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- Wed Dec 13, 2023 4:43 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Signatures
- Replies: 194
- Views: 256903
Re: Signatures
Mac wouldn't recognize the apple keyboard that worked on an older model of the same Mac. [...] I see. Yeah, I get your frustration. As much as I appreciate Apple's overall quality of their devices and the way they (usually) interoperate seamlessly with each other within the Apple ecosystem, they do...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:35 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Signatures
- Replies: 194
- Views: 256903
Re: Signatures
What was Vinny right about, and why do you officially regret buying another Mac?dualstow wrote: vinny was right. i officially regret buying another Mac
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:05 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: AI Garbage
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15677
Re: AI Garbage
Kind of reminds me of the early days of Web search engines, when the search results were flooded with useless auto-generated pages containing nothing but long strings of random words and phrases, designed to maximize search engine hits. It was really annoying. But after a few years, the search engin...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: The Bond Market Sweet Spot
- Replies: 22
- Views: 22790
Re: The Bond Market Sweet Spot
2) Tex and Craig picked up his torch big-time by writing their book. But each of them have now seemingly turned their backs on the concept. That leaves the dwindling number of participants in this forum to provide any form of guidance, none who have either risen to the level of authority of a Harry...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:21 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Chas Freeman, US Diplomat, on the Ukraine War
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5000
Re: Chas Freeman, US Diplomat, on the Ukraine War
As I said earlier, it looks like not only will those hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have died in vain, but Ukraine will actually end up with much less territory than if they had accepted the peace deal that was worked out within a month of the conflict starting, before the US and UK put the ki...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:14 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Meme Thread
- Replies: 279
- Views: 246812
Re: The Meme Thread
Also, Jerry dated Skyler and George dated Gretchen.
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: QCOM will be my next vp pick
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20665
Re: QCOM will be my next vp pick
old thread, old pick. It is not my next pick. There’s an interesting article in the WSJ about Apple’s struggle to replace Qualcomm’s modem chip with something in-house. It’s relatively difficult compared to designing their own microprocessor. In the meantime, Apple will buy the chips from Qcom thro...
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:06 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 187648
Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?
Yeah, I didn't start playing the King's Quest games until the early '90s, and by then they had done VGA/SVGA remakes of some of them (as Xan mentioned), so they looked much better than the originals. That was before CD-ROM was widespread, so the games were still installed from floppy disks. Although...
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:05 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Mistakes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 107208
Re: PP Mistakes
If you go back to 1980, a $10k investment in stocks would be worth over $1 million now. PP would be $200k and ST Treasuries $99k. Impressive indeed. For the person who can stomach the stock market's wild multi-year swings without bailing, and also has a crystal ball that assures them no financial o...
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:53 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 187648
Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?
I’m a *huge* fan of King’s Quest, as my brother and I really enjoyed it in the 80s (1980?) after seeing someone play it in the store. But in this case, I merely typed “8-bit castle” into google images. I was obsessed with the King's Quest series back in the day, too. Something about the detailed fa...
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 1:48 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: YouTube Junkie
- Replies: 1231
- Views: 628492
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 1:23 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Mistakes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 107208
Re: PP Mistakes
I have no regrets going all in on the PP in late 2010 and sticking with it since then. It has had a modest CAGR of 5.0% over that 13-year period, with a max negative return of -11.9% in 2022. It has allowed me to mostly shrug off market turmoil and sleep soundly as I focus on working and accumulatin...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
- Replies: 850
- Views: 455794
Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
Okay, I’ll bite: “A banana republic, if you can keep it.”
- Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:40 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Signatures
- Replies: 194
- Views: 256903
Re: Signatures
Lighthearted: ZombielandSmith1776 wrote: Been getting really into zombie apocalypse games and movies lately. Throw me some suggestions if you have any.
Not-so-lighthearted: 28 Days Later
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:07 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: YouTube Junkie
- Replies: 1231
- Views: 628492
Re: YouTube Junkie
Whoah, every mash-up on that YouTube channel is genius! Here’s another gem:dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 2:46 pm Peaches & Haerosmith - "Shake Your Dude Thing"
https://youtu.be/ZlnVBxv_6ec
James Hetfield and the News - "Hip to Be the Sandman"
- Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Netflix junkie
- Replies: 352
- Views: 133956
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 6:07 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1744578
Re: The GOLD scream room
And before Michelle Makori, the previous editor-in-chief and lead anchor for Kitco was Daniela Cambone:
I'm sensing a pattern here...
I'm sensing a pattern here...
- Fri May 19, 2023 2:40 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26230
Re: Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders Says The 'Fed Put' Looks Dead
I dunno if these numbers are true, that Stanfords endowment went from 30 billion in 2020 to 75B, but in any event it explains the glee with which universities forced the jabs into 18 year olds https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-top-endowment-funds/ Not sure I follow. I assumed that since the j...
- Fri May 19, 2023 2:02 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Buy gold now?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12993
Re: Buy gold now?
Those are both classics. The Curb Your Enthusiasm melody is another great one for fails.dualstow wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 6:58 am— totally agree, Barrett.Doesn’t shine when it should
I think you’re talking about the sad trombone sound.
I like that, but I prefer the Price is Right Fail - https://youtu.be/_asNhzXq72w
- Mon May 08, 2023 11:41 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Portfolio Eintstein?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14003
Re: Portfolio Eintstein?
You find this from the recommended books on investing to read like it was AI created? All reads to me as if it were written by a unique human being. As I already stated in my previous comment, “The short intro prose before the list may have been written by a human, but the lists themselves could ea...
- Mon May 08, 2023 11:34 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Portfolio Eintstein?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14003
Re: Portfolio Eintstein?
I’m fine with AI-generated content as long as proper attribution is given. For example, “Powered by GPT-4” or “Some of the content on this site was generated using GPT-4” at the bottom of the web page.
- Mon May 08, 2023 4:40 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Portfolio Eintstein?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14003
Re: Portfolio Eintstein?
Was it written by AI? I'd rate it extremely unlikely. You can go there and judge for yourself but I don't think AI is capable of creating a list of 50+ investing books to read broken down into four categories. All in all a highly impressive web site, packed with useful information. Sounds like exac...
- Thu May 04, 2023 2:08 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1744578
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: Good piece on cash by Cullen Roche
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6721
Re: Good piece on cash by Cullen Roche
The only thing Roche doesn't address here is the possibility of a default in the next few months due to the debt ceiling circular firing squad antics in Congress. Because of that I'm going to wait to pull the trigger on locking in some high yields with a T Bill ladder until after the clown car has ...
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:40 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1744578
Re: The GOLD scream room
If you have the ability to see currency prices, I like to use the XAUUSD ticker for spot price. It feels like the right way to think about the price of gold. It is just the currency conversion from real money to USD 8) The iPhone stocks app doesn't find that ticker symbol, but I did find an interes...