The issue is with the strategy. Its to remain at the high end and charge a premium. Its worked very well so far, but the problem is that the size of that segment tends to reduce in most markets over time as the low end suppliers catch up on features at far lower prices. In effect your price premium gives them a safe area where they can raise their game.
This happened to Apple in the PC market, its happened in the tablet market, it happened in the music player market. They have been able to draw the process out in the phone market by trading on linking different products together, the ecosystem strategy. But it delays rather than stops the process.
The first indicator is slowing sales growth. To be followed by real falls in sales. At that point you either tackle the problem head on, become competitive at lower prices, which is where the market is now. You retreat to the niche and forget growth. Or you find a new market, like for instance VR headsets. But that seems not to be going all that well.
To everything there is a season, and this is a season to sell the shares.
Non-compete clauses create a bind, be them enforceable or not.
When I was a kid in elementary school, a 15 minute recess on the playground lasted forever. Now...not so much.
Some people obviously have every brain cell blazing at every waking moment, but others don't. No sense in insinuating people should envy the subjective experience of other people, or try to emulate it with cheap brain hacks or One Weird Tricks.
Fun and excitement is fun for some people some of the time, routine is a comfort for other people at other times. Be comfortable in your own skin and in your own skull.
I'm a bit concerned that we are now using the term "ransomware" to include situations where data have been exfiltrated. It used to only mean that the data were encrypted in place, and the ransom was for the decryption key (which you still can't trust, btw. How do you know that the data weren't altered during the encryption or decryption process?).
A case where data are exfiltrated is more properly referred to as a breach.
Are we just being sloppy with language, or does calling it ransomware give companies cover to avoid penalties and responsibilities associated with breaches?
Network equipment often runs some version of Linux, including big iron stuff like Cisco Nexus. And they are running a watchdog, which works similar to a dead-man's-switch in a train engine: If it does not get activated in regular intervals, it restarts vital services or even the whole system.
A protest at work prevents others from working. Maybe you don't take pride in your work, but many people do, and preventing them from doing their jobs because of *your* subjective opinions is at the very least, bad for esprit de corps, and something not just management may object to.
That rare dude who invests in a home theater to watch alone, that's the target audience.
I was thinking it's for the person that wants to bring their home theater somewhere AWAY from home, like on an airplane.
That alone has been tempting me....
The greatest benefit of remote meetings is not having to look at one another. The only people that want to ruin that are people that live to have meetings, and don't really see them as a function of the job.
THANK YOU!!!
You get it...
I've been working remotely for about the past 14+ years or so.....
And for most of it, I did not have a working camera on the work computer (security)...and even those that did...I think I've been made to turn it on exactly 2 times that I can recall...and that was only to identify myself to a new team coming in....
Hell, for years now I've been asking my CPA if I can write off t-shirts and boxer shorts as business attire...and there's a reason for that...NO CAMERAS!!
And I don't agree with it one damn bit.
But you know what, my coworkers don't bother me and the paychecks clear, so I refrain from staging a Trump rally at the front door every morning.
But another reason I decided to wait is Apple would let me try it. Dropping $3500 on a product I'm not allowed to test isn't gonna happen.
I did the in-store demo, but it is totally scripted and 100% focused on consuming content. Going off-script is a big no-no.
The demo does not include using the AVP with a keyboard and mouse or integrating with a MacBook.
I also wanted to try using the AVP while reclining or lying down. Not allowed.
Well, I guess you
I'm largely in the same boat as you are....and while that is not my style, to buy $$ things only to return them....I might consider doing it.
AVP looks like something I"d REALLY like to travel with...on a plane with the huge immersive screen and tuning out the world, I'd love that.
Having a large virtual desktop screen on a computer, especially when out on the road...I'd love that.
There's use cases I'd see I'd like it....but it's a lot of money not to really get to try it in the store...
ANY dairy product made for sale to the public requires licensing, and yearly inspection of the production facilities for safety compliance. Which makes sense, given the number of foodborne illnesses and poisoning concerns that can come from improper processing and sanitation when dairy is involved. This isn't "excessive licensing requirements" in any way, shape or form, no matter how much dishonest lying-ass conservatives try to misframe it.
The yearly license cost is absurdly low, too. Licensure if you're making yogurt and selling it to the public, year round, is a miniscule $106.
Milk products plant licenses and permits are issued by CDFA for various types of businesses that handle or manufacture milk and milk products. As required by Food and Agricultural Code (FAC) section 35011, a person shall not engage in the business of dealing in, receiving, manufacturing, freezing, or processing milk, or any product of milk unless a license or permit has been obtained from CDFA for each separate milk products plant or place of business. All milk products plants must be inspected and approved by CDFA prior to a license or permit being issued.
A milk products plant license is required for the processing and packaging of products including but not limited to fluid milk, yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese, butter and dried milk. Such plants must score a minimum of 80 percent on the official scorecard for milk products plants (FAC 33701) and comply with the requirements for new construction, repairs and sanitation of milk products plants (FAC 33731 - 33782). A separate room dedicated to the manufacturing and packaging of milk products is required, as well as other rooms dedicated to specific operational activities at the facility. The facility may manufacture any quantity of product packaged for sale on or off the premises.
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Milk_and_Dairy_Food_Safety/Milk_Product_Licenses.html
Kleeneness is next to Godelness.
