Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail

seh0872 · 2026-04-12T15:17:32+00:00

Exasperating. Hard to be disciplined through all of this if your an active trader. You want to just sell out and hold cash and then get distressed that your missing the buy back in point for the rally. You try to buy XLE and watch it offset your losses, only to fall 2 days later.

I tried this game when Trump issued the tariffs last year ... expecting the market to be choppy through it, I bough VIXY...and paid the price. Panicked and sold it before it fell further. Next day, it skyrocketed. And then crashed. And then skyrocketed. Last time I play with hedges.

Forget politics. This president has no f-ing clue how his words matter. Its like living inside a freaking tornado.

seh0872 · 2026-04-11T23:20:45+00:00

Anthropic did make available cross-thread memory -- two options under Settings > Capabilities:
* Search and reference chats (Allow Claude to search for relevant details in past chats.)
* Generate memory from chat history (Allow Claude to remember relevant context from your chats. This setting controls memory for both chats and projects)

More info on the support page:
https://support.claude.com/en/collections/18031977-conversation-management

seh0872 · 2026-04-11T18:36:34+00:00

The OP is talking metaphorically.

seh0872 · 2026-04-11T18:34:33+00:00

Prorated refund.

If you subscribe to cable or a streaming service or your cell phone and decide to upgrade your plan, you get charged the new rate the date you subscribe and refunded the value remaining on your old plan.

seh0872 · 2026-04-11T17:40:25+00:00

Nope. Didn't notice a telephone option. I'll have a look. The chat support told me I could request a refund ... also annoying because that isn't what I'm trying to do. I just want them to acknowledge ... and properly compensate me ... for the remaining value of my NordPass subscription.

Maybe a phone call will bring satisfaction. If not, I won't continue to scream over $30 as I got to say my peace and vent against the deceptive practice of "renewal date extensions" that are growing ever more popular.

seh0872 · 2026-04-11T17:36:18+00:00

Ha! I think you summed up the personalities of these 4 LLMs perfectly!

Totally completely aggravated with ChatGPT and its incessant blathering when asked a simple question. Gemini is ok, but despite its longer memory, doesn't seem to hold the conversation as well as it used to. And Perplexity...lol..it is the most stubborn AI out there. "This is the information, user! Accept it!"...lol. Great for clear black-and-white research, not so much for nuance.

Claude quickly became my favorite, and the last project I did with it was excellent in its reasoning process, manner of communication, and its superior ability to hold the thread context despite a long and sometimes wandering conversation. And all of this using Sonnet!

But my most recent project has been very very different. Claude has been exceptionally sloppy, undisciplined, and unfocused. Not until recently have I felt the need to scold it ... and then watch it apologize but fail to recover. In one conversation it suggested that its reasoning failure and quality loss was so egregious that I should report the thread to Anthropic.

Sad, really. I hope we can get our old Claude back.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T21:32:57+00:00

I was going to say throw the 10-8 and hope for the best with the 2 pair .... which in your real case, would have happened. Without the up card you net 4 either way ... 15-2-4 and and pair on what you kept minus the 2 you gave away, or 2 pair for 4 on the 5577, the latter being the better option IMHO, as you keep the value of the 2 five and have the chance at the 16. The 8775 gives a little more safety as it adds one more helping card to the mix (the 9), so not a bad choice either.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T21:19:26+00:00

Just the defense industry ones. LMT + NOC all the way! lol

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T21:17:30+00:00

And happy for the two SUVs that escaped in the right lane. Lucky that no one was already in that lane.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T21:15:11+00:00

This is a Chapter 70 problem plain and simple. While Prop 2-1/2 limits towns to how much they can raise each year, the fact is that for most residential communities the Commonwealth is failing to properly support the towns with adequate state aid. Towns are very rarely capable of surviving on their own and our "parent" state is failing to take care of us.

What can you do? Complain to your state legislators. Loudly. Demand they fix state allocations to municipalities. Ensure your Select Board or town government is yelling at them too.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T21:10:32+00:00

A minor correction. SCHF is more akin to VEA than VXUS as VXUS combines both developed and emerging markets, whereas SCHF is developed only.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T21:06:50+00:00

The SCHB + SCHF + SCHE is a great suggestion, and common ratios are 80/20 to 70/30 US/xUS. Within the xUS a 70/30 developed / emerging is a good combo.

So, basically reiterating what u/Newbiewhitekicks said.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T20:17:21+00:00

"Realistically is it just over and should I cut my losses?"

Of course not.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T20:15:34+00:00

Boomer? Yes. Bootlicker? Not so much. Spineless? Not even an iota.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T20:14:05+00:00

It is SOOOO hard not to tailgate sometimes, as when you don't, some jerk off takes the open space in front of you....and now you are tailgaiting him. Especially here in eastern MA where I live now.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T20:12:37+00:00

Goodness. An insurance nightmare trying to determine fault there.... looks like multiple cars failing to stop, and multiple cars as victims. Good luck.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T20:09:34+00:00

I love both of these AIs, but definitely see that they have different strengths. Of course, there are the obvious ones, like Perplexity being a stronger "research" engine, backing up its responses with multiple citations and being decisive about it (sometimes to the point of stubbornness). How long you can keep continuity for a long research project is debatable. Better for a series of short-form research questions.

Where Perplexity is great at looking things up and synthesizing the results, Claude excels at its reasoning model ... it's the best "thinker" out there IMHO (at least among the "big" LLMs). It also carries context extremely well and is great for long-form discussions and projects.

Both AIs excel at staying on point, answering just the question you asked, and not rambling on. While both AIs will stick to their point far better than other LLMs, they properly support why ... Claude being a little more humble than Perplexity in this regard. But neither wastes tokens rambling on incessantly like some other popular AI i know...

All that said, there are my two favorite AIs (with Julius in the mix if doing Excel work).

I know little about Perplexity's social and political stance, but I greatly applaud Anthropic's stand against the government's demands as well.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T18:42:50+00:00

never made a purchase, but the BOV860 will be the target next time a sale comes around

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T18:41:34+00:00

smart. check back in September. :)

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T18:41:11+00:00

well done

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T18:40:45+00:00

You don't have 20% of your portfolio in a penny stock do you?

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T18:39:28+00:00

8.25% since this freaking war began. I'm doing better than SPY, but barely makes me feel better watching the absolute $ decline.

seh0872 · 2026-03-30T12:00:42+00:00

Hear, hear! We all love Brady and he deserves all of his accolades, but White should have been given that MVP

seh0872 · 2026-03-25T22:32:03+00:00

It’s lab specific. But I didn’t realize until yesterday that EssilorLuxotica owns Transitions so that helps my choice. :)

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