The intersections of life meet.....the line on the left is for corona tests at City MD and the line on the right is for the UPS store to mail packages as only 1 person allowed in the store at a time......
Sigh.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Life in 2020.....
Tetrachromatic Vision
Im reading the most ridiculously interesting book at the moment....some turtles are tetrachromatic....eg see in 5 colours compared to our 3.
Richard Dawkins - The Ancestors Tale
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
RIP Eddie Van Halen
Sigh.....
I thought of this ditty a few days ago while waking up. It seems appropriate here.
Awake but eyes still closed. I realized my feet were
extended, cold and bare, well beyond the realm of the quilt.
I buckled at the knees trying to stretch in vain the quilt
back to its full length, to tuck it under my feet to re-warm my bones, to keep
out the Autumn chill.
It was as vain as trying to hold back time. The march of time was persistent.
Winter comes for all.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Ultra-Violet LiFi
Ok....this is very very neat. Ultra-violet LiFi that isnt affected by sunlight.
They've had laser/direct p2p for a while, but this is different.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Washington crowd intimidation
There is seriously something wrong with people in America at the moment.
- https://twitter.com/KunkleFredrick/status/1298344285079838720
and
- https://twitter.com/KunkleFredrick/status/1298047704866660353
and
- https://twitter.com/BlessUSA45/status/1298129320259604480
Im glad to see im not the only person that this reminded me of this
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1298360556408233984
I remember as a younger adult reading the Philip Short book on Pol Pot and being amazed at what human sheep can be "instructed" into doing.
https://amzn.to/2YynIbM
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Coffee Cup the true OG
Most people reading this wont understand.....but i think this is very very cool.
Was the first app i used FTP on and i thought it was pure magic......"its over here...no now its over there".
https://twitter.com/NickLongo/status/1297301371197235203
Was the first app i used FTP on and i thought it was pure magic......"its over here...no now its over there".
https://twitter.com/NickLongo/status/1297301371197235203
Friday, August 21, 2020
So what does it cost
Great read for anyone so inclined.
https://medium.com/@hansburri/one-year-and-11-046-miles-on-a-catamaran-all-the-costs-d953f7440f48
Saturday, July 25, 2020
The 2014 removal of the 50% LTCG discount on Australian property
Im wondering how the Australian government feels about their 2014 decision to abandon aussie expats living and working overseas with the ATO removal of the 50% Long Term Capital Gains discount for non residents.....(yes removed even for Australian citizens that are expats).
Im not sure it made much press onshore at the time as house prices were going up.....but now that they are falling and with a low $A.......Aussie expats have no interest in investing in Syd/Melbourne investment properties.....its just not a viable option.
With the removal of the 50% LTCG discount its means that you pay 38% MINIMUM tax on all capital gains.
So if you get 8% return on stocks here in the USA.....(annual average) then you would need to get 13% each year in Australian property in order to have the same after tax return........
Or put it this way...... lets say you buy $1m in Australian property and $1m in USA stocks in 2020 and then sell in 8-10 years when it doubles.
With Australian property you would get $620,000 in profit after paying $380,000 in tax.
If you invested in USA stocks and paid 20% capital gains you would get $800,000......paying only $200,000 in tax eg paying $180,000 less tax than investing in Australian property.
This is why i tell non resident Australian expats to NOT INVEST IN AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY ever since they change the rules in 2014.
Im not sure it made much press onshore at the time as house prices were going up.....but now that they are falling and with a low $A.......Aussie expats have no interest in investing in Syd/Melbourne investment properties.....its just not a viable option.
With the removal of the 50% LTCG discount its means that you pay 38% MINIMUM tax on all capital gains.
So if you get 8% return on stocks here in the USA.....(annual average) then you would need to get 13% each year in Australian property in order to have the same after tax return........
Or put it this way...... lets say you buy $1m in Australian property and $1m in USA stocks in 2020 and then sell in 8-10 years when it doubles.
With Australian property you would get $620,000 in profit after paying $380,000 in tax.
If you invested in USA stocks and paid 20% capital gains you would get $800,000......paying only $200,000 in tax eg paying $180,000 less tax than investing in Australian property.
This is why i tell non resident Australian expats to NOT INVEST IN AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY ever since they change the rules in 2014.
Thursday, July 09, 2020
Mark Tritton ceo Bed Bath and Beyond
Always nice working away and then off to the side hearing an aussie accent on @CNBC
Mark Tritton the new ceo of Bed Bath and Beyond is on talking about retail in the age of corona.....and even though he has been out of Australia for years........the accent is still there :)
Good to see someone from Gosford on the world stage.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-tritton-b75a065
Mark Tritton the new ceo of Bed Bath and Beyond is on talking about retail in the age of corona.....and even though he has been out of Australia for years........the accent is still there :)
Good to see someone from Gosford on the world stage.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-tritton-b75a065
Monday, June 15, 2020
Fed's begin to buy bonds
lol sure.....why not.
FED WILL BEGIN BUYING BROAD PORTFOLIO OF U.S. CORPORATE BONDS https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1272590613247074305
FED WILL BEGIN BUYING BROAD PORTFOLIO OF U.S. CORPORATE BONDS https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1272590613247074305
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