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    Advice for teenager

    The point about the social aspect of university is a valid one. One of the main attractions of uni in my day was the opportunity to live a freewheeling, bohemian lifestyle at one's parents (or the state's) expense before the years of corporate drudgery. However times have changed. Universities...
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    Advice for teenager

    My son is about to graduate from high school, and I am looking at options for his future. He wants to study computer science. He also wants to travel. I am thinking of suggesting doing an online degree and combining it with travel. An online degree is: Cheaper Easier to get accepted. We live...
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    Buying a boat

    I want a boat for doing short trips. I'm thinking of buying a small fishing boat, about 14ft. Anyone have any experience of boating?
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    A letter from Warren Buffett - what should I do?

    I just got the following email from Warren Buffett himself. I am wondering what I should do. $2,500,000.00 is a lot. Any suggestions? Greetings My dear, hope this email reaches you in a good faith. My name is Warren E. Buffett an American investor, business tycoon, philanthropist, and CEO of...
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    Alternative to quandl for commodity prices

    I am currently subscribed to Continuous Futures on quandl. Its OK but the support is non existent. Are there any other sources of up to date commodity prices? Thanks.
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    Does anyone here day trade the Asian markets?

    The Thai stock market is a great market to trade as it is more inefficient than the larger markets. I've traded/invested in it for about 20 years. With more efficient markets its better to buy an index fund...
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    Kratom

    You friend's experience is so unusual that I would question whether is was pure kratom he was using. The kratom that is sold in the US is often spiked with other substances. I grow it here in Thailand for my personal use and know many people who take it and none of them have experienced anything...
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    Who plans to get the covid 19 VACCINE when it comes out

    It would be interesting to know whether the people behind 'health-desk.org' actually read the papers they reference. For example the Nature article which they cite concludes: "ADE has been observed in SARS, MERS and other human respiratory virus infections including RSV and measles, which...
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    Who plans to get the covid 19 VACCINE when it comes out

    There are 2 main problems with the covid vaccines. 1)Blood clots. Traditional vaccines stay in the shoulder but with the mRNA vaccine the spike protein can go anywhere in the body. Its purely a matter of luck. If it ends up in the brain or heart that is bad news. 2) Antibody Dependent...
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    The gates of hell

    I am glad at least one person looked at it. I think it was one of the best breakdowns of the subject I have come across. Dr Yeadon knows a lot about the subject He is rich enough not to care about being fired. He is good at finding patterns in sparse data. There is one area I would disagree...
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    The gates of hell

    I think this guy nails it regarding the pandemic. I hope not but I fear he is probably right...
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    Anonymous founders

    There have been suggestions that Satoshi Nakamoto and Nicholas van Saberhagen (who wrote the white paper for CryptoNote) are the same person. If choosing to remain anonymous is very unusual this would add weight to this hypothesis...
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    Anonymous founders

    Other than Bitcoin and Monero are there any other cryptocurrencies that have anonymous founders?
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    What is IB's Hong Kong exposure?

    I share your concerns.... There are 2 issues it seems to me: 1) The massive property and financial bubble in Hong Kong which is set to burst. 2) The fact that the CCP has not honored the treaty they signed in 1997. Finance depends on all parties honoring the agreements they sign. Winnie the Poo...
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    cocoa

    Been underwater on this trade for a couple of months but cocoa has made a nice little run up. Reversing my long and going short again. Made a 3% profit.
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    Platinum

    Prices have risen 4.4% since 12th so it was lucky I covered that short. However the overall trend is still down so I've shorted again....
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    Soy

    Reversing my long position and going short. Lost 0.7% on the long position.
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    Platinum

    Closing my short position. Made a 14% profit.
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    Sugar

    Reversing long and going short. Made a 5% loss on the long position... I wish sugar would make up its mind whether to go up or down....
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    Silver

    Bought silver today. Buying the dip....
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