ian's knowledge bombs

Friday, November 29, 2024

i hope everything i'm writing here is just garbage because one of the things that make me sad is when something VALUABLE gets WASTED. so if what i'm writing here is not valuable, it can't be wasted therefore there is nothing for me to worry about.

biographical

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2023/08/jordan-peterson-cannot-help-incels.html

https://reyondit.blogspot.com/2024/06/pep-talk-to-crystal-family.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/09/coconut-vacation-indicator.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/09/autism.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/08/farewell-password.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/05/cebu-beach-resort-hack.html

health and safety

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/08/i-just-won-a-billion-dollars.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/10/make-filipinos-healthy-again.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/03/health-strategies-techniques-and-theories.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/08/how-to-choose-good-pepper-grinder.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/08/food-fight.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/03/cebu-fun-treasure-hidden-in-plain-sight.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/03/part-time-opportunity-law.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2019/03/eat-like-a-king.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/10/road-safety-knowledge-bombs.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/01/garlic-remedy.html

covid-19

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/07/sinovac.html

investing and finance

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2015/06/investing-for-dummies.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/11/stock-picking-for-dummies.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/11/stock-stalker-script.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2024/01/microcharts-in-thinkorswim.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2019/05/demystifying-the-inverted-yield-curve.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2017/11/deconstructing-the-bitcoin-hype.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2024/01/tucker-is-wrong-about-cramer.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2023/03/just-in-case-be-safe.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/11/family-farm-wiki.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/08/airbnb-hacks.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/08/oracle-of-cebu.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/08/gold.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/08/refinance-catch.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2011/09/once-in-a-milenia-opportunity.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2011/07/you-may-be-burning-120k.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2012/01/cheapest-and-easiest-way-to-withdraw-from-your-US-acct.html

politics

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2024/08/bbm-is-very-happy.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2024/01/jo-koy-has-nothing-to-be-ashamed-of.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2023/08/nayib-bukele.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/07/japanese-prime-minister-assassination.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/04/silencing-bad-guys.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/03/russians-are-delicious.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/03/russians-love-their-children-too-but.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2019/06/politics-for-dummies.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/11/negative-value-conondrum.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/11/my-opinion-on-2020-election-result.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2017/12/decent-and-indecent-sub-worlds.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2017/11/rare-perspective-on-wave-of-sex-abuse.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2017/08/election-pornography-is-immoral.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2017/01/welcome-to-my-world-newbies.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2016/11/why-trumpbrexitdu30-won.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/07/mystery-of-self-destructive-leaders.html

philippine politics

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2023/03/tramph-is-as-stupid-as-tebes.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/03/bbm-will-lose.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/01/isko.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/10/advice-to-my-brother-running-for-city-councilor.html

US politics

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/10/black-adam.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2024/07/tramph-is-stoopid.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2023/10/you-are-maga.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2014/06/knowledge-bombs-on-abortion.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2023/10/bibik.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/11/2022-us-midterm-elections.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/08/pray-and-hope-american-leaders-are-evil.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/09/validation-from-alex-jones.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/08/theoretical-purity-is-self-defeating.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/02/happy-tax-time.html

  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2014/05/crystal-care.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/10/obamacare-knowledge-bombs.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/10/tanks-vs-guns.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/07/analyze-this-trayvon-martin-case.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-the-security-stupid.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2011/07/ugly-truths.html

social studies

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-woman-is-not-property.html

philosophy and religion

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/07/if-you-are-an-animal-lover-eat-animals.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2019/10/dont-be-a-prisoner-of-structure.html

  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-art-of-perspective-acrobatics.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2019/01/knowledge-bombs-on-inequality.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/11/manny-pacquiaos-speech-at-oxford.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-to-live-longer.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-we-call-it-faith.html

duckling care

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2017/08/why-i-dont-have-thousands-of-ducklings.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/08/cleaning-gig-for-troubled-youths.html

  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2019/01/economical-laundry-setup-for-my-ducklings.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/10/farewell-lablab.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/08/knowledge-bombs-on-marijuana-and-duckling-care.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/09/american-dad-without-roger-alien.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/06/pbb-gemsville-bible.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/05/nba-gangsters-and-scholars.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/03/easter-sunday-message.html

tech

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2024/11/iphone-backup-and-theft-deterrence.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2024/07/pc-music-folders-to-iphone-playlists.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2018/12/ruby-on-rails-for-dummies.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2024/01/carpark-sharing-app.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/06/asal-lechon-sharing-app.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/06/tips-on-backing-up-your-entire-facebook.html

home and auto

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/09/testing-parasitic-drain-on-car-battery.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/07/troubleshooting-car-that-does-not-start.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/02/cheater-toilet-vent.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/12/beveled.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/12/home-made-interlock-switch.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-amazing-1993-nissan-sentra.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/06/think-outside-box-inside-building.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/03/rv-in-philippines.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/08/bzigo-knowledge-bomb.html

sports

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/04/barrio-golf.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/03/golf-on-rails.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/04/barrio-golf-blueprint.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2022/12/barrio-golf-youtube-channel-scripts.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2023/03/old-barrio-golf-blueprint.html

