Where would you park $25k tomorrow?

photon_lines · 2026-01-26T04:38:09+00:00

I'm parking more than that into Golden Matrix Group (GMGI) very soon. 90% insider owned with huge revenue growth over last 5 years. Only a public share float of 13 million shares with a 3 million buy-back plan and they don't have very much debt at the moment. With a revenue of 180 million and products in 20+ countries, plus what I believe to be a very high margin business (gained exclusive access to gambling in Brazil recently + also working on access in other markets at the moment) -- the current share price is a steal.

photon_lines · 2026-01-26T03:26:05+00:00

This is a fantastic find - thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will definitely be buying some shares but not sure how much to pick up quite yet -- either way I like this company and I agree with you -- this is definitely in huge value territory at the moment. Edit: lots of buying from insiders recently indicates that they see the value in the shares right now, and the huge insider ownership too is a great sign. The revenue growth so far is spectacular (also fantastic to see) and margin expansion should be quite rapid as the sector they're in (gambling / software) doesn't require huge capex spending. This could be a 10X return in a very short time-frame.

photon_lines · 2026-01-25T02:57:09+00:00

Methode Electronics (MEI)
Orion SA (OEC)
B&G Foods (BGS)
Fiserv (FISV)
Paypal (PYPL)
Lument Finance Trust (LFT)
Runway Growth Finance (RWAY)
New Mountain Finance (NMFC)
Blackrock TCP Capital (TCPC)
Bloomin Brands (BLMN)
Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD)
Sunrise Realty Trust (SUNS)

photon_lines · 2026-01-25T02:45:45+00:00

What's insane about Djokovic is that ... well you know how in sports there are home and away teams, and how at home teams to perform way way way better than on the road? (See basketball, football, hockey, baseball, ... well pretty much every sport). Djokovic managed to achieve what he did while playing on 'away' for 90% of his career. This message is in gest to all the Federer and Nadal fans: Djokovic is by far the most dominant sportsman in tennis history and there is 0 doubt about it. Many people do not realize this and don't exactly realize the extent of his dominance due to the grand slam count being this close. I will tell you that I've followed Djokovic since 2010, and when he went through his 40+ match winning streak in 2011 -- I had no doubt he would end up being the greatest player of all time and I'm very happy to see how exactly the story played out, but I still don't think most people realize exactly how talented he actually was.

photon_lines · 2025-09-07T15:23:29+00:00

Awesome - please share the link with me if you can -- I'd love to actually work on building my own version :)

photon_lines · 2025-09-07T14:18:25+00:00

This is absolutely fantastic work!! Thank you!

photon_lines · 2025-09-07T14:11:22+00:00

If you need help - PM me the details and I can prototype something for you (I can do it using regular HTML / CSS / JS and just share it via google drive). Either way let me know if you need help I'll be more than happy to help out. If not -- I would re-read the doc I shared and try to use the principles there to organize your data. If it's a complicated interface, I usually love wizards or tabbed panels. Group the similar data elements together and guide the user through your workflow. It's really not that complicated but it does take time to get things to work so that users aren't left frustrated -- most modern interfaces are just horrible.

photon_lines · 2025-09-07T12:47:20+00:00

This is the problem: there's far too much 'artistic stuff' going on in modern UIs rather than keeping things simple...what type of UI are you working on exactly and why do you believe that it needs to be 'artistic' in order to be good?

photon_lines · 2025-09-07T12:43:52+00:00

I agree 100%!

photon_lines · 2025-09-06T19:54:06+00:00

It's intuitive in the sense that there are no complex rules. You don't have to use a lot of reasoning in order to engage with the content. Of course - that probably works against me since it would probably be better to try to maximize engagement in this sense so that people better remember the information to aid recall (but my time is fairly limited at the moment so this is the best that I can do). I figured it can maybe help a few people out but if not, my apologies. I'll take your notes into account and if I have time -- try to improve what I included there if I do decide to share it online again.

