4 billion, divided by 13,000 employees is $307,692 per employee. At $15/hr, that's 20,513 hours of wages At 2080 work hrs per year that's a smidge under 10 years
So we're giving them tax breaks to make products and the tax breaks are as much as the factory would pay local labor over a 10 year period?
As Rick Sanchez might day: "That sounds like welfare but with extra steps"
And to lobby and donate to political causes they support. Don't forget those costs!
Does Tim Cook actually monitor Twitter and look for posts with a #TIMCOOK tag and then read them?
Since anyone with an ounce of brain will realize the answer is a big fat NO, shouldn't it also be obvious that tagging a Twitter post with someone's name is completely worthless, and that if you wanna report a fucking bug, you should go to that company's bug reporting website and do it there? Apple has one, it took me all of 2 seconds to Google for it: https://bugreport.apple.com/
Actually it should be obvious to people by now that Twitter itself is completely worthless. Just let it die, please?
Well, maybe he should. It might be good for him to get his head out of his ass, I mean reality distortion field, and see what is actually going on with his products.
Especially since both the official Apple Support account and product security teams take longer than a week to respond... which basically is non-responsive on a bug of this magnitude.
Take your pick. Do you want to be able to upgrade the SSD in the future on your Apple computer, or do you want that SSD secured from someone reading it without your permission? If you can find a way to eat your cake and have it too then I'd like to hear it.
What are you talking about?
Self-encrypting SSDs with standardized connectors have existed for years. You just take the drive out when you send it in for repair.
Apple is just being difficult because they want you to buy their hardware. The solder in their RAM, use special dongles and drop headphone jacks for the same reason.
"...the T2 chip could render a computer inoperable..." and it went on from there. The hinge of this whole story rests on a "could". Twist the hinge one way, there is no story, the other way, and... well... you get this flame bait
You know, stuff that matters.
You're right. This is fear mongering. There is no way Apple would ever try to block users from modifying their hardware with third-party components.
We already know that I-phone sales are down, it was in the quarterly report
We do? It was?
The year ago quarter they sold 46.7 million phones. This quarter they sold 46.9 million.
FY 2017 they sold 216.8 million phones FY 2018 they sold 217.7 million phones
Which of those figures show that sales are down?
You are cherrypicking data. Their sales dropped after 2015. FY 2018 they sold 217.7 million phones FY 2017 they sold 216.8 million phones FY 2016 they sold 211.9 million phones FY 2015 they sold 231.2 million phones (Sales continuously increased before that time.)
Also, the issue is not that their sales are dropping, it's that their rate of increase is dropping, which is indicative of lack of enthusiasm in their product.
You can see this from their sales trends here and here .
Is this a new kind of "in-line" dupe? Wasn't the old kind good enough????
In a pilot study with a small sample size, researchers looked for microplastics in stool samples of eight people from Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and Austria. To their surprise, every single sample tested positive for the presence of a variety of microplastics (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source). In a pilot study with a small sample size, researchers looked for microplastics in stool samples of eight people from Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and Austria. To their surprise, every single sample tested positive for the presence of a variety of microplastics.
This is better. You can enjoy the same article longer, all at once.
It's far from perfect, and the bitrate on that video is abysmal. If he tried this on Blu-ray footage and kept the quality up, Harrison Ford's face would stick out like a sore... face.
But if this is a single user effort, imagine what the resources of a movie studio could do with the concept.
They dont have to deal with some captain who is armed.
I was thinking the exact same thing. The really valuable ships would almost certainly need to be accompanied by a small, human-run gunship. Otherwise can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if anyone could just cruise on up to a cargo ship carrying millions of dollars of consumer goods with nobody on board to defend it?
Don't worry. The T-1000's onboard will take care of issues like that, no problem.
The military will have already mapped this out. They need it mapped for sub navigation and underwater warfare. Thing is, these maps are considered secret so there is no sharing with the scientific community.
I don't know about that.
Is the deep sea between Tasmania and the Antarctic considered a strategic spot for submarines?
I bet they have mapped out portions of the ocean, but it is portions of the ocean where the subs want to hide. Also, attack submarines can't generally go below a few thousand feet in depth, while these features are much deeper.
Took a few days to adjust to it, but for most tasks I strongly prefer it to a mouse.
Now the second-generation Magic Mouse, on the other hand... what idiot creates a mouse with a non-replaceable, rechargeable battery but puts the charging port on the underside so you can't charge it and use it at the same time?! Seems typical of Ive's recent work - all about looks, practical considerations aren't even an afterthought.
Oh I know, I know!
The same company that removes the headphone jack from their phone so that you cannot easily listen to headphones and charge it at the same time!?
It is amazing how Apple is squandering their design lead that Jobs left them.
Perhaps it is just my opinion, but I think that this obsession with adapters is going to be the end of them.
I don't know how you admit that "courage" was wrong and add the 3.5 mm jack back in, but they need to find a way. Maybe "courage" will work for that design reversion too.
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4 billion, divided by 13,000 employees is $307,692 per employee.
At $15/hr, that's 20,513 hours of wages
At 2080 work hrs per year that's a smidge under 10 years
So we're giving them tax breaks to make products and the tax breaks are as much as the factory would pay local labor over a 10 year period?
As Rick Sanchez might day: "That sounds like welfare but with extra steps"
And to lobby and donate to political causes they support. Don't forget those costs!
Does Tim Cook actually monitor Twitter and look for posts with a #TIMCOOK tag and then read them?
