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Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by dmreedy »

nodesocket wrote: post #23
sagatsnee wrote: post #18

Parts of this should be open to the public. The public has had to endure all of the construction and has lost a large amount of land-space that could have been used for the community. Instead, we have a completely private & inaccessible area. Sure, there are cafes, fitness centers, and working areas within the building but none of it is public and all at the expense of the people who live there.

> Parts of this should be open to the public. Who do you think financed this? Apple consumers and investors (I am one) that's who, not taxpayers. Why should it be open to the public? If it were a government project it would still be under construction for the next 10 years. > The public has had to endure all of the construction and has lost a large amount of land-space that could have been used for the community. Or,…

Nor is this Howard Roark's wet dreams (even if it does also involve architecture). Your points are not unfounded, but I don't think the Godwin's Law-esque strawmaning is helpful here.

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by midgetjones »

jonwachob91 wrote: post #40
schoen wrote: post #38

Probably I would inevitably think this about any ring-shaped building, but it looks quite a bit like the GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Head... I guess the Apple version is somewhat more slender and (unsurprisingly for Apple?) a bit shinier.

Circular buildings have been around for a lot longer then that. The Pentagon is essentially a round building with a grassy area in the middle.

I'm pretty sure there were castles built hundreds of years before the pentagon that match this description

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by wilg »

wlesieutre wrote: post #31
trevyn wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Invent != popularize.

I still see far more wireless Logitech mice than Apple mice, so I wouldn't give them credit for popularizing it either. Once every few months you'll run into someone who uses a Magic Mouse, but it's practically a novelty item.

most common != popularize

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by skizm »

visakanv wrote: post #34
dcmininni wrote: post #10

It's literally a walled garden. Oh the irony.

I think you might've meant to say "how appropriate", or "how fitting". A situation is ironic is when the outcome is contrary to the expectation. (Eg: getting run over by an ambulance)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by [deleted] »

hkmurakami wrote: post #13

You can see it from a nearby hiking trail, Rancho San Antonio. It's really rather stunning. Also, I really appreciate whichever jurisdiction gave the go ahead and funded the expansion of the on/off ramps on Wolfe/280 (likely Cupertino?). The traffic in the area has become really miserable over the years and I'm hopeful that things are a bit better than the current De Anza Blvd situation.

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Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by schoen »

jonwachob91 wrote: post #40
schoen wrote: post #38

Probably I would inevitably think this about any ring-shaped building, but it looks quite a bit like the GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Head... I guess the Apple version is somewhat more slender and (unsurprisingly for Apple?) a bit shinier.

Circular buildings have been around for a lot longer then that. The Pentagon is essentially a round building with a grassy area in the middle.

I had forgotten that the Pentagon isn't solid and has a courtyard. Apple Park's courtyard looks set to be pretty enormous; does anyone know what they're going to do with it?

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by wlesieutre »

wilg wrote: post #54
wlesieutre wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still see far more wireless Logitech mice than Apple mice, so I wouldn't give them credit for popularizing it either. Once every few months you'll run into someone who uses a Magic Mouse, but it's practically a novelty item.

most common != popularize

Which wireless Apple mouse are you supposing inspired everyone jump on the wireless mouse train? The 1-button version that cost $100? Or the followup Mighty Mouse with its weird omnidirectional scrolling dust trap that nobody liked?

As far as I remember, every Mac user outside of schools was already on the Logitech mouse train back then, thanks to Apple's stubborn insistence that 1-button was the platonic ideal of computer input devices.

Personally, I had the Logitech S530 Cordless Desktop for Mac, which was a keyboard/mouse set that came out around the same time as the wireless Mighty Mouse did. The 8 buttons were great for Exposé shortcuts.

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