Speaking of which, there's an interesting article in BI this morning with Mark Cuban opining on the true reason for the new cellphone endeavor: https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-trump-phone-crypto-wallet-transaction-fees-world-liberty-2025-6

A friend of mine recently said of the global economy: America innovates, Japan makes it smaller, China makes it cheaper. For a bit of context, he's a naturalized citizen from a southeast Asian country, so there's likely some bias, but it not as much against the US.

As a member who identifies as Southpaw...YES

typically...yes...companies make market adjustments all the time to remain competitive.

Isn't nationalism just tribalism @ scale?

Seems to me that a non-functioning touch screen is a safety feature for most drivers.

This isn't about an actual delay, it's about sowing confusion around the election. If rumors start flying around regarding a delayed election, then it could result in a lower turnout from people not voting on the actual election day. It wouldn't suprise me if areas unfriendly to Trump get canvassed with misinformation regarding the date, process, etc. It's right out of their playbook...

Perhaps they failed, but the Segway most definitely paved the way for self-balancing personal mobility. In fact, last weekend while mountain biking we ran into a group of guys on electric unicycles. And yes, pun intended.

"take your money and not delivery any units" - that sounds like a pretty realistic portrayal of a DoD contractor.

Google isn't doing this out of some sense of societal commitment, they're doing this because the more devices they distribute, the more data is made available to them. Data that would otherwise be exploited by their competitors. They're taking advantage of the current environment, capitalizing on the distractions to further their dominance in the marketplace. This is no different than the wireless companies opening up their networks and wifi hotspots.

The more important question, which I think you alluded to, is do you have a water management problem? Just because there's no perceived shortage, doesn't mean there are significant issues with how that water is being provided. California is the poster child for this. Only once shortages were 'discovered', did anyone think about the sources. As a result, we've depleted underground aquifers that are resulting in much bigger issues like sink holes, insufficient resupply, etc. Arizona would do well to be more proactive.

The number one cost center for ALL businesses are the people. As such, you need to decide which areas of expertise are most valuable to develop. Those typically align with what makes your business unique. If data is your thing, then you need experts in the management/processing of data; regardless of whether you're rolling your own or deployed in the cloud. That's the number one misnomer about deploying to the cloud, that you alleviate the need for core expertise.

When do we get to evaluate Trump's fair share?

Logan's Run
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s/sensitive/comfortable/

Nothing worse than trying to be 'funny' and botching the quote.