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Bringing them back now is a good idea since the current administration is probably going to try to pump money into the US manufacturing industry. If Apple can get a piece of the pie (Tax breaks, grants, etc) from the government, they'll save the shareholders some money.

I don't believe this move will be of help to those who are unskilled in the middle of nowhereville, USA or in old manufacturing hubs, though. Many of them don't even want to be re-trained for a new industry because they are holding on to the old past time of working in a specific industry with the hope that it will be brought back. They want jobs, but they specifically want them to be in whatever industry they used to work. There are still people that believe that the car industry will return to Detroit soon. It's sad, really.

These jobs will probably only last in the short-term, anyway. The employees will, more than likely, manufacture the robots to build Apple products so that they can fire all of their human laborers in third-world countries. Then, they'll cut down on the jobs they've created in the US also.

If there is any doubt that automation is taking over more quickly than imagined, see

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/bill-gates-and-elon-musk-jus...

Good to hear for Snapchat, but they're going to have to do something major to change they're feature-as-an-app social network into something more substantial if they want to be able to stay alive in the long run. They're being hit by al sides from Facebook-owned companies to Apple's iMessage.

I recall Snap,inc. purchasing Vurb, but I don't believe we've really seen the app integrated to its full ability. The only change, from what I can see, is being able to search anything that was posted publicly. If they move quickly to really integrate the features from Vurb into Snapchat, Snapchat may be able to truly differentiate itself from Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger.

#1 and #2: True

#3: The government would only own the poles and towers. ISPs are free to pay a fee to use said poles and towers to hang their cables/wires/antennaes. Since these items would no longer be owned by ISPs, they would not be unable to block smaller startups from trying to get into the neighborhood.

Imagine, for a moment, a landscape in which the roads in our country were owned by FedEx and UPS (or even Amazon) rather than the government. Then, imagine that they'd struck deals to stay out of each others way; moreover, imagine that they decided to divide up the cities amongst themselves (LA roads are owned by FedEx, SF roads are owned by UPS, etc). They would be able to block smaller delivery companies from delivering around the country. The copy shop in the next town over would be unable to deliver copy paper to your office directly. They would have to either go through one of the larger delivery companies or not deliver at all due to being blocked. Well, this is what's happening with current ISPs.

I currently have only Comcast/Xfinity in my neighborhood because Comcast owns all of the telephone poles (which are using public land for free), and in my last neighborhood, my only choice was AT&T/DirectTV. There is no chance for anyone new to come into the market where I live be cause the ISPs own the basics. It's sad really.

In the US:

1. I would reverse the decision of SCOTUS that establishes corporations as "people" and their money as "free speech".

2. I would figure out a way to get money out of politics. It seems that the main issue is that government officials spend about 1/3 of their time in office fundraising from donors (who expect certain legislation in return) and campaigning for re-election. The American citizens will continue to be thrown under the bus in favor of corporate donors, such as the ISP's, in exchange for money.

3. I would make it to where the local governments own the basic infrastructure (poles, towers, etc) and the ISP's are only allowed to pay a fee (or percentage of earnings) in exchange for using such infrastructure.

It's odd that Ivanka Trump is using this story as inspiration while her father's administration (of which she is a part) is working to end Michelle Obama's "Let Girls Learn" initiative. It does seem a bit insincere.

With that being said, Saujani's tweet read a bit rude. Open-minded discussion is key to moving forward with understanding. We'll never get anywhere if we always shut down those that we don't agree with on certain issues.

As noted by the article, the largest segment of Apples revenue comes from services, and that segment is going to decrease within the next few years. The "Apple Tax" will be the downfall of Apple (and the "Google Tax" of Android). Apple is sacrificing long-term profit for short-term. It seems that it is rather hard to make a good amount of money at the moment when your customers sign up through the App Store.

Apple Developer Program = $99 annually (or Developer Enterprise Program = 299 annually)

30% cut of one-time, in-app purchases for content and digital goods.