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2021/04/village-golf.html

movies

https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2017/07/thrones-concerns_19.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2015/11/tribute-to-world-trade-center-twin-towers.html
https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/11/siskel-and-ebert-and-paeng-wannabee.html

misc

  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2020/05/birthday-message-for-dear-friend.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2011/10/foodbookcom-mark-suckerberg-wannabee.html
  https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2013/11/misc-knowledge-cluster-bombs.html

i enjoy writing for my imaginary readers. also it allows my consciousness or a virtual part of me to exist and float in cyberspace long after i'm gone. anyone can read my blog and it's like they are talking to me. it's just a 1 way conversation but my blog attempts to anticipate the responses and addresses them. whether my blog is good or bad, useful or useless, life has taught me these things don't really matter. i won't trade it for the world.

but the biggest reason why i write is:

just in case it might help someone

when someone reads my blog, IT DOES NOT BENEFIT ME. my mom told me to shorten my writings so that people will read it. i told her if i shorten my writings, it will be incomplete and useless. she said but at least people will read it. i told her the reason why i write is: just in case it might help someone. if i have a charismatic personality or i have a high status in society and i'm admired by lots of people, then i can help people by writing a few words of inspiration and cliches. i can even just post in facebook, "i'm sleepy, goodnight everyone" and it will lift up the spirits of hundreds of friends and family who are going through difficulties. it will get hundreds of likes and spark long pleasant conversations.

solutions to problems are just as important as words of comfort and motivation. i'm just a moron but i think maybe complicated problems require solutions that require lots and lots of words to describe. an uneducated vegetable vendor in the slums will need to say lots of words to albert einstein warning him of the dangers if he uses the toilet in the dangerous slum. and maybe give directions to a restroom in a safer area. the uneducated vegetable vendor may need to describe various options such as having a cop or tanod accompany him for a small tip. or if einstein just wants to urinate, maybe he can just pee behind the trees.

when my friends tell me they will only read my writings if i shorten it, that would be like einstein telling the vegetable vendor "i will only listen to you if you use only a few words". i know i'm a bad writer. i have poor grammar and spelling. but not reading what i write COULD be like einstein refusing to listen to the vegetable vendor because the vegetable vendor has poor grammar. it's not the vegetable vendor who will get mugged or stabbed if einstein does not listen. not all important information in this world are written in books and scientific journals. maost china was governed by a council of experts, each with multiple phd's, who were dedicated to helping their country. yet their decisions lead to millions dying in famine. but when they dispersed the decision making to the uneducated farmers, productivity improved and there was no more famine.

i understand human nature precludes us from listening or following people who don't have likeable personalities regardless of the merits of their message. 4 years before the covid-19 pandemic, bill gates was going around warning the world that a very deadly pandemic has a very high probability of happening and we only need to spend less than $100 million to build the infrastructure around the world that can immediately stop the virus in it's tracks (you can search his speeches in youtube). bill gates is not likeable maybe because of his dorky look. if bill gates had a likeable personality like clinton or obama, enough people would have listened to him and covid-19 would not have been able to spread. but then again, it was not bill gates who died or suffered the loss of a love one due to covid. but maybe all the sufferings from covid was still less painful compared to the pain of having to listen or follow an unlikeable person like bill gates.

if you say my writings are too long, a taxi driver would say the same thing about college - 4 years is too long. well sure you could shorten an engineering degree to a 2 year vocational but it won't make you an engineer. my writings are actually too short relative to it's POTENTIAL value in people's lives. example, with my political writings, you spend 1 hour reading but save thousands of hours that would have been wasted watching CNN and fox news that only deteriorates your spirit and makes your soul dark and angry. of course my writings are not for everyone, just like college is not for everyone.

i'm not saying my writings are great. what i'm saying is, it's not the length or even the writing skills that matter. it's the value of the message. there is no such thing as a free lunch. great rewards can only come with great sacrifices. a college degree requires 4 years. if you want to become a better person in terms of political views and expression, you need to spend some time and effort reading my blog. we don't learn by facts alone. we need to feel it and the only way to feel something is to know the context or background which can take long for me to illustrate with words. humans don't act according to facts and knowledge alone. humans act according to feelings or emotions. serial killers know murder is wrong but they can't help it. our political views mostly comes from emotions yet we pretend our political views are based on our knowledge and logic.

i regularly update the articles as time goes by. so for example, i might mention an event that happened in 2020 in a 2014 article.

what you need to know about iphone backup and theft deterrence

about "find my" iphone:

ICLOUD needs to be on for "find my" to be on.

if your iphone is LOST, go to any pc, log in to icloud.com and mark your iphone as "lost" in "find my". nobody can turn off "find my", erase, or re-install the iphone without your PASSWORD. so your iphone will be useless to anyone without your password. you can make your iphone display a message offering a reward and your contact info when it connects to the internet. you can make the iphone play a sound in case it's just misplaced.

it is common to have MULTIPLE icloud accounts. if you can't see your iphone listed in "find my", try logging in to your other icloud accounts.

