arch_8ngel

I know how the taxes work for crypto payments, that isn't really the question. The question is whether it will end up causing Paypal's tax compliance group to pro-actively generate 1099-K's by virtue of the fact that they're already doing a tax form for your SSN/TIN.

Good to know -- still leaves me with the unknown of whether a relatively small crypto transaction turns around and screws you by triggering a 1099 on the rest of your paypal activity. On the one hand, since the rest of your paypal activity is on a 1099-K, I could see why it wouldn't (since crypto would generate a different type of 1099) But on the other hand -- once you have Paypal generating tax forms for your TIN, it wouldn't surprise me, at all, if their system just went ahead and reported all potentially reportable activity (irrespective of thresholds). As an interesting sidenote, though, since buying/selling on Paypal's platform is using their pre-existing pool of cryptocurrency, I wonder how they're doing their market-making? With actual exchanges, I would have assumed that buy/sell (in-and-out of cash) is with other parties directly on the platform, so the price is set dynamically by actual bid-ask activity on the platform. Is Paypal claiming to be an exchange/market in the same way? Because it looked like it was basically a "market order" (i.e. they state a current price and you just pay it, rather than being able to set a limit price) -- so how are they setting that price? Even with the real exchanges, though, there isn't a full suite of options that "market makers' would use with stocks to manage market-order activity (to avoid major spikes) -- seems like something that would be interesting to read up on.

They didn't appear to be charging fees to BUY crypto -- but my cursory reading was that they did have exit-fees (and there was currently no way to transfer the crypto off of their platform).

Yeah, I just didn't want to risk it (and their total fees on crypto exchange aren't particularly good, anyway). One of these days I'll get off my ass about getting some money transferred to Coinbase. Though at the same time, a significant amount of the recent run-up is a handful of institutions making large purchases to get it onto their platforms (I think the Paypal purchase itself greatly exceeded typical monthly liquidity). For the moment I'm content to own the guys selling the shovels via ARKF/ARKK.

Just the flour was impossible to find for awhile in the first month or two of things shutting down. (to where I can't help but buy a 5 lb bag anytime I see one at the store just to make sure I'll have it later) Haven't tried doing bagels yet. Pretzels, I have a recipe that works well for me, and I have a lot of confidence in the end product. Rustic bread, I've experimented enough with, that I know it's pretty hard to screw it up, and as long as you don't cut it early, it will be good. And pizza dough is even more forgiving, as long as you make sure you stretch it or roll it thin enough. (and in ALL cases, it is all about having the oven very hot -- and if you can use a cast iron skillet or a stone to hold the bottom-side heat, you'll end up with a better end result)

Not directly. I have some ARKK and ARKF that has some coverage of companies that have some more direct investments in the crypto space. But I've never bothered to go through the motions of actually getting money transferred to an exchange like Coinbase, and even though Paypal offers it now, I don't have as much confidence in how they'll handle the tax reporting (and I don't want it to accidentally trigger a 1099 on my other Paypal usage).

From the SEC's perspective, whatever you THINK you know, you almost certainly aren't really in a position to have what would officially be considered material non-public information. (loads of people have asymmetric information, though, that doesn't rise to that level) You are almost certainly better informed than the layman -- but unless their lawyers felt the need to have you sign SEC disclosures, you definitely don't know enough to worry the SEC. (though you may signed a non-disclosure agreement that would prevent you from SHARING that information -- completely separate from whether you choose to trade on it or not)

I was going to point you to the Fred Armisen sketch about "I'm a little guy"... but it looks like that video isn't on YouTube anymore.

