In Robert Altman’s movie Short Cuts, which is packed with great quotes, there’s one particular bit of dialog I’m thinking about lately.
- Howard Finnigan: Hey Jer, how goes the war?
- Jerry Kaiser: Bad guys are winning, sir.
The BOT & The WOT
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.
Mullen Things Over
I was thumbing through /wsb and noticed a post entitled “I’m the biggest idiot on Earth“. Since I figured someone must be cutting in on my turf with a line like that, I checked out the post.
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Doctor Do Little
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.
The Age of Fake
You and I, being more or less human, have things in life we love or hate. I suspect my “hate” list is longer than most, although in my defense I’d like to think my much shorter “love” list is executed with special intensity.
Right near the top of my hate list is fakery, and I’d like to share some thoughts on that.
This came to mind because, with increasing frequency, I am seeing all manner of social ads which inform the viewer that if they would just sign up some kind of AI service the money would absolutely pour into one’s lap. For example, there’s a firm called Zeely which shows a comely lass sitting in front of her computer gripped with the kind of anxiety that one shows when awaiting news about a terminal illness.
Ratio Charts Update
I’ve gone through my entire ratio chart list (that is, those charts compromised of two or more symbols to create a unique presentation of some financial information) and wanted to share the most interesting ones with you.
The first is the simplest: it is the NASDAQ 100 index divided by the Russell 2000. Ever since 2006, this has been climbing relentlessly, demonstrating how massively valued tech has become. Keep in mind, this isn’t just illustrating the growth of the market; it is showing the growth of the market divided by the growth of the same (U.S. common stocks) market, but with different components.
