Upside down.
Nvidia (NVDA) crushes it's projected earnings, it's stock tumbles 10%
Oracle (ORCL) misses projected earning and the stock goes up 43%
Stock Market: "Totally normal, nothing weird going on here at all... Move along."
I expect my "stuff all your money in your mattress" financial plan is going to be paying big dividends anytime now.*
*Please don't make the mistake of believing I'm financially literate.
#Capitalism
Learning the language of the locals.
Mrs Miasma and I have discovered the definition for a term that was used in a conversation with a fellow Wyomingite the other day:
"Wyoming good" - something that defies your hopes while meeting your expectations.
See also: "Damning with faint praise"
Example: "That new breakfast place is 'Wyoming good.'"
This message has been brought to you by a single individual trying hard to understand when people are attempting to communicate with him.
#LocalSnark
Donut for your troubles?
We're providing the food for tonight's banned book club meeting. Mrs. Miasma found this website that tells you the food mentioned in your favorite book, so we let that be our guide for tonight's fare.
Donuts
Strawberries
Cheese
Bread
Apple Juice
Orange Juice
Red Wine
White Wine
Red plates and plastic utensils
White Napkins
All for the most depressing book I've ever read: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
http://www.bookmenus.co/search?q=A+Handmaid%27s+Tale
#BannedBooks
#Books
#Food
The definition just comes down to the one picked:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/democracy
In any of them, it has to do with who "makes decisions, policies, laws", because that's where power and purpose of it are. Money is st the centre.of that worldwide.
And NONE of that is made by you!
The voting is a facade - as Americans say, " A dog and pony show" to keep everyone on the tax plantation.😂
Even in real brutal dictatorships, they put up more than one candidate in elections and votes for them are " processed and counted".
The fact of your "democracy" is that if the candidate has no money of powerful PACs, they play the same role on that ballot as the alternative candidates in a real modern dictatorship.
At national level, your third party candidates get single digit percent - not even close to getting to make any decisions, because it's a "winner takes all" system.
No coalitions!
So, ends up that half the people take turns forcing the other half to live by rules to which LITERALLY HALF the voters and actual taxpayers don't consent.
Worldwide, we see this evidenced by how much your side is squealing after years of your opponents squealing.
It's pure idiocracy! Enjoy!😄
Limited by my character count so not an ideal space for me to write responses.
Coalition governments have benefits as well as their own set of problems (Italy - lots of government turnover, France being forced to accept Le Pen on the national stage. Germany now fighting a fascist political presence again.)
Given all I've read on Mastodon in the last year it's interesting that you think we're the only ones "squealing."
Hmmm. How they collect and spend our money isn't really part of the definition of the word democracy. And while the "two-party system" is rife with problems that I'd like to see fixed, I've never seen a general election ballot that had less than five candidates for the office of president. We can even write-in a name on our ballot - I know this because I've done it more than once and still my vote was processed and counted.
Static.
"Democracy Dies in Darkness"
--Official slogan of the Washington Post before Jeff Bezos stopped publishing news
I guess Democracy dies in silence now too. 😔
"Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations"
Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-voice-of-america-cuts-3faf72e620dbc5f42e5508a2b9d8c8da
#Craptastic Leadership
#VoiceOfAmerica
#Government
Clouded Theology.
From the article:
"Researchers and religious leaders on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar of "Jesus" on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith, morality and modern-day woes, and offered responses based on Scripture…."
"AI Jesus Experiment Said to Be a Success"
https://reason.com/volokh/2024/12/01/ai-jesus-experiment-said-to-be-a-success/
#AI
#StupidestTimeline
Inching closer to William Gibson's "Wintermute" by the second...
AI's learning to navigate politics and avoid civil litigation wasn't on my bingo card.
ChatGPT refuses to say one specific name – and people are worried
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-david-mayer-name-glitch-ai-b2657197.html
#AI
#Technology
#Neuromancer
#WilliamGibson
Oh. So THAT'S what bluegrass harmonies are supposed to sound like.
Darlingside - Go Back
"So we hold to who we are
Even into the arc
Beyond our furthest edges
To a world full of strange and towering skies
And a chance to choose in time
To set out on our own way"
https://youtu.be/8xZ3zSJlLno?si=MHd9OEkb_KC-Gw6l
#Music
#Bluegrass
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I think they're working with Putin's definition of suicide.
It was "self-inflicted" in the sense that he brought this on himself by causing trouble.
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I have decent tools — at home. I do not bring anything valuable that isn’t designed for marine use on the boat.
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That's smart. I imagine salt-air and seawater would destroy most tools pretty quickly.
A retirement routine is important.
Having had my breakfast and coffee I'm shuffling off to the garage to generate strange banging sounds and profanity.
#OldPeopleOfMastodon
#LosingImportantThings
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Then I would suspect that John de Lancie was on the school's board of regents.
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I wish I better understood the need for some of our fellow citizens to believe in conspiracies when the science for immunity is both solid and indisputable. Then I see a story about the "flat earth" and I realize I'm yet again, giving us too much of the benefit of the doubt.
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Except now it's still dark and it's 7am?!? How does anyone get anything done when it's still dark at this time of the morning? 🙂
Moving two time zones to the right does NOT agree with my normal sleep pattern. Either that or I'm allergic to Notre Dame university (we're staying at a boutique hotel across the street from the campus.)
#Travel
#OldPeopleofMastodon
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In order to save time I'll just ask - are you trolling or just making a really bad joke?
Progress continues on what I think will be an awe-inspiring monument and sculpture but I'm skeptical that it will be finished in my lifetime. Still, the remarkable man emerges from the granite a bit at a time.
#CrazyHorse
#Travel
#Sculpture
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But could it be the DC Comics future I envision? (I think I secretly have a crush on Triplicate Girl.)
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I thought this might be parody but I'm too afraid to risk the targeted ads I'd get from google for the next year if it's not.