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    Originally posted by Murdrum View Post

    Whoever figures it out I’m sure will monetise quite well. Undoubtedly an incentive exists for playing up to that audience and providing them a platform.

    Covid cases down here seems out of control in relative terms but beaches/prom are still mobbed.

    A couple of local businesses that generally open for takeaway coffees took the decision to close to avoid crowds congregating in those areas so efforts are being made.
    Just in my local area, when I took the kids out for forced punishment marches (their interpretation)\gentle strolls around the neighbourhood (mine), the local coffee shops etc were doing a booming takeaway trade and the local Red Stables market was as busy as ever on Saturday, with plenty of maskless punters.
    Although the cops were stopping cars and, in the 5 mins I could see of it, turning a lot of them around and telling them to GTF back to where they came from.

    It's the 'it doesn't affect me' mindset. I'm as guilty of it as anyone so not being sanctimonious but I'd say if we all audited our activity, we'd all fall way short of what the guidelines say.
    "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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      Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post

      Absolutely. We’ve effectively fully locked ourselves down for the past two weeks in preparation. We saw where things were heading and said we’d prepare for schools not reopening and that was the price to be paid. In a fortunate position to be able to do that I guess.
      Worst, worst case scenario. Her mother somehow gets covid and dies.
      You'll never know it didn't come from your house and neither will the community you live within. I know you're being uber-cautious but this really feels like something you 100% should not be doing.

      Once this thing is over and people can breathe again, I think there'll be a lot of lingering blame and resentment directed at people who flaunted guidelines. Anectodally you hear about people who had parties that led to very serious clusters with multiple deaths resulting. Those people are going to have to live with that within their communities for a long time (and we know what Ireland, especially rural Ireland, is like for folk memory of this kind).
      "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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        Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

        Its such a mad conception that you can think to drop China in there. China has zero interest in getting into a battle with the US and has largely just accepted every dodgy thing that the US has done to them. They also have enough control over their internet that they would be able to prevent anything they didn't want. We really need to think about the way we are sleepwalking into anti-China sentiment, simply because Trump said to do it. This time last year people were refusing to eat in Chinese restaurants in Mullingar so as not to catch covid.

        fwiw - its far more likely to be the likes of Ukraine which has a burgeoning data centre business centred on hacking and coin mining. Plus that place is a lawless outback.
        Oh give over yourself. Hyperbolic comparisons should be beneath you
        If you cannot see any strategic advantage, no matter how small, in china hosting that platform you are either being wilfully ignorant or just plain ignorant.
        The single superpower environment we have grown up in is coming to an end, it's in the other players benefit to facilitate that end.
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          Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
          The single superpower environment we have grown up in is coming to an end, it's in the other players benefit to facilitate that end.
          Interesting to note that Mueller left a lot of strands open to pick up again once the Trump presidency ends.

          Before last week, I would have bet that the Biden administration would have soft-pedalled on any investigations into Trump. Under the Nixon-Ford precedent of just hoping to draw a line in the sand and move forward.

          That's all changed now that he is quite evidently a huge threat to national security - I'd expect to see all systems go into Trump investigations once Garland is confirmed and not just the criminality within the Trump organisation, but also and more interestingly Russian collusion. It would now be in everyone's interest to fully expose that to its maximum extent (and thus destroy Trump).
          The recent Russian mega-hack should also be fully exposed and the most severe sanctions possible undertaken. Biden's incoming team already talking very tough in that regard.

          The most shameful day in recent US history (well before last Wednesday) was when Trump stood alongside Putin in Helsinki and rubbished the unanimous conclusions of the entire US intelligence community. Now we might find out why.
          "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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            Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

            Interesting to note that Mueller left a lot of strands open to pick up again once the Trump presidency ends.

            Before last week, I would have bet that the Biden administration would have soft-pedalled on any investigations into Trump. Under the Nixon-Ford precedent of just hoping to draw a line in the sand and move forward.

            That's all changed now that he is quite evidently a huge threat to national security - I'd expect to see all systems go into Trump investigations once Garland is confirmed and not just the criminality within the Trump organisation, but also and more interestingly Russian collusion. It would now be in everyone's interest to fully expose that to its maximum extent (and thus destroy Trump).
            The recent Russian mega-hack should also be fully exposed and the most severe sanctions possible undertaken. Biden's incoming team already talking very tough in that regard.

