Having followed politics a while, I predict a response similar to the following:
"There certainly have been abuses in the H-1B program. We should apply the lessons of these experiences, review the guest worker laws, and tighten them if necessary such that companies that truly cannot find qualified citizens still have access to guest workers, yet avoid the abuses we've been seeing from companies lacking a genuine need."
Those doing well in a given system tend to want to keep it the way it is and those not doing well want to change it.
Offshoring, visa workers, and bubble-poppages have made a roller coaster out of middle-class careers. I can personally vouch that it's difficult to raise a family in economic turmoil. (I'm doing fine now, but the journey was very bumpy.)
The "gig economy" is perhaps fine for bohemian types, but is hell on families.
Indeed. Apple has typically placed quality over feature quality and horse-power. They've almost always been "behind the curve" on the latter two throughout their entire history.
For example, DOS/Windows generally always had more software titles available, and more speed and RAM for the money than Apple IIc/Macs. But DOS/Windows was crashy, less secure, and had more inconsistencies. Apple vetted stuff more and were more likely to boot or lock out riff-raff.
I also remember using an IIc for the first time and it just "felt" better than Tandys and Commodores per keyboard, styling, and UI/screen.
Pretty much the same for Android versus iPhone when I first compared them. (I've owned both). It was deja-vu all over again.
In my opinion, Apple should stick to its guns and do what they do best, and they will always get the roughly 15% of consumers who want devices that do common and typical tasks without drama and with some grace. Let the others be the wild-wild west.
They carved out a nice niche and people know what the brand means. Sales may wax and wane periodically, but in the longer run, 15% is decent market share of consumer computing devices.
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In related news, IBM Watson said, "Kill all humans".
Fine. Safety is their niche. We get that already; it's not news.
Yep, trickle-down blood
Life imitates art:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The 1% in red shirts for a change, Lovin' it!
The servers at our org certainly run at turtle-speed
God Gates: "299792458 meters-per-second oughtta be enough for anyone."
Tesla: "Thank You Volvo for the free publicity!"
Many will see this as market insecurity on the part of traditional car makers, and Tesla's stock will probably go up.
Having followed politics a while, I predict a response similar to the following:
"There certainly have been abuses in the H-1B program. We should apply the lessons of these experiences, review the guest worker laws, and tighten them if necessary such that companies that truly cannot find qualified citizens still have access to guest workers, yet avoid the abuses we've been seeing from companies lacking a genuine need."
Those doing well in a given system tend to want to keep it the way it is and those not doing well want to change it.
Offshoring, visa workers, and bubble-poppages have made a roller coaster out of middle-class careers. I can personally vouch that it's difficult to raise a family in economic turmoil. (I'm doing fine now, but the journey was very bumpy.)
The "gig economy" is perhaps fine for bohemian types, but is hell on families.
Less so than their GUI competitors at the time, such as early Windows and Amiga. At least they weren't worse.
What's right-wing sci-fi exactly? Tax-cuts kill Darth Vader and blow up the Death Star?
Indeed. Apple has typically placed quality over feature quality and horse-power. They've almost always been "behind the curve" on the latter two throughout their entire history.
For example, DOS/Windows generally always had more software titles available, and more speed and RAM for the money than Apple IIc/Macs. But DOS/Windows was crashy, less secure, and had more inconsistencies. Apple vetted stuff more and were more likely to boot or lock out riff-raff.
I also remember using an IIc for the first time and it just "felt" better than Tandys and Commodores per keyboard, styling, and UI/screen.
Pretty much the same for Android versus iPhone when I first compared them. (I've owned both). It was deja-vu all over again.
In my opinion, Apple should stick to its guns and do what they do best, and they will always get the roughly 15% of consumers who want devices that do common and typical tasks without drama and with some grace. Let the others be the wild-wild west.
They carved out a nice niche and people know what the brand means. Sales may wax and wane periodically, but in the longer run, 15% is decent market share of consumer computing devices.
There's the solution: make shopping bots who wear fancy dresses and jewelry. Liberacebot
Then our universe is truly screwed
So maybe I can hack it and get a 14 inch dick...AND a personality
Or throw in Trump to fuck it all up
There *is* a God, and he's a neckbeard running us on a Beowulf cluster.
Drones disguised as plastic bags? What will these clever terrorists think of next?
Considering we spend hundreds of billions bombing and fighting in countries over terrorism and potential terrorism, this is a bargain.
I warned him purple rain was not good for his health, but he ignored my advice.
It's gotta be close to the point where pulling the plug is the better path. Is it ego-protection and/or sticky politics preventing the pull?
Spruce up existing road-tested jet lines, and invest in drones instead. Drones don't have to be as perfect as manned planes.
Rumor says it mistook Michelle Obama for text, and translated her as, "Tadpoles ride yellow benevolent bicycles".
If by chance he pulls it off, hope you also live forever so that you can kick his shiny metal ass in the robo-afterlife.
It's what Russia has been saying for years: "Warming? In Russia? How is that bad? It's usually f8cking cold here!"