I don't get it. Didn't we already know about the 5nm A14, which seems to add just slight CPU improvement over the A12?
who's we?
Us.
Apple iPhone 12: The chip advance set to make smartphones smarter
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
> At one point EU should realize that the US are playing the same game as the Chinese and are really not business friend. While I (as a German) agree that the US imperialism and dominance in high tech is a problem, I would not go as low and say the US is on the same level as China, which is an outright threat to all core values of the Western nations.
yes, for one thing German companies can and do purchase and operate US subsidiaries without much government interference, unlike in China
I find the irony of your comment quite funny.
I'm assuming the previous comment about "core Western values" wasn't referring to "unfettered capitalism" but to stuff like "democracy", "respect of human rights", ... :-)
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#43Well, super interesting, in that it is the first time I'd heard of a tin plasma laser (produces the EUV)!
If you think about it, it's deeply depressing how much incredibly interesting technology (and cumulative human effort) goes into portable computing devices that have the primary commercial purpose of forcing people to look at advertising. There's something deeply wrong when the best purpose humanity can find for all the effort that goes into things like 5G and EUV lithography is to use it to keep people addicted to F…
Nah, that is just the funding mechanism for the tech but not the actual objective.
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#44Cool tech. And I'm all for making integrated circuits and components more dense and space efficient. But I also wish that wouldn't result in the devices getting unreasonably thin/fragile. I'd rather have a sturdier device with 2-3x the battery capacity any day. As it is, I put a bulky case/screen protector and carry a spare battery and cable. Not exactly an ideal solution.
There's some phone manufacturers that optimize for battery capacity and / or sturdiness; CAT has lent their brand to stupidly sturdy phones that can be yote freely ( https://www.catphones.com/ ).
This is actually fantastic, I can't believe I haven't seen it before. Especially the Pro variant with a thermal camera. Thanks!
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#45OK so I hope to br proven wrong, but the stats for the iPad Air don't really back this up being such a big deal. They compare it to the A12 for a start rather than the A13 of last year, so it can't be that big of a leap. Plus it's clocked faster which would account for almost all of the increase in performance from the A13. I'm sure it's a solid new chip - as always - but I see no evidence of a particularly massive r…
They compare it to the A12 I think because the iPad Pro and previous iPad Air (I believe, can’t remember) were both running A12 variants. It may still have something over the A13, but if they are trying to convince people to upgrade they probably want to compare it to the previous gen.
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ASML's revenue has tripled since 2007 - [0]. Stock price increased ten fold. I'm sure they don't complain about how things turn out for them thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices after iPhone. [0]- https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/ASML/asml-holding/...
> I'm sure they don't complain about how things turn out for them Apple also shouldn't complain, but still they let the consumer pay twice: once for the phone, and then the tax.
How is the consumer paying twice? I don’t pay a different price for an in-app purchase vs a direct purchase.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
The EU knows this, but they will continue to comply with US trade sanctions until they can live without the US in all areas. A giant hurdle (but not the only one) is NATO and being able to counter Russia. While NATO and the EU are separate, many countries are members of both. If the EU took a hard stance and said that they value trade with China more than the US's security complaints, the US could very well use that…
> until they can live without the US in all areas. The EU isn't necessarily worried it can't live without the US because the US wouldn't simply answer by withdrawing all support and embargoing the EU. They'd be shooting themselves in the other foot. But they would respond the way all superpowers do when direct, public intervention is not on the table. With subversion. If the NSA leaks have shown anything it's that ev…
> It's also cheaper to let the US do its military thing and be a bodyguard, and that means the EU can focus on more important social issues. Maybe it's a small price to pay, maybe not. Some future generation will have to answer that.
I guess Europe had better hope America doesn't do what Americans want and pull troops home...
The only truth of foreign policy is "might makes right". Ignoring treaties as just pieces of paper isn't new. Hegemony isn't just about power. If you have the might, you make the rules and can twist them to your benefit. In any case, I guess the EU believes an American hegemony beats out one by Russia or China by a large margin.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
The EU knows this, but they will continue to comply with US trade sanctions until they can live without the US in all areas. A giant hurdle (but not the only one) is NATO and being able to counter Russia. While NATO and the EU are separate, many countries are members of both. If the EU took a hard stance and said that they value trade with China more than the US's security complaints, the US could very well use that…
I understand the issues the US has but there are big difference here that you just cannot ignore. To give China preference in trade is to accept all that China is doing and will do. What would it take to say, no. From Hong Kong to treatment Uighurs and their threat towards Taiwan. The world as a whole needs to step back from trade with China as a whole. As for NATO , the EU has long has the technical means to do away…
> sadly the percentage of the US budget going there decreases by small percentages overall letting politicians on both sides claim they have reduced spending. Even halving the US defense budget won't solve the US deficit issues.
I think more US citizens should understand this. Even if the ENTIRE military budget were eliminated, the budget wouldn't put the US in the black. In fact, eliminating EVERYTHING except benefits programs still wouldn't balance the budget.
Millennial shouldn't forget that social security issues start in 2037 with a reduction to 76% of their current payout and it rapidly declines from there [0]. The only social program likely to work is the one you personally setup around yourself and save for right now.
[0] https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html
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#49Will be interesting when Biden is elected and pulls back on all this anti-China stuff.
I don't think the anti-China stuff is going away regardless of the election. Maybe some of the more egregious footgun stuff and the more petty sanctions and goading that are mainly for show, but the fact is there have been brewing disputes with China for a long time and Trump has brought them to a head. However beating down on China over their behaviour only achieves anything if it changes that behaviour, otherwise w…
The market would soar after ending the tariffs.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
yes, for one thing German companies can and do purchase and operate US subsidiaries without much government interference, unlike in China
I find the irony of your comment quite funny. I'm assuming the previous comment about "core Western values" wasn't referring to "unfettered capitalism" but to stuff like "democracy", "respect of human rights", ... :-)
Capitalism is fundamentally as flawed as people are -- but it beats everything else by a huge margin.
If you're going to parse hairs, democracy is inherently NOT a "western value". Alexander Hamilton went on at great length in the early federalist papers about the fate of democracies. All failed rather quickly. We formed a republic with democratic elements BECAUSE direct democracy is so tyrannical and doesn't protect minority groups leading to it's downfall. Despite all the complaints, I'd love to see a country throughout history with better treatment of minorities. That country just doesn't exist and countries making things better for minorities over time was even less known at the USA founding.
Finally, foreign affairs are much closer to anarcho-capitalism than anything which implies that anarcho-capitalism is the most free one could theoretically be (though the immediate fall into despotism would make the short-lived freedom of little value).