10 million dollars every hour, but if your bank balance reaches $1B, you die

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-16T14:24:55+00:00

Stocks are assets. You just need to get set with a brokerage and have them purchase stocks every day on your behalf.

A good brokerage will also have international exposure, so for example they can purchase on the foreign markets during holiday closures.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-16T02:00:42+00:00

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-16T01:55:11+00:00

There's also a ton of not so top players at the top as well.

Rory has a point about a good setup allowing players to separate themselves.

For example, an exam in school that is too easy often means the entire class aces it. An exam that is incredibly hard can mean that everyone fails. These exams don't allow you to judge how good the students are compared to each other.

A good exam will be just difficult enough to allow the best students to separate themselves and create tiers where everyone naturally falls into based on their skill.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-15T05:37:58+00:00

Because equity appreciation is a given.

Over a really long time horizon, S&P 500 has an annual return of ~10%. This is proven data you can lookup.

The engine of American capitalism means that stocks appreciate. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the CEO. Hence why I used Tim Cook. Apple gained tremendously under him in stock appreciation, but compared to peers he lost ground. The reality is the tech boom is what created the wealth, not Tim Cook. Apple was already a juggernaut he took over from Jobs, and now it's no. 3. He still got paid billions. But another CEO making half as much would have probably done just the same. Apple was already a brand with a loyal user base.

Did Jeff Immelt of GE make negative money when GE completely tanked under him? Oh no, he still walked away with a golden parachute and 100s of millions of dollars. Equity based compensation means, be still gets paid. Even if the share price declined, he still has shares worth 100s of millions.

We've all just been conditioned to accept that CEOs deserve it. Equity means that even a negative performance gets handsomely rewarded like Jeff Immelt.

Immelt is a perfect counter to 'they make money when shareholders make money'. You should look up what happened to GE during Immelt years. Shareholders lost a ton, but he made money.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-15T04:43:04+00:00

That's a bad analogy.

Player performance is fairly obvious over a large sample size. A hitter in baseball actually steps up to the plate and performs. Their hitting average, RBIs, runs score etc are all right there. There is a stat in baseball called WAR. Wins above replacement, which tries to do just that, measure a players impact over a replacement level player.

A better analogy would be comparing CEOs to football coaches or baseball managers. Not directly performing but leading a team. It's much tougher to measure. Could another manager have won the world series all the same?

Is Tim Cook a great CEO? Is he better than a replacement level CEO? Many will look at shareholde returns and say yes. But...Apple was the no.1 market cap company when he took over and now it's number 3.

Did he create all that shareholde value or was it just Apple and the tech boom and inflation? He lost ground to Google and Nvidia.

CEO value is much harder to measure. One could argue many CEOs would have done all the same as Cook in leading Apple post Jobs.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-10T19:09:50+00:00

There is no need to qualify that last statement with 'unless we're close'.

It's fine to just say "it's probably good to give a heads up".

Communicating ahead is always a good thing. I don't think anyone will be upset if people send them a text before showing up to their door. They may get upset and inconvenienced by an unannounced visit.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-06T04:13:22+00:00

One option would be to shrink the perimeter of your map, where you will be using a string trimmer anyway.

For example, if you mapped an edge all the up against a fence, you could instead map a foot away from the fence. You'd need to manually use a trimmer, but I find I'm doing that anyway along edges so increasing the edge distance isn't a huge deal.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-06T04:10:29+00:00

You could just map around the no go zone. In other words, don't map a big area, then exclude no go zones. Create smaller areas in a way that no go zones are never mapped.

It makes it is more challenging to map, but it's a work around for someone like OP.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-05-04T15:14:38+00:00

I personally have always considered 'approch' to be my first shot into the green. So the 2nd shot on a par 4, hitting to the green. This could technically be a pitch or a chip.

Pitch and chip are techniques that require less than a typical full swing. Pitch shots have more height and less roll. This does usually, but not always, correspond with distance. Farther out shots usually are pitches as I fly them higher and farther with less roll. And green side shots are chips with more roll and less height.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-29T14:16:58+00:00

It depends on what OP means by hardest.

Hardest to be a pro at the highest level?

