Microsoft gets a LOT of money from the US on all levels of govt.....I would be surprised to see how long that continued...?

And I don't really need anything external by the Apple Pencil

To run these apps...you do need some serious horsepower...but I can move data in/out from cloud...or just load it up on the iPad itself, since you can get with like 2 TB of storage....

I might bring my iPods Pro 2 with me for better sound, but that's it.

And this way, I can do some work or 'fun' work while out at the pool or beach or beach bar taking a break, etc.

I'm not sure what all squid array of things I need to attach to still do some serious work or play on a loaded up iPad Pro....?

With the Apple Pencil...you can, while on the road, do some SERIOUS work on photos with the Affinity Suite of tools....and video? Well, run Davinci Resolve on this thing (or even FCPX)...but with Davinci...have you SEEN what they can do with not only video editing, but sound, VFX and of course...color correction/grading.

It does take that extra power to run these type of apps....and it's nice to be able to take your "work" with you to the poolside, or beach....or just the back yard when the weather is nice...piddle around with a video, tend the smoker or brew some beer....

Anyway...I find use out of them.

For years I was under the impression Apple made its profit selling devices and not my information. Turns out I was wrong. I am surprised to learn that if Apple gives google more info about me that advertisers will pay more for, they profit. I guess all their BS ads on privacy was money well spent on billboards etc.. Changing my search engine (s) to DuckDuckGo.

From what I read...Apple isn't giving Google any info...this money seems to be paid just for Apple making Google the default search engine on apps like Safari....?

Where do you see they said they were selling Google info?

I don't know about where you live; but around here it's become annoyingly common to encounter people in public with their phones held in front of their face so they can look at them while shouting their side of the conversation.

Oh geez....

While I've seen that on occasion, thankfully it isn't prevalent where I am/live/travel to date....

Why weren't they spending that money on Chinese research instead? With the sanctions in place, it's not like they would benefit from research made in the US.

To use this as a front to get spies into our universities and steal our tech secrets.

It's what they do and have done for ages....

They advance by stealing...plain and simple.

Or you could try not posting your racist anti china posts.

Protecting yourself from an antagonistic government like the CCP is not in the least bit racist.

It's called self preservation and national security.

I'll be happy to listen to your side when China opens up to the US govt and businesses in like manner as they try to get over here.

That, plus the likelihood that said Indian workers are pretty unlikely to show up to occupy the corporate offices with purple hair and some bullshit entitled complaint.

True....

But, what good is that if you can't understand a fucking thing they're saying...?

Later, Rinse, Repeat....

UGH...gotta start proofreading better.

LATHER, Rinse, Repeat...

Stomp on as many as you can see scurrying around....turn light off...

Later, Rinse, Repeat....

So population of the USA is about 340M, this claim is just under 1 in 4 people in the USA listen to AM radio. To be honest I haven't listened to the radio in my car in over a decade - am or fm. I do not know anyone that does and I am in the age demographic that would likely listen to a radio rather than stream. Does anyone under 30 or 35 use a radio in their car, I know my child never has in almost a decade of driving.

Well, wait till you live in an area where a widespread emergency happens, like a hurricane, earthquake or wildfires....and you'll see where AM comes in handy.

Pretty much all of the emergency communications infrastructure is built around AM due to its ability to send signals far and away over areas blacked out from other forms of communication.

Cell phones are the first things to go my friend.

Because they're old and old people like AM radio. Plus old people have nothing better to do than call state reps and write snail mail complaints.

Yeah...let's not take into consideration emergency situations and communications...where things like call phones, etc. are knocked out, but AM radio is still on the air.

Nah...disregard the emergency infrastructure built around AM, and those pesky signs along the highway saying things like "for emergency information tune to AM xxx.yy"

Nah....dont' need anything like that, because, HEY...no wide spread emergencies like hurricanes, tornadoes earthquakes or fires happen here...no sir.

And the summary says something about an animation playing too...how the hell am I supposed to see animations on the screen when I'm talking on the phone with it up to my ear...?

Seems stupid all the way around....

If only one group who created a bill that would have increased numbers to help with this problem didnt vote against it because an orange wanted it as a political football.

It was a worthless bill, with no teeth and no real solving of the problems.

It allowed many thousands a day (5K?) before anyone could do any action on closing or limiting border access.

Turn the shit off now....no crossings outside of official checkpoints will be considered, if we catch you outside of there crossing over, you are caught, documented and sent back with a permanent ban on future admission for any reason.

There's a good start....

No it's not. And you know it's not, because you correctly identity the broken asylum system as the problem, and those people aren't sneaking across an undefended border. They're SEEKING OUT Border Patrol officers so they can make their asylum claim.

Some are...some are trying to avoid them.

Whether or not they are crossing and trying to get caught..the border is wide open allowing them the ability to cross at all.

That needs to be stopped, halted as close to 100% as possible.

ONe way to help, make it so that ANYONE caught crossing at any point other than a regular checkpoint, is forever banned from any legal asylum or other legal admission to the US.

No more crossing and trying to find a border guard....you immediately are documented and put back across the border and never allowed in again for any reason for life.

The law entitles you to a HEARING the moment you ask for asylum. Until that hearing occurs you are legally entitled to remain in the country.

Fuck that...it isnt' working, shut it down.

We're "full" and no one is allowed in till we work through the backlog....cross now in any fashion other than us letting you thought a checkpoint....you're put back across the border, no exceptions and banned from future legal entry.

Time to shut the border DOWN.

Any asylum claims can and should be made in the first country they cross into....so stay in MX...no more crossing multiple country borders to get to the US, you can seek asylum in one of those countries before the US.

Economic problems are not an asylum criterion.