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US lawmakers not impressed with Apple App Store changes, pressing on with bill
The US House of Representatives has a lower level of individual representation of its alleged constituents than any other comparable body in any other industrialized democracy, whether direct or limited, and has been so since 1929. This is nothing more than asserting power in order to grow power. By definition, a twin anything is not a monopoly. This isn’t the first time politicians have fabricated terms in order to frighten the ignorant and justify their violation of the takings clause. It won’t be the last.urahara said:I am starting to believe that in the most cases the government only makes the situation worse. This is one of those situations. With “twin monopolies” - LOL, they have even coined a new term just to make their absurd case which hurts free market.
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Moment (M)Force case review: MagSafe for your iPhone 11
It would be nice to see this sort of workaround brought to the 2nd generation SE. Had my 7’s microphone not died before the release of the 12 mini, I’d have gotten it instead; but it’s hard to justify a phone that had only been acquired a couple months earlier. -
Apple in talks with San Jose over homeless encampment on its undeveloped land
Because of precedents it might set, existing squatters’ rights laws, whether legislation or common law, & PR issues, it seems like the best option would be to purchase land elsewhere, set up a tiny house cooperative, and give each of those individuals their own unit. It solves the PR issue, gets these folks out of the potential harms way that any future construction project on that land might present, ensures that any ecological mishap by these people isn’t wrongly attributed to Apple, and offers a substantial tax write off. That it also resolves the situation without taxing the people of San Jose is the best part of this hypothetical scenario.
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Design failure in Apple's Time Capsule leads to data loss
All of my Airport Extremes had the same failure mode, where they would fail to allow logins or resets; but would be 100% reliable and solid until the day of that failure. I’m happy with my mesh network setup with Homekit integration. -
US House passes bill that could shine a 'spotlight' on corporate tax avoidance
Taxes that only passed by promising to be temporary are still with us 108 years later, and far from the 6% maximum that was part of that fraudulent promise. The Founders aptly noted that the power to tax is the power to destroy. What is the fair share of another sentient being’s finite time and efforts?jdw said:A sad day for everyone.
Intelligent "small government" lawmakers have allowed loopholes to exist because other more sinister "big government" lawmakers want to take more than their fair share from everyone via forced taxation. That taxation is on big companies and on individuals who are just scraping by. Taxing less and spending less should be what all lawmakers are working on. But they aren't. They are trying to maintain Big Brother spending and even creating new taxes which will trickle down to all of us. You've got Federal Taxes, State Taxes, Sales Taxes, Local Taxes, Tariffs, Property Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Capital Gains Taxes, Excise Taxes... the list is almost endless. It's laughable to say companies or individuals "aren't paying enough" when in fact we are ALL paying WAY too much. Implementing this tricks to grab even more in taxes means you too will feel the pain through inflation, earlier than you think. That means your paycheck will be less meaningful tomorrow than it is today.So stop worrying about your neighbor and wondering if they pay their "fair share." Instead, celebrate and rejoice with them if they find a legal way to get around those awful taxes!Tax less. Spend less.Yes, it really is that easy.