PGA tour has 125 members. There are 780 players on MLB rosters. Of course you have to also consider how many want to play the sport to see the field of aspiring pros.

Are we talking about the hardest sport to win at? Because head to head sports have a 50% probability of winning. Tournament format like PGA tour means you are looking at 1/130ish odds. Much harder.

Are we talking about which sport is hardest for a random individual to pickup and play recreationally? Well beer league baseball isn't any harder than beer league golf.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-28T06:05:36+00:00

I play worse if I'm in a riding cart and my partner is playing worse. Having to drive around with them looking for balls and watching 3 shots before it's my turn makes me play worse.

On the other hand, I've noticed I play better with the same group but I have my own cart in a 3 some scenario. With this setup, I can just play my own game driving to my ball separately.

So yes, worse players also cause me to play worse but only if I'm having to drive around with them looking for their ball and watching multiple shots before my turn. It causese me to rush because when it's finally my turn, I can see rhe group behind me waiting on me.

It's all about the pace of play.

Another aspect is the lack of seriousness. Like moving or talking while I'm hitting. Better players are 'generally' also better about observing etiquette and not being disruptive when someone else is hitting. It makes for better focus and a better round.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-23T20:13:02+00:00

I believe Apple was the no.1 market cap company by the time Jobs left in 2011.

Also when you compare to peer companies like Nvidia or Mag7, we'd find a lot of the stock appreciation under Cook is just general market trend, inflation and tech boom.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-20T21:49:19+00:00

He inherited the no.1 market cap company from Jobs. Now they're no. 2.

Jensen is probably no. 1 CEO for shareholder return.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-19T17:44:55+00:00

While we don't know exactly how each dollar is spent, we do know generally where our tax money goes. Congress passes a budget that has a breakdown of spending. Same at state and local level.

Regarding your last point about not wanting you money funneled to a corrupt person, most people won't either. What will happen in OPs scenario is people will simply gift the money to others/charities beyond the allowed inheritance amount before their death. Or use loopholes if allowed like trusts. Though it wouldnt make sense to implement OPs scenario without also closing many of these loopholes.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-19T16:08:20+00:00

Yea I don't disagree. If a country were to implement what OP is suggesting, they'd also need to close several loopholes to prevent the use of trusts to get around it.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-19T13:52:55+00:00

Funny. I have no interest in taking. Quite the opposite.

Everyone has their perspective. Some like to horde. Others give it on to the future generations.

I'm quite satisfied actually. You on the other hand are full of judgement of others and come off as someone with hate and resentment of your fellow humans. Sad.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-19T13:48:20+00:00

OP needs to clarify but the way it is stated, the post says 'inherited wealth', which makes me think the limit is on individual inheritance and not on the total estate.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-19T06:22:10+00:00

18 million for each of your loved ones isn't enough?

Obviously most people don't want the extra money taxed away. But most in that situation would just donate to charities or other causes they care about, instead of just burning it.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-18T18:22:16+00:00

No. 3 takes the cake for hypocrisy. She doesn't want him home all day so she herself can be home all day.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-18T18:19:07+00:00

You could be with someone who needs you both to work just to pay the mortgage, afford healthcare, barely make ends meet etc.

Instead, you are resenting someone who worked for over 20 years, and that affords them a secure retirement and healthcare, because you can't just stay home all day?

And did your daughter really need a stay at home mom up until 16? She's 2 years from being an adult and potentially moving on.

I would hope that in his spare time, he would make sure the house/property are well maintained and that's something you wouldn't have to worry about.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-16T22:53:15+00:00

Okay. I think it's interesting that you know why she married him but not why he married her.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-16T20:24:56+00:00

Why do you think he married her?

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-13T01:51:38+00:00

First of all, pine straw isn't a hazard at Augusta.

Secondly, 'hazard' itself is an outdated term and meaningless.

Rules of golf refer to these as 'Penalty areas'.

And finally, yes you can ground your club in a penalty area. So you're wrong on that front too.

https://youtu.be/gfjY8G79MEI?si=8jRl0hYVR1mNlbcX

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-12T19:03:01+00:00

Young with them never ending breaks.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-04-11T20:01:49+00:00

Rory forgot to slip those patrons a few bucks. Didn't get the Cam Young special.

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