            The most shameful day in recent US history (well before last Wednesday) was when Trump stood alongside Putin in Helsinki and rubbished the unanimous conclusions of the entire US intelligence community. Now we might find out why.
            Yeah they need to step on the neck of the GOP.
            The Dems will never have a better chance to force a split in their opponents base and vote.
            Every single bit of ugliness needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the sun
            People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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              Who the fuck teaches cursive writing to 5yo's, this is great craic altogether. Daddy is a cursive "g" a hanging, standing or sitting letter? Fook knows says I.

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                Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post

                Yeah they need to step on the neck of the GOP.
                The Dems will never have a better chance to force a split in their opponents base and vote.
                Every single bit of ugliness needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the sun
                They want to hurry up with this... Need to get back to the comfort of calling Biden a baby murdering cunt

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                  Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
                  Who the fuck teaches cursive writing to 5yo's, this is great craic altogether. Daddy is a cursive "g" a hanging, standing or sitting letter? Fook knows says I.
                  it's the Gaeilge that's the real killer. My kids went to a Montessori that did everything through Irish and they're all still fairly fluent whereas I'm battling to understand WTF their homework means.
                  "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                    Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
                    Who the fuck teaches cursive writing to 5yo's, this is great craic altogether. Daddy is a cursive "g" a hanging, standing or sitting letter? Fook knows says I.
                    When it comes to fractions get them to do their homework in the style of a lucky 15 with a 15% bonus

                    See what the teacher thinks of that

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                      Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
                      Who the fuck teaches cursive writing to 5yo's, this is great craic altogether. Daddy is a cursive "g" a hanging, standing or sitting letter? Fook knows says I.
                      Clearly hanging at the same time. Cant believe they still teach that craic
                      airport, lol

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                        Interesting one in the NBA the other night. Seth Curry-bro of more famous Steph- was on the bench for the Philadelphia 76ers against Brooklyn Nets. Mid game, he disappeared from the bench after he had a test come back positive during the game.

                        The team isn't required to isolate, though they are without about half their team for various reasons including Covid. Opponents don't need to isolate either just continuing stringent testing.

                        No fans yet but I think they might be around come playoff time this summer. Not sure what is going on in other sports but based on that, to be deemed a close contact, you must need to meet some very specific criteria.

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                          Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post

                          Oh give over yourself. Hyperbolic comparisons should be beneath you
                          If you cannot see any strategic advantage, no matter how small, in china hosting that platform you are either being wilfully ignorant or just plain ignorant.
                          The single superpower environment we have grown up in is coming to an end, it's in the other players benefit to facilitate that end.
                          See thats the misunderstanding right there. That China is trying to win a political battle with the west. China is trying to win an economic battle with the west so they can win a political battle in the east. You win an economic battle by being everyone's best friend. They absolutely and completely do not want to be see as an antagonist with the west for another few decades. Thats precisely why they wouldn't do something as silly as hosting an organisation directed at American insurgency. The fact you even think this is a possibility is mad.
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                            Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post

                            Running the site with the web console open should give you an idea where the issue is.
                            For the record, I 100% share the pain on this, I've found my usage dwindling a little as I can't be dealing with waiting times as I alt+tab as working mostly.

                            What I generally do is scrub the sites cache as often as I can, when I notice the slow down. The vbulletin engine has changed significantly and it polls almost constantly instead of statically waiting for input.
                            It's a weird design that, to be honest, I don't 100% understand.

                            On the mobile front, there's one or two options that's I still need to commit time to investigating.
                            Dom has a few ideas of his own that we have discussed and hopefully with Kev's vital technical input we can get it sorted
                            You're very good. I'd imagine its not like there's much free time available to sort it out, what with the new house, job, pandemic, being a teacher. So I was more putting the thought out there. Appreciate it. The bolded bit is definitely a thing though. That it creates a bit of a friction to posting.
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                              Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
                              Who the fuck teaches cursive writing to 5yo's, this is great craic altogether. Daddy is a cursive "g" a hanging, standing or sitting letter? Fook knows says I.
                              Don't get me started on that anachronistic crap. The little shits should be learning how to use a keyboard efficiently and how to code. Don't mind all that scribbling.
                              Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

