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UK politicians urge government to try for Apple Car production jobs
Rayz2016 said:blastdoor said:darkpaw said:Literally, don't do it. Do not do it. The UK is a terrible place to do business. Brexit has destroyed the many to enrich the minuscule few. The Tory governments of the last ten years have ruined us. Build the Apple Car somewhere else. Please.Oh, and racists.
When we were in the EU, preferential immigration treatment was given to Europeans (ie mainly whites). Now under the new points based immigration system, the same rules apply if a person is from Europe, Africa, Asian, etc. No preferential treatment any more.
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UK Apple-Google COVID-19 app credited for prevention of 600,000 infections
sdw2001 said:I can't put this any more diplomatically: I call bullsh*t.
There is no way to know that the app "prevented" infections. What it did was notify people that they may have been "close" to someone who tested positive. Was that helpful? Possibly. How many of the notified users subsequently tested positive? How does the app define close contact? The other feature relates to checking-in to venues that are ID'd as "high risk." There are so many factors and questions here. What if people who install the app are more prone to embrace a false sense of security, thereby engaging in public more? What if people who test positive are less likely to download the app? Not only can we not say the app "prevented" infections, we can't even prove it's been beneficial. Common sense would dictate that it is. But that's not evidence.
Random bloke on internet thinks he knows more than the researchers at Oxford University and the Alan Turing Institute. I know who I’d place my money on being right -
UK politicians urge government to try for Apple Car production jobs
darkpaw said:Literally, don't do it. Do not do it. The UK is a terrible place to do business. Brexit has destroyed the many to enrich the minuscule few. The Tory governments of the last ten years have ruined us. Build the Apple Car somewhere else. Please.
Inward investment into the U.K. has reached record levels since the Brexit referendum. Up until the pandemic the businesses have boomed in the U.K. -
Cryptocurrency should be Apple's future financial gambit, analyst says
Absolutely stupid idea. The reason why people have faith in national currencies is because there is a bank standing behind it, obligated to honour it; - the Federal Reserve for the US Dollar, the Bank of England for Sterling, etc.
If Apple were to launch a crypto currency, or be closely associated with one, then people would believe rightly or wrongly that Apple would be liable for any losses they might incur from holding it. It could end up being be a public relations disaster for Apple, or worse, it could deliver a severe financial blow to the company. -
Microsoft partners with GM subsidiary Cruise on self-driving cars