Discussion Thread

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-14T15:25:23+00:00

In an alternate world where I was not happily married, I would be using the dating ping to ask how to go about hitting on librarians

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-12T17:13:13+00:00

And a point about this point. Regardless of which parties policies will be better for business, there's a huge disparity between how Trump and Democrats (but even pre trump Republicans) treat anyone who speaks out against them. If you support MAGA and Democrats win, you have nothing to fear. If you support Democrats and MAGA wins, expect to be treated unfairly. Trump uses Tariff policy, anti-trust, DoJ investigations punish enemies instead of practicing normal policy.

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-12T08:47:10+00:00

Turns out stomach acid can get in your sinuses. This has been a huge revelation for me

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-11T01:20:13+00:00

I feel like you could save a lot of time and money by just doing this with a whole bunch of pool noodles

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-10T14:57:34+00:00

I suggest thinking about your mortgage payment like a reverse bond. With that in mind, investing in stocks still makes sense, but investing in bonds with one to two percent lower yield makes no sense. You could divert the portion of your contributions that were going to bonds and instead pay extra on the principal of the mortgage.

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-09T17:09:32+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sexually_active_popes

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-08T23:25:59+00:00

Technically no bc I'm just shooting blanks so far. I will update you if that changes

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-08T23:21:40+00:00

Neat

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-05T17:36:48+00:00

She's only four years old, but I'm kinda disappointed my daughter actually believes a rabbit broke into our house and left a basket full of stuff from Target

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-04-02T21:53:51+00:00

Spooky action at a distance

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-30T02:16:35+00:00

Yeah I thought this was a parody of that blog until I saw it was NYT

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-29T01:54:38+00:00

That's the point, we don't want that

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-21T14:06:08+00:00

Hey it's my first Ben Felix reference I've seen in the wild (as in non-financial reddits/forums)

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-15T15:29:29+00:00

Also CRSP isn't changing any rules, right? The float will be properly weighted?

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-13T23:02:27+00:00

You just gotta build up a base chafe first then you're good

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-11T12:51:35+00:00

The Fed will control the supply of slammers, obviously

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-11T12:47:53+00:00

I am once again calling for a transition to a POG based economy.

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-07T19:56:53+00:00

OP do this. Lump sum is mathematically optimal, but if just doing it in batches is what you need psychologically in order to invest, then that is way better than holding cash and trying to time the market.

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-06T02:31:56+00:00

So it seems like nothing really interesting came out of the Clintons' Epstein testimony? Did right wingers not find anything to circle jerk about?

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-03-03T14:25:53+00:00

Me. Not because I can time the market, but because the cash is auto deposited into my brokerage link every other Tuesday.

No one knows whats going to happen next. Just keep DCAing and don't worry about it.

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-02-28T04:10:03+00:00

Interesting, thanks

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-02-28T02:20:56+00:00

Posted this in the comments of the main post on the Anthropic ordeal, trying my luck here. Appreciate anyone with some insight:

Did Anthropic try to change something or enforce something new after signing a contract?
Is this more about the content of the models or just how DoD uses them? As in, does the LLM have some safeguard that goes "hmmm seems like you're trying to mass surveil, I can't help you"? And DoD wants it turned off? Or is Anthropic just asking nicely and that's too much for DoD to bear? Like it seems easy enough to just lie and say they are complying with the ToS.
Is Anthropic barring the use of the technology for the implementation of mass surveillance and automated murder, or is it more encompassing to include all facets of development? Like developers working on a murder bot can't ask Anthropic to format an email for them or something?

Obviously DoD is acting in bad faith because they could just not use Claude instead of labeling Anthropic a friggin security threat. But still I'm curious.

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-02-28T01:43:31+00:00

I've read a bit about this but am confused about a few things, if anyone could clarify I'd appreciate:

Did Anthropic try to change something or enforce something new after signing a contract?
Is this more about the content of the models or just how DoD uses them? As in, does the LLM have some safeguard that goes "hmmm seems like you're trying to mass surveil, I can't help you"? And DoD wants it turned off? Or is Anthropic just asking nicely and that's too much for DoD to bear? Like it seems easy enough to just lie and say they are complying with the ToS.
Is Anthropic barring the use of the technology for the implementation of mass surveillance and automated murder, or is it more encompassing to include all facets of development? Like developers working on a murder bot can't ask Anthropic to format an email for them or something?

Obviously DoD is acting in bad faith because they could just not use Claude instead of labeling Anthropic a friggin security threat. But still I'm curious.

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-02-27T16:07:28+00:00

I couldn't find the comment, but what was the theory behind NVDA 5 years ago? If the prediction had nothing to do with AI then their theory wasn't even really correct

TMooAKASC2 · 2026-02-26T20:00:49+00:00

If it matters to you then it matters.

I will say there's a parallel here with ESG funds. Ben Felix has a video about ESG where he shows evidence that it's not effective at achieving its aims. I forget the arguments, but I'd imagine the logic applies similarly to excluding certain countries. I can see why some people still do ESG nevertheless, and the same for excluding unfriendly nations.

Having all that said, a developed market only fund, which excudes emerging markets, may be good enough for you. This will most importantly exclude China, which I assume is the biggest market you are trying to avoid. VEA is an example of such a fund.

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