example, i used to have 2 icloud accounts - 1 for my main phone and another for my vlogging (camera) phones. my reason was a NOTEPAD with the same name in my vlogging phone used to overwrite the one in my main phone. but apple already fixed this. now, if i create a notepad with the same name in my vlogging phone, there will simply be 2 notepads having the same name in icloud and all my phones after the autosync.

about iphone to pc backup

you can MANAGE (view and delete) all your iphone backups in apple devices/manage backups (in the old days, backups were managed in itunes/edit/preferences).

everything is backed up EXCEPT MUSIC/songs.

backup TIME and SPACE requirements: 42gb used storage (excluding music) took 18 minutes and 15gb of space on pc, restore took 28 minutes.

before RESTORING: you need to remove all photos and apps because restore needs a lot of free storage space for the temporary files.

(obsolete) if itunes says you need to update the ios version, do not do it via itunes. disconnect from itunes and update directly from internet to the phone (although this is moot because backup/restore is now done in "apple devices" app).

about iphone to icloud backup:

each icloud account has its own 5gb free icloud STORAGE. i only use 5% of my 5gb free storage because i only backup my text messages, notepads, contacts, calendar, and reminders to icloud. my text messages since 2007 is only 267mb. amazing !!! i don't need to backup my photos and videos to icloud because i post them to social media. i also keep a copy in my pc. therefore, i have 3 copies. if i backup my photos and videos to icloud, that would make it 4 copies which is overkill and a waste of money buying 100GB extra storage space.

you CONTROL which apps sync to icloud in settings/<your name>/icloud. i disable the syncing of my photos to icloud to makes sure there is always enough space for the important data (e.g. notepads, text messages and contacts). it also prevents me from getting the annoying "icloud almost full" messages.

to be able to backup your text messages to icloud and send/receive photos via text message, your icloud account and IMESSAGE account name and password should be the same. there's a bug where sometimes, you can't change the imessage account. the solution is to turn off imessage in settings and restart the phone.

(for more of my knowledge bombs, click the "ian's knowledge bombs" banner at the top of this article and choose any article in the table of contents that piques your interest)

Monday, August 26, 2024

BBM is very happy

BBM is the HAPPIEST man in the world right now. when he went to davos, he had no choice but to sign up to the program the world's powerful elites offered him. if he did not sign up, the "machine" of the world elites would have sabotaged and ruined his presidency which is very bad for the philippines. bbm knew he is not popular and savvy enough to outmanuever the "machine" so he signed up to the program for the good of the country and also self preservation or else another mt manunggal diosdado macapagal plane crash or JFK/RFK or richard nixon would have happened to him. so bbm is doing everything the world's powerful elites is asking him to do and at the same time hoping the plan of the powerful elites would fail. and that's what is happening right now. it's a brilliant chess move by bbm. he is banking on the fact that the "machine" has weakened ever since the cold war ended.

during the cold war, the "machine" had lots of TALENT because they were fighting a true evil - communism. talents are good people. talents only do bad things if it's necessary for the overall good. so the talents in the free world simply went to the private sector after the cold war, causing an explosion in technological advancement and economic growth since the cold war ended.

nowadays, the "machine" does not have enough talent to stop anti-establishment REVOLUTIONS all over the world. duterte, trump, elon musk, kamala, tim walz, and the arab spring caught them off guard. it's amazing how CNN and NBC are firing silent indirect hits on kamala (maybe because she and walz refuses to be their puppet). they can't stop the anti-establishment revolutions going on in canada and europe. whistleblowers are propping up all over the place. a whistleblower just revealed that the "machine" was spying on former democrat star tulsi gabbard (maybe so they can quickly orchestrate a "plane crash" or "accident" in case she became too popular). the machine failed badly in trying to turn mindanao into another syria when they sent their ISIS agents to marawi in 2017. they were not smart enough to know respect for elders is also very strong in the filipino muslim's spirit, which allowed the hostages to escape (and also there is no oil in mindanao). trump's assassin was "coincidentally" in a blackrock commercial just recently in 2023. blackrock is the financial arm of the "machine".

what is happening in DAVAO right now is just another natural reaction or push back to the manipulations by the "machine". the protesters in davao won't even know or understand anything that i just wrote here.

(for more of my knowledge bombs, click the "ian's knowledge bombs" title at the top of this article and choose any article in the table of contents that piques your interest. for more on this issue, click the black-adam article.)

