The phone's clock is continually updated to within a second's accuracy, so I no longer use my bedside clock or wristwatch.

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There are two reason for this: First, many consumers have no idea what they should do to secure the products they use and, second, manufacturers try to make installation as painless as possible by allowing devices to work with default configurations.

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That might, in a sense, reduce the second problem, which is that Berkshire is sitting on a growing pile of cash with no obvious use for it.

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