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by tooltalk 9y ago
Nobody is looking at it from that angle because Broadcomm is not a Chinese company. So, yes, you are way off on this. The Trump admin is essentially running on exophobia to push all their trade policies (eg, steel tariff where Canada and
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by tooltalk 9y ago
and are you saying that gov't would be better at allocating resources to those with greater talents, and/or ideas that would succeed?
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by tooltalk 9y ago
I guess that's why Musk is paying big moneys to political campaigns of McCain and others to win legislative favors and maintain good relation with gov't.
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by tooltalk 9y ago
I think I know what you are trying to say, but you are describing the idea of "competitive advantage" here.
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Your milages vary, but in my case: * 2012 rMacBook Pro 15": a major GPU defect found just as the 1-yr manufacturer's warranty ran out. Had to pay $300+ for repair although it was clearly a manufacturer's fault. After a thre
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by tooltalk 9y ago
First, I wouldn't take anything out of patentlyapple.com seriously. Second, what Chinese and Taiwanese display suppliers are you talking about? There is no "other" OLED manufacturer who pumps out displays in Samsung's
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Yeah, we hear this every 1Q's. Apple's sales peak during the release quarter and steadily declines over the next three quarters, until the new one comes out next year. I think this natural decline has been misinterpreted by repo
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by tooltalk 9y ago
I don't think Apple has the kind of technical know-how's that Google has. Google develops their own tools to support their infrastructure; Apple is narrowly focused on a few areas in product/services, namely mobile and desk
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Sure, altruistic motives and races aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Their ends goals are to find cure for cancer, but researchers should be able to use different, competing approaches to find the best solution to the problem.
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Most dominant currencies of the past centuries were tied to real commodities with intrinsic value -- eg, gold, silver for instance. There is nothing horrifying about a commodity-backed currency, especially when compared to the "altern
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by tooltalk 9y ago
How do you know that it has a better track record of "stability" and "growth" than any other system at a large scale? Much of America's growth in the late 19th happened without any central banks in 1913. Most of
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by tooltalk 9y ago
You mean the gov't regulation prevented the GD that it created?
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New Bill Mandates Replaceable Batteries in Consumer Electronics(extremetech.com)
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by tooltalk 9y ago
No, Intrinsity acquisition was in 2000, years ahead of Apple's first 64-bit release. > The main attraction for 64-bit ARM is, apart from the obvious future proofing ... ok > unfortunately the power saving benefits of BIGLittle tu
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Sure, I get that. What I'm asking is if there were any technical challenges (even to this date) in mobile computing that necessitated a 64-bit mobile chip.
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by tooltalk 9y ago
why? Did Apple achieve something that was difficult or unexpected? IIRC, it was Apple who asked Samsung to collaborate with Intrinsity, most known for their FAST tech, to develop the Hummingbird core which was used in both Samsung and Appl
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by tooltalk 9y ago
All Apple A series chips were branded as theirs although it was fairly clear that prior to the A6, all A series chips were designed and manufactured by Samsung. The A4 chip was also designed by Samsung (and Intrinsity in collaboration) to
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by tooltalk 9y ago
can't agree more.. It seems like many are simply listing their favorite books, not necessarily the ones that "most influenced the way" they see the world
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by tooltalk 9y ago
The Elusive Quest for Growth by W. Easterly -- read it when I was in college hoping to study development (poverty, growth) economics; changed the way I look at poverty, economics and politics in general. Likewise I helped me ditch modern l
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Sure, while the WiMAX argument sounds a lot more convincing than Apple's pitiful claim that they were FORCED into the exclusivity, the EU and other regulators specifically cited Qualcomm's kick-back -- "the significant amount
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Sure. 1) You are putting words in my mouth -- never claimed there was no evidence Qualcomm breached FRAND -- at least with respect to Apple, that is yet to be determined. There is no doubt that Qualcomm's licensing respect to competing
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Qualcomm already stopped paying Apple rebates, not because they are now using Intel chips, but because Apple gave false testimony about their contracts to regulators, which is in violation of their business agreement.
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by tooltalk 9y ago
maybe the reason the narrative doesn't make sense is because it doesn't.. Qualcomm never had opportunity to counter Apple's claim before -- and I'm fairly sure Qualcomm was not allow to directly counter Apple's clai
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by tooltalk 9y ago
Apple's interest here is the patent licensing policy change. Apple has been losing legal battles against wireless patent holders for as long as the iPhones have been around. In their quest to squeeze their wireless suppliers (Nokia, Er
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by tooltalk 9y ago
You are right in that it's not a bribe. It's a common industry practice to offer "discount" or "rebates" for volume customers, or those with longer contract duration. Qualcomm did not specifically created a &q
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by tooltalk 9y ago
It was Apple who proposed the rebates in exchange for exclusivity. Qualcomm acquiesced to Apple's demand. Apple then turned around told every regulators that Apple was FORCED into that exclusivity.
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by tooltalk 9y ago
That's the narrative Apple told every regulators, but Qualcomm's is very different. According to Qualcomm's countersuit, Qualcomm did not demand that exclusivity first. It was Apple who proposed "discount" or &quot
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by tooltalk 9y ago
that is not based on Debian?
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by tooltalk 9y ago
doesn't seem like Ubuntu is all that behind. Ubuntu Meltdown: Jan 10 Spectre: Jan 11
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by tooltalk 9y ago
This new ETF doesn't look at bad as I had feared -- the underlying holdings look fairly stable and legit. It counts TSMC, OSTK, IBM, NVDA among its top holdings.

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