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by Wistar 4y ago
I do dollar cost averaging and have since the early 90s when I first heard the term mentioned on a radio investment advice show (mutual funds, then). It has served me well. Recently, I started to do this into a couple index funds of my own
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Tangential: In the early 2000s, WD40 dramatically changed their can design in an effort to thwart product counterfeiters. I remember at the time reading that WD40 was the single most counterfeited product in the world. https://ww
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I often put a pinch of salt in the brewing basket atop the grounds. Not a lot. It’s noticeably less bitter.
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I initially interpreted the title with Google as a verb and wondered why the DOJ would ask people to search for manipulated ad prices to hurt publishers. Just for a moment.
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I played with the idea as one way to deal with a problem client. At the time I had never heard of the method.
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Maybe I should have phrased it as “exalted” rather than “expensive.“
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Is the experience of playing a very expensive violin more enjoyable? Is it easier to express the music on such an instrument? I ask because, for me, a pianist, an older Steinway B that has been meticulously maintained is so much … nicer, ev
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In the early 80's, I modified a VHS cassette by placing a cylindrical high-strength magnet adjacent to the tape path on the takeup side. There was a nearly perfect pre-existing pocket in the case webbing to put the magnet with a dot of
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A look at the less-simple direction: "I do not know exactly why, in the twentieth century, the dominant fashions in English prose moved relentlessly in the direction of ever greater simplification and aesthetic minimalism. I do not eve
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I just bought a BedJet but have yet to hook it up. After receiving the unit, I realized that, due to the way the bed frame is constructed, I need the special flat hose which is on order.
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I just went and bought a Filson 210G Merino wool T. Thanks! I need this. https://www.filson.com/tops/210g-merino-wool-short-sleeve-cr...
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This. Over the years, I have donated many automotive photos to wikimedia as public domain, CC0.
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Here is a transcript of piece about the debacle from NPR from a few days ago. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1151474346
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You are a blessing. I need a high rez scanning solution and I think you may have solved it for me.
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“The documents Stephanie released eventually showed that her father intentionally gerrymandered North Carolina by manipulating voting districts to benefit his political party and disenfranchise the other, and that he advised the Trump Admin
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What are “books for cities?”
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Not nearly as rarefied as many of the books cited here, for me it was John Saxon's excellent Algebra 1/2, Algebra 1, and Algebra 2. I didn't get a good enough grasp on basic Algebra in high-school. When I was in my early–
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And some people, such as my spouse, much prefer the flavor of Impossible burger over actual ground beef.
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A couple of nights ago my wife and I used ChatGPT to generate a bunch of various report card comments. The results were fairly good as a starting point but, what was really interesting is that ChatGPT corrected terminology errors I had made
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Precisely what I was going to comment.
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Oh, man! What a temptation. I grew up in a house that my father filled with books, including the World Book Encyclopedia which I liked but the book resource I treasured the most was a multi-volume OED set he had bought used.
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A Maryland case where a motorcyclist, using a helmet cam, video & audio records a cop brandishing a gun. Motorcyclist posts the video online only to be arrested and charged with a felony for having made the recording. The court threw ou
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Low frequencies can occur in nature, waterfalls, earthquakes and the like. Here is a writeup, with photos, of a multiple rotary subwoofer installation for the Niagra Falls Fury show about the creation of Niagara falls. http://w
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This past week, NPR’s Fresh Air ran a quite good interview with Caro’s editor, Robert Gottlieb. At 91, he seems incredibly sharp. https://www.npr.org/2023/01/03/1146641641/robert-gottlieb-ca...
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How ridiculous? Rotary subwoofer ridiculous? https://www.soundandvision.com/content/eminent-technology-tr...
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Where in the house is the safe located? I saw a video some years ago that made a fairly compelling case for locating the safe in a pantry or laundry room or anywhere other than the master bedroom, master closet, master bath or home office.
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Perhaps, although a power company spokesperson did say that the damage was done by “people who likely had familiarity with the systems.” (Or something to that effect.)
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On the local news this morning it was reported that the vandalism was not carried out with firearms.
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It's not too late as they don't yet know who carried out the vandalism.
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For me, the key I’d move is Caps Lock. I inadvertently hit that dang thing dozens of times a day.

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