Free-Market Capitalism.

1/ A Thread on Markets It is the year 1500 and you enter a market in Renaissance-era Italy. There are buyers and there are sellers. Prices of the various goods are determined by the interaction by and among these individuals. Now in walks Mr. FEDerico, a man of endless means.

Now more than ever, companies are finding that their success is inextricably linked to the quality of their IT strategy. Good decisions made years ago are paying off big time. Quick decisions today are helping many catch up. Any other position is disastrous.

NASA has released new footage of SpaceX's #Demo2 launch from 10 different vantage points. Chopped up and exported for your viewing pleasure. No. 1: 39A payload level at 265 ft / 80 m

Terrible customer experience, I expect better from a brand I love this much. Fix this Apple ! Apple: Fix all MacBook Pro 2016 and later with stage light effect or backlight shutdown #flexgate - Sign the Petition! chng.it/cDdWnRs9 via Change.org

Today the world changed forever. Why? Because a group of Artificial Intelligence researchers released something called "GPT-3". In short: it's a computer program that can interact like a ridiculously intelligent human. And it will blow your mind 👇

An app a day keeps the doctor away: over de beruchte Corona-app, Devside en mijn onopgeloste vragen: medium.com/@ljosmyndun/an…

Robinhood era making stock splits cool again

.Liam and Col. Doug Hurley have been lifted out of the water and are aboard the Go Navigator. Welcome home. #LaunchAmerica

The teens on TikTok have no idea that they've found themselves smack in the middle of a multi-decade long battle for the future of database architectures.

Salesforce lifts its full-year revenue guidance, showcasing the sustained appetite for cloud-computing services during the pandemic wsj.com/articles/sales…

No one is buying TSLA or AAPL because of the stock split. Lots of people are buying TSLA and AAPL because they think other people are buying TSLA and AAPL because of the stock split. This is the common knowledge game in action.

This TikTok deal is essentially the most complicated IT procurement process in history.

Theoretische kennis wordt denk ik zwaar overschat. In een complexe wereld zijn vuistregels en contextuele informatie veel effectiever. Funderende principes, waar alles zogezegd uit volgt, presteren zwak in meerlagige systemen. Dit is de 21e eeuw. De wereld is geen horloge

Vandewiele-CEO Beauduin sluit coronajaar af met knaller tijd.be/r/t/1/id/10275…

Apple had its most profitable quarter ever, fueled by a rise in higher-end iPhone sales and a surge in demand for laptops and tablets. Follow live coverage of today's earnings reports. on.wsj.com/3t00o4d

Apple growing 54% YoY at $90B scale. My brain:

$GOOGL's SOTP (Source: JP Morgan). When you look at the individual components, you realize what a growth machine $GOOGL is & how amazingly it grows 15%-18% from a $220bn base.

What seems like a crazy market is actually an increasingly sane one. The lesson is to build businesses that don’t require hype to drive your conviction, ensure you always have money in the bank, and if possible use cash flow to fuel growth vs. unending investment rounds.