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Finding Dory

On Father's Day, my son took me to Finding Dory.  

Let's not dissect the story ... I appreciated spending time with my son  (but also the art and the technology used to make it).

   

 

The current state of animation is mind-blowing (not just 3D ... the textures, shading, and sense of natural movement.

The rendering math is cool.  Yes, I know that makes me a nerd.

But, they are using GPU servers to do massive computation (just like a Quant Fund).  

Watch the video, below, to see how they did it.

 

 

CNet via YouTube.

The Past Ten Years - Apple Then and Now

Apple reported its earnings this week.  Over the past 12 months, they made a net profit of more than $53 billion.

That is significant, not just because it is a lot ... It also is more than any other company has ever made in a single year.  

The previous record of $45.2 billion was set by ExxonMobil in 2008.

As the chart illustrates, the company’s profits have increased more than 40-fold since 2005, helping Apple to become the biggest brand and the most valuable company on the planet.

via Statista. 

 

Talk about compounding edges!

By the way, recently, Steve Ballmer said: Saving Apple in 1997 was the 'Craziest Thing' Microsoft ever did.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

You be the judge ... Here is a Trump - Who Wore It Better Challenge.

 

 

Winning!

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. 

 

Lighter Links:

• The State of Artificial Intelligence in Six Visuals. (Medium)
• How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Religion In Our Lifetime? (DailyDot)
• Turns Out Sarcastic People Really Are Better at Everything. (Esquire)
• Hamas Arrested a Dolphin Accused of Being an Israeli Spy. (The Week)
• The Married Kama Sutra ... Funny. (The New Yorker)

 

Trading Links:

• America's Richest Hedge Fund Managers - Forbes. (Forbes)
• Smart Minds in FinTech Discuss How Wall Street Is Going to Change. (BI)
• Yale to Be Paid Interest on Dutch Water Authority Bond From 1648. (Bloomberg)
• Goldman Calls On Fed to Launch Another Q.E. Plan. (MarketWatch)
• The "Great Accumulation" Is Over: The Biggest Risk Facing The World's Central Banks Has Arrived. (ZeroHedge)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

The six-year bull market has been getting carved up lately.

 

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• 100 Motivational Quotes from Successful Entrepreneurs. (FN)
• Siri, How Many Questions Do You Answer Per Minute? (USAToday)
• Will You Fall in Love With Your Sex Robot? (DisInfo)
• We're Doomed: Robots Can Now Learn To Adapt To Injuries. (FC)
• Cowboys to Use Virtual Reality to Help Players in Film Study. (ESPN)

 

 

Trading Links:

• Scientists Show Future Events Decide What Happens in the Past. (SN)
• Experimenting With Virtual Reality, Financial Services Enter The Matrix. (TC)
• Real Madrid, Dallas Cowboys Top Forbes Sport Value List. (Sports)
• George Soros Says America Needs To Make Friends With China. (Insider)
• China's Building the Most Extensive Global Commercial-Military Empire In History. (Qz)

 

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

The Democrats' Dream Ticket is really about Republicans ... Imagine if Trump and Palin ran together.

 

   

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• 20 Leadership Experts Share Their Best Leadership Tip. (Inc.)
• How to Motivate Yourself: 3 Steps Backed By Science. (Read)
• Cowboys to Use Virtual Reality in Practice & Film Study. (ESPN & Engadget)
• Just Say No To Digital Hoarding. (Washington Post)
• Amazon Says That It Now Adds Computing Power On a Daily Basis That’s Equivalent to Its Entire Capacity Just 10 Years Ago. (The Atlantic) 

 

Trading Links:

• Five Top VCs Predict The Future. (Forbes)
• Bitcoin Index Called 'Stepping Stone' For Currency. (CNBC)
• Wall Street, Meet Block Chain — Investing 2.0. (Medium)
• IMF Paper Finds That Too Much Finance is Bad for Growth. (NakedCapitalism)
• Cashless Society: This country wants to ban the use of cash in stores. Economists love the idea of a cashless society. So, increasingly, do consumers. (Fortune) 

Weekend Links

Hillary Clinton may have to deal with more fall-out from her deleted e-mail fiasco.

