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I doubt this conversation took place. First Cook is smart enough to know that Trump is a nut job and can't be trusted.

Every post or speech  the convicted felon makes contains lies … (more)with are constantly refuted with actual fact. Trumpp makes claims that can't be documented beyond "I'm told..." or "I hear..." which dead-ends. High level RNC members are leaving the SS Trumptanic on practically a daily basis.

He's been demonstrating on the same daily basis that TDS doesn't mean what the RNC wants it to mean. Cook knows this goofball won't really help him unless it's good for Trump. 

No doubt Cook would ask for help from someone who might actually be able to provide some, but that's not the Grifter in Chief. Trump wants people to believe that everyone comes to him because he is the guy that gets things done. Like building a wall and making Mexico pay for it. So I'm not surprised he's making that claim.

Here's a man who admires dictators, has basically said he'll be a dictator if elected, and will go after Jimmy Kimmel and others who've "wronged" him.

So I find it hard to believe Cook would waste his time trying to talk some sense into him. Further it's been well documented that a reasonable person can't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. So it will take Cook saying it's true before I accept this as even a possibility.
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MacPro said:

gatorguy said:

macxpress said:

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gatorguy said:

Does there seem to be an unusual amount of Apple firmware issues in the past few weeks, some serious enough to that require them pulled? Maybe it's relatively common and I've just not noticed. At the moment, it's hitting a big range of Apple products.

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In the past year, Android devices . . .

This isn't about some platform dick measuring contest. I've never used an Android product and probably never will. Android's issues aren't my concern. Apple's are. I give Android credit where, and hold Apple accountable for. Deflection is not a friend.

Betas are avoided because I'm just not that adventurous. Kudos to those who are. I only want Apple to figure it out before it becomes a release candidate.

MAGA creed:

He hates what I hate, so his character doesn't matter.
Except that you're not rich so he doesn't care about you, tiny character flaw.

He … (more)won't back down.
How about a debate where he got his ass handed to him.

He tells it like it is.
What a mess that is, nothing but word salad.

The military loves me.
Except that he thinks they dead, bullet riddled and losers.

I love the poorly educated.
I just don't give a damn about them.

It would take one ultra scary mf-candidate to make me vote for Trump. He's about as bad is gets. A garden gnome would get my vote over Trump. A sack of hammers would get my vote over Trump. He is a clear and present danger. The fact that his cult base doesn't see that or doesn't care says more about them than him.


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radarthekat said:

Had the technology for a digital watch existed right from the start, it would have been absurd to create a round watch body/face, as there simply would

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have been no imperative to create a form so inefficient to the function of the timepiece. 

I disagree. Apple has long sacrificed substance over style on many occasions. The Watch was an exception to their common though not absolute practice.

The rectangular shape is more efficient than a round shape at displaying maximum information. But like any aspect of our lives not everybody needs every possible feature of any given device. Most everyone I know has an Apple Watch. If not it's some feature watch not a smart watch. 

Style is an imperative. A round watch comes with some sacrifices that may or may not be important to the wearer. Style and function play different roles to different people based on their preferences. While Apple sticks to the rectangular case a great many of their watch faces are round, and still offer a lot of utility.

Sports cars vs saloons vs trucks, long pants vs shorts, hard top vs convertible, etc. One size doesn't fit all even if Apple says so. The Samsung watches offer a lot of utility in a round shape. A few I've seen are good looking to boot. They just don't offer watchOS so they're a non-starter for me.

A round Watch doesn't have to replace rectangles in a line up. I don't understand why people try to make it an either or situation. If Apple were to design a round Watch the vast majority of Watch fans would very like be surprised at how little would be lost in translation.

Apple should make their lineup thinner than it is now. If they made a round Watch it would sell. They probably won't do it. I have a vague memory of Jobs making negative comments regarding phablets. It's possible he never did. Yet iPhones keep getting bigger and bigger. So change is possible.


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phred said:

I don’t understand.It says press = to get result,but that is how every calculator works.There may be something else that is not explained,but should

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be.

You need to reread the article, more carefully. It doesn't say what you think it said:

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Once an equals sign is written, the application will auto-complete the expression for the user, and the results change whenever the expression is modified in any way.

Most calculators give you results as you enter each process, a running total. The iPad calculator apparently lets you write (with the Pencil) an entire expression and doesn't solve until the equals sign is drawn. You seem to have missed everything before that. Watch the keynote if you're interested.
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