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  • Apple Maps shows users the Gulf of Mexico when searching for 'Gulf of America'


    They should change United States to “The Stolen Lands of the Natives”. For accuracy. 
    As you know, it's not about "accuracy."  It's about whoever is in power at the point in time when the name changes.

    eriamjh said:
    I'm old.  I don't like it when the names of things change for no real reason.   
    I'll be 54 next month. But I don't feel that old just yet.  I'm still at the stage where we expect changes to occur in our lifetime.  And sometimes those name/word changes are oddball changes that pertain to political correctness.  Funny, but even when I was back in college, and good friend of mine gifted me this book:
    https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Correct-Bedtime-Stories-Garner/dp/1561003913

    Far too many people seek to "better society" by altering words and names.  But the funny part is, you tend to side with the name changes when the person or people enacting the changes by and large fit your political ideology.

    Xed said:
    I, for one, acknowledge that I use salty language on this forum and will try to keep it to curtail it going forward.
    I've sometimes taken issue with your writing, but it's never resorted to name-calling. Nor am I offended by your "salty language." Diversity of thought and words make the world go 'round. People today are overly sensitive. But let's face it. The more interesting forum discussions are the saltier ones. The forum experience is also a big part of why people get there news here versus MacRumors or countless other Apple related news sites. Salt has many good uses.  Don't lose your saltiness.

    ...we're going to attempt to set some kind of limit on political speech here. 
    AI has already added the Dislike button, an action which I personally think will only exacerbate negativity.  But of course, deleting posts is one way to achieve the aforementioned "limit."

    (Edit: That was sarcasm in case there was any confusion.)
    Here's a prime example, Wesley.  That "Edit" indicates to me some are fearful about misinterpretation so we now need to tack disclaimers onto our posts to make sure they won't face the chopping block.

    Alex1N said:
    I think that we need a ‘laugh’ button instead of the new ‘dislike’ button. I’m serious.
    I am serious too about the matter when I say that adding a Dislike button will definitely lead to negativity and retribution among forum members.  I've already spotted a number of posts getting a large number of Dislikes, typically from people who take the opposite political ideology of the post they Dislike!  So rather than engage in thoughtful debate, people smash the Dislike button instead, and nobody can find out who smashed the Dislike button.  It's hit & run!

    Upper management at YouTube were not a band of fools when they eliminated Dislike on YouTube.  Human nature gravitates toward negativity.  I disagree with the "fight fire with fire" approach that Dislike buttons promote.  When I see a fire, it's time for water to quench the fire, not a fiery Dislike button.

    it's a bad move if you don't want to be called a fascist.
    I've heard both sides launch the silly "fascist" word-bomb toward each other.  It happens so often the word has really lost much of its meaning.  In the USA these days, whoever you feel is fascist is basically the person who is exercising power in the political party you disagree with.

    The rise of authoritarianism in the USA is merely a symptom of the disease called DIVISION.  A house divided cannot stand.  That doesn't mean it will fall in a day.  It's a slow erosion over time.  The only cure is for people to pleasantly agree to disagree, and if they cannot do that, the house must be divided at some point.
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  • Apple will still have to deal with a class-action lawsuit alleging pay disparity

    Here is the original lawsuit story from June 2024:
    https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-accused-lawsuit-underpaying-female-workers-california-2024-06-13/

    I believe AppleZulu and Mikethemartian have been mislead based on their remarks that Apple is still establishing pay based on disclosure of salary histories, and I say that based on 9-to-5 Mac's article, paragraphs 4 & 5, which state:

    Up until the summer of 2017, Apple asked candidates the salary they were paid in their current role, and based its offer on some improvement on this number. The problem with this is that if a female employee was underpaid in her previous role, then Apple would be perpetuating the differential in her new salary.

    Apple recognized this problem, and ceased asking the question. Recruiters instead asked about candidate’s salary expectations, and based their offer on this. However, the Californian lawsuit alleges that this too perpetuates salary differentials, because studies show that candidates tend to base this number on some increase from their current salary.

    So based on that article, after 2017, Apple is no longer asking about past pay from other employers.  But one big issue in this June 2024 lawsuit actually seems to center on the words I put in bold above — salary expectations.  And yet, most companies in the US, as far as I know, negotiate salaries and ask prospective employees to cite their desired salary range.

    In other words, a big part of this class action lawsuit seems to focus the fact that women are asking for lower starting salaries than men are asking for.  

    If you ask for a lower number and are hired, and then somebody else (regardless of being male/female) asks for a higher number and too is hired, then you will have a disparity.  Nobody seems interested in calling out the disparity between two men who ask for different salaries, but when women are involved, then the lawyers come knocking.  But the question asked by employers would not seem to be inherently sexist or discriminatory, but instead just a question.  So if the end result of that rather innocent question results in a disparity, should the entire system be changed?  That seems to be the issue here more than anything else, although the lawsuit puts women at the forefront.

    Not being a woman, I look at this from a man's point of view.  Do I want to be asked about my salary expectations?  Well, I guess I wouldn't because sometimes you just don't know what a realistic number is.  Ask for a sky high salary, and that could be viewed negatively, making another candidate asking for a lower number more attractive.  My daughter is going through this now as she approaches university graduation this April.

    So we must answer this question:  If the lawsuit ultimately stops employers asking prospective hires about their salary expectations, will it end up lowering salaries across the board?  Would it really result in good for all employees if they aren’t asked about salary expectations?

    Honestly, I don't know.
      I only know it would be a tad less stressful because you then wouldn’t need to scramble to figure out a number and hope it's a good one and one that gets you hired.
    RobJenkWesley Hilliard
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook attending Trump inauguration after $1 million donation

    ...shareholders are proposing otherwise.

    Where "proposing otherwise" seems to suggest that AAPL shareholders might be trying to get Apple into a political mess. But an AAPL shareholder voting against Apple's DEI hiring practices would argue it is a way to get Apple out.

    DEI hiring seeks to increase the share of "underrepresented" employees.  That can mean fewer opportunities for those who traditionally filled those roles prior to DEI hiring. DEI proponents would argue "that is a necessary trade-off in addressing systemic inequalities." But opponents would question if that trade-off is justifiable, especially when it risks brewing a political firestorm at the workplace.
    davSmittyWblastdoorjibwatto_cobrabyronlRobJenk
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook personally invested $1 million in Trump's inauguration

    hexclock said:
    Convicted of a bullshit...
    People as dumb as you shouldn’t be allowed to breed.
    I found it rather intriguing that your post tally for that particular post numbers "666".

    But I must admit I've been seeing that number a lot lately, on everything from license plates to forum posts like yours.  Regardless of what you believe about the number, it is a bit ominous.
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