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hackissimo123 commented on How Tim Cook transformed Apple after Steve Jobs bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/wallflower

someperson · 5 years ago

It's worth noting that 80% of Samsung smartphones are manufactured in Vietnam these days. Something people often forget even in today's geopolitical environment.

I wish Samsung used that fact in their marketing, I think it would really play well.

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

Vietnam might not be as bad as China but it still doesn't exactly have a stellar human rights record.

hackissimo123 commented on California Exit Interview: Fleeing $17 salads and 'general lawlessness' sfchronicle.com/politics/... · Posted by u/dfgdghdf

mattlondon · 5 years ago

Most "officers on the beat" don't carry guns, but perhaps as a sorry sign of the times it is not uncommon to see officers packing what appear to be quite heavy weapons (at least to my eyes) - e.g.:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/26/11/22FFD9CC000005...https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0fe4637f8d1b1f981c7786...

You'll see them at busy places like stations, shopping centres, airports, busy public squares etc. At least in London - perhaps not so much elsewhere. I guess half of it is deterrent & reassurance, and the other half if to stop any "active shooter" type things before they happen.

There is also SO15 which are the sort of para-military dedicated anti-terror type people who don't patrol but are stationed around the place and use motorbikes to cut through traffic and down pedestrian areas, e.g.:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/28/10/44C62468000005...

I think the main difference in the UK is, when the situation deteriorates enough to require police with guns turn up, the guns aren't there for show to try and subdue/persuade you. They'll usually shoot to kill from what I've seen/read/heard.

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

Get outside of central London (and possibly some other big cities like Birmingham? I don't know, I never go there) and you'll never see armed police anywhere. I grew up in a small British town in the Southeast and I can't think of a single time in my entire childhood that I saw a police officer with a gun (or for that matter, anyone else with a gun) anywhere near my hometown, except perhaps for my rare visits to touristic hotspots in London. And again, it's only in central London, at least as far as I can tell. I live in non-central London now (Zone 3) and I never see armed police anywhere near where I live. Come to think of it, I rarely see any police at all around here, at least not on foot.

I can remember going on holiday to France as a kid and being unable to take my eyes off the guns I saw on the hips of French police, because it was such an unusual sight for someone born and raised in middle England.

I think in the UK we're so used to the idea of unarmed police that we forget how astonishingly unusual it is. In most countries the idea of unarmed police is unimaginable. We've really achieved something special by managing it, at least in most parts of the country most of the time.

hackissimo123 commented on U.K. and Ireland Celebrate 50 Years Since 'Decimal Day' npr.org/2021/02/15/968146... · Posted by u/bobthepanda

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

Reminds me of Sweden's famous "H day": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H

hackissimo123 commented on How Tim Cook transformed Apple after Steve Jobs bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/wallflower

enjeyw · 5 years ago

I agree that the design of the 6 regressed from the 4/5, but the build quality is much higher than that of the average android.

I'm still using a 6 as my daily phone, which means my phone is closer in generation to the original iPhone that it is to the latest one. I wish the (equally expensive) android phones I use at work had anywhere near that longevity.

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

Does it make sense to compare an iPhone to "the average Android"? iPhones are a premium product; they're not available in the wide range of prices and qualities that Androids are. People who buy iPhones are the type of people who, if they bought an Android, would most likely buy a top-of-the-line Android at a high price. Those are the Androids we should be comparing iPhones to.

hackissimo123 commented on How Tim Cook transformed Apple after Steve Jobs bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/wallflower

innagadadavida · 5 years ago

It is also partly marketing. Apple has a lot of other pieces of the puzzle like privacy and racial equality and other socio-political issues well rounded up.

Loyal Apple fans and customers really like to identify with these principles.

Apple does this really well and most Chinese companies are transactional in nature and have been adversely affected by many political and humanitarian issues that are part of their ethos.

