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- Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:57 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: AI Garbage
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16693
AI Garbage
An older brother of a kid at my kids' school was in a bad car wreck last week. When I heard about this he was not dead but fighting for his life. That afternoon I did a search on his name to see if there were a local news article about it with an update. What I saw was a sickening sign of the times....
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
- Replies: 1173
- Views: 1082530
Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II
The ‘FT’ reports today that the war is sucking the labor force out of the Russian economy and into the military. Obvious, but I hadn’t thought about it much until now. That would only be via a draft, correct? Assume small amount of it would be from volunteer enlisting? Are there any polls as to wha...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:04 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: tax-loss harvesting question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 29189
Re: tax-loss harvesting question
What would be the best replacement for SHY to buy and keep for 30 days to avoid wash sale at Fidelity? Sold some SHY for tax-loss harvesting. Probably just keeping the money in the settlement fund is good enough? I've been using SGOV lately. Thank you for your reply. So, does it make sense to buy t...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:49 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: tax-loss harvesting question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 29189
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:46 pm
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: I-Bond fixed rate rises to 1.3%, highest in more than 16 years
- Replies: 24
- Views: 41292
Re: I-Bond fixed rate rises to 1.3%, highest in more than 16 years
I'm thinking about selling my older bonds with 0% fixed rate and buy the new ones next year. I don't see much sense in keeping them as they will have that fixed rate of 0% until maturity. But don't they still grow at whatever inflation turns out to be? If you're not going to use the $10K purchase l...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:44 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Kat Klub
- Replies: 601
- Views: 369382
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:36 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Meme Thread
- Replies: 279
- Views: 256995
Re: The Meme Thread
If you're on the transgenderism-is-real side, wouldn't it warm your heart to see this chart?
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:21 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 31256
Re: Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:08 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 31256
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:14 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 31256
Re: Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hiddenforces/Ep.330_Henry_Olsen_Main_Feed_10-9-23.mp3 think thats the 1st hour. DNC just gave the nomination to hillary over bernie? Could RNC give the nomination to whomever they want. what could anyone do about it? trump cant win. hes...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:23 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
stuper, Your all-or-nothing mindset is really coloring how you look at things. I'm not 100% certain about this, or most any other, issue. I said that the US military is overall a force for good in the world. Am I 100% certain about that? No. But I do think it's the case. This is a discussion forum, ...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:26 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
so I am able to give you the simple, unvarnished truth, which is that a relatively small country next to a huge country has no fighting chance. Except…Japan which colonized China; Israel, which is 9 miles wide in some places devastated the armies of its relatively massive neighbors, all at once; li...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:57 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
Um, yeah, there were some technological imbalances in those examples that tilt the other direction here. But anyway, I wish the Ukrainians and Taiwanese nothing but the best sincerely. I hope they make the very best of bad situations. What is it like to be 100% certain about everything, even when y...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:06 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
Simple stuff like unbacked claims? "The US knows he isn't like that." Who? How? How do YOU know?
Also, you're welcome to make your points, but please don't resort to personal attacks.
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:46 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
By the way, of course as a people we do love Taiwanese people as we love almost anyone (not Russians though or mainland Chinese, both of which are unredeemable ethnicities). Taiwanese isn't an ethnicity. The mainland and Taiwan are the same people, ethnically. I thought the same was basically true ...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:46 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
Not true. Taiwanese are good. Mainland Chinese are bad. I read it in the New York Times, so it has to be true. If you disagree with me, you need to go to a reeducation camp. And to your earlier point, so you are saying that the Ukrainians and the Taiwanese get to decide for America how we spend our...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
By the way, of course as a people we do love Taiwanese people as we love almost anyone (not Russians though or mainland Chinese, both of which are unredeemable ethnicities). Taiwanese isn't an ethnicity. The mainland and Taiwan are the same people, ethnically. I thought the same was basically true ...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:37 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
I can't think of much that would be more patronizing and paternalistic than refusing to help the people of Ukraine or Taiwan or whatever on the basis that we're saving their lives by not helping them. Shouldn't that be up to them? The US military despite its many flaws is a huge net force for good i...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:21 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:44 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43650
Re: Is Germany Getting Ready for Another Demagogue?
I feel bad for Taiwan, because they are obviously between a rock and a hard place. I counsel them to be very careful in what they do. China is a lot closer to them geographically than the US is. It won't take many wrong moves before they look a lot like what Ukraine looks like right now, with hundr...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 2315
- Views: 1440977
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Get well soon, Sir! Here the cases started to increase too. What they say is a common symptom - eyes inflammation. Thanks Vil. Hadn’t heard about the eye inflammation. We are both feeling a little better today. Stay well! Four days later what is the current update for each of you? Someone has been ...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:53 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
- Replies: 63
- Views: 115898
Re: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
you can for instance program a transaction to either be accepted or rejected subject to other criteria. Bitcoin has smart contracts. In fact each Bitcoin transaction is a series of contracts. Ethereum is also already becoming the accepted 'regulated' (official) network. No need for Ethereum or a bl...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:45 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: ARM (chip designer)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 44162
Re: ARM (chip designer)
With AI I guess that we're on the brink of few powerful CPU's may transition to many low (processing) power CPU's working in harmony. Similar to the human brain. At some point, longevity. Download/backup your memories each night, and if anything bad happens to that brain, recover those memories int...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:31 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: TLT cracks $90
- Replies: 43
- Views: 88599
Re: TLT cracks $90
Thoughts? At 16.7% of my PP... Getting close to the 15% rebalance band. I hope it doesn't happen this year but will in 2024. Will have to report my 2023 to FAFSA, so I do not want to sell anything from my brokerage accounts :-[ Regarding FAFSA, make sure your ordinary income qualifies you for finan...
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:39 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 203286
Re: Isn't there an Avatar Thread?
I can't believe I hadn't heard of King's Quest. I had to google it unfortunately. It looks like this would have been right up my alley, but maybe just a little before my time? It’s possible that Tortoise and Xan and i even played different generations of it. Mine was on a floppy disk, the big thin ...