I attended a prep school reunion last night and I caught up with two classmates that are highly successful traders (based in London...THE UK)! They were discussing the history of the stock market and I listened attentively...BUT they had the beginning of trading later in history than it actually
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11/30/2024
Well, since it is Thanksgiving evening, I could be thankful for antacids and lazy Boy recliners..and I am thankful for these!! Of course I am thankful for my niece who prepared a feast to beat the band!! However, I already mentioned family (as part of people) in a prior post.Soooo, my third post
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11/28/2024
Many seem to fear that AI is coming for our jobs. With the rise of generative AI, white-collar workers—including coders and lawyers—look to be especially at risk...maybe even doctors...probably NOT real estate professionals...WHEW!!There are a lot of opinions about AI and the future of work. And
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11/16/2024
I had an epiphany due to comments made from a long time marketing client. They have been utilizing various formats developed over the years to keep their profits high. About 1,5 years ago, we began to implement AI based strategies.\All is well. Continued success.Last week, the CEO called and a
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11/03/2024
The October Challenge is awesome, thank you Carol!! I was surprised that not many members mentioned my favorite tool, the SmartPhone. My second is AI of course....when I started to think about the challenge, I was thinking more about physical tools. However, I cannot forget about our dear buddy,
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10/31/2024
During the weekly Zoom call, we discussed, inter alia (my favorite legal term that means "among other things") energy demands from EVs, Big Data, and life in general. Our power grid is ancient and incapable of providing what we need currently - not to mention what we WILL need as demand increase
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10/01/2024
During our AI Zoom calls and in some blogs, we see the term "AI Agents (AIA)". Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish them from Virtual Assistants (VAs) and Digital Assistants (DAs). The term began to take hold in May 2024 when Google unveiled Astra, an AI Agent. Users can interact with audio A
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09/22/2024
A new study by MIT physicists proposes that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how the early universe evolved. One puzzle in question is the "Hubble tension," which refers to a misma
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09/22/2024
Logging into apps and accounts is becoming harder and harder and yet we still are routinely hacked. I was ecstatic when face recognition became a standard (even though it has some nefarious governmental uses)! This SHOULD have been the end of annoying captchas and email or SMS verification. Ala
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09/02/2024
The monthly inflation report was cheered for posting a 2.9% annualized rate, the details of the report showed a much different picture.On a monthly basis, inflation is accelerating. Plus, if you strip out the temporary phenomenon of falling used car prices, the actual rate of inflation is closer
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08/16/2024