The recent SpaceX landing is just crazy super cool. An automated rocket launches, separates, and sends supplies to the International Space Station. Meanwhile the main stage flips around and lands on an automated barge in the middle of the ocean with no people anywhere around.
Thankfully, the National Weather Service is announcing that their technology has advanced enough to support lower case letters.
Not really, but if I had one, Brooklyn has a new marina super close to me.
Amusingly, the first comment on the linked web page is this:
are a certain percentage of slips reserved for low income mega-yachts?
Might be a Brooklyn joke, but that’s hilarious.
This review from The Drive is pretty amazing:
The Model X is a vehicle that makes no sense and yet perfect sense, an SUV with 716 horsepower that does 0-60 in 3.8 seconds, or 3.2 with the “Ludicrous” software upgrade.
A Ferrari Enzo does it in 3.14.
When an SUV can make you vomit while out-accelerating almost every Porsche, Ferrari or Lamborghini ever made, Modena and Stuttgart have a problem.
Followed by:
The Model X is the SUV someone else would have built if they had any balls.
Elon Musk’s take:
For political junkies, Decision Desk HQ is a site to check out. Their twitter feed is also interesting because they send out their own exit poll folks.
They seem to be enjoying the Wisconsin primary:
And they have a sense of humor:
Not sure if they know this, but the guys who created the movie Airplane grew up in Wisconsin…
Yeah, I know, I’m just putting fiduciary in the title as click-bait.
From Alpha Architect:
1) This new standard will limit investors’ choice of retirement options.
“This new standard will definitely limit my choice of yachts.”
2) Investors will “go it alone” and screw up their asset allocation.
“My Wolf of Wall Street theme party will have a totally inadequate seafood buffet.”
3) Rather than provide advice, advisors will sit on their hands for fear of legal reprisals associated with a fiduciary standard.
“Shhh. Don’t tell anyone there is a robust independent advisor ecosystem already available in the economy.”
4) New, innovative products will not be introduced to the marketplace.
“New, highly profitable, poor performing products will not be introduced to the marketplace.”
5) It’s not about the price you pay, but rather, the value you receive.
“It’s not about the price they pay, it’s about the soft dollars, revenue shares, and kickbacks we receive.”
6) Our legislative partners stand ready to protect investors and the middle class.
“We have taken every Congressman out for a lovely steak dinner and we will continue to do so.”
7) We have the best facilities in the world to provide cutting edge research and leading market insights.
“We pay the highest rent in Manhattan and hired a bunch of busted PhD students who can write fancy equations.”
8) Our robust RIA network fully leverages our economies of scale to provide superior service.
“We send our RIAs canned reports and shoddy back office services and charge them 50% of their revenues.”
9) We have been in the business for centuries.
“We have been exploiting clients for centuries.”
10) Our clients see the value we provide. They understand that we are well worth the price.
“Please don’t go to Vanguard. Please don’t go to Vanguard. Please don’t go to Vanguard.”
On our block there’s a tiny store front that seems to have bad luck. A business opens there and 6-9 months later it’s gone. But about a year ago something different opened. A sales office for a new luxury condo being built a block away.
I’d never seen that before, but it makes sense. If you are selling 3 million dollar condos, a nice physical presence in the area could work.
Seems to be a trend.
The above picture is 456 Pacific (a block away from us). It’s the closest to being done.
Across the street is now the sales office for The Henrik (another block up).
And around the corner we have one for The Nevins, a few blocks away.
456 Pacific looks entirely sold except the penthouse. Anyone got $3.8 million? Looks gorgeous…
If you don’t follow baseball, you might have missed the story where Matt Harvey, the Mets #1 pitcher, recently had a bit of a medical scare with a bladder infection causing a blood clot.
Harvey told the press that he regularly holds his pee too long and that was part of the problem. He is now upset because the NY sports press found that funny.
Honestly, what did he expect? The NY Daily News and the NY Post had a field day. This is exactly what tabloid cover pages are for.
The NY Post came up with so many jokes they showed alternate covers:
Amusingly, both the Daily News and the Post went with “Ya Gotta Relieve”, though I like the Post’s “Bladder up” line:
Sorry Matt. Yes, it was a serious health issue that grown ups should treat seriously. But this is NY, those are the tabloids, and there’s nothing grown up about the back page…
I moved to New York City in 1992. Yes, I’m old. Back then I was a musician. Or rather a struggling musician. To pay rent, I gave trumpet lessons in Westchester (affluent suburbs north of NYC for those unfamiliar).
Driving from 3-6 I discovered WFAN, the NYC sports radio station.
I’ve listened to sports radio in many cities. I’m a huge sports fan, but I find sports radio to be mostly buffoonery. WFAN was a bit different. Mike Francesa and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo hosted “Mike and the Mad Dog” during the crucial evening drive time in NYC. This was 1992, pre iPod, pre Sirius, radio was a very big deal. And then as well as today, lots of people are driving around NYC.
And for a sports fan, they were great. Not stupid sports stuff, interesting sports stuff. As the top NYC sports station, they had all the top interviews. Francesa was the more intellectual sports guy and Russo was the funnier one, but Mike was funny and Chris was smart also. If you liked sports and you were driving, this was what you listened to.
They started in 1989. They worked together for 19 years until 2008 dominating the drive time radio slot. In 2008 Chris Russo decided it was time to go off on his own with Sirius and the partnership was broken. That was big news at the time, but Francesa has done the show solo since then, still dominating NYC radio ratings. He is known as the “Sports Pope” on NYC.
This would seem like fringe news in most cities. Sports in New York are different than in other cities. You’ve heard of Comic-Con or other similar events? There’s an annual FrancesaCon. Not a joke, and no, I have not attended.
Recently, Mike and Chris agreed to do a reunion show. This was non trivial news. Madison Square Garden sponsored it to support their charity and it was hosted at Radio City Music Hall. Tickets sold out in minutes. Every major NY sports figure was a part of it. It raised over a million dollars for charity.
This must seem crazy in other cities. When they announced that that they were splitting up, people cried. Literally, on the air.
Francesa is still the top sports radio guy in the country, but Mike and The Mad Dog is the bar for all sports radio.
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