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Now this is embarrassing.
Just now I discovered quite a serious bug in the software I'm working on.
I'm quite certain the general concept is valid, but my implementation is buggy.
This is something I can fix but that twenty grand I thought I made last week just flew out the window.
I will give you one little taste: in 2001-2002 I worked on a database kernel for a Bahamian hedge fund. It's now a core component of a huge windows executable that trades a basket of 1000 commodities futures on the Chicago Board of Trade. It's consistently able to beat the best funds managers.
My invention isn't trading commodities but it's a conceptually similar program.
(I don't know how they fared with the 2007 subprime meltdown. My guess is that the fund's owner would have known to get out of the market, he's a real shrewd guy.)
My ship isn't at the dock yet but I think it's still headed in my general direction.
In any case I'm doing something more mentally challenging than reloading SN all day long.
(Score: 2) by patella.whack on Sunday May 29 2016, @02:27AM
I'm no expert, but I do have some experience relating to mania. FWIW, chill a bit if you can & enjoy your new place.
It's a great start, and there's no reason things have to skyrocket right away.
Cheers!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday May 29 2016, @03:46AM
that wasn't mania, it was simple wishful thinking.
Mania doesn't go away when one tests one's code. When I get manic, hospitalization is just about always required.
My ability to enjoy my new place is limited because there's no Internet and I'm out of food stamps. It's not like I'm going to starve but I grow weary of rice and beans.
I'm pretty sure my software really will make me a lot of money, it's just that the twenty grand I thought I had just made fell on the floor.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 29 2016, @07:49PM
Rice and beans are pretty much what I would suggest. They are cheap and good for you.
I'd go for brown rice and black (turtle, cuban) beans. Maybe it is different where you are, but they seem to cost about the same as the other choices and they are a bit better for you. Green lentils are good too.
Try not to eat too much rice from Texas. Texas rice fields are kind of contaminated with arsenic. You can toss the cooking water to reduce arsenic, but that wastes the vitamin fortification.
I find cabbage to be really cheap. It keeps well. Purple cabbage might be better for you, and might not cost any more.
Okra is often cheap. I can't blame you if you gag from the texture, but you should at least try it. The taste is OK. It's good for you. Mixing it into rice could help with the texture.
When you can spend a bit more, choose canned salmon. In terms of nutritional value for your dollar, it's one of the best things you can get. It's full of vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids like DHA, and lots of calcium. (the bones soften during canning, so you can eat them without fear) Anchovies and herring are also good. Try not to live off of tuna; it has much more mercury.
Bananas are good too.
If you manage to get some meat (chicken leg+thigh quarters probably), be sure to cook it in a pot. That saves energy and saves the broth for cooking beans. I really wouldn't use the oven at all actually.
Don't forget the salt. You need it, and it really helps to make everything taste better. Put it in your rice and beans at least.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday May 30 2016, @08:33PM
It's a short walk to Grocery Outlet, which has amazing prices on many items, and a short bus ride to Winco Foods, which sometimes is cheaper than Grocery Outlet and also has bulk food bins.
It happens that just this morning I found a bulk bin with black turtle beans. I'll buy some when my food stamps recharge on the third.
Today I bought 15 pounds of potatoes at Winco for $2.48. At Grocery Outlet, 10 pounds is $3.50.
I'm pretty sure the rice I buy is from California. I actually prefer the taste of brown rice.
This morning I walked all over Winco writing down the prices of the groceries that I'm likely to buy. A "Picnic Pack" of thighs and drumsticks is $1.49. I make a really killer chicken soup, I put potatoes and diced tomatoes in it.
I was vegan for much of this month. While I expect it can be done cheaply, I didn't really know what to cook so I blew through my food stamps prematurely.
Winco's bulk breakfast cereal is way cheaper than the stuff that comes in boxes.
They even have "Okra Chips". I'd never seen those before. I didn't get any but they look like fried whole okra.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]