“Robocop, dance till you drop do the robocop" I like it! I like it!
Hahaha!
The mixed reality headset will be great for people who hate their own reality! 😂
I think I’ll wait until China steals the idea and then I will order a knock off set, (that does exactly the same thing), on eBay First Class Mail from Shanghai for $99 bucks next week! Lol
On a different note, waiting for Robert F. Kennedy to succeed in the polls is like leaving the lights on for Jimmy Hoffa. Not gonna happen! 😂
Trump is going to crush all them wanna-be rent a senate jokers in the mix. Real tangible wealth with real profits will once again become the mainstream shift of the American way of life, when Trump gets back in that office, and you can take that to the bank! 😀
The advertised looming crisis in commercial real estate is for me by far a more compelling interest than over-priced "metaverse" escapism. Reassessments, defaults, bankruptcies all have tangible effects. I believe we will be able to discover just how far along we are in accepting and dealing with reality based on the reaction to the anticipated upset in commercial real estate. If there is a rush, especially on the part of establishment politicians, to bail out the sector, then one will be able to deduce that we are not as evolved as necessary and not emotionally prepared to let go. In the "inflate or die" scenario, a CRE bailout would indicate that the official path is "inflate". How ironic that "die" is really the only way to survive. Best always. PM
There's some chance Apple is looking to the commercial or business segment for its first augmented- reality-goggle sales. Places where the use of mixed reality can produce a real cost reduction in production costs. Then as developers come out with new apps for the device, sales to the individual consumers can begin to ramp up, driving the device's price down.
Credit cards will pay for the new Apple toy. And like AI, it will be used to further push the global political stew down the throats of all those who believe that everything is ok!
Big City real estate: I'm not in Cities often but I was in Denver for a few days a couple summers ago. It was unbelievably dead and closed up, with bums representing 30 percent of the occupants in the streets. Haven't been since.
I've got a suspicion that when pressure comes on financing those degrading environments, and as mentioned the lesser clientele and higher financing costs. Might that be the weakness that pricks a new bubble?
Joel's comment that mortgage backed securiities issuance increased 51% in 2013 and 88% 2021.
Assuming those two increases were representative of the entire period that seems drastically higher than the growth during that period, which was gradually falling and far lower numbers maybe 2% being my estimate.
Bill wondered about Apple's real worth. And Apple is only one part of the wireless world. In the U.S., for example, you also have the wireless companies (e.g., AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) and the cell tower builders (e.g., American Tower, Crown Castle, etc.).
“Robocop, dance till you drop do the robocop" I like it! I like it!
Hahaha!
The mixed reality headset will be great for people who hate their own reality! 😂
I think I’ll wait until China steals the idea and then I will order a knock off set, (that does exactly the same thing), on eBay First Class Mail from Shanghai for $99 bucks next week! Lol
On a different note, waiting for Robert F. Kennedy to succeed in the polls is like leaving the lights on for Jimmy Hoffa. Not gonna happen! 😂
Trump is going to crush all them wanna-be rent a senate jokers in the mix. Real tangible wealth with real profits will once again become the mainstream shift of the American way of life, when Trump gets back in that office, and you can take that to the bank! 😀
Funniest comment I've read in years-
"The 3 dimensions we have already seem completely adequate…and our real world, such as it is, is spooky enough". Amen!
The advertised looming crisis in commercial real estate is for me by far a more compelling interest than over-priced "metaverse" escapism. Reassessments, defaults, bankruptcies all have tangible effects. I believe we will be able to discover just how far along we are in accepting and dealing with reality based on the reaction to the anticipated upset in commercial real estate. If there is a rush, especially on the part of establishment politicians, to bail out the sector, then one will be able to deduce that we are not as evolved as necessary and not emotionally prepared to let go. In the "inflate or die" scenario, a CRE bailout would indicate that the official path is "inflate". How ironic that "die" is really the only way to survive. Best always. PM
Not to worry. If Apple can add a couple more "dimensions," it'll all turn out okay.
There's some chance Apple is looking to the commercial or business segment for its first augmented- reality-goggle sales. Places where the use of mixed reality can produce a real cost reduction in production costs. Then as developers come out with new apps for the device, sales to the individual consumers can begin to ramp up, driving the device's price down.
Credit cards will pay for the new Apple toy. And like AI, it will be used to further push the global political stew down the throats of all those who believe that everything is ok!
Big City real estate: I'm not in Cities often but I was in Denver for a few days a couple summers ago. It was unbelievably dead and closed up, with bums representing 30 percent of the occupants in the streets. Haven't been since.
I've got a suspicion that when pressure comes on financing those degrading environments, and as mentioned the lesser clientele and higher financing costs. Might that be the weakness that pricks a new bubble?
Joel's comment that mortgage backed securiities issuance increased 51% in 2013 and 88% 2021.
Assuming those two increases were representative of the entire period that seems drastically higher than the growth during that period, which was gradually falling and far lower numbers maybe 2% being my estimate.
The grand finale of Bill's final comment was worth the year's subscription in itself.
Bill wondered about Apple's real worth. And Apple is only one part of the wireless world. In the U.S., for example, you also have the wireless companies (e.g., AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) and the cell tower builders (e.g., American Tower, Crown Castle, etc.).