dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 5:27 pm • If you just attach it, you need the Delete button in the Attachments tab.

Ah! That's the part I missed. I was just deleting the image name from the text box. All cleared up now.
Thanks!

And one more example from our Baker (who is secretly a financial genius). Let's say that when the Feds peg the dollar at 5,000 to an ounce, they also pass a law that no-one is allowed to raise prices. Bread is legally required to be sold at $5 a loaf. So... Our intrepid baker sells his bread to the ...

That sort of makes sense to me in a very high-level, conceptual way, but not in any real-world, practical way. Just because the government is willing to pay $5,000 per ounce to anyone who wants to sell them their gold, how does that change what I pay for a loaf of bread at the grocery store? After ...

Xan, one thing I noticed when I tested a tall, skinny avatar. I made a post with the new avatar and then also put the image inside the post. Unless I did something wrong, it appears that if you upload an image into a post, publish it and then go back and edit the image out of the post the image stil...

mathjak107 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:46 am welcome back bud....

Thumbs up.

Can somebody explain it to me like a 5 year old, which is truly my level of understanding on this stuff, how pegging the price of gold at a high level would create inflation? If you think of gold as an international currency, the current exchange rate is about 1700 US dollars to 1 troy ounce of gol...

The brackets should be log scale. The second 100 years doesn't need the same resolution as the first 100.

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:49 am Fantastic new avatar, Mark. Working on your son’s treasure map, I see.

Smile. You have a long memory...

Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier are symptom-free Here's an interesting result. An entire population is tested. Somewhat atypical, but interesting nonetheless. Out of 4,800 sailors, there were 600 positive, (12.5%) majority asymptomatic. The Navy’s testing of the entire 4,800-member crew of ...

Sorry, folks, I didn't make any changes... I think you're noticing that Vinny rescaled his picture to make it smaller. I did a test post with a tall skinny avatar. Full image height and a few pixels wide. Horrible. Sorry about that folks. I deleted the test post as it destroyed the readability of t...

Some interesting comments. Thanks for posting. I agree with Ray that the wealth gap is dangerous, but I didn't hear any convincing arguments as to what to do about it. I recently read an argument that the wealth gap is (at least partly) a function of interest rates. You Cannot Understand the Rise of...

And to bring this thread back home... it looks like Xan has adjusted the avatar settings to scale the image to a maximum (height OR width).

Nicely done.

No one presents their thoughts in writing prior to the meeting. Everyone just talks at the meetings. Vinny, have you ever read up on Amazon's six page narrative memo requirement for executive meetings? I've never used it, but I like the concept a lot. At Amazon, instead of asking his senior leaders...

I don't think I'm following. If you want to stop the laptop from charging, you unplug it. The idea is to leave the laptop plugged in - with an unchanging fixed charge of 40 to 70%. That way you can use the laptop like a desktop most of the time without charging or draining the battery. Thus the bat...

It has more to do with the laptop's firmware than anything else. I would hope that any OS would have the ability to fiddle with the option if it exists, but I'm not sure about anything other than Linux. Even there, it can require a manufacturer-specific tool. The Thinkpads (at least the business on...

A lithium ion battery will wear out faster if its charge is low or high. That's why most of the time when you buy a new device, its battery is at ~40%. When my laptop is plugged in, if it's below 40%, it'll charge up to 75% and then run off the mains without charging further. If it's above 40% when...

As long as you log the numismatic value as a zero on your spreadsheet, it sounds like a fun holding.
I have a few items on my spreadsheet that have a zero multiplier on them. Some of them may get a positive number some day.

Don't count on it. But you never know.

I've always thought "collectibles tax" is a misnomer, as it implies a separate tax on top of what you'd normally owe. Why should I be not surprised that "gem" creator Tyler also uses words precisely and correctly??!! MISNOMER! I am putting you all on notice. Pay attention the ne...

I spent the weekend driving through large parts of the Navajo Nation (currently under quarantine and curfew 8pm to 5am). What a huge, and stunningly beautiful area. Immensely impoverished and so sparsely populated as to be almost virgin land. A sovereign nation the size of a good sized state embedde...

... If you can't beat em', join em'. I mean if you want to be on the right side of the increasing wealth gap, you should own the assets that respond most to the Fed and congress continuing to increase that gap. Also, I should mention I am short term bearish... but on the long term I'm very bullish....

WiseOne wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:09 am There are Matlab/data crunching tasks that I'd rather do on the laptop than the remote server.

Matlab makes my heart go pitter-patter. And madame Curie. Sigh.
And my current mac has the crappy keyboard. I can't wait to ditch it.
Let us know what you end up with.

Effect of monthly vitamin D3 supplementation in healthy adults on adverse effects of earthquakes: randomised controlled trial Abstract Objective To determine whether supplementation with vitamin D improves resilience to the adverse effects of earthquakes. Conclusion In this trial, vitamin D supplem...

vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:09 pm
$85 per night??!!!

Vinny

With the discounts subtracted and the fees and taxes added, it came out to $75 per night.

Not to nitpick or be pedantic but do you mean abode ? Unless of course the place you plan on staying is indeed actually built of sun-dried mud/clay bricks (which being New Mexico wouldn't be out of the question)....in which case I guess that would make it an adobe abode. :D This one . They are fair...

I keep meaning to ask you, Mark: has this virus put a big dent in your lifestyle? Seemed like you were something of a citizen of the world until the outbreak. I guess you're limited to the States for now. Does it feel strange? Thanks dualstow. Yes, it has definitely put a kink in my plans. When it ...