IIRC correctly both MG and I came up with something close to high 20s% MaxDD (e.g. 28-29% or something like that) when using daily data. That is my personal worse case for planning purposes. It should be noted that this occurred when gold went vertical and then crashed in the early 80s. All you had...

Very cool, PS. Thanks to you and everyone at the project for all the great work. I think KDE is far underrated. In my salad days I used to run Gentoo and compile everything locally. Nowadays I'm on Debian stable. I don't have much (any!) spare time to devote to custom versions of packages. So it'll ...

Smithy, would you work on the per-screen scaling factors? That would be really handy because I have a small HiDPI laptop connected to a big honkin' monitor at home. I need a lot more scaling on the laptop. Thanks! :-)

My guess is that the raw member count is more influenced by the number of bots able to sign up than anything else. Maybe there's some useful way to figure out which accounts are real. Or at least exclude the accounts that have been banned for being bots from the graph of members over time.

You should consider contributing to free software projects. Not only will it keep your skills sharp, but you'll make connections, build a really interesting portfolio, and none of your work will be hidden by NDAs or anything. PointedStick IIRC is some kind of bigwig now at the KDE project. He might ...

I've never fired a gun before in my life. I've got mixed feelings about carrying one everyday if I lived in a place that allowed it. It seems to me that the use of a gun, even for legitimate self-defence purposes almost always results in bad consequences for the user somehow. The legal ramification...

I've never fired a gun before in my life. I've got mixed feelings about carrying one everyday if I lived in a place that allowed it. It seems to me that the use of a gun, even for legitimate self-defence purposes almost always results in bad consequences for the user somehow. The legal ramification...

ochotona wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 8:58 amDefinitely gold cap gains are taxed as ordinary income with a maximum rate of 28%... so it's better than a Traditional IRA, where you don't have a 28% cap.

Except you bought it with post-tax money instead of pre-tax money.

I read an article somewhere by a guy who had a period of homelessness in his life. He said he made camp outside of town, and had plenty of time to hike into town (and back) to conduct his business. He said it was more considerate of everyone than camping in town, and (IIRC) in some ways easier on hi...

Folks, I'm afraid this was a spammer/spambot. It says a lot about us that such a thing can spawn a useful conversation here! The account has been banned, but I left the post up (with a note) so that this conversation makes sense. Aw, I thought I was just starting to connect with SourKing. O0 Sorry....

Folks, I'm afraid this was a spammer/spambot. It says a lot about us that such a thing can spawn a useful conversation here!

The account has been banned, but I left the post up (with a note) so that this conversation makes sense.

MangoMan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 11:31 amPeople die from perforated colons from routine colonoscopies. That doesn't mean you shouldn't get one. You only have one coIon!

Yikes! Are we sure it doesn't mean that?

When it goes wrong, it goes BADLY wrong. I don't see how the risk is worth switching from contacts, which really give excellent vision.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/busin ... 335467002/

https://lasiksuicides.com/

I'm in a similar situation, Vinny: almost always contacts. Got some glasses from Zenni and I think they're great. Lots of interesting options. I sprang for the oleophopic coating, mostly because young'uns are likely to get their hands on them. But you can also go very cheap. I got a backup pair for ...

Don't forget the publicly made a solemn vow to each other and to God to stay married until one of them dies. Not a vow to stay together until they thought they might be happier doing something else.

MediumTex used to run the forum, and Craig owned the domain. At one point he asked for some volunteers to be moderators to help him, and so TennPaGa and l82start became moderators. I think Tex had largely backed way off almost to nothing by the time Craig decided to move on to things other than the ...

Impeaching for something that isn't a crime would be a terrible precedent. How would a President even know whether something he's doing is impeachable or not, if he can be impeached for something that's legal? Fortunately, I don't think it's true. Surely there has to be a crime for somebody to be im...

MangoMan wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:21 amThis is true. It is shocking that the other candidates are so far left that he apparently remains the only viable option in the general election.

Perhaps that's the opening Bloomberg spotted?

mathjak107 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 2:30 pm I keep nothing in the box that i shouldnt so it’s a moot point

Not sure it's entirely moot. They have a broad discretion to determine what's allowed and what isn't. What if they determine what you have in there isn't collectible enough?

From the agreement you sign You agree not to use the box to store money, coin or currency unless it is of a collectable nature, and you assume all risks and hold the Bank harmless of any loss or alleged loss of said money, coin or currency. You further agree not to use the box for any dangerous or ...

If they see you doing it they will turn it over to authorities to find out why you are breaking your agreement and trying to hide cash and gold knowing it is forbidden . In addition to dualstow's question of how, I'm wondering what authority would care about this, and exactly what the remedy would ...

This sounds like a complete disaster for privacy, but it's an interesting idea. WiseOne (or Adam... Any other MDs?), it seems like automatic transcription of conversations would free up a lot of time you spend writing up notes. How big a deal could this be? https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/02/amazon...

In Spanish and other Latin-derived languages, an "-a" suffix indicates the feminine. A group consisting entirely of Hispanic women are said to be "Latina". When there's at least one man in a group, it goes to the default "Latino". This means that there isn't a way to de...

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:01 am An NPR reporter used "Latinx" as if it's in the dictionary and not a totally made-up word to satisfy the P.C. police.
If you can't say Latino, maybe use Latin.

How is that pronounced out loud? Does it sound like "lynx" or like "DirectX"?

I used to carry one of those mini swiss army knives on my keychain. Super useful, but unfortunately I've lost all but one of them to the TSA because I keep forgetting to take it off before traveling. So the last one sits in a drawer. I'm a big fan of keeping tools handy though! Thanks to how insane...