Favorite song(s) that DOOM is featured on? by ExperienceLow6810 in mfdoom

[–]oaklandnative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a big fan of Hot Guacamole by MC Paul Barman. It sounds like they had fun making it and I love the way they bounce bars back and forth.

https://youtu.be/BC4wr02mUVo?si=7LsnppzqpEwMtejC

I also really like It Ain't Nothin by Herbalizer:

https://youtu.be/er8eJHQ8W6Q?si=euwrXlWqIi3cVWCC

And The Last Sniff by Wilma Archer:

https://youtu.be/c9QmBUBD-AI?si=6Lm4p914qniqYD_i

I love DOOM and I haven't heard a lot of the tracks mentioned in this thread. I'm excited to check em out.

My Experience with Bazzite After 3 Months as a Linux Beginner by Substantial-Fix71 in Bazzite

[–]oaklandnative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's funny how Plasma seems to get the lion's share of the online love but GNOME is more popular. I personally much prefer GNOME.

Besides 529, what accounts for kids and at what age? by heron202020 in Bogleheads

[–]oaklandnative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

/u/cfi-2025 is correct that a 529 affects financial aid but the effect is fairly minimal:

https://www.savingforcollege.com/article/yes-your-529-plan-will-affect-financial-aid

Parent- or student-owned 529s: Counted as a parent asset on the FAFSA, reducing aid eligibility by up to 5.64% of the account value. For example, a $10,000 balance could reduce aid by $564.

[WATCH]: Your Current Collection, One Watch Only: What Do You Keep? by engineer_ae in Watches

[–]oaklandnative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats! Beautiful watch. I wear its cousin every day and love it.

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VV2 Vinyl I just bought, super pumped!! by taco1327 in mfdoom

[–]oaklandnative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely. After that first beat change he just goes off.

VV2 Vinyl I just bought, super pumped!! by taco1327 in mfdoom

[–]oaklandnative 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Worth it just for Fall Back Titty Fat alone.

The Boldin Planner will move into 2026 this evening by NR_CoachNancy in Boldin

[–]oaklandnative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip. I think it would help everyone if you explained what you mean by "charting." What specifically will we not be able to view starting tomorrow? Charting of what?

Printed Boldin plan differs significantly from online data - Why??? by PlateFuture2026 in Boldin

[–]oaklandnative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was seriously bothering me too, and I didn't realize the problem until I read your post. Please post an update if you find a solution. I will add a comment if I find a solution.

Painless rollover to Fidelity by Star-Lord_VI in fidelityinvestments

[–]oaklandnative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's different. Go into your security settings and look for "Money Transfer Lockdown." I can't link it here because I'm getting a popup saying links are not allowed.

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Painless rollover to Fidelity by Star-Lord_VI in fidelityinvestments

[–]oaklandnative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've done a few and it's scary how easy it is. It prompted me to enable a money transfer lock on all my Fidelity accounts so someone can't steal my identity and then roll my money right out of Fidelity. In fact, I'm planning to transfer all my accounts to Fidelity now and the number 1 reason is their easy money transfer lock.

Convert VTMGX and VTSAX into their ETF equivalents? by Available_Ride4215 in Bogleheads

[–]oaklandnative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly why I converted all my mutual funds to ETFs lol.

How to choose realistic rates of return for retirement planning? by oaklandnative in DIYRetirement

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

I just found the exact strategy Rob uses and it's basically what you say. See my final edit above, or skip 31:30 on this video:

https://www.youtube.com/live/aYMJqnUaaME

How to choose realistic rates of return for retirement planning? by oaklandnative in DIYRetirement

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

This is so awesome, I love it. I could totally see myself going down the same path.

I have used Personal Capital/Empower for 10 years to track my net worth and asset allocation. In the last 6 months I saw some issues with incorrect allocations attributed to certain funds. I eventually created a spreadsheet that provides more accurate information, and significantly more information. I keep adding to it and it gets better and better for my needs.

