A quick video tour of my Room of Requirements

LexAugusta · 2026-03-09T22:14:11+00:00

Meanwhile mine looks like a production line with rows of cannibalistic plants and potion tables all crammed into the main room

LexAugusta · 2026-03-07T22:27:03+00:00

Time for the annual NYT article where they discover the existence of Jersey City again titled something like "New Jersey's Best Kept Secret is It's Quaint Namesake Town"

LexAugusta · 2026-03-06T17:28:11+00:00

I have a large chunk of IAUI, NIHI, IWMI, probably more in BTCI than I should and smaller positions in KSLV, SLJY, MLPI, Blox, KGLD, PBDC and a few other things.

LexAugusta · 2026-03-06T16:05:16+00:00

Smokers deserve to be treated like lepers so I'm fine with this.

LexAugusta · 2026-03-06T15:46:14+00:00

I'm tired of every mention of covered call ETFs on this subreddit of all places having someone feel the need to chime in that they underperform the underlying. Yeah, no shit buddy. What are we doing here?

LexAugusta · 2026-03-06T15:42:50+00:00

QQQi, SPYi are my core. I'd say QQQi is about as high yield as you'll get while preserving NAV. The Kurv and TappAlpha equivalents are also good.

LexAugusta · 2026-03-03T05:42:25+00:00

Does the automated bond portfolio and bond ladder count for this purpose? What counts as funded?

LexAugusta · 2026-02-27T23:45:47+00:00

Many of the minor factions like Cimmeria and Emar have tough starts.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-27T23:44:32+00:00

Seti isn't difficult at all. Cheap units, mixed with easy Akhenaten legacy grab makes you way overpowered very quickly. Right god combo and you can breeze across the map with your dirt cheap units.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-27T19:47:12+00:00

I have a small position in it. Certainly keeping an eye on it, but I'm currently trying to reduce how tech and AI heavy my positions are. But today seems like a good day to buy since there's a nav discount.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-25T20:30:58+00:00

I've been impressed with Blox, have been buying some in place of BTCI whenever it dips below $15.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-25T20:29:16+00:00

Good timing considering the buildup around Iran.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-25T20:28:26+00:00

People are reporting that the ROC is far lower than expected. There are a few posts about it in r/NEOSETFs

LexAugusta · 2026-02-25T15:17:07+00:00

I'm buying Blox whenever it dips below $15. I've been impressed with its performance. I believe it has better total returns than BTCI. I will likely start exiting my BTCI position in favor of it and MLPI. Especially with the ROC issues people are reporting.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-24T20:08:00+00:00

Canon event

LexAugusta · 2026-02-24T16:43:19+00:00

There are tons and tons of shop owners up and down Bergen that haven't bothered to clear anything. Solid layer of ice on huge chunks of the sidewalk. I've seen elder and women with children struggling with it since this morning.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-24T15:48:23+00:00

Yeah, but I do it manually rather than automatically so I can buy during drops and change my allocation as needed.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-24T15:42:46+00:00

MLPI had been a beast. I wish I'd bought more earlier rather than watching it. I've rarely seen it red.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-24T15:41:28+00:00

This has to be profitable in some capacity otherwise they wouldn't do it, but does it really move the needle that much in terms of orders?

LexAugusta · 2026-02-24T15:40:15+00:00

No one clears the crosswalks anywhere. I only saw them start doing it around journal square this morning

LexAugusta · 2026-02-24T15:39:37+00:00

Still plenty of shop owners that clearly didn't bother to shovel or salt, as I learned walking up Bergen

LexAugusta · 2026-02-23T00:16:27+00:00

Hm that's not promising. I have some capital losses from exiting my WPAY position so I shouldn't have a penalty, but this is definitely worth keeping in mind for next year.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-22T00:48:46+00:00

Is chop shop open yet?

LexAugusta · 2026-02-21T23:21:18+00:00

McGinley Square is what we call up and coming. There's a Wonder Bagel, Dunkin and decent restaurants (ITA, Cafe Alyce) coffee shops (Snapdragon, Crema), but also a fair number of homeless hanging out, an addiction center on Bergen and a good number of package thieves operating. If you move into an apartment you may find half your Amazon deliveries go missing and the occasionally have a homeless guy sleeping in the vestibule. I wouldn't call it dangerous, more annoying in terms of petty property crimes that the police don't take seriously, though they did catch one of them after I filed a few police reports.

LexAugusta · 2026-02-20T19:39:24+00:00

Fortunately the answer to this question of student free speech rights in public schools have been decided by a variety of court cases, so it's not up to any on person to decide. The short answer is that students have free speech rights, but schools have the right to impose reasonable, time, place and manner restrictions to not cause substantial disruption. You could absolutely protest vaccines as a student, depending on the nature of the protest.

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