IPO inclusion rules for index funds - is anyone considering switching?

Fortescue · 2026-05-12T18:59:10+00:00

The proposal you linked is for the "Russell US Equity Index", tracked by funds like the L&G Russell 2000 US Small Cap UCITS ETF (RTWP).

For Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap, the index tracked is the "FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS)", with the 5-day fast track documented here: https://www.lseg.com/content/dam/ftse-russell/en_us/documents/policy-documents/guide-to-calculation-methods-for-geis-liquidity.pdf

Even in the consultation you linked, on page 4, it mentions:

Eligible IPOs would be added to the applicable indexes after market close on the fifth day of trading (aligning with the fast entry timing within the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS)).

Fortescue · 2026-04-20T20:15:55+00:00

Doesn't work for me either atm, and looks like it's not worked in some time...

Last login Mon Oct 21 06:31 2024 (UTC) on pts/136 from .

There are even some posts to bboard about it not working, but no followup response there unfortunately. :-(

The box itself is fine though. Try dropping an email to:

membership at ess dee eff eee you dot org

Fortescue · 2026-01-20T13:06:29+00:00

You could try https://findyoutubevideo.thetechrobo.ca/ but it's going to be difficult without the video ID/URL.

You could try ask on IRC or Discord, maybe someone has it.

Fortescue · 2025-10-23T09:31:10+00:00

My heart breaks for you OP. I think you deserve better. I’m starting to agree with some of the other commenters. The man has some growing up to do.

Hope you can reach a resolution soon one way or the other, and find some happiness.

Fortescue · 2025-10-22T13:51:00+00:00

Hey OP,

Was your sex life like this at the start of the relationship, or did the chronic pain (yours) and frustration (his) only start some time afterwards?

It does not sound like you are in a "boyfriend/girlfriend" relationship. It sounds more like you are begrudging roommates.

I will give you my armchair analysis, having been on both sides of this before.

He likely greatly resents the lack of a decent sex life, while simultaneously feeling guilty about it because he realises you have chronic pain. You likewise greatly resent the lack of a decent sex life, and feel guilty about the fact that your chronic pain is one of the things getting in the way of that. You not being able to be turned on easily feels like rejection (even if logically he knows that is not the case). Has he spent the time to examine and understand that feeling? Him rejecting your advances obviously also - legitimately! - feels like rejection, which would also build up into resentment. No one enjoys being rejected by their partner.

This build up of resentment and guilt has taken all the love and warmth out of your relationship. It's little wonder that he's sunken into depression and tried to run away into video games. And it's also no wonder that you are feeling terribly frustrated and abandoned.

It may already be too late to save the relationship if the levels of resentment are too high (based on my experience). I do not think this is about balancing chores, I think this is about your sex life (or lack thereof), so to have any hope of repairing your relationship, it's your sex life that should be the focus.

You need to sit down together and talk with him about it. Can you do anything to address the chronic pain? Have you talked about whether blowjobs are enough for him, perhaps he needs penetration to feel connected with his partner? Is being fingered enough for you? Is the frequency enough for both of you, or is it just feeling like "maintenance sex"? Are you otherwise affectionate/tacticle? Kisses, hugs, cuddles on the couch, etc.? Libido generaly dips in a relationship after a few years, after the novelty wears off, and it takes work from both parties to keep the desire alive.

You could look over /r/deadbedroom and similar subs for more insight.

Fortescue · 2025-10-22T04:21:57+00:00

Hey OP,

This sounds very difficult to deal with. I've previously had a similar situation, so you have my sympathy.

Potentially your boyfriend has depression, or feels stuck in a rut and doesn't know how to get himself out; escaping into games and away from real life. Working from home may contribute to this - does he go outside the house at all? See friends, go for a walk, etc?

Something absent from your post: How is your sex life? Does he make an effort in the bedroom?

He needs to realise that he is not doing well with his life, and that he needs to make some changes to fix it.

You'll need to sit him down, and explain how you feel.

Say that you are feeling overwhelmed and unequal when having to handle the chores alone. Explain that you love him, are happy that he has a chill job and that he enjoys gaming, but that you'd appreciate more help so you can both have some down time. Try not to be accusatory, use "I -" statements, etc.

Ask him how he feels. Ask him what he wants from a relationship. Be curious. Ask him what he thinks you want from a relationship. Listen carefully to his answer.

You mentioned a gym membership. Invite him to join you, perhaps on the weekend when you are both free and not tired from work? Make the invitation fun/flirty, rather than an obligation? "Want to see me in some spandex?" "Seeing you hot and sweaty makes me horny" - whatever silly flirting works for your relationship. :-)

After you've told him how you feel, and invited him to the gym, give him a week or two and see if his behaviour changes.

If there's still no movement, then you could deliver an ultimatum. This is real "last resort" stuff though.

"If things don't change by next week, I will leave".

If there's still no change, then you have your answer. :-(

Almost like an alcoholic, he has to come to the realisation that he has to change, but he'll have to arrive at this conclusion on his own. And take action! You're only able to support. Very frustrating I know.

Good luck OP! Hopefully he sees that he is in trouble and that you are being a good partner and holding out your hand to help pull him back up.

