Senior IT Consultant focusing on Enterprise Content Management #ECM and Enterprise Report Management #ERM with IBM Content Manager OnDemand - interested in Security, Privacy, Encryption, Information Management, #InfoSec.
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Student: “So Elon Musk is a trillionaire?”
Me: “Yup.”
Student: “How did he get that much money?”
Me: “Well, he doesn’t really have a trillion dollars cash. He just owns a lot of stock in companies that are valued at a trillion dollars.”
Student: “So those companies make huge profits?”
Me: “Oh gosh no. They all lose billions of dollars a year. All of them. Huge losses.”
The Economist headline: “Gen Z Mysteriously Hates Capitalism and No One Can Figure Out Why.”
Lobbying should be illegal. The only people politicians should be legally allowed to communicate to privately about any legislation or regulations are their constituents (and company's are not people, nor should they every be treated like they are).
Corporations should be allowed to make public presentations to politicians under oath with penalties for lying; but under no circumstances should they be allowed to lobby behind closed doors.
You can try 570 extinct operating systems at a new "virtual museum," according to a new article by ZDNet. Their reporter downloaded the ancient OS NeXTSTEP, and was "shocked" by how easy it was to run it, "and by the sheer number of operating systems to choose from." Essentially, what you do is d...
Timnit Gebru was fired from Google in December 2020 for refusing to retract a research paper, and every single warning that paper made about large language models has now happened at a scale the industry spent 4 years trying to make people forget about.
#AIEthics #WeDontNeedNoAIEthics #WeAintGotNoStinkeenAIEthics
Draft script: "I am very concerned about the SpaceX IPO. I understand funds I own may soon automatically be forced to buy stock in this grossly overvalued company with horrendous corporate governance concerns. I am requesting an urgent meeting to spell out for me any exposure. I am sharing this article, and would appreciate you pass it on to your analysts and be prepared to discuss the details with me. Can we set up a call for tomorrow?"
https://spotgamma.com/spacex-ipo-index-changes-spotgamma/
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ACTION: Call your financial manager about SpaceX IPO ASAP
Background: SpaceX has filed to go public at a grossly overvalued $1.8 Trillion. The fundamentals in no way justify inclusion in index funds, BUT NASDAQ rules were CHANGED so that it will be included. As a result 401Ks and IRAs will AUTOMATICALLY buy the stock, giving this worthless company your money. It is the greatest grift of all time.
To Do: Contact your financial firm immediately. More below...
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NPR laid off about 4 percent of its content division, including 10 journalists and some veteran reporters.
""People love science," NPR Science Correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce, who was laid off Wednesday, said in an interview for this story. "It's such a break from the political and economic and often grim news to have something more inspiring and curiosity driven. I thought it was a great blessing to have the opportunity to give that to people."
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5836624/npr-layoffs-job-cuts
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