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   by gerad 4y ago

   “Just” is a 4 letter word
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   by gerad 4y ago

   That’s not how the stats work. There’s a 71% chance it lands in water this time (and every time). If you flip heads 3 times in a row, it doesn’t mean you’re more likely to flip tails next time.
3. 123.▲
   by gerad 4y ago

   My jeans wear out in the rear (where my bike seat is). Can anybody a brand that doesn’t (or lasts pretty long)?
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   by gerad 4y ago

   I was surprised that it was Robin Sloan the author who did this - building an app of that sophistication is no mean feat for someone who’s not a professional. His books are excellent. I highly recommend both Penumbra’s 24 Hour Book Store an
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   by gerad 4y ago

   We get our simulations from Conning [1], a 100 year old company that sells such simulations to these industries. We talk a bit more about it in our "white paper" blog post about what makes us different [2]. 1: https://w
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   by gerad 4y ago

   Somewhat shameless plug, but we’re launching this week so now or never. If you want to see how a specific asset mix based on your goals performs (e.g. more in cash and BND and less in VT because you have a big home purchase coming up), chec
7. 127.▲
   by gerad 4y ago

   Or on, in or under the oceans.
8. 128.▲
   by gerad 4y ago

   Selling shares in yourself sounds great! Paying dividends, not so much.
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   by gerad 4y ago

   In my experience, it’s the ecosystem far more than the language that matters. How good is the documentation? How well designed are the standard libraries? How good is the tooling? Are there any great community libraries? Are these well docu
10. 130.▲
    by gerad 4y ago

    How about “make the world a better place?”
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Did anybody else grow up reading / solving Usborne’s puzzle adventures [1]. They don’t exist anymore I think because computer games (ironically given the OP) killed them. [1] https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/usbo
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    by gerad 4y ago

    We explored Arquero a year or so ago. It’s pretty cool, can run against data in Apache Arrow format and even transform it to run against WebGPU I think. This makes things run super fast. It didn’t work for our use case so we didn’t end up u
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    by gerad 4y ago

    I mostly appreciate deadspin for its snark [1], it’s usually more entertainment than reporting (or even much about the actual games for that matter). [1] https://deadspin.com/thankfully-the-internet-captured-klay-t...
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Having lived and worked abroad in Australia, I’d say that it’s expensive but you also get your money’s worth. The country is pretty much all beautiful beaches. People are friendly, but in my experience they were distant. It took a long time
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    by gerad 4y ago

    If you come at Facebook you better not miss.
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Isn't the whole point of crypto that you don't need to get your cash out of a bank account that the government can monitor and potentially lockdown?
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Here in the Bay Area in Marin County, we have the Marin Agricultural Land Trust [1]. [1] https://malt.org/
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Wow, thanks so much for taking so much time to leave such detailed feedback! I'd love to chat more in real-time if you're willing. You can reach me at my hn username at livefortunately.com to schedule some time that works for you
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Thanks! You can add IRA accounts if you save your plan. You're not the only person to ask for that - we need to improve the UI there. We do this! "I've been wanting a financial service that keeps tracks of all my assets AND d
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Thank you so much! We appreciate the encouragement and your feedback is really useful - we're just blown away by the time folks have taken to reply and the ideas they have shared. We love the FIRE life hacks ideas - they're really
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Thanks so much for the awesome, actionable feedback. These are some fantastic ideas. The idea about separating out results is one we've been kicking that around recently too, but you got to it a lot faster than we did. :-) On "sur
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Wow! Thank you so much for the fantastic and thoughtful feedback. This is truly excellent and super helpful. You're right that the needs of people at or near retirement (especially early retirement) are much more complex and comprehens
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Thanks! I direct linked into the product because the HN post had some of those details, but you can see a lot of that on the marketing site: https://livefortunately.com/ We'll work to make the product landing page bett
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    by gerad 4y ago

    Nope. It's a flat circle.
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    by gerad 4y ago

    I’m Gerad, CTO of Fortunately. I started Fortunately to help families with personal finance decisions. There’s tons of great (and bad) financial advice out there. And I knew which was which – I studied economics at Stanford and worked in fi
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    Show HN: Fortunately – Understand the tradeoffs of financial decisions(app.livefortunately.com)

    10 points by gerad 4y ago|16 comments
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    by gerad 5y ago

    I'm Gerad, CTO of Fortunately. Given the new year just started, I thought some people might be interested in planning for their goals a bit more rigorously. We use the same simulation data as hedge funds and the insurance industry to h
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    Show HN: Fortunately – See how much to save for your goals(fortunately.io)

    1 points by gerad 5y ago|1 comments
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    Salar de Uyuni(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by gerad 6y ago|0 comments
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    by gerad 6y ago

    Are they pets or cattle?