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  • Bernie Sanders says government should examine Apple, Google, Facebook breakup

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    AppleZulu said:
    nht said:
    AppleZulu said:
    nht said:
    The only way the Dems can make me vote for Trump is this.
    Keep in mind the bigger picture. It doesn't advance your interests if someone doesn't touch the Mac on your desk but still burns down the building around it.
    The bigger picture is the US dominance in technology is a strategic US advantage. It has zero to do with Macs or iPhones.  Breaking up our major companies and reducing our competitive advantages only strengthens our adversaries.
    I was using a metaphor there. The bigger picture is that strategic US advantages are already being undermined and obliterated across the board right now. Our major tech companies are already having to scramble to adapt to the instability introduced under current policies. Continuation and expansion of those destabilizing policies will render moot any concerns about talk of monopoly investigations. 
    No, it doesn't render moot any concerns about monopoly investigations.  Im not willing to trade one looney for another looney.  How about a candidate that isn't extreme left or extreme right?
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  • Bernie Sanders says government should examine Apple, Google, Facebook breakup

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    AppleZulu said:
    nht said:
    The only way the Dems can make me vote for Trump is this.
    Keep in mind the bigger picture. It doesn't advance your interests if someone doesn't touch the Mac on your desk but still burns down the building around it.
    The bigger picture is the US dominance in technology is a strategic US advantage. It has zero to do with Macs or iPhones.  Breaking up our major companies and reducing our competitive advantages only strengthens our adversaries.
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  • Bernie Sanders says government should examine Apple, Google, Facebook breakup

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    The only way the Dems can make me vote for Trump is this.
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  • Apple investigating move of up to 30% of production out of China

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    The truth is:  The U.S. comprises less than a third of the world's GDP and is very replaceable by the other 2/3's. 

    Lol...try maintaining your standard of living 1/3 of your income missing.  "Very replaceable"?

    The truth is when our economy takes a hit so does everyone else's in a big way.  Remove the US from the equation and the global economy would collapse for years.  It's like removing the 3rd leg from a 3 legged stool because while the US is only 24% of the Global GDP it impacts EVERYONE else.  A hard Brexit will impact a lot of countries...with the EU as one the bigger losers...and the UK is relatively small.


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  • Apple loses $500 million bidding war for J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot

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    spheric said:
    StrangeDays said:
    eightzero said:

    eightzero said:
    The oblique reference to "For All Mankind" reminds me just how uncomfortable the teaser trailer at WWDC made me. While yes, art in general should have an element of uncomfortableness to motivate a viewer, I found the premise completely unbelievable. I think the idea is that while the USA lost the race to the moon, it sparked a continuing competition of space exploration. I find that completely and utterly unbelievable. Apollo and the "space race" was born and depended completely on political forces, and the US, even in that point of history, is a society completely incapable of anything more. And I say this because I can watch shows with dragons and people back from the dead; and lifelike robots that act out a fantasy land for wealthy visitors. I find that all comparatively believable. The US going into space for anything other than stroking its ego, then discovering it costs money? Humpf. Skippit. 

    Yes, sorry for the manifesto. 
    What on earth....are you trying to say? You find flying undead dragons (completely impossible) more believable than the other major super power at the time having won the space race? (entirely possible) You do realize Russia was first to 1) create a space orbiter 2) put creatures into space 3) land a ship on the moon... right?
    Yep. I find the flying undead dragons far more believable than the US actually having a coherent, long term space policy. Farcical.

    If others wish to watch, fine. There is a lotta stuff Apple seems to be trying to make that looks interesting to me (eg Azimov Foundation.) This just looks...bad...to me. YMMV.
    The subject matter is completely grounded in the realm of the possible (Russia landing a crewed mission first). I have no idea what you’re trying to say, other than, “It doesn’t interest me.”
    It is common knowledge that the only reason the Soviets WEREN’T first to land a man on the moon was that their rocket system exploded on the launch pad during testing. Presuming that everything else had gone as planned, they would have been first. 

    The point I think he’s making is that the US only has a stringent space program when it is politically opportune to have one, so the chances of them keeping it up over a prolonged time — the premise of the show — are pretty unrealistic.  

    Not it sure if I entirely agree, but it’s certainly not a bad point to make. 
    Its an incredibly stupid point to make because if we had lost then politically we'd have kept going.
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