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throwaway5792
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Comment #24501359
I guess a vibrating unit is an electric motor fundamentally. And an electric motor is also a generator when run in reverse. Maybe the Taptic Engine can also sense vibrations too.
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Comment #24495919
I didn't say they were the same, but they serve the same purpose. Buying a put is a long volatility and short underlying position. You can mitigate the effect of volatility with sp…
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Comment #24475278
Shorting doesn't have to involve unlimited risk, put contracts are defined limited risk and serve the same purpose.
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Comment #24475018
That's not how equity works. Paying cash or shares, the end result is exactly the same for shareholders barring perhaps some tax implications.
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Comment #24473929
Buying a stake in AAPL,FB, or any tech company would have netted higher returns for less effort than buying ARM. If anything, a 25% ROI in 4 years is quite poor.
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Comment #24465036
Once they were sold to SoftBank ARM had no more control over its destiny. You're saying that they're repeating the pattern, but they had no choice in this today. This was SoftBank'…
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Comment #24427600
Hang on. Who the hell is having to do more work than before because of parents? Projects get pushed back, scoped down. Childless engineers don't have to be doing 100 hour weeks to …
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Comment #24427566
They should file for FMLA benefits retroactively. Ask them to look into it. Also, who fed you?
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Comment #24427552
How do you treat everyone equally then?
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Comment #24427544
> Isn't that a bit like asking what if the parent is given 10 weeks off and then has another kid. Do they get another 10 weeks off or is it unfair that they get 20 while the person…
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Comment #24414169
What's the solution? Allow non parents to take 10 weeks off for health issues? What if then a parent has a baby and then has some other health issues. Can they take 20 weeks off? O…
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Comment #24414150
Kids are not a choice in aggregate. Kids are fundamental to the survival of our species, the only intelligent life we know if in our universe. How myopic.
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Comment #24414088
Just stop, you're an embarrassment.
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Comment #24414079
Try again.
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Comment #24414070
Yes.
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Comment #24318097
What if you have other income from investments?
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Comment #24311055
Not really. No one outside of specialized applications like HPC will use Intel's compiler for their software. The general public seeing SPEC benchmark figures between gcc AMD and i…
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Comment #24220392
Even time off work? Do you have no understanding of other people? How can you assume that's an option for people?!
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Comment #24220366
Sure, but some parents don't have the luxury of doing fewer hours at their job during the day like you. Weekends and vacations don't count.
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Comment #24189426
Are you familiar with how stock markets work?
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Comment #24173983
I think you're confused. He didn't own ARM, it wasn't his choice to sell. Hauser was vehemently against the SoftBank sale.
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Comment #24140514
So what's wrong with it?
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Comment #24052317
That's nothing to do with TG. They've been doing that for decades. Top Gear's mods were stupid, and no teenager uses it as the motivation for modding their car. If anything, they g…