DooDiligence

Very Impressive DooDiligence. Congrats on finishing your 4th semester. Is the learning experience different at 58 vs 18? Why do you recommend taking a graded class vs just reading about subjects? Thanks. Now the real learning starts with practical application. It's hard to compare the experience at 58 to the one at 18 because at 18 I was a drunken, pot head who slept in class a lot. Going back to school was 1st & foremost about the music & secondly, a do-over of high school without the altered state and raging hormones. I recommended graded classes because it really puts you under the gun. This might not be necessary for everyone but I never would've studied this material as thoroughly as I did if there hadn't been a bunch of instructors breathing down my neck. It also engrained a lot of academic discipline.

Agreed on all points. Moderation in all things except practical skills. As most here know, I finished my 4th semester as a music major last May at the age of 58. I got A's in every class except for a B+ in Classical Guitar & Math for Liberal Arts. It was friggin' hard. As to the "use it or lose it" aspect, for the past month I've been going through Benward Volume 1 (Music Theory) & the accompanying workbook from page 1 & doing all the unfinished exercises (many weren't assigned & I was harried as hell so I didn't do them). I'm also playing all the excerpt & examples, which I largely skipped before. The material is way more understandable now & my sight reading, transposition & improv skills are improving bigly as a result. I highly recommend continuing to study as you age. Put yourself under the gun in a graded environment & then review the original material & put it to use. It should be a subject that interests you heavily. For many people this may include learning a foreign language & then spending time in the country(s) where it's spoken. You've lived long & are successful, enjoy life & a healthy intellect even as your body slows down.

Eddie Van Halen died today after a long battle with throat cancer. He didn't invent finger tapping but he sure did put it on the map. I saw them on their debut tour with Black Sabbath in 1978 & when Van Halen left the stage I remember thinking Sabbath was going to have a tough time following their performance.

I signed up for Netflix this month & watched this show. It rings very true & it's unfortunate that the people who need to see it most won't give it a glance. The NYT writeup by minesafetydisclosures bodes well for journalism. I just signed up for a subscription. Media by consent gets a finger in the eye. Journalists thumb their noses at advertisers. Who knew there was a market for truth? Hopefully this trend will gain traction.

If you're just wanting to keep your shares from being loaned out you can place a sell order with a price that's significantly above current bids & I believe this will make them unavailable for loan. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this.

Nearly all of the 1st & early editions I have are from patiently waiting for them to pop up on eBay. The best deals usually come from inexperienced sellers whose listings are set to expire on a Mon, Tue or Wed and /or at odd hours that make it unlikely people will show up to bid when the listing ends. If you know how to do it, sniping is a guilty pleasure. All of this applies to more than just books. I've saved a ton of cash through eBay on other gear. If only I were as good at equity investing?

Was hoping nobody would feed the MAGA-trolls, but since Viking broke the ice... I am happy to talk about all the myriad failures of Premier Doug Ford in Ontaraio. AMA. P.s. for those surprised that Canadians have an opinion on American politics, please understand that we watch American TV, movies, football, etc. We listen to American music. I can't name a single Canadian supreme court justice. I know almost all the American justices. IIRC, the left calls this "cultural imperialism". We forgive you for Justin Bieber & thank you profusely for Rush & Neil Young.

Trimmed half of BRK.B in a 401K & would sell the rest if it started bumping the 52 week high. My confidence started to get eroded when WEB bought airlines. The IPO purchase doesn't even move the needle. I think the sale of WFC is a blunder (you already have enough cash). Too many odd purchases that don't seem to have any logic behind them. It's like he's picking away at garage sales with no cohesive strategy in mind. As another poster said, just buy back your own stock. I still believe the core of BHE, BNSF & insurance are strong but... If it goes sub $180 I may repurchase (and then again, I may not).

Are starter positions a social proof created to fool oneself?

A great Nova series on CRISPR. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/how-does-crispr-work/ www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/gene-editing-reality-check/

Vote for Marc Rebillet "Make America Stank Again"

I'll treat it like an OS update & wait to see what happens to the guinea pigs.

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” --- “The result of preaching totalitarian doctrines is to weaken the instinct by means of which free peoples know what is or is not dangerous.” --- It's unfortunate that the words of Orwell are so true, now more than ever.

If an idiot falls in the woods, does anyone really give a shit?

i slept like a baby, thanks for asking. This AM, i walked with my youngest daughter on her way to the bus corner (first day of school for many here). It's really hard to be mad at life when seeing what she is becoming. FWIW, education authorities here (IMO) are navigating the return to school turbulence based on a reasonable course and a few compromises. It seems that they are using 'foreign' inputs for vicarious learning: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/01/898184566/how-denmark-is-thinking-about-reopening-schools-safely https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/switzerland-denmark-school-reopening-plan-covid-19-1.5683975 The importance of education can't be stressed enough. To learn the basics, ways to think, learn how to learn, rights and responsibilities of citizenship etc About the intensity of last night's exchanges, it happens rarely but, when it happens, my level of interest (for a person, an investment opportunity, a topic) can reach unusual levels and the coronavirus topic has been a relative focus lately. Hopefully, the exchanges are helpful for somebody. Helping others to help themselves tends to be productive while simply helping enters a territory of diminishing returns. And of course there's those that can't be helped. No good deed goes unpunished. This statement made no sense to me when I was young.

A fitting epitaph. "We need a leader, not a reader." - Herman Cain or was it president Schwarzenegger?

I'm touched that you remembered ;) and glad to be able to contribute to the forum. Hurt_Feelings_Report.pdf

Con la banana en la mano...

History rhymes, too many times. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1990/02/18/the-s-l-junk-bond-link/af7c5d43-e4b0-4e24-8c2f-95135a7b041a/ First it was junk, then it was homes, what's the next vehicle, to make fodder for poems?

Run like the wind but if he/she follows up with a rousing rendition of Peanut Butter Conspiracy, back up the truck.

Saude!

Preach ;)

Lemann steps up in Brasil. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazilian-billionaire-lemann-leads-initiative-to-build-covid-19-vaccine-factory-idUKKCN2533AY

I love when they were talking about reaching for yield & he says, "eventually, midnight comes & everything turns into pumpkins & mice..."

Potential career path for me.