obviously i’m indirectly invested in apple given its inclusion in the s&p 500 and nasdaq but having one (1) apple share and tuning into quarterly earnings is fun to larp as a gag
huang is too important to nvidia to fully excise. not as a meme mascot, but in his nimble management style
very “execution”
after the engineers make their breakthrus, his track record suggests a knack of picking out the very risky yet worthwhile endeavors to plow resources into
christians have “do unto others as you would yourself” and white evangelical ethno-nationalists
buddhists have “desire is the root of all evil” and an active ethnic cleansing campaign if not pogroms against muslims
>why not more
a year old used gulfstream g800 hit the market. deep deep pockets won’t grant priority of in production backlog of years
when « ubering » a jet like a falcon stopping midway “to get gas” isnt that big of a deal but a g800 has almost double the range of a 737 max
>aspirational lifestyle
aman went from an “in-the-know” secluded part of thailand to hawking on the side hundred dollar bottles of febreze (room fragrance spray) and minimalist furniture
to want
better and better
moar moar moar
refusing that sort of treadmill it remains difficult to escape the roaring torrent of messaging offering “better” the sort of carrot that binds so so many
always more, always always something “better” on offer whether it’s the promise of an “aspirational lifestyle” or more leather jackets or the momentary thrill of infidelity
yes, the service secretary as the civilian head of the civilian bureaucracy component charged with training/equipping/manning/repairing/etc but the urge to touch the edge of a turbojet intake must be suppressed
it’s not everyday you get to yell at your dipshit c-suite boss as a lowly underling
once the topic of security forces patrolling the flight line came up and it was generally agreed if secaf themselves waltzed across a no-no line unannounced they’d bear the full brunt of concrete