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Rorschach test with Wall Street today. NVIDIA closing +3.53% and Tractor Supply Company closing -5.82% tells a weird story. I'm glad we didn't see more contagion via panic selling. Here's hoping that holds the rest of the week while some of this is sorting out.

Asian markets are hitting circuit breakers like New Year's celebrations whenever the time zone comes up. Our own futures are looking ugly headed into Monday. Hold onto your butts. https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1909072078579572971?t=Exwrhc0npJ9niPb6Di2Aew&s=19

I'm pretty happy with my two ARs that I assembled with various parts. The biggest things I put money into were Geissele triggers (I'm on their flats for life), and decent optics (EO Tech and Vortex). The rest is common enough, but it's working just fine. That said, if you buy the DD, it's not a bad purchase at all. I just never had the time or ammo budget to justify something that top shelf.

It's about the stupidest thing I've seen in a long time, and for the government that's saying quite a bit. To show you how unnecessary this was, the law was passed in 2005 when the 9/11 commission recommended a national standard for IDs. But it's been so miserable to implement the kept pushing the date. Had the simply made any state issued ID a real ID, this could have been phased in easy enough in half the 20 years this is been an annoyance.

They're a fantastic source. Highly recommend anyone use them for what they need to know in a hurry.

Yikes. Hopefully people stayed away from that kind of water. Not worth the risk.

Some of you think you're buying the dip, you might find yourself in a dead cat bounce. Dollar cost averaging to buy index funds is the tried and true method for regular people to invest wisely. Anything else and you're working the same odds as a parlay on DraftKings, without the fun of getting to watch a game. It was brutal, really brutal today. That's a reaction to how deep these tariffs were, and how industries up and down the exchanges are going to have to recalculate their models, handle inventory on hand, and consider what a further decline in consumer spending may bring if this goes into a recession. I'm not worried yet, but there is a risk of a stagnant market until all this gets sorted out. Time to find out who has the stomach to ride the dips. Or as Buffet is often quoted, we'll see who's skinny dipping as the tide goes out.

The first time I saw an EO Tech with a magnifier, it felt like a mess.

Would love to hear what everyone is seeing, and more importantly doing with AI in their personal and professional lives. I got to see a few of the apps my company had plugged into radiology systems for the docs doing the reads, and some are pretty useful. The technology is growing for sure. I have a ChatGPT plus subscription, and I was really using it to do a lot of advanced Excel formulas and research before I left my job. Now I'm using it for job searching, and to tweak my resume/cover letter with each application. I'd love to see what it can do with large data sets someday, and am interested in how it can be used as plug-ins with things I don't have a lot of familiarity with. I'm also trying things here and there with Google's Gemini, and X's Grok. I'm pretty impressed with the recent upgrades to Grok. Haven't tried Anthropic's offering yet. So, who on here is using any AI tools?

Just a little perspective on how much of a blip this currently is. The markets are as "low" as they were back on Sept 13th, 2024. So, not the crash you hear about from various media sources. I was pretty happy with my portfolio then, not disappointed now. Especially when I know over time, we'll keep going up and to the right. I've also got about 20-25 years before retirement age, so I know I have time on my side. Here's the five year chart for Vanguard's Total Stock Market Index Fund and their S&P 500 fund. You can buy either as a mutual fund or an ETF. It's basically the easiest way to get rich slowly. The stock market is as rigged as our representative democracy will allow it to be in favor of equity owners. That's sometimes slow going (and may well be for Trump 47), but this is what too big to fail looks like. You might not be able to get up there with Warren Buffet, but the US stock market as a whole and in proportion is a star to hitch your wagon to.

Stock market is fine. The valuations were getting out of whack, and we're seeing some reality come in. Still way more to shake out as AI costs and impacts ripple over the next decade or so. The S&P is trading above the normal PE ratio still, so be ready for more drops if the economy stalls. All that said, I'm not selling a thing. The long term trend of the market is up and to the right if you're actually diversified well enough. I wouldn't try to gauge individual stocks beyond a mental exercise. I'm just gonna stick with my total market index fund. Don't just do something, sit there.

Sounds like both is the correct answer.

Buy a Glock FM 81 survival knife if cost is your most important consideration. You can get a decent product and not enable the proliferation of drop shipping crap.

Hope they find out what happened. It's a shame to feel even at 95 he might have been cheated out of some more time. What a life. Give his Wikipedia page a glance. Lied about his age to enlist in the Marines at 16, made a mark in some prolific films, would up on Nixon's Enemies List. Impressive at any level. I'm also happy he got to leave Hollywood and enjoy some time of quiet reflection and peace. Santa Fe is a beautiful area. Peaceful rest wishes for a helluva guy.

These men fought for a better tomorrow than they had. And their record of battle speaks for itself.

Just seems a customer service thing. The form isn't terribly complicated, but I can see some folks who would hate the online version and appreciating some help.

You're that asshole who kept shooting me down in War Thunder, aren't you?

The best part of an expanded playoff is the gauntlet gets laid out. Very hard to say the four wins Ohio State needed to claim the championship didn't prove they deserved it. Just gotta keep reminding myself of this when I think about Ohio State being champions again.

It's fairly common for something like this when a different party takes control, even if it's just a memo from the White House Chief of Staff instead of a formal Executive Order. Just a pause to let the new administration get their political appointees in place to guide priorities in policy and regulation enforcement for the various agencies. I'd like to think the Trump administration v2.0 will be good for gun rights, but I don't think it's a high priority. If we escape any bad ideas like the bump stock ban this time around, that would be nice.

Everybody should have gun rights, but not everybody should have guns. The risk is supporting the first part enables stupidity like this.

Never been. But it's on the list for a boring day.

That looks like the start of a beautiful friendship.

He had more success than people realize. The feelings about his term, coupled with the way Reagan's optimism told the tale of the terms after cloud things up a bit. Jimmy Carter helped bring Egypt and Israel to peace; pretty hard to overstate how important that was then and now. While Nixon may have went to China, Carter gave them formal diplomatic recognition. Domestically, he pushed deregulation in the oil, airline, and transportation industries. Yeah, a Democrat removing regulation. He also appointed Paul Volker as Chairman of the Fed, knowing full well the plans Volker had were likely to feel draconian, and his presidency would suffer just as badly. That and the "malaise" speech are a moral courage we just don't get anymore in our politicians. His life before and after the Presidency were pretty impactful too. I'm grateful for the service he gave throughout his life.

22 years ago, for my first vehicle, I wanted a Toyota Tacoma. I couldn't afford one, so I settled on a Ford Ranger. I still have that truck. But when I'm ready for a new one, the Tacoma is at the top of the short list. Hoping the quality holds until then, because I don't plan on buying for a bit to come if my Ranger holds out.

Hope it's a great day for all celebrating!