So many people died? He actually said it was fun?

Let’s summarize the important weekend news and major reminders:

1. Nvidia GTC Conference will be held from March 16-19 (liquid cooling, CPO, PCB, AI applications and robotics, power management). The conference focuses on cutting-edge topics such as AI factories, large-scale inference, robotics, digital twins, scientific computing, quantum computing, and enterprise AI deployment. The core keywords are “full liquid cooling,” “silicon photonics,” and “power wall breakthroughs.” Market funds are likely to speculate around hardware bottlenecks like cooling, optical interconnects, and advanced materials, while also watching whether Nvidia defines new rules for AI infrastructure through its software ecosystem. [Taoguba]

2. On March 17, AMD’s Su Zifeng plans to visit South Korea to meet with Samsung executives. The main agenda is to discuss the supply of HBM (high-bandwidth memory) with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong. (storage-related)

3. On March 18 at 8 PM, Tencent will hold a conference call: Q4 2025 and full-year performance.

4. On March 19, Alibaba and Micron Technology will announce earnings. (Pay attention to Micron’s results; if they beat expectations, it could boost the storage sector.)

5. On March 20, Huawei will release new data storage products. (Huawei-related)

6. The 315 Gala mentioned Yifeng Electronics, whose major shareholder is Duofuduoduo, a company listed on A-shares.

7. An Israeli military spokesperson: Military operations against Iran will continue for at least three more weeks. (Crude oil, chemicals)

8. Bahrain has initiated a production cut plan for its top aluminum smelters. The company has started halting three production lines, accounting for 19% of its annual capacity of 1.6 million tons. The shutdown aims to optimize raw material inventories and maintain other parts of the plant. (Aluminum)

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Other than that, not much to say. The war hasn’t ended. The US Marine Corps is sending 2,500 troops to Iran, likely to engage in a combination of fighting and negotiations.

From current conditions, Iran wants talks, Israel refuses, and the US has not achieved its goals. Market funds generally bet that the conflict will be hard to resolve quickly. According to the latest Polymarket betting data, traders’ probabilities for a ceasefire are:

Before March 15 — 1%
Before March 31 — 22%
Before April 15 — 32%
Before April 30 — 41%
Before May 31 — 54%
Before June 30 — 59%
Before December 31 — 77%

NBC News reports that President Trump stated that because “conditions are not yet right,” he is not currently prepared to reach an agreement with Iran. This statement breaks previous market optimism that the conflict might end soon, implying the fighting could continue.

Trump added that the US strikes on Halek Island have destroyed most of the island, but “there might be a few more strikes just for fun.”

In short, he finds it “fun,” and the financial markets are not having fun…

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Yesterday someone privately messaged me, saying I only talk about middle-aged and elderly people, but I should also discuss them. Healthy seniors are a blessing for families—especially those with retirement pensions, often called “a family treasure.” But the harsh reality is that most elderly people are in poor health because they had tough conditions when young, working hard to earn money and support families, leaving behind illnesses. As they age, they suffer greatly. The worst are those paralyzed and bedridden—anyone who has cared for such elders knows well what “no filial piety in front of a long illness” means. Not long ago, I cared for bedridden elders, and in just two months, I felt life had no hope. After enduring those sixty days, you realize: there’s no such thing as a peaceful, happy old age. Every last chapter of life is full of blood and chaos.

This sounds harsh, but anyone who has truly cared for the sick knows it well.

It’s not like in TV dramas, where elders sit in rocking chairs, basking in the sun, children around them, peaceful and happy.

What is the reality?

It’s when you turn them over, and a slight extra force causes a pressure sore to open on their back, painfully.
It’s when you feed them, and they become confused, instinctively turning their head away or even spitting out the food.
It’s when, in the middle of the night, you’re just about to fall asleep, and the foul smell wakes you, or they soil themselves. You endure the nausea, clean up, look out the window at the dark sky, and feel exhausted—so tired that even sighing seems too much effort, only able to sink into silence.

Just two months—really, just two months—are enough to see the most raw and brutal side of aging.

At that point, all titles, faces, dignity—everything—are stripped away.

They become just a “thing,” with only three needs: to be wiped, fed, and moved.

And the caregiver?

In this daily mechanical labor, in that persistent smell that never washes away, your patience is worn down like sandpaper. It’s in this process that you truly glimpse the hidden corners of human nature.

Physical incapacity is just the appetizer; the real drama is the tug-of-war of the human heart.

As the saying goes, “No filial piety before a long illness,” and it’s never just about whether you have filial love.

It tests:

• How siblings split the responsibilities—who pays, who works, and how precisely they settle accounts.
• How the lifelong companion’s eyes sometimes flicker with not love, but numbness, even hidden disgust.
• How the elderly themselves feel—when clear-minded, they feel they’re a burden, full of guilt; when confused, they become stubborn and difficult, causing chaos.

You suddenly realize:

Love is indeed great, but the daily exhaustion and trivial disputes can crush that greatness.

Those strong, proud, refined relatives you once admired may become unrecognizable in their final muddy days, even somewhat irrational.

And you?

Maybe in that moment, after cleaning up, you look in the mirror and are startled: the person with furrowed brows, bloodshot eyes, and a bitter face—could that really be me?

The so-called “blood and chaos”—

There are no swords or knives here,
but every move cuts deep into your heart.

It destroys your romantic notions of “old age with support”;
it shatters your naive idea that “just hiring a caregiver with money can solve everything.”

This is life’s rawest truth—no one can escape it.

Perhaps we will eventually understand: when all dignity is worn away by time, and words turn into silent gasps, love is no longer a grand narrative to be praised. It condenses into the smallest actions—gentle touches on a sweaty brow, a lamp still shining late at night despite exhaustion, or in dirt and mess, still willing to bend down and kiss that wrinkled soul.

Life’s dignity is not in the glamour of returning home in fine clothes, but in the last moments, even in mud, someone willing to keep the last warmth for you.

May we all become those holding lanterns in the approaching dusk, illuminating each other’s final path, without asking when or what’s owed, only with understanding and compassion.

Good night, everyone!