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

how to mirror your pc music folders to iphone playlists

if you have an "apple music" SUBSCRIPTION, you can just sync your songs and playlists from your old phone to your new phone. but if your old phone does not mirror the music folders on your pc, continue reading.

i accidentally upgraded the IOS in my iphone. as usual, i immediately knelt down and prayed to god almighty that i would only waste 1 day of my life finding WORKAROUNDS for my favorite features that i'm sure will be removed in the newest IOS and not 1 week. my prayers were answered. only 1 day of my life was wasted. as usual, the workaround cannot be found in the internet so i'm adding it to my blog.

in the OLD IOS, i mirrored my pc music folders by connecting my iphone to itunes, creating the playlist on my iphone, deleting the entire itunes song library, importing a music folder containing HUNDREDS of songs to the library, selecting the entire library and drag and drop it to the playlist on the iphone, then deleting the entire library again, then repeating the process for the other folders.

with the NEW IOS, you can't connect your iphone to itunes anymore. you need to install 2 apps: "apple devices" and "apple music". you need to create and fill ALL your playlists in apple music then sync everything to your iphone using apple devices. you cannot transfer piecemeal or playlist by playlist. this means you can't have different iphones having different playlists. any song in your iphone that is not in your apple music library in the pc will be deleted. but that's ok i can live with that since 128gb iphone 8's and 11's are very cheap in ebay nowadays.

praise the lord i discovered the workaround in just 1 day and not 1 week. go to apple music and delete all songs in the library. then add a "DATE ADDED" column by right clicking the header and choosing "date added". click the "date added" heading so it will sort from newest to oldest (arrow pointing down). then do the following for each playlist:

1) add a music folder to the library by clicking the "..." at the upper left corner of the app then choose "library/add folder to library".

2) add the playlist in the left pane by clicking "+".

3) select the songs you just added and drag and drop it to the playlist

4) wait at least 1 minute to make sure the next folder you add will have a different time stamp

5) repeat the above process. the key here is you use the time stamp in the "date added" column to know which songs belong to the folder you just added.

next, connect your iphone to your pc and in apple devices, simply SYNC your music library to your iphone. click "skip backup" a few times until it skips the backup. you can sync just a playlist, but the problem is it will delete all other playlists on your phone. meaning you can't just add a playlist. you can only replace the entire library on your phone with a playlist. so don't get excited when you see the "selected ... playlists" option. that's just apple engineers teasing you and setting you up for a huge disappointment.

you can add a playlist LOCALLY on your iphone and it will be added to the music library in your pc when you sync (that's why it's called "sync" and not "transfer").

(you might also wanna read my article "what you need to know about iphone BACKUP and theft deterrence". search "ian's knowledge bombs" in the internet and click the article in the table of contents.)

(for more of my knowledge bombs, click the "ian's knowledge bombs" banner at the top of this article and choose any article in the table of contents that piques your interest)

tramph is stoopid

tramph is stoopid because he does not know kristians don't really mind if anyone performs a play about a gey djisus or makes a mockery about the last sapper.

i just watched this video by alternatino about open borders and it was very funny and spot on. it shows tramph is stoopid because he is acting as if meksikan children are just as valuable as wayt children. the truth is that only wayt people are valuable. tramph does not know that it is ok for thousands of meksikan gerls entering the boarder to be reyped by the coyotes.

besides, only 1% of meksikan children entering the boarder are reyped. 1% is a very small number. that's like saying he won't ride an airplane if 1% of airplanes crash. 1% is a very small number. he is just offending the people in the airline industry because he is generalizing that all airplanes crash. maybe he is just trying to wake people up to take a look at what really is going on at the boarder. but there really is nothing bad happening at the boarder because only 1% of gerls entering the boarder are reyped and they are not wayt gerls.

if you want icecream for your brain, listen to people who agree with you. if you want bitter vegetables for your brain, search "ian's knowledge bombs" in the internet and click "you-are-maga" in the table of contents.

(for more of my knowledge bombs, click the "ian's knowledge bombs" banner at the top of this article and choose any article in the table of contents that piques your interest)

Monday, January 22, 2024

microcharts in thinkorswim

STEPS TO SIMULATE MICROCHARTS IN THINKORSWIM:

(just ignore the color link feature because it's used to cycle through a watchlist on 1 chart display. so it's a many-to-one feature and what we want is many-to-many or 1 chart per watchlist item)

note there are 4 upper toolbars: main toolbar (support and setup toolbar, tabs toolbar, charts toolbar, and the symbol toolbar)

- click on the charts tab in the charts toolbar

- make sure ondemand is disabled by making sure it's in the rightmost end of the tabs toolbar. if it's near the middle, it's enabled. just click on it to disable it.

- at the rightmost end of the chart toolbar is the "chart actions" button. next to it is the "grid" button. at the rightmost end of the symbols toolbar is the "symbol actions" button.

- click "chart actions/reset".

- enter any stock symbol in the upper left corner (e.g. nvda)

- click "symbol actions/style/settings

- time-axis tab: 6 months, aggregation period is day

- appearance tab/chart type = line

- uncheck all checkboxes especially equities tab (this removes all annoying chart markers)

- click ok

- click "symbol actions/style/set chart default", then (click yes)

- click "symbol actions/style/save style" then enter "clean 6-month chart"

- click "symbol actions/style/settings

set time-axis tab: 5 years, aggregation period is month

- click "symbol actions/style/save style" then enter "clean 5-year chart"

- click "symbol actions/style/load style/clean 6-month chart"

- go to watchlist on the right subwindow. if no right subwindow, click the middle of the right edge of the main window.

