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"But as the problem started to have a material impact on Apple's financial sheet, to the tune of billions, the company began to take further action."
Multi-billion seems implausible. Really? Apple achieves its financial performance despite absorbing multiple billions of dollars in repair costs? And Apple took no action until billions were lost? I don't doubt this was an expensive scam, but extraordinary claims need to be better substantiated.
The pros I know install drywall sheets horizontally, in part so filler pieces don't have to be done while squatting or bending. The filler is in the middle of the wall. I assume low back or knee pain isn't programmed in yet.
I know it is raining when I experience the sensation of rain. The truth of my experience can't be disputed. My experience may even be illusory, but it's still my experience. "I heard the sound of rain in my dream."
On the other hand, a belief ("it is raining", "there are no black swans") depends on conceptual thinking, which is instantly invalidated by a counterexample or discovery of a logical error. Beliefs are useful, but must be held lightly, subject to experience.
Even if they have my address, how soon is it whitelisted? Like, they run home and update their whitelist?
In at least one case, I suspect this set up is narcissistic. ‘People have to kow-tow to communicate with me.’
I get very few phone calls, and half of them are spam calls that I don't answer (only answer calls from known numbers). I don't use Apple Mail. So I'm untrustworthy because my social configuration isn't typical?
My ipad isn't used for calls, messaging or email. Does that mean I can't use my ipad for purchases?
Have to have ID and credit history disclosed to get a phone in the first place. Isn't that enough? Is this only for non-phone devices?
This needs more in-depth reporting. What kind of fraud exactly?
Lustig[1] says the reason naturally occurring fructose is not as harmful as industrial fructose is that fruit also contains fiber, which slows down the absorption of fructose.
[0] https://thepaleodiet.com/fruits-and-sugars/ [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
And, although he is long gone, Sam Walton was notorious for opposing the minimum wage. It's unclear to what extent that attitude persists.
[0] Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-...
[1] Sam Walton and Minimum Wage https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/wage-and-means/
One of the main reasons to use exceptions is to save code. In one of my projects, using exceptions instead of checking error returns saved 11% in code size. The exception version of the code was more correct, since there were many fewer places where error codes were handled. The golang people just don't get this.
The subtleties are not longer fresh in my mind, but "throws" rubs me the wrong way. Why declare whether a certain function may throw an exception? The beauty of exceptions is that you can use code that throws exceptions without having to know exactly where exceptions can occur.
EDIT: Service providers at scale, I mean. It's a serious question. Would you trust Wells Fargo? Bank of America? These criminal organizations get a cut of nearly everyone's transactions. There needs to be an alternative, and it's too bad a company with the resources that Apple has can't or wont do better.
[0] https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-america... [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jakezamansky/2013/08/08/the-gre...
Look at gas stations. It used to be they sold gas, and maybe oil. But evidently there's no money in gas, so now they all sell unhealthful snacks and bottled water (itself an environmental disaster, which this kind of retail establishment has fostered). And there's not enough money in that, so now there's video advertising at every pump. Buying gas has become extremely unpleasant. Plus, distracting everyone all the time has ruined our what little social cohesion we had.
Now drivers are going to be asking you if you want any snacks. Because, research will show, if you ask TWICE, customers are 12% more likely to buy. Uber already has a parasitic burden which needs to be shed; namely, the idea that the only way to succeed is by being a criminal enterprise.
Parasitism is a deep property of ecosystems, so I guess we just can't have simple services and products that work, but it sure would be nice. Is there no better way to compete?
A year ago: Apple sues Qualcomm for roughly $1 billion over royalties https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/20/apple-sues-qualcomm-for-1-bi...
The design of this system is grossly negligent, which IS a management problem. It does look like a web page. How is the page served? An internal secure setup on a private network? Is the browser ever updated? Is there javascript? The number of failure modes on this type of setup is unconstrained. How are updates tested? It appears to me that somebody just put something together without any design or validation process at all. This is fine in many settings, but not for critical public safety infrastructure.
[0] http://longnow.org/seminars/02004/aug/13/the-depopulation-pr...
As Master Confucius wisely advises, any effort to bring order to the world should begin by “rectifying names.” If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything. (Confucius, 1980 edn: bk 13, v. 3)
[0] http://rosalindwilliams.com/writing/history-as-crisis-and-me... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14580362
Yes, there are side-effects to any strategy, and often the side-effects from long hours (e.g., burnout, damaged relationships) are far more serious than the side effects of working too little. If there is a lack of progress due to not working enough, my first inclination is to think of ways to work smarter. When I worked long hours, and there was a lack of progress, my first inclination was try working even longer hours.
Who are you to make this judgement? Would you feel the same way if you were being considered for a payout? And how does paying Marissa Mayer all that extra money raise her standard of living? Paying out windfalls more equitably is itself a worthy thing. Sure, some of the money will be "wasted," but it's not for you to judge whether anyone is worthy.
EDIT: Chewie's prices are lower too. So it is possible to compete with Amazon if you're focused. I do wonder why Amazon is so bad at stuff like this though. Chewie's procedures seem to be the "obvious" way to do things from the customer's perspective.
For scheduled monthly deliveries, Amazon does not notify you of any price change. In one instance, there was a 30% price increase month-to-month, and I just happened to notice it out of sheer luck. The same product did not change prices on Chewie.
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