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GeorgeBMac said:

This is good.  $4.3 Billion is a lot of money.
But, Huawei spends 4-5 times that on R&D each year ($15-$20B annually).
Meanwhile Apple spends around 20 times that buying back its own stock rather than investing in the company ($75-$100B annually).

Yeh, they're doing good.  But they could do a LOT better!

American companies didn't become powerhouses by making stockholders rich but by investing and growing themselves.  Yes, Apple is doing a good job growing themselves.  But they could be doing much, much better if their resources were utilized to grow and future-proof their company.

BxBorn said:

not sure I have all that much of a problem with this - I have Ring cameras outside of my house as a deterrent but also as a means to assist police should something happen so I can't see why others in the network wouldn't comply with the request if meant the arrest and/or prosecution of someone. Law Enforcement still has to go through channels to get the video and it doesn't appear to be a situation where 100% of all direct requests to Amazon will be fulfilled. If the courts reasonably believes that an individual has information that will lead to a convictions and that individual doesn't comply to testify on request the court can issue a subpoena if there is enough data to support the value of the testimony and likelihood to convict based on it. There are circumstances where even subpoena can't force the testimony but in 90%+ of cases you're going to testify. As far as overall Privacy goes isn't there an argument then that these outdoor camera's are violating the privacy of your neighbors and therefore should be banned? Unless you can contain the field of view to just your property you are more than likely picking up images from an adjacent property and not respecting their right to privacy - I actually informed my neighbors of my cameras and showed them what the cameras were picking up. No one had an issue and appreciated that I let them know...a couple actually bought their own once they saw it.

seanismorris said:

Soli said:

Fatman said:

So, I made an s-load of money today in my Apple stocks holdings

You don't make or lose money in the stock market until you sell.*

* Or the company is dissolves or you get dividends, but putting all the cavers into this rule of thumb just adds too much clutter.

Both paper money and digital money (or stocks) are strange concepts, both have little intrinsic value but we’ve decided as a society they do...

One is paper and ink, the other is ones and zeros...

From a logical perspective, the value of the persons Apple holding increased, so saying he “made money today” is reasonable enough...

But, until he converts it into physical assets...both are kind of worthless.  What’s the difference between Bitcoin and the US Dollar? One, is said to have value because people have decided it has value.  The other... the same, but maybe it’s also a contract controlled by a specific entity.

Anyways, the BS I just wrote is said to have value as data.  It could be used to manipulate someone else’s ideas, opinions or actions... so did I just make money? Physical BS might have more value..

It’s a strange world we live in.  Sometimes I think “life” is just us brainwashing ourselves and others.

applesauce007 said:

Trump buys Chinese Steel for construction
Surely he can understand why most companies manufacture in China.

If Trump was smart, he would figure out a way to win manufacturing back to the US not force them back with a trade war.
I predict that Tesla will move its US manufacturing to China.