viclauyyc

GeorgeBMac said:

$5Million for a design?   $300,000 for a piece of clear glass?

Apple needs to get fully over its design supercedes function obsession.  

It did gain some separation from its obsession with thin and light Macs at the expense of functionality.  But it needs to do the same for its stores.  They are centers for customers to do their research, obtain education, get quality service and, oh yeh, buy products.  But NO customer goes to an Apple store to see the pretty glass front.

Yes, image matters.  But, as Porsche has proven:   "Form [needs to] follow function"

chadbag said:

fastasleep said:

NinjaMan said:

Xed said:

F_Kent_D said:

foregoneconclusion said:

This is the same Texas state government that has made drastic changes to voting laws to try and reduce the number of citizens that can successfully cast a vote in the state.

Based on your inaccurate comment it doesn’t seem to me you live in Texas. I’ve lived in Texas for my 43 years and the government has never tried to reduce the amount of people that can vote. We actually have opened early voting for extended periods of time, more than most states by a lot, and the state allows anyone to cast a provisional ballot that if needed any government issued or even a school issued ID is sufficient. You cannot tell me that even thou you’re required to have an ID to lease an apartment or any housing but it’s not okay to require that same ID to cast a ballot for an election. You’ve been fed wrong information watching CNN and reading The Washington Compost

Someone needs to read more about their state laws. FB and Qanon groups aren't cutting it.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/politics/what-texas-voting-bill-does/index.html

Oops. I linked to article from CNN. I guess that means it's automatically all "fake news". 🙄

How is structuring an accountable voting system to limit fraudulent votes reducing the number of citizens who can successfully vote? There's absolutely nothing in that article that demonstrates a blocking in someone's ability to vote - does removing 24hr voting inconvenience some, maybe, but 6am to 10pm still gives you 16 out of 24hrs to cast a vote so it's not impossible - people can go before work or afterwork regardless of their shift. Texas actually has a State law in place that says employers are NOT allowed to prevent an employee from voting: https://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/voting_time_off.html so exactly how are people are the number of citizens being reduce? 

I love how people pretend like rampant voter fraud is an actual problem that needs solving (it isn't) and that further restricting voting is a necessary step to further secure elections (it isn't). It's well documented who these restrictions overwhelmingly target, and which side is responsible for instigating these bullshit pieces of legislation. There is no data to support the allegations of voter fraud as we've seen over and over again. You're either being willfully obtuse to support your indefensible position on the subject, or you're an abject moron.

Oh really?? Well  documented who these “restrictions” target?   Let’s see that documentation from reliable sources.   

Did you know that African Americans overwhelmingly support voter ID laws?  And common sense voter integrity laws?

none of the Texas “restrictions” target any specific group, are common sense, and most target recent liberalizations that make no sense.  

And you better go tell Harvard that there is no voter fraud as they have well documented rates of voter fraud in studies of past elections (prior to the last election or two).  

ravnorodom said:

The TikTok scenario is interesting. Get your stuff back and just let it go.