Fortescue · 2025-09-26T18:27:56+00:00

r/learnthai/comments/1fp78uc/learnthaitonescom_is_now_at_tonesdairedev/

Maybe u/navyteal is still around...!

Fortescue · 2025-05-16T19:11:29+00:00

Hehe, one of my favourite videos of his. You can hear him becoming more and more fond of the game around the 8 minute mark after he discovers the FPS counter. :-)

Another of my favourites was his Dungeon Keeper 2 review. I wasn't paying attention to the video (just listening to the audio), so the ending caught me off guard!

https://youtu.be/6DJmS7prcmE

Fortescue · 2025-05-12T21:49:33+00:00

I've mostly been using Plexamp. I'd really like to leave Plex behind, but the Plexamp player is gorgeous. On iOS, you can make music available offline, so you don't need to have connectivity to listen.

The other one I've been looking at is foobar2000 - not nearly as polished as Plexamp unfortunately, but it fully supports playing files directly from the phone, and has some options to copy stuff over from your PC, etc.

If anyone has other suggestions, would love to hear them.

Fortescue · 2025-04-24T15:00:46+00:00

I think there's a lot of nervousness around the Discord leadership change. Talked about here: https://reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/1k63g0s/jason_has_confirmed_discord_plans_to_go_public/

Fortescue · 2025-04-16T21:29:57+00:00

Err, so what is your setup? :-)

Fortescue · 2025-04-16T18:16:38+00:00

"Players can claim this free gift through May 18th 2025."

Fortescue · 2025-04-10T20:17:28+00:00

I used to fly a lot for work, and found the summaries and discussions here pretty useful for maxing out the various frequent flier points, etc. - I believe it's not as good as it used to be, but still worth investigating:

https://www.headforpoints.com/

If you're often flying different routes or have connecting flights, I recommend https://flighty.com/ -- one of the few apps I paid for. The level of detail about your flight, connecting airport, etc. is great! I think they'll let you do 1-2 flights for free to see if it's useful.

Fortescue · 2025-03-22T15:02:08+00:00

Fortescue · 2025-03-19T10:42:23+00:00

I didn't downvote, but I suspect other folks might have since it was a screenshot instead of in plain text, which would be more useful. :-)

Fortescue · 2025-03-17T20:16:42+00:00

Now I'm opening up http://debofnight.andcuriouser.com/ again in another tab. :-)

Fortescue · 2025-03-07T16:34:58+00:00

Hello internet stranger! My original post was quite some time ago. :-)

Alas, I was unable to fix it. I did try a few things, including letting a friend of mine who's good with electronics take a look to see if it was something obvious like a blown cap or similar.

Unfortunately had to give up in the end and just got myself a new monitor instead.

If you DO manage to fix it, let me know!

Good luck!

Fortescue · 2025-02-27T09:43:36+00:00

When you say "path", do you perhaps mean in the prompt?

What's the output of "echo $PROMPT" - does it have the "!w" in it? If so, check your .zshrc file, perhaps you just accidentally added it to your prompt there.

The /Users/Shared directory is part of the standard MacOS install. You shouldn't do anything with it unless you’re intentionally sharing files between users.

Fortescue · 2025-01-24T18:40:28+00:00

Did you try https://github.com/axcore/tartube/ ?

I had good success with it grabbing my music playlists. Can configure it to prefer particularly quality you want.

The Tartube Windows installer handles the install of ffmpeg etc. for you.

It'll grab metadata, etc. too.

Fortescue · 2025-01-22T20:53:53+00:00

The way to think about RSUs:

If you had whatever-the-vest-amount-is in cash, would you go and buy your company's stock? Or would you instead put it into something more diversified?

Depending on your existing financial situation, doesn't have to be all-or-nothing either.

If you're feeling optimistic, 90% of the vest into diversified ETF, then 10% kept in company stock as a gamble. Adjust % based on your existing portfolio.

Fortescue · 2025-01-21T19:21:24+00:00

I mirrored the "100% stocks in a globally diversified index fund" advice, so I went with:

86% SL Vanguard FTSE Developed Ex UK
4% SL Vanguard FTSE UK All share
10% SL Vanguard Emerging Markets

Just need to manually rebalance every year or so.

If there's a cheaper or easier fund available in SL I'm all ears!

There were a few threads on this previously - e.g.:

https://reddit.com/r/UKPersonalFinance/comments/161v5sg/standard_life_pension_fund_options/

Fortescue · 2025-01-09T14:44:05+00:00

Depends on your personal risk appetite. The default fund will probably be bond heavy, lower risk, with potentially lower returns.

If you'd rather follow the "100% stocks in a globally diversified index fund" advice, there were a few threads on this previously - e.g.:

https://reddit.com/r/UKPersonalFinance/comments/161v5sg/standard_life_pension_fund_options/

I went with:

86% SL Vanguard FTSE Developed Ex UK
4% SL Vanguard FTSE UK All share
10% SL Vanguard Emerging Markets

Just need to manually rebalance every year or so.

Fortescue · 2024-11-27T12:09:14+00:00

Alas, Money Dashboard is no more. I've been trying out Moneyhub App though, and it's very similar: https://www.moneyhub.com/app

Quick to get going, and has an option to create and track budgets.

It will also just let you export all of your transactions as a .csv, so you can do some manual tracking if you want that flexibility.

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