Didnt the Pets.com sock puppet superbowl advertisement ring the "last drinks bell" in 2000?
Dean Collins
An Aussie's view of life in America with a geek's perspective.
Monday, January 25, 2021
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Free mobile apps?
......And you thought Four Square / Accuweather and other mobile apps etc were free...... you are the product.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Oh Bernie....
Oh Bernie......I feel you Bernie its like you are right here
:)
https://twitter.com/mcbyrne/status/1352341709439565830
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Peloton / Affirm delays
Wow !!!
I had no idea that Peloton customers who purchased on payments with Affirm were making monthly payments on bikes....that hadnt even been delivered.
- https://twitter.com/LiveMarketChat/status/1350855204472823813
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Australian debt now over $800B or about 40% of GDP
I know its small debt compared to the USA's $27T.....but Australia's debt is now up to $809 Billion (or around 40% of gdp)
https://twitter.com/TheKouk/status/1350704235214589952
The only thing scarier than that....is whats going on here in the USA.
There is ZERO discussion and i mean ZERO about how all of this money being spent is "future tax revenues" and what services are going to need to be cut in the future to pay for whats being spent today.
Monday, January 11, 2021
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Farmville closes
For those of you that think $ZM $TSLA $PTON etc.....are never ever ever going away.
:)
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/technology/farmville-zynga-facebook.html?
Monday, December 21, 2020
Polish law preventing social media posts being take down
Love it.
Basically Poland is now "preventing" Social Media Companies from removing posts now UNLESS they break Polish law :)
So the question now....is which law does Facebook decide they want to comply with?
https://polandin.com/51388314/justice-minister-announces-online-freedom-of-speech-bill
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Uber gives up "self driving cars"
Turns out a $15 an hour worker.....IS a good thing after all....
Uber Is Giving Self-Driving Car Project to a Start-Up
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/technology/uber-self-driving-car-project.html?
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Cell based "fake chicken meat"
Cell based meat (eg not pea protein), they harvest a cell and then "feed it nutrients" in a "pot".
Sorry....but wtf is the target audience for this soylent green crap?