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by Smith1776
Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:35 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Netflix junkie
Replies: 352
Views: 128163

Re: Netflix junkie

I just finished watching Mad Max for the first time ever. I honestly don’t get the hype. The movie was very meh to me. I also now especially don’t get why Bogleheads always refer to the “Mad Max scenario” when discussing gold as an investment. Does anyone really think that this corresponds with real...
by Smith1776
Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:36 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2250
Views: 1150168

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Also, as an aside, it is the mark of a great investment forum that we hardly even talk about investing.. because we have all achieved equanimity through "gyroscopic" strategies. O0 ...Unlike a certain other knuckleheaded forum. Unlike a submersible, a gyroscopic abides. A gyroscopic portfolio doesn...
by Smith1776
Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2250
Views: 1150168

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Also, as an aside, it is the mark of a great investment forum that we hardly even talk about investing.. because we have all achieved equanimity through "gyroscopic" strategies. O0

...Unlike a certain other knuckleheaded forum.
by Smith1776
Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2250
Views: 1150168

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

At no age would I have even gone in it. In 1981 I went to some museum in Chicago and they had a captured German submarine on its front lawn, which you could walk through which I did. This was a beautiful summer day, as stated it was just sitting on the ground, yet in the few minutes I spent walking...
by Smith1776
Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:35 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Do you listen to Scott Adams?
Replies: 25
Views: 17183

Re: Do you listen to Scott Adams?

dualstow wrote:
Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:15 pm
Why is no one voting?
I did. :)
by Smith1776
Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3689
Views: 1657405

Re: The GOLD scream room

mathjak107 wrote:
Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:12 am
i will have to keep abreast of that interview (*)(*)
I was dismayed to learn she was married a while back. ::)
by Smith1776
Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2250
Views: 1150168

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

While we are on the topic is surprises me that we don't have more members of this forum that are gamers, given that it seems like we are mostly male. Is it a generational thing?
by Smith1776
Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:54 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2250
Views: 1150168

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

This is from the Logitech game controller webpage on Amazon.

The Internet never ceases to amaze me…



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by Smith1776
Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2250
Views: 1150168

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

My attention has really been captured by that missing submersible exploring the Titanic the past couple days. Apparently they found the debris and that a hull implosion was likely what happened. These craft were experimental and it seems that cyclical fatigue finally made the submersible bite the du...
by Smith1776
Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2250
Views: 1150168

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

dualstow wrote:
Thu Jun 22, 2023 2:00 pm
I need to know Kriegs’ thoughts on the fantasized physical bout between Musk and Zuckerberg.
Given that Zuckerberg is a robot he'd definitely win.
by Smith1776
Thu Jun 22, 2023 2:42 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Do you listen to Scott Adams?
Replies: 25
Views: 17183

Re: Do you listen to Scott Adams?

I didn’t even know who he was so I had to google him.
by Smith1776
Thu Jun 22, 2023 2:13 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Holmes
Replies: 43
Views: 12820

Re: Elizabeth Holmes

vnatale wrote:
Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:56 pm

Thanks for doing the research work for me! I implicitly trusted your recommendation and did not find I needed to do any additional research on my own.
Thanks for the vote of confidence! The PP community rocks. 8)
by Smith1776
Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Holmes
Replies: 43
Views: 12820

Re: Elizabeth Holmes

Finished watching the 8 part series last night. Consistently excellent from start to finish. Book to arrive in a week or two. Will read it quite quickly once it arrives. But, maybe, I'll get a nice surprise and it will get to me sooner than then. I just got a copy too! I had thought you'd already r...
by Smith1776
Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Holmes
Replies: 43
Views: 12820

Re: Elizabeth Holmes

vnatale wrote:
Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:02 am
Finished watching the 8 part series last night. Consistently excellent from start to finish.