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                                  We have the kids competing to become high-level wizards on this https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/ winning maths contests helps you progress up the game and buy little virtual accessories and collect pets etc. Its quite smart. Like the five year old this morning was looking at 35 ___ 45, whats the missing number in that sequence? Its not too light a task, I don't think, for a five year old, but they just get caught up in the game and forget they are accidentally learning. The nine year old was having to read charts and interpret the information. Its tailored to each age. They give decent instructions for the first few of a set of number exercises too, so the kids don't run around demanding help when something new crops up.
                                  "We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil

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                                    We've tried a few of these before and they haven't all worked in terms of keeping the kids attention. This one is notable in that it does actually work. A few others were mathseeds for maths, readingeggs for reading, and codeSpark Academy for coding. The coding one is quite cool though so we might go back to it.
                                    "We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil

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                                      Good to see an Irish-led company doing its bit in the Trump cancelling.

                                      And the PGA have cancelled some golf tournament at one of his courses. That will really piss him off.
                                      "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                                        Beware when kids say I don't know how to do such and such bit of school work. Its often code for, I'm not prepared to put in the effort required to gain the understanding.

                                        They suspect you will end up doing it for them, although you think you are explaining it. I made this mistake and I'm still recovering for it. I'm practically doing the leaving again this year.

                                        If they say they don't know how to do something, sometime its better to say OK, maybe spend more time at it or ask the teacher, and then walk off. Helping them to bypass the 'figuring out' defeats the purpose.
                                        Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

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                                          Originally posted by eamonhonda View Post

                                          Clearly hanging at the same time. Cant believe they still teach that craic
                                          You probably have cursive g's latest album.

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                                            Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post

                                            Its such a mad conception that you can think to drop China in there. China has zero interest in getting into a battle with the US and has largely just accepted every dodgy thing that the US has done to them. They also have enough control over their internet that they would be able to prevent anything they didn't want. We really need to think about the way we are sleepwalking into anti-China sentiment, simply because Trump said to do it. This time last year people were refusing to eat in Chinese restaurants in Mullingar so as not to catch covid.

                                            fwiw - its far more likely to be the likes of Ukraine which has a burgeoning data centre business centred on hacking and coin mining. Plus that place is a lawless outback.

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                                              Surely the major overriding consideration in buying a home is the beneficial effect it will have on your quality of life whilst you use it as your primary residence.

                                              Access to the amenities you need most such as retail outlets, schools, utility providers and infrastructure etc will determine how well it can serve its primary function.

                                              Life style benefits such as easy access to family/friends, work, entertainment and the environmental bonuses like the space its set in are what sets a house apart from a home.

                                              I understand that buying property is a major financial decision and prudence demands that any potential increase in value is an important factor.

                                              Ultimately however this is not primarily an investment for financial gain, if the biggest money decision in your life is a house I'm afraid you'll never truly be wealthy, a millionaire in the strictest sense perhaps, but not rich in the truest sense.

                                              Set a realistic budget for what you can spend and within those constraints buy the best dwelling available for the life style you want to enjoy. The benefits of this to your mental and emotional well being far outweigh the perceived benefits to your bank balance of taking an amateurs punt on what area might outperform the market.

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                                                I don;t think his political sun has set
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                                                  Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post

                                                  if Orwell had put that in 1984, it would have been criticised as too far-fetched.
                                                  "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                                                    Heard this random remix yesterday when in the airport. Not sure why but it struck a chord

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                                                      Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post


                                                      I don;t think his political sun has set
                                                      Do you think he will be Bach?

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                                                        Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post

                                                        I don;t think his political sun has set
                                                        With all due respect to Arnold, electing knucklehead celebrities isn't helping matters. Anyone running for public office should be required to have a political science degree or something similar. Most jobs have minimum qualification requirements related to position.
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                                                          For a complete noob with massive FOMO what is the easiest way to get into Bitcoin and all that? Say I want to buy 1k BTC and 1k ETH is the best way just to do it through Revolut? Just looking to dip my toe in.

                                                          Cheers

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                                                            Originally posted by Wombatman View Post

                                                            With all due respect to Arnold, electing knucklehead celebrities isn't helping matters. Anyone running for public office should be required to have a political science degree or something similar. Most jobs have minimum qualification requirements related to position.
                                                            Nah, totally disagree with that. Outside of minimum age and mentally sound, the qualifications required for political office should be very little.