30% first-year and 15% second-year cut of in-app subscription purchases.

Add in the cost of development, overhead, taxes and anything else and it is really hard to make money selling at the pricing rate that the majority of people are willing to pay for an app.

This would explain why many companies are shifting to creating apps where someone has to already be a member to use it. I'm just waiting for Apple to decide to change the terms to include physical product sales. That's when the ish is really going to hit the fan.

I've tried searching on Etsy for specific handmade items that is well known to be sold on etsy, but trying to search for anything on the site is ridiculous. Most of the reason for this, I'm guessing, has to do with Etsy sellers not using the right keywords or tags. IDK, but it needs to be fixed. I think they should try a Model like Not on the High Street where there are standards, guidelines and assistance.

Also, it is clear that a lot of the listings on Etsy are cheap factory products from Asia rather than handmade. People purchase cheap goods on Alibaba and Ali Express to sell as handmade.Why pay a premium for cheap factory goods when the same items can be bought way cheaper at the nearest WalMart? They need to get it together.

I don't even have to check to know that this "research" was funded by one of three groups...

1. The Corn Industry because they want us to believe that high-fructose corn syrup is just as healthy as natural fruit sugars

2. The Dairy industry because they want us to believe drinking fresh juice is just as bad as drinking anything else

3. Big Pharma because they don't make money on healthy people. They need us to keep buying prescription drugs so that they remain profitable.

Hmmm. Good luck to Google, for the current ISP's are absolutely ridiculous. I think that maybe telephone poles should be owned by the state/city/county and ISP's should just pay a fee to the city to use them. The govt can raise money to pay for the poles through taxes or municipal bonds. This way competition can't be blocked out of using basic infrastructure.

Perfect. Everything should be privacy first with an opt-in for sharing in exchange for services.

I think the best way that the city will be able to fix the issue is, honestly, with some type of delivery infrastructure or an increase in taxes on items that must be delivered.

Ideas -

1. Tubes that resemble skywalks to deliver packages with self-driving or remote-controlled carts? This will get the deliveries off the street and as close as they can get to their final destination. It should ease a good amount of congestion.

2. Add a delivery tax to cut-down on online ordering and encourage local shopping.

3. Get every local business to list their items online to compete with online marketplaces. The majority of local businesses still have no online presence (outside of social media where they seldom post). There is no way for me to know that the copy shop a few blocks over sells cheaper paper unless I actually go into the store. They're basically invisible to me. Local businesses, for some reason, do not feel the need to compete with online companies until it is too late.

4. Designate two or three days a week for deliveries in the city. Outside of those days, block delivery trucks. It may force delivery companies/businesses to more efficient with their logistics, delivering more to a specific neighborhood at one time than they would have otherwise.

IDK. I'm sure there are so many other (better) ideas. I wish YC Cities had a site like Hacker News specifically for posts focused on cities and urban living.

Depends on who pays for the research.

If it's research that claims fruit and veggies aren't healthy, I usually check to make sure the research wasn't paid for by either the big pharma or dairy lobbies.

I believe having employees who understand the cultural norms, beliefs, psychology and expectations of different ethnic/gender groups will definitely get you much farther with expansion and acceptance as opposed to simply having all of your employees in one gender/ethnic group. It's not an issue to start out with all team members in one category, but eventually hiring a diverse group may very well be in your best interest.

Hmmm I believe that the Google/Apple smartphone issue is squarely the result of developers (the same ones who complain about Android and IOS). Manufacturers could create smartphone after smartphone, but if developers don't build apps to make the phones attractive, consumers aren't interested in purchasing. Developers, unfortunately, are the ones blocking out other smartphone makers.

Long-time lurker here...

I don't understand how Facebook cloning Snapchat is any different from Chinese startups cloning various American apps. Why is cloning frowned-upon only when the Chinese do it?