{"id":55943,"date":"2021-10-06T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=55943"},"modified":"2021-10-06T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T17:05:19","slug":"the-noise-around-facebook-how-to-get-richer-wiser-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=55943","title":{"rendered":"The noise around Facebook. How to get richer, wiser, happier."},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook is still the best advertising medium around<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the whistleblower. Despite Congress. Despite the FCC, SEC, FDA, etc.<\/p>\n

I listened to “learned” Congresspeople present their ideas on what to do about Facebook. (Other than venting.)<\/p>\n

Not one of them had a logical, concrete “solution.”<\/p>\n

Facebook has 2.89 billion<\/strong> monthly active users.<\/p>\n

Facebook itself has been hiring thousands of people to read posts. It must be the world’s most boring job. It has AI powered computers reading posts.<\/p>\n

It’s not easy to weed out the garbage. No one has the magic bullet. I don’t.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Facebook is still the best advertising medium — in many ways better than Google.<\/p>\n

I’ve been in technology for 52 years. Someone will come along and eat Zuck’s lunch. Trust me on this one.\u00a0The noise around Facebook today is only noise.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Facebook shares today are a good buy.<\/p>\n

Windows 11 is here<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Don’t install it.<\/p>\n

Remember our cardinal rule for everything in life, including technology:<\/p>\n

If it works don’t mess with it.<\/em><\/p>\n

There are no overarching reasons to use Windows 11 now. No reasons! Zero reasons.<\/p>\n

Australia’s draconian lockdowns<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Florida’s government Ron DeSantis rips Australia. But Australia’s lockdowns clearly work — if you care about keeping your people alive.<\/p>\n

Now comes some numbers on Texas and the latest on Australia;<\/p>\n

29 million people live in Texas.\u00a065,000 people have died of covid.<\/p>\n

1,346 people have now died of covid in Australia.<\/p>\n

Here’s the updated chart:<\/p>\n

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Where are your best chances of staying alive?<\/p>\n

In short, wear a mask, wash your hands, and stay away from everyone.<\/p>\n

I learned something: Unvaxed idiots don’t look like idiots. They look like you and I.<\/p>\n

Treat everyone as though they have the plague. Because they probably do.<\/p>\n

Apple stuff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You probably need a second pair of Apple AirPods for your long phone and Zoom calls. AirPod battery life runs out quickly. Get the cheaper ones. You don’t need the pricier Pros.<\/p>\n

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And, by the way, Apple stock is a great bargain. It’s 10% down from its peak a month ago. Go for it.<\/p>\n

I just bought a new iPhone 13 Pro Max and a new Series 7 Apple Watch. I haven’t received anything yet — except (dig this) an empty box to return my old Apple Watch for a trade-in. The box came yesterday by FedEx. I think it was the first time our FedEx man had schlepped so far for so little. An empty box!<\/p>\n

What the world is coming to<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch it to the end. You’ll die laughing.<\/p>\n

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