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digitrance said: What a ridiculous article. “No sign” of Foxconn plant? Gee, maybe that’s because construction isn’t planned to start until this summer? https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2019/03/18/foxconn-says-move-forward-flat-…
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Mount Pleasant occupies 35 square miles of terrain, 34 of which is land. Foxconn's expected campus was to occupy four square miles along the mostly rural I-94 corridor. Whether you work the numbers by area (four out of 34) or population (75 homes ou…
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Andrew_OSU said: bsimpsen said: AppleInsider said: Each cup on the AH-D5200 is made of wood -- real wood. They are carved from Zebrawood which certainly has a stunning aesthetic. It is dark in appearance with horizontal grain, a…
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AppleInsider said: Each cup on the AH-D5200 is made of wood -- real wood. They are carved from Zebrawood which certainly has a stunning aesthetic. It is dark in appearance with horizontal grain, and feels very nice and looks much higher quali…
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DAalseth said: So far I've seen no reason to install HomeKit or ANY home automation system. In my wood shop alone, Siri and HomeKit earn their keep. I can, even over the din of power tools, tell Siri to turn on/off my air compressor, air c…
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After Foxconn's "efforts" in Brazil, this should surprise no-one. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/business/foxconn-trump-wisconsin.html
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AppleInsider said: Apple's long-delayed AirPower wireless charger is just around the corner, launching "in late March," a rumor claimed on Friday. A component for the charger, GPP (glass passivated package) bridge rectifiers, should soon en…
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Soli said: 1) Wishful thinking, but I'd love to get in-ear options. 2) I wonder why the change from W1 to H1. Does 'H' stand for Health? Headphones?
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cgWerks said: Also, while I agree about Trump's personality and sometimes behavior, the press made a big deal of this before Trump responded with his attempt at defending himself. Correct. Trump's mendacity has been on display for deca…
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jbdragon said: Sounds good to me. Why say Tim Cook from Apple, when you can just shorten it to Tim Apple. Probably not, but he see's a lot of people every day. I'm sure he has Apple in in mind, and Tim Cook, and it came out Tim Apple. It'…
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netrox said: bsimpsen said: MacPro said: 5 nanometers ... Sheesh! I am getting flashbacks to computer RAM stated in kilobytes. How long before we see picometers used? Picometers won't happen. Silicon atoms have a diamete…
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MacPro said: 5 nanometers ... Sheesh! I am getting flashbacks to computer RAM stated in kilobytes. How long before we see picometers used? Picometers won't happen. Silicon atoms have a diameter of 222pm. We're nearing the limit for ho…
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coolfactor said: sunman42 said: As I believe I speculated here before, Apple may view WiFi access points and mesh systems as products with limited lifetimes, simply because of the adoption of 5G over the next few years. Why have additi…
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If Apple's future is all about the ecosystem, it's terribly dangerous to be dependent on arch rivals for the glue that holds it all together. I think abandoning routers was one of the greatest errors Apple made and I do hope that fear motivates them…
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racerhomie3 said: bsimpsen said: Apple, are you sensing an opportunity here? Selling your data? No thanks. I pray Apple doesnt become like Google or Amazon. They have plenty of Siri machines like Homepod, Apple Watch ,iPhone & i…
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Apple, are you sensing an opportunity here?
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Did you not notice that the new Air has a Retina display? You'd think that a 3x increase in pixels would be worth a mention.
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"Our current specification for iPad Pro flatness is up to 400 microns which is even tighter than previous generations," wrote Riccio. If the spec is tighter than ever and people are stating the spec is unacceptable, why did those same people ever c…
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cgWerks said: So far, at least the meager start of AI vehicles has shown them to be far, far less safe than the average human driver. AI cars have only driven a fraction the number of miles of the amount of human driven miles for a fatali…
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cgWerks said: JWSC said: A Rush fan! Red Barchetta indeed! 🚗 Very true that autonomous navigation has yet to be proven. But I think for single vehicles in a mixed environment we are not far from a safe and reliable solution in metro a…