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It is interesting that it is down to 3.5%, in the 1990s and early 2000s it was above 5%, often closing in on 10% as I recall, but it has been drifting downwards since then. I think it is a somewhat misleading comparison to compare to Facebook and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Does anyone think the next MacBooks may switch to Apple processors? And if they did how much of a cost savings could Apple transfer to potential buyers over the current MacBook 1 model? And if there is an in-…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TechLover But reading what Chris Soghoian said makes it seem a little bit one sided. It's far more complicated than to just blame Google. I only got snippits of what Soghoian said from the article, so I can't be su…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TechLover I would ask the ACLU what is worse if you have no money. A crappy phone or no phone? A crappy computer or no computer?A crappy car or no car? A crappy house or no house? Crappy food or no food? A crappy libr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fallenjt "The country's cellphone market has meanwhile grown rapidly in recent years, jumping 26 percent between 2009 and 2013 to 124 million subscribers. " How? Population is less than 90M. Some people have mo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DewMe I'm surprised that an MIT branded media outlet would stray into an area that's so far off their core competency. It's like dinging inexpensive automobile manufacturers for not including all of the fancy safety …
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Quote: Originally Posted by muppetry No, he wrote it, in a letter to the Governor of Pennsylvania, on 11 November, 1755 (Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives, 1755-1756 (Philadelphia, 1756), pp. 19-21.). It just doesn't mean …
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Quote: Originally Posted by williamh Actually, no. You yourself could have all the cards registered with Apple Pay and the percentages of credit, debit, and prepaid cards would still add up to 100%. It doesn't make any sense to "account for" 1…
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Quote: Originally Posted by williamh 86% + 49% + 22% > 100% You can have multiple cards registered with Apple Pay, so the total can be > 100%.
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Quote: Originally Posted by maciekskontakt And where did you get information about "most consumers" this to make that crude statement? Actually when you use Mac in professional publishing studios then you do upgrade them as they can live up…
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Quote: Originally Posted by smiffy31 Soldered RAM is not only about upgrading it is also about reliability RAM unseating is a common problem. Soldering also has better electrical characteristics which might allow slightly higher DRAM bus spe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RoundaboutNow Ah, the Clapper. When those commercials came out, I imagined a scenario where someone puts their TV on a Clapper, then when the TV commercial comes on, it turns off your TV whether you liked it or not…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mike1 So, if some apps work and some apps don't, doesn't it mean it's the app developers fault? It could be, but it is also possible the API has several ways to access the gyro and only some of them cause the iss…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips I never said it did, I said "Tim is headed back in that direction for internal operation and systems in some respects." Yes, and I think SpamSandwich's point is that a change in software standards d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips So you feel Tim is going more hierarchical and segmented in operations and systems? I think he is saying that standardizing on a common software stack for several services doesn't say anything about…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RonMG Basic car startup assembly plant cost is (in your mind) an archaic number based on how existing car manufacturers do things. Totally inefficient in my opinion. If Apple does move this direction (still nothing…
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Quote: Originally Posted by foggyhill Though Tesla "training" a lot of engineers is a bit of a stretch. He didn'T invent the electric motor in cars after all.... Almost all car makers already have pretty big team doing hybrids in house. F…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton So if Tesla goes under, it will be seen as proof that electric cars are a failure, even if the reasons for Tesla's failure are unrelated to the efficacy of battery powered cars. The company has to s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BeyondtheTech Considering that the screen draws the biggest power consumption of any component in a smartphone, I wonder how much power it takes when it cranks up the brightness and illuminates all the pixels. Har…
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Quote: Originally Posted by aderutter Wow what a load of bull he speaks. We were promised hover boards 30 years ago and he reckons we'll have a pool of self-driving cars to hail in 18 months time. Lmfao In fairness, he says that the self-d…