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Thats because if you buy an iphone at full price, you immediately drop from being rich to middle or lower class.
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No, that's not the point. "Rich" from the point of view of those marketing guys means "willing to spend a fortune on whatever crap is advertised for". And iPhone owners just presented proof that they are willing to do so.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: And iPhone owners just presented proof that they are willing to do so.
One of two...
1) You are wrong and this generalization is not aplicable
2) I am the exception that confirms the rule
I own an iPhone 4S and I don't give a crap about the advertisements. And so long it works, I won't buy anything else, just to have the shiny newest device in my pocket with a bunch of functionality that I won't use and don't need / want to have to have the only one or two things that I find better / more useful.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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What's the second indicator? Owning a Louis Vuitton bag?
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System.IO.Pipelines is a new library that is designed to make it easier to do high performance IO in .NET. It’s a library targeting .NET Standard that works on all .NET implementations. Just don't cross the streams
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Enterprises, emotion and the rise of the ‘empathy economy’ | Computerworld[^]
Article said: Deep learning has advanced emotion detection from basic emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger, sadness, fear and disgust to more than 20 more subtle emotions that include awe, happy surprise and hate.
The University of Ohio developed a program that recognizes 21 emotions based on facial expressions in photographs.
Alan Parsons Project I am the eye in the sky, looking at you
I can read your mind
And I don't need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
(Looking at you)
I can read your mind
modified 9-Jul-18 16:29pm.
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As far as my eyes can see
There are shadows approaching me
And to those I left behind
I wanted you to know
You've always shared my deepest thoughts
You follow where I go
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I've listened to Alan PArson's for many a moon and finally a couple of yeas ago saw them in concert and was not disappointed. They are awesome!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Chris Losinger wrote: Knew
Haha, I just noticed now. I am lame. 
EDIT
Just edited mine so everyone else looks wrong now.
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With reports of Microsoft postponing and possibly cancelling its as-yet unannounced Andromeda project, a fan who wants to see the Surface Phone saved, Microsoft’s secret Andromeda project, is petitioning to gain signatures to show Microsoft “the demand” for the product. Is there a petition to bring back Microsoft Bob as well?
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Estimated mobile users worldwide are over 4.5 billion - so that less than 10 thousand users will make all the difference me think...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Yeah. I just saw clippy not 10 minutes ago clutching a stack of papers.
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According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, this improvement in stock price has pushed Facebook Co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, ahead of CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, as the world's third-richest person alive. Mental note: write something useless that people can't seem to do without
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Invade their privacy, collect and sell their data and play dumb.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Looks like all those "accidental" data leaks are finally paying off.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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We put engineers through rigorous screening processes and ask them intellectually stimulating questions, only to hire them and put them into the admittedly dull task of wiring up 5 or 6 services and making the screen look pretty. It's all fun and games until stuff backs up?
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The Witness developer on his new programming language that could increase productivity by 50 to 80 per cent Yes. And?
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I've long concluded that by the time any computer language becomes truly effective, it's always a weird mess. Conversely, any "neat" computer language will quickly prove to be useless.
(And I'll take the "weird mess" of C++ any day over the "are you kidding me mess" of Python.)
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Job applicants who want to appear calm and collected might be at a disadvantage. According to a new Stanford study, American employers are more likely to favor excited over relaxed candidates. "Where there's no emotion, there's no motive for violence."
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PixelPlayer can mute the piano if you just want to listen to the violin. In the future, we can finally deal with those pesky accordian players
And the bagpipers.
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One day, Linux' creator made a utility called Git to keep track of all the contributions to the Linux kernel. That triggered a string of events leading to the establishment of GitHub as the de facto automated supply chain for software -- not just open source. Because git is decentralized?
"You do not want everybody to write to the central repository because most people are morons."
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A recent study conducted by academics from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK has revealed that almost two-thirds of second-hand memory cards still contain remnants of personal data from previous owners. Formatting is hard
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[^] Quote: ... two glass-and-aluminium towers (taller than the Trump Tower, connected by three bridges that glow golden at night) Tencent's new building breathes the future. The South wing measures a whopping 248 metres (about 814 feet) and consists of 50 stories, while the North sits at 194 metres (about 636 feet) with 39 levels.
... Health Link, on level 22, explaining the cameras are facial recognition systems tasked with allowing only authorised personnel to enter each space.
True to its name, the Health Link offers a gym, table tennis and pool tables, a badminton court, a dance studio, a yoga room and more.
We visit its massive indoor rock climbing station, currently kept out-of-bounds while the safety equipment waits to be installed. Later, we find ourselves on a 300-metre indoor jogging track that runs a full circle around the bridge, connecting the North and South towers.
... Some of Tencent's employees, including high-ranking staff, love basketball, our guide tells us. For their benefit, the company made a full-sized basketball court complete with a giant monitor that screens a game from Tencent's sports channel during our visit. The glass windows are soundproofed, no doubt to prevent noise seeping through from passionate players.
Employees who find themselves starving after work or exercise can proceed to any one of the four levels containing staff canteens. They serve a range of cuisines to cater all palates, with staff members hailing from various parts of China and the world. Breakfast is free, with lunch payable at discounted rates ...
Not all facilities are open yet, with Tencent aiming to have everything up and running closer to the end of the year. Some of the things we missed include the third bridge, which holds a library, an education centre, offices, meeting rooms and more. We also missed the swimming pool -- yes, there is a swimming pool in this skyscraper.
But, do they have a sauna ?
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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