Anyone else taking care of aging/elderly parents? Helloooo Smithers! My wife is visiting her father in the hospital daily. He’s not merely a 藥煲*He’s got multiple issues and I’m sorry to say his days are probably numbered. *Literally “medicine pot.” Figurately, someone who’s always sick. Oh man, sor...

Hey boyos! Momma Smithers is once again in town. The weather is beautiful, and fortunately not so hot that the house feels too warm. We had a recent discussion regarding finances. Looks like in the next couple years her pension amount will be decreasing pretty substantially. I'll probably be picking...

Thanks for the collection, Hal. I'm always interested in hearing/reading about these kinds of machinations.

I've been messing around with a few new computer systems lately as I went through a couple buy and return cycles at my local retailer. The manufacturer whose build quality I've been most impressed with lately out of left field? Asus. I've long been a fan of Lenovo ThinkPads. However, my gripe with L...

Vinny, it's funny that you started this thread, as I recently picked up an Android phone after being an iPhone user for 17 years. (Wow, time flies.) I didn't want to commit, so I picked up the Samsung Galaxy A06 for $122 CAD off of Amazon as an Android "tester". It turns out that this part...

July 29, 2010, Smithers IMG_0186.jpeg I wonder what I was doing on that day rather than buying Bitcoin... That would have been summer break from college and I had gone back home. I think that summer I ended up working at a Best Buy in their computer department. I was making something like $11 CAD p...

I cook with my microwave. ;D It actually does a decent job with potatoes and with broccoli. Or are you just heating up Taco Bell O0 Ours is getting senile though. And it’s a built-in. Not looking forward to replacing it. Mine too... a while back we thought ours needed a replacement. It turns out it...

I cook with my microwave.

dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:47 am I think PMS should be illegal. Who’s with me? Anyone?

...is everything okay at home?

What model did you get, Smithers? I saw the Lenovo was just $250. As a Thinkpad fan, like you, I got curious. The reviews are good overall in terms of stars, but some say it slowed down after a using it a few times. Another said the touchscreen fails in various spots. Maybe you got something fancie...

As a side note: have you guys heard of the new Chromebook Plus standard? We all know that early Chromebooks had a (well deserved) reputation for crappy specs. Google seems to have recognized this and have set a "Chromebook Plus" standard for manufacturers. To have this particular moniker a...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/burton-g-m ... 1419986157

I'd like to read this Burton Malkiel article from 2014... anyone handy with getting past paywalls.? Or can someone who has a subscription share a PDF copy of the page?

Congrats on bitcoin, Smithers. You can afford some big screens. It's been a year or so of great returns for sure. My Bitcoin position is much more conservative than it was, but it's still very significant. It's now in a proper variable portfolio consisting of: 33% Bitcoin 33% MicroStrategy stock 33...

I am working on my laptop from a coffee shop today with the missus. We often do this as part of our weekend routine. It's a nice way changing our scenery, being together, while also getting work done. Tasty coffee definitely helps. Sometimes we even bring a chess set to play with on our breaks. I wa...

Unless your light switch is a meter square, that is a very large TV. 85"! It was so big that I couldn't even fit it in my car.. I had to get the store to deliver it to the house. ;D Based on Smither’s purchase and the subsequent comments, I purchased an outdoor drive in movie theater complete ...

Congrats on bitcoin, Smithers. You can afford some big screens. It's been a year or so of great returns for sure. My Bitcoin position is much more conservative than it was, but it's still very significant. It's now in a proper variable portfolio consisting of: 33% Bitcoin 33% MicroStrategy stock 33...

DHH has done an interview with Led ( ) Fridman!!!






Listening now. So stoked and inspired.

Congrats on bitcoin, Smithers. You can afford some big screens. It's been a year or so of great returns for sure. My Bitcoin position is much more conservative than it was, but it's still very significant. It's now in a proper variable portfolio consisting of: 33% Bitcoin 33% MicroStrategy stock 33...

I have to admit I got a chuckle out of this one. Arnold fo' life!

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:45 pm Why not just get a projector then?

That actually might be my next foray... There is a big empty wall in our bedroom upstairs that might make for a good projector space.

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 1:46 pm Unless your light switch is a meter square, that is a very large TV.

85"!

It was so big that I couldn't even fit it in my car.. I had to get the store to deliver it to the house.

You can't really tell the scale from the picture, but this is a hilariously big TV.

(I guess the Mac Mini and game consoles are okay scale comparisons for those of you who have them.)

I just ordered an 85" TCL from Best Buy during this recent sale. Looks like I picked up one of the last ones in my area before they sold out. https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/tcl-85-s4-series-4k-uhd-hdr-led-roku-tv-smart-tv-85s450r-ca-only-at-best-buy/17977274 What size TV are you guys rock...

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:48 pm Using any special software?

Nothing super special at the moment, especially given how well-equipped MacOS seems to be out of the box.

I will probably end up installing Plex at some point for some media management goodness.

A simple but serious question... do you think that Harry Browne would have approved of Bitcoin?

Would he see it as a complement to a portfolio alongside gold? Or perhaps a more extreme view that it was gold's replacement? Or maybe he'd reject it outright like Peter Schiff...