HELLO I CAN RIDE CLASS 2A BIKES NOW!!! YASSSSS I passed my Class 2A test (for motorbikes from 201cc to 400cc) today, woohoo! Leading up to this I was really nervous and I feel silly about it now, but I'm just glad it's over and done with, phew.

The process for Class 2A is much shorter than 2B. You have 1 theory lesson, 3 simulator sessions, orientation and 3 practical lessons, of which the third lesson is the internal assessment that you have to clear before you're allowed to book the test.

Slots for lessons were quite hard to book and I had to wait a month each for lessons 2 and 3. Then another 6 weeks for the test! I really wanted to pass the test on the first attempt so I spammed revision lessons. It sounds very kiasu but it really helps.

For Class 2A, there is only the circuit component for the test, no road, so the full 18 demerit points allowance is for the circuit. That makes it more forgiving compared to 2B which is 18 points for BOTH circuit and road.

The test route for 2A is largely similar to 2B, except for a different route to the slope, a steeper slope, longer times on the plank and Figure 8, and a bumpy course after the e-brake.

Reported at 645am this morning, did 2 rounds of warmup at 730am, then the testers arrived at 815am. I was #18 so by the time I commenced the test it was around 945am. I was done around 10am but we had to wait for the whole group to finish and then wait for the results.

This was the most painful part because we waited till 12nn for our results. The suspense was killing me so badly!

FINALLY FINALLY they announced the good news and YASSSSS I PASSED!!!

I know it's just a motorbike licence but I worked hard for this, putting in time and effort, so the feeling of accomplishment is great. And in this tough period where there isn't a lot to celebrate, I'm just grateful I am able to complete this goal of mine.

Thank you @thehuangergames for the encouragement and the lifts to school, thank you to the instructors for pulling OT to give us more lesson slots and thank you Traffic Police for opening more test slots!

Apple 2021 Q2 電話法說會摘要

照慣例電話會議一上來就是Apple CEO Tim Cook與CFO Luca Maestri 把主要財務數字炫耀一番，畢竟Q2營收的年成長率54%，太亮眼了。以Apple這種體量的公司，如果將其當作一個國家，營收對比GDP，如此一家私人公司足以排進世界前15國。

對我們股東來說一個CFO揭露的重要訊息是： We ended the quarter with over $204 billion in cash plus marketable securities. We issued $14 billion of new term debt and retired $3.5 billion of term debt leaving us with total debt of almost $122 billion. As a result, net cash was $83 billion at the end of the quarter.

我把Q&A部分放到最前面，CEO與CFO的開場摘要則放到最後。

Q&A部分

許多關於供應鏈是否存在短缺或不足的問題，現代供應鍊大神Tim Cook全都語焉不詳，只強調Q2他們不存在material shortage。

另外就是有提到中國市場成長力道強勁，且2/3的中國iPad和Mac買家都是第一次購買蘋果產品的用戶，這對Apple來說是讓他們感到樂觀的現象。

同樣的，關於Apple Service Business部分Tim Cook一樣東拉西扯就是不肯提供更多訊息，頂多只說從去年開始Apple App Store與開發者的抽成費率降了15%。

還有Apple這次與Facebook鬧翻的隱私權問題，在這個恐怕重創FB營運的決策上，Tim Cook依然官腔滿滿，聲稱「Apple在做對的事」，他們就是要給用戶選擇保護自己隱私的權利，無關Apple或任何其他公司。（有點此地無銀三百兩）

值得一提的是，Tim又補充：「即便沒多少用戶選擇不被隱私追蹤，蘋果也堅持要提供這個功能」（這是說絕大多數用戶不需要這個功能，Apple也堅持要花費成本做下去？你還跟我說是利益用戶而不是針對其他公司？）

Tim Cook 開場：
1. new March quarter records for both revenue and earnings, besting our year ago revenue performance by 54%.

2. iPhone, which grew 66% year- over-year driven by the strong popularity of the iPhone 12 family.

3. iPad grow very strong double digits to its highest March quarter revenue in nearly a decade.

4. In fact, the last three quarters for Mac have been its three best quarters ever
Wearables, Home and Accessories, which grew by 25% year-over-year.

5. Services. We achieved growth of 27% year-over-year and set new records for services in each of our geographic segments.
Over the next five years, we will invest $430 billion, creating 20,000 jobs in the process.

CFO Luca Maestri開場：

1. Our revenue reached a March quarter record of $89.6 billion, an increase of over $31 billion or 54% from a year ago.

2. Products revenue was a March quarter record of $72.7 billion, up 62% over a year ago.

3. Our services set an all-time record of $16.9 billion, growing 27% over a year ago. ( App Store, cloud services, music, video, advertising and payment services. Our new service offerings, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News Fitness+)

4. Company gross margin was 42.5%, up 270 basis points from last quarter driven by cost savings, a strong mix and favorable foreign exchange. Products gross margin was 36.1%, growing 100 basis points sequentially also thanks to cost savings and FX, partially offset by seasonal loss of leverage. Services gross margin was 70.1%, up 170 basis points sequentially and mainly due to a different mix. Net income of $23.6 billion, diluted earnings per share of $1.40 and operating cash flow of $24 billion were all March quarter records by a wide margin.

