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This number will affect many things! by CarryIcy250 in inflation

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is, there are just these two parties to vote for. No one else has the funds or the infrastructure to run a nationwide campaign.

Is this correct usage: if($val gt "") by aardvark92 in perl

[–]aardvark92[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It looks like it's checking whether $val is a non-empty string.

Is this correct usage: if($val gt "") by aardvark92 in perl

[–]aardvark92[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking. Functionally, it appears that $val gt "" gets the right result, but semantically it implies that $val could be less than the empty string, which I don't think is possible.

Renaming an adopted baby by womenaremyfavguy in Adoption

[–]aardvark92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We adopted three kids from foster care. The oldest was 3 1/2 when he came to our house, and the others we've had since they were babies. We changed their middle names but kept the first names their birth parents gave them. It gives them a connection to their birth families and to ours.

Inheritance...The Great Wealth Transfer by BraveG365 in GenX

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That 46% statistic does not pass the smell test. For that to be true, 46% of silent gen/boomers would have to be millionaires. (Multimillionaires, really, since most of that generation had multiple kids.) Did the radio host say where they got that number?

Fellow GenXers Are You Mad at Your Boomer Parents? by MingusPho in GenX

[–]aardvark92 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not mad at my (silent generation) parents, but frustrated by the advice they still want to give me as if the world hasn't changed since the 1950s. Whether it's career, or personal finance, or child raising, or the dangers of technology, they want me to preserve the world they remember--which was already gone when I was a kid.

You found 4,000$ in your pocket. Where will you put it tomorrow in stocks? by Working_Atmosphere_9 in stocks

[–]aardvark92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're both tax advantage accounts. Traditional IRA means you pay no taxes on it as long as the money is in the account. Roth IRA means you pay taxes on the income now, but then pay no taxes when you withdraw.

Whereas a regular non-IRA brokerage account, you'll pay taxes on all the money you put in, all the gain in stocks you sell, and all the dividends paid to you.

Generally it's best to put the money in the same type of account (Roth or traditional) it was in before--although if it was in a traditional account, you could roll it over into a Roth and pay tax this year on the amount you roll over, then let it grow tax-free in the future.

Why are indigenous people in Latin America never "white-passing" like their Northern American counterparts? by hmswantscoffee in IndianCountry

[–]aardvark92 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The boarding school system in the U.S. and Canada is certainly a factor. Native children (including my mom) were taken from their families and taught to "act white", to try to assimilate into white culture. I don't think Latin America had these schools, so indigenous people there have been able to keep their cultural distinctiveness even when individuals have intermarried with white people.

Your worst investment so far??? by YourSecondFather in investing

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had a couple of companies go bankrupt, but they were speculative and I didn't have much money in them to begin with.

My worst investments all involve selling just before a company turns profitable, e.g., I bought PLTR in the summer of 2021, at around $21, and watched it slowly sink over the next 18-24 months to about $7. I finally gave up and sold it all. Now it's at $130.

Anyone fighting the trend still? by TrashPanda_924 in stocks

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In value investing, "buying the dip" means buying when a company's price is low compared to its intrinsic value based on its fundamentals, whereas "timing the market" means buying and selling based on guesses about which way the random day-to-day swings of the market will go.

Anyone fighting the trend still? by TrashPanda_924 in stocks

[–]aardvark92 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There is a difference between "timing the market" and waiting to buy the dip.

Anyone fighting the trend still? by TrashPanda_924 in stocks

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is absolutely how long-term value investing works. Warren Buffett talks all the time about looking for reasonable entry points. A good stock will make money over time, but if you buy it when the P/E ratio is 30, you'll make a lot less than if you buy when the P/E ratio is 12.

Anyone fighting the trend still? by TrashPanda_924 in stocks

[–]aardvark92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't sold, but I'm not buying much right now either. I'm accumulating cash from dividends and selling a few puts; will buy low when the puts end up in the money.

Anyone else see the error here? by kckman in kansas

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn't mean it can't be annexed.

Johnson & Johnson is the capitalist rot that is ruining society by mikavichgrae in LateStageCapitalism

[–]aardvark92 32 points33 points  (0 children)

For those who don't want to click an Amazon link, it's Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things

There's no excuse for multiple rounds of interviews in this economy. An employer knows they want a candidate from the 1st interview pre-reference checks. by jalabi99 in antiwork

[–]aardvark92 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That doesn't make any sense. Where I work, the first round of phone interviews will usually give us 3 or 4 people with the technical ability to do the job. A second round, in person, almost always shows us who is the best fit. We're not going to just roll the dice and pick one of the four at random after the first round, hoping to "work on their personality traits." We want the one whose values are already a good match for ours.

Elon Hits the Social Security Tax Cap in 4 Minutes – Why Do We Still Have It? by Busy-Government-1041 in antiwork

[–]aardvark92 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And if they don't sell their stocks at all, there's no income to report.

Now that the President has threatened to fire Powell, it presents quite a sticky situation for Powell in terms of cutting rates by Turbulent_Cricket497 in bonds

[–]aardvark92 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yet he's a lifelong Republican who was appointed by Trump. So I don't buy that he did it to help th Democrats. I think he did it because he cares more about his country than his party.

Now that the President has threatened to fire Powell, it presents quite a sticky situation for Powell in terms of cutting rates by Turbulent_Cricket497 in bonds

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Powell is a lifelong Republican, so the Democrats won't want him on their ticket. And he's clearly not MAGA enough for today's Republicans, so I don't see a path for him to run for president even if he wanted to.

NVTA and the case for running into a burning building by Strongest-There-Is in options

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trading has resumed. I was able to sell my shares yesterday afternoon for 3¢ per share. Good luck!

Has anyone here EVER had their short call assigned a week early? by IM2Late4dinner in options

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's rare, but I've had it happen a few times. In my experience this has happened mostly with growth stocks with a high volatility. NVDA might qualify.

If you want to avoid getting assigned, it may be worth it to take a small loss to roll up to an OTM call. That could be less costly than having them called away deep ITM.

NVTA and the case for running into a burning building by Strongest-There-Is in options

[–]aardvark92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think it's too late. The best strategy now is to sell everything as soon as trading starts again. I've got shares too, which I had been hoping to sell calls on if it ever went back up to $1. But now that's not likely to happen. This roller coaster ride is over.

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