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during which ancient egyptian month will blackberry die?
thout
paopi
hathor
koiak
tobi
meshir
paremhat
paremoude
pashons
paoni
epip
mesori
gasthred
banop
RIM'S GONNA KEEP GOING BABY!!!
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Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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they gave my boss a free q10, but it's pretty obviously a refurb. weird.

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Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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chen was all like "no, we're not pulling out of the smartphone business" and then my buddy who did that interview had to defend himself to crackberry kevin. people are dumb and have no reading comprehension

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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why did you post two other versions of the article you already posted

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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http://blogs.blackberry.com/2014/04/not-leaving-handsets/

john chen is a big dummy. my friend had to fend off like legions of blackberry trolls on twitter

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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the bureaucrats are just hamstrung by bureaucracy. they spent 10 years building a secure intranet and then harper junked it so secret documents get passed around on floppy disk

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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guys blackberry actually made a profit and cut operating expenses by more than half since last year

maybe they won't die???

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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Pinterest Mom posted:

well they had an operating loss still

but a really tiny one. this looks like good news for blackberry :ohdear:

not by the gaap results, and that's all that counts














but HOLY loving poo poo YOU GUYS

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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IT'S A PHABLET WITH A KEYBOARD

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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THAT IS A 7" DEVICE

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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yeah the operating loss was actually big but hey, profit! for one quarter!

also that's blackberry's second tax refund in the past 6 months, as discussed by me in this thread

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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Pinterest Mom posted:

no

gaap/non-gaap is an important distinction, and if you literally don't know anything else you should go with the gaap results.

but so is operating/realised. we know exactly why blackberry turned a profit, and it's not things that they'll be able to do next quarter or next year. the operating results are most important when you're looking at the long-term health. (and at a loss of only 60 million, they're unexpectedly good!)

yeah I didn't actually read your post that closely. i'm just so excited about that loving terrible-looking phablet

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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Pinterest Mom posted:

you understand the tax refund thing, is this the case:

the December refund was an extraordinary advance against their 2013 refund

and the one for this quarter was just the remainder of their refund from 2013, returned on schedule because tax season (and presumably blackberry did accounting magic during December to shuffle money around and make their refund bigger)

pretty much. they ended their tax year in November, giving them a tax refund at that time (not an advance). Because they ended it early (actually pretty routine for companies) they lost the carry-back privileges on the period three years ago between November and April. the government overturned that, giving them a second return in April that yes, was the remainder of their refund including the carry-back period they actively forewent in November. socialism for the rich.

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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IS IT A PAD



IS IT A PHONE

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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i was drinking with a guy with a smashed z10 (i think) last night. he runs a blackberry website though

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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intern at a train company huh

how's the sperg working out for you

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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he was also totally loving that one lady who got busted driving his car. they would go parking

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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they've got the right suits for the funeral, at least

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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and he talks about constantly cheating on her with her knowledge

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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BlackBerry Ltd has concluded a protracted and painful restructuring process and is back on a growth footing, according to an internal memo to all its employees viewed by Reuters.

"We have completed the restructuring notification process, and the workforce reduction that began three years ago is now behind us," said the memo from BlackBerry's Chief Executive John Chen that was sent out on Friday.

"More importantly, barring any unexpected downturns in the market, we will be adding headcount in certain areas such as product development, sales and customer service, beginning in modest numbers," said Chen, who personally thanked those that have stayed with the company through the process.

BlackBerry has shrunk its workforce by roughly 60 percent over the last three years as it attempts to reinvent itself.







loool

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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why the gently caress do nerdy iyg idiots always need remote access poo poo on their mobile devices

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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Cocoa Crispies posted:

it's mostly former ars technica developer clint ecker, who dresses like a tumblr post



pro tip: any competent hairstylist will tell you how to get your hair cut based on your bone structure and personal style. different haircuts look good on different people not just because of the quality of their hair but because of the shape of their face.

if your loving head is a perfect egg shape do not get a haircut that emphasizes that, my god. did he go to supercuts or some poo poo

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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FMguru posted:

joanna is the best

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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During the second quarter, the Company recognized hardware revenue on approximately 2.1 million BlackBerry smartphones. During the second quarter, approximately 2.4 million BlackBerry smartphones were sold through to end customers, which included shipments made and recognized prior to the second quarter and which reduced the Company's inventory in channel.

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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cheese

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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my boss likes blackberry

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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i was having dinner with all the business journalists in ottawa the other day (there's like 8 of them) and they were all discussing how much they loved their blackberries and would never switch, then asked me what i use. i said "an iphone" and one or two of them were visibly displeased

it's a weird canadian thing

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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pram posted:

Lol you are so shameless

:pram:

none of them really know my name or care who i am, and none of you know or care who they are. when does it get shameless

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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it's literally a thing that happened to me related to blackberry and how the people who cover the company still have this weird love for it

it's not a humblebrag if nobody cares

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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is everybody itt reading Sean Silcoff's book? I got it for my dad, pro-tier father's day present

follow-up, is it good?

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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apparently the toronto party is just people drinking around the city, after a decade in ottawa that's kind of a let-down

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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you're not supposed to stay in, you're supposed to move to another apartment with ridiculously cheap rent in the plateau.

Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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the moving day wikipedia article is very informative. i didn't know the thing about montreal's terrible but beautiful exterior staircases being about saving taxes

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Blackula69
Apr 1, 2007

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weed is basically legal in toronto

there's this thing where you just go into a dispensary with a prescription bottle for something that is also treated with marijuana and they sign you up. Somehow they think this makes it legal.

Blackula69 fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Mar 3, 2016

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