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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.
Nothing But the Name
Here is how much the value of famous brand names changed just over the course of 2025:
The Mark of Zucko
Last summer, I got an up-close and personal look at the inner workings of Meta, and I’m here to tell you, they are packed to the gills with slackers. Actually, that’s not fair. It isn’t packed to the gills, because the people drawing down huge salaries hardly ever show up to work anyway. I’m stunned how valuable this company is considering how light the employees keep their schedules, but a recent survey indicated that on average the engineers are spending about ten hours a week actually working, which is why the company has announced a 20% slash is coming up.
When to Short BTC Again?
I have left crypto alone for a while, but I’d like to at least anticipate when I would be interested in putting on a trade. I’ll start with Ethereum, which I believe could rally until it hits that dashed blue line (at $2600 or thereabouts).
Boink!
There is an epic tug-of-war going on right now between:
- the bears, who figured that we’re in a sustained downward market, counter-trend rallies be damned
- the bulls, who figure stocks are “on sale” and should be bought
For the moment, resistance is holding across the board.