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

I find it hard to believe that people are choosing Apple products over competitors because of anything to do with "racial equality". Especially since most of the components are manufactured in China, therefore by buying an Apple product (or basically any other piece of modern consumer electronics), you're helping to fund a racist ethnostate that's currently committing genocide.

What has Apple done to promote racial equality beyond the same vague performative gestures as every other major Western corporation?

hackissimo123 commented on California Exit Interview: Fleeing $17 salads and 'general lawlessness' sfchronicle.com/politics/... · Posted by u/dfgdghdf

Someone1234 · 5 years ago

> For those who aren’t familiar - check who SF’s DA is, google SF’s school board, daytime population decline, etc.

What did happen to SF? You're assuming everyone reading knows, then point to random posts and ask us to check who is filling them like that's meant to clarify something? The SF School Board's president seems to be Gabriela López[0], I read her profile, and I am no closer to understanding your point.

I'm not playing dumb, I really don't understand what you're trying to say at all.

[0] https://www.sfusd.edu/about/board-of-education/board-preside...

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

I think his point is "Democrats bad!" or possibly just "lefties bad!"

hackissimo123 commented on California Exit Interview: Fleeing $17 salads and 'general lawlessness' sfchronicle.com/politics/... · Posted by u/dfgdghdf

rmk · 5 years ago

I think last year's Bay Area fires that blotted out the Sun for weeks have made a big impression on folks outside of the Bay Area (there's no doubt that Valley residents also got a rude awakening from that). Fires are a regular feature of life every summer, in every populated point along the coast in CA. Last year's fires were truly an aberration in that they burned huge swathes of Santa Cruz, which sits in close proximity to the valley proper: it's just over the ridgeline of the mountains that form the western and southern edges of the Valley.

In most years, the Valley barely sees any disruption from forest fires (although people who live on the periphery will disagree with me here).

Last year's fires have definitely cast a shadow over what the future holds, particularly for folks who have chosen to live in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The biggest disadvantage for SC people was a mildly inconvenient and somewhat dangerous drive down Highway 17 for access to SV proper, versus the advantage of beach access and housing that was a shade more reasonable in its cost. That equation has now changed, perhaps irrevocably, because of the fires of last year.

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

> Last year's fires were truly an aberration.

And, as climate change continues to get worse, they'll eventually be seen as unremarkable.

hackissimo123 commented on California Exit Interview: Fleeing $17 salads and 'general lawlessness' sfchronicle.com/politics/... · Posted by u/dfgdghdf

david38 · 5 years ago

I have lived here for ten years and have never seen a cop pull a gun and actually threaten someone without provocation.

Pulling a gun is one thing, actually threatening to use it is another. It’s a difference in how police are in the US vs UK.

That said, I keep considering moving to Europe myself. I pay crazy taxes for shit in the streets, half assed mass transit, high college tuition, etc.

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

> Pulling a gun is one thing, actually threatening to use it is another. It’s a difference in how police are in the US vs UK.

Well the most salient difference is that UK police don't carry guns at all.

hackissimo123 commented on “Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? blackshaw.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/whoooooo123

ghaff · 5 years ago

One of the things that distorts these discussions is that it's not just SF proper that's expensive for the most part. It's also the South Bay, Marin, and even parts of the East Bay. It's hard to have a decent daily commute from anywhere that's relatively inexpensive. That's not the case with most cities where a 20-40 mile drive (or even a commuter rail) to where the jobs are (which may or may not be in the city proper) can get you into fairly reasonably-priced housing.

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

London also has excellent public transport. (Some Londoners might disagree, but have they ever travelled? I've never been to any other large city where it was easier to get around by train and bus.) It's very easy to live in London without needing a car, which brings the cost of living down substantially.

hackissimo123 commented on “Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? blackshaw.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/whoooooo123

malka · 5 years ago

Why should I be truthful when my employer ask where I live ?

hackissimo123 · 5 years ago

If you're going to lie, make you sure you fake the timezone in your git commit timestamps.