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                                                              Originally posted by eoghan104 View Post
                                                              For a complete noob with massive FOMO what is the easiest way to get into Bitcoin and all that? Say I want to buy 1k BTC and 1k ETH is the best way just to do it through Revolut? Just looking to dip my toe in.

                                                              Cheers
                                                              revolut is definitely the easiest, unless you want to physically own your cryptos

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                                                                Originally posted by Murdrum View Post

                                                                Nah, totally disagree with that. Outside of minimum age and mentally sound, the qualifications required for political office should be very little.
                                                                The qualification required for political office is simply 'the ability to get elected' (and trust to to the good sense of the voters)?
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                                                                  Originally posted by Wombatman View Post

                                                                  With all due respect to Arnold, electing knucklehead celebrities isn't helping matters. Anyone running for public office should be required to have a political science degree or something similar. Most jobs have minimum qualification requirements related to position.
                                                                  Don't think a political science degree is really the right qualification. I'd snap take Arnie over a someone with that degree.

                                                                  ​​​​​​Skills needed, public speaking, persuasion, negotiation, budgeting/ accounting, name recognition. Arnie knocks the grad out of the park.

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                                                                    Stat of the Day

                                                                    Trump now 50% of all presidents impeached, ever. Winning bigly
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                                                                      Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post

                                                                      Don't think a political science degree is really the right qualification. I'd snap take Arnie over a someone with that degree.

                                                                      ​​​​​​Skills needed, public speaking, persuasion, negotiation, budgeting/ accounting, name recognition. Arnie knocks the grad out of the park.
                                                                      Delete those anyway.

                                                                      I think you need to know how the mechanisms of your democracy work too (Trump literally had no idea how to get things done for example - this of course was a good thing and saved him from doing even more damage). And I think you need a decent grounding in international relations.

                                                                      Then finally, you need to be secure enough psychologically to appoint expert advisors and to actually take their advice. Know what you don't know.
                                                                      "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                                                                        Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

                                                                        Delete those anyway.

                                                                        I think you need to know how the mechanisms of your democracy work too (Trump literally had no idea how to get things done for example - this of course was a good thing and saved him from doing even more damage). And I think you need a decent grounding in international relations.

                                                                        Then finally, you need to be secure enough psychologically to appoint expert advisors and to actually take their advice. Know what you don't know.
                                                                        This is what all great leaders do.

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                                                                          Originally posted by Wombatman View Post

                                                                          With all due respect to Arnold, electing knucklehead celebrities isn't helping matters. Anyone running for public office should be required to have a political science degree or something similar. Most jobs have minimum qualification requirements related to position.
                                                                          I agree but the GOP are gonna need electable faces
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                                                                            Originally posted by eoghan104 View Post
                                                                            For a complete noob with massive FOMO what is the easiest way to get into Bitcoin and all that? Say I want to buy 1k BTC and 1k ETH is the best way just to do it through Revolut? Just looking to dip my toe in.

                                                                            Cheers
                                                                            Revolut is piss easy but more expensive (rates and transfer) and you don't *own* the tokens.
                                                                            But if getting the money OUT is the most important part, it's probably the way to go
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                                                                              I found out today squids can fly: https://youtu.be/iMq89roPycI

                                                                              Is there anything they can't do?

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                                                                                I mentioned those ignorant investors yesterday with more returns than sense. I am one of them it seems. I mentioned this stock in here before, The Score (SCR) stock price has been climbing very steadily recently. Up to 2.26 now. 230% return on this so far for a chunk.

                                                                                This is my Bitcoin.

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                                                                                  Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post

                                                                                  Revolut is piss easy but more expensive (rates and transfer) and you don't *own* the tokens.
                                                                                  But if getting the money OUT is the most important part, it's probably the way to go
                                                                                  Yep, if you just want to make a small gambol this is the way to go about it. Paypal will be releasing something similar soon as well, which should push the price down.

                                                                                  Good time to buy as well (better than yesterday anyway) it's just had a massive correction down to 31k.

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                                                                                    Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
                                                                                    There's so much passive money now that in theory there should be more potential for active money.

