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Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Re: Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Post by argonaut »

agumonkey wrote: post #17
Animats wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google is in some ways easier, because there's no real threat to their cash cow, search ads. Apple has to stay ahead of competition in phones. That competition is now quite good, and usually cheaper. As CEO of Apple, Cook is expected to deliver the Next Big Thing. So far, he hasn't, and he's running out of time. (Cars? Tough, low-margin business. VR? Niche market. Watches? Tried that. Robots? Not ready yet. Voice AI?…

Honestly, what could be the NBT in consumer tech ? I feel we reached cultural and ontological plateau in most areas. If there's a next it probably won't be a big thing.

Agreed with ufmace. It's more likely than not that the NBT is something nobody on this thread has mentioned. History proves this point over and over again - smartphones were not the clear NBT in 2006, social media wasn't the NBT in 2003, the sharing economy wasn't the NBT in 2009, etc. etc.

The one area where people's opinions did get the NBT right was probably in 2013, where the NBT was predicted to be enterprise.

Re: Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Post by tcpekin »

discordance wrote: post #89
6stringmerc wrote: post #80

CTRL+F "music" & "iTunes" - only one result, as part of the framing by the writer. Unless Tim & co. decide to confront the reality that they're stepping up "vertical integration" model using the Robber Baron playbook when it comes to the actual arts, I think his "social responsibility" comments mean fuck-all. Go ahead, build a new environmentally friendly compound, that's great, good on you. And how's about that 30%…

"CTRL" is pretty revealing of inherent bias

So you must use a Mac to comment on Tim Cook or Apple?

Re: Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Post by codefolder »

coldtea wrote: post #72
TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #59

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I certainly don't agree with it. Wearables have a lot of potential, but wearable watches are fundamentally not a great idea - for practical reasons (screen too small, limited battery life) and for marketing reasons (can't compete at the low end, certainly can't compete at the lifestyle/status display high end). Watch isn't even primarily a watch - it's an iPhone remote. And that's getting into rarefied meta-product t…

> I certainly don't agree with it. Wearables have a lot of potential, but wearable watches are fundamentally not a great idea - for practical reasons (screen too small, limited battery life) I'm not sure I follow. A wearable watch will have the biggest screen and better battery life combo than any other kind of practical wearable device I can think of (e.g. when not strapping a 3" screen and a battery pack the size o…

2/3 of Americans are considered to be overweight/obese. And before you say, 'that's even more of reason to own one,' no matter how sleek the advertising campaign to peddle a broadly useless piece of technojunk, you're never going to convince the populous that exercising is fun. Unless it detects cancer, it's just a toy.

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statisti...

Re: Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Post by ufmace »

narrowrail wrote: post #78
modeless wrote: post #33

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The next really big thing will be consumer robotics, powered by advances in AI. It's still a ways off. Self-driving cars may be the first big application area. After that we'll see home robots to do cleaning, cooking, and maintenance. Contrary to popular opinion, IoT is a dead end. The future isn't a million devices scattered around your home, but one capable robot that can be your servant and do everything for you.

You people need to stop saying this kind of stuff. I will bet you $1k on longbets.org that we do not have fully autonomous vehicles operating on public streets in 9 years (i.e. 2025). These types of statements are confusing the non-technical 'tech press' and they are misinforming the public.

The way you worded it, I'd say we have that already: See Google's relatively public self-driving car project, already logging lots of fully autonomous miles on public streets https://youtu.be/bDOnn0-4Nq8

I do think it'll be more like 50 years to get self-driving cars being sold to the general public that can drive autonomously anywhere though.

Re: Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Post by louprado »

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #88
Olscore wrote: post #77

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> get less than zero sympathy if they talk about having difficult lives You just proved this part.

Are you also suggesting that they should get some sympathy? Why?

Because sympathy invokes inclusion and empathy. And reciprocity is human nature.

This assumes said CEO is mindful and doesn't suffer from a mental disorder, like narcissism.

Re: Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Post by Neeek »

tcpekin wrote: post #93
discordance wrote: post #89

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"CTRL" is pretty revealing of inherent bias

So you must use a Mac to comment on Tim Cook or Apple?

Only if you want to be the good kind of biased, the kind we can get behind here at HN.

Re: Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Post by haberman »

coldtea wrote: post #64
icpmacdo wrote: post #2

PG talked about this in his talk 'before the startup' "Larry Page may seem to have an enviable life, but there are aspects of it that are unenviable. Basically at 25 he started running as fast as he could and it must seem to him that he hasn't stopped to catch his breath since. Every day new shit happens in the Google empire that only the CEO can deal with, and he, as CEO, has to deal with it. If he goes on vacation…

> Basically at 25 he started running as fast as he could and it must seem to him that he hasn't stopped to catch his breath since. Every day new shit happens in the Google empire that only the CEO can deal with, and he, as CEO, has to deal with it. If he goes on vacation for even a week, a whole week's backlog of shit accumulates. With the difference that unlike a poor single working mother, or some 40-something fact…

The thesis was "some aspects of Larry Page's life are unenviable." Not "Larry Page's life is as hard as a poor single working mother."

If you dismiss difficult aspects of a person's life because somebody else has it worse, then nobody actually has a hard life except for starving children in Africa. Maybe not even them: captives who suffer regular torture and indignity probably have it worse. Or modern-day slaves.

Re: Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’

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Post by Houshalter »

2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #88
Olscore wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> get less than zero sympathy if they talk about having difficult lives You just proved this part.

Are you also suggesting that they should get some sympathy? Why?

Because they are a human being, and because wealth is not equal to happiness. It seems to correlate with happiness, but probably because wealthier people have less stress, and that's certainly not true for a CEO.
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