Book to arrive in a week or two. Will read it quite quickly once it arrives. But, maybe, I'll get a nice surprise and it will get to me sooner than then.
I just got a copy too!
by Smith1776
Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:41 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Netflix junkie
Replies: 352
Views: 128163

Re: Netflix junkie

Hey Man, hide that in spoiler tags! O0 Oh right, we don’t have spoiler tags on this forum. At least I don’t think we do. [spoiler] nope [/spoiler] The episode you mention is one of my favorites. I linked it to my ex girlfriend and she cried. In my opinion, Black Mirror season 6 is great. And crazy....
by Smith1776
Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Netflix junkie
Replies: 352
Views: 128163

Re: Netflix junkie

Black Mirror 6 is out NOW I remember watching maybe one season's worth of this show and just finding every episode bizarre and disturbing (in some ways good and bad). Is 6 any good in your opinion? The one episode I found striking was that crazy simulated world where the two lovers have to "find" e...
by Smith1776
Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:00 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
Replies: 539
Views: 350560

Re: Golden Butterfly Portfolio

Does anyone know if there's a canonical rebalancing policy with the GB?

I've been wrestling with it for a bit and I think something like +/-5% absolute bands or +/-25% relative bands seem reasonable.
by Smith1776
Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:43 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: the ray dalio all weather vs the PP
Replies: 2
Views: 992

Re: the ray dalio all weather vs the PP

The Cockroach Portfolio attempts to be the “least shitty portfolio” by taking a balanced, harmonious and ego free approach to asset allocation with a refreshingly humble viewpoint that “we’re not able to know the future” and thus we ought to prepare for all potential outcomes.

LOL!
by Smith1776
Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Holmes
Replies: 43
Views: 12820

Re: Elizabeth Holmes

GT wrote:
Mon Jun 19, 2023 8:28 pm
She had the Steve Jobs turtleneck - now if she would have just had a Steve Wozniak type to really make the concept work.
Good one lol!!
by Smith1776
Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:20 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
Replies: 539
Views: 350560

Re: Golden Butterfly Portfolio

I am very surprised to see that Portfolio Visualizer has not included the GB as one of their model portfolios.
by Smith1776
Sun Jun 18, 2023 11:21 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Holmes
Replies: 43
Views: 12820

Re: Elizabeth Holmes

vnatale wrote:
Sun Jun 18, 2023 7:43 pm
Thanks! Just bought a delivered paperback version for $6.36. Will read it soon after it arrives.
Let us know what you think of it. O0

The whole story is just so fascinating to me. I often wonder what she's thinking right now.
by Smith1776
Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Holmes
Replies: 43
Views: 12820

Re: Elizabeth Holmes

I've had this in front of me for many days in an attempt to prod me to watch it: https://www.max.com/movies/1d7c48f8-8064-46d7-a3b8-bb7b91fc2056?custref=bi%7C5c896433daa5071f9e35fb25%7Cbrowser%7Cundefined&utm_id=1011l5873&utm_source=businessinsider&utm_medium=affiliate&clickref=1100lwPkWHAJ The Inv...
by Smith1776
Sun Jun 18, 2023 12:37 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Elizabeth Holmes
Replies: 43
Views: 12820

Re: Elizabeth Holmes

I've had this in front of me for many days in an attempt to prod me to watch it: https://www.max.com/movies/1d7c48f8-8064-46d7-a3b8-bb7b91fc2056?custref=bi%7C5c896433daa5071f9e35fb25%7Cbrowser%7Cundefined&utm_id=1011l5873&utm_source=businessinsider&utm_medium=affiliate&clickref=1100lwPkWHAJ The Inv...
by Smith1776
Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Meme Thread
Replies: 279
Views: 220789

Re: The Meme Thread

One thing my HVAC guy told me is to not spend money on expensive filters and to just buy the cheap ones. Apparently it doesn't make a difference? Do you have a take on that? Not my area of expertise. Although I have read something similar, the guy who installed my first new system back in 2001 told...
by Smith1776
Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:18 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Meme Thread
Replies: 279
Views: 220789

Re: The Meme Thread

Those are filters for oil burners? If so, my one and only story is that I once asked my oil burner person to look at mine to tell me if it needed replacing. He looked at it and said, "No. You must run a clean house." I told him, No, that is far from the case. Now that I went mini-splits last Decemb...