Partner - OpenArc Corporate Advisory

Atlanta, GA
Joined April 2011
I first spotted this abandoned Gulfstream II (N707KD) at Roatan’s Juan Manuel Gálvez airport in 2023 and today during a dive trip. Read the wild story of how it got there: tomdemerly.com/2016/02/24/th…
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My preferred Tesla Roadster 2011 model year, version 2.5, VIN #1172 She is currently w/ her 3rd owner
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Before leaving the house, you remove the wall mounted Apple HomeView to use as the touchscreen in your Ferrari Luce.
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1963 employment opportunities at McDonnell Aircraft* Electronic Equipment Division included an engineering role specializing in Artificial Intelligence or Pattern Recognition. *merged in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas. merged w/ Boeing in 1997
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William Shatner: Feed AI our humanity "...you're educating the AI in humanity while it feeds back humanity to you. I thought that's the way to deal with AI. Not be desperate, but feed it. Feed it our humanity. Remind it of what human beings are. And its answers are softened." youtu.be/1wKrCFCJdPI?si=iPFO…
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Netflix dark comedy, “The Audacity” is Silicon Valley and Succession meets The Social Network. S1;E2 - The teenage daughter of an AI-companion CEO superglues an orange traffic cone to her Hyundai IONIQ 5 Robotaxi in the schools carpool drop off lane. Hilarity ensues.
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Make it so 👉
"Create an image of what the world would look like if I were in charge, based on my tweets."
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If BYD is permitted to build in the US, the [BYD] Yangwang U9 might be available before the Tesla Roadster. 1.68M RMB = $236K
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We started our new wealth management firm 1 year ago today. We resigned from Merrill Lynch earlier than expected and our new offices were ~95% complete when we arrived. 📸 Left is me calling former clients from an office w/o a desk. Right was taken today. 📈
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Cartoon from August 1982. The Reagan administration was balancing US arms sales to Taiwan while maintaining good relations with China, which was in the early stages of its economic opening and market reforms.
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A friend purchased her first EV, a Tesla Model 3. I used Gemini to create a graphic to assist with selecting a Georgia Power rate plan. 1,000 miles/month as low as $20 if charge at night. (Gas cost for her SUV was >$200)
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Friday’s bingo card did not include, tree across the street falls on home because tree removal company messed up. 🐕No pets/people injured Got to use my Dji Mini to take 📸 ⚡️grid down for 9 hours. Rooftop solar + Powerwalls maintained modern life 🍻Reconnected w/ neighbors
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The price of a barrel of oil in Sep 1976 was ~$13 (+277% since 1969) While researching the 70s oil crisis I spotted a pic of a “Wind Machine.” In response to the energy crisis, the US ERDA developed a prototype wind turbine. PG&E installed 1 in 1982 and demolished in 1988.
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⛽️Diesel fuel cost inputs for the top 10 most purchased grocery store items: 25-30% of total cost: milk, cheddar cheese, chicken breast, frozen pizza, bananas, apples, bottled water. 15-20% of total cost: eggs, bread, cereal.
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A 9/11 Memory: <2 years into my career at Merrill Lynch in Atlanta. -A coworker was on the phone with his brother, who was trapped in the South Tower when the building collapsed. -My new client called to tell me their daughter was born. She's 25 today & works at Cloudflare.
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