Today's Tids Issue 6,100
Muddying:
The US received a 250th Birthday present over the weekend – the reinstatement of top soccer team scorer Faloin Balogan. The rest of world is astonished at his reversal for the first time since suspension penalties were declared irreversible in1962. Politics is everywhere these days, but up til now the World Cup was about men beating men with their skills. And world fandom was loving it. Maybe there was or maybe there wasn’t strong arming in this one, but the perception of irregularity is certainly there now.
It’s green bean season now -- green beans after green beans after green n beans, they just won't stop growing, I prefer corn on the cob season.
The emergence of Democratic Socialists winning key local elections mainly at the big city mayoral level, is not just a haphazard, coincidental trend. This is a planned political movement.
It was a quiet fourth around Tids HQ Central, fondly known as THQC. Fell asleep watching fireworks on TV but I hear The NY and Washington displays were awesome in person. Rain and thunder disrupted the rhythm of many events but as always the show went on. and the reveleres reveled. But with all that was done, it didn't feel like, at least around this state, like 1976. When’s the next big one, 2076. I think I’ll be even more sedentary.
“It is useless to try to hold a person to anything he says while he’s madly in love, drunk, or running for office.” —B. Birdsong
The Question:
Who are the three largest Hyperscalers?
The Headlines:
--OPEC Agrees to raise Production Targets; Oil Eases, Nasdaq Rises.
--Countries and World Soccer Organizations Condemn Reversal of Red Card Suspension; Uefa: “...Disbelief at Unprecedented, Incomprehensible and Unjustifiable Decision.
--Ukraine Says They are Low on Interceptor Missiles.
But, you can be sure of one thing, the US-Belgium World Cup match will be huge tonight. Casual fans are joining rabid soccer fans to shout USA tonight. It will probably be a very good game not that I know what a good soccer game looks like.
It will be too bad and rather sad if the big story about the World Cup will become the decision reversal instead of where it belongs, with the winners.
Word of the Day, Prescient: Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place. You will see it alot. You can bet on it.
You could spend the rest of your life stopping the beeping of digital things.
I play golf to enjoy myself. Others play it to win and find me annoying.
The Boston Celtics traded away their top 2026 scorer Jaylen Brown to get rid of a huge contract, pure and simple. New ownership can be like that.
Some days you just want to go out and drive until you find the perfect hot dog stand.
I get the feeling that many restaurants are trying to raise the price of a good hamburger or their casual folds to the level of sports arena and stadium prices. The trouble, Restaurant customers aren't hostages. Basically what restaurants are reacting to is teh public’s demand for more casual dining options. That’s why we’re seeing the cost of burgers and stuffies nearing the levels of steak and Swordfish. Restaurants aren’t charities.
If you want to eat cheap and good, cook at home. Maybe cooking classes will be the next big national fad.
We are expecting a lot of rain for the next couple of days. The media will report it as a near disaster and show cars with water up to the hubcaps, but the fact is, we need a lot of rain to make up for a serious dry spell.
The Answer:
The three giants are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. You are probably thinking, what a stupid question. Who cares? Spellcheck doesn’t even recognoze hyperscalers. Hyperscalers are massive cloud providers that own and operate colossal data centers. The are becoming so self-reliant (They can repair their own problems and malfunctions.) that htey are developing their own AI chips at the expense of large semiconductor companies, even NVidia. This is good for alleviating chip shortages with resultant price increases in the consumer electronics industries. But Wall Street is wary because it will require even bigger investment in the already bloated AI mega billion’s buying spree. Anyhow it is a new factor of economic life, and why asked the Q.
Well, I guess that is it for today. Now it’s just many in the US waiting for tonight – USA, USA, USA. I haven't a clue about who will win. Will Belgium be incentivized because of the reversal or will the US win because of it. See you tomorrow.