- if no watchlist gadget, click the + button in the bottom of the right subwindow and add the watchlist gadget

- click the button next to watchlist to bring up the contex/pop-up menu

- if you already have a saved watchlist, hover above "personal" to bring up the drop down menu of your saved watchlists.

- if you want to add a watchlist, click "create watchlist". note the first input box is for the name, not the symbols. this really screwed me because the box is strangely very long. enter the name you want and then click import.

- you can then copy the list of stocks to the clipboard then click "paste symbols from clipboard". it took me a month to get this to work. as it turns out, the problem was that the symbols need to be in ALL CAPS but my symbols were in lower caps. this is very stupid because there is no reason why they can't just make it case insensitive. note the symbols can be separated by newline, comma, space, or semi-colon.

- if you have a fideliy account, you can click the download button in upper right corner of portfolio view. then open the file from excel or wps so you can copy the symbol column to clipboard (in excel, you first need to open an empty workbook then click "data/from text" to open the csv file then set the delimiter to comma). make sure to delete any heading or cash/money market rows so they don't get included.

- we will be choosing the 7 X 4 grid, which means each watchlist cannot be more than 28 stocks. so if you want to look at the charts of more than 28 stocks, you will need to break it up. example, my watchlists from my fidelity IRA are ira1, ira2, and ira3

- click save

- click "chart actions/clear symbols"

- click "grid" then click the last square (bottom right)

- click "chart actions/load symbols to cells/personal/<your watchlist>

- click "grid/save grid as" then enter the name (e.g. ira1 6-month charts)

- clear the symbols again and repeat the steps to load and save the 6-month charts for other watchlists if any

- if the "symbol actions" button is not visible drag the right edge of any cell a little bit to the right so it becomes visible.

- click "symbol actions/load style/clean 5-year chart"

- click "symbol actions/style/set chart default", then (click yes)

- click "chart actions/reset"

- click "grid" then click the last square (bottom right)

- click "chart actions/load symbols to cells/personal/<your watchlist>

- click "grid/save grid as" then enter the name (e.g. ira1 5-year charts)

- clear the symbols again and repeat the steps to load and save the 5-year charts for other watchlists if any

- to make the micro-charts bigger, collapse the left and bottom subwindows (click the middle of the right edge and click the "down arrow" button in the upper left corner of each BOTTOM subwindow

- also make sure the "show sidebar in cells" is unchecked in the grid menu

- if you want to open more than 1 chart grid, click the "chart actions/detach". you will need to remove the sidebars again by unchecking "show sidebar in cells" in the grid menu.

- you can actually increase the grid size (e.g. 8 X 5 = 40 cells) by choosing the "flexible grid" tab instead of charts. just keep splitting the windows horizontally and vertically until you get the desired grid. to remove the splitter toolbar in each cell, click "show grid actions/customize grid" (click it again to show the toolbar).

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carpark sharing app

video: https://youtu.be/bQa_syryUdU

PIT SENYOR !!! the grand parade is over but the PARTY has just begun. loud speakers, dancing, and fireworks everywhere !!! in the above video, i was riding a motorbike. but i felt sorry for those who rode cars to the main events. i'm sure they thought they can just drive towards the event, park their car once the TRAFFIC gets too congested, and just walk the rest of the way. the problem is there were no more places to park, and they can't turn back because of the traffic. so they ended up getting TRAPPED in traffic for hours, only to MISS the event.

my suggestment is to create a map where destination ZONES are color coded. destination zones should include main event locations and all areas where people can watch the parade or procession. for each zone, mark places in the map where people can PARK their cars. residential and business owners can earn money by offering their parking spaces.

maybe we need to hire EXPERTS or traffic engineers similar to the late dr. primitivo cal, our dean in UP college who also architected the jeepney coding system which is unique only to cebu city.

a norwegian consulting firm who solves traffic problems all over the world told dr. cal that cebu city had the BEST public transportation system in the world. no other city even comes close. they used indicators such as walking distance from dooorstep to available transport vehicle, time it takes to wait, cost, safety, travel time, number of rides, then walking distance again to the final destination. that is why dr. cal was very much against government buses because jeepney drivers and tricycle drivers are much better than the government in "smelling" or predicting where the passengers will be at certain times. a UP professor who believed in free market capitalism? fake news !!! fake news !!!

i never believed the norwegian consultants until i was in singapore and i had to walk 15 minutes everyday from my airbnbn to the next bus stop, then usually had to wait another 10 minutes to catch the next bus. i was dreaming of habal-habal drivers, trisikads, and tricycles waiting near the airbnb i was staying at. I WISHED SINGAPORE was CEBU-LIKE.

the experts might designate the parking spaces around mango avenue and ramos as one of the many PARKING AREAS for a plaza independencia event. ramos to plaza independencia might seem far, but it's actually just a 40-minute WALK. at least it's much better than getting trapped in traffic for many hours, only to miss the event. not to mention the stress and anxiety. walking is very good exercise anyway. besides, long walks and enjoying the good vibes and small outdoor parties around the city are part of sinulog tradition. it will also increase the vendors and businesses that will benefit.

