Wealthy Commuter Chooses Jet over One‑hour Drive
There’s a rich dude that lives near my farm and flies netjets 50 miles back-and-forth to work These two airports are connected by a very nice interstate and the door-to-door drive time is one hour. https://t.co/po0eh1B9l9
Homeowners' Financial Strain Drives Property Tax Measure Failures
I think this is part of the reason why practically every property tax measure on the ballots here failed in this week’s election. People already cannot afford their home.
Design for Agentic Scale: Speed, Power, Governance
“Your most important user no longer has a pulse.” My colleague, Yasmeen Ahmad, said this at Google Next. Not to be provocative, but because it’s true. Agents don’t work like humans. They can simultaneously command dozens of API calls. They can...
Championing Data Centers, Nuclear Power, and Industrial Growth
I’m pro data center Pro nuclear power Pro factories Pro building and advancing, not regressing
We Still Lack Basic Outbreak Protocols After COVID
It’s kind of wild to me that even after Covid, we really have no idea what to during a disease outbreak. It’s like there are no protocols or policies and we just wing it. “people are getting sick with a deadly...
CDC Fails to Control Diseases, Despite Its Name
Like I said, the government agency that’s literally called “CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL” has absolutely no clue how to control diseases
AI Compute Shortage Grants Providers Massive Pricing Power
One thing is for certain, the demand for AI compute resources far exceeds the supply, and probably will for the foreseeable future. Probably for a few years at least. Companies are going to have to compete for limited AI resources. They’re...
WHO and Officials Mishandle Infected Ship, Endangering Public
This is a good reminder that the WHO and government “experts“ generally responsible for keeping us safe from infectious disease are largely incompetent. They let people on an infected ship leave and get on public flights through public airports.
Bitcoin Dead Money as Blue‑chip Tech Stocks Soar.
Bitcoin is dead money. Imagine putting your assets into this when blue chip tech stocks are going up 40, 50, 100% per year https://t.co/VHg9ZfF1RO
Chinese Bots Flood Rural U.S. with Anti‑data Center Propaganda
What China is doing is operating thousands of bot accounts and Facebook groups targeting mainly rural Americans with anti-data center propaganda. Just go look at all of these random groups that have popped up spreading nonsense about AI and data...
Aid Money Often Leaves Countries Worse Off Than Before
It’s honestly wild visiting countries where we’ve dumped trillions of taxpayer and nonprofit dollars - and billions of labor hours from various aid organizations - and they are worse off than they were before
Tim Cook Deserved $100 B for Shareholder Value Gains
Tim Cook should have been paid $100 Billion for the shareholder value increase under his tenure
We’re Approaching a 2008‑style Housing Crisis
Gives you an idea of how far we are from the 2008 housing / financial crisis
Announces Bid to Acquire eBay, Refuses Questions
I’d like to announce I am bidding to acquire eBay I will take no further questions about the matter.
Even Logical High-Speed Rail Fails without Riders
This was one of the most logical high-speed rails in the country, and it STILL can’t make money. Nobody wants to ride on trains.
Domestic Economy Flights Surge to $800–$1000, Threatening Family Vacations
It’s wild to see economy class domestic flights starting at $800 for 5am and $1000+ for mid day. Lots of family vacations are going to be ruined this year.
Rising Fuel Prices Spike Summer Flight Costs, Jeopardizing Vacations
Looking at the cost of some flights this summer and WOW… we are really starting to see the impact of fuel prices. I think a lot of family vacations are going to be ruined if people haven’t already secured...
Labor Force Participation Drop Reveals Hidden Joblessness Crisis
This is why you shouldn’t pay any attention to the unemployment rate. It doesn’t count people who have given up looking for work or dropped out of the labor force. The scariest chart is the chart that shows the labor force...
Google Cloud's Unprecedented Demand Fuels Rocketship Momentum
I’ve never in my life been a part of any business with the kind of demand and interest as we see at Google Cloud. We are operating on a different dimension right now. I’m just glad to be on the...
Chinese Bots Target AI Data Centers, Vital Economic Asset
In case you’re wondering why there are so many Chinese bots on social media trying to kill our data centers and AI, this is why. It’s the most important part of our economy.
Pay More Once, Save Forever: Choose Durable Appliances
You can buy a $15,000 oven/range that will last forever. Or you can buy a $1500 one that will last 5 years
Scottsdale Prices Soar as Californians Flee State
Scottsdale home prices make no sense until you realize they’re mainly bought by people fleeing California
Self‑Driving Cars Deny Drivers Due Process
In America, we have a thing called due process. This quite literally strips out due process from our day-to-day lives as Americans. There should be a lawsuit and it should be put before the Supreme Court. There’s no way this...
Vibe‑check Car Patents Are Overblown, Politically Untenable
The panic over this is a little absurd. I get why people don’t like the idea of having to pass a vibe check to start your car, but the vast majority of patents filed are never used, and I doubt...
Taxpayers Fund Your Food and Care, Demand Input
If you’re going to ask the taxpayers to pay for your food, and then your lifetime of healthcare, they get a say in what you eat
Bots Replace Shortwave: Chinese Propaganda Misleads West
The Soviets and the Democratic West used to spend untold amounts of money to build shortwave radio stations along enemy borders to blast propaganda. We used to drop leaflets out of planes. Now China can just set up millions of social...
