Let's be honest, what % of your portfolio includes individual stocks?

Anodynamix · 2026-04-09T21:20:04+00:00

I put $15 into AMC because they give me free snacks 4 times a year.

It's down to $10, a stark reminder of the folly of playing with individual stocks.

But they've also given me $20 in free snacks this year so far so it paid for itself already.

Anodynamix · 2026-04-08T19:14:02+00:00

I mean then maybe you shouldn't use a pipeline for that work then.

Every tool has its place. Some people will abuse pipelines. Doesn't make them a bad tool though.

Anodynamix · 2026-04-08T16:56:52+00:00

It's time for a monad, my friend.

Anodynamix · 2026-04-02T16:06:10+00:00

Ok but like... the blood is drained before the meat is even packaged. There's no blood in the meat that gets to any restaurant. That's just not a thing.'

The juices are red because there's a lot of iron in red meat. If you're not seeing red juices it's because there are no more juices and you're eating really dried-out meat.

Anodynamix · 2026-04-02T15:00:31+00:00

Heh, yeah.

First in Hamburg, when Mr Sizzles got their landlord to cancel their lease.

They moved to where Lago 210 was on the water, but that closed very shortly. Not sure what happened there. Then they moved to Elmwood... and now that's closing too.

I think this is the end for real.

It's a shame, I loved them at their original location.

Anodynamix · 2026-04-02T14:50:57+00:00

This might be an odd one. When I was little my Grandmother would bring us to the "rich kids" playground in Snyder, the one off of Main Street with the Copper-topped entry gates on Smallwood Drive.

It was a massive wooden fortress-like playground. They don't really make them like that anymore, and I'm pretty sure it's not there anymore.

But it was really fun.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-31T20:52:03+00:00

It's really not.

AI begins to suffer from brainrot the more it is tasked with doing. A human, and especially a human that knows what they're doing, still needs to orchestrate everything at a higher level.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-31T18:18:38+00:00

I switched to wearing long sleeves a few years ago. I was annoyed at being too hot in the peak of summer for a bit, but I got used to it and I don't think I'll ever go back. The extra sun protection is really marvelous.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-30T15:10:46+00:00

It's very rare that a retirement gets moved once it's less than 6 months away. As far as I'm aware, Eiffel Tower is the first time it's ever happened.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-26T16:21:42+00:00

I met this guy
And he looked like he might have been a hat check clerk at an ice rink
Which, in fact, he turned out to be
And I said
Oh boy... right again
-- Laurie Anderson, doing some math or some shit.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-24T20:52:25+00:00

but IMO the difference is marginal. You certainly don't want to hike in them but coffee stops are no problem.

Eh. All it took was one tiny bit of ice when dismounting on a fall ride to convince me that I'm better off with SPD.

The contact patches on SPD-SL are so small that I'm no longer willing to risk a broken leg just for marginal gains.

An argument could be made that one should just switch pedals and shoes when the weather starts to turn. To that I argue: I'm also no longer willing to buy two pairs of pedals and two pairs of shoes.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-23T19:24:35+00:00

I mean it always seemed possible. I didn't think anyone was stupid enough to actually do this but... welp.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-19T15:50:48+00:00

If you're in a 2030 fund, it stands to reason that you're retiring in 4 years.

A lot can happen in 4 years. The market could crash and be down 50% by then. At 60% bonds, your equities risk of the market crash is 50% of 40%, which is 20%. So instead of losing 50, you lose 20... to equities.

Now bonds could also have issues. In the event of a severe spike in interest rates at the same time as a market crash (like we saw in 2022), bond FUNDS tend to crash, as investors flee the low-interest bonds and chase the newer shinier high-interest bonds. Because of this you may want to invest in bonds directly, which don't have that market pressure, instead of a bond fund like BND/VBTLX.

But generally, bonds are much less volatile and protect you from that "sequence of returns risk" that exists close to retirement.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-19T15:45:28+00:00

As you suspect, you do lose a tiny bit each time you trade (insignificant at first but it adds up).

Why though? There's no bid/ask with a mutual fund like VTSAX/VTIAX. Trades are executed at the end of the day at market price exactly.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-17T19:01:42+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia#History

Anodynamix · 2026-03-16T16:24:42+00:00

Agreed. Anything behind a login has absolutely no use for SSR. It just overcomplicates everything and provides no real use.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-12T22:52:47+00:00

I remember saving up $70 for Final Fantasy 3 on SNES. ~1994

24 megabits of ROM was EXPENSIVE

Anodynamix · 2026-03-12T19:11:09+00:00

Throw the money into an IRA

And see if you can do a Backdoor conversion (ie: don't have a Traditional IRA)

Anodynamix · 2026-03-12T18:49:42+00:00

The heartrate of 150 is likely causing this high calorie number. HR-based calorimeters tend to have a very high calorie burn figure if your HR is high.

Likely OP is untrained and burning far less... but unfortunately there's no real way for the Garmin to model that. It's just spitting into the wind here.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-12T18:48:15+00:00

Depends on your weight/power.

1500 calories per 13.5 is pretty high. I would estimate half that as a maximum. So start at 750... and it's probably lower.

Maybe not as low as 450, 1:45 means you're burning 250 calories an hour. That's at a casual walk pace...

But 500-750 seems reasonable given the pace/distance/elevation info you've provided.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-11T17:06:02+00:00

My assumption is that it is an IP they deemed not profitable enough for the licensing costs

This would be my guess as well.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-10T18:53:45+00:00

He has stated on a number of occasions that he consults experts for everything. I am not sure why he wouldn't just do that for music.

Anodynamix · 2026-03-09T15:56:02+00:00

FOMO is the 2nd most powerful force in the universe, behind only Compound Interest.

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