You don't get rich by inventing something, you get rich by selling something.

 

At the intersection of all things...

 

At the intersection of all things...

For context, today’s global cloud consumes 10-fold more electricity than all the world’s EVs combined. Even if EV adoption expands at the rate that the bulls think, the cloud will still outpace that electricity demand, by a lot, especially now that AI hardware is being added rapidly to the Cloud infrastructure.

just ... wow

 

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Boy, we sure are showing them!

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...ic-vehicles-evs-supersonic-airliner-concorde/

 

 

These kind of stories make me appreciate the boring flat lands I live in. I would be an idiot to say that there is not a problem, but for the most part the only businesses that close are either due to lack of sales, or the owners retire. Typically only the normal security measures are in place for high ticket items like electronics and restricted sales type items. Up the road a bit there are a few stores by rougher neighborhoods that are a little more secure, but not to the extent of what is normally shown in these stories.

 

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Ironically, that's also how you die.

 

Ironically, that's also how you die.

And in the end ... we all reach the same destination anyway. It's what you leave behind for others what counts, IMO ...

 

I remember that day for sure.

 

"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."

- Mark Twain

 

Advice from An Old Farmer:

• Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
• Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
• Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
• A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
• Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled.
• Meanness doesn’t just happen overnight.
• Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
• Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
• It doesn’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
• You cannot unsay a cruel word.
• Every path has a few puddles.
• When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
• The best sermons are lived, not preached.
• Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
• Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
• Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
• Live a good, honorable life… then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
• Don't interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none.
• Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
• If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
• Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
• The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
• Always drink upstream from the herd.
• Good judgment comes from experience and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
• Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
• If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around..
• Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
• Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
• Most times, it just gets down to common sense.

 

 

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Pirate Attack
https://news.usni.org/2023/11/26/u-...-potential-oil-tanker-seizure-in-gulf-of-aden
U.S. Navy Detains 5 After Failed Attempt to Capture Merchant Ship, IKE in Persian Gulf

Before the pirates could take control of the ship, the crew had barricaded themselves in the tanker’s citadel, an armored panic room. Unable to seize the crew, the pirates boarded a skiff and headed toward Yemen. Guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) and an unidentified Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship responded to the incident, the defense official confirmed. The crew of Mason pursued the skiff as it headed toward Yemen with the ship’s embarked helicopter and ultimately detained the five for questioning, the official confirmed.

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/isra...ard-u-s-destroyer-rescuing-israeli-owned-ship
Houthis fire ballistic missiles toward U.S. destroyer rescuing Israeli-owned ship

The USS Mason is part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, which on Sunday completed a transit of the Strait of Hormuz to enter the waters of the Arabian Gulf, as the aircraft carrier and its strike group are brought to support CENTCOM missions in the region.

Just a random thought. I've been to the Arabian Sea, passed the Strait of Hormuz but I can't find the Arabian Gulf on an official map.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_naming_dispute

 

Firing ballistic missiles at a moving target...way to go genius.