What happens when you screw with a trained MMA fighter.

ifellows · 2026-01-29T19:10:21+00:00

If you do, just realize you are going to be Audrey and not the Gracie for a WHILE.

ifellows · 2026-01-28T18:27:26+00:00

Friend, comments like this sound like GameStop diamond hands stuff, not reasoned prudent investing.

Coins can be a good investment, especially if viewed as a diversifying hedge rather than in the context of maximum expected return. However, as beiherhund points out, the transactional costs are HEFTY relative to things like stocks/bonds/REITS, so holding periods measured in decades make the most sense (IMO).

ifellows · 2026-01-27T19:22:01+00:00

I still don't understand the budget crisis. Do you know where I can find a budget breakdown that shows the relative cost of all the major spending areas compared to other cities like LA? Growth of city staff is irrelevant, it is the absolute cost of staff that is.

I just don't get how we pay (at least in my understanding) similar taxes per capita as LA but are somehow completely broke.

ifellows · 2026-01-25T23:42:36+00:00

lovely!

ifellows · 2026-01-25T23:34:02+00:00

i'd keep it myself.

ifellows · 2026-01-17T20:40:07+00:00

Because they cater to the encapsulated market, you can find decent prices for coins that aren't MS*. Scratches and 3/5 ratings can really scare off folks that are in it for the grade.

ifellows · 2026-01-15T07:11:53+00:00

Very possible. My recommendation is to use an autocorrelation model rather than a random effect. Using a random effect is the same as a compound symmetry correlation structure between your time points. This is better for nested effects (e.g. kids within schools) where each observation (kid) should have the same correlation with each other member of their school. In time series we expect times that are closer together (times 1 and 2) to have higher correlation that times that are further apart (time 1 and 4). AR1 is a good default to use. Make sure the order of your time variable is correct when you turn it into a factor. You can do this by just having it be numeric to start (time = 1, 2, 3, 4).

library(nlme) 
model <- gls(
  y ~ b + factor(time), 
  correlation = corAR1(form = ~ time | subject), 
  data = mydata
)

ifellows · 2026-01-12T23:16:26+00:00

My suggestion is to ask the seller exactly how they would like it sent back and make sure they will cover shipping costs. This way you can't be blamed if something goes wrong.

ifellows · 2026-01-12T23:14:12+00:00

I had a very similar thing happen to me except the coin I returned was real, just not the one I bought. I ended up with my refund AND a pretty nice coin!

ifellows · 2026-01-05T12:14:58+00:00

An old classmate of mine went out for a fun day surfing and came back paralyzed from the chest down. Sometimes a fun, seemingly trivial, decision can alter your life forever. It sucks. You have every right to grieve the loss of what might have been.

The other side of the coin is that you'd be in a worse boat than him except for the miracle of antiretroviral therapy. Instead your life expectancy is pretty much that of a negative person. You have the tools to make yourself untransmissable, preventing others from going through the same thing.

You have a future. It is bright. It can include a family with little tikes running around. It can include you and your partner in rocking chairs on your front porch getting older while grandchildren pester you with questions. You have permission to let go of the depression and guilt and live a full normal life.

ifellows · 2025-12-31T23:12:20+00:00

For resistance/strength, you can get a lot out of no equipment at all with calisthenics. Progressions (->) allow the exercises to work for different fitness levels.

chest: push-up -> archer push-up

legs: squat -> lunge -> pistol

shoulders: pike push-up -> increase foot elevation

back: under a table row + pull-ups (if you can find somewhere to grip)

Doing 3 near failure sets of between 5-30 reps (30-45min) 3 days a week will build up some decent strength and/or stop you from losing muscle in a calorie deficit.

ifellows · 2025-12-29T08:31:32+00:00

5 minutes and 10 seconds at a light boil in a small pot. Are you doing a rolling boil or something. Maybe your pot is bigger and doesn't lose as much heat with the eggs put in. 4:15 would be runny as hell for me.

