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Re: Apple reports fourth quarter results

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Post by wingworks »

oceanplexian wrote: post #119
j1elo wrote: post #105

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I really don't get how people do research work (like finding good flight tickets, or comparing hotels to stay in for a trip) without a computer. I really cannot stand seeing websites in a small screen without the ability to quickly open 4 browser windows with 4 tabs each for different combinations of dates, for example.

I'm not going to list specific apps since I don't want to be a shill, but in the last few years the web has become increasingly hostile with ads, fake reviews, bad information (Especially sites like Reddit.com). A lot of places that used to have good information have since been astroturfed. And Search Engines like Google will happily serve them up on the front page of any relevant web search. "I don't get why the kid…

Shill it out my dude. I want to know where the good stuff is hiding.

Re: Apple reports fourth quarter results

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Post by chaseadam17 »

jdross wrote: post #115
moduspol wrote: post #114

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I have literally watched my in-laws plan and book a vacation from their smartphones. From their house, where they also have computers. They're quite different from my side of the family, but the biggest thing is that they've never been big planners. Everything is by the seat of their pants. If you're like that, you're probably OK with taking one of the first three SEO-optimized search results and making it work. Mean…

How often do you get a meaningfully better result than google.com/flights? Outside of booking with points, it's all basically the same thing and I can book on google on my phone in under a minute

Dude, you've got to check every possible combination of departure and arrival dates from each different nearby airport then check everything again as one ways using different carriers then compare paying cash to using points then compare Airbnb to hotels then recheck the flights to make sure that paying slightly more for different dates or routes wouldn't be offset by saving more on the hotel... then you can book. Takes about 50 tabs.

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Post by trollbridge »

nullbyte808 wrote: post #129

No wonder they treat the Mac like a third-class citizen. Mac sales barely pay their tax bill.

At this point Macs have a great deal of parts in common with phones and tablets - M4 / M5 chip, flash design, and so on.

The main purpose of the Mac (for Apple) is to host the development environment that is used to create apps which sustain the iPhone ecosystem.

It does continue to baffle me just how cheap Macs are. $649 for a brand new 16GB MacBook at Best Buy with M2, more than powerful enough to do the aforementioned development. And cheaper than most iPhone models.

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Post by SkyeCA »

myvoiceismypass wrote: post #91
MrGilbert wrote: post #47

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> We keep hearing that the next generation is "true computer" illiterate. We had that development with cars. 40 years ago, it was common to fix your own car. Nowadays, we have a subscription for seat warmers. The manual tells you to visit the dealer to get your brakes checked. Makes me sad, somehow. But people have choosen this path as a collective.

Modern cars are also way harder to work on than in the past. You used to be able to buy a Haynes manual for every major car and could do most of the repair work if you wanted! Nowadays, not so much. Specialized tools galore, tearing apart the whole car for minor hidden things... This one is far more on the car manufacturers than consumers IMHO. I am also sad about the death of the manual transmission. Glad to have go…

They are harder to work on in the past, but people have developed the belief that they're actually impossible to work on. A huge amount of car repair is still doable by the average person.

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Post by mathgradthrow »

ponector wrote: post #110
flyinglizard wrote: post #107

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People use computers, just not Macs. Which is a shame because it feels like where Apple has the largest advantage compared to their competitors, being that high end Android phones are rather nice and the barrier to making a good tablet is quite low but a laptop is a whole different ball game, and Apple is far ahead of the rest.

Or rather not buying laptops as often as phone. 2015 Mac or other premium laptop is good enough for internet surfing.

they will pry my 2014 MBP from my cold dead fingers

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Post by apatheticonion »

asteroidburger wrote: post #188
apatheticonion wrote: post #164

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I feel exactly the same way. There are personal finance management softwares that are mobile exclusive. Like, have you tried doing data entry on a phone? Who is using these products?

The camera on the back of the phone actually helps quite a bit with said data entry.

I normally ingest csv files exported from my bank - then have to manually tag and relate them (like internal transfers).

I have a bunch of scripts to help and wrote a custom web scraper to pull the data, automating much of this, but much is still quite manual.

Re: Apple reports fourth quarter results

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Post by jachee »

oceanplexian wrote: post #119
j1elo wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really don't get how people do research work (like finding good flight tickets, or comparing hotels to stay in for a trip) without a computer. I really cannot stand seeing websites in a small screen without the ability to quickly open 4 browser windows with 4 tabs each for different combinations of dates, for example.

I'm not going to list specific apps since I don't want to be a shill, but in the last few years the web has become increasingly hostile with ads, fake reviews, bad information (Especially sites like Reddit.com). A lot of places that used to have good information have since been astroturfed. And Search Engines like Google will happily serve them up on the front page of any relevant web search. "I don't get why the kid…

> I'm not going to list specific apps since I don't want to be a shill

If you’re not getting paid to promote them, you’re not a shill. Honest recommendations are welcome!

Re: Apple reports fourth quarter results

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Post by eightysixfour »

aauchter wrote: post #58
FredPret wrote: post #49

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Corporate income tax is one of those ideas that are immensely popular politically ("someone who is not me will pay billions to benefit me? yay!") but not supported by economic theory or real economic outcomes. Rent control / other price controls is another one ("No more rent increases for me, yay!"). Personal income taxes are a better choice according to [0] and that makes sense if you think about it. Let companies g…

Correct. Corporate income tax is really a tax on shareholders (alternative to paying tax is paying shareholders a dividend). The corporate tax rate hits all owners regardless of income/wealth. That includes pension funds, 401ks, small investors, etc. Proponents of progressive taxes should be against corporate tax and in favor of income tax, property tax, etc.

Yes, it reduces the amount paid out to shareholders, but that doesn't mean it is bad for the economy as a whole. When corporate taxes are higher, companies spend more - wages, r&d, etc - because they'd rather do that and squeeze some value out of it then have it taxed.

There isn't a "right" answer, there are trade offs between incentives that drive the flows into different places.

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