27 September 2025

How to spot a genius. Yeah, it's true that some geniuses are born in areas where they can't realize their full potential, but you can't get too caught up with that. It's really up to teachers, who are exposed to these children, that bear the responsibility of recognizing talent and nurturing it. This is why I'm upset at Oregon and Washington canceling programs for gifted kids. Just so that there is "equity".
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Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns U.S. tech workers: Competing with China’s grueling 12-hour workdays means sacrificing work-life balanc.  Yeah, but the problem is, the workers are not necessarily interested in helping Google beat China. They're interested in getting rich. If Google doesn't enrich its workforce, they won't care. They'll just figure it's Google's problem.

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Great!  Oregon lottery winners can remain anonymous. Well, now I'll play.

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Here's a list of all the places Starbucks is closing. There's a lot in the West Coast states. Now the rioters will have to find some other business to trash that represents "The Man". Starbucks was always the choice for the "Destroy Capitalism!" crowd.

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Well it finally happened.  The AI world is no longer sweet and innocent.  Someone hijacked an MCP email server, and was found to have all emails coming through send out a copy to a secret email address.

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DEI is dead. White men now fill majority of new S&P 500 board seats for first time since 2017.  Merit matters once again.

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Make Portland Great AgainTrump has ordered the military to come to the aid of Portland. We’ve been off Trump's radar for so long. No longer. And it's interesting that Hegseth is in charge, not Pam Bondi. He means business. It worked for D.C. Hopefully it will work for Portland.

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