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2024年 4月30日，G7 各国同意在十年内停用 煤碳发电。
By April 30, 2024, the G7 nations agreed to phase out coal-powered electricity over a decade.
拿着手机的逃亡者，五月花上的 公理宗， Congregationalists. 刘阿姨口中的自组织力量 似乎没有学习过 清教徒公理宗的历史， 俺告诉你们 公理宗没有消失。
The fugitive holding his phone, Congregationalists on Mayflower. Aunt Liu spoke of self-organized forces who had not studied the history of Puritan Congregationalists, I tell you, Congregationalists have not vanished.
但是 公理宗必须承受 科学对神学的锤炼, 承受 AI 对美国的挑战，如果受不了， 那么没有一只白皮猪是无辜的。
But Congregationalists must endure the hammering of science on theology, and the challenge from AI to America. If they cannot bear it, then no white pig is innocent.
承受虫族对人族的吞噬吧, Xhinese 是虫族的文字。
Suffer the Xenians' devouring of the humans. Xhinese is the insect race's writing.
下面讨论当令世界的两大类科技产品 - 手机， Android 和 iPhone 两个阵营的技术史值得咱们认真研究， 这是近二十年来 让人类社会发生巨大变化的 东西。
Below, let's discuss the two major categories of technological products in today's world - smartphones.
The technological history of the Android and iPhone camps is worth our serious study; this has been something that has brought about significant changes to human society over nearly two decades.
第一部 iPhone 是 Apple 的 Steve Jobs 在 2007年宣布发售的, 至今为至共售出 23 亿部, 目前仍然在使用中的 有10 亿部。 也就是说在 17年里有 13 亿部旧 iPhone 已经淘汰了， 超过了手机生命期。这是现代社会的一个现象， 设计淘汰现象，电子设备的生命周期更短。
The first iPhone was announced for sale by Steve Jobs at Apple in 2007, and up until now, a total of 2.3 billion iPhones have been sold, with about 1 billion still in use. This means that over 1.3 billion old iPhones are already obsolete after 17 years, which is a phenomenon in modern society, the design of obsolescence, making electronic devices’ life cycles shorter.
如果人的生命周期就是天定的设计淘汰， 想想吧，被淘汰就是每个人的命运， 想想俄语的老疯子 Leo Tolstoy， 一百年前，他以为自己想明白了。
If a person's life cycle is a predetermined design for elimination, imagine that being eliminated is everyone's fate. Think of the old mad Russian Leo Tolstoy, a century ago, he thought he had figured it out.
iPhone 的操作系统是 iOS,
App 仓库是 Apple Store,
这部分软、硬件 都是 Apple 自家的, 除了 App。
Apple Store 中现在有 180 万种 App.
The iOS operating system runs on iPhones, and App repositories are Apple Store, with much of this software and hardware owned by Apple except for Apps. Apple Store now hosts 1.8 million different apps.
相对应的 Android 的操作系统内核是 Linux, Android 主要部分是一个开源项目，叫做 AOSP, Android Open Source Project, 这是 Google 为核心组织的开发方式， 开放手持设备联合会， Open Handset Alliance. Android 手机的 App 仓库是 Google Play， Play 却不是开源的，它是 Google 私有的软件。 Play 中有 240 万种 App。
Correspondingly, the Linux kernel is in Android's operating system, Android mainly being an open-source project called AOSP (Android Open Source Project), organized around Google’s core development approach. Open Handset Alliance coordinates this development. The App repository for Android phones is Google Play, but unlike Play, it is not open source and is proprietary software by Google. Google Play now hosts 2.4 million different apps.
Android 手机的硬件生产则是 各国厂家的业务， 知名的比如：韩国三星/Samsung，日本 Sony, 中国 Oppo、Vivo、华为、小米、中兴等等。
The hardware production of Android phones is the business of manufacturers from various countries, such as well-known ones: Samsung in South Korea, Sony in Japan, and Chinese ones like Oppo, Vivo, Huawei, Xiaomi, and ZTE.
AOSP 的软件是开源的，采用 Appache License, 但是 Google 为手机硬件厂提供的软件版本中 却大部分都不是开源的， 手机中不可能完全使用开源软件， 大量的硬件驱动都还无法用开源软件替代。
AOSP software is open source under Apache License, but most of the versions provided to phone hardware manufacturers by Google are not. Phone systems cannot entirely use open-source software as many critical hardware drivers still lack open-source alternatives.
对于在中国销售的手机 则更进一步，
生产商们 不仅 抹除了 Android 中的 Google 标志，
也阉割掉了 Google Play.
Google 无法在中国做生意，
Play 中的大部分 App 也无法通过中共的审查。
这些阉割 都是邪恶的墙 必然要指定做到的，
为了量产奴隶，就算是原来有的、开源的，也一定要剥夺。
For phones sold in China, manufacturers not only removed Google branding from Android, but also disabled Google Play. Google could not operate in China, and most of the apps on Play failed Communist Party censorship. These cuts are necessary parts of the evil wall, designed to ensure mass production of slaves – even if they were originally open-source.
Android 的第一部手机 和iPhone 在同一年，2007 年推出， 这部手机是 HTC 的 Dream, HTC 是台湾的手机生产商。 但是直到第二年 才开始规模发售，比 iPhone 晚了一年。
The first Android phone and iPhone both launched in 2007, the HTC Dream being the first one. HTC is a Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer. However, it was not until the following year that it began large-scale sales, coming a year after the iPhone launch.
