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- Tue May 21, 2024 6:32 am
- Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
- Topic: TOSlink optical cable problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 352
Re: TOSlink optical cable problem
Well, it's not the cable @#$%@#%@ (replacing it didn't make a difference) I'm going to haul the soundbar over to a neighbor and try a different TV. That should tell me whether it's the TV output or the soundbar input. If it's the input, I'll get the converter. If it's the output, someone else probab...
- Tue May 21, 2024 6:27 am
- Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
- Topic: ERE City (US)
- Replies: 513
- Views: 171053
Re: ERE City (US)
I didn’t really expect anyone here to be interested in living in Alaska, but as a result of the below post, a forumite bought land directly behind me. Achievement unlocked! I'm almost sure that the ultimate location of ERE City will not be determined by a general vote but grow organically around th...
- Mon May 20, 2024 7:06 am
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Sugar - Health and Behavioral Questions.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3414
Re: Sugar - Health and Behavioral Questions.
I think I need a system or some metric/habits to track for a while. What worked for you? I'm married to a couch potato, so I have some suggestions in terms of what might work. First, metrics are great because the main reason diet&exercise efforts don't make a difference is doing too little, not...
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:34 am
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Investments Trade Log
- Replies: 3077
- Views: 795372
Re: Investments Trade Log
Is it that high? We're up ~10% from the November 2021 highs..... But 210% from March 2020 lows! Anyone who started a 5 year ERE journey back then would already be done by now. Anyhoo, to say whether the price is high requires comparing it to something else rather than itself in the past (because yo...
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:06 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: SV Red Baron
- Replies: 13
- Views: 873
Re: SV Red Baron
Wow, that's top-level ambition there. Even if you don't make around the world there's the intracoastal, crossing the Atlantic... or if you can make it through the Panama canal, Hawaii or the Baja-haha which are big accomplishments on their own. Single-handed around the world is the biggest of them a...
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: Money and Investment Questions
- Topic: Investments Trade Log
- Replies: 3077
- Views: 795372
Re: Investments Trade Log
DJIA touched 40,000 for the first time.
- Thu May 16, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: Mastermind Groups
- Topic: WL 5 -> 6 MMMG
- Replies: 129
- Views: 28870
Re: WL 5 -> 6 MMMG
If you're going to read the old blog posts, you should probably read them in chronological order: https://wiki.earlyretirementextreme.com ... ed_by_Date
I started writing the ERE book around summer 2008 and finished writing it around January 2010.
I started writing the ERE book around summer 2008 and finished writing it around January 2010.
- Thu May 16, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Nausea from Virtual Reality
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7515
Re: Nausea from Virtual Reality
@J_ Here you go. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098190/VersaillesVR__the_Palace_is_yours/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1862880/Guildford_Castle_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1165850/IL_DIVINO_Michelangelos_Sistine_Ceiling_in_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1341280/NotreDam...
- Thu May 16, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Nausea from Virtual Reality
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7515
Re: Nausea from Virtual Reality
How/where can I get such VR experiences? The least expensive headset, as far as I know, is the Oculus Quest 2 (what @Sclass has or had) for $199. https://www.amazon.com/Oculus-Quest-Advanced-All-One-Virtual/dp/B099VMT8VZ The easiest way to find and acquire VR titles would likely be on Steam https:/...
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: The Education of Axel Heyst
- Replies: 2085
- Views: 358382
Re: The Education of Axel Heyst
Very interesting distinction between fitting in and belonging. Especially when they are combined. Fitting in but not belonging depends on masking. Fitting in and belonging is life on easy-mode. Not fitting in and not belonging requires finding your tribe or playing alone. Your tribe may be very smal...
- Thu May 16, 2024 7:59 am
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Nausea from Virtual Reality
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7515
Re: Nausea from Virtual Reality
As for eliminating tourism IDK. A lot of travel seems to be done to tell other people where you went. I have this test for all kinds of purchases and activities that basically starts with “if you cannot tell a soul what you bought or went would you still want it?” VR doesn’t have that. It’s sounds ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
- Topic: TOSlink optical cable problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 352
Re: TOSlink optical cable problem
The cable is 10+ years old and looks very cheap/sketchy. I still see red light coming through it, but I have no way to gauge/know if it's bright enough.
The cheapest attempt would be to replace the cable. They're $3-8.
The cheapest attempt would be to replace the cable. They're $3-8.
- Wed May 15, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: Health and Food Questions
- Topic: Nausea from Virtual Reality
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7515
Re: Nausea from Virtual Reality
Mission accomplished! I managed to get motion sick, yay! :-P After fiddling with the settings in DCS, I increased the framerate from the 16-20fps (borderline unplayable) to a playable 30fps. (Most want at least 50-70fps which is also what I get in 2D+headtracking). I'm definitely barely meeting the ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Technical Skills & Tools Questions
- Topic: TOSlink optical cable problem
- Replies: 7
- Views: 352
TOSlink optical cable problem
Does anyone have experience with these things? We have an old LG TV that's connected to a ZVOX 220 soundbar by an optical cable via the digital out on the TV. The TV is fed by a Roku. This used to work. However, over the last year or so, the soundbar failed to detect the sound input from the TV for ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
- Replies: 685
- Views: 181445
Re: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
Yeah, I'm not really considering the totality of these wants and the cost of ownership. I guess your question makes me wonder: with everything I own, should I try to have every part of it, even something that at first glance looks like bothersome work, really be aligned with my values? Is it okay t...
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
- Replies: 685
- Views: 181445
Re: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
Is there a theory of this process or at least some terminology? Like I understand what you mean by "abstract-concrete" rule, but where did you get that term from? What are the other types of rules? Is there a theory behind identifying this kind of thinking? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:02 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Western Red Cedar's Journal
- Replies: 554
- Views: 167990
Re: Western Red Cedar's Journal
With that said, it is still wild for me to see 2 years of personal expenses drop off in a month. A bad day on the market might be 2-3% down, so depending on how many years of stash you have, it could go a lot faster. To take a year off of 25x requires 4% and that's almost half a correction (or a me...
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:23 am
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
- Replies: 685
- Views: 181445
Re: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
I also think it is easy to overcomplicate some of this by geeking out on the theory too much. Going back to the example above on health/movement/time-saving devices, one could have a pretty solid start to a robust system with some basic rules like make all/most of your food from scratch, walk or cy...
- Tue May 14, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
- Replies: 685
- Views: 181445
Re: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
The slowest one of the all: viewtopic.php?p=288420#p288420
- Tue May 14, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: ERE Journals
- Topic: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
- Replies: 685
- Views: 181445
Re: Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
If money is abundant, why wouldn't I try to own certain things that free up my time**, or even potentially subscribe to them***? The answer is that those things end up owning you, which circles back to my question: how do we balance these trade-offs? [...] Curious how you guys think about the non-m...