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  • The next Apple CEO: Who could succeed Tim Cook?

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    All of the following companies currrently have an engineer as CEO:
    Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, AMD, … and yes, even Apple (as well as countless other successful tech companies).

    Amazon was founded by Bezos, with a degree in Electrical Engineering (not commonly known).

    Elon has a degree in physics which is similar to engineering, and he has an engineering mindset no doubt.  It shows when he speaks about the challenges of starting and running Tesla and SpaceX.  No marketer, designer or HR lightweight could ever match his wits.

    Every astronaut who’s walked on the moon is/was an engineer. 

    Even LVMH, the fashion powerhouse, was founded by an engineer, and run by an engineer.  Go figure lol.

    Why is this important?  Because engineers understand how to get things done, not just give spin or worry about how something will be perceived.  They play chess when everyone else plays checkers.  Look around you at all the infrastructure, buildings, bridges, satellites, planes, medical devices, automobiles, rockets, computers, internet, AI and so on.  

    If it’s a female they pick she’ll likely be an engineer.

    Maybe it’ll be a non binary engineer.  But an engineer nonetheless.

    Craig F seems the best choice, if he’d want to.
    Tony Fadell would also be a great choice.
    mattinoz9secondkox2

  • Decade-old Apple Car project may be completely dead

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    Not surprised.  I respect Apple for not throwing more good money after bad.  The car business is absolutely difficult and brutal.  To all those comparing Apple taking on Nokia and Blackberry this is Apples and Oranges, night and day different.  Apple’s products hardly have moving parts.  Even in EVs there are dozens if not hundreds of moving parts.  Apple is right not to go down this path.
    williamlondontmaywatto_cobra

  • What to expect from Apple's Q4 2023 earnings report

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    robin huber said:
    Anybody wonder who is going to replace Tim after he decides he’s had enough anxiety and retires to swim in his Scrooge McDuck vault full of money?
    Hopefully another engineer whomever he/she/it/they may be.  Apple will lose its edge if it’s merely a marketing bozo running the shop.
    williamlondon

  • SEC sues Apple Car exec over securities rules at former employer

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    darkvader said:
    It's cute that AI still thinks there's ever going to be an Apple car.
    Reluctantly have to agree, Tesla is so far ahead of everyone it’ll be difficult to catch up let alone surpass.  Unless of course some company leapfrog’s with a cost effective Solid State Battery (Toyota?).
    mayflywilliamlondon

  • Apple playing chess, while others play checkers in march to $3 trillion

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    chutzpah said:
    cg27 said:
    techrider said:
    The difference between a million and a billion

    One million seconds = 11.5 days
    One billion seconds = 31.7 years
    One trillion seconds = 3,154 years

    For a person making a decent salary of $100K/year, making 10 million isn’t likely in their lifetime. 
    Nice example but you only got 1 out of 3 right:
    1 million seconds = 114 days
    1 trillion seconds = 31,709 years

    So the leap from billion to trillion seconds would make your point even more so.
    I’m pretty sure the original figure for days was correct.
    Indeed, and to clarify in same unit of years:

    1 M sec = 0.03 yrs  (= 11.5 days)
    1 B sec = 31.7 yrs
    1 T sec = 31,709 yrs


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