stuper1 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:03 pm

You'd think people could understand simple stuff like this, but apparently adding 2 + 2 is hard.

Simple stuff like unbacked claims? "The US knows he isn't like that." Who? How? How do YOU know?

Also, you're welcome to make your points, but please don't resort to personal attacks.

By the way, of course as a people we do love Taiwanese people as we love almost anyone (not Russians though or mainland Chinese, both of which are unredeemable ethnicities). Taiwanese isn't an ethnicity. The mainland and Taiwan are the same people, ethnically. I thought the same was basically true ...

Not true. Taiwanese are good. Mainland Chinese are bad. I read it in the New York Times, so it has to be true. If you disagree with me, you need to go to a reeducation camp. And to your earlier point, so you are saying that the Ukrainians and the Taiwanese get to decide for America how we spend our...

By the way, of course as a people we do love Taiwanese people as we love almost anyone (not Russians though or mainland Chinese, both of which are unredeemable ethnicities). Taiwanese isn't an ethnicity. The mainland and Taiwan are the same people, ethnically. I thought the same was basically true ...

I can't think of much that would be more patronizing and paternalistic than refusing to help the people of Ukraine or Taiwan or whatever on the basis that we're saving their lives by not helping them. Shouldn't that be up to them? The US military despite its many flaws is a huge net force for good i...

stuper1 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:37 pm

And by the way, who won that civil war you mentioned?

Mostly the Communists, but not entirely. Yet.

I feel bad for Taiwan, because they are obviously between a rock and a hard place. I counsel them to be very careful in what they do. China is a lot closer to them geographically than the US is. It won't take many wrong moves before they look a lot like what Ukraine looks like right now, with hundr...

Get well soon, Sir! Here the cases started to increase too. What they say is a common symptom - eyes inflammation. Thanks Vil. Hadn’t heard about the eye inflammation. We are both feeling a little better today. Stay well! Four days later what is the current update for each of you? Someone has been ...

you can for instance program a transaction to either be accepted or rejected subject to other criteria. Bitcoin has smart contracts. In fact each Bitcoin transaction is a series of contracts. Ethereum is also already becoming the accepted 'regulated' (official) network. No need for Ethereum or a bl...

With AI I guess that we're on the brink of few powerful CPU's may transition to many low (processing) power CPU's working in harmony. Similar to the human brain. At some point, longevity. Download/backup your memories each night, and if anything bad happens to that brain, recover those memories int...

Thoughts? At 16.7% of my PP... Getting close to the 15% rebalance band. I hope it doesn't happen this year but will in 2024. Will have to report my 2023 to FAFSA, so I do not want to sell anything from my brokerage accounts :-[ Regarding FAFSA, make sure your ordinary income qualifies you for finan...

I can't believe I hadn't heard of King's Quest. I had to google it unfortunately. It looks like this would have been right up my alley, but maybe just a little before my time? It’s possible that Tortoise and Xan and i even played different generations of it. Mine was on a floppy disk, the big thin ...

THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT have been the most costliest words to bet on in the english language Mathjak, you're fond of saying that, but isn't it pretty clear that the outperformance of US equities over the past century or so has been the weird outlier? Why aren't the people who plan on that outperform...

Okay dualstow, what's the new avatar? Is that an AI-generated image in the style of King's Quest?

dualstow wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 13, 2023 1:21 pm

Yikes. I have heard from a friend about how easy assisted suicide is in Canada and how a lot of people have lost their teenagers to what might’ve been teen angst.

Horrifying!

Tortoise wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 08, 2023 1:48 pm

Breaking Bad: The Sitcom

Brilliant! Love the meta-reference to Bob Newhart.

vnatale wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:12 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:20 pm

vnatale wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:29 pm

For what did you get banned??!!!

For not buying into anti-gold propaganda spouted by a bunch of statists.

I think that this is the MOST political I have EVER witnessed you being in this forum!

Vinny, Smithers is describing the way he appears to the Bogleheads.

Many people know about the seizure of U.S. citizens’ gold in the 1930’s, but do you know how much the cash compensation was? I think I may have read about it a few times. But I'm guessing it was not much. It was definitely full value, as defined by the definition of the dollar in terms of gold. $28...

Taking time off....yeah, wish I could do more of that. I hadn't been considering assisted living for my mother before, because I know she'll react very badly among other issues, but....it is THE only way to get help when you don't have local family support. I do have a great family, but everyone is...

EDIT: I just realized I'm the only person posting in this thread. If the Topic title was amended to (& other) I'd participate. Otherwise I cancelled my Netflix subscription long ago and use Amazon Prime and other means for what Netflix provides. You are hereby granted special dispensation to discus...

I'm totally on the same page – Lex Fridman's podcasts are a goldmine of insights! The best part? They're not just quick bites; they're these lengthy, immersive conversations that really let you dig deep into the topics. Well stated! Olandeep is almost certainly a bot. What gives it away? Any first ...

vnatale wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 31, 2023 11:57 am

Olandeep wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 31, 2023 11:14 am

I'm totally on the same page – Lex Fridman's podcasts are a goldmine of insights! The best part? They're not just quick bites; they're these lengthy, immersive conversations that really let you dig deep into the topics.

Well stated!

Olandeep is almost certainly a bot.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:37 am

From Reddit lol.




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Yikes... A Bengals fan

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I just got AVG's VPN for when I'm in coffeeshops and stuff. Personally, I would think that VPNs are more important when you're at home, when any connection made can be assumed to be yours. Any connection from a coffee shop or a hotel would not be automatically associated with a particular person. U...