Ha! Yeah, I get it now. Nope, AE is aerospace (or sometimes aeronautical, depending on the program) engineer. Honestly didn't realize that "architectural engineering" was a separate degree title, though I never looked into what specific degree name architecture students were pursuing when I was in school. (though that was a fully separate program from the CE department which was under the college of engineering as opposed to the college of architecture)

I know in my graduate program, the limitation was that people without an undergrad in AE would get a generical MS in engineering, rather than the MSAE degree. (i.e. if you stick around for a PhD, pretty sure that was fully in "aerospace" because you've been deep enough in the material - but for a masters, you are still missing a considerable amount of the broader background that makes up the specific field)

Not sure where you ever got that idea, about the part in bold but whatever you feel like you need to tell yourself to cover your end of a perceived rivalry

It's obviously different when you're all colleagues in the same environment. And I don't doubt that it's falling out of fashion to use the title, even in what used to be more formal settings. Interesting to have the additional background of how Jill Biden's title came up -- though it doesn't support Ben Shapiro's level of snark, IMO. And it certainly doesn't make the less-educated masses correct in taking the opportunity to act like they know anything about the subject of who can acceptably be referred to as "doctor".

Go by Dr. Strange at every possible opportunity and be sure to take up some other eccentric behaviors while you're at it. It will be memorable for everyone and bring some levity to the world. Not going by Dr. Strange would be almost as big of a missed opportunity as being able to go by Dr. Doom and not going into a name-relevant field .

The amusing thing about is post, from my understanding of it, is that in most of the world, MD's aren't referred to as "doctors" since they translate the local language directly to "physician". And only PhD's (and other terminal academic degrees) are referred to explicitly as "doctor". But aside from undergrads (and usually grad students, at least when I was there) referring to their professors as "dr." - it's definitely a thing with any government labs or government contractor. Honorifics are a big deal in that space. And personally, I have a lot of MDs and PhDs in my family, so I freely admit that my perception of what "most people" think on the issue is skewed -- but I have never heard any of those MDs give any PhD-holder crap about using their formal title. So Ben Shapiro would probably get a different opinion on the issue from his supposed physician-wife than what he's pushing in his tweet.

I've just been sticking with bread baking, throughout the pandemic -- but I haven't done pretzels in awhile (had become a weekly staple during the first few months) and I've mostly reverted to rustic loaves since they are a lot less work and mess. (I can easily do a rustic loaf on a week night, and prep during an afternoon break from WFH -- but pretzel making is involved enough that it is weekends-only)

Congrats! AE here, so they don't do PE in my field, but I had plenty of ME and EE friends so I have heard enough about it to know it's a major accomplishment.

The escapism of "being" the adventurer is most of the fun of RPGs, IMO. If I want to see and hear the journey/story of other heroes, I'll watch a movie or read a book.

The six stories that Robert Jordan wrote for Conan are compiled into two hardcovers and are a good read.

Tough call... if I had to pick one, I'd go with Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer as a double feature But Arnold has been the source of a lot of fun movie watching memories over the years, and even his cheesy "family" stuff is a lot of fun.

If wonder if they have a sort of "perpetual stew" going in the original restaurant Get that classic flavor from all the previous batches ever cooked.

It sounds like I'd like my way better (and usually add some jalapeno as well)

I'm sure a lot of it stems from people hearing "chili" and expecting some form of typical chili con carne, and then finding out that it is basically a local version of spaghetti sauce

I've never had "real" Skyline chili -- but based on past discussions on the forum, I did try reconstituting left-over spaghetti noodles from the refrigerator with a can of chili, diced onions, and shredded cheese -- and the results make for a decent lunch on a cold day. We all liked it enough that it has become the preferred use for leftover spaghetti (since we usually portion the meatballs in a way that we don't end up with leftover meat from the original meal)

Yeah -- agreed. And wouldn't mind people generally wearing them on public transportation or on airplanes, either

Yeah, for a kid that wants to see themselves in the game, FF1 is great with building your own party with characters that aren't burdened by some of the more modern FF storytelling that I think is generally just really really bad and overwrought. Your player characters are YOUR player characters diving into the larger world and on a quest. The PS1 re-release of FF1 is the best game in the series, IMO, since it cleans up the presentation, resolves some of the broken mechanics, but maintains the flavor and sense of wonder of the original.