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Apple to build $1B campus in Austin, increase employment nationwide
Okay, I understand now, thanks. I suspect that kind of situational epiphany is pretty rare though, and modern market research probably makes headquarters locations largely irrelevant. I could be wrong, though. It's been known to happen from time to all the time.SpamSandwich said:
Understanding customers helps to ensure Apple will be able to deliver what those customers want.lorin schultz said:
Yes, you've made your political position quite clear. I don't understand how Apple would benefit, nor I as its customer, if more of its employees drive pickup trucks with rifle racks though. What does the progressive climate in California have to do with Apple's business?SpamSandwich said:Apple needs to start to migrate more of their core people out of California and have them work in states that are not so philosophically isolated from the rest of the country.
Remember the origins of the Sony Walkman? Designers from Sony observed the lifestyle of Californians at the beach and wondered if they could create a portable tape player that one could wear. A simple insight, but if the Sony observation had never been made, the Walkman may have never been created.
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Apple to build $1B campus in Austin, increase employment nationwide
I wasn't referring to Texas, or any other specific place. I was responding to a generalized statement about California being "philosophically isolated."airnerd said:
1) I love it when people make it abundantly clear that they have never ventured into Texas and rely on 80's dramas and jokes to form their opinion on the place.lorin schultz said:
Yes, you've made your political position quite clear. I don't understand how Apple would benefit, nor I as its customer, if more of its employees drive pickup trucks with rifle racks though. What does the progressive climate in California have to do with Apple's business?SpamSandwich said:Apple needs to start to migrate more of their core people out of California and have them work in states that are not so philosophically isolated from the rest of the country.
2) If you can't understand how state regulations, as well as corporate taxation laws + cost of living can impact a companies business then I'm not sure anyone here has the time to teach you.
The person to whom I was responding said nothing about business conditions, he referred to his perception of prevailing mindsets in California. He has recently stated support for a conservative nationalist agenda, so my response here was to suggest his concern about California may not be about business conditions but fear of touching a computer infested with liberal cooties. It was pointed humor.
I don't know what you're up in arms about though, as the article clearly specifies several locations into which Apple plans to expand and I didn't reference any particular location.
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Apple to build $1B campus in Austin, increase employment nationwide
Yes, you've made your political position quite clear. I don't understand how Apple would benefit, nor I as its customer, if more of its employees drive pickup trucks with rifle racks though. What does the progressive climate in California have to do with Apple's business?SpamSandwich said:Apple needs to start to migrate more of their core people out of California and have them work in states that are not so philosophically isolated from the rest of the country.
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Apple Watch ECG feature not arriving in Canada anytime soon
Apple is having trouble converting imperial heart rates to metric (they tried the "double it and add thirty" method but it didn't work).MplsP said:Only Apple knows for sure, but I can think of several possible reasons the EKG feature isn't approved/available in Canada.
Medicine is understandably highly regulated. on top of that, each country's regulations are unique and different. Navigating the regulations needed to approve such a feature in the US is a monumental task. Doing so in 2 countries is that much more difficult. I imagine there are similarities between the US and Canadian regulatory systems, but who knows? Apple may well have decided early on to focus resources on one country.
Apple may well be using the American market to gather data for a submission for approval in other countries like Canada.
The Canadian source may have no clue what they're talking about.
Apple may not give a rip about Canadians and has absolutely no plans to introduce it.
Canadian's physiology is altered by the cold weather so the apple watch won't work.
Apple may be working on an application for approval as we speak
Apple already submitted an application but it got lost in the Canadian bureaucracy.
Ok, a couple of those are whacked up, but you get the idea.
The low Canadian heart rate, combined with fluctuations in relative rates worldwide, makes it harder to calibrate the device outside the USA. Right now the Canadian heart rate is only about .75US.
Canada's Prime Minister thinks health warnings are a form of body shaming and is offended by them.
Trump is threatening to impose a 25% tariff on every heart beat transmitted to a US-based server.
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How to pick the best monitor for your new Mac mini
For a while I kicked around the idea of having one wide-format monitor instead of two with convention aspect ratios. in that format, curved screens seem to outnumber flat by about three to one. That surprised me a little, as I look at curved screens the same way as kneeling chairs -- a silly fad we'll be laughing at in ten years.
Does the large selection of curved screens just mean manufacturers are anxious to cash in on the trend before the novelty wears off, or is there some genuine advantage I'm not seeing? I find them annoying.
