+ South Korea shines. We love our LG washers and dryers. My friend loves her KIA Telluride. I love the KIAs I have rented.<\/p>\n
+ Costco is selling high-end Starlink dishes and service. Says Costco, “Works Anywhere with a Clear View of the Sky, Including Polar Regions.” $2,500. Brilliant. Click\u00a0here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n + Instagram and Quora are wonderful time-wasters. Instagram, for the animals. Quora, for the stories you don’t read anywhere else — like what it’s like to be locked up in an American prison for 20 years. My favorite podcast is Acquired for their detailed insights into leading technology companies, like Nvidia.<\/p>\n + Mesh networks work better in your home than single Wi-Fi routers.<\/p>\n + Cell phone service is deteriorating nationwide, under pressure of streaming video demands. Better to use your cell phone on Wi-Fi over the Internet. Don’t make an important business call on a cell connection.<\/p>\n + Google’s Chrome is the best browser and getting better. It now has AI. Ask it a question. Wow. Morgan Stanley (and me) like Google’s stock.<\/p>\n + Don’t buy a laptop unless it has a touch screen — like an iPad.<\/p>\n Many big startups are dying<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n From Unicorns to Zombies: Tech Start-Ups Run Out of Time and Money<\/strong> The article ends:<\/p>\n One area that is thriving? Companies in the business of failure.<\/p>\n SimpleClosure, a start-up that helps other start-ups wind down their operations, has barely been able to keep up with demand since it opened in September, said Dori Yona, the founder. Its offerings include helping prepare legal paperwork and settling obligations to investors, vendors, customers and employees.<\/p>\n It was sad to see so many start-ups shutting down, Mr. Yona said, but it felt special to help founders find closure \u2014 both literally and figuratively \u2014 in a difficult time. And, he added, it is all part of Silicon Valley\u2019s circle of life.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of them are already working on their next companies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n For the full piece, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Do we want a dictator?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n My father and mother ran away from Hitler and Stalin. They lived in a tiny town in Romania. (Now the town is in southern Ukraine.)<\/p>\n They feared Hitler would kill them because they were Jews. They feared Stalin would kill them because they were capitalists.<\/p>\n All their neighbors were killed or sent to Siberia to work the salt and the coal mines. Including my father’s sister.<\/p>\n Stalin killed 3.9 million Ukrainians by starving them. It was during the\u00a0Holodomor<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0of 1932-33. That was before Hitler killed six million Jews.<\/p>\n The chances are strong we’ll get a dictator. His name is Donald Trump. He’s referring to people (like me) as “vermin.” That was a word Hitler used.<\/p>\n The definitive piece on why trump will be elected is from The Washington Post<\/em> and begins:<\/p>\n A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.<\/em><\/p>\n You can read the Post’s impeccable logic here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n I’ve been reading a lot about dictators. Here are two books I recommend:<\/p>\n If you missed this, it’s still wonderful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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