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xenon

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  • Trumpenomics
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    The economy is going to be stuck in 3rd gear until these guys can decide whether to shit or get off the pot.

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  • Funny Videos
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  • Cryptocurrencies and Private Market Assets in 401(k)
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    Doesn't the almost make private equity public equity?

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  • It takes 10 seconds
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    @Doctor-Phibes said in It takes 10 seconds:

    @xenon said in It takes 10 seconds:

    @Mik said in It takes 10 seconds:

    Children are largely to teach you the meaning of terror. Before I became a father I wasn't really scared of anything or anyone. Once she was born, I was scared of all sorts of things.

    I've been trying to practice an Indian form of detachment / stoicism for the last few years. I find it to be a helpful perspective - but I can't get it to work when it comes to the kids.

    Just wait until the little shits are older and give you something really horrendous to worry about Yes, that can be difficult.

    Oh - I think exactly about that. They haven't given me much grief yet, but it's certainly coming.

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  • It takes 10 seconds
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    @Mik said in It takes 10 seconds:

    Children are largely to teach you the meaning of terror. Before I became a father I wasn't really scared of anything or anyone. Once she was born, I was scared of all sorts of things.

    I've been trying to practice an Indian form of detachment / stoicism for the last few years. I find it to be a helpful perspective - but I can't get it to work when it comes to the kids.

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  • It takes 10 seconds
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    Missed this when you first posted, 89. I hear you on the time slowing down. My oldest wandered off during a window of probably 5 unsupervised seconds at a science museum.

    I still remember the details of those next 5 mins or so with pretty high resolution.

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  • Notwithstanding the distasteful Hulk Hogan meme…
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    @Mik said in Notwithstanding the distasteful Hulk Hogan meme…:

    @xenon said in Notwithstanding the distasteful Hulk Hogan meme…:

    @Mik - I do compound exercises. I have a set of dumbbells and a barbell rack in my basement. With 3 young kids - the name of the game is simplicity and consistency. I carve out 20 mins a day and rotate main body sections: squats, deadlifts, bench press, rows, chin ups.

    I typically average about 10-12 reps (which is close to failure).

    When I used to go to the gym (a long time ago), I was very into efficiency and effective training. These days I just throw weights in the air, but almost always do it 3-4 days a week.

    I also bike 3 days a week to work... which works out to about 80 miles a week of cardio.

    Consistency beats technique. I've never felt stronger in my life.

    I need to work on stretching more though... I completely ignored up until recently.

    but at this age the machines are likely the better option

    I agree with this. I sometimes lift as if I'm still 25. It's a risky thing to do. Machines are much safer and get you similar benefits. I should be building more safety into my routine. My goal is preserving mobility as I get older - not a beach bod.

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  • Notwithstanding the distasteful Hulk Hogan meme…
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    @Mik - I do compound exercises. I have a set of dumbbells and a barbell rack in my basement. With 3 young kids - the name of the game is simplicity and consistency. I carve out 20 mins a day and rotate main body sections: squats, deadlifts, bench press, rows, chin ups.

    I typically average about 10-12 reps (which is close to failure).

    When I used to go to the gym (a long time ago), I was very into efficiency and effective training. These days I just throw weights in the air, but almost always do it 3-4 days a week.

    I also bike 3 days a week to work... which works out to about 80 miles a week of cardio.

    Consistency beats technique. I've never felt stronger in my life.

    I need to work on stretching more though... I completely ignored up until recently.

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  • Notwithstanding the distasteful Hulk Hogan meme…
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    The current confusing narrative is around amount of protein. I've been weightlifting consistently over the last 2 years and it feels fantastic.

    But the bro-sphere influencers are saying you need up to 1g per lb of body weight of protein a day. That may be too high, but there is evidence in some studies that up to 0.6g per lb of body weight leads to more muscle synthesis.

    That's a lot of meat. Not sure if the net benefits of that are positive.

    @89th: I know this sounds drastic, but the real game changer for me was around 2016. I stopped eating added sugar. It's been the most effective health change I've made to my life. Was very hard when I was first making the switching. The good part of it is that it's a very clear rule.

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  • There go those goal posts
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    @Horace said in There go those goal posts:

    When you begin from the notion that the Trump campaign was always full of shit about their implications of all that dirt in the Epstein files, it begins to make a lot more sense. Occam is still firmly in the camp that there is no there there in those files.

    My best guess is that the government has little if any convictable dirt in the files.

    But this has become a cultural shibboleth. Either you believe that Epstein is illuminati or you don't. A lot of people in Trump's base believe it. That in and of itself is a problem for him now... TBD if people will forget about it.

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  • There go those goal posts
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    I think the only real story is Trump changing his tune on the Epstein files. He let people believe that everything was going to be exposed and - by promoting the likes of Kash, Bongino and Bondi - tacitly gave credence to the idea that there was something nefarious behind the scenes.

    Now he's against disclosure. That's shady. The reasons why are less important than the effect this is having.

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  • Trumpenomics
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    @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

    @xenon said in Trumpenomics:

    Im still salty that Trump normalized MMT across republicans.

    We’re in for some pain in the future.

    There was never any stopping that train, and the budget deficit would have been worse under Harris.

    I don’t know. Harris would have had a lot to prove. The republicans would have howled to the high heavens about the deficit (but would have also given her shit if she didn’t cut taxes).

    But they would have at least stuck to their traditional stance of deficits=bad.

    I expect this sort of profligacy from the Dems.

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  • Trumpenomics
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    Im still salty that Trump normalized MMT across republicans.

    We’re in for some pain in the future.

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  • The Epstein File
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    I didn’t think there were any dramatic revelations here before all this. But now Trump has been saying that all the Epstein files are written by his political opponents.

    That part is weird - why make that point?

    He’s not saying there’s no there there. He’s not saying we actually have no proof of Epstein doing anything bad.

    He’s saying that the files have political slander in them.

    I’m not sure what part is smart - that he’ll eventual reveal that there’s no evidence of wrongdoing against Epstein?

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  • Trumpenomics
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    Lots of companies have been able to hold out with supply on hand (or supply they stocked up on) - with the hopes that we’d have more clarity before having to raise price.

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  • We need a new Marshall Plan for Europe
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    Energy costs?

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  • Trumpenomics
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    Every business plan in corporate America this year just has a line item for "chaos monkey" right now. This is ridiculous.

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  • The Big Beautiful Bill needs its own thread.
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    Yeah - the GOP is now pretty firmly... something else.

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  • The America Party?
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    @jon-nyc said in The America Party?:

    Maybe. Since 2016 I’ve thought we don’t need a third party since with social media anyone sufficiently popular can commandeer one of the existing ones. That’s probably true now of the Democratic Party too though it held out a little longer.

    I think you're right about this, Jon. But I don't think anyone has really pushed this.

    A lot of a party's power comes from funding, which goes to traditional media, which goes to getting a message to the mainstream.

    As Mamdani recently demonstrated, you can be a nobody if you can make effective viral videos.

    I think the parties have much less power right now than is recognized.

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  • The Iran Nuclear Program thread
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    Trump has spent the last couple of hours making multiple posts how the bombs obliterated everything.... which probably means they didn't... sigh...

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