Ron Fredrick on Back in the U.S.A. - 'Steven Philips said: “Ron: If I’m committed prior to that I probably won’t be able to attend! ” **Steven, I hope we can maximize the turnout by considering each person’s prior commitments. This is the message I sent to Joseph…included, of course with dates of the prior commitments my wife and I have already made: “Since I hope that we could have an Apple 3.0 get together this year, I wanted to specify the dates my wife and I would be unable to attend because of prior commitments. Perhaps we could combine the prior commitment dates of everyone who wants to attend and choose possible dates after everyone’s prior commitment dates are eliminated. Then, we could decide among the interested participants which date would work.”'
on If Apple's AI needs its partners in the cloud, how private is it? - 'Or has Mr. Whitwam misunderstood?'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'On Friday Apple did reach a new all-time high of $315 before falling back to close at $312.06 on the day and for the week. Apple is up 2.32% over the past five days and is up 15.51% over the past month. Dell, which rose $103.86 on Friday or 32.76% to close at $420.91, released earnings and forward guidance following the close of trading on Thursday. Dell is up 215.64% over the past six months. Microsoft, which rose $23.25 or 5.45% on Friday to close at $450.24 is up 7.43% over the past five days but is in the red 8.49% over the past six months. Micron, now a $1 trillion market cap enterprise, rose $47.58 or 5.14% on Friday to close at $971.00, establishing yet another set of new highs along the way. The shares are up 87.29% over the past month and up 903.10% over the past year.'
on If Apple's AI needs its partners in the cloud, how private is it? - 'I would think, in any event, users’ privacy would still be protected via Apple’s PCC servers, acting as a filter to anonymize queries between the user and Gemini and back again to the user. Or have I misunderstood?'
on Back in the U.S.A. - 'I would be interested in a PED 3.0 get together, although I believe my wife would be a hard sell. She thinks I spend too much time on all things Apple as it is now, although she thoroughly enjoys people. She has more fun at my class reunions than I do.'
on Back in the U.S.A. - 'Sounds great, Robert! I’m pretty open. Hopefully I’m done with surgeries for this year, but other than that, no other firm commmitments.'
on Back in the U.S.A. - 'Joseph: Depending on the date selected, I’d be interested too. I’m in Oakland.'
on Back in the U.S.A. - 'The lesson I learned in my visit to Yugoslavia in the early 1980’s is how long the memories of these people were. And how fresh the wounds of war remained after 100’s of years. A powder keg while moving to a modern lifestyle. A documentary I worked on called “Angel Wagenstein Art is a Weapon” deals with Bulgarian writer/screenwriter Angel Wagenstein’s career after surviving WWII, ending up working behind the Iron curtain up until the 2000’s. It is being distributed on Kanopy. Plenty of reasons to visit the Balkan’s with its complex history, physical beauty, cuisine and different ways of life despite the political tensions which abound.'
on Back in the U.S.A. - 'The history of the Balkans (dating back many thousands of years) is proof “geography is desitiny.” If you’re at a major crossroads between continents and civilizations, you can expect your history to be turbulent. And religions just add to the mix.'
on Back in the U.S.A. - 'Such a rich history. During the Euro 2024 soccer tournament, Croatians in the stadium would chant “Kill the Serb” as their team played. These ethnic tensions run deep, beyond my ability to judge without sounding naive. The city of San Pedro, in L.A. County, also boasts a large Croatian community, about 40,000 strong.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'I was hoping not to buy the real PowerBooks because of space – I have a miniatures computing display on one shelf of my vertical iKea glass case that has 3D printed palm-sized versions of an Apple//, an IBM PC/AT (I built a clone in college), a Pico Mac128K, a black MacBook Pro, and a fictional “Severance” Lumon Terminal Pro. Also on that same shelf, there are an Apple Swatch watch, five iPods, an old AppleTV remote, some Apple swag knick-knacks, and an old Mac Mini (not 1st generation) upside with its bottom removed to show its interior. Allowed by my wife since it’s not taking up our garage or attic LOL! And I’m still using my Gen1 Vision Pro that I will keep (not use LOL) in perpetuity since I believe it’s one of Apple’s pivotal products (whichever direction future products go).'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'I’ve got a date with an orthopedic surgeon on July 15 (knee replacement). Before then I’m not very mobile. Afterwards I’ll be laid up for 3-6 months. So count me out.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - '236… Ron, I went in way harder than you with an initial purchase of 250 shares on October 2, 2000. Where was your conviction! Although I’m only about 85% concentrated…. But would have done better if I never listened to any ‘advisers’ and gone 100%. Well done you.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - '@Gregg: Thank you for always posting these intricate details of your option purchases. Interesting how that world operates and knowledge is always beneficial to equities owners.'
