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“A fool and his money…”
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rob53 said: In other words worthless security and business as usual. Yes, I presume that, in time, Google’s privacy initiative will be mostly about preventing other companies from gate-crashing their party. There is no chance that Google…
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notafan289 said: roadracerkev said: Here in New Zealand, 4 weeks holiday pay, 10 days sick leave, 26 weeks paid parental leave and and additional 26 weeks unpaid, bereavement leave etc. You would have anarchy if any government tried to…
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Reminds me of the story about Gucci (I think it was) spending a bunch of money to develop a patented fake leather. They launched luxury hand bags made with this material. The Chinese copycats couldn’t replicate the fake leather, so they used real le…
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hmurchison said: Where's Joe Biden? He needs to get to China right now and start threatening sanctions. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/biden-signs-foreign-policy-memo-putting-u-s-forefront-global-n1256848 Why? Is the Chinese …
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Incredible. China? That’s a lot of people with a lot of discretionary income. With a middle class fast approaching 1 billion people, China might soon have to outsource manufacturing to low-cost countries in places like Europe (and I’m only half-joki…
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mpantone said:Multiple weather data providers exist in the USA. The National Weather Service (NOAA) is just one. There are privately operated weather forecasting services as well. The Weather Channel (operated by IBM) is one. Weather Underground…
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gatorguy said: NSO reportedly had more difficulty with accessing more recent Android phones than they did iPhones. The security model of each platform is far more comparable than you suggest, as you'll realize if you spend a bit of time reading…
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Turkey’s citizens are used to this. There are money exchange kiosks on every street corner. Anyone is free to buy any currency within limits. When the Turkish Lira is stable everyone quotes in Lira for small items and big ticket items like property,…
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jesusfreak said: Filemaker is very capable and has a large customer base. Far better than MS Access (not to mention cross platform). If you haven't looked at it recently, it's worth consideration. You’re probably right. Still one million…
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I have FileMaker 16. I started on FileMaker in about 2002 (version 6?). Later I discovered a super easy to use database app called Bento, made by… FileMaker. Brilliant. It was a simple thing, not relational, but I could build a db for a project in m…
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hucom2000 said: Alex_V said: dee_dee said: People STILL use FileMaker?! Filemaker appears to have stood still since the mid 2000s. I don't bother with it anymore. Complete nonsense. One of the most innovative products on…
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dee_dee said: People STILL use FileMaker?! Good point. Filemaker is a powerful database management system and quite versatile, but on the other hand, it was always supposed to be the easy-to-use option, and that crown has been taken awa…
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"You're building your growth based on what you think a customer is worth, and if a customer is worth 30% less, your margin is gone," one person said, according to Forbes. Add 30% to the retail price, and voilá your margin is back.
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Captain Obvious here. Reading these comments, it is perfectly clear—if it ever wasn’t, that you cannot please all of the people all of the time. There is no conceivable product that Apple could have produced that would make everyone happy.
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bobolicious said:Is this desperation and suggest Peak Apple ...? You ask a series of provocative rhetorical questions. The answer to the last one is simply “no.” There is no evidence that Apple has peaked. It continues to compete valiantly a…
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lkrupp said: Alex_V said: chaicka said: Perhaps users on iOS are bigger spenders than competition platforms due to their trust in iOS security? If those developers and consumers who are so against it and succeed in breakin…
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chaicka said: lkrupp said: And all of this happened because a minority operating system (iOS) started protecting users from unauthorized data collection. I guess maybe iOS users really are more affluent and likely to spend money than …
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Wikipedia has an article on the “reliability of Wikipedia.” There have been numerous studies on this question. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia I find Wikipedia to be an excellent starting point for knowledge on a topic. It en…
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byronl said: danox said: Baller, Palm and Intel said the same about previous projects, only a few insiders at Apple know for sure what Apple is actually working on, and most probably only know a small piece at that. are you actually e…