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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   A nit to pick: It's Tiananman Square (Tian-an-men) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square
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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   Are you an expert in this space? Did you listen to the interview?
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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   Apple's entire success story is their vertical integration. They can't do that and OEM. As for the PC makers: they don't innovate. Microsoft doesn't care who sells PCs, Intel doesn't care who sells PCs. Every PC mak
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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   Well seems I can’t delete or edit my comment anymore
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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   This could simply be because you can’t get colors as bright as plastic from anodizing aluminum.
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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   It’s Apple Garamond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography_of_Apple_Inc .
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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   Apple also gets to fund their manufacturing investments using phone and other revenue
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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   You make jokes but I think Alex Karp has some seriously deranged ideas.
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   by nielsbot 7mo ago

   Some of the PRs posted by AI bots already ignored the instruction to append ROBOTS to their PR titles.
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    by nielsbot 7mo ago

    Relevant: I just listened to an interview with Max Buchholz, US Berkeley assistant professor and the lead author of a new working paper titled "Inequality, Not Regulation, Drives America's Housing Affordability Crisis." He sa
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    by nielsbot 7mo ago

    You can add The War On Terror to that list. Where do think US police get all their fun toys to play with? "How 9/11 helped to militarize American law enforcement": https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-9
12. 252.▲
    by nielsbot 7mo ago

    Or Beats?
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    by nielsbot 7mo ago

    People may not remember that Apple once had a product lineup like this (before SJ returned) with tons of different model numbers nobody could tell apart. > Remember Apple in the late '90s? The tech giant was facing significant strug
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    we're going to chose the most convenient path. if climate disaster becomes inconvenient, we'll attempt to do something about it. it will be a disaster.
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    My point is that the US and Israel especially are committing terrorism. (See examples given) Who are they attacking that isn't attacking them?
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    "terrorism" who bombed them first and repeatedly? and embargoed and sanctioned them before that? and tore up the nuclear deal? and before that installed the shah so we could get the oil?
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    I love Obj-C, but the Swift version isn't as bad as you say: if let myObject { // myObject is non-nil in here } The Swift version is also usingfirst-class optionals. In Obj-C there is very small chance yo
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    It’s beef. > Beef caused at least 4 times more deforestation than any other food in the last two decades
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    I saw some news that the US and Israel have been killing existing leftist opposition india’s Iran because they want to install the Shah’s son.
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    I thought Ukraine surrendered her nukes?
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    The Dem establishment, informed by consultants, loves to go after "gettable" Republicans. Their theory is "Any 'rational' left-leaning voter will have no choice but to vote Dem!" But what they never seem to con
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    Attacking Iran is bipartisan consensus unfortunately. Schumer, for example, is an avowed Zionist and would love to attack Iran. Case in point: His leadership worked to delay Massey and Khanna's war powers resolution until after this at
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    Does Iran not have the same rights of self-defense and sovereignty as the US and Israel? > The point is preventing another North Korea style nuclear blackmail state The US and Israel are currently nuclear blackmail states. The rational m
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    We don't need to cater our argument to outliers
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    Sorry, but if honest coverage of Israel is considered bashing it, then it deserves to be “bashed“ Israel is still bombing people in tents and withholding aid. Israel is doing to the Palestinians exactly what the US did to the Native America
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    > “If you’re not doing anything illegal, why worry about it?” said long-time Jacumba resident Allen Stanks, 70. I wonder if Mr Stanks has curtains on his windows… After all, if you’ve got nothing to hide…
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    Good points. It's sad--We really need to put checks on capitalism. I think that's the root of our major societal problems, especially in the US. (I am heartened to see more anti-capitalist comments on HN than ever.)
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    > First, this is not new. It's been stated policy for years. This is irrelevant.
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    ackshually I don't think that's the best case, but indeed very likely. SCOTUS judges (politicians in robes, really) are first selected for their pro-business bent.
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    by nielsbot 8mo ago

    Maybe there's no comparable or better alternative? (Possibly because of Whole Food's capitalist power)