“How green clean was my valley code base then and the code base of them that have gone. Before the technical debt heap rose up, burying everything in its path.”

The fact that our “healthcare plan” options consist mostly of overpriced scams and bankruptcy could be a factor.

“Art of the Deal”

Testosterone supplements and baby wipes for men.

Honestly, that is worse than I expected.

No one in their right mind is investing in SpaceX. The business is hemorrhaging cash and the only part of it that is even remotely viable is StarLink.

And StarLink has some serious – although currently unrealized --risks related to competition from fiber, which is and always will be technologically superior, and the increasing potential for a satellite to go crashing through someone’s living room.

Construction, manufacturing, and other related industries are already experiencing rapidly slowing demand. Tarrifs and the Iran war made a huge dent there. As soon as the “big shot” investors finally realize that they’re going to get nothing more from the AI craze, they’re going to bail and the collapse will be fast and furious.

Edit: I hope that doesn’t actually happen but the outlook is not great.

healthcare

Lots of rural healthcare systems in the US have been circling the drain for years at this point so YMMV.

We have an extremely stable, rational market where share prices are based solely on tangible business value and not at all artificially inflated due to completely unrealistic goals and investor greed.

…I’m sorry. I can’t even type this with a straight face.

• Massive amounts of what effectively amounts to gambling on the stock market.

‘Federally Protected’ is a meaningless phrase in 2026…

It actually means a lot of you can’t afford to pay the bribe (a.k.a. settle a frivolous lawsuit).

Use his position to line his pockets at every possible opportunity.

Research “value investing.” A lot of the stock market is pure speculation but it is very possible to invest in businesses who run a “good business”, meaning they’re more concerned about long term sustainability than maximizing their share price right now.

I once cut down a dead tree, not knowing that it contained a bees nest. They chased me until I jumped into a nearby creek. That was not fun.

Thanks. I figured as much.

“One day, and that day may never… ZZZzzzzzzzzz…”

If I had a dollar for the number of times I’ve heard some CEO proudly declare in an all hands meeting that all his CEO buddies just LOVED the latest gleaming turd that we’re trying to speed run towards a failed MVP, I could buy myself a nice dinner. Tip included.

But those people are virtually never the target user. And they don’t really care what the target user thinks. They just think anything that has the remote whiff of dollar signs is a good idea.

Something I always try to [gently] instill upon the interns is that if you break your back for the company, the only thing you will get is a broken back. The company does not care. Even if on some level the people in charge do care about you, they care more about money. The day that they stand to make more money by firing you than by continuing to employ you, you’ll be gone.

You are nothing but a name and salary on a spreadsheet. And if you’re wise, that’s all your employer should ever be to you.

Trump could have at least given his loyal supporter a meaningless truth social post.

“Nobody wants to work anymore” == “I pay so shitty wages that no one can even afford to come work for me.”