Gyroscopic Investing

Hey peeps,

I'm going to be taking a break from the forum (and being social generally) to just kind of ground myself.

I hope you guys are all doing excellent. Will see you in a bit.

Don't do anything knuckleheaded while I'm gone.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 2:19 pm Hey peeps,

I'm going to be taking a break from the forum (and being social generally) to just kind of ground myself.

I hope you guys are all doing excellent. Will see you in a bit.

Don't do anything knuckleheaded while I'm gone.

Ground yourself!!!!! This a WHOLE topic here about it. I read every single post in it. Even the super technical ones!

I do many hours of grounding every time I go outside to do work in my 1,000+ square foot garden area while barefooted the entire time.

Vinny

MangoMan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 5:09 pm

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:46 pm Girl-down-the-street and I broke up today. It seems an old flame rekindled on her end... the father of her kid -- so it's not like I can even be mad about it.

Sigh...

Bummer, amigo. But look at the bright side: That difficult discussion about paying will never have to be brought up.

Pugchief,

Just got a surprise notice that my dentist has decided to retire. He gave no specific reason, but coming amid the pandemic, it naturally reminded me of your musings about your own possible retirement.

Please enlighten us more about your current situation. I wonder whether dental practices, with their expensive human capital, exposure to the virus, and high investment in physical infrastrucuture are at particular risk of going under.

So what did you gold-hoarding, libertarian, investment-minded folks get up to while I was gone?

Welcome back, Agent Smith!

Tortoise wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 10:10 pm Welcome back, Agent Smith!

Thank you!

Like a bad rap artist, I retired... then I unretired.

Some notable things about my breakup recovery getaway:

• In the first week, playing video games helped... a LOT. I beat Final Fantasy X, which is about a 40 hour game, in like 3 days. I beat Resident Evil 3, which is about a 4 to 5 hour game, four or five times in a row, in just another couple days.
• Cutting off contact sped up recovery compared to previous breakups.
• Treating the breakup blues as a kind of "sickness" that needs to be treated like a bad cold really helped. It's hard when you think to yourself "There will never be another like her!" It's much more palatable to think to yourself "Wanting to talk to her is just a passing feeling and is entirely a result of this 'sickness' that you're recovering from."
• Pornhub.
• Be kind to yourself. When you take the time to analyze your internal monologue, you'll probably find that you are incredibly mean to yourself. Actively changing that internal monologue improves outlook significantly.
• Now into the second week and feeling much better. Once I moved out of the video game stage I went back into working on things I enjoy like programming, math, and playing music.

Hope you all are doing well.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 10:47 pm .. like programming, math, and playing music. [/list]

What sort of music do you like ?
Being in IT/programming since quite a while, I do have some stereotype on what kind of music coders like

Vil wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 3:02 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 10:47 pm .. like programming, math, and playing music. [/list]

What sort of music do you like ?
Being in IT/programming since quite a while, I do have some stereotype on what kind of music coders like

R.I.P. Florian Schneider

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 5:53 am R.I.P. Florian Schneider

Yup, Kraftwerk were/are titans.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 10:47 pm Some notable things about my breakup recovery getaway:
...

[*]Be kind to yourself. When you take the time to analyze your internal monologue, you'll probably find that you are incredibly mean to yourself. Actively changing that internal monologue improves outlook significantly.
...

Good for you.

Sounds like Reframing. Good stuff.

Stoicism.

And does show up in many places.

Vil wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 3:02 am

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 10:47 pm .. like programming, math, and playing music. [/list]

What sort of music do you like ?
Being in IT/programming since quite a while, I do have some stereotype on what kind of music coders like

I really like underground instrumental and hip-hop stuff that's not mainstream. Most people have never even heard of the music I like. Here's a couple:

https://youtu.be/UyoYf7rZVGI

https://youtu.be/ctqlLJkuICU

A lot of it doubles as good workout music!

Nujabes, nice! Were you ever a fan of Samurai Champloo? Great soundtrack.

Tortoise wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 12:29 am Nujabes, nice! Were you ever a fan of Samurai Champloo? Great soundtrack.

YES. Excellent stuff. This is really bringing back a lot of memories as I'm listening to this.

What kind of music are you into?

Happy asparagus season to all the Germans out there.

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 11:44 am Happy asparagus season to all the Germans out there.

Happy asparagus season!

Yours truly has a virtual date via Zoom with a girl I started chatting with on OkCupid.

I can see this forum becoming like a sitcom. Sooner or later there will be a marriage subplot where I try to marry some girl you guys don't approve of. You all burst and into the ceremony and hurl a bag of bullion into my face and drag me off.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 12:00 pm Yours truly has a virtual date via Zoom with a girl I started chatting with on OkCupid.

I can see this forum becoming like a sitcom. Sooner or later there will be a marriage subplot where I try to marry some girl you guys don't approve of. You all burst and into the ceremony and hurl a bag of bullion into my face and drag me off.

Ok, we need a Get Smith Married thread like yesterday!
But...try to get famous in stand up first. Get a netflix special. That’ll help.

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 2:13 pm Ok, we need a Get Smith Married thread like yesterday!
But...try to get famous in stand up first. Get a netflix special. That’ll help.

If I ever get Netflix famous with stand up I promise I will slip some Harry Browne/PP references that only people here would get. Little forum easter eggs!

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 2:28 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 2:13 pm Ok, we need a Get Smith Married thread like yesterday!
But...try to get famous in stand up first. Get a netflix special. That’ll help.

If I ever get Netflix famous with stand up I promise I will slip some Harry Browne/PP references that only people here would get. Little forum easter eggs!

Slipping your PP around will only get you into trouble.

Xan wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 3:16 pm
Slipping your PP around will only get you into trouble.

If you've been following my breakup saga you know it already has!

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 12:00 pm Yours truly has a virtual date via Zoom with a girl I started chatting with on OkCupid.

I can see this forum becoming like a sitcom. Sooner or later there will be a marriage subplot where I try to marry some girl you guys don't approve of. You all burst and into the ceremony and hurl a bag of bullion into my face and drag me off.

Way to go. Hope it goes well.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 3:23 pm

Xan wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 3:16 pm
Slipping your PP around will only get you into trouble.

If you've been following my breakup saga you know it already has!

Ha, Ha