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   by yorkedork 11y ago

   This response is neither productive nor insightful. First, it's probably not useful to arbitrarily claim what the biggest flaw in the design of C is without context or data. Second, I don't think it's reasonable in this case
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   by yorkedork 11y ago

   >There's a very significant and logical reason why American corporations - particularly tech companies - are accumulating so much cash: repatriation taxes. Absolutely. I'll claim no authority to speak on corporate tax policy (a
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   by yorkedork 11y ago

   What is it that's working as intended? The process of buying back shares of your own company? If you read what I wrote carefully, you should notice something that I didn't say: AAPL has a bunch of cash and is using it to fund
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   by yorkedork 11y ago

   While I'm not intending to be heavy-handed and reductionist, I think the (macro) trend(s) we've seen in (domestic) startup investment since 2008-2009 can satisfactorily explain this behavior. Disinflation & deflation, capital