Caffeine is produced by dozens of species of plants. It is a natural insecticide, and also discourages browsing since it tastes bitter to most mammals.
Undeveloped countries don't have the infrastructure to monitor these types of things because they are undeveloped.
... and when it is measured it is sky high. Childhood diarrhea in poor countries is one of the world's leading causes of death, killing more than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.
32 sick people wouldn't make the news in Africa or India because it is insignificant compared to the thousands of kids dying everyday.
Apple used to have economy class items. Since Tim Cook took over, all the low-cost items have been dropped and the prices of the remaining items have gone up.
... and Apple's profits are hitting record highs, so this looks like a smart strategy.
I’m sure Cook could convince Trump that US manufacturing jobs need lower component tariffs. One phone call should be enough, in fact.
Do you mean like the way that American manufacturers easily convinced Trump that tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum were stupid and counterproductive?
Could this be a sign of Apple moving production to the US I wonder? It'd make sense for them
It actually makes little sense. Most of the components are made in China, and many right in Shenzhen. If you run out of 0.2mm screws in Wisconsin, you shut down the assembly line. If run out in Shenzhen you send a guy on a bicycle over to the screw factory and he is back in 20 minutes.
Also, US tariffs on components are often higher than on finished products, and the paperwork and delay will be way worse on 100 components than on one phone.
Just to be clear: iPhone UNIT sales are falling, but Apple is still making record profits because the cost-per-phone is going up. But this doesn't help Foxconn because their revenue for assembly is not going up (the newer phones are easier to assemble) while their costs, especially labor, are climbing.
An assembly line worker in Shenzhen makes about $3 per hour, vs less than $1 per hour for making the first iPhone in 2007.
For example, to hear you tell it, people in Europe can't order products from Amazon.
Try this: Set up a brand new account on Amazon, and then try to place your first order using a credit card, and have it shipped somewhere outside the billing address postal code.
What telemarketers? I have had zero such calls on the mobile in 17 years. Do we have some kind of privacy protection in Europe?
Yes. First, most telemarketers are trying to get a CC#. European credit cards have chip+PIN, so the number alone is not enough to steal money like it is in America.
Second, most telemarketing calls originate in low wage countries such as India and the Philippines, and caller-id spoofing to make it look like a local call is much more restricted outside of America.
Third, in America the cell phone network is directly overlayed onto the landline system. There is no way to look at a number and know if it is a cell or a LL. In most other countries, cell phones use a different numbering system, and there are greater restrictions on auto-calls to cell phones.
Fourth, the political system in America does not respond to diffuse issues that are not geographically or ideologically important. So politicians focus on wedge issues like who uses which toilet, and ignore issues like massive telemarketing fraud and identity theft that affects millions of people regardless of their political affiliation. Fixing these problems is not even on the political radar.
Fifth, America speaks English. If you are going to set up a 3rd world call center, it is far easier to do so for English, which many people learn and there are hundreds of millions of people to call. Where in the 3rd world are you going to hire German, or Swedish, or Polish speakers?
Bottom line: American is a big lucrative market with many fraud-friendly laws and policies. Crooks go where the money is.
Well how many CEOs have a whiskey or a beer on camera and no one fucking cares.
Tell me why its not the same fucking thing.
The difference is that one is a federal crime.
That doesn't matter much to a high school student, since the feds rarely go after end users. But for the CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation, acting like an adult is more important.
Just in case anyone doesn't know the politics behind this: The telcos being subsidized are big donors to the Republican Party, and the rural customers who may (eventually) benefit are mostly Republican voters.
This is what is so wonderful about America: In many other countries, bribery and corruption occurs in the shadows, but here in the USA it is fully legal and done openly and shamelessly.
It was mostly the other way around. Adolf was a big admirer of Henry Ford. Ford was the only American mentioned favorably in Mein Kampf.
Henry Ford was an antisemite, but he was also a pacifist and did not believe in violence. He explicitly condemned the Nazi attacks on the Jews in the 1930s.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Ford Motor Company today.
Connected cars haven't existed for "decades" in the sense they do now.
They mostly still don't exist. Most cars, and even most new cars, do not have tracking built in. Specifically, Ford cars don't. There is "Ford Sync" that can track you, but only if you install the app, and plug your phone into the console while you are driving.
