Nasdaq takes a beating sparked by Chinese DeepSeek AI

| January 27, 2025

As commented in the WSJ, “DeepSeek has sparked a deep freakout.“ Stock Market Today: Nvidia Stock Sinks in AI Rout Sparked by China’s DeepSeek The Chinese artificial-intelligence upstart has trained high-performing artificial intelligence models cheaply—and without the most advanced gear provided by Nvidia and others. That has pulled the rug from under global companies benefiting […]

Music Monday: Steely Dan and “Reelin’ In The Years” #video

| January 27, 2025

“Reelin’ In the Years,” a song by American rock band Steely Dan was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The song features Fagen on vocals and is an early example of their easily recognized sound. I found it interesting to read that Fagen thought it “dumb but effective,” and Becker said it was “no […]

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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