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It should be noted that, as the article infers, Cook is actually "tied" with 15 other CEOs with the same 92 percent approval rating. The first 45 CEOs (out of 100) on this list all have rankings of 95 percent or higher. This effectively renders the individual number rankings meaningless, though the list is still useful as a grouping of the best CEOs in the US.

 From reading the comments in this thread, you would think that none of the regular forum members are aware that Thunderbolt 3 exists.

While I’m not saying the current Mac mini doesn’t have some (minor) limitations, the fact that it has TB3 allows you to add eGPUs — though that’s not said to be very important in the nature of this mythical xMac — and virtually unlimited storage expansion at 40GB a second, along with other more specialized external options. Yes it’s not internal, but at that speed does that really matter?

As proof of what I say, Sonnet recently updated their latest powerhouse, rack mountable, Mac-mini-on-steroids … And it’s literally called the xMac! https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/12/sonnet-intros-xmac-mini-server-thunderbolt-3-edition-expansion-system

I can’t say as I’m well-informed enough of the pros and cons of this merger to say if it would ultimately be a good thing or bad thing, but I can say that if it didn’t go through and Sprint died as a result, another existing carrier or a new entrant would swoop up those assets and spectrum, so I don’t think there’s much to worry about on that front.

I’m concerned about the clause that they won’t agree to raise prices on “5G” for three years. IOW, you can expect to pay more for service soon, from basically everyone.

Currently I’m against the merger simply because the current (and corrupt) chair of the FCC is for it. Everything he’s done, almost without exception, has been pro-corporate and anti-consumer.

9secondkox2 said:

Shes got a thing for Apple. I swear Federighi stood her up or something. 

Not really. She almost certainly would have ruled in Apple’s favour in the Apple-Qualcomm matter, given how she ruled in the FTC-Qualcomm lawsuit, and has ruled in Apple’s favour a number of times on matters big and small, including the two Apple-Samsung trials (though the awards were reduced later). She’s just a very no-nonsense judge who understands that juries generally have very limited technical knowledge, and demands that cases not try to win by “baffle em with BS” tactics. I’ve read a number of her rulings, and they’re very thorough and meticulous.

eightzero said:

One of the disappointments I have with Siri is when I ask her to "name that tune" she can ID a song that is playing. But not when she is connected to CarPlay and I have the radio on. Maybe that will be remedied in the Shazam stuff.

Interesting. Until they do fix that, you could use your Apple Watch for this. Say "Hey Siri, open Shazam," and then you'll have to tap the Shazam icon for it to "listen." I just tested this and it works!