Since anyone with an ounce of brain will realize the answer is a big fat NO, shouldn't it also be obvious that tagging a Twitter post with someone's name is completely worthless, and that if you wanna report a fucking bug, you should go to that company's bug reporting website and do it there? Apple has one, it took me all of 2 seconds to Google for it: https://bugreport.apple.com/
Actually it should be obvious to people by now that Twitter itself is completely worthless. Just let it die, please?
Well, maybe he should. It might be good for him to get his head out of his ass, I mean reality distortion field, and see what is actually going on with his products.
Especially since both the official Apple Support account and product security teams take longer than a week to respond... which basically is non-responsive on a bug of this magnitude.
Well he could try the same tactic: Explicitly lay out a plan on how the Martians will pay for it, and then act like he never did so and shut down the government until taxpayers pay for it (or more likely, until he gets bored, or people get so tired of his BS that they're ready for a political impeachment).
No, not the Martians... the (illegal) aliens will pay for it!
These names are getting ridiculous.
Nice glimpse into what your neighbors are into though.
Yes, you sound like a great neighbor. They surely deserve you.
These houses are all right next to Fukushima.
At least you get a waterfront view!
and I don't get why anyone would watch this. Period.
You need to be seven to understand.
Earplugs and text each other across the table.
Even easier: takeout.
Take your pick. Do you want to be able to upgrade the SSD in the future on your Apple computer, or do you want that SSD secured from someone reading it without your permission? If you can find a way to eat your cake and have it too then I'd like to hear it.
What are you talking about?
Self-encrypting SSDs with standardized connectors have existed for years. You just take the drive out when you send it in for repair.
Apple is just being difficult because they want you to buy their hardware. The solder in their RAM, use special dongles and drop headphone jacks for the same reason.
"...the T2 chip could render a computer inoperable..." and it went on from there. The hinge of this whole story rests on a "could". Twist the hinge one way, there is no story, the other way, and ... well ... you get this flame bait
You know, stuff that matters.
You're right. This is fear mongering. There is no way Apple would ever try to block users from modifying their hardware with third-party components.
...that have no physical dexterity.
Medical school is competitive. Students learn early to work to the test.
They aren't going to practice dexterity unless you test for it.
We already know that I-phone sales are down, it was in the quarterly report
We do? It was?
The year ago quarter they sold 46.7 million phones. This quarter they sold 46.9 million.
FY 2017 they sold 216.8 million phones
FY 2018 they sold 217.7 million phones
Which of those figures show that sales are down?
You are cherrypicking data. Their sales dropped after 2015.
FY 2018 they sold 217.7 million phones
FY 2017 they sold 216.8 million phones
FY 2016 they sold 211.9 million phones
FY 2015 they sold 231.2 million phones
(Sales continuously increased before that time.)
Also, the issue is not that their sales are dropping, it's that their rate of increase is dropping, which is indicative of lack of enthusiasm in their product.
You can see this from their sales trends here and here .
Still the best bit was calling DirectTv and canceling the whole thing. Then asking to be transfered to the DSL department so I could cancel that too.
Just remember that joy when your promotional Comcast pricing expires and your bill suddenly triples with no warning!
Comcast is better than DirectTV from a quality perspective, but their charging practices are incredibly shady.
Is this a new kind of "in-line" dupe? Wasn't the old kind good enough????
This is better. You can enjoy the same article longer, all at once.
It's far from perfect, and the bitrate on that video is abysmal. If he tried this on Blu-ray footage and kept the quality up, Harrison Ford's face would stick out like a sore... face.
But if this is a single user effort, imagine what the resources of a movie studio could do with the concept.
They dont have to deal with some captain who is armed.
I was thinking the exact same thing. The really valuable ships would almost certainly need to be accompanied by a small, human-run gunship. Otherwise can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if anyone could just cruise on up to a cargo ship carrying millions of dollars of consumer goods with nobody on board to defend it?
Don't worry. The T-1000's onboard will take care of issues like that, no problem.
Oh hold me back! /s
That's an 8% raise for someone earning $15 an hour. Would you not like an 8% raise?
The military will have already mapped this out. They need it mapped for sub navigation and underwater warfare. Thing is, these maps are considered secret so there is no sharing with the scientific community.
I don't know about that.
Is the deep sea between Tasmania and the Antarctic considered a strategic spot for submarines?
I bet they have mapped out portions of the ocean, but it is portions of the ocean where the subs want to hide. Also, attack submarines can't generally go below a few thousand feet in depth, while these features are much deeper.
Took a few days to adjust to it, but for most tasks I strongly prefer it to a mouse.
Now the second-generation Magic Mouse, on the other hand... what idiot creates a mouse with a non-replaceable, rechargeable battery but puts the charging port on the underside so you can't charge it and use it at the same time?! Seems typical of Ive's recent work - all about looks, practical considerations aren't even an afterthought.
Oh I know, I know!
The same company that removes the headphone jack from their phone so that you cannot easily listen to headphones and charge it at the same time!?
Will it be like Shinola?
Made elsewhere, but assembled in the USA?
Maybe the SEC should sue itself too?
You are the resource.
The words are: shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits.
This list is dated and US-centric.
Why would you include "fuck" twice? It seems like "motherfucker" would be blocked based on just "fuck".
Oh wait, it doesn't.
It is amazing how Apple is squandering their design lead that Jobs left them.
Perhaps it is just my opinion, but I think that this obsession with adapters is going to be the end of them.
I don't know how you admit that "courage" was wrong and add the 3.5 mm jack back in, but they need to find a way. Maybe "courage" will work for that design reversion too.
So much better than building a desalinization plant.
It would be too easy to do that in an area where there is a large body of saltwater nearby and tons of solar energy.