                                                                                    index holders were front run for billions when Tesla was added to the S&P
                                                                                    You've just a huge wave of predictable money



                                                                                    Add in all the dumb money in retail now and the opportunities should be huge. It's a dream for the likes of SIG.
                                                                                    Any chance you would give a dunce's explanation of that?

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                                                                                      Originally posted by Theresa View Post
                                                                                      I mentioned those ignorant investors yesterday with more returns than sense. I am one of them it seems. I mentioned this stock in here before, The Score (SCR) stock price has been climbing very steadily recently. Up to 2.26 now. 230% return on this so far for a chunk.

                                                                                      This is my Bitcoin.
                                                                                      Do you want a friendly bet? You pick 3 publically traded stocks (something I can check the price of easily), I have bitcoin. You win if any of the three outperform BTC over 6 months. Loser donates $100 to a charity of the winners choice.

                                                                                      I just got my new Diary couriered from Japan, so it can be the first reminder in it.

                                                                                      Edit: nice returns!

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                                                                                        Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post

                                                                                        Do you want a friendly bet? You pick 3 publically traded stocks (something I can check the price of easily), I have bitcoin. You win if any of the three outperform BTC over 6 months. Loser donates $100 to a charity of the winners choice.

                                                                                        I just got my new Diary couriered from Japan, so it can be the first reminder in it.

                                                                                        Edit: nice returns!
                                                                                        I do not want that bet as I don't understand half of it.
                                                                                        I also do not trust my stock picking ability. (see comment on ignorant investor).
                                                                                        I also don't really disagree with your views on Bitcoin, even if I think you are our neighbourhood zealot.
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                                                                                          Originally posted by Keane View Post

                                                                                          Any chance you would give a dunce's explanation of that?
                                                                                          The S&P is an index that measures the stock performance of 500 large companies. Companies are added and removed, and funds that follow the index have to buy and sell the shares to follow the index.

                                                                                          Tesla got added to the S&P index. There's about 11tn benchmarked to the index. Tesla went from 0% to 2% of the index. So everyone knew a huge amount of money would have to go into Tesla. And everyone knew the dates. So market could front-run the index buyers; buying TSLA knowing that billions would flow in after them. It costs index holders billions. And it's something that happens all the time.


                                                                                          The second part. The tweet Is about vanguard funds. Again they're huge funds that rebalance on a regular schedule. And have grown so big that they're moving markets.

                                                                                          It's always been a thing in markets, month, quarter, year-end, window dressing, or option expiries. Market structure rather than market fundamentals are driving things. It's just far bigger now with so much passive money.

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                                                                                            ICLN an ETF I'm long in for a while, ever since I figured Biden would be fave for election.

                                                                                            On the flip side, I got out of Slack too soon, I figured it was an acquisition or SlackConnect for the value in the company, and didn't see who could buy em. Salesforce. Of course. sigh.


                                                                                            Denny Crane Such an interesting problem, its not like fund managers can secretly accumulate positions for an ETF thats bad beans and would run counter to any prospectus. But the fact that announcing these decisions is costing people so much money, do you see a solution?
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                                                                                              Republicans getting backed into a corner where they have to defend an unfit President is a beautiful sight.
                                                                                              "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                                                                                                I didn't think Slack would be able to scale up, piled into a lot of tech stocks in last few years with differing rates of success. Advised everyone foolish enough to listen at start of year to lump in to Microsoft instead. Happy enough with hindsight, but definitely left a lot of growth cash on the table.
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                                                                                                  Have any of the new HSP episodes popped up with cousins?

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                                                                                                    Getting more than a little pissed off with covid minimisers/ deniers and various gobshites regurgitating content from patreon tin rattling chancers like Ivor Cummins and distorting their drivel into Trumpian denial. Fuck them all.

                                                                                                    Given the way the numbers are going its going to be a very close run thing in the race between how much longer we can keep this virus away from my Father and how soon we can get the vacccine into him. In my house where I'm working and mostly living I have three other people who are locked down to shopping and some bits of farming and animal husbandry they are committed to. Then in his house there are a rota of about 8 different carers coming and going and they all have their homes and lives to look after as well.
                                                                                                    There is no clear plan yet to deliver the vaccine to the likes of him and his carers but I'm hoping it will be in Feb early March but its starting to concern me that whatever the plan is it hasn't been shared with the Homecare providers and GP's yet.