there are many ways to IMPLEMENT this idea. parking attendants can be stationed around the city to give advise to motorists on where they can park. we can use large colored flags to show the status of parking spaces from far away - green for available, red for full. parking attendants can coordinate with each other via text messaging or walkie-talkie.

we can even create an APP for this. i'm sure our country has lots of developers who can spit out these kinds of apps in their sleep (e.g. my golfing buddies louie tapayan, elmo nazareno, cloyd dedicatoria, and jeff llanto). the parking attendants can just update the status of parking spaces via the app and the motorists can use the app for directions to the nearest available parking space. this would make cebu city penang-like (penang is the silicon valley of the east).

you might suspect i'm trolling because of my attempts to inject humor in my writings and videos. but that's only because good journalism is boring. to verify my CREDENTIALS, search "ian's knowledge bombs" in the internet and click "tech-innovations-by-a-dummy" in the table of contents to read my amazing innovations and problem solving achievements.

there is a good chance this idea won't work. but just like in business, golf, and life in general, you don't need to get it right every time. i learned this from reading the weekly articles of businessman bunny pages in sunstar. what's important is you persevere and continue to take manageable RISKS. amazon is the most successful company in the world. but if you look at the list of their failures, you might think they are the biggest loser. they had a long list of failures such as amazon fire phone, pets.com, endless, askville, amazon destinations, auctions, a9 search engine, etc ...

the question now is, would it be a COSTLY failure for the city of cebu if the app does not help solve the problem? maybe not. because there is a good chance the developers will develop the app for free because they know that if it works, they can generalize it so it can be used for festivals and events all over the world (e.g. the carnaval in rio de janeiro). the app can make them very rich. if government pays them to make the app, then the rights to the app will belong to the government so they lose the chance to become insanely rich.

i'm not an expert in POLITICS. but i think people will support you more even if you fail because it shows you listen to others and you are only interested in solving problems.

the parking areas for motorbikes should be nearer to the destinations for obvious reasons. i also think it is politically beneficial if you are PRAGMATIC and show a sense of care towards motorbikers and less affluent citizens in general. this is why raffy tulfo is now a top presidential candidate.

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

tucker is wrong about cramer

pro-maga pundit tucker carlson recently criticized anti-maga jim cramer's BUY/SELL calls on stocks. tucker is like criticizing michael jordan for missing 50% of his shots. showing examples of cramer's bad calls is like showing clips of michael jordan missing shots. in this article, i will explain why tucker is wrong. this article highlights the tendency of magas to be illogical and misinformed. if you wish to be informed, read my other article: https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2023/10/you-are-maga.html. it will blow your mind.

cramer is actually the best teacher when it comes to investing. deciding when to buy and sell a stock is just a small part of the investment game. the difficult part in investing is finding a THESIS. cramer taught me how to find a good investment thesis and how to trade around it. investing is not really a stock picking game. it's more of a thesis hunting game. but the most important thing cramer taught me is how to know when a thesis is broken and get out of a stock entirely.

if you are a cramer disciple like me, you will actually be HAPPY if a stock you just bought immediately goes DOWN after you bought it. keep in mind everything you know about a stock is PUBLIC. that means after you confirm your thesis is good, that means the entire world also knows about it. that means the big money has already been made and the stock will most likely be stuck in a trading range for a while.

i did get in very early in the AI bull market but it was just dumb luck. i bought nvda at $19 (split adjusted) on april 21, 2022. i did not know anything about the AI revolution at that time. the market including cramer was recommending a sell on nvidia because the US government was banning sales of its high end chips to china. i went against the grain and considered it good news. i speculated that the ban means nvidia's TECHNOLOGY is SUPERIOR which means it will eventually dominate the US market and offset any loss from the china ban. luckily, i was correct.

but you don't need a stock to skyrocket to make lots of money. you can make lots of money even if a stock stays within a range by RANGE TRADING the ups and downs. that's why cramer always tells you to first buy 1/4 of your intended position and buy some more as it goes down. so if you buy only 1/4 of your intended position and the stock immediately DOUBLES and gets stuck there for a very long time, you really didn't make that much money. but if the stock keeps going down and up within a range, then you make lots of money. that's why you should be happy if the stock you just bought goes down immediately. tucker does not know what he is talking about when he says most of cramer's buy recommendations goes down.

i usually have around a dozen theses. a thesis is like a life of a person. there really is no such thing as a correct or wrong thesis. they differ in QUALITY of LIFE. it's very difficult to know if your thesis is broken. usually, the stocks are already down 50% before you realize your thesis is broken and need to get out entirely. remember everything you know is public. so by the time you are convinced your thesis is broken, the stocks have already been crushed. but i never have to worry because i'm still making lots of money from my other theses. in investing, you don't need to be correct all the time. you just have to be correct most of the time

even if a thesis is BROKEN, it's very possible that you already made enough money trading the ups and downs. i think there was just 1 thesis where i did not make money. that was the renewable energy thesis in early 2010's. but i did not lose that much because i already made enough money range trading the stocks for 2 years.

