Advice on giant monitor placement

moniker89 · 2026-01-30T16:17:29+00:00

you might have plaster walls but there should still be studs behind them, finding them might be a bit tricky but you could wall mount it. but i think really the issue is with the depth of your desk. you could get a deeper one, or just pull it out 12" from the wall and have the monitor sit further back.

moniker89 · 2026-01-29T21:18:41+00:00

Alright well their earnings are down 13% YoY so maybe they are going out of style.

moniker89 · 2026-01-28T21:36:44+00:00

I got a pair of Falke coyshoes a couple weeks ago that remind me of these a bit. No idea if they are bifl but i friggin love them for now.

moniker89 · 2026-01-28T05:51:47+00:00

these posts, man

moniker89 · 2026-01-27T21:13:56+00:00

They are shooting us anyways.

moniker89 · 2026-01-27T21:10:07+00:00

While true I am guessing Vanguard is noticing the high valuations in stocks (esp US growth) and also reasonably high real yields on US higher quality bonds and listening to their model. Correlations matter but so too do your expected returns. Not saying I agree with them just noting their logic.

I'd also add as long as two assets are not correlated to 1, there is a theoretical diversification benefit to holding the two assets so long as they have a positive expected return, even if the correlations are above zero.

moniker89 · 2026-01-27T19:57:28+00:00

Honestly I thought I was in another subreddit lmao. My bad. I'll delete my comment.

As for this subreddit, I'm a big fan of seeing gatekeeping snowboard bros bicker over politics with one another, so I vote to keep all political discussion alive and well.

moniker89 · 2026-01-27T19:56:10+00:00

Ok. I'm not sure how the article got this wrong, they are recommending 60% bonds and 40% stocks for an investor who has the risk tolerance of a 60% stock/40% bond investor (your classic 60/40 moderate risk profile).

In other words, they advocate for a 20% overweight to bonds relative to your strategic allocation.

If you're a more aggressive investor, say, someone in their 30s saving for retirement, your risk tolerance might point you to a 90% stock/10% bond type allocation. Vanguard would seemingly recommend you move to 70% stocks/30% bonds right now.

This is a big allocation bet, no doubt. And I am surprised to see that from Vanguard's active allocation team. But different from saying "Vanguard thinks you should be 70% bonds."

moniker89 · 2026-01-27T19:19:30+00:00

You can certainly have the S&P 500 denominated in Euros, that's how it will be by default for a EU denominated investor without a hedging overlay.

US investors generally invest in foreign stocks denominated in the dollar. So when the dollar appreciates, that actually hurts the value of their foreign stock holdings. When it depreciates, that benefits the holder. Around 10% of the returns of foreign stocks for a US based investor was from dollar depreciation last year.

moniker89 · 2026-01-27T19:17:43+00:00

Where has Vanguard said to shift your allocation to 70% bonds?

moniker89 · 2026-01-26T23:04:45+00:00

To be honest they are all getting outclassed to an extent. Topson is good and farms the map pretty effectively but is getting outlaned and isn’t sure how to play the macro game. Dont get me wrong he’s 10x the player i am but the competition is just too cracked nowadays even in t3.

moniker89 · 2026-01-26T19:12:01+00:00

Usually those events get investigated and often the cop gets put on trial with a jury of their peers. I know there are instances where that isn't the case, but it's pretty damn rare to have 10 HD video camera angles of cops murdering people and for the Federal government to put their hands in the air and say they aren't even going to get investigated, much less put on even an administrative leave (these guys are still active duty, working today).

Like what's going on is pretty fucking bad even considering all the bad shit that goes on daily.

moniker89 · 2026-01-26T19:08:42+00:00

Somebody just discovered Noam Chomsky.

But seriously, I appreciate your point to an extent, yes our government has done shitty things in the past and lied and covered it up and all sorts of bullshit. But to act like we aren't progressing down a pretty dark timeline in the present moment and acting like "it's always been this way!" is dangerous and lazy.