Desktop Agents Install as Easily as Game Cheats
Installing desktop agents is a walk in the park for those of us that (used to) install aimbots and autoclickers on our Windows PCs to cheat at Call of Duty and Battlefield
Homebuyers Must Budget for Two HVACs and Roofs
Bought a brand new HVAC system for my house in 2015. It’s had seven major repairs in the 11 years since (parts under warranty but not labor) including an almost complete replacement of most of the internals two years ago....
OpenAI Overpromises Deals It Can't Afford
OpenAI made deals they know they can’t pay for. They aren’t going to have $852 Billion in cash in the next 4 years. They just aren’t.
Vegas Hotels Still Require Ten‑Minute Check‑In in 2026
2026 and it still takes Las Vegas hotels 10 minutes to check in a guest
New Tech Fears Echo Past Revolutions, Ignore Doomers
Everything people are saying about AI today were said about electricity, tractors, the assembly line, the ATM machine etc. Ignore the Doomers
Efficiency Beats Hours: 230% Quota in Half Time
Person A: 230% of quota, works 25 hours most weeks. Person B: 90% of quota, works 50 hours most weeks. Who is the more valuable employee?
Airline Wi‑Fi Overpriced, Unreliable—Passengers Demand Upgrade
On my flight to and from London last week I paid $30 PER LEG for an “ultra” internet pass (NOT starlink) that didn’t work 80% of the flight and when it did, couldn’t load a web page with images on...
Pain Meds Denied, Horse Tranquilizers and Weed Allowed
We’ve removed access to pain medicine for millions of people who need it but everyone on horse tranquilizers and weed is perfectly fine
Limited Materials Make Robot Utopia Impossible
Resources are finite. There’s only so much land and so many raw materials and rare earth minerals to build and power the robots and the things they build. Even if the variable cost of labor drops to zero, there’s now...
If Everyone Gets a Penthouse, No One Has One
“Everyone can have a penthouse if they want” So the building will just be all penthouses then? Then which one’s the real penthouse?
Data Centers’ Water Impact Is Overstated
I’d encourage all the people mad about data centers because of their water use to look at this
GPU Is the New X86; TPU Dominates AI
The reality is that that the GPU is the new x86. It’s general purpose. It has to be able to do a lot of things fairly well, but it’s an expert at nothing. The TPU is purpose built to run...
Most New CDL Drivers Have No Prior Driving Experience
I think the average American would be horrified to learn how many semi truck drivers have only been driving for a few years. And I don’t mean driving semis. I mean driving a vehicle of any kind. You’d be shocked how...
Wealthy Execs Fleeing Unrest, Seeking Rural Havens
I predict very rural and isolated (and still beautiful places) are going to start becoming a lot more popular as wealthy executives flee this kind of bizarre propaganda fed violence in this country
Top Doctors Shun Rural Ohio, Urban Care Thrives
Nobody wants to be honest, but good doctors generally don’t choose to work in rural areas. Hate to say it, but it’s true. I can read the bios of the doctors around rural Ohio, where I live and then compare...
AI to Rank Judges by Sentencing Impact
Feel like I want to build an AI agent to scrape every Judge’s sentencing history, then cross reference that with court records and arrest records to calculate recidivism rates, then rank the recipients crimes by level of severity/violence, then rank...
Data Center Water Concerns Are Overblown, Sparked by Recent Hype
The hysteria over data center water use is the most idiotic thing in recent memory. There’s a very clear reason why it went from a non-issue that nobody ever talked about all six months ago, to all you see every day...
Developers Represent only 1% of AI’s Total Market
I’d bet “the developer” persona is probably 1% of the TAM for AI models. Everyone is focused on it, but it’s a fraction of the usability in the enterprise
AI, Not Data Center Bans, Will Cure Cancer
If we are going to cure cancer in my lifetime, it’s going to be AI that does it. Think about that when you’re trying to ban data centers because they use less water than one crappy golf course
Millions of AI Agents Poised to Replace SaaS Ecosystems
Agent orchestration is going to be a very lucrative business. Reality is that CIOs will have many thousands of agents. Maybe millions. There are entire SaaS ecosystems that can be replaced with agents running tasks. For example, cybersecurity is ripe for...
Robotic Mower Could Beat $50‑per‑acre Weekly Cost
If you have 2 acres or more and use one of the automated robotic mowers, let me know your story. I am paying someone $50 an acre to mow my lawn every week and I feel like I can have a...
U.S. Dependence on Foreign Factories Threatens Security
What should scare you the most is that we don’t make things in this country anymore. And the country that makes all our stuff, and operates all the world’s big factories, is the one we are most likely to have...
Constantly Losing AirPods? Watch the Costly Consequences
This is what happens when you lose your AirPods or leave them behind every couple months https://t.co/DUz9ZFP8PO
Chinese Airlines Ban Cheap Lithium Power Banks on Flights
Having a whole bunch of cheap Chinese no name lithium power banks on planes is one of my biggest worries when traveling. Airlines in China have begun banning them completely, even in carry-ons. https://t.co/DSi33tN31U