5. During the March quarter, we added more than 40 million paid subs sequentially, and we have now reached more than 660 million paid subscriptions across the services on our platform. This is up $145 million from just a year ago and twice the number of paid subscriptions we are only 2.5 years ago.

6. Apple Watch continues to extend its reach, with nearly 75% of the customers purchasing Apple Watch during the quarter being new to the product.

7. Mac. We set an all-time revenue record of $9.1 billion, up 70% over last year, and grew very strongly in each geographic segment with all-time revenue records in Europe and rest of Asia Pacific and March quarter records in the Americas, Greater China and Japan. This amazing performance was driven by the very enthusiastic customer response to our new Macs powered by the M1 chip.

8. iPad performance was also outstanding with revenue of $7.8 billion up 79%.

9. And UCHealth, a large health care provider in Colorado, was able to reduce per patient vaccination time from 3 minutes to only 30 seconds largely by moving from PC stations to iPhones

10. We ended the quarter with over $204 billion in cash plus marketable securities. We issued $14 billion of new term debt and retired $3.5 billion of term debt leaving us with total debt of almost $122 billion. As a result, net cash was $83 billion at the end of the quarter.

11. we were also able to return nearly $23 billion to shareholders during the March quarter. This included $3.4 billion in dividends and equivalents and $19 billion through open market repurchases of 147 million Apple shares.

12. This will cause a steeper sequential decline than usual. Second, we believe supply constraints will have a revenue impact of $3 billion to $4 billion in the June quarter.
https://yuanyu.idv.tw/2021/05/03/apple-2021-q2-電話法說會摘要/

"Billionaires pay the lowest tax rate of any income group nationally, Price added. In Washington state, the richest pay 3% of their income on taxes, while the poor pay 18%, he said. (That’s according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank.)

“I think billionaires donate for various reasons, but it’s clear that giving away the equivalent of what’s in their couch cushions helps them avoid having to face steeper bills that would actually make a difference in solving systemic problems,” Price told MarketWatch."

今次為大家帶來Sky Factory 4空島生存系列
一個由超過220個Mod砌成既Minecraft遊戲
我地一切所有發展都只有3X3X3 空間裡面!?
到底要點玩？千祈唔好錯過！

第七集：衝綠寶石素材、解決食物問題

BGM1: Ash O'Connor & Curbi - Steeper
BGM2: RetroVision - Puzzle
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Huys!! 大家好 我就卡達河！歡迎大家收看SkyFactory3
一個由超過180個Mod製成的地圖，一開始你只有一棵樹和一塊泥土
到底可不可以發展成一個充滿生機的空島？

第十五集：深入玩Actually Addition模組

BGM: Ash O'Connor & Curbi - Steeper
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鍾意睇呢條片既話就Like啦
唔鍾意既就都可以Dislike
最好就留番少少意見
亦歡迎大家對本影片作出評論！

想睇我更加多既影片既朋友仔記得禁訂閱
想定時收到出片最新資訊就記得禁鐘掣！！
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コメ欄に
1.ID
2.一言
をお書き下さい
毎日、抽選で数名の方にプレートを配布しています💕

よくある質問と回答😸
・プレイヤー名
SS_源頼朝

・ID
1125380077

・サーバー
JPです

・使用している端末
iPad 9.7インチ 第6世代 Wi-Fi+Cellularモデル 128GB

・スコープ感度
スコープOFF→48％
ドットサイト→50％
2xスコープ→50％
4xスコープ→52％
8xスコープ→60％
15xスコープ→68％

・キルレを教えてください
シングル→2,100戦・キルレ4・勝率24％
クインテット→4800戦・キルレ3.4・勝率46％

・レートはいくつですか
シングル→13,663
クインテット→48,093

・最高順位を教えてください
荒野の覇者第2人です

・ドット使わないんですか
普段から小銃に15スコ・8スコを付けています
ドットで倒せる距離なんて腰撃ちで十分です
むしろ、まだドット使ってるの？？

・なんでずっとスク水を着てるんですか
大事なフレンドからの頂きました
もとい、これ以上に魅力的な服装がありません

・名前の由来はなんですか
誰もが知っている歴史上の人物、、、と思って付けました

・SSってクランですか
身内で付け合ってます
あなたもSSを付けちゃいましょう

・日本史好きですか
好きじゃないです
ちなみに文系ですが数学受験でした

・荒野の覇者になる条件を教えてください
毎日午前零時の時点で、経験値が上から順に与えられる称号です
なので、日々順位が変動します

・職業は何ですか
源頼朝ですよ、将軍業してます
海外旅行に行くほどの余裕があるのです


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再生回数8万回超😺
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再生回数5万回超😸
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#376「夢のコラボ実現！荒野の覇者第1人×第2人でクインテット PART2 頼朝、そっと寄り添う編 14キル」
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再生回数3万回超😻
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#396「2000戦キルレ4超！荒野の覇者第2人がシングルの立ち回りを解説！激戦野原 14キル編」
https://youtu.be/f-MX6a5R0SE

再生回数1万回超
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