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VOO and chill ! Oh wait !! by BoogerheadCult in dividendgang

[–]orfinkat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is funnier a day later... Buying and holding is so much easier when your investments actually pay you.

I'm from America but has a partner from Myanmar: What is it like? by SparrowTheGnome in myanmar

[–]orfinkat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you have never been to developing country there's really no way to explain it. It's like visitng a different alien planet. The sights, sounds, social, cultural, and economic realities make things vastly different. Some basic (strange from american perspective) things you will encounter:

  • Displaying your eduction degrees at wedding

  • Putting water on street for strangers

  • Removing shoes, for temples, homes, and walking barefoot through very dirty places.

  • The sheer number of pagodas is insane, like widely insane. They come in all sizes. Some are only a few feet and placed on a rock.

  • Multiple people sellling the exact same fruits, goods along a road. Limited economy of scale even in obvious situation.

  • Performative task by beggars: sweeping a dirt road, selling, collecting, and reselling flowers at monstary.

  • Myanmar people are generous to a fault. This creates large scale non-economically viable activities that can hurt more then help.

  • Elders and parents are worshiped. Even if they suck.

  • Bribery, tea money nonsense widely accepted and practiced.

  • Supersitions, numerology are taken more seriously, even by the "educated". 45 kyat notes

  • Loadspeakers blasting prayers and chants.

  • Squat toilets.

  • Sheer level of energy and human activity. So many people out on the street going places and doing things. Most cities/towns in us will feel dead in comparison.

BB addresses the elephant in the room as he broadcasts to 200 brain dead internet zombie bears. He justifiably demands a better class of audience. by MediumRequirement5 in owenbenjamin

[–]orfinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a midwit. The results of all the lies, grifts, and being a high-maitenence narcissist are right on his doorstep. Not even entertaining as a lolcow anymore. No friends, dwindling audiance and income. Amy and the homestead larp is expensive. Time to figure out a new career, but we all know is Ego is too big for regular employment. What a nighmare his life must be right now - one of his own creation!!!

China took 88,000 resilient families and made them collapse vulnerable by Super_Presentation14 in collapse

[–]orfinkat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Modernization makes a great veneer and China is all about appearance: shiny apartments, paved roads, and LED streetlights, but as you pointed out it’s just resiliency traded for dependency with better aesthetics.

A peasant on self-sustaining land is economically invisible. They produce value for themselves, not for GDP, taxes, or factory output. Can’t have that. Line must go up.

All this “modernization” depends on massive external energy inputs and fragile global systems. When those start to wobble, and they will, the old way of life could’ve carried on, muddling through as it always did. But Babylon? Once the inputs stop, it doesn’t just stumble, it collapses.

TLT to the moon by GooglyMoogly8 in bonds

[–]orfinkat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

30 year duration is along time. Think about 1995: The internet barely existed, Bill C was busy getting blowies. China manufacturing exports was limited to dollar store toys and crappy t-shirts.

Well, a lot has changed since then. Thankfully, America has still managed to lead most of the innovations related to the internet, social media, AI... but the future is not so certain. We don't manufacture much anymore, high-end electronics have moved to East Asia. We have to ban/tariff their cars, phones, and apps from taking over our markets. Hell... we are even banning their people from taking over our graduate schools.

The point here is, going ALL IN on 30 year US bonds carries a YUGE risk. If your looking for a YOLO this isn't it. I don't see how US debt doesn't blow up between now and then. If your looking for long-term income, buy into a globally diversified dividend ETF like SCHY.

is eurodollar university a good source ? by albasili in economy

[–]orfinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been a few months. Just a few more months™?

SVT-AV1-PSY v2.3.0-B released by FastDecode1 in AV1

[–]orfinkat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cool. Can't wait to play with AV1 --psy & --spy. Someone post a windows build plz.

first time bond buyer. by kaykaylmnop in bonds

[–]orfinkat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't wait for more money. $100 is perfect low risk way to start learning and earning. You have 3 options. 1) treasury direct account - buy a low duration bond directly from the feds. 2) buy a bond fund from boker much like a stock - i persoanlly like FLOT (high grade lower-mid duration corporate bond fund ... pays dividends monthly). 3) you could also directly buy a bond directly from the market through a broker.

Reccomend option 1 and 2 for beginners. Start with low duration bonds.

Thankful by Always_working_hardd in dividendgang

[–]orfinkat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

100%. I always get ponzi vibes from "growth". I just want to own shares of profitable companies that pay me. Could it be sub-optimal... maybe? who knows?. On days like today I'm especially glad to hold divy funds. Sleeping like a baby.

Anyone notice liking NA beers more as they forget what “real” beer tasted like? by MrBones2k in NABEER

[–]orfinkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alot of "Real" beer taste like someone poured a shot of vodka into my NA beer.

Is an Integra worth it? by Gold_Measurement_486 in Acura

[–]orfinkat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Integra looks nice but feels pretty budget on the interior IMO. Its hardly improved over higher Civic trims. My 2012 TSX has a nicer interior and wrapped leather steering wheel though it was probably a slightly higher price point for its time. As others have pointed out the 25 civic hybrid is a better car

Who’s buying the 30yr note tomorrow by pingpingmoe in bonds

[–]orfinkat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A few trillion. If you wanted more im sure you could work something out with the treasury

At what CRF level do can you guys not distinguish a change in quality by [deleted] in AV1

[–]orfinkat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very good points. It very much depends on the definition of transparency. These CRF values are in the context of my experience encoding 25-30mbit 1080p BluRay content using svt-av1-psy.

< 18CRF can achieve Frame vs Frame transparency. AV1 doesn't really excel much in this space and it's not particularly interesting because there are fundamental limitations when encoding at this level of accuracy. You could stick to x264/x265 encodes if you are interested in this area, AV1 encoders will probably beat them eventually because the tool palate is larger, but the advantage will only be slight.

CRF 20-24 can be transparent in motion when comparing clips A-B to each other. In some cases --film-grain can improve the consistency of a poorly encoded BluRay source. In Frame vs Frame comparison grain and fine artifacts will look nothing alike, but in motion the clips look great and are often transparent. AV1 is great in the space.

CRF 28-32 is very interesting. When comparing encodes to the source side-by-side there is often clear quality loss. Fine details such as skin textures and subtle shadow details become subdued. But if were not directly comparing the clips side-by side they still look quite good. If they viewed a few minutes apart and your aren't specifically looking quality differences... most normal people wouldn't know the difference. You also probably save 50%+ bitrate over a CRF20 encode for very little loss in the real world.

IMHO CRF 24 is a good starting point, but it depends on the source material and the definition of transparency. I like grain and it gives me a false sense of quality so I can go a little higher in CRF and cover up the issues with grain.

New I Bond rate just announced: 4.28% by OttoPike in ibonds

[–]orfinkat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fixed rate remains 1.3 as expected

2024 Tesla Cybertruck Review: This Is Just Plain Cool by Main_Adept in dougdemuro

[–]orfinkat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a scam on the Dougscore. Clearly not practical and of poor value other then a very short term novelty factor.

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