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January 29, 2016 at 10:54 AM in reply to: Well the world is backwards too in Japan… BOJ just went with a negative interest rate… #793684January 29, 2016 at 10:41 AM in reply to: Well the world is backwards too in Japan… BOJ just went with a negative interest rate… #793682
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ParticipantSubliminal racism is an issue, but not the whole of the issue. If it were the whole of the issue, Obama would not have been elected twice. This election speaks to the unhappiness of the majority with their situation.
Obama might be a convenient target for irritation (and the attacks on his wife by the webosphere are really upsetting), especially because of his race. But that’s not the whole of the issue.
BTW, I’m not speaking to 2017. I’m saying that:
2015 = 2000
2016 = 2001I agree with you about the long-term trend mattering. Which is why I’m hoping for a short-term “opportunity” that’s exploitable in the long term.
ParticipantIf you entrust personal data to a corporation that has a financial interest in using it for marketing purposes, G-d bless you. I’ll continue to save locally and do a proper backup regularly/automatically. It’s also great that I can use OpenOffice (free), GIMP (free), and Thunderbird (free) and not pay anyone a monthly fee for storage.
The trend that says AWK! AWK! CLOUD GOOD! LET’S PUT EVERYTHING WE WRITE ON THE INTARWEBS! YES! MODERN! TECH! is frankly retarded.
Nothing wrong with saving locally and using a properly encrypted backup service and software like Carbonite. One that you, and only you hold the crypto keys to.
Tresorit also looks very promising, especially since it’s based in Switzerland, not the land of the brave and home of the NSA.
Participant… just your privacy, but I guess that’s not important to the majority of bleating sheep. Incidentally, Office 365 local apps can be set to save locally.
The real question is whether the Macbook Air can boot. If it can’t, then you’ll need an adapter for the disk drive. The actual interface varies from proprietary PATA, to SATA (I think), to PCIe on the latest models. All of which have USB adapters, but you need the right kind.
January 29, 2016 at 10:10 AM in reply to: Well the world is backwards too in Japan… BOJ just went with a negative interest rate… #793674ParticipantOil prices are not always a sign of a good economy. See also 2008-2009, when oil crashed hard.
I’m not speaking about dollar debasement at all. I’m hoping for a strong dollar and a tepid economy. Best of both worlds for investment.
Also, let’s face it: if the average American was doing so well, there wouldn’t be the large-scale hatred of Obama and support for demagogues that there is today.
Someone did a survey, and something like 50% of Americans didn’t have the cash to cover even a $1000 unexpected expense. Those that did have the money just took a 13% bris without anasthesia on their savings if they were in the stock market.
Also, the last auto sales record was in y2k, which was also the year of the NASDAQ peak and just before the 2001-2 ‘cession.
ParticipantBecause none of this translates into a lot of money in the pocket of the average American sheep. Hence the support for GOP idiots.
January 29, 2016 at 9:32 AM in reply to: Well the world is backwards too in Japan… BOJ just went with a negative interest rate… #793672ParticipantNASDAQ is getting hit too, so it’s not just oil shares. High dollar is actually making US assets more expensive for foreign cattle to buy. And apparently, we’re clamping down on foreign cattle using shell companies to buy high-end property.
Auto sales are indicative of a credit bubble — bumemployment is lagging, and credit will need to be paid off. Or not.
Low oil prices/warm weather are helping the Northeast, but fucking other places like Texas hard.
January 29, 2016 at 9:05 AM in reply to: Well the world is backwards too in Japan… BOJ just went with a negative interest rate… #793669ParticipantThe good thing is that the turmoil abroad will start hitting US assets as well soon. Not that a ~13% decline in stocks has been such a bad start, in fact, it’s been rather beautiful. GDP last quarter was almost flat as well.
So it might become a good time to become an American with cash, even if not invested abroad, if we finally go into an overdue recession.
Here’s to turmoil! DRINK!
ParticipantIf the popular vote is grossly ignored, I hope we end up with riots in the streets and a revolution. I mean that in the most literal sense possible.
ParticipantI’d rather have a good business-grade lappy (running Win 7 pro, TYVGDFM) used for $300 than most of the flimsy crap that’s sold in the $300-new range.
The Surface Pro is decent, though clearly not $300. After you disable most of the spyware in Windows 10, that is 🙂
January 28, 2016 at 9:27 PM in reply to: Well the world is backwards too in Japan… BOJ just went with a negative interest rate… #793655Participant.
ParticipantI just have a dumbass LCD TV. No spyware inside. HDMI cable to my laptop works perfectly!
ParticipantHope they’re rehired and encounter some very angry cartel members.
ParticipantLightweight Thinkpads were available then. I think my x201 was first sold in 2010, probably a bit more than $500 new though.
And no, not “downgrading” it to Win 10 cloudpushing spyware.
ParticipantWhy the tapdancing hell would you want a 21 lb laptop when you can get one that’s sub 4 lb and does the job? Thinkpad x201 or t2x0 series for life!
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