A simple technology and business question. “What technology initiative promoted by Mark Zuckerberg has been successful?

Per the SF Chronicle, “Meta starts laying off some 8,000 workers”. And, that Meta will have 2026 capital expenditures on the order of $115 to $135 billion dollars mostly on AI.

The employee that should be laid-off is Zuckerberg. Yet again he's squandering billions of dollars on yet another Zuckerberg shinny object that he calls “Superintelligence".

#Business #Technology #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #AI #SFChronicle

Big Art Loop in San Francisco.

I read about this in the SF Chronicle this morning which focused on a cool new piece that was installed (article is behind a paywall).

It’s a 34 mile loop, effectively around the city, displaying large art sculptures. Looks like a great opportunity to view unique art pieces.

I’m thinking that this would be a great day trip and bike ride for my Santa Cruz bike club.

https://www.bigartloop.org/

#Art #Sculpture #BigArtLoop #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoArt #SFChronicle #Bike #BikeRiding

#Wine. . . .

Everyone takes note of #WineReviews & ratings, including the #SFChronicle's annual wine awards which were just announced for 2025.

I like to think that I'm buying & drinking the "best" wines at the most affordable price but, after I dug into it, I've always been suspicious of the SF Chron's wine ratings because they have SO MANY different wine categories & rate each category based on price, which means it's impossible to compare the quality of a $10 wine to a $100 wine in any category. So, you have to know which price range you're in & choose the best of the wines in that range but that begs the question of: Which is actually the "best" wine regardless of price. 🤷‍♂️

Of course, that's an entirely subjective question. So, I just go with my gut & drink the wines that I can afford that that I "like" best.

Ratings & reviews be damned. 😎

https://www.winejudging.com/

#BadNews . . .

After reading the #news in the #SFChronicle this morning, I'm glad that I seldom go out anymore. LOL! 🤦‍♂️

#Niners #NFL . . .

All of the "experts" (even our local #SFChronicle sports writers) are predicting that the Niners will lose to the #Seahawks again today. 😠

The Seahawks are still -7 betting favorites & ESPN still has them winning by 60/40.

Hope Shanahan has come up with some good ideas on how to outplay the Seahawks' D which shut down the Niners 2 weeks ago.

If he does, they'll win as long as the Niners' D repeats what they did before. If not, it probably will be a repeat of week 18. 🤷‍♂️

Go Niners!!! 🥳🥳🥳

#SFChronicle's #Aging & #Longevity Seminar . . .

I'm interested but not for $150 (or even $127.50). 🤷‍♂️

https://www.sfchronicle.com/about/newsroomnews/article/subscriber-discount-aging-longevity-rick-steves-21259570.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Fib3V0L25ld3Nyb29tbmV3cy9hcnRpY2xlL3N1YnNjcmliZXItZGlzY291bnQtYWdpbmctbG9uZ2V2aXR5LXJpY2stc3RldmVzLTIxMjU5NTcwLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc2NzY0MzE4MTc0Ng%3D%3D&rid=ZWU3ODAyMDYtMmZlYS00ODFiLTliMmMtMzUyMGNjZjQ4ZjA1&sharecount=MA%3D%3D