From Apple to Pinduoduo
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Bapple, Pink
Any of you out there who have used Apple’s Siri know all too well that it gets about 10% of the words stone-cold wrong (often, weirdly, changing pronouns to the other gender) which can lead to some bizarre communications if you don’t double-check before sending. There have been instances I’ve wanted to schedule meetings with folks but instead told them what I was going to do to them with a fork. In any case, it seems Apple has realized that Siri sucks out loud, which is causing a big exec shakeup. I bought puts yesterday on the heels of my Sliced post.
Irrefutable Logic
Big Blue=Big Red
International Business Machines was at the highest value of its 113 year history only a few days ago, but another support level has failed, setting it up for an easy move down to that price gap below.
Friday, Saturday, Sineday
OK, this is getting a bit silly. Over the past couple of weeks, the market has really done nothing but alternately rip higher and lower day to day. My soul is starting to feel a bit like the spring on a screen door. Monday sucked. Tuesday ruled. Wednesday sucked huge. Thursday, for the moment, seems like another rule. Let’s hope it sticks this time.
