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by Xan
Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2668
Views: 1657760

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

I'm with you on abstaining from uncontested races.
by Xan
Thu Oct 31, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Signatures
Replies: 198
Views: 287695

Re: Signatures

Dualstow, I thought your RIP signature said John McWhorter at first, and I was almost very upset.
by Xan
Mon Oct 28, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3744
Views: 1975144

Re: The GOLD scream room

by Xan
Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:34 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: 1031 exchange EFT -> Bullion
Replies: 6
Views: 5388

Re: 1031 exchange EFT -> Bullion

Wouldn't they get the step-up regardless of whether it's physical or in a brokerage?
by Xan
Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2668
Views: 1657760

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

I almost always have the opposite problem with interviews, Vinny. The interviewer is there to try to maximize the amount of useful information we get out of the interviewee. If the interviewee is going along on his own, great! Way too often, the interviewer will inject himself, interrupt, etc, gener...
by Xan
Mon Sep 23, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2668
Views: 1657760

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

It seems that learning styles are actually a myth, and that in fact it's the educational-industrial complex which continues to promote them. https://onlineteaching.umich.edu/articles/the-myth-of-learning-styles/ https://www.educationnext.org/stubborn-myth-learning-styles-state-teacher-license-prep-m...
by Xan
Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2668
Views: 1657760

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

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by Xan
Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:53 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: EV / Hybrid basics?
Replies: 8
Views: 3022

Re: EV / Hybrid basics?

I can sell back to the extent of my usage. I cannot turn it into a money making operation. But not fully understanding your message. I had a conversation with a solar sales guy one time. He said that the rules had recently changed and I could indeed sell power back to the electric company beyond wh...
by Xan
Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: EV / Hybrid basics?
Replies: 8
Views: 3022

Re: EV / Hybrid basics?

Are you looking to buy, Vinny? A specific brand or model in mind? I've had four Honda Accords in a row. Currently on a 2004. Bought it in December 2013 with 123,000 miles on it. Currently, has about 169,000. So, only 46,000 miles over nearly 11 years. Just over 4,000 a year. It's in great condition...
by Xan
Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1290
Views: 758815

Re: YouTube Junkie

dualstow wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2024 1:54 pm Don’t take this as support for the Jan 6 people — not at all — but I find this John Strand guy very interesting to listen to

Overcharging in order to get a plea deal is a HUGE problem (in general, not just this case) and I'm not sure how to solve it. I'm thinking there should be no plea deals.
by Xan
Thu Aug 29, 2024 10:51 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Sigh...
Replies: 6
Views: 4662

Re: Sigh...

As it became clear that this would be a Biden/Trump rematch without something weird happening, I was pretty convinced that whichever party could jettison one of them would win. And here we are.
by Xan
Thu Aug 29, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Sigh...
Replies: 6
Views: 4662

Re: Sigh...

Even if I were a member of the cult, it's pretty clear that this guy is going to lose badly. That's my prediction right now, unless something big and unexpected happens between now and the election.

(The election which should be a *day*, not an "early voting season")
by Xan
Thu Aug 29, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Sigh...
Replies: 6
Views: 4662

Sigh...

It's too late for the Republicans to pull a switcheroo too, right?
by Xan
Wed Aug 28, 2024 7:21 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"
Replies: 9
Views: 5752

Re: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"

A dollar went from being redeemable for 1/35 oz of gold to being redeemable for... nothing. That's a default.
by Xan
Wed Aug 28, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"
Replies: 9
Views: 5752

Re: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"

I understand that perspective but don't necessarily agree. The last time the U.S. defaulted on its debt was 1971, and the time previous to that was 1933. We often paint this narrative that these were simply changes or repudiation to the gold standard, but in reality, they were simply defaults. Thos...
by Xan
Mon Aug 26, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: "U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"
Replies: 9
Views: 5752

"U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were"

U.S. Treasuries not the safe bet they once were, research says They found that investors did not, as they had during previous episodes of global financial stress, pile into Treasuries and drive up their value. Instead, investors marked down Treasury securities, much as they did for bonds from other...
by Xan
Sun Aug 25, 2024 5:30 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Ross Ulbricht And Silk Road
Replies: 26
Views: 10075

Re: Ross Ulbricht And Silk Road

After Biden dropping out of the race it looks like Trump's chances of winning have diminished. It further means that Ulbricht's chances of seeing the light of day outside of incarceration have diminished. Imagine your entire existence hinging on whether one man is going to win the election like tha...
by Xan
Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2668
Views: 1657760

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Smith1776 wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:04 am Why are miniguns called miniguns when they are far from being mini?
A minicomputer "usually took up one or a few 19-inch rack cabinets".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer
by Xan
Thu Aug 01, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1199
Views: 1202628

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

dualstow wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:48 am Happy for Paul Whelan and Even Gershkovich

Definitely!

I just hope this doesn't encourage Russia to kidnap more "spies" as a way to get their own out of jail.
by Xan
Sun Jul 21, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: If
Replies: 43
Views: 23380

Re: If

{ sigh } It's only step 1 of Biden being out. He needs to take step 2 of resigning. Logically it follows. Now that he knows there is a definite end to his presidency that makes it more likely he will resign. That'll never happen. He was barely convinced to drop out, meaning he at long last agreed t...
by Xan
Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: If
Replies: 43
Views: 23380

Re: If

The reason I asked is because I have a relative who was very anti-Bush but who voted for Ralph Nader in the 2000 election. And I always think, How did that work out for you . If every voter could be swayed to think along the lines of Jack, Vinny- er, Yankees60, and you, then we would see real chang...
by Xan
Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: If
Replies: 43
Views: 23380

Re: If

A protest vote to any of the non-major-two is far better than not voting, IMHO. … By ‘better’, do you mean more moral on an individual level or do you also mean leading to a better (I guess long-term) outcome for the country? I mean that it expresses dissatisfaction with the main two options more f...
by Xan
Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: If
Replies: 43
Views: 23380

Re: If

A protest vote to any of the non-major-two is far better than not voting, IMHO.

Vinny, how do you know anything about the Michigan secretary of state?

PredictIt.org currently gives Tulsi Gabbard a 7% chance of being Trump's VP pick. So maybe you'll get a chance to vote for her again.
by Xan
Mon Jul 01, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: I caught the fractional bug
Replies: 10
Views: 5699

Re: I caught the fractional bug

It is cool, but the markup is something like 100%...
by Xan
Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:33 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Forum Members with COVID-19
Replies: 215
Views: 110093

Re: Forum Members with COVID-19

Yeah, I kind of wrote that off as no big deal until it happened to me. Turns out it's kind of a pain.