I've got #EeroPro 6's now. Tired of #Eero losing internal network bridging when cable modem they're connected to goes down. Also tired of them adding new features only if you pay $9/mo AND rebooting my network whenever they want to in order to update firmware.
Looking at Firewalla and #Netgear#WAX630. Did the Firewalla do everything a normal router does?
At #Costco today they were advertising #gold bars for sale right at the entrance. The woman with the clicker checking membership cards had a sign advertising them for sale for something like $2500 or $2900 per ounce.
Two footmen dressed in white approach the vehicle as it arrives. One opens the rear door. #Guo#Ping, one of #Huawei's rotating chairmen, steps forward and extends a hand as the guest emerges.
After walking a red carpet, the two men enter the magnificent marble-floored building, ascend a stairway, and pass through French doors to a palatial ballroom.
Several hundred people arise from their chairs and clap wildly.
The guest is welcomed by Huawei's founder, #Ren#Zhengfei, whose sky-blue blazer and white khakis signify that he has attained the power to wear whatever the hell he wants.
After some serious speechifying by a procession of dark-suited executives, Ren
—who is China's Bill Gates, Lee Iacocca, and Warren Buffett rolled into one
—comes to the podium.
Three young women dressed in white uniforms enter the room, swinging their arms military style as they march to the stage, then about-face in unison as one holds out a framed #gold#medal the size of a salad plate.
Embedded with a red Baccarat crystal, it depicts the Goddess of Victory and was manufactured by the Monnaie de Paris. Ren is almost glowing as he presents the medal to the visitor.
This #honored#guest is not a world leader, a billionaire magnate, nor a war hero. He is a relatively unknown Turkish academic named #Erdal#Arıkan.
Throughout the ceremony he has been sitting stiffly, frozen in his ill-fitting suit, as if he were an ordinary theatergoer suddenly thrust into the leading role on a Broadway stage.
Arıkan isn't exactly ordinary.
Ten years earlier, he'd made a major discovery in the field of information theory.
Huawei then plucked his theoretical breakthrough from academic obscurity and, with large investments and top engineering talent, fashioned it into something of value in the realm of commerce.
The company then muscled and negotiated to get that innovation into something so big it could not be denied:
the basic #5G#technology now being rolled out all over the world.
Huawei's rise over the past 30 years has been heralded in China as a triumph of smarts, sweat, and grit. Perhaps no company is more beloved at home
—and more vilified by the United States.
That's at least in part because Huawei's ascent also bears the fingerprints of China's nationalistic industrial policy and an alleged penchant for intellectual property theft;
the US Department of Justice has charged the company with a sweeping conspiracy of misappropriation, infringement, obstruction, and lies.
As of press time, Ren Zhengfei's #daughter was under house arrest in Vancouver, fighting extradition to the US for allegedly violating a ban against trading with Iran.
The US government has banned Huawei's 5G products and has been lobbying other countries to do the same. Huawei denies the charges; Ren calls them political.
Huawei is settling the score in its own way. One of the world's great technology powers, it nonetheless suffers from an inferiority complex.
Despite spending billions on research and science, it can't get the respect and recognition of its Western peers. Much like China itself.
So when Ren handed the solid-gold medal
—crafted by the French mint!
—to Erdal Arıkan, he was sticking his thumb in their eye.
Der DAX hat sich heute nach uneinheitlichem Handelsverlauf zwar stabilisiert, bleibt aber im Spannungsfeld hoher Zinsen und einer unsicheren geostrategischen Lage. Am Ende zogen sich die Anleger zurück.
Der Gaza-Krieg sorgt auch zu Beginn der neuen Woche für Zurückhaltung am deutschen Aktienmarkt. Der DAX ist technisch deutlich angeschlagen - kann er sein Vorwochentief verteidigen?
Well, here it is! The paper we've enjoyed researching & writing more than any other. The Crazy Paper AKA -
‘All the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order’: The riddle of the ‘Pulborough Area’ torc from Sussex.' by Tess Machling, Roll Williamson & Giovanna Fregni.
Marktbericht: Haben die DAX-Anleger zu früh gefeiert?
Die Zeit der einfachen Gewinne an den Aktienmärkten ist passé. Ernüchterung macht sich breit nach der Zins-Euphorie der vergangenen Woche - der DAX steht im frühen Handel leicht unter Druck.
I'm not late for #SaturdayNightCoinShow, it turns out time is an illusion (Lunchtime doubly so). Since I've started whimsical, I'll go with the fun piece I just wrote up - an Imitation Spade Guinea "In memory of the good old days". You should definitely read:https://coinofnote.com/imitation-spade-guinea-good-old-days-uk/ - it talks of #gold#coins I can't afford, imitations of which there are many, garden implements & late 1800s #theatre! Enjoy :)
Marktbericht: Furcht vor neuem Ölpreisschock lastet auf DAX
Wegen der eskalierenden Gewalt in Israel gehen die DAX-Anleger in Deckung. Der Ölpreis macht einen Satz nach oben - das weckt bei einigen Experten Erinnerungen an den ersten Ölpreisschock. Von Angela Göpfert.
Der Salami-Crash am deutschen Aktienmarkt geht auch zum Wochenstart weiter. Sorgen um die Lage im Nahen Osten und steigende Anleiherenditen in den USA drücken den DAX auf den tiefsten Stand seit März.
Marktbericht: Warum der DAX alles andere als langweilig ist
Der DAX zeigt sich frühen Handel kaum bewegt. Auch wenn sich die Ausschläge am Aktienmarkt derzeit in Grenzen halten: Der Aufwärtstrend im DAX ist intakt und lässt auf weitere Kursgewinne hoffen.
The small town of Erice, perched on top of Mount Erice surrounded by beautiful trees, welcomes you with a charming corner adorned with dry field flowers and a rustic meadow. All of this captured in a beautiful analog picture. 😊 💛
Der DAX ist verhalten in den November gestartet. Doch die Statistik macht Hoffnung: Nach dem dritten Minus-Monat in Folge beginnt heute die beste Börsen-Zeit des Jahres.
Marktbericht: Kann die Bodenbildung im DAX gelingen?
Der DAX ist nach seinem jüngsten Kursrutsch weiter bemüht, sich zu stabilisieren. Rückenwind kommt von den Überseebörsen. Der Auftakt zur Tech-Berichtssaison fiel allerdings gemischt aus.
While some way off its all time 1980 high ($3,000 inflation adjusted), nonetheless the gold price has risen considerably in the last six months..... given that gold is usually the haven for investors expecting economic instability & travails, might this be yet one more sign the global economy is heading towards a climate crisis induced crisis?
Canada - 0 US -[2] - Folarin Balogun 34’ (dubz.co)
Balogun also getting his first goal for the USMNT.