All-Purpose Guru

SpamSandwich said:

So all future flyovers will concentrate on the planting of trees, shrubbery and the laying of sod?

You have a problem with drones following the lawnmowers around?  j/k

I would assume that we will have drone flights for a while until there isn't much to see, or until Apple has antiaircraft guns installed.

fmalloy said:

'Course, if you live here you realize that Apple, and the cities of Sunnyvale and Cupertino, are doing ZERO to expand the roadway infrastructure.

Actually, around Apple Park they have added lanes to the streets and are upgrading the Wolfe Road exit off of I-280. True, the cities aren't paying for this-- APPLE is. In addition Apple is growing their in-house bus fleet and are paying for upgrades to the infrastructure to support the new facility.

Please don't comment about things you know NOTHING about.

fmalloy said:

They've cut tons of trees to build these monster complexes and who knows what else they do to the environment. Sure, solar farms help their energy bill, but nobody talks about how they're hurting the environment; all those bulldozers sure spew a lot of stuff into the air...

Apple has stated that the new buildings will use 100% renewable energy and are some of the most efficient buildings in the world. The facility will be completely covered in solar panels and will use fuel cell technology to take up the slack. This is similar to other facilities Apple has across the country, including their data centers in North Carolina, Oregon, and Nevada.

When you state "They've cut tons of trees" you DO realize that they haven't cut ANY, right?
They have preserved the fully-grown trees that were already on the site, which are in storage and will be replanted. They have also been growing new trees for several years now offsite, some as far as hundreds of miles away.
The site will be 80% covered in trees, up from the 20% coverage it had before-- when they finish there will be over 8000 trees, up from 3616 when HP owned the property. Apple is spending quite a bit on trees alone. That really doesn't sound like a lot of damage to the environment, frankly.

By the way, when you write in a message that "who knows what else they do to the environment." you are saying you don't know yourself, so the comment does nothing to support your point of view. Just sayin'.

Again, please keep your stupid comments with no basis in reality to yourself.

References:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/52-facts-about-apples-spaceship-campus-february-drone-video-3489704/
http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/04/a-look-at-apples-insanely-ambitious-tree-planting-plans-for-its-new-spaceship-campus/

DuaneTravis said:

Can someone please explain to me how this or any smart thermostat is beneficial and used? I have a 3-level townhouse with a single-zone HVAC with one thermostat controlling the temp on all levels. How does a smart thermostat benefit and save a person money if the one thermostat is controlling all three levels at the same time? Or does it only make sense for someone with a multi-zone HVAC system? Thank you.

You would get MORE benefit from having a multizone HVAC system or having the controllable vents so as to reduce the load on the HVAC system-- you wouldn't pay to cool the upstairs during the day if nobody was up there.  Even without the controllable vents, you'd still save some because the system would be smart enough to shut down when you left on errands or such.  

My little bitty condo is good for about 15-20% savings, so you would probably see about that much-- more if you started shutting off the parts of the house you're not occupying.

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SpamSandwich said:

Not only that, most workers in these factories WANT to work extra hours to make money faster. They usually move to the cities, make a bunch of money and move back to the country to have kids.

These so-called advocacy groups are actually working against the workers inerests and the workers rights.

Who gave them the right to speak out for all workers? If I were a worker there, I'd be pretty pissed that some two bit group was going against my interests and limiting my freedom when it comes to choosing my work hours. 

This is absolutely true.  Many of these employees will happily work as many hours as they get, they actually aren't *required* to do overtime, they do it voluntarily-- and if they don't *want* to do the overtime there are plenty of other people who are happy to pick up the slack.

If this was such a horrible place to work, why to people 1) line up for hours to apply for jobs and 2) work as many hours as possible for as long as possible?  Foxconn at least has NO problem finding workers, they turn away more than they accept.

Just in case you were wondering-- I personally know people that work at Foxconn (but not on the Apple products.)