In today’s DealBook: @m_delamerced and @srimuppidi on Huang’s ouster and its repercussions beyond Silicon Valley; @nikogallogly on what may be next for the central bank of AI; America’s housing slump hits a new low; and more

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Hey @grok give me all the details about the 5 people that were just found adrift in the Pacific Ocean for 3 MONTHS. It’s by God’s hand they survived! This after the search was called off in August! Maybe they weren’t LOST after all and were on the island.

MAMA DUCK WAITED WHILE THE FIREFIGHTERS WENT IN FOR HER BABIES!! Worth a fire crew's time, or a waste of resources? Firefighters work a storm drain grate open and pull ducklings out while the mother duck waits nearby. Whoever is filming can't stop cheering. People love to argue about how public money gets spent. A few minutes getting ducklings out of a drain is not where I'd start that fight. It's a small job, but it shows people who take care of what's in front of them even when nobody's life depends on it. Show this to a little kid and see if they don't want to be a firefighter by dinner. As parents, we'd be happy if that's the kind of hero they pick. Small rescues still count.

NEIGHBORS TAKE APART THE FENCE AFTER A SURVEY SAYS IT IS ON THEIR LAND!! Team homeowners with the survey, or team neighbor who owns the fence? After a property survey, a couple starts taking down the neighbor's chain-link fence, saying the markers put it on their side. He says that is his fence and calls the police. The poster says he had agreed to it earlier, but that is not shown. In our house, a property line is the kind of thing we'd want settled on paper, and a survey is about as clear as it gets. If the markers say the fence is on your land, you have a real point. But taking apart someone else's fence yourself is a different step than knowing you are right. Even if he agreed at some point, watching your fence come apart feels personal, and his reaction makes sense. The better path for our family would be a written agreement, a date, and either the owner removes it or it gets done together. Neighbors are around for years. Winning the line and losing the neighbor is a rough trade, especially with young kids playing in the yards on both sides. Being right and handling it right are two different things. Who is in the right here?

CYCLIST VS DOG WALKER STANDING IN THE BIKE LANE!! Was the cyclist right to call him out, or should he have just gone around? A cyclist in New York confronts a man walking his dog in the bike lane at night. The cyclist says he is there illegally, and the man tells him to go around the block because he lives there. Anyone with a dog knows they stop wherever they want. Still, a bike lane at night is a dangerous place to stand, for the man, for the dog, and for the cyclist who has to swerve into traffic. The cyclist has the rules on his side. Where he loses some people is the tone, because circling back to lecture someone rarely changes their mind. The dog owner did not help himself either. Living on the block is not a reason to own the lane. As parents, we would want our boys to learn both halves of this: know the rules of the road, and know when your point is made and it is time to ride on. Nobody wins a street argument in the dark. Whose side are you on?

CONTRACTOR TAKES A SLEDGEHAMMER TO THE BATHROOM HE SAYS HE WAS NOT PAID FOR!! Was he owed his money, or was the homeowner right to hold back payment until the work was inspected? This one is from our state. In Colorado Springs, a contractor goes back into a bathroom he remodeled and smashes it, saying the work is his property until he gets paid. According to news reports, the homeowner said she paid part of the bill and held the rest pending inspection, and he later pleaded guilty to criminal mischief. Most families deal with a contractor at some point, and both sides of this hit home. Small contractors live on getting paid, and when a customer holds money back it can wreck their month. If he truly believed he was being stiffed, that frustration is real. But the moment he picked up a sledgehammer inside someone's home, he lost the argument. Liens, small claims court and contracts exist for exactly this situation. As for the homeowner, holding money until an inspection is reasonable if the contract allows it, and we'd want that spelled out in writing before any work started in our house. Clear terms protect both people. Destroying the work protects nobody, and the court apparently agreed. Who was wrong first?

Hey @grok do you think former CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy compromised America’s National Security? I think if the answer is no, he should regain his CEO position at the company. His affairs have no bearing on the company or its success.