But I still feel pretty ignorant as to things I can do to capitalize on it personally. Ideas? 100% VTSAX >:D Not sure if you're joking or being serious. The Fed is certainly artificially propping up stock prices right now, but we haven't even seen the medium-term impact to the real economy yet. Do ...

But I still feel pretty ignorant as to things I can do to capitalize on it personally. Ideas? 100% VTSAX >:D Not sure if you're joking or being serious. The Fed is certainly artificially propping up stock prices right now, but we haven't even seen the medium-term impact to the real economy yet. Do ...

Why are so few outraged by what is happening? I'm outraged, too. But I realize I'm powerless to change any of it. We're just "subjects" in this empire. The best we can do, especially as people who recognize the depravity of it, is to try to figure out how we can best protect our family an...

Instead we designed the Tungsten T series of PDAs. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Tungsten#Tungsten_T) and before that the m500/505 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_m500_series) the first color Palm. Oh yes, I remember those models, though I never personally owned either one. I had several ...

It's been a long, long time since I last dated (married almost 25 years now), but I guess I'm old-fashioned and actually liked to be the one paying. But, even if you're OK with that, you obviously don't want to be stupid and need to be aware as to whether you're in a "relationship" where s...

I purposely knew I did not want to get into management and wanted to stay in design, after a foray into management at Palm where I had to manage quite a few divas and hated it. Oh wow, I'd love to know more about what you worked on there. I bought the USRobotics PalmPilot, and later went on to purc...

Xan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:39 am Soldered RAM should be an absolute non-starter. Do they have any offerings without it?

Not for laptops, only their desktop computers.

I'm normally a big fan of buying from Apple's refurbished store. The products look good-as-new (I wouldn't be surprised if they were new units that they sell at a discount...at the very least, they appear to be returns where they completely replace the outer shell, because I've never seen *ANY* cosm...

I have a 2013 MacBook Pro (just 8GB RAM, I think) but upgraded recently to a 16" model (upgraded it, too, with 32GB, 1TB drive, and possibly an upgraded GPU). I think I paid about $3000 for it (yikes). But, if you're wanting to save money, you could definitely get more life out of that 2013 Mac...

Yep, Prime is now 1-2 weeks instead of 1-2 days. >:( Yeah, I've been thinking about trying to contact Amazon (they make it difficult to find a "Contact Us" page) to complain that I'm not getting my money's worth on their Prime membership and requesting a cancellation and partial refund, a...

Dovetails nicely with this article from Zerohedge, "Let Them Fail" - Billionaire Explains To Gobsmacked CNBC Host How Capitalism Is Supposed To Work . This kind of corporatism is hideous on the face of it. Thanks, that's a good read, too! So according to the closing quote in that article,...

Read the rest here... https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/04/the-fed-is-killing-the-two-main-functions-of-wall-street-price-discovery-and-prudent-capital-allocation/ Thanks, that was a great read! In fact, I found myself going down a rabbit hole and reading other articles of theirs that were embedd...

So you are currently only making $12K/year from this company? Is it safe to assume that you either have some other income source or you are living with your parents (or something along those lines)? If so, I think I'd take the $2K/month government payout with no work required. You're clearly a smart...

Can you spot my black cat?

Since we're talking about forum stuff here and I guess I'm just now learning that Xan is the one-and-only guy running the show... A few recommendations: 1) Change that phpBB logo in the top left to match the name of this website/forum. 2) Maybe add a couple new subforums? I probably shouldn't make t...

Sorry for not adding more detail...I should have included the term "strategic default" in my prior reply. I just edited my prior reply to clarify what I was talking about.

I was just reminded (as I was replying to another thread) of another housing factor you may want to consider. It's a controversial one, and I'm not sure how folks here feel about it, but it's whether the state is a no-recourse state, which would give you the freedom to strategically default on your ...

So if you are investing using leverage don’t you want a risk premium for taking the extra risk over just investing ? But the house is itself a risky "investment" as you demonstrated with your Poconos home example. One factor that can be significant, but which varies from state to state, i...

Thanks for the reply mathjak. I read the article you linked to, but must admit that I had trouble following it. I will say that I have a lot of trouble reading/interpreting columns which discuss inflation, because they're usually talking about perceived/visible inflation (I think there's an actual t...

Good list. I'll have to mull it over more and reply back when I have more time. We're in the process of getting our house ready to sell and while I'm very conscious of property taxes, and wanting to minimize them, having a house/location we love will likely be a higher factor. Note that property tax...

Since this was enacted there have been several articles posted which all basically say the same thing (experts say taking a loan or withdrawal from your 401k should be a last resort). All of them tend to include a quote from some expert who says something like, "You'll miss out on the interest ...

Smith, what are the camera/lens details on the photo at the top of this page? iPhone 7 Plus using portrait mode! :) Ah, these iPhone (and other smartphone) cameras really have gotten great, haven't they? I have an iPhone XS, but it felt too big for me to comfortably use one-handed, so I switched ba...

Re: New Hampshire: My wife has mentioned that state as a possible retirement destination for us. It's a little too cold and a little too "out in the boonies" for me. Great hiking/mountains, but not enough in the way of "civilization", restaurants, etc., for my liking. I'm by no m...

Just to confirm...Ad Orientem never got tested, so he/she may not have had COVID-19, correct? I've been getting a little worried about me and my siblings, as more data is coming out that, aside from the elderly, a common theme among many of the non-elderly deaths is obesity and hypertension. While I...

I'll post this here, since it seems on-topic. My wife and I go to a medical group which has two "real" doctors (who can prescribe medications) but which practices "Functional Medicine" (which usually translates into them trying alternate/natural approaches, vitamin supplements, e...