my most important advice is to NEVER range TRADE a SPECULATIVE stock. speculatives are usually small companies with no profit. a speculative can be part of a thesis but you should only buy ONCE. never buy again if it goes down. if it goes to zero, let it go to zero. i never care if my speculative stock goes to zero because it's just 1% of my portfolio. however, you should always sell half every time a speculative stock doubles (it's called playing with house money).

investing is actually easy. just read my blog article: https://ian-crystal.blogspot.com/2015/06/investing-for-dummies.html. i haven't updated my investing blog in quite a while but the following are my theses that are still alive:

- AI (nvda, avgo, arm)

- glp-1/diabetes (lly)

- cancer (azn, mrna (speculative))

- medical devices (ew, isrg, geh)

- tik tok ban (meta)

- gig economy (abnb, uber, lyft)

- ecommerce (amzn, ebay, fdx, xpo, pld)

- cloud (goog, msft, crm)

- cashless society (v, ma) avoid fintech and paypal because too much competition

- 5G (aapl, vz, tmus, avgo, swks,amt, cci, mrvl)

- humanization of pets (zts, idexx, avoid pet stores and pet foods because they have no moat)

- oil and coal downtrend (fslr, alb, tsla, pcrfy)

- cybersecurity (panw, crwd)

- protein (tsn, cmg, wing)

- water (awk)

- legalization of marijuana (smg)

- life is short travel/leisure (ba,rcl,bkng,nclh,fun)

- dying movie theaters (nflx)

- filipino resiliency (ephe)

the following are my BROKEN theses:

- coffee the legal drug (sbux) too much competition

- work from home (logi, docu, zoom)

- lng (lng) - get back in if trump wins

- warmongers (lmt, rtx) get back in if trump loses

- in-flight wifi (gogo)

- covid vaccines (pfe)

- programmable chips (xlnx, altr) not broken but no more pure play because xlnx was bought by amd and altra was bought by intc)

most of tucker's videos are awesome but his video about cramer is GARBAGE. this is why i feel sorry for podcasters, talk show hosts, and vloggers. they need to keep putting out stuff but there's really not much new stuff to put out there. so they usually end up being redundant and scavenging for scraps. they may be rich and famous but we all know that is not really important in life. same with musicians and film makers. the world has already ran out of new ideas. everything is just recycled. i actually feel more lucky because i never run out of exciting ideas to help mankind. my only problem is i don't have enough time to implement them all. cramer is also lucky because market dynamics are always changing so there are always tons of exciting new stuff for him to talk about.

if i'm always outperforming the big fund managers, why can't i be a fund manager and earn millions without risking my own money? because it's like me outperforming CONTAINER SHIP captain paca because i can turn my JETSKI around in 3 seconds while it takes 30 minutes for captain paca to turn his ship around. it's true i'm outperforming captain paca but i'm just riding a jet ski while captain paca is carrying tons and tons of goods.

fund managers are SUPER SMART. they belong to a different league. i'm just like a parasite feeding of their very predictable moves. big fund managers cannot follow my strategy of range trading the small ups and downs because their trades have to be HUGE. example, if they want to include apple in their portfolio, it would take many days or even months to establish a position. that's because everytime you buy, there has to be a seller. and everytime you sell, there has to be a buyer. so if a big fund manager buys all at once, it will move apple's stock 10%. but if they are following my strategy of range trading the 5% ups and downs, the fund manager will end up losing money.

also note that if you are buying apple, that means something good is happening to apple. and if something good is happening to apple, there won't be ENOUGH SELLERS. if you are managing a $500 million fund and you only buy $10k worth of apple, it would be useles. even if apple quadruples, your fund will only grow 0.01%. your clients are better off parking their money in US treasuries which are guaranteed to make 4% per year.

that is why i can't take money from friends who want me to play their money in the stock market. the more money i manage, the less i perform because i would need to BUY at prices HIGHER than the market price, and i would need to SELL at prices LOWER than the market price.

also note that even if i make 20% a year and a big fund manager only makes 10%, the fund manager actually outperformed me. that's because stocks are only 25% of my net worth. because i'm dumb, i have to play it safe and DIVERSIFY across all asset classes. this means a 20% growth in my stock portfolio is only just a 5% growth in my overall networth.

the question now is, why won't many individual investors follow my strategy? actually i learned my strategy from jim cramer so i'm sure many individual investors are also using the same strategy. so then you might ask, isn't a CROWDED TRADE always a bad trade? the term "crowded" is relative. the number of investors using my strategy is still very tiny relative to the overall market. however, as more and more people follow my strategy, my strategy becomes less and less effective because my trades will become more and more crowded.

but i don't think my strategy will ever become crowded because my situaion is very RARE. if you read the biographical articles in my blog, you will know i made my wealth from dumb luck. if i'm really talented, i would still be working right now so i won't have time to range trade. most people who retire early would have a nest egg that is too big to follow my strategy. if they limit their stock portfolio to let's say only 5% of their nest egg so that they can effectively follow my strategy, then it won't be worth their time because a 20% increase would only translate to a 1% increase in their nest egg.

for the few who are in the same situation as me, most likely they won't have the discipline to follow my strategy. my strategy is actually very BORING. it's like watching hair grow. most people would rather play heavily in speculatives or do options trading. that's like gambling at the casino. as i said in my article "investing for dummies", whenever a successful trade makes me celebrate, that means i'm being too risky. i need to lighten up my trades or else i could end up getting hurt. my motto is "be boring".

