My Musings

  • Europe’s Sweltering Heat

    During the latter part of May, Europe had been experiencing a heat wave rather early in the summer. I read that this past week, Spain was supposed to reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit but I don’t think the country quite reached there. But still, the continent sweltered last week: Britain, France and Spain all had above…

  • Hyperlinks in Power BI

    I’m currently tracking a bunch of products in Power BI to see whether tariffs or the Iran war is having an impact on our affordability. But their update (or Next Release Date) do not happen on the same day. So, I have what I call an Index page to show me through what date the…

  • Super El Nino

    It’s Memorial Day weekend and thus marks the beginning of summer. For people along the Gulf Coast, it’s also time to start watching the Atlantic and the Caribbean for any signs of hurricanes. And lately, there’s talk about the super El Nino What is El Nino? This is one of the two weather cycles, La…

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    AI costs

    Let’s switch gears and talk about AI costs. The impetus for this topic is a quote I heard in a video: “…I saw one person who spent $5,000 worth of API calls on a $39 a month program. I think that this problem is across the industry.” Ed Z Ed Zitron on Prof G Markets…

  • Again?

    Here we go again…last week we had news of a new virus potentially breaking out. It was a cruise ship that carried the virus out of South America (maybe Chile) and already 3 people have died. We are just a few years away from the COVID pandemic so I’m sure we are reacting to what…