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Despite Q1 & Q2 releases, Apple predicted to report bad hardware sales figures
"Bad hardware sales figures."
OK, this is the problem. "Bad hardware" figures cannot equate with "some decline year to year." As an enthusiastic capitalist, I must say that one of the problems with our system is that often, corporate value is determined by endless growth.
Apple sells an average of 55 million+ iPhones per quarter. That's nearly a quarter of a billion iPhones per year. So if they sell 60 million in Q2 a year prior, a "bad" number is 58 million? That's the headline. The same goes for revenue. In 2013, Apple had revenues of less than $200b. 10 years later, their revenue has doubled to almost $400b. But somehow if Q2 2023 is 2% lower than Q2 2022, it's doomsday.
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After years of work, Microsoft is still trying to make its own Apple Silicon-like chip
I don’t know that I agree about Intel being a key component of national security, but hexclock’s response was so insane I just assumed it was facetious.hexclock said:
What the hell are you even talking about? America can and should make as many things ourselves as possible. If self reliance equals hate, then I guess I’m a hater too.waveparticle said:
It is overstretching things without any concrete facts. Will you eve stop this kind of hate mongering, fear mongering?blastdoor said:It's such a huge indictment of multiple Intel management failures over the past 10-20 years that MS has to do this at all.
For reasons of national security, I think it's necessary to try and save Intel. But I think "we" (meaning, I guess, American citizens and policy makers) need to think long and hard about how to try and reduce the chances of something like this from happening again. Intel was a national treasure and these a-holes absolutely plundered it and put their country at risk. I know there are some financial institutions that have been designated as being too important to the financial system to fail, meaning they both get extra protection but also extra oversight/regulation. Maybe we need a similar national security designation for companies that are vitally important to our long term national security to also receive some extra protection but also oversight.
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NHS sends alerts COVID-19 app has shut down in England and Wales
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We've studied the virus, know how it affects the body and who's at most risk of serious illness, and developed anti-virals/treatments. None of which we knew/had 3 years ago when this technology was created. But I get that studying history and understanding the rationale behind things isn't most people's strong suit.red oak said:Oh no.. What are we all going to do??
Well, yes. But by the time it was developed, "we" (e.g. those in power) knew that contact tracing was useless, that masks didn't stop the spread, and that anyone under 50 without major health problems had nearly a zero risk of dying from it. But it was still used anyway.
As for the study, it says right in the abstract that the "prevented infections" was an estimate.
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DJI's new drone has a triple-camera system for photography & video work
That’s completely political. They are the best drones on the market without a doubt. And you have no problem supporting apple, which provides support by orders of magnitude.charlesatlas said:DJI is blacklisted by the Department of Defense as part of its Chinese military companies list. No, thanks. I won't support the PLA.
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Rumored Mac Pro & Mac Studio aren't dead -- but neither are now expected at WWDC
I don’t think it’s complicated. Apple is going to release an absolute monster of a pro machine. It’s going to be targeted at true professionals in video, audio, animation, design, etc. It’s going to be very expensive. Apple is likely waiting based on economic trends.