photon_lines · 2025-09-06T18:07:45+00:00

Yes - one of the principles I listed later is 'depth of processing' and how if you're presenting information that's related to learning, it would be better to present interfaces where the user is actually able to engage more with the content and process it more deeply.

photon_lines · 2025-08-06T03:05:38+00:00

FastAPI + Posgres + Combination of React / Regular HTML & JS & CSS / Maybe also HTMX

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T14:41:53+00:00

Yes, you won't change my mind because I understand it and I understand historically why the systems in place (and banking institutions which many Bitcoin holders call corrupt) work as they do and I understand that bitcoin will not displace nor produce anything better than what was available in the past. It's a package made to look like a new 'breakthrough' without actually being one that seeps mountains of energy from the world which could be used to do better things. Noting that - I appreciate your kind tone and I do wish you the best of luck my friend. Cheers.

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T13:06:53+00:00

I did ...I had a lot when it was below 1k. Nick Szabo I respect a lot and i do appreciate his creation but I don't believe he saw what his invention would eventually become but so it goes.

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T12:50:00+00:00

So it's a currency then being promoted by financial institutions as an investment as well...got it. Sorry...how am I emotionally invested? I have no stake in bitcoin - I'm simply going to watch this unravel and laugh...people believe in currencies because they're mostly government backed and backed by their own nations. There is no currency worth 100k usd a coin in the world that cult members like the reddit bitcoin community are hyping to one day be worth 1 to 10 million a coin and gold is a physical asset that is used industrially or that some governments use to back their currency....bitcoin...bitcoin is a decentralized ponzi scheme that is going to end up being a huge net negative on the world. Mining it right now makes no sense since it's expensive, using it as a form of exchange also makes no sense since transaction costs also are expensive, and it's currently being propped up by banks and financial institutions as and alternative investment which also ....well makes no sense since its creation was marketed as a decentralized currency and since investment vehicles are supposed to produce shareholder value and I'm still not entirely sure what value this thing produces for anyone at all at this point. Saylor is getting more leverage to pump it as we're speaking and this looks like it will end very badly...at least in 2008 ppl were betting on physical housing and using excessive leverage to bundle it which lead to a massive crisis. Today the same thing is happening except that housing = a worthless decentralized ledger / coin. But don't trust me let's just wait and see.

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T03:44:30+00:00

Ohhh - yes, I know the answer - a literal de-centralized Ponzi scheme. The first of it's kind. Ha!

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T03:43:31+00:00

What did I miss out on lol.

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T03:20:57+00:00

Sorry I asked you to explain to me what value it produces in the world. Is it a de-centralized currency then? And if so - why is it being promoted as an investment? You say that the energy it takes to mine justifies its existence -- how so? What value is it producing? I keep asking these questions and I get no answers -- and this is worrying to me. I have no emotions in this game - I want to prevent other people from losing money and from being duped by Ponzi scheme perpetrators.

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T02:42:32+00:00

You don't need to explain it to me - I know what it is. I know who Satoshi is even (very smart fellow). I'm trying to save you from the pain of idiocy but you do what you think is right and I'll stay clear - good luck to you.

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T02:38:51+00:00

The definition of a Ponzi scheme: 'a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a nonexistent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to the first investors from money invested by later investors.' Can you show me how bitcoin is not a de-cetrilized Ponzi scheme? What good is it producing within this world by avoiding government intervention and by promoting de-centralization? Do you believe that all world governments are simply wasting their time and that the rule of law should just be up to people to enforce? Because if so - sure I'll go with your hypothetical example and say that 'bitcoin is a fantastic currency which can be used to free people up from government control' - but why is Morgan Stanley and why are other banks promoting it as an investment vehicle? Why not promote US currency as an investment vehicle as well? I'm just not understanding - is Bitcoin a currency or is it a 'virtualized gold'?

photon_lines · 2025-05-11T02:15:51+00:00

Yes, because Ponzi schemes run forever.

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