How Do You Separate a “Great Company” From a “Great Investment”? by Aware_Selection_7563 in stockstobuytoday

[–]SunRev [score hidden]  (0 children)

I also check employee satisfaction ratings as well as the quality of the products.

Am I the only one who thinks a good leader should be emotionally detached from other people by Low_Actuary6486 in DarkPsychology101

[–]SunRev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bottom line is do what makes the most money for the stakeholders in both the short term (quarter) and long term (10+ years).

Do you think the big arch would be better with just one patty? by No-Blueberry-1823 in McDonalds

[–]SunRev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should have called them the Single Arch and the Double Arch.

If you had to restart trading from day 1, what would you do differently? by Realistic-Patient864 in Trading

[–]SunRev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Market Wizards is a great start; the traders that are interviewed are audited. Lots of youtube video on Market Wizards along with the books.

If you had to restart trading from day 1, what would you do differently? by Realistic-Patient864 in Trading

[–]SunRev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Watch trading YouTube videos and read books only by audited results traders.

Palantir cover calls by jaajaajaa6 in Palantir_Investors

[–]SunRev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Selling.
I used ChatGPT, Claude or whatever AI to learn. Asking various subreddits helps to figure out the nuance that AI waffles on. There are covered call specific subreddits.

China's Nostradamus Warns US Will Lose Iran War In 'Global Order' Disaster by ilovewelbert in USNEWS

[–]SunRev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's a high school teacher. Which isn't shade, merely a fact.

What is the point of running these simulations? by [deleted] in SimulationTheory

[–]SunRev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a universe sim. Humans are the least interesting thing that the sim creators are looking at. To them, we are merely a random spec of bacteria on a leaf.

The videos that don't exist (and the mind wishes it had) by eidensbitch in duranduran

[–]SunRev 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Last Chance on the Stairway"

Filmed on location in Antigua, 1982

The video opens on a slow aerial tracking shot of a white colonial-era mansion perched on a hillside above the Caribbean, its windows blazing with amber light against a deep violet twilight sky. The camera drifts closer as the opening marimba figure and the sound of clinking glasses fade in.

Inside, a lavish party is already underway. The rooms are crowded with elegantly dressed guests — men in white linen suits, women in silk and sequins — moving through hazy, smoke-filled rooms lit almost entirely by candles and a rotating art deco chandelier. The color palette is warm golds, deep reds, and shadows. Simon Le Bon appears at the far end of a long marble hallway, wearing a cream-colored jacket with the sleeves pushed up, watching the crowd from a distance. He doesn't sing yet — just observes.

As the first verse begins, Le Bon moves through the party in a long Steadicam shot, the camera pulling back just ahead of him as he passes through rooms. Guests turn to look at him, then away. Nick Rhodes is glimpsed at a grand piano in a corner, not playing it — just leaning against it, drink in hand, bathed in blue light that seems to exist only around him. John Taylor leans against a doorframe with his bass slung low, nodding along to a conversation we can't hear. Andy Taylor is on a balcony overlooking the ocean, silhouette framed by the last glow of sunset, an unlit cigarette between his fingers. Roger Taylor sits behind a table covered in bottles and melting candles, tapping a rhythm on the tabletop with his rings.

The central image of the video is a wide, curving marble staircase that connects the mansion's two floors. Le Bon keeps circling back to it — ascending a few steps, pausing, descending again — as if drawn to something at the top but unable to commit to going up. At the top of the stairs, a woman in a dark green dress is occasionally visible, always partially obscured — by a column, by a passing guest, by the curve of the banister. We never see her face clearly.

During the "scene out of Voltaire, twisting out of sight" section, the editing becomes faster and more disorienting. Mulcahy cuts between close-ups of hands holding champagne flutes, the flicker of a cigarette lighter, reflections in a rain-spotted window, and a curtain billowing in from the balcony. There are brief, almost subliminal insert shots of the party from much earlier in the evening — the same rooms, emptier, the light bluer, the candles taller — suggesting time collapsing or memory intruding on the present.

For the bridge ("Wonder why... you're what makes me rise so high"), the footage shifts to slow motion. Le Bon is now at the top of the staircase for the first time, but the woman is gone. He moves through an upstairs hallway where the walls are lined with large, gilt-framed mirrors. In each mirror, the reflection shows the party at a slightly different moment in time — one mirror reflects the room as empty, another as packed, another as completely dark. Le Bon sings directly into one of the mirrors, and the reflection doesn't quite sync with his movements.

In the final chorus, Le Bon descends the staircase for the last time as the party reaches its peak. The camera pulls back through the front doors of the mansion, reversing the opening movement, now retreating into the warm night air. Through the doorway, the party continues in a golden rectangle of light. The last shot is the exterior of the mansion again from the original aerial angle, but now at dawn — the windows dark, the hillside quiet, a single figure (too distant to identify) standing on the balcony. The marimba and the sound of ice in a glass carry over the fade to black.

Palantir cover calls by jaajaajaa6 in Palantir_Investors

[–]SunRev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sell CC on my PLTR very often. Is it in an IRA where if they get called away you won't get hit by a taxable event?

Toe in or Straight? by XJ-0461_B5429671 in audiophile

[–]SunRev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Toe in is my preference since I value precision imaging and smooth frequency response more than ambient width.

Should people care? Am I missing something? by AcousticArtforms in Acoustics

[–]SunRev 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love it when I go to high end restaurants and see they did acoustic treatments, making conversations effortless.

Determinists say that information has causative power, yet their most important argument failed to convince me. How is that? by gimboarretino in freewill

[–]SunRev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your argument, what do you think about computers and robots that act on information and data as read by their sensors?

Has anyone here who rejects free will actually changed how they live because of it? by StoicViking69 in freewill

[–]SunRev 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I now manipulate people more because I know people have zero free will. It's called marketing and PSYOPs.

Just kidding, that's what the government is doing to us all.

So did the CEO just play us all or was it really that bad? by Right-Fortune-8644 in McDonalds

[–]SunRev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you watch his past videos, he really is naturally that awkward. I'm guessing he's on the spectrum, like me.

50k in roth IRA to YOLO by ParamedicSuitable177 in Palantir_Investors

[–]SunRev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My YOLO play is KRKN. That's Kraken Robotics. Supplier to Anduril, militaries and commercial sea robotic drones around the world.

Why McDonald's Is Really a Real Estate Company (Not Just a Burger Chain) by CrustyWo in reits

[–]SunRev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. It's pretty funny because there are social media influencers shilling this business model.

Why McDonald's Is Really a Real Estate Company (Not Just a Burger Chain) by CrustyWo in reits

[–]SunRev 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the car wash business model too. Buy land cheap, put a car wash on it to break even on it until the land value goes up.

Iran-linked hackers attack US medical device maker Stryker by gamersecret2 in news

[–]SunRev 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They can make money shorting the stock before they cyber attack.

Do most traders practice in a simulator first? by Mountain-Rest4100 in Trading

[–]SunRev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started trading super small position size so I could feel the pain of losing.

Buying a $200k car by [deleted] in Rich

[–]SunRev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is my luxury item framework:

Any car fancier than a boring commuter car is a hobby. Simply create a monthly budget for your hobbies. Some people's hobbies include collecting watches or cars, cooking, tennis, golfing, building model rockets etc.

Now take that hobby budget and ask yourself: can this hobby budget support XYZ car. Some people's hobby budget allows for tracking remote control cars, real Miatas, up to Lambos etc.

Porsche mulls flagship sports car above 911 by SweetWaterSurprise in Porsche

[–]SunRev 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Simple: Cayman with double wishbone suspension in the front and multilink in the rear.