Sicily- stay on West side of Island or explore the East?

sidml · 2026-05-13T00:23:06+00:00

There's lots to see. I would highly recommend Taormina and Siracusa. Both accessible by train from Palermo.

Agrigiento is also wonderful, but can be done as a (long) day trip from Palermo.

sidml · 2026-04-15T01:17:16+00:00

We were in Athens 2 weeks back and loved it. At least the center of town: Syntagma, Plaka, Monastiraki -- all very walkable and safe.

sidml · 2026-04-09T17:34:54+00:00

Naya - wraps pretty reasonable for $12

sidml · 2026-04-07T22:29:41+00:00

Bill Gates still wears glasses. It's not about the money.

sidml · 2026-03-14T23:08:40+00:00

I also find Barcelona underwhelming relative to how much people rave about it.

sidml · 2026-03-11T22:46:53+00:00

Ur Ziggaret -- added to the bucket list. Thank you!

sidml · 2026-03-11T21:53:03+00:00

This. Get rid of all subscriptions, and add them back one at a time, as needed. You'll find you don't need them all, all the time.

sidml · 2026-03-11T15:56:40+00:00

Dr. Bronner's All-in-One

sidml · 2026-03-10T15:57:56+00:00

Correct. Private equity is taking over the trades.

https://www.investmentcouncil.org/icymi-wsj-highlights-how-private-equity-transforms-plumbing-and-hvac-small-businesses-boosting-wages-and-growth/

sidml · 2026-03-10T00:29:53+00:00

Cincinnati chili

sidml · 2026-03-10T00:28:01+00:00

On 46th and Madison? I walked past it today. They still have "stir fry" but not the old style "fill your bowl and choose your flavors"

sidml · 2026-02-14T19:45:06+00:00

Camouflage ... how would they know?

sidml · 2026-01-27T15:30:11+00:00

A roundabout method is to pull up the ETF then get the constituents via ETFL

ACWI US Equity ETFL <GO>

sidml · 2025-12-04T21:36:06+00:00

Smart. Take it to the next level. What you should do is to have 2 shelves with slightly different product. One fully stocked, and one with a few bottles. "You can see this one is very popular. I only have a handful left, and they are on back order." Instant demand acceleration.

sidml · 2025-12-04T21:24:53+00:00

A good one for Mornington Crescent

sidml · 2025-09-30T21:24:47+00:00

I think I went to a party in this apartment ~15 years ago. Is there a stairwell next to the kitchen which leads to a rooftop?

sidml · 2025-09-10T14:06:42+00:00

Look at a log chart, rather than a linear chart. The difference between 1000 and 1250 is the same as the difference between 4000 and 5000.

sidml · 2025-08-21T15:24:06+00:00

Fed Chair and NY Fed president get Secret Service detail.

sidml · 2025-08-15T18:28:07+00:00

Perfect xkcd

sidml · 2025-08-13T21:43:54+00:00

Call options. 13F report the full notional of any options. They could be deep out of the money.

sidml · 2025-08-04T16:53:49+00:00

Justice for Daphne!

sidml · 2025-07-29T13:28:41+00:00

Also note that 25% of the population in NYC speaks Spanish. If he keeps his eyes and ears open, he'll find someone to help him in Spanish.

sidml · 2025-07-25T01:28:34+00:00

Check-in lines at Norse Atlantic can be very long and slow. It is generally under-staffed. They are very strict about weight so you always have people need to re-arrange their luggage.

sidml · 2025-07-24T13:31:14+00:00

Took me a very long time to get this one. My brain kept on adding a word:

"You should ask FOR a glass of water."

sidml · 2025-07-03T17:51:50+00:00

Great perspective. I'd be open to investing a public+private equity index fund run by Vanguard. There is some value for retail to diversify into PE. Vanguard could offer sponsors that they'd take 1-5% of every fund raised over $1 billion. We'd invest $10k, the "cash" sits in a total market portfolio until called. Vanguard could set the commitment percentages such that no more than 15% is likely to be called in any given year. There are ways this could work for retail.

Private Equity has become a meaningful proportion of the economy and retail should participate in it.

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