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claire1 said:

they'll have to dumb down the graphics to make porting easier instead of working with iPhone X from the ground up with little limitations.

It’s Bethesda. They will have already dumbed down the graphics. They’re literally using a 17 year old engine for their brand new desktop games. Don’t expect any quality out of this or any other product.

Rayz2016 said:

Jobs did not say "Stylus … yuk!"

Uh…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY3MSaUqMg

Jobs did not say that they would never have a stylus… ...Apple didn't say they wouldn't make a stylus.

“No one wants a stylus, so let’s not use a stylus.”

JamesBrickley said:

Because the Chinese would make things difficult for Apple's manufacturing, silly.

India and Brazil still exist. All the more reason to cut China out of all manufacturing (it’s already cheaper to do it in Mexico) before the middle of next decade.

seanismorris said:

You know where it’s needed by where it’s banned...

Free speech, all of Europe: check.
Gun ownership, most of the world: check.

Freedom (of Press) is a cornerstone of Democracy

Not really, no. Democracy explicitly allows for–and supports–the censorship of the press.

Russia isn’t a Democracy.

Good. They shouldn’t be. They know what happens when democracy is allowed.

macike said:

Boot into Windows

Only for games. There’s nothing else Windows can do that OS X can’t. And honestly, WINE in *NIX variants is getting so good that some gamers are dropping their Windows installs completely.

nunzy said:

Apple will get lots of tax breaks. That is the nature of giant corporate entities.

No, don’t fucking accept that state of being as something unchangeable! That’s utter nonsense. No corporation of any size should receive any benefits over any other. You can make this happen.

We all pay more taxes

That’s also not how it works.

if we don't give tax money to these kinds of giant corporations, they will leave the United States.

Not if we reinstall our pre-Federal Reserve tariffs they won’t.

frankie said:

That would be so awesome to bring all these smart people to NC and turn the state blue.  It's already heading that way.

No. You’re on the wrong side of history.

jkichline said:

I highly doubt that Apple would add a campus in a state so opposed to equal rights and social issues.

What utter bullshit.

StrangeDays said:

Taxes are by definition other-peoples-money.

Depends on the context of the statement. If we’re removing context, and assuming that “the government” is the subject, then “other people” are the taxpayers (including government officials, in most cases), and taxes, therefore are other people’s “money” (note the location of the quotes). If we’re talking about “tax breaks”, then the statement becomes silly.

Where do you think it comes from?

Let’s find out!

When you or I write a check, there must be sufficient funds in our account to cover the check, but when the Federal Reserve writes a check, there is no bank deposit on which the check is drawn. When the Federal Reserve writes a check, it is creating money.*

– Putting It Simply, Boston Federal Reserve, 1984

So... it comes from literally nowhere! Hooray! Hyperinflation!

The state doesn’t produce wealth on its own. It collects revenue - money from other people. 

It literally “does”... sort of. The Federal Reserve–which is a private corporation with no ties to or control by the government–creates all currency out of thin air with absolutely no intrinsic value connected to it whatsoever. This currency is used as a medium of exchange for goods and services. The governments of the West (et. al.) have no power here, and only a handful of governments on Earth today have any power over the creation of their own currency. The government does not produce money on its own, or indeed at all. Money–a medium of exchange that is an inherent store of value–is mined from the Earth. And sure, a government is usually the one responsible for running the mining operation itself, thus increasing the sum total of money held by the nation, the government is not still producing the money itself. Finally, you’re right: the state does not produce wealth on its own. Currency is not wealth. Money is not wealth. Your wealth is your time and freedom. Money is a storage container for the time (meaning effort) you have spent, and operates as evidence that you spent it. It is a container that does not devalue, and thus maintains the worth of your time. Currency is a claim check to money.

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