quicklyfrozen

So now I have to let other people touch my screen? Best argument against a touchscreen ever :-).

Seriously though, I'd probably prefer a touchscreen and normal keyboard to the touch bar -- at least I'm already looking at the screen.

They are probably hoping for a tax break before repatriating their cash.

More then 90% of that cash is overseas, and Apple is not going to bring it back to the US. (Maybe at some point they'll move engineering where the cash is so they can put more of it to use.)

Because if you're calling someone you expect them to say hello. It's not that easy to explain to a user that the call they just placed was dropped and they're really now answering a call.

If something promising comes out of this initial investment, you don't think they'll be able to raise more?

Perhaps it's this one: http://www.crackle.com/startup

Modest compared to $160B in iPhone revenue. I'm not sure I agree with parent, but on the other hand as a Mac user, the quality of the last couple OS releases does lead me to believe they are stretched a bit thin.

I had my mom install Chrome Remote Desktop. Pretty easy to set up with some guidance over the phone, but probably easier if they already have a google account.

Perhaps opportunity cost. Apple has limited design and engineering resources (seemly at least partially by intent) so they've had to sacrifice in other areas to develop the watch, and so far only seen modest returns.

And let me guess... everything priority 2 or lower means 'never' :-)

From what I've seen, if the adults don't keep score, the kids will do it themselves.

I've been waiting for discounts on 2015s to get better, but they haven't yet.

That's true, it was higher then, about $1200/month. IIRC the deductibles were lower though, $3000/person vs. $6000 now.

I just don't see how this system will work for insurers in the long run -- I know I'm certainly not going to the Dr. unless I'm really sick. Somehow even yearly checkups seem to cost me over $500 so I delay those until they threaten to not renew prescriptions.

In MA my family premium is climbing from $950 to $1600/month. And this is with high deductibles, so if we want to actually see a doctor it will be out of pocket.

I don't think it's really in Apple's interest to conform. The status quo means developers have to build native apps.

Why shouldn't everyone's vote count the same?

Pretty sure he means per person.

I have to assume that many don't want a safety net; they want to be able to be able to support themselves.

Even if the installer is signed, Windows and/or your AV will warn you if it's a package that hasn't been downloaded by many other users.

Prices have climbed quite a bit. Seems like they jumped $200-300 when Retina was introduced, and now a similar increase for the Touch Bar.

Wow, they're dropping the 15" model without dedicated GPU so no 15" under $2k. Dead silence when they announced pricing. :-)

As a landlord, I'd be pretty unhappy with tenants gardening on my land -- that's just an extra expense as I'd have to maintain it or convert it back when they leave. Maybe if they signed a long lease...

None of those are light blue :-)

Acquisition

Perhaps. Seems like the interest on an 800K loan would be about 30K in the first year, which is less then private school tuition around here. But you can't really compare the full amount as you've got to live somewhere, and you get a tax deduction as well.

And once you have 2 kids...

The difference is the tuition will be gone, but a house will still have its value. And since the house is in an area with a good school system, its value has probably risen :-).

It's certainly not a fair system.

And to make this really annoying, you still need to know low-level algorithms and data structures to make it through most interview processes. What they should really do is give you a crappy API doc and have you make it do something useful.

I bought this book for my son who will be starting a CS program in the fall. He seems to have enjoyed it, and I'm hopeful it will give him a good grasp of the fundamentals that you might miss by starting out with Java.

But they didn't actually answer the question, they just listed which parts don't have lead.

Obviously their answer is yes but they are working pretty hard to avoid saying it.

As long as there are human drivers, Google will need to continue updating software. We'll find exploitable behavior (e.g. how to make the self driving car yield) just like we find weaknesses in their search algorithms, and they'll need to adapt.