Dave
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"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Yogi Berra
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Post by Dave on Aug 10, 2020 2:17:14 GMT -8
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Aug 10, 2020 2:25:52 GMT -8
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chinacat
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Post by chinacat on Aug 10, 2020 6:31:24 GMT -8
Today's intraday word is CHICAGO RIOTSYou MUST respond in that THREAD. Why is this here? There are new threads outside of AFB often. I have a guess, but I will keep it to myself.
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Post by chinacat on Aug 10, 2020 8:09:10 GMT -8
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JDSoCal
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Post by JDSoCal on Aug 10, 2020 11:46:50 GMT -8
= My take: There are bits and pieces of good reporting here, like the story of how the caution of this “industrial engineer” put Apple two years behind in the smart speaker market. But there’s hole in the middle of the story where Tim Cook ought to be. I read and scan so much material, I forget where I saw things. Brain is totally cluttered. But I just read a piece somewhere that basically laughed at the "smart speaker market." Do we really think that an eavesdropping speaker is the future? "Hey Alexa, download Permanent Record by Edward Snowden to my Audible account." Of course Amazon doesn't break down revs like Apple does, so who knows what, if anything, they are making on Alexas? And if snooping speakers are a market, Apple has proven that it can enter a market late, kick ass, and leave a wake of creative destruction (far wider than just that market). I'm all for innovation and new products, but why is it only Apple that gets such scrutiny? What is Google's latest insanely great innovation? Or Facebook's? I'd rather have Apple return cash to shareholders than wantonly throw billions of dollars of spaghetti against a wall. Recall, Steve said his job was to say "no," not "yes."
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Post by Lstream on Aug 10, 2020 16:33:17 GMT -8
Today's intraday word is CHICAGO RIOTSYou MUST respond in that THREAD. Why is this here? There are new threads outside of AFB often. I have a guess, but I will keep it to myself. Ya, someone is highly enthusiastic about these riots because I guess they believe they make some kind of twisted point.
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