                                                                                                    Turning millions into thousands

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                                                                                                      Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

                                                                                                      if Orwell had put that in 1984, it would have been criticised as too far-fetched.
                                                                                                      Came across this brilliantly scathing review of 1984 by Isac Asimov yesterday and really enjoyed reading it.

                                                                                                      Great read IMO, something to look out for is the one bit that he is clearly wrong about is his reading of the SF element of the book, while he is correct at his time of writing (early Eighties) and correct that its a mistake to consider it SF he of all people has misread completely and in a way he would appreciate if he was around to see it how AI would allow computers to take over the role of the all watching eye!
                                                                                                      Turning millions into thousands

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                                                                                                          Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post

                                                                                                          Came across this brilliantly scathing review of 1984 by Isac Asimov yesterday and really enjoyed reading it.

                                                                                                          Great read IMO, something to look out for is the one bit that he is clearly wrong about is his reading of the SF element of the book, while he is correct at his time of writing (early Eighties) and correct that its a mistake to consider it SF he of all people has misread completely and in a way he would appreciate if he was around to see it how AI would allow computers to take over the role of the all watching eye!
                                                                                                          That was a fascinating read. I disagree with a lot of it, but it was interesting nonetheless. The part about Women was ridiculous given his output. Also, 1984 is at heart a love story, which he appears to have not even noticed.

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                                                                                                            Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post

                                                                                                            The S&P is an index that measures the stock performance of 500 large companies. Companies are added and removed, and funds that follow the index have to buy and sell the shares to follow the index.

                                                                                                            Tesla got added to the S&P index. There's about 11tn benchmarked to the index. Tesla went from 0% to 2% of the index. So everyone knew a huge amount of money would have to go into Tesla. And everyone knew the dates. So market could front-run the index buyers; buying TSLA knowing that billions would flow in after them. It costs index holders billions. And it's something that happens all the time.


                                                                                                            The second part. The tweet Is about vanguard funds. Again they're huge funds that rebalance on a regular schedule. And have grown so big that they're moving markets.

                                                                                                            It's always been a thing in markets, month, quarter, year-end, window dressing, or option expiries. Market structure rather than market fundamentals are driving things. It's just far bigger now with so much passive money.
                                                                                                            Gotcha, thanks for that. I'm gone out of ETFs myself since buying my house a few years ago anyway, I've been won over by the arguments on AAM that maxing pension and smashing the mortgage are preferable endeavors for the likes of me.

                                                                                                            Having said that, is there anything better than low cost index funds for a smallball normie in light of the info above, or is it just a cost of doing business?
                                                                                                            Last edited by Keane; 11-01-21, 20:38.

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                                                                                                              There's something big going down with Trump right now I think.
                                                                                                              "We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil

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                                                                                                                Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                                                                There's something big going down with Trump right now I think.
                                                                                                                Something slightly more detailed would be appreciated
                                                                                                                "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Keane View Post

                                                                                                                  Gotcha, thanks for that. I'm gone out of ETFs myself since buying my house a few years ago anyway, I've been won over by the arguements on AAM that maxing pension and smashing the mortgage are preferable endeavors for the likes of me.

                                                                                                                  Having said that, is there anything better than low cost index funds for a smallball normie in light of the info above, or is it just a cost of doing business?
                                                                                                                  Just a cost of doing business.

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                                                                                                                    Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post

                                                                                                                    Something slightly more detailed would be appreciated
                                                                                                                    Looks more like some us govt sites hacked, stating today is the last day of his presidency.
                                                                                                                    Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.

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                                                                                                                      Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post

                                                                                                                      Looks more like some us govt sites hacked, stating today is the last day of his presidency.
                                                                                                                      What, implying he resigned? He'd never do that.

                                                                                                                      So we have a House impeachment vote on Weds now. Watch the fun as GOP work out what's worse, vote No and support the lunatic or vote Yes and side with the godless Marxist liberal Democrats.

                                                                                                                      "We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."

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                                                                                                                        Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
                                                                                                                        There's something big going down with Trump right now I think.
                                                                                                                        Let the man shit in peace ffs

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                                                                                                                          Tough watching all the corporations who adopted a “trump fans buy sneakers too” policy last few years looking for brownie points as join the pile on when he’s on his way out the door

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