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Apple's record $81.4 billion Q3 obliterates Street expectations
Aaaaaand stock tanks. Go figure.
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Elon Musk takes jabs at Apple during Tesla earnings call
Isn’t he supposed to be going to space soon? Maybe he should stay there.
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Teen AirDrops images of airsoft gun to passengers on United flight, plane evacuated [u]
Quick show of hands: how many people here are aware that the AirDrop settings are available in ControlCenter by pressing and holding the center of the radio section, right in between the four buttons (Airplane mode, Cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)?
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Apple in talks with San Jose over homeless encampment on its undeveloped land
The #1 reason would be that said commercial company is a huge part of the problem: high paying tech jobs are driving up housing costs and overall costs of living to a point where non-tech workers can’t afford a living. A crappy, minuscule studio apartment rents for $2500/month in San Jose. How do you afford this plus food plus a car (not an option in CA) on $15/hour wages?michelb76 said:I don't understand why a commercial company should step up to fix the government's neglect?
No, the homeless problem used to be directly related to drugs and mental health, but that’s not true any longer. I fly in and out of San Jose all the time and just a few days ago noticed this encampment had grown to massive proportions.We can do better, and while I don’t think homelessness issues should be visited on the owner of the land they’re squatting, it’s clear tech companies in general are a huge contributing cause to this problem, and therefore they should be compelled to be part of a solution.
So they can either choose to take a proactive stance, or wait until local government succumbs to resident pressure to hike up their tax contributions in order to take care of the problem. Option A seems better for all parties involved.
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Airline trade body launches trial COVID vaccine passport app
Thank you. Also the SCOTUS ruled in 1905 that the federal government had the right to mandate vaccination. And I sure hope they do. And please, no religious exemptions.colormedavid said:
That's not how HIPAA works...HeliBum said:There will be a backlash in the US because of HIPAA. People cannot be forced to divulge health information and I suspect existing transportation laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of vaccination status. International travel is a whole different ball of wax.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/06/08/hipaa-does-not-prevent-employers-businesses-from-asking-your-covid-19-vaccination-status/?sh=307689826b98
