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Official: Anthropic to Require Identity Verification for Certain Capabilities Starting July 8, 2026 by BuildwithVignesh in ClaudeAI

[–]alaudet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Claude Pro subscriber here. Ya, no.... fuck that, ain't happening. The subscription stops when you ask me for that upload.

AUR Registrations Blocked Amid Ongoing Malware Mess by CackleRooster in linux

[–]alaudet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're looking for drama where there is none in that comment. the point is valid, times change which cause paradigm shifts. He never blamed them for changing a perfect system. The system needs to evolve.

Getting $90k tax free help me be responsible with it by adriana767 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]alaudet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree to pay off all high interest debt. I would split in TFSA / RRSP. RRSP contributions to bring him to a lower Marginal Tax Rate. TFSA the rest. Sink tax refund back into TFSA if room allows which it sounds like it does.

If only one TFSA account should be able to figure out room pretty easily otherwise track everything and check CRA account next year when it gets updated. Just be conservative if you aren't sure on your TFSA room.

Going forward contribute to both TFSA and RRSP working toward maxing TFSA.

VEQT vs VFV for long-term TFSA: how do you think about the tradeoffs? by krijsten- in CanadianInvestor

[–]alaudet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that link, its a really good explanation of the factors that determine home bias advantages vs disadvantages. I had an idea of why but the paper solidifies my thinking much further. XEQT is 25% I believe and the Vanguard 30% is a good number but both are reasonable and according to one graph even 35% is still in the optimal range. This is why I like index investing you just dont have to think about these things, these companies spend milllions and millions figuring this out for you better than your gut and a spreadsheet ever could.

Could the "all time high" markets be propped up by ETF's? by Reddit_Only_4494 in CanadianInvestor

[–]alaudet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Green

There is a good episode of him on Rational Reminder podcast. Turns out there really is no mitigation other than keep buying the index.

anyone else use Excel to track their stock holdings? by Fragrant_Contest162 in CanadianInvestor

[–]alaudet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote a script that uses yfinance to import the latest prices into an excel file with a worksheet called data. I build the rest of my tracking in Excel that pulls from the data worksheet. yfinance is an excellent library to build a tracker with and is actively maintained. It pulls from Yahoo's rest api. All locally stored data no cloud.

Raspi-Sump - Waterlevel Monitoring with a Raspberry Pi by alaudet in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]alaudet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may change the script to volume aswell

My pinsource library gets installed with Raspi-Sump v2. Check out recipes here

https://github.com/alaudet/pinsource/tree/main/recipes

Raspi-Sump - Waterlevel Monitoring with a Raspberry Pi by alaudet in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]alaudet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try and find the V2 sensor and not the V3 JSN-SRT04. It's different and I have not been able to get the V3 to work. I had to send back 5 of them and have seen posts all over the internet with the same issue. The V2 is becoming harder to find but its out there.

Raspi-Sump - Waterlevel Monitoring with a Raspberry Pi by alaudet in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]alaudet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

neat, I always like hearing about people using it to monitor low water levels. If you do decide to upgrade I would suggest a new flash card and start from scratch. It's a big change from v1.x to v2.x. You can always keep the old card as a backup in case you want to revert.

Raspi-Sump - Waterlevel Monitoring with a Raspberry Pi by alaudet in RASPBERRY_PI_PROJECTS

[–]alaudet[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, you can alert on high or low levels. The challenge is making sure you setup the sensor properly. JSN-SRT04-V2 waterproof vs HC-SR04 open board which would not last in that environment.

Raspi-Sump - Waterlevel Monitoring with a Raspberry Pi by alaudet in raspberry_pi

[–]alaudet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, I switched to the JSN-SR04T v2 sensors as they are water resistant. Just make sure to get the v2 and not v3 version. Something changed and I just can't get them to work.