Expressions - Bhagwad Jal Park
My thoughts, haikus and freelance musings
A friend of mine was in Orlando this afternoon, and sent me a screenshot of the Google search results for the following term: “women’s clothing near me”: Shockingly, each result had the phrase “Might not provide abortions” next to it, as you can see. What does this mean? Is this specific to Florida, the US? … Read more
Jack or John Bogle, who is the inspiration for the term “Bogleheads”, pioneered the use of index funds. A lot of people who follow his sayings, though, tend to be unaware, or ignore, or have forgotten his opinions on dividends. His opinion was that dividends are not irrelevant. Here are the quotes I was able … Read more
Ever get the impression that if the AI doomers and safety people had been around, they would have mobbed poor Prometheus for stealing fire from Olympus and bringing it to humanity? They would say “Fire is too dangerous, and should only be in the hands of a few elect people”. AI is for humanity, for … Read more
I love the fact that I can ask ChatGPT – or any AI – whatever questions I want without being judged. For example, here’s a conversation I just had: https://chatgpt.com/share/f6ddc771-c314-499e-9126-f9bc40299215 What a wonderful world we live in :) .
All the publicly available PDFs (so far) of the book “Go on Go: The Analyzed Games of Go Seigen” contain errors. Stones missing in diagrams and variations missing from pages. I was able to find just one correct copy on docslib.org. It was displayed online and unavailable for download, but Reddit user Asdfguy87 was able … Read more
Shocking, I know, but my one month it Italy has convinced me that the difference between the way North Americans love coffee and Italians love coffee, is like the difference between true love and superficial love. Coffee in America has higher caffeine content, and is more voluminous. Americans don’t care about their coffee looking good. … Read more
Update: On the 28th of April 2024, Google decided to finally pay a dividend. It’s no longer an NFT. So when reading “Google” below, replace it in your mind with a generic “non-dividend paying stock” Dividends are not irrelevant. They are the REASON for a stock’s existence. Those who insist on the irrelevance of dividends, … Read more
On September 18th, 2023, my wife and I bought our first (and only) house all in cash in downtown Toronto at the best condominium in the city. We rented and invested our money for 19 years in the stock market, and today, after pulling out our investments at the age of 40 and 41 respectively, … Read more
Fractional reserve lending and the creation of money by banks is a bedrock of modern economic activity. However, despite its benefits, it’s fundamentally disrespectful and an affront to our sensibilities because it goes against what we’re all taught from a young age – that money is valuable and must be cherished and worked for. People … Read more
In 2018 I launched my website WP-Tweaks.com. At the time, I had just lost a major client and was worried about my future income. In the past few years, however, WP-Tweaks has taken off (thanks to Hostgator coupons), and it’s been providing me with a steady income stream for a while. However, like any website … Read more