Great moments in unintended consequences. 😅 Turns out these are not from middle ages. Yes, politicians are still stupid and doing these all the time.… Juraj Nov 14, 2023, 2:39 AM
If Newsom pulls it off, we may soon see rapprochement between the farthest left party in the world (the ultra-woke American Democrats) and the farthest right party in the world (the ultra-nationalist Chinese Communists). That is, after the last few years of kicking and screaming, the declining Democrats… Juraj Nov 12, 2023, 3:14 AM
As I mentioned in the previous post ( @note149970qtvxwl094fh6ym0hy9g247ejny7pqaqee8etxsuhcrptr2smt0tr0 ), yes, it does not include dividends. This one does, but note that it is before taxes! Taxes actually kill it usually. Still not worth the political risk to me... If you invested at any time after 2004, you're at zero Juraj Nov 11, 2023, 3:57 PM
This is one of the most important charts to understand. People want to diversify, but all they see are fiat profits. If you measure in hard money, S&P500 did not rise since the 1970s bull. And if we don't count the dot com bubble, the market Juraj Nov 11, 2023, 6:42 AM
Knowing people who own a restaurant is good, because you can be sure that they don't poison their friends and customers with overcooked seed oils, they get good meat, free range eggs, great milk and they avoid chemicals and added sugars. Sadly, I don't know many Juraj Nov 10, 2023, 7:43 AM
Owners of electric cars have one rule: Always Be Charging (ABC). Shopping? Be charging. Going on a hike? Park your car and be charging. Need to pee? Car should be charging. I don't own an electric vehicle. My solar panels are always charging the batteries though. But now Juraj Nov 10, 2023, 6:47 AM
What you really want is revealed by what you do when you have more freedom and resources to do what you want. By this measure, it is men who more want kids. - via Robin Hanson (this "what you really want" is called demonstrated preference in absence of scarcity) Juraj Nov 9, 2023, 1:08 PM
