jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Apple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkApple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammersarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square14fedilink
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 年前For reference, Apple currently has roughly 70 billion USD as cash on hands. 2.5 million USD is 0.0035% of their cash reserves. If you have a yearly salary of 50k USD, that would be equivalent to losing 1.78 USD. I am bad at math, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
minus-squareayaya@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前If you want to do less math you can just drop some zeroes and say it’s the same as making $70k while losing $2.50
minus-squarejrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前Or make $7000 while losing a quarter. Or to bring it to wallet-level, making $7 while losing one-fourth of a penny.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前How useful! I can’t count the number of quarter-pennies I’ve lost…
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前I remember once I lost FOUR quarter pennies all at once !
For reference, Apple currently has roughly 70 billion USD as cash on hands. 2.5 million USD is 0.0035% of their cash reserves.
If you have a yearly salary of 50k USD, that would be equivalent to losing 1.78 USD.
I am bad at math, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
If you want to do less math you can just drop some zeroes and say it’s the same as making $70k while losing $2.50
Or make $7000 while losing a quarter. Or to bring it to wallet-level, making $7 while losing one-fourth of a penny.
How useful! I can’t count the number of quarter-pennies I’ve lost…
I remember once I lost FOUR quarter pennies all at once !