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macmarcus said:

rogifan_new said:

tjwolf said:

The AW tells you that your heart rate is elevated, but it doesn't tell you *why*.  I recently went to the ER because my AW told me the same thing as this blogger.  It turned out I was just dehydrated.  I'm not advocating people not go to the ER when their AW tells them their heart rate is abnormally high.  But in my case, I wish I had thought of dehydration as a possible cause and measured again after having had a few glasses of water.   Would have saved me hours in the ER and quite a few dollars.

I’m guessing the Apple Watch can’t say “why” because to do that it would need to be FDA approved.

Or like an actual doctor to give a medical opinion.

Just wait, around about AW series 10 it should be able to diagnose and prescribe. BTW: iSat-Phone: I want one!

It would be a real winner if they can be set up to rise when my alarm goes off!

design_editor said:

Sadly, this is not the type of help Australia needs from Apple. The company pays virtually no tax on billions of dollars of revenue from sales of its products and services in Australia. The avoidance of its tax obligations means that the Government cannot provide services to its citizens and most recently had cut 10s of millions from its fire services in the most affected state of NSW. We don’t need billionaires
or corporations throwing pocket change at problems. They need to honor their social contract of paying its tax obligations.

Facts: for the twelve months to September 29, 2018 Apple declared total sales of $9.08 billion in Australia and paid $164 million in tax leaving a net after-tax profit of $232 million. The Australian Tax Office will no doubt check these calculations very carefully, so we can assume that they are in accordance with Australian tax law. Opinion: good on'ya Apple, not only do you pay your taxes in Australia, you also donate to help us in an emergency AND you are doing a massive amount to make Apple an environmentally sustainable company. Now, if only our own government could do as much. PS: I've fought bush fires, to help save my own and my neighbours houses, and it is tough and dangerous work. Right now my thoughts are with the firefighters and BS about who pays what tax are an unnecessary distraction.

tundraboy said:

revenant said:

you mean apple will, right? because apple is the one being sexist here. it is their algorithm that they tailored to be sure to give women a subpar credit limit. all goldman sachs does is issue the card on apple's behalf, apple is the one doing all the work, they are a giant bank.

Are you kidding?  You realize if someone defaults on their Apple Card balance, it's Goldman Sachs that eats the loss, not Apple, right?  You really believe that Goldman Sachs, or any bank for that matter, would allow someone else to make the lending decision for them?  Assessing creditworthiness is THE INDISPENSABLE, MOST IMPORTANT SKILL NEEDED to run a bank.  You know, a bank --those companies that turn a profit by extending credit.  If you have no ability to evaluate a loan applicant's creditworthiness, you have no business being in the banking business.

Yes, he's kidding. It's called irony and it is officially a form of humour.

More proof that Apple has, since the return of Steve Jobs, been employing old style horizontal and vertical integration in order to maximise sales and weaken the opposition. It exposes the stupidity of the 'outsource everything but your core business' craze that started in the 1990's.
In this context, the iPad Mini simply closes a gap in the 'horizontal' part of Apple's strategy, while also optimising old components from the 'vertical' supply side.
BTW, Apple also ignores the supposed optimum zones of Arthur C. Clarke's management trilemma, usually quoted as "Quick, Cheap, Good: Pick two." Instead the philosophy is that the product has to be better than good, and speed and price are managed to a 'best possible' level, through great management and clever strategy.
Right now it is fascinating to try to discern where Apple TV+ is going. Is it just a new revenue stream, or is there a deeper, more subtle play behind it?