Recent content by Dave in Phoenix

Yes, it is free if you are just using it for casual use, not lots of coding, etc. I pay nothing for it and is amazing vs just a norman google search as tells you so much more instantly.

7/28/2026 Wild Idea in Minn Post - Join Canada! If President Donald Trump can imagine annexing a sovereign nation, then liberals can think about leaving a dysfunctional one. Minnesotans can grasp their political agency by imagining peaceful secession from the United States and joining Canada...

Outlook Classic for Desktop forced an upgrade to “NEW” Outlook and a very different layout. This does NOT apply to Android Outlook, which is a separate, more modern email than 20-year-old Outlook Classic for Desktop. In case anyone else has this issue... I have used Outlook Classic on Windows...

I have zillions of both business and personal programs that only run on Windows. I have no interest in Linux other than on my server where I have 15 domains with WHM and cPanel. It is the devil I know and Linux is far more complicated and useless to me. I even had a high-end Windows phone...

Can you summarize? I don't have time to watch videos - well most of the time but its 5 AM in Phoenix and haven't gone to bed yet and want to read more on terb :) I made the mistake when a laptop motherboard failed and needed a quick replacement; I only got 16 GB of RAM vs. the prior 32GB...

I have been amazed at Gemini AI in Chrome. I have tossed some very odd, detailed questions at it, and within a few seconds it gives me long, detailed answers with links to references. It is SO much better than just a normal Google search. I have asked it complex EE (electrical engineering)...

On PC I have six 25"-27" monitors in front of me, some portrait, some landscape; two landscape, one on top of the other. I think using multiple monitors that are far less expensive makes more sense than 4K. Mine are bright and clear; I cannot imagine how I would see better image quality on 4K...

Simple question, my usual long reply: Most of my clients have been with me for 20 years or more. Loss of clients is usually due to death and is inherited by children/grandchildren who already have their own advisors. Since I have fiduciary responsibilities as an RIA and Best Interest via a...

North Growth has a history of both great and terrible years. Like in the US, it is riding high on the small-cap catch-up wave largely coming out of tech/software with unknown winners and losers in the AI race, supply chain (chips, etc.) shortage, infrastructure issues and huge amounts of...

Sunshine Protection Act - “ditch the switch” Jul 14, 2026 [Dave notes, since Phoenix (and most of AZ) does not need more daylight and stays on MST. DST is especially distracting to me since I have to remember EDT is 3 hours later vs 2 hours when EST. I prefer switching to natural standard...

The photographer guy who did the video thinks the van/truck that you see passing by honked the horn and may have stirred up some dust from the dirty road as he went by that may have spooked the bison, who started to go crazy as van/truck passed and then turned and ran to the grandpa; he bounced...

Not true, he was following the 25-foot rule away and was interviewed afterward. He was with his son who he told to run the other way into the trees so the charging animal would charge him running the other way more ahead of the tree line.

These, at least, the CFPs in the US are not legally fiduciaries. However, their ethical requirements require that they act as if they were fiduciaries. (at least CFP, which I am, and I believe the other designations have similar ethics rules. In the US, only a "Registered Investment Advisor"...

Address is an apartment building?

The landmark ruling that established the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to own firearms unconnected to service in a militia was a 5-4 conservative majority. Very close. There is another case coming up on right to own AR-15 assault weapons