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jo koy has nothing to be ashamed of

golden globes did exactly what ricky gervais told them to do last year. although they are angry at ricky gervais. this just shows that if you tell people what they need to hear, they will hate you, especially if you turn out to be correct. as the saying goes - if you care about others, tell people what they need to hear. if you CARE ABOUT YOURSELF, tell people what they want to hear. that's a mark of a true leader. if you are a leader and at the end of your term everyone hates you, that means you have done a good job.

this is what jo koy should be saying to those mocking him for his poor performance in the golden globes:

"what was i suppose to do? turn down the offer because i'm not an A-list talent? if you need someone to mock, you should be mocking the conceit and arrogance of the hollywood elites.

the reason why i was chosen to host the golden globes was because nobody else wanted the gig. the reason nobody wanted the gig was because ricky gervais scolded and humiliated the hollywood elites last year. the elites are smart enough to be aware of michael jordan's "republicans buy nike too" mantra. the problem is their arrogance and conceit made it impossible for them to accept that millions of people disagree with their political views. so they became delusional and assumed it had to be the second coming of hitler, which made them believe it was justifyiable to throw michael jordan's mantra out of the window.

i am always grateful that i was blessed with talent which gave me the honor to entertain millions of my fans, earn millions of dollars and give economic security to my love ones. to those mocking me for my poor performance, don't you know there are hundreds of millions of people out there toiling in factories, farms, and construction sites just so that their family will have something to eat? if any of them are given the opportunity to host the golden globes, do you honestly think they would turn down the income opportunity of a lifetime that could send their kids to college? do you think they would care about the negative reviews afterwards? instead, you should be mocking the golden globes and hollywood elites and congratulating the factory worker for practically winning the lottery.

in every industry and profession, there are always levels of competence, talent or abilities. am i suppose to be bitter and unhappy that i am not a top talent? or should i just be grateful i have millions of fans who consider me funny? if i cannot meet your standards, i say good for you. but is it a bad thing that there many different human beings with different standards? robin williams was a top talent and i'm sure he would have gave a historic performance if he was the one hosting the golden globes. robin williams had very high standards. he even married the very beautiful cousin of ian crystal's aunt dr. luz torralba from bohol. but where is robin williams now? why did he commit suicide? meanwhile, search in youtube "vice ganda" and look how happy her low standard fans are.

the golden globes is just entertainment. it's not important. meanwhile, the current leader of the free world whose decisions affect the lives of billions of people cannot even complete a sentence and you are ok with that? shame on you people."

jo koy's performance met the standards and expectations of his fans. i personally enjoyed jo koy's performance and thought his jokes were funny. mocking jo koy is as stupid as mocking a construction laborer for not being as smart as an engineer. i remember we filipinos used to be huge fans of local basketball stars named samboy lim and jojo lastimosa. if they played 1 game in the NBA, we would have been so proud and excited to see them play even if they won't score any points.

there is absolutely nothing wrong with people having different standards. mocking jo koy's fans and vice ganda's fans for not having the highest standards is like mocking a soccer mom who celebrates when her 7 year old son scores a goal. it would have been stupid for jo koy to not accept a gig where he gets paid a lot of money for doing something where nobody will get hurt no matter how bad he performs. if jo koy did not accept the job, i would be mocking jo koy for throwing away the opportunity to make filipinos proud and throwing away money that could contribute to the economic security of his love ones. i reviewed the history of top youtubers mocking jo koy, and many of them never mocked or condemned the current leader of the free world who accepted the job even if he knew he is too old for the job. even if he knew his decisions can affect the lives of millions of people, and there are many candidates in his own party like TULSI GABBARD who can do a much better job and would have prevented the carnage going on right now in ukraine and middle east. you also can't blame or mock the golden globes for hiring jo koy because they did try to hire A-list talents. the reason why the A-list talents declined is because hollywood was humiliated last year when ricky gervais exposed them for being hypocrytes in the past award shows. jo koy's hiring is just a ripple effect to the hollywood elites tolerating and being dear friends with the monster harvey weinstein, who they all knew was sexually harassing women for decades. they were also supporting corporations that are guilty of immoral labor practices abroad. yet, they had the nerve to belittled the political views of many americans who just wanted to stop useless wars that is bunkrapting the nation and resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and sufferings, including thousands of our very own men and women in the armed forces. the job of the golden globes host is to make jokes, but how can a hollywood elite perform jokes in front of the world when they know that they themselves are currently the butt of the jokes worldwide? they already know that people have woken up and opened their eyes to the hypocrisy of the hollywood elites. jo koy delivered a very good performance considering his talent level and the amount of time he was given to prepare. if anyone deserves to be mocked, it's the hollywood elites and those mocking jo koy.

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