===== 2024 ===== ==== 2024-12-15 ==== * https://www.murthy.com/2024/11/21/trump-administration-frequently-asked-questions/ - Trump Administration Frequently Asked Questions * https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov2524.pdf > I have one further suggestion for all parents, whether they are of modest or staggering wealth. When your children are mature, have them read your will before you sign it. > > Be sure each child understands both the logic for your decisions and the responsibilities they will encounter upon your death. If any have questions or suggestions, listen carefully and adopt those found sensible. You don’t want your children asking “Why?” in respect to testamentary decisions when you are no longer able to respond. ==== 2024-12-10 ==== * https://sive.rs/dxb - I hated Dubai until I learned about it ==== 2024-12-04 ==== * The 2024 version of FreeTaxUSA is now live: https://www.freetaxusa.com/ ==== 2024-12-02 ==== * https://thefinancebuff.com/rich-retirement-life-no-splurge.html - Retirees, a Rich Life Does Not Require Spending More Money ==== 2024-11-29 ==== * https://x.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1849408261172109634 - How a baby grows inside a woman’s body! ==== 2024-11-26 ==== * https://www.wired.com/story/22-year-old-builds-chips-parents-garage/ - This 22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents’ Garage ==== 2024-11-25 ==== * https://www.wsj.com/business/7-eleven-acquisition-japan-high-quality-food-437e1534?st=7g5io9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink * The Japanese love their 7-Eleven stores. The way they operate reminds me of Costco. * https://pmorissette.github.io/bt/examples.html - Examples – Bt 0.2.10 Documentation * https://pmorissette.github.io/bt/ - Bt – Flexible Backtesting for Python – documentation * https://github.com/pmorissette/bt - Bt – Flexible Backtesting for Python * https://github.com/pmorissette/ffn - Ffn – a financial function library for Python ==== 2024-11-23 ==== * Here is a good explanation of how the "Kalman filter" algorithm works - https://www.bzarg.com/p/how-a-kalman-filter-works-in-pictures/ ==== 2024-11-19 ==== * https://mac-blog.org.ua/interactive-brokers-google-sheets/ - Interactive Brokers Google Sheets ==== 2024-11-10 ==== * https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-chatgpt-brought-down-an-online-education-giant-200b4ff2 - ChatGPT Brought Down an Online Education Giant ==== 2024-11-01 ==== * https://chatgpt.com/?hints=search - ChatGPT Search ==== 2024-10-25 ==== * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtAdgpW_Vs - This Doctor Won’t Take Health Insurance - and Charges Just $35 a Visit * Dr. Timothy Wong in Pittsburgh charges just $35 for most visits ==== 2024-10-24 ==== * https://www.murthy.com/2024/10/17/florida-eases-licensing-requirements-for-foreign-trained-doctors/ - Florida Eases Licensing Requirements for Foreign Trained Doctors * A foreign-trained doctor can now practice medicine in Florida without completing the traditional U.S. residency requirement provided they satisfy some criterion. * Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, and Washington already allow it. ==== 2024-08-15 ==== * [[https://thefinancebuff.com/goodbye-banks-credit-unions.html | Ditch Banks — Go With Money Market Funds and Treasuries]] (thefinancebuff.com) ==== 2024-06-22 ==== * A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden - https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history * A bit wordy but has some nice content. ==== 2024-06-15 ==== * Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns data from all 4 instruments - https://www.space.com/voyager-1-fully-operational ==== 2024-06-06 ==== * The following article is a fascinating read. It explains why it is so expensive to build a fab and the incredible amount of engineering that goes into it. * https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-to-build-a-20-billion-semiconductor - How to Build a $20 Billion Semiconductor Fab * For comparison, the cost to build WTC is $2 billion. ==== 2024-05-24 ==== * Stocks will be on a T+1 settlement cycle starting from Tue 2024-05-28. * https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2024-62 ==== 2024-05-19 ==== * https://tactiq.io/ - It can produce a summary, highlights, transcript of meeting held on Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. The summary was pretty impressive (blown away would be the correct phrase... but I do not want to exaggerate). Try it out if you get a chance. ==== 2024-02-29 ==== * https://ciechanow.ski/airfoil/ - airfoil * Very well written; easy to follow along; interactive; high information density; lot of information. ==== 2024-02-27 ==== * $1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School * https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/nyregion/albert-einstein-college-medicine-bronx-donation.html ==== 2024-02-26 ==== * https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/144755/why-qualified-dividends-are-taxed-differently-from-current-income - Why [qualified] dividends are taxed differently from current income? ==== 2024-02-19 ==== The Check 21 Act * is a US federal law * It allows the recipient of a paper check to create a digital version of the original, a process known as check truncation, into an electronic format called a "substitute check", thereby eliminating the need for further handling of the physical document. * It was enacted on October 28, 2003. * went into effect on October 28, 2004. from | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_21_Act ==== 2024-02-17 ==== * Fidelity has a cool feature called “Full View” wherein you can add all your other accounts (brokerage, 401k, bank accounts etc.,) and track your net worth for free. * https://www.fidelity.com/go/monitoring-your-financial-portfolio ==== 2024-01-29 ==== * https://thefinancebuff.com/rent-by-choice-beyond-numbers.html - Beyond the Numbers: a Closer Look at Renting By Choice ==== 2024-01-28 ==== * The 2023 U.S. economy, in a dozen charts - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/07/the-2023-us-economy-in-charts.html * Close to 40% of all homes in the U.S. don’t have a mortgage. * https://www.axios.com/2023/12/12/mortgage-free-homes * Classical Johny Johny yes papa * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RCUsYxY6OE - full version * https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2fYqNpvCzW ==== 2024-01-13 ==== * https://freedium.cfd/ - Freedium: Paywall Breakthrough for Medium * Use case: https://betterprogramming.pub/numpy-illustrated-the-visual-guide-to-numpy-3b1d4976de1d has a paywall. But https://freedium.cfd/https://betterprogramming.pub/numpy-illustrated-the-visual-guide-to-numpy-3b1d4976de1d does not. * Recommended by bypass-paywalls-clean extension. ===== Policy ===== * Most recent first * Each year in its own page. * If an individual entry takes more than a line, add an extra line for readability.