstream
The right's crazies are mainstream, and becoming more so, as the Republicans drift further to the right. Meanwhile, the Democrats tried to steer to the center. Trump won, with Cruz as the runner-up. Sanders didn't even get nominated.
First they came for the Nazis, and I did not speak out because I was not a Nazi ...