Good in-depth article on Greg Abel, the guy who is going to assume the reigns of Berkshire Hathaway when Warren Buffet is no longer chief. It's true, though – BRK.A has been mirroring the SP500 instead of beating it, like it did before. I guess the days of the good deals are no longer. Why is that?
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There seems to be more interest in home schooling and supplemental education lately. Here are two articles that I saw recently:
- Sal Khan wants to give every student on Earth a personal AI tutor
- AI Improves Student Learning and Engagement
After reading this, I know why tech CEOs love Indian workers, and are all for H-1B visas. Culture is very important.
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OpenAI's new Operator service may spell the death of the Web.
Operator surfs the Web for you, and gives you the answer it thinks you want. No need to visit the individual websites and maybe leave a comment or see whatever else they have there. I recently asked an LLM for the best BBQ joint in Beaverton, and it pointed to Salt & Straw BBQ. There is no such place. Salt & Straw service ice cream.Google, TripAdvisor, the tour providers - right now these are websites, and they support themselves by showing ads to users, or by partnering/commissions (e.g. TripAdvisor could receive revenue for directing users to day tours). With Operator, none of this is necessary. Google is no longer required. TripAdvisor can't support itself with ads, because nobody is looking. These models are about to become unsustainable.
Bill Gates has an autobiography out, and in it, he calls himself "neurodivergent". This seems to be the trend now. Being neurodivergent is supposed to be cool. Everybody's in on it, like having a superpower. I think he's trying to rehabilitate his image, but most of us probably have him figured out.
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Oregon wines were once the pride of the state. Now sales are falling off. Why is that? Do people not like wines anymore, now that we have cannabis and street drugs? Or maybe it's a luxury fewer can afford.
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Mayor Keith Wilson's $28 million homeless plan relies heavily on monetary support from Multnomah County, the state and the federal government. But the former are pinched for money and it's no longer Biden's federal government. And it's not solving the real problem:
