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When I got my TRS-80 computer in 1980, one of the very first programs I bought for it was Eliza, which was an exceptionally simple implementation of what seemed to be an electronic psychologist. I found it fascinating, and it was extra cool that Eliza was born the same year I was.
Here is the updated Fibonacci range chart of the /NQ futures, with the spurious hope that the recent peak was, well, the peak. What’s more important for me to point out is the price position beneath the clearly-broken ascending channel. There’s where we’re mashed up against right now.
I just watched this funny RiffTrax of a movie from the 1950s about flying on a jet.
Even though this is about seven years old (!!!!!), it’s amazing how almost nothing about the passenger experience has changed for the better. The flying time is the same. The process is the same. In fact, the only improvement over that period of time is that the seats are about 1/7th of their original size. At least the kids were allowed to roam freely and pretend they were part of the staff.
And one wonders how the U.S. managed to become the world’s leading economy. Because we’re not a bunch of constantly-vacationing bums! Now, about that Juneteenth thing……….
