boilermaker75

Electromagnetic fields

I haven't read this book, but it was on my wish list. The kindle edition is on sale today for $2.99, https://www.amazon.com/Astronauts-Guide-Life-Earth-Determination-ebook/dp/B00DTUHIDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511709001&sr=8-1&keywords=an+astronauts+guide+to+life+on+earth

Last month I got to see Alton Brown live, https://www.purdue.edu/convocations/event/alton-brown-live-eat-science/

Happy Thanksgiving eve!

It's been about 30 years since I read this book. It is very good and the kindle version is on sale for $1.99 https://www.amazon.com/Search-Schrodingers-Cat-Quantum-Physics-ebook/dp/B004JN1CIS/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=

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Equity Risk Premium

Rewrote puts that are expiring today, GILD at 70 and AMGN at 170.

That was great!

The BMW I mentioned above buying used from a dealer had 1 year left on its bumper-to-bumper warranty. I figured if the car had any major issues because of how it was driven I could get them taken care of. I felt I got such a good price from the dealer, about 55% of the cost of a new one for a 3 year old car, it wasn't going to cost much to drive it for a year. It is basically to get me by till I get my Tesla model 3.

I just recently bought a 2014 BMW 335i X-drive from a dealer. This was a car coming off a lease, which meant it has an impeccable maintenance record. Also with a leased car the drivers are expected to meet strict criteria throughout the duration of the lease and turn in the car in good condition. Otherwise they pay costly fines. With the internet you can figure out what price is a good deal.

If you are addressing this comment to me, I thought of something else I encounter occasionally. For example, let's say the bid and ask are 10.00 and 10.10. I will put in a limit order of 10.05 at Schwab and nothing will happen. I then put in the same order at IB and it will execute. I go back and my Schwab order is still sitting there. This has happened often enough I have no doubt execution is better at IB than at Schwab. Have you checked which exchange filled your order in these cases? I have not.

If you are addressing this comment to me, I thought of something else I encounter occasionally. For example, let's say the bid and ask are 10.00 and 10.10. I will put in a limit order of 10.05 at Schwab and nothing will happen. I then put in the same order at IB and it will execute. I go back and my Schwab order is still sitting there. This has happened often enough I have no doubt execution is better at IB than at Schwab.

This is just anecdotal, since I haven't kept track. But when I put in limit orders I much more often get execution at better prices with IB than I do at Schwab.

Is that really true? I would think that there are ways to prevent a failure in one place from compromising all the system. Clearly shutoffs or turnoffs should work pretty fine. But then I am not a mechanical engineer, so ::) In general though, this is a troll thread, so I might not reply to any further comments. What if the tubes were completely sealed every so many yards (or some other distance) and each gate only opened in enough time for the train to go through then closed again? You would still shut down the complete transportation till that section could be repaired. Days, maybe weeks, with your hyper loop transportation shut down.

I thought the SA link was going to tell us to all buy Wells Fargo. I'm a shade over 30% now. Good find, thanks. I thought the same thing LOL!

I've read the House of Morgan and Hamilton--both great books. I have all his others but haven't read them yet.

I read Hamilton several years ago. I had an original edition. My daughter saw the play on Broadway and loved it. The next time she was back in NYC she saw it again so I had Chernow sign my book and gave it to her. Last night I saw Hamilton in LA with my daughter. It was my father's day present. It was her fourth time seeing it--twice on Broadway and twice in LA. I loved it. It was amazing and quite emotional at the end.

"As the world waits to see where Amazon locates its second headquarters, one clue might lie in the rule of thumb of second-home buying: Pick a location that’s not too far from home. In the case of Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, that’s still a pretty wide field...." https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-many-places-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-calls-home-1507204462?mg=prod/accounts-wsj

A character you may be interested in reading about would be Oliver Heaviside, https://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Heaviside-Electrical-Genius-Victorian/dp/0801869099/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1507132294&sr=8-2&keywords=oliver+heaviside The above book is good, but there are some equations and circuit diagrams in it! Heaviside developed modern vector notation, which was also independently developed at the same time by Josiah Gibbs. Heaviside needed his vector notation to take the 18 equations Maxwell worked with and compact them into the four Maxwell equations, which Maxwell never saw!

It is not a long-term play, or a play on EFX going up in price, or EFX not going to zero. The option premiums were very high. I wrote puts for $0.65 per share on Tuesday, the last trade today was for $0.24. I will be closing the position soon. It was a nice opportunity and is playing out as I thought. I hope EFX goes to zero. Somehow an example needs to be made of EFX. Unfortunately it is too late for the 143 million who are exposed and I am one of those. You cannot put the cat back in the bag. That data will be out there for the rest of the lives of those individuals. Bought the puts back to close at $0.05 per share.

Even though I put the security freezes on at the same time, I received the confirmation mailings with pins for TransUnion and Experian several days before Equifax. The mailings from TransUnion and Experian were nondescript. Equifax had "Equifax Security Freeze" plainly showing on the envelop essentially announcing to everyone there would be a pin inside.

It is not a long-term play, or a play on EFX going up in price, or EFX not going to zero. The option premiums were very high. I wrote puts for $0.65 per share on Tuesday, the last trade today was for $0.24. I will be closing the position soon. It was a nice opportunity and is playing out as I thought. I hope EFX goes to zero. Somehow an example needs to be made of EFX. Unfortunately it is too late for the 143 million who are exposed and I am one of those. You cannot put the cat back in the bag. That data will be out there for the rest of the lives of those individuals.

I think that is the top half of a Brioni suit!

I kind of joined you. Wrote some $65 strike Oct 20 puts for $0.65 per share this morning.