dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:54 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:03 am As much as I am grateful for VLC it definitely has some quirks and frustrating things about it.

The 200% volume thing in particular is weird.

What do you use it on? Macbook?

Both Windows and Mac.

As much as I am grateful for VLC it definitely has some quirks and frustrating things about it.

The 200% volume thing in particular is weird.

One satoshi per child!

Did anyone else get a complete dearth of trick-or-treaters this year?? Almost no kids this year... :-\ It was a much quieter night on our block this year than most even though the weather was fine.. (It was Nov 1 that was rowdy, with noisy teens and the pumpkin theft from our steps). A friend of mi...

Did anyone else get a complete dearth of trick-or-treaters this year??

Almost no kids this year...

You guys will be glad to know that I have gone back to carrying a gram of gold in my wallet at all times.

Breaking news, I know.

Yeah, Vinny, I'm also not sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me.

I almost never read fiction haha.

Currently reading the new Andrew Ross Sorkin book 1929.

As enthralling as any work of fiction. The first-hand accounts of late October are crazy.

Absolutely insane.

As a side note: political wild cards like Trump are EXACTLY why strategies like the PP exist and are prudent.

This timeline seems to be getting worse and worse.

Is this guy for real? Maybe I'm off base.. is it good for America to begin resuming nuclear weapons testing as a matter of national defense? What do you guys think?

I love the word 'regime'.

It's so geopolitical.

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 12:24 pm

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 9:34 am Dualstow, you haven't driven in decades??

That's right. I stopped when I moved overseas. Spent a few years overseas and when I came back to the U.S., I always lived in big cities.
Nowadays, if I *really* need a car I take a taxi, Lyft or Uber.

Oh interesting! I didn't know that.

Dualstow, you haven't driven in decades??

They came in a box that said authorized Microsoft refurbisher. The warranty is whatever it says in the eBay ad. I generally don't pay a lot of attention to warranties because I don't like sending anything anywhere. Totally fair. I hate sending my gear off too! I never know if i'm going to get it ba...

Smithers, have you resurrected the All-Terrain portfolio? I thought you scrapped it. Or maybe just the book? It was just the book project that I decided I didn't have the time available to do justice to. I am still maintaining the website. The All-Terrain Portfolio went on the back burner a little ...

I was thinking of picking up one of these at my local big box retailer. https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00135097 A very decent price (for Canada). This is where I bought my two Lenovo's where I know someone else did. How do prices there compare to what you have here? https://www.ebay.com/s...

I wonder how much tilting to value or overweighting emerging markets will help over the next decade.

I feel like some of the richest members may have left in recent years haha.

I didn't realize that the current Shiller P/E was so high...

I was thinking of picking up one of these at my local big box retailer.

https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00135097

A very decent price (for Canada).

Nice. The X series along with the T series are especially legendary.

The Lenovo Legion line (made for gaming), has a lot of the hallmarks of the Thinkpad line, but still doesn't have that "hewn from granite" feel.

And as far as I know, having as little as 20% in any of the major asset classes still gets Browne's "blessing" as per his books. That's always reassuring. I will hold onto a factor tilt tenaciously as well. I have introduced a few coworkers to balanced investing over the past year. (In add...

I recently bought two used Lenovo laptops from EPC at eBay. First one was $250. Second was $170. Shocked at how powerful the CPUs are in them for being laptops and their costs. Indeed, I might just buy myself a refurb Thinkpad. At my local computer store they're selling some decent ones with 11th g...

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:51 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 11:00 pm ChromeOS is probably my favourite Linux distro at this point

Just need a robust Alt key

Nothing compares to the Thinkpad keyboard!

It's not a huge difference, but the 20% weighting to LTTs in the Golden Butterfly is more palatable to me than the 25% in the Permanent Portfolio.