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  1. Arden

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    True believers believe that fiat currency (such as USD) is rapidly losing value due to inflation, while Bitcoin, a decentralized currency with a limited supply, is rapidly gaining value. A TRUE believer also believes that fiat currencies will essentially become worthless in the near future, and...
  2. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

  3. Arden

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Did he say where he lives?
  4. Arden

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    They had a contest to see if anyone could write an article that managed to piss off both the anti-bitcoin crowd and the btc true believers all at the same time. This was the winner: A New Era: The ₿itcoin-Backed Monetary System | ZeroHedge
  5. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Exactly what I was looking for- thanks dude.
  6. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    ive got some dry powder and youve picked some winners before, so im curious what about optt snagged your attention. If you feel like giving a brief explanation that is
  7. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Correct. Everyone seems to be stuck thinking the only two possible outcomes are: 1. Things continuing on as they have been for the last 20ish years. Or 2. Global apocalypse. Lots of scenarios in between where btc and gold go way up. In fact we have been in one of those situations for a...
  8. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Yeah I have "apocalypse" investments but they don't include gold. In a true collapse we would almost certainly be in a food/raw materials barter system for long time before we got back to a gold as a store of value scenario. And we would have to get through a period a pure chaos before we...
  9. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Yeah I know. I'm not expecting to be able to swap my certificates at any point for physical gold tbh. I didn't invest in gold because I expect the world to end. I invested in it because I expect it to go up in price.
  10. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    I personally bought sgol. Obviously not the same thing as having the gold in your bedroom closet, but at least it's backed with actual Swiss gold.
  11. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    I don't know, that's what I'm asking... Part of the issue is it's not just about retail goods produced in China, it's about things built in the US that require various parts and components imported from China (magnets, rare earth stuff, etc.). Apparently there is a whooooole lot of stuff that...
  12. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Hope you're right! This time feels different than Jan, though. And I'm not sure there's an easy off ramp this time. This isn't entirely in Trump's control. The Chinese can probably play this out until it becomes very uncomfortable for everybody.
  13. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Empty shelves by late May is seeming pretty inevitable. I know some of you guys are familiar enough with the global supply chain to answer this: what should I be stocking up on??? Is this going to be a like the covid thing where we couldn't buy TP, paper towels, and cleaning supplies?
  14. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Not a ton. About 10k worth (a little more now due to recent movement). I didn't ditch my equities, just rebalanced a little
  15. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Agree with this logic. Of course the *best* time to buy btc/gold was last year (or even better, 10 years ago), but it doesn't mean it's a *bad* time to buy now- especially if you are looking medium/long term.
  16. Arden

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Looks like it. Posted about this almost a month ago when we first started to see the divergence. I was pretty cautious about claiming a true divergence at the time, but we've now seen some sustained action that continues to point in that direction. Pretty awesome watching it happen. This is...
  17. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    My last purchases were gold and bitcoin. Very happy with both, so far.
  18. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    I was a huge skeptic of self driving vehicles being anywhere near workable until I tried Waymo. Kind of unreal how good their tech is. Haven't tried Tesla stuff, so can't comment on that.
  19. Arden

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Yeah reading several builds with Shadow Blade are uber strong (and rogue builds with Booming Blade). Also reading a lot of positive stuff about Arcane Archers.
  20. Arden

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Anyone have first impressions on the new subclasses? Any kickass builds? Anything a total waste of time?
  21. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    I know several very smart people in the AI industry who say we have about 2 more years. Give or take.
  22. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    If you're negotiating deals with adversarial polities the last thing you want to do is announce your tactics. If I were Trump I would be playing my cards extremely close to my chest. It's going to mean short terms pain and sacrifice (he's acknowledged as much), with the long term goal of...
  23. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    You guys are still operating under the assumption that he gives a shit about what the stock market does. He has stated several times he does not. A bull market isn't the objective here.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Agreed, but I don't think you'll be here in the year 2100 to find out, unless you're way younger than the average age on this board.
  26. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Jesus man, how old are you? 15?
  27. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    You're absolutely correct on this. My only thought was it's possible nobody "chooses" it, and that it ends up kind of inadvertently being the only option because no one can agree on an alternative. But yeah, gold certainly seems like the winner. That said, I don't know if gold would...
  28. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Assuming the new reserve currency is attached to a country.
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  30. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Oof glad I trimmed yesterday
  31. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Sure, he acknowledged as much. One of the reasons I trimmed to get dry powder. We'll be back here in a week or two.
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  33. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Didn't trim too much! I'm not overly bearish long term, really. But I think we all have to admit things are really volatile, so it makes sense we could see another big dip in the near future. Took some profit on PLTR which I have at a $30 cost basis and I got rid of all my AAPL. I've...
  34. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Just trimmed a bunch of stuff so I have ammo for the next drop.
  35. Arden

    Investing General Discussion

    Any idea who's dumping? The things I'm reading seem split between China/Japan/Hedge Funds
  36. Arden

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    30 of them, I'm sure
  37. Arden

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    It's been a bit but he always pops into this thread so I'm sure he can copy/paste it. Probably time for a refresher anway- considering recent events
  38. Arden

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    @Flobee already has a good post on this.
  39. Arden

    Longlegs (2024)

    Ive got my movie timing down to a science. I leave home exactly when the movie is listed to start, drive to the theater, walk inside, stand in line for popcorn, and by the the time I find my seat and sit down, the movie is just starting. Hasn't failed yet. I absolutely refuse to sit through...