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721.
by tooltalk 9y ago
anybody know how this cell version compares to Samsung Gear S3 frontier ( https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SM-R760NDAAXAR-Gear-S3-Fronti... )?
722.
by tooltalk 9y ago
nobody is interested in those garbage headphones.
723.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Well, their job is to piss away someone else's money in most inefficient and costly way possible. I used to work for a small gov't agency in NYC just as bureaucratic and incompetent.
724.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Sure, I also accounted for the One-Child policy which started in 1979. It still supports the conclusion that the suicide rate is much lower for that age group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China#/
725.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Let's not forget that the average age of Foxconn worker is only 23. According to (somewhat dated) WHO, that age group has the lowest suicide rate ( http://www.who.int/mental_health/media/chin.pdf ) Number of s
726.
by tooltalk 9y ago
and here is an article by a sexual neuroscientist (and a woman at that) https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/no-the-google-manife...
727.
by tooltalk 9y ago
sounds very luddite.
728.
by tooltalk 9y ago
man, the mainstream media is busy and desperate.
729.
by tooltalk 9y ago
IMO, Zunger's dismissive and "corrosive" response does nothing, but reinforces the original author's point about the majority's oppressive censorship. https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall&#x
730.
by tooltalk 9y ago
couldn't agree more. The author doesn't seem to understand the root cause or the societal/economic force driving such competitiveness and prescribes a solution that only misguided outsiders would find fit. Today's proble
731.
by tooltalk 9y ago
WSJ's paywall sucks. http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/07/27/chinas-next-t...
732.
by tooltalk 9y ago
I'm not sandoze, but the figure seems reasonable for folks with 20 years of experience. Most of my buddies make about that much (plus 25% to 50% bonus) in NYC. I make slightly less than that.
733.
by tooltalk 9y ago
I have to concur with you. I've been hearing about this death at 40 thing for decades and I think it's a bit blown up, especially in IT field. There were a lot of folks warning about this even during the dot com bubble when ther
734.
by tooltalk 9y ago
I bet the ex-admin was also responsible for keeping backups and auditing/logging all access, in addition to managing pretty much everything else.
735.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Ah, I just did Google on it, and lo and behold: "... While it is true that various factors contributed to phenomenal growth of the suburbs between 1945 and 1960, historians have thus far paid little attention to policymakers' fear
736.
by tooltalk 9y ago
while I agree with @ckozlowski that Gingsburg's dissent is based on technicality than politics, yes, who can forget the likes of the weasel Christopher Dodd and his long dealing with the wall street and now Hollywood.
737.
by tooltalk 9y ago
I thought the blacklist was for only stolen or lost devices reported by the first owner.
738.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Well, accrording to the same article and the complaint (See Paragraph 32-35): "... In the suit and in an interview, Mr. Weiss said he had extensive meetings in 2010 with Visa officials, including its chief executive at the time, to dis
739.
by tooltalk 9y ago
1. that's fine. Again, it depends on how much value LTE adds to the end product and, 2. if Qualcomm can prove that LTE adds significant value to the core functionining of the product and consumer demand driven by Qualcomm's patent
740.
by tooltalk 9y ago
why would that only affect their software, but not hardware? While I agree that Samsung is at its core a hardware company and software engineers are still treated like second-class citizens, you can't just expect them to compete with G
741.
by tooltalk 9y ago
There is nothing vague about ETS's bylaws requiring all licensors to comply with local anti-trust/monopoly laws. Many SSO's, bar IEEE's recent licensing policy on "smallest saleable Compliant Implementation,"
742.
by tooltalk 9y ago
First, FRAND does explicitly require that Qualcomm license their SEPs to all willing licensees under non-discriminatory terms, not just their customers or end-device makers. Second, this isn't about earning higher profit. but whether Q
743.
by tooltalk 9y ago
the premise of your first statement is what's being discussed and challenged here. The problem is that Qualcomm contracts are lopsided in violation of FRAND -- in this case, Qualcomm not only refuses to license their patents, but, in
744.
by tooltalk 9y ago
well, that has already happened. While Qualcomm is widely credited for creating the early wireless standards (eg, CDMA) single-handedly, their customers like Samsung and LG for instance stepped up their R&D and have contributed signif
745.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Qualcomm is most likely wrong and has been found guilty in at least three different courts. The FTC has been a bit slow in keeping up with other regulators. Qualcomm does have quite a bit of political and lobbying clout in the US -- ie,
746.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Actually you are wrong. Qualcomm's contract essentially forbids Samsung from competing in the US (Qualcomm doesn't grant licenses to Samsung). Under their current contract, they can't market / sell their chips to a thi
747.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Well, Qualcomm collects royalties from Foxconn, not directly from Apple. So AAPL's royalty to Qualcomm is essentially based on Foxconn's manufacturing price, not Apple's retail price. Apple is paying nowhere close to what
748.
by tooltalk 9y ago
Well, if you believe that Apple's iPhone is a communication device that depends heavily on the wireless tech pioneered by Qualcomm, then the EMVR, or entire market value rule, is appropriate and Qualcomm's royalty basis is fair. I
749.
by tooltalk 9y ago
No, that's not what's happening here. While Qualcomm holds a lot of wireless patents and they are entitled to make money for what they have contributed, they also agreed to declare their patents as part of the ETSI CDMA, LTE stand
750.
by tooltalk 9y ago
well, you are absolutely right that you have no idea why Qualcomm is being sued. No, they are not hardware patents. They are mostly wireless that Qualcomm declared to be standard under FRAND terms. Qualcomm's direct competitors are di

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