到 2012 年， Android 的出货量 超过了 iPhone, 同年两者的 市占率总和 27% + 24% 也超过了手机市场的一半。 之后每年份额都在上升，直到今年两者 合占 99% 的手机市场， 28.6% + 70.7%
By 2012, Android shipments exceeded those of iPhones, and together they captured over half the market at 27% and 24%, respectively. Their share has been rising each year until now, where they collectively occupy 99% of the smartphone market at 28.6% + 70.7%.
华为推出的 Harmony 系统据说已经占据了 3% 的份额，不知道是不是真的。 如果华为能够在这里成功 也说明 数字时代的奴隶制的生产力 还真是强大。
Harmony, a system launched by Huawei, reportedly captures 3% of the market; it’s unclear if this is accurate. If Huawei succeeds in this, it would demonstrate that the productivity of digital-era slavery really is powerful.
在中国 Android 手机的售价范围是 1000 - 8000 RMB, iPhone 的售价 7000 - 12000 RMB. 使用 iPhone 的人 会花更多钱， 购买手机后人们在 Apple Store 中每年的消费(全球总数）是 1240 亿美元， 而在 Google Play 中则是 510 亿美元。
In China, Android phone prices range from 1000 to 8000 RMB, while iPhones sell for 7000 to 12000 RMB. People using iPhones spend more money; post-purchase annual consumption (global total) on Apple Store is $124 billion, while on Google Play it’s $51 billion.
Android 手机销售中 前几名厂商依次为 Samsung, 小米，Oppo。 历史上曾经包揽市场的手机巨头 Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Blackberry 都已经被智能手机的浪潮冲走 难觅踪影了。
The top-selling Android phone manufacturers this year are Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo. Historically, market giants like Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, and BlackBerry have been swept away by the tide of smartphones and have disappeared from sight.
Samsung 成为唯一亲历 手机智能化过程后 仍然占据顶部位置的巨头， 2019 年 Samsung 就关闭了 在中国的最后一间手机厂， 很明显 习近平 上台时（12年）三星已经 内定了转移策略。 虽然损失了中国内地十四亿人的巨大市场， 这个策略转移 却没有让 三星丢掉 Android 手机产量第一的位置， 而且让三星完美回避了后来的 中美贸易摩擦的影响 和 中国三年病毒封控的影响。
Samsung is the only giant that has witnessed the smartphone revolution and still occupies a top position. In 2019, Samsung closed its last mobile factory in China, clearly indicating that transfer strategies were decided when Xi Jinping took office (in 2012). Despite losing the vast Chinese market of over one billion people, this strategy did not make Samsung lose its first place in Android phone production, and it allowed Samsung to perfectly avoid the impact of subsequent Sino-US trade frictions and China’s three-year virus lockdowns.
小米手机的排名今年在下降， 但是小米 电池车的销售情况 似乎很好, 中国制造的下一个 弯道超车 方向是 电池车。
Xiaomi's ranking has been declining this year, but sales of its battery cars seem promising. The next direction for Made-in-China to overtake is in battery cars.
手机市场的世界大战已经进入尾声。
The world war in the smartphone market is drawing to a close.
Android 的编程语言是 Java, Kotlin. iOS 的编程语言是 Object C, Swift. 全球数以百万计的 程序员就不得不为这两个平台工作， 不得不适应 Java，Kotlin 的繁琐规范。
Android programming languages are Java and Kotlin, while iOS uses Objective-C and Swift. Millions upon millions of programmers must work on these platforms, adapting to the complex rules of Java and Kotlin.
不论软、硬件，现代电子产业中独立的「手工艺人」的生存机会都比较小。 硬件生产需要昂贵的设备、精密的工艺， 软件也被两大阵营分隔垄断。
In the modern electronics industry, the chances of independent "craftsmen" in both hardware and software are relatively small. Hardware production requires expensive equipment and precise craftsmanship, while software is monopolized by two major camps.
iPhone 中最重要的芯片是 A15, A16, A17 Bionic/Pro CPU, 这是 64 位的 基于 ARM 的 SOC.
The most important chip in iPhones are A15, A16, A17 Bionic/Pro CPUs, which are 64-bit ARM-based SoCs.
Android 智能机的 CPU 芯片则有几种
There are several types of CPU chips for Android smartphones.
Snapdragon，Qualcomm，美国高通的， Exynos， 三星的，7420. HiSilicon Kirin, 海思，华为的 MediaTek, 联发科技，台湾，Helio G90T
Snapdragon, Qualcomm, from the United States, Exynos, Samsung's, 7420. HiSilicon Kirin, Huawei's MediaTek, Taiwan, Helio G90T
这些芯片都是 ARM 架构， ARM 的特点是能耗低，因此是电池供电设备的必选。 ARM 公司则是一间 英国软件芯片设计公司， 1978年於英國劍橋創立。 但是现在 它的大股东是 日本软银， Softbank, 软银是在 2016 年 以243億英鎊（約309億美元）全現金方式收購的 ARM 公司， ARM 也是因此退出了 股票交易市场。
These chips all use the ARM architecture, ARM is known for its low power consumption, making it a must-have for battery-powered devices. ARM Holdings is a British software and chip design company, founded in Cambridge, UK, in 1978. However, it is now majority owned by Japanese SoftBank. SoftBank acquired ARM for £24.3 billion (approximately $30.9 billion) in cash in 2016, leading to its delisting from stock markets.
后来 2020年软银缺钱的时候，想把 ARM 卖给 Nividia, 但是当时 美国政府、Qualcomm、Google、Microsoft 都反对这一交易， 之后 ARM 选择再次在 Nasdaq 上市，
Later, when SoftBank was short on funds in 2020, it wanted to sell ARM to NVIDIA, but the transaction was opposed by the U.S. government, Qualcomm, Google, and Microsoft. Following this, ARM chose to relist on Nasdaq.