Tag Archives: technology

Keep It Simple – Please

Posted on July 24, 2026 by Tom Trimbath

Note: Here’s a post for those who follow stocks, but the same rules apply throughout life. Google has improved their finance tool, now with AI! Groan. I guess it was inevitable; taking a useful service, hiring a bunch of programmers … Continue reading →

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Bought Some More SLDP – July 2026

Posted on July 8, 2026 by Tom Trimbath

Just a short note to mark my purchase of some more SLDP.  SLDP is part of a trend I expect to do well, solid batteries. Scroll through enough videos of fires from lithium ion batteries and see a need for … Continue reading →

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Stock Perspective – SpaceX

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Tom Trimbath

As I type, SpaceX’s stock puts the company at a valuation of $2.43 Trillion dollars. A laptop screen can have a variety of sizes, but 2 Million is common enough. Let’s round SpaceX down to $2 Trillion. Each pixel could … Continue reading →

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Optimism Pessimism Yes

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Tom Trimbath

Do I think AI has an upside potential that is so good that we can’t imagine it? Yes. Do I think AI might ruin human civilization? Yes. Do I think we should regulate it? Ha! Some things can’t be regulated. … Continue reading →

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Suitably Unsettling Singularity News

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Tom Trimbath

Now that was suitably unsettling. The good news: I’ve started posting to one of my other blogs again, PretendingNotToPanic.com (including merch!) my blog about news that is significant, factual, and apolitical. The apolitical part put it on hiatus for several … Continue reading →

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Watching Clawdbot And AI

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Tom Trimbath

Are you keeping track of Clawdbot? Some of you are. Most of you may have tuned out because I’m going to write about some esoteric techie thing that isn’t part of your life. It isn’t part of mine, but I’m … Continue reading →

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Waiting For A Solid-State EV

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Tom Trimbath

I want a new car. There isn’t much wrong with my existing car, but it burns fossil fuel. I want an electric vehicle. But, you knew there’d be a ‘but’, I can’t find a car I want and like and … Continue reading →

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Six Minute Recharge – GMGMF

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

(Reid, thanks for inspiring my trip to Better Living Through Coffee in Port Townsend.) The short story: I bought more GMGMF. The slightly longer story: GMGMF announced a solid-state battery that recharges in 6 minutes, which seems like an idea … Continue reading →

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Irrational Exuberance Again

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

Irrational exuberance again? The stock market is up again? But it sounds and looks like the world is in turmoil. Isn’t it? Not-exactly-a-news-flash = the market is not the world, and a crowd of supposedly intelligent investors can act like … Continue reading →

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Squandered Opportunities

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Tom Trimbath

Bitcoin at $220. $AAPL when people laughed at the Macintosh. Canadian liquor and maple syrup without tariffs. Coulda, shoulda, didn’t’a stock up. The Peace Dividend at the end of the Cold War. Earth Day. Regular landings on the Moon. Every … Continue reading →

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