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Given Apple's less than ethical history, I'm not sure it's reasonable to give them benefit of doubt.

They might have an excuse that fans can believe, but the real reason is to suppress bad press.

This has everything to do with marketing, not hardware or OS or usability.

Just because someone is talented in CS, doesn't mean they can defend themselves from Marketing.

I imagine advanced users want full control over settings and programs. I recently needed to turn off signatures to get a compiler to work.

There doesn't seem to be a rational reason outside iOS compiling.

Can we call it a cartel market instead of private markets?

The various healthcare leaders use their wealth to strengthen their position through laws.

Most sectors cannot operate like US medical, they are their own beast.

I never understood the reason an advanced user would buy an Apple product.

Is it compiling iOS apps for other people?

Given the high price and lack of qualities, I don't imagine many advanced users would buy anything from Apple.

AWS seems like it would be expensive long term.

Between my issues with AWS currently and the exterior look of Amazon, I'm skeptical AWS is a good solution.

Your surprise that this happens under democracy- does that change your political views?

It doesn't change mine. The government is notorious for being corrupt and inefficient.

I hear this and it makes me horrified of the thought of government takeover of a sector.

Gini coefficient 6 years ago

I think this is a bad way to gauge an economy.

If you want to look at why people are poor, I would look towards corruption rather than merely inequality. Or maybe people in a country are poor on paper but can afford a hundred dollars of luxuries a week.

Using gini reminds me of GIGO. You used a poor metric for information, your decisions are going to be poor.

It's hard to understand why the stock is soaring. I don't think it has to do with sales.

Is it from inflation of USD due to the federal reserve? Is it a bubble with current owners fomo?

I really don't think it's Tesla being Tesla. They just aren't competitive in the luxury market or for a 35k USD car.

Google Maps Hacks 6 years ago

I've noticed this too, and as a result I cannot trust Google maps.

Is there any competitor I can check to confirm best routes?

Maybe it's by design?

You aren't their target demographic.

People that do spend money on a cup of fast coffee would realize it's fine for their budget, and associate whatever offer with something affordable.

The chem Engineer in me hates the general word "Chemical".

It's not descriptive, any (macro) matter is classified as chemical.

I find the words used to describe plastics is equally poor.

Is it nylon? Is it a polyurethane? Is it ABS? Is it all large chain chemicals? Or just low density? I could go on.

I'm not sure how Ubuntu desktop became the standard for Linux desktop.

I love Ubuntu server, but some quick issues with Ubuntu desktop- Netflix needs a hard to install plugin, mouse acceleration cannot be disabled completely, unstable operating system installs that could break with a reboot or update.

Like I said, love ubuntu server, but I can't understand why Ubuntu desktop is recommended.