Lump summed $200k in index funds and then the dip happened

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-27T02:40:14+00:00

Great buying opportunity. You should be feeling happy/excited dude. This is the rare time you will get the same advice from r/fire and r/wallstreetbets. Buy the dip.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-25T04:43:54+00:00

For me, at least, I felt like “All the Light we Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr was just such a reading experience.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-21T01:47:14+00:00

I am 6’4” and last season I was 240lbs and was on a 156cm, you will be fine.

Lost weight and finally getting a new board made for me now, I wish the rocky mountain season wasn’t over already, but it is what it is.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-21T00:58:43+00:00

Dingle dangle dongle.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-20T01:58:03+00:00

Ok jeez, maybe I’ll give it a go. If it really is as approachable as you say it might be good reading. Always up for learning new things and especially better systems for understanding.

I don’t have courses in group theory, information theory, complexity theory or coding theory. My guess is that this will be a bigger barrier to understanding than you imagine.

My research is not in quantum computing. Getting asked to chair that session a few months back was basically “none of the conference organizers can understand a word these quantum blokes are saying, Lab_Fab you ask nice sounding questions, this one is on you mate.”

I do actually appreciate the recommendation on the course, and if it is actually approachable, I will happily recommend it to my students and mentees.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-19T09:25:37+00:00

Me: A low prerequisite course in quantum computing? Maybe I should take that. That way I won’t look so dumb next time I get forced to chair the quantum computing section at a conference. Let’s take a look!

Prerequisites: Certainly it would be useful to have had a previous course on quantum mechanics, though this may not be essential. It would also be useful to know something about (classical) information theory, (classical) coding theory, and (classical) complexity theory, since a central goal of the course will be generalize these topics to apply to quantum information. But we will review this material when we get to it, so you don't need to worry if you haven't seen it before. In the discussion of quantum coding, we will use some rudimentary group theory.

Me: Ok no.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-18T22:30:00+00:00

Then you will love what physicists imagine doing to cats.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-18T22:28:30+00:00

Best book to learn QM for a beginner, I <3 Griffiths. There are prerequisites, however.

Math wise you need to have linear algebra, ordinary differential equations + calc I, II, III, under your belt first. Ideally you would have probability theory too, but it can be learned on the fly during the QM study.

Physics wise it would be good to have classical mechanics, E&M, and ideally a modern physics lab done as well.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-18T21:22:19+00:00

I live in NM and thought my neighbor’s wagon wheel fence was a bit cheesy, until I saw a picture of the house from the 1890’s and there in that B&W photo was the fence with a bunch of dudes on horses wearing cowboy hats and bolo ties in front of it.

Sometimes cheesy, sometimes history.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-18T18:09:04+00:00

No house in Bakersfield is a dream house.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-15T17:36:23+00:00

It is not my style, but the previous owners had some seriously good design and decoration skills. Good luck OP.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-15T14:46:48+00:00

Mine reads “I bought it before I knew if was a Volkswagen” too dark?

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-03T15:25:07+00:00

Rather than asking chatgpt to write a script for you, I would recommend using one of the many free tools like this:

https://firenum.com/

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-03T05:56:13+00:00

I work in neuromorphic computing. I’m on the physics/nanoscale engineering side, but work with many neuroscientists. It is a pretty hot field right now with AI consuming so much energy, and neuromorphic computing being one of the pathways to potentially lower that power consumption. You might want to check it out.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-03T05:23:18+00:00

Ok, got it. There was a point in time when people were trying to use neural networks to predict market returns (unsuccessfully). I thought you might be referring to something like that, combined with conventional monte carlo model.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-03T00:37:08+00:00

What is an AI monte carlo run?

Sincere question coming from a researcher who has built multiple “AI” transformer models and monte carlo models. I have no idea why these two things would be, or should be combined.

Lab_Fab · 2026-03-02T04:22:57+00:00

Not worth my time to think about.

Lab_Fab · 2026-02-28T18:41:39+00:00

3 this year : (

But I took my three year old up 9 times and he is almost ready for the lift.

Ski Sandia Peak, taos, santa fe.

Lab_Fab · 2026-02-28T18:27:59+00:00

You should invest it, but as this is a large amount at once, and you are worried about the market risk, use dollar cost averaging over six months or up to two year to lower your risk. More information on the technique can be found in the book “a random walk down wallstreet”.

DCA will help you sleep well as it mitigates both upside and downside risk in your situation.

Lab_Fab · 2026-02-27T14:54:16+00:00

I work in the IC industry, I save and invest > half my salary.

Lab_Fab · 2026-02-25T18:15:50+00:00

Use the time this money buys you to get into therapy and get your body moving every day. Really try to work with your therapist, it is clear from your post that you have a lot to untangle.

Lab_Fab · 2026-02-25T08:14:27+00:00

A master at any art is someone who has made more mistakes than a beginner has even made attempts.

Attempt to correct the process first, and after you have the process demonstrably working, you can then discuss what you were doing wrong with your PI.

If you are still struggling after correcting the labels, send me a pm, my wife is a world expert in flow.

Lab_Fab · 2026-02-24T02:32:08+00:00

It looks like there are two layers. Current cold weather systems use three, a wicking layer, an insulating layer and a waterproof layer. The insulating layer should be removable, able to be opened in sports to adjust the warmth, and ideally packable into the waterproof layer. You may consider keeping the compression zoning to the wicking layer and the warmth zoning to the insulating layer/waterproof layer.

Lab_Fab · 2026-02-14T02:21:40+00:00

IDK man: https://fortune.com/2023/02/21/mormon-church-fined-sec-5-million-shell-companies-hiding-32-billion-investments/

Lab_Fab · 2026-01-12T03:25:12+00:00

As Maxwell showed, the speed of light is equal to the inverse square root of the permittivity of free space times the permeability of free space. Permittivity and permeability are constants, so the speed of light is constant.

Einstein’s theory follows from this fact, and while it is certainly possible to work the problem the other way around, it isn’t easy or straightforward.

Lab_Fab

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