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Re: Apple reports fourth quarter results

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Post by bitmasher9 »

nvarsj wrote: post #264
willtemperley wrote: post #68

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I wonder how much the Windows 11 debacle will increase Mac sales by.

> the Windows 11 debacle Seems to imply that anyone cares beyond a niche. I use Windows 11 on my gaming PC and emulator PC, and I don't care at all. It works perfectly fine. OS X is much worse in my opinion, with awful window management and constant bugs breaking basic functionality. The only decent OS experience I've ever had is with KDE and Gnome. But Linux sucks at running games, and there is no good Linux/x86 har…

Linux is fantastic at running games, and there is beginning to be good Linux/x86 hardware.

Linux compatibility is very high, and Linux install base is becoming a considerable size of total PC gaming market.

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Post by sotix »

nvarsj wrote: post #264
willtemperley wrote: post #68

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I wonder how much the Windows 11 debacle will increase Mac sales by.

> the Windows 11 debacle Seems to imply that anyone cares beyond a niche. I use Windows 11 on my gaming PC and emulator PC, and I don't care at all. It works perfectly fine. OS X is much worse in my opinion, with awful window management and constant bugs breaking basic functionality. The only decent OS experience I've ever had is with KDE and Gnome. But Linux sucks at running games, and there is no good Linux/x86 har…

> Linux sucks at running games, and there is no good Linux/x86 hardware out there.

This isn't true in the slightest. You must be dealing with some seriously outdated information.

I've been running games on Linux full time for 3 years. I made the switch the week Elden Ring launched when it immediately ran better on Linux than on Windows. That was the top selling game at the time. I've had extremely minimal performance issues since my switch. Other major games I've run include Baldur's Gate 3, multiple Resident Evil games, and the Oblivion remaster.

I'm running a 7600X with a 9070XT as of last month and am finding my hardware is perfectly fine.

Re: Apple reports fourth quarter results

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Post by rkomorn »

sotix wrote: post #282
nvarsj wrote: post #264

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> the Windows 11 debacle Seems to imply that anyone cares beyond a niche. I use Windows 11 on my gaming PC and emulator PC, and I don't care at all. It works perfectly fine. OS X is much worse in my opinion, with awful window management and constant bugs breaking basic functionality. The only decent OS experience I've ever had is with KDE and Gnome. But Linux sucks at running games, and there is no good Linux/x86 har…

> Linux sucks at running games, and there is no good Linux/x86 hardware out there. This isn't true in the slightest. You must be dealing with some seriously outdated information. I've been running games on Linux full time for 3 years. I made the switch the week Elden Ring launched when it immediately ran better on Linux than on Windows. That was the top selling game at the time. I've had extremely minimal performance…

How're you finding the 9070XT? Are you gaming in 4K and/or with freesync?

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Post by mnky9800n »

sometimes_all wrote: post #280
gcanyon wrote: post #276

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There's a book out there (I don't remember the author, title, or anything really) written by a guy who traveled around the world, over several years, in a VW bus(?). The thing that struck me is, he got home within a couple days of when he planned to, before he even took off. The entire trip was planned.

I find it so charming that people from the first world just assume that unplanned trips are the norm, and coming back as per expectation is can sometimes be surprising (even if it's a very long trip). Do take a look at what people from developing countries go through - sometimes you cannot even get a visa without all your lodging booked and a confirmed return flight ticket.

Or you are accepted to go to a conference in the USA to present your research and the USA conveniently grants your visa for you one week after the conference occurs.

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Post by Jaxan »

skoskie wrote: post #190
perfmode wrote: post #181

Declining Mac sales aren’t concerning because Macs are high quality. People can skip generations and use their M1s for years.

Thinking this through… I spent around $3500 and $4500 on my last two MBPs, but got 9 years of use out of each of them. That’s only $450/yr. But where I used to get a new iPhone every other year, I’m now on the fourth year of my 13P and it still works great. That’s only $300/yr. It’s interesting to think about.

I still use my iPhone SE after 8 years and bought it for 170€. That’s under 25€ per year :-). (Ok I had the battery replaced for 30€ once.)

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Post by FredPret »

eightysixfour wrote: post #200
aauchter wrote: post #58

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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.

This is a good counterpoint, but forcing companies’ hand with investment will at best distort the economy, and slow it down long term.

Companies are single-purpose wealth creation machines, let them find their optimal investment mix. Taxing only dividends, buybacks, and salaries will bias the taxation to mature companies that aren’t growing so fast anymore, minimizing the damage.

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Post by FredPret »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #175
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…

What happens when shareholders are out of the country?

When I get dividends from US stocks, I pay a US witholding tax before the cash lands in my Canadian account

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Post by ghaff »

kshacker wrote: post #131
dghlsakjg wrote: post #122

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> These are all relatively simple TO YOU. You are not everyone though. Some people lack the mobility, strength or even time to do these things. Some people just don't want to get dirty working on their car. Some people don't have the space to do these kinds of maintenance. That is irrelevant to the argument he is making that things have not gotten harder in the last 40 years in regards to car maintenance that you can…

No, I think the other side has a point. If I were doing 10 services on my car, I would have muscle memory of a lot of things. If I am doing only brakes, and maybe another thing, I do not have that muscle memory. While the work may not be harder, the familiarity is gone for a lot of people. BTW just before Covid, or during Covid, I took a car mechanic course from the local De Anza college - no hands on, so that's why…

Which is true for a lot of things around the house. Although I got the whole house painted a bit ago because insurance was paying for it after a fire, there are some things I have experience with because I've done them a bunch of times--and often do them myself--there are others that I've never done. And may not have the right tools for and YouTube notwithstanding will probably take me a long time to do a very imperfect job.

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Post by tayo42 »

embedding-shape wrote: post #267
tayo42 wrote: post #221

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I don't over plan trips, but I still want to make sure I'm not overpaying. There's all kinds of combinations of things to check. Also thinking through routes through areas. Fly in, take a train around. Things like that. Also getting hotels or vacation rentals and go through the reviews and seeing which neighborhoods you want to stay in

> There's all kinds of combinations of things to check. Also thinking through routes through areas. Fly in, take a train around. For me, not knowing those things and figuring them out on the spot is part of why I love vacations, and going through review of neighborhoods or figuring out the exact place where to stay would remove a lot of the fun.

I guess if you have money to burn that works. Shopping around for flights can save hundreds though or hours of time on the travel days

Re: Apple reports fourth quarter results

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Post by hyperhello »

dang wrote: post #99
WorldPeas wrote: post #67

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The title was changed since I made my comment. Seems the message of their earnings increase outdid trepidation about their future.

FWIW the submitted title was "Apple reports fourth quarter results" and hasn't changed.

I really like that you seem to go through the auto-junked posts to investigate what happened. It says good things about Hacker News.
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