I was struggling with a capital loss entry in TurboTax. I asked Gemini which quickly gave an answer. No joy. I asked again and Gemini asked for specific version of TurboTax and gave an updated response. No joy. Gemini then showed how to enter the data in “forms” mode and it worked like a charm. Took 5 minutes total. But I was cursing 🤬 TurboTax and could have used a chill pill!
Guiness 0.0 and lucky breaks in the same article 🤔☘️ I agree, hard work and stepping forward/taking on the challenge when others shy away are two important keys to success “lucky breaks” along the way the way.
I doubt I will be doing a manual backcheck to validate the findings, I wouldn't finish before my funeral! I guess I could duplicate the on a different AI platform but will that be any more accurate, and if different which one is correct? During the back testing process I did have Gemini provide tables showing values for each of the 20 years, balance for stocks and bonds, % growth, number of transactions, days between transactions etc. Big picture nothing looked out if line and the activity expected during the GFC, Covid, 2022 seemed to be aligned. I did observe that AI was making assumptions, for example in one scenario the bonds dropped to $250k to buy stocks during the GFC drawdown, hence the additional prompts and guard rails put in place in subsequent scenarios. As the prompts became more restrictive the end balances reduced. There were some scenarios which had higher returns but also had higher risk. The results seemed proportionate. On the drone counts. Professionally the company I work for has been using technology to count vehicles from CCTV and LiDAR backed with AI to track passenger volumes, movements and throughput at ticketing/security in airports. These products work very well and are reliable......... assuming reliable products were being used it must have been the large group of stoned visitors 😊☘️🍺
Apologize for duplicate/deleted posts. I have been struggling with posts “waiting for approval” even though I log in afresh. A few weeks ago, there was an article on The White Coat Investor website, which is targeted at medical professionals, entitled “Will your retirement go as planned?” It contains a chart that is quite revealing (Somebody Is Probably Going to Die ). When viewing the chart which has frequency percentage on the y axis and age on the x axis, Green (which shows different withdrawal rates) represents ‘rich’ (2/3rd of the chart didn’t run out of money), red is broke (very small slither on the chart, maybe 4%), and black is dead (30% of chart approximately). The point being you are far, far more likely to die young than you are to run out of money because you lived too long. The author, 49 years old and married at the time of writing, summarizes the chart by reflecting on himself and his wife “There’s a 30% chance one of us will be dead before I turn 70 in two decades. Two-thirds of the time, one of us will be dead before I turn 80. Sure, there’s a small (9%) chance one of us will still be alive 50 years from now, but it almost surely (1%) won’t be me. He goes on to discuss “What Retirement Really Looks Like”, a little pessimistic but the summary is:
Your retirement will probably come sooner than you think.
Your retirement will have less recreation in it than you think.
You or your partner will be alone for more of your retirement than you think.
You will have multiple medical problems in retirement.
You are almost surely going to run out of time or health before you run out of money.
What to do?
Lower expectations of retirement being filled with recreational bliss otherwise you are going to be miserable.
Don’t work at something you hate longer than you must.
Maximize flexibility, retirement may look differently than you think, be as resilient and flexible as you can.
Do what you can to maximize your health. Maintain a healthy weight. Exercise multiple times a week. Get appropriate screening tests. Be healthy.
Having lost my father at 76 years of age and mother at 85 years of age, I felt, all things being equal, I could land somewhere between these bookmarks. Hence my decision to semi-retire at age 60 and try to live life to the fullest as my health span allows. Estimating that at some point in the future, based on family history, there could be health challenges lying in wait.
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I was struggling with a capital loss entry in TurboTax. I asked Gemini which quickly gave an answer. No joy. I asked again and Gemini asked for specific version of TurboTax and gave an updated response. No joy. Gemini then showed how to enter the data in “forms” mode and it worked like a charm. Took 5 minutes total. But I was cursing 🤬 TurboTax and could have used a chill pill!
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Link to comment from March 20, 2026
Guiness 0.0 and lucky breaks in the same article 🤔☘️ I agree, hard work and stepping forward/taking on the challenge when others shy away are two important keys to
success“lucky breaks” along the way the way.Post: When Luck Rises, Be Ready to Dig
Link to comment from March 19, 2026
I doubt I will be doing a manual backcheck to validate the findings, I wouldn't finish before my funeral! I guess I could duplicate the on a different AI platform but will that be any more accurate, and if different which one is correct? During the back testing process I did have Gemini provide tables showing values for each of the 20 years, balance for stocks and bonds, % growth, number of transactions, days between transactions etc. Big picture nothing looked out if line and the activity expected during the GFC, Covid, 2022 seemed to be aligned. I did observe that AI was making assumptions, for example in one scenario the bonds dropped to $250k to buy stocks during the GFC drawdown, hence the additional prompts and guard rails put in place in subsequent scenarios. As the prompts became more restrictive the end balances reduced. There were some scenarios which had higher returns but also had higher risk. The results seemed proportionate. On the drone counts. Professionally the company I work for has been using technology to count vehicles from CCTV and LiDAR backed with AI to track passenger volumes, movements and throughput at ticketing/security in airports. These products work very well and are reliable......... assuming reliable products were being used it must have been the large group of stoned visitors 😊☘️🍺
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Link to comment from March 19, 2026
Apologize for duplicate/deleted posts. I have been struggling with posts “waiting for approval” even though I log in afresh. A few weeks ago, there was an article on The White Coat Investor website, which is targeted at medical professionals, entitled “Will your retirement go as planned?” It contains a chart that is quite revealing (Somebody Is Probably Going to Die ). When viewing the chart which has frequency percentage on the y axis and age on the x axis, Green (which shows different withdrawal rates) represents ‘rich’ (2/3rd of the chart didn’t run out of money), red is broke (very small slither on the chart, maybe 4%), and black is dead (30% of chart approximately). The point being you are far, far more likely to die young than you are to run out of money because you lived too long. The author, 49 years old and married at the time of writing, summarizes the chart by reflecting on himself and his wife “There’s a 30% chance one of us will be dead before I turn 70 in two decades. Two-thirds of the time, one of us will be dead before I turn 80. Sure, there’s a small (9%) chance one of us will still be alive 50 years from now, but it almost surely (1%) won’t be me. He goes on to discuss “What Retirement Really Looks Like”, a little pessimistic but the summary is:
- Your retirement will probably come sooner than you think.
- Your retirement will have less recreation in it than you think.
- You or your partner will be alone for more of your retirement than you think.
- You will have multiple medical problems in retirement.
- You are almost surely going to run out of time or health before you run out of money.
What to do?- Lower expectations of retirement being filled with recreational bliss otherwise you are going to be miserable.
- Don’t work at something you hate longer than you must.
- Maximize flexibility, retirement may look differently than you think, be as resilient and flexible as you can.
- Do what you can to maximize your health. Maintain a healthy weight. Exercise multiple times a week. Get appropriate screening tests. Be healthy.
Having lost my father at 76 years of age and mother at 85 years of age, I felt, all things being equal, I could land somewhere between these bookmarks. Hence my decision to semi-retire at age 60 and try to live life to the fullest as my health span allows. Estimating that at some point in the future, based on family history, there could be health challenges lying in wait.Post: Forget the 4% rule.
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