Credit data? Sure.
This is what he is referring to: Data collected while processing credit applications.
Car companies have been financing cars for 30 years. For many years, GM made more money from loans than from manufacturing.
They did find an issue with it. They said it was illegal. They just didn't think it was a big enough infraction to warrant formal criminal charges. Law enforcement agencies prosecute only a small fraction of crimes.
By that do you mean that it would be perfectly fair for Ivanka to argue "what, at this point, does it matter?"
Sure. That would be a good argument after a few years have gone by and she is being asked the same questions over and over again, by committee after committee.
Or maybe that it would be fair of the FBI to recommend against charges
Sure. That would be fair. It is unlikely she intended to break the law, and as far as we know no harm was done. The criminal justice system has more important things to do. But congress doesn't.
Also, the summary implies they went from 80% coverage to 90%. That is a dramatic improvement, so I don't see what people are whining about.
Saying "until we're at 100 percent, the problem isn't solved" is idiotic. Nothing is ever 100%. That would mean every alley or campsite with a homeless bum needs to have broadband.
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I thought only coffee had caffeine?
Caffeine is produced by dozens of species of plants. It is a natural insecticide, and also discourages browsing since it tastes bitter to most mammals.
Undeveloped countries don't have the infrastructure to monitor these types of things because they are undeveloped.
... and when it is measured it is sky high. Childhood diarrhea in poor countries is one of the world's leading causes of death, killing more than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.
32 sick people wouldn't make the news in Africa or India because it is insignificant compared to the thousands of kids dying everyday.
Get the fuck out of California once in a while to see how normal people live. We're not all rich assholes
Once you correct for living expenses, California has the highest poverty rate of any state.
Apple used to have economy class items. Since Tim Cook took over, all the low-cost items have been dropped and the prices of the remaining items have gone up.
... and Apple's profits are hitting record highs, so this looks like a smart strategy.
The RSI pain in my wrist disappeared a week after I started using this keyboard.
That was 15 years ago. I will never go back to a straight keyboard.
Disclaimer: This is the only Microsoft product I use. I use it for my Linux desktop and as an external keyboard for my MacBook.
I’m sure Cook could convince Trump that US manufacturing jobs need lower component tariffs. One phone call should be enough, in fact.
Do you mean like the way that American manufacturers easily convinced Trump that tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum were stupid and counterproductive?
iPhone users are not moving to Android. They are just upgrading less often.
I have a 4 year old iPhone 6. It works fine. I have no plans to replace it.
Same thing was said about the Wright Brothers little effort.
The Wright Brothers' plane carried the weight of a man (Orville), and accelerated from zero under its own power.
To be fair, it also had a strong headwind, while this solid state plane flew in zero wind.
But the Wright Brother's Flyer had a clear path to improvement with lighter and more powerful engines.
Where can this SS tech go? Batteries will get lighter, but no where near enough to give this plane a practical payload or range.
Could this be a sign of Apple moving production to the US I wonder? It'd make sense for them
It actually makes little sense. Most of the components are made in China, and many right in Shenzhen. If you run out of 0.2mm screws in Wisconsin, you shut down the assembly line. If run out in Shenzhen you send a guy on a bicycle over to the screw factory and he is back in 20 minutes.
Also, US tariffs on components are often higher than on finished products, and the paperwork and delay will be way worse on 100 components than on one phone.
iPhone demand is falling. Considering that iPhone sales are estimated to fall 20% to 30% ...
Just to be clear: iPhone UNIT sales are falling, but Apple is still making record profits because the cost-per-phone is going up. But this doesn't help Foxconn because their revenue for assembly is not going up (the newer phones are easier to assemble) while their costs, especially labor, are climbing.
An assembly line worker in Shenzhen makes about $3 per hour, vs less than $1 per hour for making the first iPhone in 2007.
I think it depends if they bought it for their own use or if they bought to resell based on that information.
No, this does not matter at all. The only thing that matters is whether it involves securities regulated by the SEC.
New York apartments don't fall under the SEC's jurisdiction, unless they are part of a REIT.
You will, because we're sending all the teenage girls to your house.
Teenage girls don't shop at Gap. Their mothers do.
That is the crux of their problem.
For example, to hear you tell it, people in Europe can't order products from Amazon.
