mark fearing

Such a pathetic way to run - anything, much less a country. Imagine the import and export people trying to figure out what the orange make-up wearing old man decides each week. And of course, we all love rising prices. I'm sure this is a great economic move because he's shown how well he runs companies....Sad place to be.

darbus69 said:

anyone who kisses the orange monsters ring is not doing the world any good, no matter what, period.

I would rather pay more for my all my creepy capitalistic goods than bow down to him.

I agree but the industrial entities always cave to fascists first. Germany, Italy, they fall in line.

Nice that conservatives now embrace the Government ruling private businesses. And telling them how to run a business. I guess they've turned full leftist. Of course there will be little to no new manufacturing, but for this dog and Apple show Apple is NOW exempted from the India tariffs. Imagine that...

The majority of the 'AI Frenzy' has everything to do with capitalism. First and foremost it gives Wall Street and companies a way to make it look and sound like they are deserving of more attention and a higher stock price. So mission accomplished. The market is dumb, and it overreacts and people, especially funds and investment banks, take a lot of cash out of this. The second thing is American Capitalism's love affair with not having employees so all profit can be cycled up to people who don't actually do work. And AI promises to relieve company of employing people so more money can be sucked from humans producing actual goods and services and put into the pockets of stock holders. So far AI has some efficiencies, in coding, and maybe research (Still GIGO). But mostly its hereto revitalize stocks. 

Apple didn't need to be in an AI rush except for their worry about 'the stock price.' No consumers are clamoring for it. Build something good that solves real issues for day to day life and that's the win. Using AI to find photos without having to tag your photos is a pretty, pretty, pretty good use for AI smarts. As for WWDC 25, sort of boring. I'm not sure if something fell through or they knew for the past 2 years that 2025 was sort of a big bug fix year. iPad OS updates are good news. Love my iPad and look forward to utilizing apps in expanded ways.

When will the alternative X-Box store launch on the X-box?

I feel like Ive and the rest of the Billionaires are so divorced from reality that whatever they make it will be rather pointless. As jobs crumble and the economy craters and the rich get richer, we're as likely to burn their factories down as we are to buy more AI Assistants in the next 10 years. I appreciate Ive's skills, but at has point drinking $80,000 bottles of wine and pining for designer gold accouterments indicates a complete separation from the rest of the world outside of Silicon Valley and private jets and 8th houses in Italy.

With everything else going on in the world...I can honestly say - I don't care. And unless you are a greedy game developer trying to shake down nine year olds for their allowances to buy virtual clown outfits you shouldn't either.

Parked and left in an unsecured lot...can you say inside job!? Obviously.

n2macs said:

mrwitt said:

Tariffs are a very positive long term strategy. Our country has been taken to the cleaners for years with gross trade deficits.

Tariffs will even the playing field. Like them or not.

What field are you talking about and why would that field matter? I dare say you have no idea what tariffs do and who pays them. And trade deficits are not a bad thing, when your spending is fine. But by adding 4 trillion to the real deficit the orange one makes sure that the nation is still headed for default. Trade deficit or not.