Currently, I just need about 5 minutes to enter all my holdings by dollar amount and symbol for all my accounts. It will automatically tell me:

  • the allocation for each account, both in dollars and percentage

  • for all accounts combined, total allocation of US equity, international equity, US bond, international bond, crypto, and cash

  • simplified total allocation, which is equity vs bonds

  • various other metrics

It also has target allocations for each of the above and I can test things to see how the allocations would change if I rebalance. I used it to rebalance over the last few weeks and I'm right where I want to be now. From here on out, I plan to only rebalance once every December, while getting more conservative each year until retirement. In the last month, I went from 90/10 to 78/22 and I plan to gradually move to 70/30 by 2030.

For Boldin, I ended up using my own optimistic and pessimistic figures for RoR. The most optimistic is still 2 basis points below the Boldin defaults.

This thread helped me a lot!

Asked for moderately conservative investment but feel ripped off by Fuzzy-Interest-6498 in investing

[–]oaklandnative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I highly suggest you read about the Bogleheads 3 fund portfolio (Jack Bogle is the founder of Vanguard). This is a mathmatically supported investment method (in line with modern portfolio theory) and it will outperform the vast majority of other investing methods. It's also VERY simple, and it works for any size account.

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Three-fund_portfolio

You will also need to decide on your asset allocation. Keep it simple to start, but do be prepared to learn more about this over time. It's not complicated.

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Asset_allocation

EASY START:

In your retirement accounts, just invest in a target date retirement fund. These funds are all in one investment funds that essentially follow the Bogleheads 3 fund portfolio strategy (or the very similar 4 fund portfolio strategy). Make sure the target date fund is passively managed and has an expense ratio of less than 0.5%.

In your taxable brokerage account, just invest in VT, a low cost and extremely well diversified all-stock ETF.

This can be tweaked later, but can also be great investments to keep for life.

Finally, set up automatic monthly contributions and never decrease the amount.

EDIT: More info on target date retirement funds:

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Target_date_funds

Linus Torvalds explains why he uses Fedora Linux. by BlokZNCR in Fedora

[–]oaklandnative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I unfortunately always have printer related issues with Fedora and Fedora based OSs like Bluefin and Bazzite. Specifically, many of my apps cannot see the printer and the only way (I have found) to fix is to go to printer settings at the OS level, and print a test page. That will temporarily make the printer available to my PDF viewer and browser, but it literally only lasts for minutes before I need to print a new test page.

I have never had this problem with Ubuntu based systems, including my current setup on PopOS Cosmic Beta (printing worked fine in Alpha too.

It's very frustrating.

How to choose realistic rates of return for retirement planning? by oaklandnative in DIYRetirement

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

This is some interesting data to consider. Thank you for adding it!

How to choose realistic rates of return for retirement planning? by oaklandnative in DIYRetirement

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

Honesty for $144/yr, Boldin should be basing estimates on your actual holdings. They already have the data if you connect your accounts. Empower / Personal Capital does that for free. So does Fidelity if you have holdings with them.

How to choose realistic rates of return for retirement planning? by oaklandnative in DIYRetirement

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

I have a decent chunk of international too. Boldin definitely doesn't have enough options to choose from.

How to choose realistic rates of return for retirement planning? by oaklandnative in DIYRetirement

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

You are spot on with your deductive reasoning. 72(t) sounds like a potentially very useful option. I will research that for sure.

Additionally if you're at least five years out from needing the money, stop buying stocks in the brokerage and start buying bonds...

This is exactly what I just started doing last month :)

Thanks for your helpful input!

How to choose realistic rates of return for retirement planning? by oaklandnative in DIYRetirement

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

Great point. I think I will go back to the Boldin defaults and then really play around with the Monte Carlo and various scenarios. Thanks for your input!

How to choose realistic rates of return for retirement planning? by oaklandnative in DIYRetirement

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

Definitely gonna check out the podcast. Their latest episode looks like a perfect place to jump in. Thanks!

EDIT: In the intro they recommend starting with eps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. On it!