Try this: Set up a brand new account on Amazon, and then try to place your first order using a credit card, and have it shipped somewhere outside the billing address postal code.
PINs have nothing to do with credit cards. You are confusing them with debit cards.
Outside the United States, both debit and credit cards use PINs.
What telemarketers? I have had zero such calls on the mobile in 17 years. Do we have some kind of privacy protection in Europe?
Yes. First, most telemarketers are trying to get a CC#. European credit cards have chip+PIN, so the number alone is not enough to steal money like it is in America.
Second, most telemarketing calls originate in low wage countries such as India and the Philippines, and caller-id spoofing to make it look like a local call is much more restricted outside of America.
Third, in America the cell phone network is directly overlayed onto the landline system. There is no way to look at a number and know if it is a cell or a LL. In most other countries, cell phones use a different numbering system, and there are greater restrictions on auto-calls to cell phones.
Fourth, the political system in America does not respond to diffuse issues that are not geographically or ideologically important. So politicians focus on wedge issues like who uses which toilet, and ignore issues like massive telemarketing fraud and identity theft that affects millions of people regardless of their political affiliation. Fixing these problems is not even on the political radar.
Fifth, America speaks English. If you are going to set up a 3rd world call center, it is far easier to do so for English, which many people learn and there are hundreds of millions of people to call. Where in the 3rd world are you going to hire German, or Swedish, or Polish speakers?
Bottom line: American is a big lucrative market with many fraud-friendly laws and policies. Crooks go where the money is.
You can't establish credit with just a name and email address, and that is all that was leaked.
If SSNs were leaked, an offer of free credit monitoring would be reasonable, but that is not what happened here.
Well how many CEOs have a whiskey or a beer on camera and no one fucking cares.
Tell me why its not the same fucking thing.
The difference is that one is a federal crime.
That doesn't matter much to a high school student, since the feds rarely go after end users. But for the CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation, acting like an adult is more important.
I guess the rural Democrats had to move to the city when they couldn't own slaves anymore.
Nope. They just switched political parties after LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act.
If he smoked in a legal state and in a legal manner he was behaving.
Some states have legalized pot, but selling, using, and possession are still federal offenses.
Musk is a CEO, not a high school student. He needs to grow up.
Just in case anyone doesn't know the politics behind this: The telcos being subsidized are big donors to the Republican Party, and the rural customers who may (eventually) benefit are mostly Republican voters.
This is what is so wonderful about America: In many other countries, bribery and corruption occurs in the shadows, but here in the USA it is fully legal and done openly and shamelessly.
Old Henry was also a big admirer of Hitler...
It was mostly the other way around. Adolf was a big admirer of Henry Ford. Ford was the only American mentioned favorably in Mein Kampf.
Henry Ford was an antisemite, but he was also a pacifist and did not believe in violence. He explicitly condemned the Nazi attacks on the Jews in the 1930s.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Ford Motor Company today.
Connected cars haven't existed for "decades" in the sense they do now.
They mostly still don't exist. Most cars, and even most new cars, do not have tracking built in. Specifically, Ford cars don't. There is "Ford Sync" that can track you, but only if you install the app, and plug your phone into the console while you are driving.
Credit data? Sure.
This is what he is referring to: Data collected while processing credit applications.
Car companies have been financing cars for 30 years. For many years, GM made more money from loans than from manufacturing.
They didn't find an issue with Clinton's use
They did find an issue with it. They said it was illegal. They just didn't think it was a big enough infraction to warrant formal criminal charges. Law enforcement agencies prosecute only a small fraction of crimes.
By that do you mean that it would be perfectly fair for Ivanka to argue "what, at this point, does it matter?"
Sure. That would be a good argument after a few years have gone by and she is being asked the same questions over and over again, by committee after committee.
Or maybe that it would be fair of the FBI to recommend against charges
Sure. That would be fair. It is unlikely she intended to break the law, and as far as we know no harm was done. The criminal justice system has more important things to do. But congress doesn't.
The Liberals have only been in power for 3 years.
Also, the summary implies they went from 80% coverage to 90%. That is a dramatic improvement, so I don't see what people are whining about.
Saying "until we're at 100 percent, the problem isn't solved" is idiotic. Nothing is ever 100%. That would mean every alley or campsite with a homeless bum needs to have broadband.