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Can you share what you mean by "plugging numbers into portfolio charts"? Like what life scenarios were you consider? I believe if you're withdrawing 4% of your portfolio then it helps out to split your investment between stocks and bonds. However, if you earn a salary and intend to add to...

white belt wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 14, 2021 7:07 pm

There is a FIRE dating app, but I know those who tried using it on the forum said that even in densely populated areas the options are severely limited.

I totally missed that there is already an app, I'm guessing it was probably made well after this thread was started.

What are thoughts on the Chapwood index? Looks like the site is partially down right now.
The idea behind it is to look at the most common products purchased and a much larger number of them to give a better idea of inflation for the average person.

Next, why did you only look at BlockFi? There are a plethora of crypto lending companies. Obviously the reputation of the company is important,... To clarify, the reason I mention companies is because you have to give them your coins to lend out. What happens if BlockFi is hacked? Or worse yet, if ...

Yes, single person. Thx for the info.

I don't understand, 5K/month from 3.5 million is only 1.7%? If 99% net worth is in crypto, that is extremely risky? It doesn't make any sense for anyone to have that allocation? Firstly, why wouldn't you just diversify into stocks, real estate, continue with some crypto, gold, some fiat currency, lo...

That's not really what I meant, eg if there was another sub-board for dating, it wouldn't cost anything. I am not referring to a full-blown, commercial, dating website. I did not mean for anyone to limit their dating pool to only those familiar with FI/ERE. It's not as if anyone limits themselves to...

jacob wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:27 am

Please do let me know if anyone actually hook up through these forums. That would be kinda cool

If they do, they should give a donation to jacob.

Thanks, those are some super helpful points, I will look into those options and the link. My CPA mentioned SEP and SIMPLE-IRAs as options, would those be less recommended? And do you know if I can have one for one year and a different one for the next year? I was thinking about hiring someone to adv...

I agree with the previous sentiment, that it depends on the situation. I would never ask for the person to be alone with you, that seems rude. If the third person is not interested in the subject matter/activity, they are going to discover that and then self-select to not be involved, so you might e...

I just read the thread about how to get a SO/friend/family on board and was going to jokingly suggest a dating sub-board to avoid having to convince someone. I dismissed it and then saw this thread. Maybe it's not a bad idea? I don't know what the successful marriage statistics are but dealing with ...

I have an S corp for my business (US - not sure if other countries even have S corps), am the only member, and would like to reduce my taxes. I have done everything I can outside retirement accounts. Seeing as I am both looking at taxes + FIRE, and may reach FI this year or the next (or later, a lot...

A dead virus does not mutate. So it is a societal underreaction that has resulted in the new strains (one of which is much more transmissible with the same mortality rate). If covid-19 was eradicated by May 2020 like it should have been, all these recent strains would not exist.

This is the most ERE post on the whole of this thread(!) I discussed this with somebody I know who knows a lot about antibodies from both higher education and career, and they said this is quite plausible. The problem, as mentioned in the article, is that you wouldn't know whether or not it had wor...

Does anyone know of inexpensive options for obtaining blood tests? I need LFT monitoring 6x/year (ALT is the specific test) but with my insurance it is $50 per blood test. I've looked at all health insurance options during open enrollment and none of them have a lower amount. I am not working enough...

Kenneth Arrow wrote the definitive paper on healthcare in 1963. Due to uncertainty and information assymetry, you simply cannot have a regular market in health care. There will always have to be some form of government intervention. There are all sorts of trade offs as to how and how much. It is no...

Something I have noticed living in the US for a few years is that medical providers bill my health insurance company ~10x as much as the insurance ultimately pays them. I do not need health insurance to insure my health any more, at least at my level of financial risk tolerance. But I think I do st...

I am just judging Sam Harris off one data point, but I remember watching one of his videos in the mid-2000s where he was talking about the basis of morality. It was something about maximizing well-being. Then he threw up a slide of some woman wearing a hijab, or whatever, and simply stated somethin...

Campitor wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:26 pm

[*]Dr. Ardnt, who was Harvard Medical graduate, walked out of a spinal surgery he was performing to cash his check.[/list]

I think Ardnt was addicted to drugs and there was a question of him owing someone, plus other random stuff that was going on.

@Campitor: I agree. Greatly increased inheritance tax towards equalization of educational/entrepreneurial opportunities would be better. Fresh roll on the American dream each generation. Except that it's not going to equalization of opportunity, it's going to overseas wars with a supermajority of D...