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Anyone remember Slim Shady??

Yeah we'll see. Looks like with 4games in 5 days coming up and several players out they're going to drop in standings. Will be interesting if Warriors climb too. I don't know why but I can't really get behind this Celtics team. I loved Bird's celtics but haven't really connected with them since...

Sure, but really it was mostly inflation and crappy economy because of inflation. Most of other elections swung to the non incumbent. Not to say Dems weren't completely incompetent and shot themselves in the foot multiple times. But Republicans also had a non-primary with no one other than Haley willing or able to challenge the convicted felon, so it is what it is. I'd be surprised if a woman makes the R nomination in my lifetime. Heck there's talk of the Republicans wanting to repeal the amendment that gave women the vote.

Plus his work ethic is second to none. He's spends more time training, getting treatment and in the gym than just about anyone. It's not like PEDs aren't available to anyone else.

That's possibly because he shoots so many threes vs Lebron always driving through traffic? LBJ gets fewer foul calls than he should as well. So did Shaq. But Steph did used to get a lot of layup shots as well... I wouldn't say he doesn't have physical gifts. His stamina is insane with how much he runs every game. It's just not as visible.

I don't know if MJ/Pippen were that high IQ, they just had amazing athletic gifts, a great coach and front office that was ahead of its time. Cooper used to say he much rather guard MJ vs Bird cause Bird would just wear them out with his brain. When I think high IQ I think Lebron, Magic, Bird, even Kareem apparently was brilliant. Jokic and Luka too. Chris Paul, Rondo and Kidd to a lesser degree. I'd almost say Bird and DJ vs Mchale since DJ was the PG. Walton was super high IQ too when he played with Bird. It's hard to compare the eras as well. Anyway, it's all subjective. Even the number of finals is not a good marker since it's a team game. Lebron languished for years in Cleveland cause they didn't build a team around him. I mean it's hard to name anyone from the team he took to his first finals. If you want it to be more objective at an individual level you need to look at all nba finishes, DPOY, all defense teams etcs. plus sprinkle some other team accolades. But still. Anyway Lebron is special. I can't believe he can still dunk at will. He's breaking and broken so many records it's ridiculous.

MSFT

I'll also chip in IBKR. The interface isn't so bad if you stick to the web. They have a new desktop app too although I haven't compared it to TW yet. It's nice that they pay you on your cash. It's annoying with Schwab having to move in and out of SGOV and the like.

what do you miss?

wow there are inter provincial tariffs? Any examples?

Can't believe he's still playing much less at this level. Apparently he's putting up better stats since hitting 40 than his last MVP season. Crazy. Talk about investing in your body.

Just wondering out loud. I might have enough to retire but kids still in HS, live in US where you pay out of pocket for your healthcare. Plus market sure feels frothy. Also it'd be tough giving up job with smart people on cutting edge, nice benefits and facilities and pretty compensation. Though some days...

This is a few years old but worth reading for a look at options vs not https://www.cboe.com/insights/posts/benchmark-indices-series-income-generation-and-smoother-returns-with-cboes-bxm-bxmd-put-and-cmbo-indices/ basically the cboe has several auto options writing indices and they were analyzed vs the SP500. The SP beats them all in total return, but there are 3 that beat it for risk adjusted returns, and one that gets pretty close on total returns as well. (the 30 delta call write). In theory that means you could leverage them and get better returns than the sp500 but that's not examined by the study.

Yeah that's a really long term problem, plus folks in the research community are already keenly aware of it. The bigger problems will be the ones they're not aware of.

The AI you are working with today is the dumbest AI you will ever encounter.

How and why did this thread devolve into a crypto thread??? please stop! back to eff you money. Reminds me of this scene from office space Mostly the second part lol. "you don't need a million bucks to do nothing.."

I don't know if this falls under "Biggest", but I'll add: ever participating in any political discussion on a public board LOL. See the "Eff you money" topic for context.

I'd add that I don't see how the Dems are any less corrupt than the Reps especially with everyone climbing over themselves to appeal to Trump's ego. Or at the least doing everything they can to make sure he doesn't lash out at them with his bully mentality.

Trump has crossed so many norms of politics it's unsurprising that the Dems are fighting back. The attempted insurrection was really something, reminds me of Hugo Chavez, but I guess he didn't lead it, just cheered it on? Election interference was the biggest issue and concern along with claims of presidential immunity. Will he vacate in 4 years? All the sexual abuse and others... well he is who he is and will never change. Other than his family, it seems everyone he's ever worked closely with despises the guy, and has nothing good to say about him. Kelly wrote a book about it. But yes he does appeal to an element of the population that others don't. He knows how to market and create fear that's for sure especially to those who will and want to believe his lies. Wrt to Fox, yeah, I'm guessing they are just as biased as what everyone's calling MSM, but I guess we're in the post-verifiable truth era, especially with Gen AI... The Dem party is incompetent, I'll give you that. I'm not sure I'd call them any more corrupt than the Republican. Their last 3 candidates were Hillary, Biden, and Harris after a botched Biden attempt? No wonder the Red party has all 3 branches now.

Always remember, "It's not timing the market, it's time in the market"... And most of your returns come from your asset allocation, not stock selection.

I agree that adding 6 new justices would've been harsh but that didn't happen. What did happen is that Mitch prevented Obama from rightfully appointing a justice on the pretense that the next president should have that right. Then he rushed the 3rd appointment right when Trump's term was about to be up, hypocritically. So he basically pulled 2 judges to the right. Nevermind that at least 2 of the appointees, to the highest court in the land, perjured themselves when they claimed under oath that they wouldn't change Roe vs Wade. I'm fully aware that the left has their issues, but somewhat amused that people see Trump, who lies and sensationalizes as a matter of operating procedure as some great counterbalance to that. With regards to the courts cases against him, did you look at the court documents and the actual facts and proof? Like the boxes and boxes of confidential data in his resort taken without permission? People think it was a witch hunt but, if it was, it wasn't without proof and evidence, something his supporters don't seem to need, but is required in a court of law. He's the first president who didn't concede and constantly called the election rigged. That's dictator stuff. He also led chants of "lock her up!", so yes, it's a concern that he'd jail political opponents. Of all the political cycles I've seen he's taken the conversation to the lowest point, but hey at least he didn't start a war.

make me think of this nsfw scene from back in the day

What's the source? the fact that California is not on there is suspect. Although then it might be > 50%

cross posting. Good brief accessible intro and visualization of how LLMs work.

This has a nice groove.