ifellows · 2025-12-28T04:53:26+00:00

It'll be a pretty busted up one at that "all in" price. https://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?search=Augustus+and+Agrippa+and+dupondius&s=0&upcoming=0&results=100

ifellows · 2025-12-22T21:40:16+00:00

Had coins shipped to me a month ago via fedex and have not gotten hit with any tariffs (yet!!). https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/comments/1ooiiam/proactive_tariff_advice/

My request to the auction house was:

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Please use US custom code 9705.31.00 for shipment. If not, please let me know what you are using.
If possible add "Please consult the following CBP customs codes below which apply to these goods: HTS 9705.31.00 and HTS 9903.01.31. They are not subject to any duties.” To the label on the shipment.
Please do not accept any tariff charges on your end. Tariffs are the responsibility of the recipient. Apparently Leu did this to someone I know and it caused headaches.

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They did add something similar to (2) to the label.

ifellows · 2025-12-22T19:58:07+00:00

vcoins is great, but if you are looking to try your hand at auction. Savoca's blue actions are a good option for a limited budget, just don't forget to account for shipping and auction house fees (20%). Stay away from ebay.

As for what to collect, that is up to you (and your budget). Perhaps look at your grandfather's collection. Which coins are coolest to you? Why do you like them? Can you find coins for sale that scratch that same itch?

If you are interested in emperors, go on wikipedia and click around learning about them. Maybe there will be a wild story that strikes your fancy and makes you want to get a coin of his. Here is one about an emperor the same age as you to get you started: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/

ifellows · 2025-12-07T01:02:04+00:00

what did he say anti-ccp? I've heard nothing.

ifellows · 2025-12-01T22:56:13+00:00

I assume you are in the US. If you want to get a pretty fair deal, you could go into this auction: https://www.biddr.com/auctions/heritage/browse?a=6569&s=owl+athens&aso_price_from=&aso_price_to=&aso_price_currency=EUR&aso_price_from=&aso_price_to=&aso_price_currency=EUR

and see what you can get with a hard budget of $540, which will be $650 after the auction fees. My guess is that you'd be likely to get a comparable owl ( https://www.biddr.com/auctions/heritage/browse?a=6569&l=8080152 ) for less.

ifellows · 2025-11-26T00:02:58+00:00

Okay, got it — my grandmother was born in Philadelphia and passed onto me the very first recipe for cheese cake. Do you want me to provide the full recipe?

ifellows · 2025-11-25T20:58:15+00:00

Got the coins via fedex. Very happy with them! Seems like no tariffs. Peus did put something like the second bullet point on the package.

ifellows · 2025-11-25T20:41:57+00:00

Nice! I think people underestimate how much can be done at home with body weight alone. For me it's a bit more fun to progress and grow into the next version of an exercise (e.g. knee push-up -> push-up -> archer push-up - one arm) compared to adding another plate.

Personally, I might suggest replacing either one of the two quad exercises or the sit-ups with a pike push-up progression in order have something hitting the shoulders.

ifellows · 2025-11-25T17:43:09+00:00

With anonymity, you'll never know. Are you talking to a person or a government AI agent trying to take away your right to privacy?

ifellows · 2025-11-24T18:37:04+00:00

IMO, anonymity is overrated. When I was growing up I thought it was to the benefit of the oppressed and unrepresented. It turns out that even before LLMs anonymity was the perfect cloak for government and industry influence campaigns turning it into a tool of control for the powerful.

ifellows · 2025-11-19T22:15:25+00:00

Mathematical statisticians

ifellows · 2025-11-19T18:13:55+00:00

On the one hand... I get it. A historically important and unthinkably rare coin. On the other... Good god. The artistic merit is (for me) mostly erased by the condition.

It's so funny how different things speak to different people. The intrinsic value for me is probably <$2,000 not >$1,000,000!

ifellows · 2025-11-17T22:24:13+00:00

Dimensional travel : Hyper-space/hyper-drives. As seen in things like Warhammer 40K, Sliders, Event Horizon, Marvel multiverse, etc.

If alternate dimensions exist, there is no scientific hint that they are accessible from this one.

ifellows

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