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rachelb1331today at 6:22 PM1 replyview on HN

I didn't want to put in my email address in order to access the detailed calculator... The quick check doesn't have nearly enough information to give anyone an idea of what actually to expect...


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nhootantoday at 6:56 PM

Fair, and it's the part I'm least settled on. The account exists because the full plan is a server side run that gets stored, not to build a mailing list.

Being straight about it: the long-run panel is the Dimson-Marsh-Staunton dataset, which is a paid commercial licence, plus the compute. So this won't be free forever. The Quick Check will stay free and anonymous.

The detailed side is where the real inputs are: mortality table life expectancy, CPP/OAS or Social Security start ages, pensions, tax, flexible spending. Four inputs can't tell you much, agreed.