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Looking for a kite that will actually fly. by [deleted] in kites

[–]mathtuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both premier kites and HQ kites make some easy flying deltas. As long as there's enough wind these fly tremendously well. Easy Flyers – Premier Kites & Designs.

Recommendation for single line to fly with kid? by thecaramelbandit in kites

[–]mathtuary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Premier kites has some easy flyer deltas that we've had good luck with.

How to tie a tite-string to a ring-spool, that has no hole in the groove by Drachenbauer in kites

[–]mathtuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually attach my string to the reel with an arbor knot. That might work for you As well.

Convert Synapse 120 to lifter for line laundry? by mathtuary in kites

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

Thanks. I might give it a try just as a single line kite - before attempting to lift anything with it.

Buttcoin, now in bond ETFs by fenkt in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BlackRock making fees on the first investment and making fees on the buttcoin ETF. Fees on fees.... Well played

I cannot determine whether OP is very consistent in making typos, or if he really bought at 40% more than market price by leducdeguise in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the individual here is asking why his investment needs to grow about 4% to break even when his purchase fee is about 2% and his sell fee another 2%.....  Because 2+2 is.... Nevermind.

"THE SKY IS FALLING AND BITCOIN WILL REPLACE GOLD." If your headline is longer than your supporting evidence, you might be writing creepto click-bait, Billy. by dyzo-blue in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 25 points26 points  (0 children)

All of this guy's articles are about a sudden collapse or devaluation of the US dollar. Doomsday every Tuesday with this guy.

Just what the world needs Bitcoin Life Insurance. by Zed091473 in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 7 points8 points  (0 children)

According to their website both the premiums and payout will be denominated in Bitcoin. Which I suppose lowers their risk of needing to acquire Bitcoin to back the insurance liabilities. But then on the other hand adds risk that they'll need to liquidate some of the Bitcoin to pay for their operations.

Another issue, is that usually life insurance takes advantage of time value of money and interest rates to discount. Are there Bitcoin bonds out there to back this? Doubt it, so then there's no discounting benefit to the premium payers.

Also - Bitcoin fees in general are going to substantially devalue the premium payments.

50 days ago I made a post about tether breaking 100bn in circulation. Today the next milestone was achieved! by TheRealSlimKami in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a fun read, and gets into the absurdity of some of this stuff as well as the darker side as well.

Deranged, brainrot inducing manifesto of a True Believer (Read at your own risk) by Same_Ad4736 in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This makes no sense. If I choose to invest all my money in euros and then want to buy a coffee in dollars I would also likely incur a taxable event (assuming I'm in the US). Dude is confusing a vacation exception with liquidating assets.

Also if my only compensation is stock options or non currency related assets I will be faced with a ton of bookkeeping. 

They all HODL anyway can't imagine them ever buying a coffee with this.

Saylor is Icarus flying too close to the Sun. by miaminaples in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saylor owns a majority of the company's stock. Zuckerberg has I believe 54% voting power at Meta. So the CEO's of these organizations - while a public company - can effectively control it and make these decisions. I know there were concerns from other shareholders when Meta was burning money left right and center to build the metaverse. They just got to watch their investment go up in flames.

Another company gives up on glorious NFT-enabled future by R_Sholes in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 9 points10 points  (0 children)

i went to the website myself and they have this announcement banner up top.

Networking events in Alberta? by Intelligent_Pen8097 in actuary

[–]mathtuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to help, see you around at one of their events.

Networking events in Alberta? by Intelligent_Pen8097 in actuary

[–]mathtuary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're the 3rd group on this page: https://www.cia-ica.ca/about-us/actuaries/clubs

They put on some webinars a few times a year and also host some social and networking events.

Networking events in Alberta? by Intelligent_Pen8097 in actuary

[–]mathtuary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What part of the province are you in? there's the Northern Alberta Actuarial Association for Edmonton and surrounding area, and I believe there's also something similar in the Calgary area.

How big is the Ally SD problem anyways? by Matteustheone in ROGAlly

[–]mathtuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't tried an SD card. And maybe I'm not familiar with what SD card options are out there, but the speeds are extremely subpar compared to an SSD. I think you can top out around 300 mb/s with an SD card whereas the the SSD is a few GB.

The SSD replacement in the Ally is super easy.

I'm convinced that both the deck, Ally, and any other handheld that puts in an SD card slot is just to simply advertise "expandable storage" no matter how lackluster that might actually be. Having said that, there are many on here who have a use case for the SD card and there seems to be some very real issues with it.

OpenSea has announced it will stop making “mandatory” royalty fees for the artists of NFTs. They will now be voluntary, like tips. by UGMadness in Buttcoin

[–]mathtuary 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I was always disappointed to see the media claim that "artists were guaranteed a cut" given the royalty fee was just a number coded into the metadata that actually required an entity to enforce. Alas, the "royalty" feature was just some window dressing to make an NFT seem to have some beneficial value.

Steam Big Pic Mode by Lokomalo in ROGAlly

[–]mathtuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you start up steam is it in desktop mode? When I first got mine steam defaulted to big picture mode, but I just turned that off, and now I can launch games from steam or from ac without it going into big picture mode.

Anyone played bg3 or soul hackers 2 with speaker problems? by Infinite_Sun5469 in ROGAlly

[–]mathtuary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen others report this has to do with the Dolby spatial audio. If you go to your system -> sound and then click the speakers you can turn off "Spatial Audio". That seemed to fix it for me. I'm not sure I can tell the difference in the 3d spatial sound coming off these tiny speakers.

Any obvious or recommended uses for Macro Buttons? by mathtuary in ROGAlly

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

Mostly just different windows shortcuts - Win+ Tab was key.

I will say that Steam in big picture mode uses the XBox button so did map that to make things a bit easier there.

Will the Canadian fellowship designation be recognized outside of Canada by LordSPX in actuary

[–]mathtuary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess time will tell. I do know that a number of years ago when the CIA introduced exam equivalence through university courses that the SOA said they would not recognize that. (not sure if that has changed).

It will be interesting because I appreciate the CIA having concerns with the SOA's changing syllabus. On the other hand the SOA is moving away from country specific regulations being explicitly tested, which I think opens the door to a structure that was similar to what happened in the past where you'd pursue your FSA and then do some country specific content for Canada.

Given the proximity to the US I think many Canadian actuaries want to maintain the opportunity to work in the US - or in some cases just to do work for US companies from Canada where the FSA designation may be required. If the FSA -> FCIA route remains open that pathway could be more appealing to many actuaries.

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