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Useful Idiots, Fellow Travelers and Unregistered Foreign Agents: Oracle Part II
We really can’t expect Oracle to abide by the spirit or letter of the export ban when the Ellisons have so many bills to pay, between Bronny’s debt-fueled Hollywood empire building and Larry’s AI Hail Mary?
Bringing Back Respect and Responsibility
We live in a world where seemingly no amount of incompetence or ignominy triggers departure from public office. Whatever the problem, there is always someone else to blame. We need to celebrate public officials who take responsibility for their actions, resign in disgrace, get fired, or even indicted.
Kudos to Frank Strada for taking responsibility for failure on his watch!
May you be the first of many on the Accountability List!
The Pain in Maine Gets Even Worse
Perhaps those responsible for Maine’s “idiosyncratic, inconsistent, and innumerate energy strategy, aka “none-of-the-above” ” can join the Accountability List. Failing to ensure cheap and abundant energy is about as bad as it gets in public policy.
Will require some serious creativity to blame data centers here.
Do As We Say, Not As We Do: The New York Times on Dark Patterns
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Living in a Glass House: The New York Times On Tech, Living in a Glass House: What is the New York Times?, The New York Times Really Struggles to Cover Technology: Satoshi Edition, The New York Times Really Struggles to Cover Technology: Medvi Edition, Existential Corner: What is the New York Times? Aspiring Technology Company Neither Interested in Technology Nor Understands Technology, FTC Sues Amazon for Unsubscribe Flow; Is The New York Times Next?
Do As We Say, Not As We Do: The New York Times on Inflation, Affordability and Greedy Corporations
A 13% annualized price increase. No wonder inflation is sticky.
EU Insanity: The New SaaS (Software as Absolute s-t)
Hypothetical?
I really want to see the cookie interface.
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Private Equity in Action: Seeking a Government Bailout
Ask not what private equity can do for you, but what you can do for private equity!
I may need to shift from software migration alerts to portfolio migration alerts.
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Perfidious Private Equity, Software Migration Alerts for Private Equity Owned Companies, Private Equity in Action: “We’re ‘AI Winners’, Really”, Private Equity in Action: You Can’t Spell Extraction without AI, Private Equity in Action: Medallia, Private Equity in Action: Come for the Subpar Returns, Stay for the Illiquidity v2, Private Equity in Action: Come for the Subpar Returns, Stay for the Illiquidity, Private Equity in Action: From Famed to Fraught, Private Equity in Action: I’m Lovin’ It, Private Equity in Action: Narrative Collapse?, Private Equity in Action: The Great Garage Door Service Wars, Private Equity in Action: Having to Show Their Math is New Experience, Private Equity in Action: Underperforming