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linkman said: tenly said: An obstacle avoidance system on my phantom 3 could have saved me $500! (Stupid hydro lines!) Care to elaborate on this? To me hydro lines connotes water lines and I can't imagine a drone wrecking itself …
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fotoformat said: "...a new obstacle avoidance system..." LOL... and we all now know Google's smart car reversing at a snail's pace couldn't even avoid a huge bus! 1 accident per 1.2 million driven miles -- how's your record?
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maestro64 said: applejeff said: Error in article: "Sequential reads can reach 850 megabytes per second, with sequential reads clocking 260 megabytes per second." yep, reads are always faster than writes and am not sure it is megaby…
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chelin74 said: TGI Friday? Sounds like a shady part of the town? Is that really the best location? In which universe does a chain restaurant indicate a shady part of town?
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elijahg said: Apple's Macbooks are protected against reverse polarity and Vcc to D+, D- or GND shorts. Not sure about the iPhone, but it likely is. Cheap Chromebooks aren't because they'd have to spend a couple of cents on a few resistors and…
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tenly said: dasanman69 said: It's the same thing under different names. No it's not. Force touch only provides "off/on" (pressed/not pressed) feedback. 3D Touch responds to multiple pressures based on how hard you press it. Sa…
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lewk said: Let's see a chart showing total numbers sold instead of % growth year over year! This story is very misleading without that sort of chart! Misleading how? The story is about the growth of the smartphone market...
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rob53 said: bobjohnson said: Nobody working a normal 9-5 filing their 1040EZ with TaxSlayer every year knows what their effective tax rate is, but they damn sure know that they paid for example $5,000 of their $50,000 total salary. C…
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sog35 said: bobjohnson said: Nobody working a normal 9-5 filing their 1040EZ with TaxSlayer every year knows what their effective tax rate is, but they damn sure know that they paid for example $5,000 of their $50,000 total salary. C…
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sog35 said: bobjohnson said: Christ almighty, do you people have no appreciation for context? They didn't even TRY to make it seem like that was the effective tax rate; in fact, it's clearly labeled "gross tax rate." God forbid the…
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sog35 said: williamh said: Corporate taxes are not calculated on gross revenue. $85 million is more than 1% of $208 million.Apple pays 40% taxes on PROFITS in Austrailia Profits before tax = $208 million Taxes = $85 million Tax rate =…
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sog35 said: Congrats AppleInsider. You now have joined the lynch mob who for the last 9 weeks are constantly spewing utter bullshit to drive Apple down. The CEO of Merc just said PUBLICLY that he was surprised how much progress tech compani…
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Mr_Grey said: Also, "carmaking" is not a real word. Really, is this what we're gonna do today? We're gonna fight? https://www.google.com/search?q="carmaking"&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=nws&…
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radarthekat said: Possibly Touch ID? The 5S has Touch ID, why would a refresh not? The article author got too caught up in the comparison with the older 5 and forgot there's already a 4" model with Touch ID. The iPhone 5c, which this wo…
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jmncl said: This article is ridiculous. Just above in that screenshot you can read "LlumeButtonCapability" so in the same way you could say Apple is launching a new button do this amazing thing called Llume! Or not. There's obviously …
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Quote: Originally Posted by foggyhill Until he makes a buck, a lot of them... He's not. He's closer to early Jobs than the more pragmatic later Jobs. You realize Elon Musk is a billionaire who partially funded the early days of Tesla and Spac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy Don't know a single owner of a 6/6+ who has ever complained of performance issues (and I know a shitload, including dozens of close friends and family members), so no, it's not that much of a "shame". L…
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Quote: Originally Posted by foggyhill I don't get how a site like Apple Insider can put out a headline that's so wrong... Unless for the clickbait "outrage" value... Entirely possible... Quote: Originally Posted by nagromme Headline and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal It's basically a big box with floor-to-ceiling glass windows/door. Sure, the AI photo has it with thicker borders around the perimeter, but it's pretty darn close to the same concept as far as I'm concerne…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal This looks a lot like the future San Francisco flagship store. Doesn't seem so secret to me. Other than the ceiling design, those two stores could not be more different.