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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Giving Thanks 2016
If I started listing everything I’m thankful for, I could write chapters, books, series, volumes, shelves of material. An intriguing thought comes to mind, if I could live long and prosper as long as I wrote about gratitude every day, … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, community, compassion, culture, diversity, injustice, Internet, logic, objectivity, reason, society, technology, virtual reality
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Adapting To Singularities
Singularities don’t have to happen alone. One singularity is enough to make the world seem senseless. Old rules don’t apply. Old causes create new effects. It is easy to get confused. Triple that, at least. We may be experiencing three … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, Brexit, climate change, digital singularity, disruptive technology, earthquake, environment, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, Lottery, New Zealand, personal finance, politics, sea ice, Simple Living, singularity, stocks, technology, tsunami
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American Catharsis
Welcome to America’s catharsis, brought to you by – unexpected events with unintended consequences. It hasn’t been a week since the election but several themes are progressing and are probably about to collide. Well, we asked for change. We got … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Bernie Sanders, Brexit, Calexit, Canada, Cascadexit, Cascadia, Cold War, Donald Trump, electoral college, Elizabeth Warren, Green Party, Greg Johnson, Jill Stein, Libertarians, migrations, New Zealand, ObamaCare, politics, Quebec, secession, Texas, USSR
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MicroVision Today The World Someday
Thanks to Brexit and Trump, I think it is easy to believe that unlikely things can happen. I intend to write about the systemic instabilities I’ve witnessed, but not tonight. It is too soon. In other news, another unlikely thing … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Dream. Invest. Live., investing, Lottery, Lotto, LTBH, Mega Millions, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, Powerball, Sony, STM, stocks, wealth
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Eight Years Ago
Eight years ago, I started this blog. It was the night after Barack Hussein Obama was elected President of the United States of America. The Great Recession (or as I call it, the Second Depression) had already begun. That wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, consulting, Dendreon, DNDN, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, GERN, GIG, GigPeak, health care, housing, investing, jobs, Lottery, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, political, politics, Simple Living, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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MicroVision Before And After
Welcome to a single post written in two parts, a Before and After perspective on MicroVision and MVIS. MicroVision, the company that’s about to have success any time now, sooner or later, it must be getting closer – for years, … Continue reading
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Tagged Celluon, Dream. Invest. Live., investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, PicoBit, Showwx, Sony, stocks
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Fickle Net Worth
Go figure. Really, go ahead and try to figure out your net worth. It is something surprisingly few people do. Go ahead and figure out your living expenses. More folks have done so, or are at least aware of whether … Continue reading
GIG Downs Despite Ups
It is too easy to make fun of Internet discussion boards. Either they’re as empty as vacant warehouses, or filled with ridiculous noise like a frat party. There are a few in the middle with good conversations, but even there … Continue reading
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Tagged GIG, GigPeak, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, personal finance, stocks
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Frugal Voting
Vote; especially, if you’re an American citizen. I wanted to get that in there first. If you don’t vote, quit complaining (unless someone is keeping you from voting, but that’s a different issue.) Step one: Notice yet another patch of … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, elections, frugal, frugality, politics, republic, Simple Living, social media, Whidbey
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Storms Blowing Through
There’s a storm blowing into the area tonight. It looks like it could be historic, or at least feel that way. In the meantime, the power is on, and I can write. Locals reading this just after I post can … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, Facebook, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, jobs, meteorology, mortgage, personal finance, politics, Simple Living, social media, weather, Whidbey, writing
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