Suddenly ordinary.

 

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,925 

 Tip of the hat to Beethoven and the rest:

Life is really all about relativity. 

 

“Bitcoin miners are using their computer power to service a thirsty AI boom. Crypto mining just doesn't cut it anymore.” Who knew? You know I just printed that out of a news release about the subject. You know there is lots going on about which I know nothing by people who know a lot about what I don't know. This tends to say that technology beyond my ability to understand is approaching obscelesence.  

 

A person who keeps on cutting corners will soon be going around incircles. 

 

The Question: 

What are the five largest discount store chains? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Treasury Secretary Scott Bressent Says China and US have Agreed to Framework on Potential Trade Deal; Trump and Xi to Discuss When They Meet.; Markets Jump. 

--Cat 5 Hurricane Mellissa Could Be Strongest Ever to Hit Jamaica; Latest Path Seems to Miss USA. 

--Investors Awaiting Mega Tech Earnings Reports This Week.[ Analysts will relate Success Versus Bubble Talk;  

--Qualcomm New Chips Rival NVidia and AMD; Wall Street Appears to Lose Confidence in Intel Turnaround. 

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Lots of people are getting into AI and using it, And almost all of them are mesmerized by its power.  

 

Louisiana State University just fired their coach Brian Kelley. They h had to pay him $50+ Million dollars to buy out his contract. So far in just over half of a college football season coaches have been paid about $193 million not to coach. And kids will live with a long term debt for an education that may or may not payoff.  

 

And, how about that Musk. He is threatening to Leave Tesla if they don't accept his $ 1 Trillion pay Plan. Witch would m make e himself  the 23 largest country just below Saudi Arabia at $1,068 Trillion and ahead of Switzerland at $884 Billion. Crazy imbalance. 

 

There is one helluva lot of money around, and you got to worry about who’s spending it. 

 

Before “No Kings” the last time millions showed up for anything was when Biden opened the southern Border. That js form an aware reader/ 

 

Sometimes people don't understand what I’m talking about and neither do I. 

 

AI can do amazing things quickly but AI itself ttold me today that while it can compose music quickly, a symphony is much to complex and it would work better as a collaborator with humans.  

 

There's no point in gettng angry if you can’t turn into the hulk. 

 

NFL’s Miami and Baltimore both beat the odd and won yesterday. But that is probally not soothing the angst of Amazon Pirme Execs who are faciing a Thursday Night game between those two teams with just 2 wins. It will still be something for bettors. 

 

Steve Bannon says Trump has plan that will allow him to seek a third term. Bill Maher thinks it is probably true because no man would walk away from a brand new 90,000 square foot ballroom.  

 

Seriously, the art of politics is to normalize absurdities. 

 

The Answer: 

There's a lot of ways to determine this list. Dollar Tree is number One by number of stores, 19,000 plus. But by revenue its Walmart, Costco, Target, Dollar General and Dollar Tree. By market cap, the largest is actually Amazon with Walmart #2. Others on that list are Costco, Alibaba, Home Goods, TJ Maxx, Target, Aldi, Dollar General, and Dollar Tree.  

 

See you all tomorrow. Relatively speaking.