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  • Intel promises 10nm chips still coming, despite being years late

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    larryjw said:
    Right! Bring manufacturing back to the US. 

    Result. Nothing gets done. 

    But, always make sure the CEO's get paid whopping salaries, and investors get paid dividends for doing nothing.

    Make sure the engineers and scientists get paid as little as possible, and make do with old manufacturing equipment. 

    The American Way.


    I'll take it you don't care for the United States.
    williamlondonSpamSandwich

  • iPhone XS Max dramatically outselling iPhone XS, Apple Watch Series 4 sales exceeding all ...

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    I've had 6+, 7+, and 8+. This time I went with the XS and I love the size and the screen size. Now, if my Series 4 would just arrive...
    RoxTarwatto_cobra

  • Here are five of the best iPhone-connected robot vacuums

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    purdueguy said:
    I’m surprised the Evovacs Deebot 900/901 wasn’t mentioned. Laser distance sensor, smart mapping, Alexa support.  
    And the ad copy gives you a small chuckle. "Sometimes your DEEBOT has to suck in different ways."
    watto_cobra

  • Verizon includes Apple TV 4K in residential 5G rollout plans

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    It would be nice while rolling out an entire new technology, services, speeds, if the telcos would cover smaller and rural areas. I have family and friends who are still stuck with DSL.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple held secret meeting with developers in 2017 to push app subscriptions

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    ericthehalfbee said:
    If a service/app offers ongoing provision of new information/data/research etc., then subscription makes sense. If the service/app is simply static, occasionally updated software, then never does subscription make sense. For example, I'd never see any sense in subscribing to Microsoft Office 365 or Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud. They're dead to me. Instead, I am far happier with buying permanent licenses for equivalent software. That makes sense. I pay subscription fees for rolling media streaming services and news sources.

    Whether currently Apple gets this or not isn't clear. What is clear is that Apple is to blame for their own ridiculous concept that a user pays for an app once, then never again. If Apple bothered to take the time, there is NO reason an update fee system for significantly updated apps can't be instituted. They only have to DO it. Their reluctance is irrelevant. Apple is acting as a service and conscientious protector. They have no role to play as authoritarian dictators to the developers and customers they serve. If Apple is going the way of Fearless Leader overlord of all it surveys, they've driven their future off a cliff like so many corporatocracy clowns in our current era of parasitic biznizziz. Historically, Apple has striven to be the opposite of parasites.

    If you don’t see the value in Office 365 then you’ve never done a cost analysis comparison with Office 365 and regular Office. Or you live in Bizzaro World and have a very specific use-case where paying almost the same price and getting less makes sense.
    Why do I need (as opposed to want) to upgrade to the latest Office? Perhaps 2010 is fine, 2013 is ok, 2016 works well for me, you see where I'm going. So, in my Bizzaro World, we upgrade to a new version if it meets an unfilled need. There is VERY little in new Office that I desire, much less need. For me, I'd rather not have a triple digit bill each month for subscriptions to app that I use infrequently. Shoot, even my workout app went subscription! After the revolt, they decided that existing customers would be grandfathered and avoid the $4.99 monthly bill. This is like cord cutting that started out as a way to lower/eliminate your TV viewing bill. Now, NetFlix, Prime, CBS, HBO, Plex, etc, etc. You have to add your expanded internet bill to that. How much are you saving? No, no. Now it's for binge watching. Hooray! Naaah, I'll stay bizarre and resist subscriptions as far as I can.
    GeorgeBMac