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• The Economist Explains: The End of Moore's Law. (Economist)

• Big Data Explained in Less Than 2 Minutes - To Absolutely Anyone. (DSC)

• A Preliminary Taxonomy of the Voices Inside Your Head. (Digest)

• Disney’s Research Lab Figures Out How To Put Words In Your Mouth. (TechCrunch)

• 'What I Would Tell My 20-Year-Old Self'.  (Fortune)

 

Trading Links:

• Tech Boom 2015: What's Driving Investor Insanity? (Forbes)

• This Is Your Brain on Money: How Investors Trip Themselves Up. (WSJ)

• These 2 Simple Slides Show Just How Hot FinTech Is Right Now. (BizInsider)

• Soros Says China Is Major Risk For World War 3. (ValueWatch)

• China’s Yuan Has ‘Long March’ To Reserve-Currency Status. (MarketWatch)

How Not to Exercise - Video

Sometimes just knowing what you want to do is not enough.

Spending time and energy doing the wrong thing doesn't necessarily take you in the direction of your desired results.

Watch this video of people misusing their exercise equipment.  It's pretty funny.

 

 via JuJitsu Times.

You get the point.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

To put a bad decision in context.  Take a look at this.

 

The actual date was April 12, 1976, but other than that, you get the point. 

One of the links below is to a story about an investor who lost $15 Billion in an hour.

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye this week. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• 20 Quotes to Inspire Successful Innovation. (Mindjet)
• John F. Nash Jr., Math Genius Defined by a ‘Beautiful Mind,’ Dies at 86. (NYTimes)
• Why Mathematician John Nash Was a Genius. (Mashable)
• Service Transforms Your Tweets Into Something Worth a Look. Here's mine. (RM)
• Tag Heuer to Rolex: How Luxury Watch Brands Are Responding to the Apple Watch. (Fortune)

 

Trading Links:

• The IPO Class of 2015. (Forbes)
• China’s IPO Market Leaves U.S. in the Dust. (Wall Street Journal)
• China's Richest Man Recently Lost $15 Billion In One Hour. (Money)
• How a London Man May Have Helped Trigger the 'Flash Crash'. (BigStory)
• An Objective Look at High-Frequency Trading, Dark Pools and The Flash Crash. (ValueWalk)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• How The Future Is Really Built. (Innovation Excellence)
• Debate: Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb? (NPR)
• Miracle Grow for Your Brain. (Farnam Street)
• The 70 Coolest New Buildings in the World. (Insider)
• How Lebron James' Trainer Gets Him From One Herculean Effort To Next. (CBS Sports)

 

Trading Links:

• The Information Age Is Over. Welcome to the Infrastructure Age. (Gizmodo)
• Presenting De-Dollarization In One Simple Map. (ZeroHedge)
• Three Reasons Apple Should Acquire IBM. (Forbes)
• How Tesla Will Change The World. (Wait But Why)
• In Rare Admission of Guilt, Wall St. Banks Say They Rigged Markets. (CBS)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

The best new science skill is ...

 

 

via The New Yorker.

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• How to Invent the Future. (HBR)
• Transformation: The Imperative to Change. (BCG Perspectives)
• 100 Years of Change. (Daily Infographic)
• The Quest to Measure Machine Intelligence. (MIT Technology Review)
• Why Scientists Believe Dogs Are Smarter Than We Give Them Credit For. (Vox)

 

Trading Links:

• Billionaires 2015: The Richest People on the Planet. (Forbes)
• Where Do the World’s Wealthiest People Live? (WSJ Blogs)
• Why Americans Are Giving Up Their Passports. (NYTimes)
• Quantum Computers Will Change The World, Business, and Trading. (BizInsider)
• Should Mutual Funds Be Illegal? (Bloomberg View)