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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • I’ve seen this at my company - but have heard of other companies doing this too. This year, our bonuses are tied to Copilot adoption. Meaning we don’t get paid if enough people aren’t using Copilot.

    I’m not prone to conspiracy theories, but I’m positive that CEOs are getting together and pushing the message that AI adoption needs to increase.





  • In my experience, a lot of Republicans are anti-EV, even after Trump all but gave Elon a blowjob on the White House lawn hawking Teslas.

    Republicans have been shills for oil companies for decades - claiming that climate change is a hoax and doing their best to curb emissions standards. As a result, most of their voting base sees EVs as a made up solution to a problem that doesn’t exist - and have a fairly hostile attitude towards them.

    When I first started driving an EV, it was fairly common for people to cut me off in traffic or refuse to let me merge. Much more so than when driving a gas car.







  • Kind of reminds me of a sign that they have at Jimmy Johns.

    The investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked…

    Inside the small boat were several large fin tuna.

    The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The fisherman replied…

    “Only a little while.”

    The banker then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish? The fisherman said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.

    The banker then asked…

    “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”

    The fisherman said…

    “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a nap with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my friends, I have a full and busy life.”

    The banker scoffed…

    “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually, you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to a big City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

    The fisherman asked…

    “But, how long will this take?”

    To which the banker replied…

    “15-20 years.”

    The fisherman thought for a moment and then asked…

    “But what then?”

    The banker laughed and said that’s the best part…

    “When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”

    And, once again the fisherman asked…

    “Then what?”

    The banker said…

    “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take naps with your wife, stroll to the village in the evening, sip wine and play your guitar with your friends!”