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With Claude as an example, I am fine asking it various questions and getting answers - but I see people making calculators and breathing documents from this (ie effectively tools and programs). How do I take that step in usage - is there a specific app on top or DYI videos?

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You are not alone. I see so many people who are completely blind to the functionality of Claude.

First off, you'll want to install the Claude app on your desktop. The web version just allows you to use claude chat, which is more for question/answer type of requests.

Claude Cowork and claude code is where the magic happens. Once you download the desktop app, navigate to Claude cowork and ask it what tools/skills/plugins you should install to give it the best functionality.

Happy building from there.

I'm not an options trader, and I've been very vocal on this board about why, but the OP has my brain in a pretzel here. First, you mention put spreads, which is buying a put with a higher strike price and selling a put with a lower one (this is a bear put spread, a bull put spread is the opposite). The max loss in a bear put spread is just the difference between the premium you pay and the premium you are paid to enter this trade. You don't have to own the underlying at all.

As many here mentioned, it seems like you were describing a covered call strategy, which is totally different. This is owning the underlying (in your case VTI), and selling call options and collecting the premium. As someone else mentioned, the max downside is that the stock actually goes well above the strike price of the call (in this situation you don't lose money, but you miss out on the upside). This is why it is considered a relatively safe strategy. Many tout it as a way to make income.

I say all of that to say this: you should NEVER allocate money to a strategy you do not fully understand. The time/effort of doing it yourself is not worth it, and paying a professional to do this is also not worth it.

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I hate this shite.

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Turn it off then

Spain with a masterclass

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That last sequence was pretty gay

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I get what they are trying to do, just corny as hell.

Appreciated most of it being in English though

His ACL is done for

A spin zone on the topic that has been discussed a bunch. Everyone always asks “what if America’s main sport was soccer”? A much more interesting question is: what if the rest of the world played football?

There has to be some behemoths in other countries that are working regular jobs because they were too large for soccer.

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The two largest populations in the world by far are China and India.

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It’s not all about population. It’s a function of population AND average athletic ability (which has an ethnic component).

How many US born Indians are great at sports? It’s not all about the culture, genetics play a massive role. This is the same reason our best athletes are mostly black. Not to be racist or anything, but it’s very true.

Same logic applies to math competitions, but inverse.

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Bolt would’ve sucked at football, baseball, and basketball too

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Point well taken (except possibly a lethal kick returner in football)

Baseball guys are some of the least athletic people to be honest (extraordinarily coordinated though).

I think people conflate athleticism and coordination way too much.

LeBron is an insane athlete no doubt, but would be good at baseball? Idk, maybe.

Would he be good at soccer? Idk, maybe. Coordination with your feet is a lot different than hand-eye. But if the US had an enormous sample size and every athlete played soccer, of course we could be one of the best, our population dwarfs most of these countries.

The two worst performances have been from the MLS guys. Ream and the goalie. Who would’ve thought.

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That's bullshite. Hate soccer for those calls. His leg slid over the ball.. nothing he could do. It was a total accident.

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Doesn’t matter if it’s an accident. You absolutely can’t slide with studs up like that. Good way to break someone’s leg.

Hate it for England, but that’s not a debatable call