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  1. Jacob Petersheim

    Anyone Trying Out "Alexa+" Service?

    Free trial period running now, at least in the US. After that $20/month unless you have Amazon Prime. Sounds "hella pricey" to me, but I have Prime. Sort of a conversational AI thing. Not sure what it will do for me yet, but it does seem to be more flexible with smart devices. For example I can...
  2. Jacob Petersheim

    Lose Use of Credit/Debit Cards Next Week?

    Law changes around credit cards coming soon. Merchant refusal and new purchase fees. First I'd heard of this myself. I wonder how big the actual impact is going to be?
  3. Jacob Petersheim

    Scams Getting Sophisticated: Watch Out!

    Things are getting ugly, and more are being sucked in. Very dastardly and convincing! Bank Accounts WIPED OUT Overnight — What’s Really Going On in America
  4. Jacob Petersheim

    Warren Buffett On Retirement

    Long but good. Brutal, but honest. "Retirees Who Ignore This Are Headed for Disaster" Of course he is probably talking to people with more money than most of us.
  5. Jacob Petersheim

    Random Tips & Tricks

    I'm sure we all have little tricks and cautions we have learned over the years.
  6. Jacob Petersheim

    Trump Exec Order: 401(k)s Into Bitcoin?

    Not really political, I believe it's a done deal. We don't have a "finances" forum so I decided to stick it here. I don't know whether to be alarmed or enthused. I don't know enough about this yet to decide. If you don't have retirement savings in a US 401(k) plan then you won't care. But...
  7. Jacob Petersheim

    Credit & Debit Cards Changing?

    I recently received a new credit card. I haven't handled it much, but this one and second a recent card (within the last two years, new expiration and such) no longer have a strip on the back for yo to write your signature. No idea when this requirement went away. But this new card is...
  8. Jacob Petersheim

    Old Stuff You Remember From Being A Kid

    One thing I remember is "the box." As in "Go get the box." This was a Korean War green-painted metal ammo box, almost certainly something Dad brought back with him. It was used as a file box. Inside things like birth certificates, school photos, etc. were kept inside. I'm not sure why it got...
  9. Jacob Petersheim

    Bee Aggression Rising

    Something Is Seriously Wrong with the Bees—and It’s Not What You Think Serious bee attacks. Even going after and killing horses. Not just animals either, but people are dying as well. Not just in the US, but all over the world. Some of it seems to involve Africanized bees, others blame the...
  10. Jacob Petersheim

    Nervous Handling Money?

    Do you get anxious when shuffling around large sums of money? No specific amounts, "large" is different for all of us. One thing about getting old and being retired is that there can be a maze of possibilities, tax obligations, penalties, market conditions, and imposed rules that require...
  11. Jacob Petersheim

    Are We Really The First?

    First human civilization to reach something near our levels of technology. The left half is highly compressed compared to the right, which is expanded to make room for notations. The more discoveries we make, the further to the left nearly every marked milestone moves leftward. But even...
  12. Jacob Petersheim

    Flip, Flap, Flat?

    I know what it is to buy a house or rent one. I get the concept of "buying" a condo. And of course you can rent an apartment or half of a duplex home. What the heck is a "flat" and how is it meaningful to "buy" one? Is it another flavor of a condo, which always seemed like a tax dodge to me...
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