And of the top 10, only Meta and Alphabet have a p/e under 30. Amazon and Apple are in the 30s, but Tesla; 260+. There’s no value there. The list is ridiculously inflated. When the bubble pops, most of these companies have no earnings to fall back on.
These companies are invested in each other, grossly increasing the price, one propping up the next. This is the exact fraud FTX did with Alameda.
I’m not a big Leto fan. He’s not the worst actor, but he’s by no means great. But Gary Oldman couldn’t have made this movie work. The problem isn’t the acting, it’s the script. The movie felt like it was designed and written by a marketing committee. Everything about it is formulaic and hollow.
Reading. Too many people say they hate reading because it’s boring or there is no point. Most cite the books they went over (probably never read) in school. They think everything is going to be like Romeo and Juliet or something. They don’t seem to realize that you study classics in school and that there are troves of modern books that they’d enjoy. I like to find out their favorite movies and get them an audio book in the same genre. It’s easier to get them to listen to one than to read one. I now have a handful of people who come to me asking what they should listen to or read next.
He also didn’t say anything that warrented an apology.
Better title: Pathetic man sees is power slipping away and lashes out.
That’s how they’ve always woked; it’s up to the individual. What would be great, and hear me out, what if there was a group of experts, scientists and doctors, who meet and discuss the scientific and medical merits of a vaccine based on the latest peer reviewed research, then make a recommendation to the general public on whether they should get it, based on risk factors such as age and lifestyle in order to help the general public make as informed of a decision as possible. Oh, wait…
It’s quite dated, and there are some blatent white-suburban-privlage references, but if you can get past that, it’s not bad for business relationships. If anything, the book is an eye opener to disingenuous relationships.
The biggest take away was recognizing when others are using the techniques. You really notice it if you deal with a salesperson. Go buy a car and watch them flick between different items from the book; trying to use your name as much as possible, trying to figure out and relate to your interests, etc.
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Hands down the best audio book series I’ve ever listened to. If you like video games, sci-fi, or fantasy, you will not be disappointed.
Soon you won’t need to use their spyware app at all and will be able to just flag down one of the drivers on the street. Maybe they’ll even have a special color vehicle to indicate which ones; like a bright yellow so it will stand out.
Attacking someone who is widly regarded as one of the nicest people on the planet. That will surely be enough to distract everyone from the Epstein files and make them all forget that the president is a sexual predator.
As an old person today, I have no clue what these words mean. Assuming cooking has nothing to do with food. I’ve never heard rizz. I’ve at least heard people use based, though I don’t know its use.
Hey, as long as you’re a good coder, I don’t care how high you are. Though I’ll need to find a way to explain the new “Misc” category in my budget.
If you’re in an HOA, check the bylaws before replacing with clover.
Having said that, depending on where you’re at, clover can work incredibly well. A couple years ago, I changed the layout of my yard - moved flower beds and such. I put down clover in the areas where the beds used to be and it’s taken over a significant portion of my lawn. It’s great. I don’t have to mow as often and my lawn looks nice.
I get a ton of bees in the yard now too; which are fun to watch. I sware my vegetable garden has much better yield since doing it too. I thank the bees, but a friend of mine insists it’s just my imagination.
Regardless, I’m in the midwest and clover has grown well with very little maintenance. Of course, your milage may vary.
I’m sure the CEO saying this has absolutely nothing to do with the administration’s attempt to force the drug manufacturers to justify the validity of the vaccine. There is no way he would say something like that, just to create headlines tying the president to the success of vaccine. The president is way too smart and well adjusted to be manipulated by someone implying that if the president questions the vaccine, he is saying he didn’t deserve the Nobel. It must be a complete coincidence.
/s… in case I was somehow more subtle than the Pfizer CEO.
In the Stormlight books by Sanderson, society is split based on eye color; bright eyed vs dark eyed. Bright eyed people are called Brightness or Brightlord. Not exaclty the same as what you said, but it is an interesting society based on eye color.
What are you talking about? C# is massively popular, especially with corporations and government. If someone wants to get a job writing software, they won’t go wrong learning C#.
Python is great for data evaluations and scripting. There’s nothing wrong with learning it, or any other language for that matter… including Java, C, or C++
Every year, we do an employee survey to see how management is doing; like a report card for management. In the last 3 years, mine has come back with the highest company scores for employee engagement, job satisfaction, and project completion rate. I was asked to give a presentation to the other officers and managers about things I do to get those scores.
The presentation was basically one slide that I expanded to 10. It came down to creating the expectation, for the folks who report to me, that a work week is 37.5 hours (our full-time week) and no more. I make it clear that if my team is working overtime, I’ve failed. If that happens, together we look at their project commitments and reduce the workload, or get training, or whatever is needed.
Working folks to the point of burnout is NEVER a valid solution. Respecting personal time pays dividends to everyone. It’s amazing how treating people like adults makes them happier and more productive. It’s such a low bar and yet seems so foreign to people.
After my presentation, multiple execs argued thar I’d get more done if I pushed my team harder. Our company President pulled up all of our project completion rates, and asked them to explain the discrepancy. The three who complained the most about my approach were in the bottom five.
Data continually shows people are happy when they have a solid, predictable, work life balance. Happy people are more productive and are willing to do more in the long run. And they stick around, so you don’t have to keep looking for new employees. Everyone wins. Yet, there is such a resistance to it by certain people, and I don’t understand why.
Tldr: Expecting your people to give up their personal life for work, it’s a clear sign that you are a terrible leader.
And that somehow makes it better?
I’m holding out hope that it was George Clooney going full Danial Day Lewis for the next Ocean’s movie.