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DavidEsrati said:

Thankfully the internet and this forum wasn't around when the original Macintosh was introduced.
Cost $2500 then- and all the specs sucked.
This is an amazing piece of tech- way ahead of its time and the competition.
If you want cheap- get a Quest.
If you want something visionary- ahead of it's time- this is the product.
Steve Jobs would have loved it.

manishboy77 said:

Due to the recent mendacities of the establishment I will never buy one of these. I have removed wifi from my home and my kids are watching DVDs. I am strongly considering going back to a flip phone as well after having an iphone since the 3g. 

manishboy77 said:

I now believe that Steve’s rare cancer was no accident. Gates & his friends were responsible. 

lkrupp said:

So millennials are finding out how the world really works, that no job is secure, that all this talk about how companies value employees is bullshit. You didn’t want to come back to work at the office but wanted to remain cozy working at home with your pet cat on your lap. It’s the BOTTOM LINE, baby, the bottom line. Get used to it, You’ll be switching jobs every few years for the rest of your lives with no security, no perks, no free lunches and lattes. Think joining a union will make it all better? Hardy har har. The SCOTUS is likely to shitcan your hopes of getting your student loan debt laid on the backs of taxpayers. $400 billion? Think again. 

The world will continue to need electricians, plumbers, brick masons, welders, carpenters, big equipment operators for the foreseeable future, not so much programmers, data entry workers, marketing types, even certain engineering fields as AI will see to that. It’ll be awhile until Boston Dynamics comes up with a robot that can wire and plumb a new home.

End rant from a 73 year old curmudgeon.

waveparticle said:

avon b7 said:

lkrupp said:

China’s continuing aggression and warnings of conflict if the U.S. doesn’t “change course”, along with the possibility of sending lethal arms aid to the Russians in Ukraine is spooking the world. It’s amazing that Xi is willing to risk China’s economic future. Europe played footsies with Russia for decades thinking being nice and playing ball would keep the Russian Bear satisfied. Then Putin showed up. Now Xi has designs on the East. You have two cultures that have never experienced democracy and have always been ruled by emperors or dictators. What did you expect?

After WWII the world had Pax Americana for close to eighty years. Is that gone today?

If you take a step back, rub your eyes and take a fresh look, you might see a different picture. 

BRICS and the BRI/DSR have managed to pull in most of the world. 

Now the US is facing dollar pushback and the very real possibility of being overtaken in technology output. 

If anyone is spooked and scrambling to change course it is the US. 

Reality says (and you can check it yourself) that the BRI has basically run through all of Latin America, Africa and Asia. Middle East is pivoting to China and Russia doesn't have too many options.

What's left? Not much and China trade with the US and EU is nothing to be scoffed at. 

He is full of double truths. Most of what he said about China is fed by the Western world especially US government and media.