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To oversize the problem related to those islands. And make the people agree upon a common ennemy. [USA did a similar oversizing trick with WMD and the belief that Irak was the 4th biggest army in the world] [calm down, USA patriots, all the countries do use the same tricks.]
Did Iraq NOT have the 4th biggest army in the world?
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> If you need this to be spelled out, either you’re being rhetorical or you’re uninformed - I suspect the former. No, I suspect you have things wrong in this case, but you're being so vague it's difficult to figure out where the error is. > NYT is extremely predictable - both in its choice of what to inform its viewers as well as what will fit their political stance (globalists). Even if that's true, it's no reason t…
Btw Fox is covering this story! Very predictable.
This?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/apple-tim-cook-secret-de...
It's just a "The Information reported..." rehash. Everything about this except the original story that I've seen so far has been like that.
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Samsung likely has fewer suppliers compared to Apple. And it's much easier to coordinate its supply chain with other Samsung subsidiaries, even across borders. China can as the electronics supply-chain can absolutely be replaced - at a cost.
Why does Samsung likely have fewer suppliers? Samsung makes more varieties of phones, and their phones are technically similar to Apple phones.
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> It's interesting that the narrative is that when people move to Canada, it's because they have a deep desire of becoming Canadian. That’s fine on an individual level but that doesn’t mean they want to merge their home countries into Canada! Someone from Italy may move to the US but that is totally disjoint from them wanting to make Italy the 51st state. If they retain a strong positive association with the attribut…
> The number of people who desired to stay after college went up, but visa issuance was suspended so they were precluded What I posted is people who moved to the US, not people that had a desire to move. > Meanwhile... [1] It's interesting, because in these stories Canada is never the first choice. Seems like every story starts with someone being unable to qualify for US immigration using Canada as a back up plan.
Yes, because these are economic migrants and economic migrants are going to try for the most active and lucrative market first. If they can't get a visa, they'll certainly take their second pick. They'll then build up that market over time. This is why we have Shopify in Canada. The ecosystem builds on itself and it one day won't be quite so distant a second choice.
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I hope you're not suggesting that Australia is getting low-quality immigrants. Unlike the US, Australia has a points-based immigration system where you have to meet specific, standardized criteria, which IMO is more objective than the US process. I don't know what guidance State Department staffers follow when determining who gets a visa, but the process is more opaque, and I suspect more subjective. edit: I think th…
> I don't know what guidance State Department staffers follow when determining who gets a visa, but the process is more opaque, and I suspect more subjective. Except for categories where there's an extremely high burden of proof for extraordinary abilities, it's simply someone's ability to get a job no American is qualified to take (and be so in demand that it commands a salary in the top percentiles for the professi…
Not exactly, its someone's ability to get a job that their employer cannot find a more qualified candidate after advertising the job in the local newspaper for 6 months including at least two separate Sundays.
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People outside of China are served a different set of maps. Each country is served maps that conform to their territorial claims. E.g. If you view the map of India while in India, it'll appear different than if you viewed it in China.
One thing about claims (say display Crimea as part of Russia within Russia and as Ukraine elsewhere), but distorting SIZES of the places on maps according to someone's political preference is well... plain out ridiculous, laughable. It displays how messed up China is more than anything else. It's seriously hard to expect the place that does things like that, as a next superpower. You can't build a superpower on silly…
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> Why would anyone hold such an assumption. Because that is what Tim Cook Apple's marketing and PR suggest Apple does. The force of good. Social Responsibility and Justice. Standing up against the government. ( They didn't explicitly say this but the message is something fairly similar ) Instead of creating "insanely" great product for our customers, friends and family. It is now about product that "enrich" people's…
No, they never marketed themselves as a company that stands up against the government (to do so means that they don’t understand how power works). Their PR centered around ethical practices is still true where they conduct business in democratic countries. People should note that just because someone is aiming for an ethical ideal doesn’t mean that the way there is bound to be perfect—those who are quick to point out…
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The CSAM controversy is dumb. The real “folding under pressure” example is the neutering of iMessage. Notice the FBI doesn’t whine about iPhones anymore.
The irony is the CSAM measures they were doing may have enabled them to encrypt the iCloud iMessage backups since they’d still be able to help the feds with CSAM. Instead everything remains unencrypted.
the top comments talking about maps, it's absolutely insane 'The agreement included a pledge from Apple to help Chinese manufacturers develop "the most advanced manufacturing technologies," "support the training of high-quality Chinese talents," use more components from Chinese suppliers, sign deals with Chinese software firms, collaborate with research in Chinese universities, and directly invest in Chinese tech com…
> It aches my heart to be a young man in this country and see this be our so-called 'leaders'. I'm confident the tides have already turned against all this nonsense, though, and I look forward to rebuilding industries of the world with good-hearted men & women I just got finished reading a book about the pre-war climate of 1930s Europe and man this comment sounds scary and nationalist. I’m worried that so many people…
How can being disappointed in American leaders be considered 'scary' and 'nationalist'? It makes no sense. America is not in good shape. We can argue the statistics all day, but it's undeniable how far we've fallen in education & health most importantly, but of course other critical parts like infrastructure, manufacturing & technology. the kids are not alright
People in America don't feel supported right now, and they haven't for awhile. Between the endless wars, and the endless focus of moving all our capital and labor overseas, not a lot has come back to the people, and they feel it.
You can say whatever about nation-building, promoting living standards, etc., but I just don't think it's fair that the American citizens who worked, fought, and often funded (through subsidies) these companies, do not get anywhere NEAR the level of attention we give elsewhere. Obviously ton of people agreed with me on here, lol, and every single person I've talked to on this topic agrees.