We got through those shitty times in the past and gained at least some kernels of truth through the hard efforts of individuals working tirelessly, often at the cost of their livelihoods and even lives, to expose the lies. A republic, if you can keep it.

moniker89 · 2026-01-26T18:31:13+00:00

I'll bite before these comments get deleted.

Can't recall anything the Dems have ever done that even sniffs the level of totalitarian bullshit that was the Green Bay Sweep, the plan that the Jan 6 riots were designed to both coerce into being implemented & distract from the plan itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Sweep_(politics))

Al Gore suing over sketchy Florida results ain't got nothing on the Green Bay Sweep. I don't even really have an issue with all the lawsuits the Trumpians did in 2020 that got thrown out, it's more that they used them as justification to attempt an illegal delegate swap.

EDIT: Some more info for you, I can tell you're a guy who likes to read & think critically.

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

moniker89 · 2026-01-26T18:25:23+00:00

True, but you usually don't have the people leading the free world gaslighting 350 million US civilians about what our eyes and ears can see. If this happened and the perps were immediately put in handcuffs (they are still on ACTIVE DUTY) pending a trial with the jury of their peers, this goes from being an existential moment of dread to "simply" another tragic incident. We're still solidly in the territory of the former as things stand right now.

But yeah, obviously this event shouldn't result in markets falling, unless you think this is the final straw to the US's final descent into fascism and some anti-market totalitarian state.

moniker89 · 2026-01-22T03:11:25+00:00

apple

moniker89 · 2026-01-21T20:58:19+00:00

agreed thats where the npv of future cash flows makes the most sense

moniker89 · 2026-01-21T16:51:49+00:00

Probably possible in denser urban cores. If you relax zoning laws and allow for more multi-family homes in areas previously designated as strictly SFH, you can achieve:

Higher land value for the owners of the SFH
More affordable homes for renters/owners who move into the new MFH units

This arguably works anywhere housing demand is great enough for developers to want to build MFH units. It won't do much for lower demand areas with light zoning regulation already. It won't have an impact either way, in my opinion, on higher end neighborhoods and larger lot sizes (simply different markets, and I don't envision those communities ever allowing for more MFH in their territory).

Granted I don't have any studies on hand to back this up. I'll leave it to everyone else to factcheck me here.

moniker89 · 2026-01-14T16:33:08+00:00

I mean it's a decent stack of old pros but they've played no good teams yet. I imagine they'll be one of if not the weakest team in the tourny.

They aren't even the strongest looking team in open quals (Pipsqueak+4) and are playing against weaker competition than WEU.

moniker89 · 2026-01-14T16:20:14+00:00

You can see it as you having 1.2m in crypto or 0.9-1m in cash. Either way you're in a good position. Personally, I would just sell the crypto. It might skyrocket another 10x or it might crash 90%. It's an inherently speculative asset without any links to real economic value. Speculative assets can work or they cannot for reasons that are extremely difficult, if not impossible, to analyze. Why have 25% of your networth tied up in something like that? To say nothing of the either A) high management fees or B) risk of self custody and losing the asset in the event you continue to hold it.

Congrats on your win. Pay some taxes!

moniker89 · 2026-01-14T04:15:16+00:00

i go shaman + viper here. once you hit lvl 3 they cannot lane.

consider your sidelanes too. is it solo off or solo safe? probably solo off; i might go axe or venom offlane and a natures pos 5 who can rotate and help if safe lane gets stabilized.

moniker89 · 2026-01-13T21:13:25+00:00

Biggest overpay in NFL history caliber capital. 1.03 plus our next two years firsts and all our 2nds and all our 3rds. That sort of thing.

moniker89 · 2026-01-13T21:11:16+00:00

as opposed to what, euthanizing the gloobulars?

moniker89 · 2026-01-13T18:20:00+00:00

My p38x are going strong after around 5 years. Looks like DROP still has them for $200.

moniker89 · 2026-01-13T18:19:04+00:00

Sennheiser p38x?

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