^ Some good picks. I think I’m going with a 2 game parlay though. I like the Minnesota Timberwolves to beat the Chicago Bulls and cover the spread along with the Dallas Mavericks beating the Brooklyn Nets and covering the spread. Nothing too controversial today. I am looking forward to the Suns and Bucks game.
I'll go singles today, or at least pre game betting, I already have Luka's Mavs -3.5 at the start against the Nets. Now that I look on the odds between the Wolves against the Bulls, I will go with the Wolves -5.5 @1.97. But still though, not going to make it a parlay, I'm not that lucky going on parlay even for 2 leg game. And just when you think that the Wolves is going to have a easy win against the Bulls, building as high as 23 point lead, Koby White ignited a huge comeback and forces the game into OT and then DeRozan taking over in the OT with the assist to Drummond for a huge win for them. Good that you didn't go on a parlay as the Mavs won comfortably against the Nets. Luka and Kyrie combine for 71 big points and Luka is just shy of another triple double. Just 1 assist but it's all good as I also take win on them. A real bummer about the Bulls beating the Timberwolves. I definitely wasn’t expecting that. Ruined a nice parlay for me but I was impressed with how Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving played for the Mavs tonight. I was also impressed by the Suns taking out the Bucks. Bol Bol playing like he’s trying to steal the shine from Wemby. |
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Yeah but I am near an Air Force base which routinely knocks out my wifi for 20 or 30 minutes at a time.
I would want to run a few of these with an eth cable.
Like, knocked out from RF interference? That's wild. It would be a big job to add ethernet to the Bitaxe. It's built for WiFi from the ground up. I wonder what would happen if you directly connected the ESP32 wifi to a wifi router with coax... Espressif makes a drop-in ESP32-S3 variant with a u.fl antenna connector. I assume some attenuation would be necessary. . I was stunned the first time it happened. Mostly happens when this Air Force plane flies above me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-3_SentryI would think it is the radar that does it. I live about 15 miles from the base. It does training sweeps every now and then. Really fucks wifi up whenever it doe the low flying tests. This is interesting because I've never seen anyone else say this besides me, but I too have some experience having wi-fi knocked out from airplanes... They do some F-35 testing near me and I am an avid drone flyer. I used to use wi-fi for my drone flights because I liked the idea that I could setup a giant wi-fi mesh network in my area with large antennas and boosters (shhh, don't tell anyone). My original idea I was testing was to have a set of drones taking turns 24/7 circling my area as a type of surveillance to be controlled by a computer running a program (the challenge is in the automated recharging process). Whenever they would be testing F-35s in my area I would notice that I would completely lose connection with my drone until the plane had flown away. It happened enough times that I actually abandoned my giant drone wi-fi network and switched to other technology. Now I use radio signals and for long range flights I would IN THEORY use the cellular phone network. I would bet quite a bit that next gen fighters are able to disrupt wi-fi signals either purposefully or via a biproduct of however they operate. |
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But OgNasty, how will you know if one is completely doing the challenge here? I'm starting from tomorrow but how do you know I'm keeping up with your challenge.
I don't care if people keep up with the challenge or not. I only care about letting them know it's going on so that they too can become stronger individuals. If you want to fake that you are participating, I'm fine with that. You are only depriving yourself and with faking it maybe you'll inspire someone else in the process, so I still see it as a positive. This may seem related to bitcoin speculation but it is not bitcoin speculation at all. We are not speculation on bitcoin price but to know if someone can know if he or she can go up to 100 push ups before bitcoin hit six digits. This belongs to off-topic.
Life is too short to be a Karen on the internet. Do some push-ups instead. |
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IMO it's a who cares. What you, or someone pretending to be you, at ANY other forum does not matter.
Here regulates here and there regulates there. Lets assume I setup an account someplace else and I teleport my account there.
And never use it. And then for whatever reason it gets compromised. That account then does bad things.
But...I never used it and I don't care. Why should that matter to me here. If I then go in and remove the proof here that it was me there what does it matter?
Because:
1) The account was compromised and is was not me so who cares.
2) It was not compromised and it WAS me, but you can't prove it.
Either way, it's a there problem not a here problem.
-Dave
This is an interesting argument and I can definitely see your point. The last thing we want is for people to get used to trusting a name regardless of what forum it is on. Telegram is a good example. I don't use it but am constantly asked about deals I'm supposedly escrowing. I've even had people in this community get angry for things that I supposedly said on Telegram, which is odd when I know it wasn't even me... Granted a teleported account is a little bit different because this account authorized it, but I can see your point that a reputation here stays here and doesn't go with the name to other sites. I'm just not sure how I feel about it. I guess everyone should always be careful and if you think you're talking to someone from here, do yourself a favor and talk to them through here. |
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I also saw that the Bucks must sign him, and waive Thanasis which is very funny, but kind of true. Just so you know, Tony Snell has a career where he just went "cardio" for 20+ minutes. No statsat all, and the only thing he did was run on the court.  . Thanasis? What is he doing on the league? He isn't even playing, and the team don't need him aside from him being a cheerleader for his younger brother. Haha, Thanasis our guy. They've been in losing streak when the change of coach has happened. He's the million dollar guy that's hired to hire his brother. But seriously, he's drafted first by the New York Knicks so maybe he's really got the talent but then Bucks just seen better deal with him. He's expensive personal body guard of Giannis and I'm sure that Bucks is so ready to get rid of him but they can't do anything since he's under protection of their star brother which they can't afford to lose. Also I think he will not drafted if his not a good player maybe he just need a break to show his talent and capabilities to help the team that's why if they need additional help maybe its better for bucks to used him or try to develop so that they get something from him. If they let him sit on bench I think nothing will happen and they just waste their money for him. Obviously they're developing him, but I think that's part of the deal with Giannis. Everyone knows this is something the Bucks are doing to keep Giannis happy. Thanasis clearly isn't an NBA caliber player. I'm pretty sure once Giannis leaves the Bucks that Thanasis won't be far behind. We'll probably find out after this season, but I wouldn't be surprised if whoever signs Giannis also makes a league minimum offer to Thanasis in an attempt to keep Giannis happy in his new home as well. |
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I am not a tax officer but I think a flat tax rate doesn't promote equity. I see this tax policy as a form of exploitation low low-income earners. I am glad that he dropped out of the presidential race because his policies look absurd.
A flat tax could be a tiered tax to income levels though. And still be considered a simplification of the current tax system with all its loopholes and rules. Ya, I'm sure they would still leave a standard deduction in there to help those with low incomes. However, in order for something like this to realistically pass they'd also have to throw something in for rich folks. At the very least they'd need to see assurances that the capital gains and dividends taxes would stay where they are as well as unrealized capital gains never being taxed. So long as they did that, I don't think the rich would care what they do about income tax. |
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I’ve heard the Suns are trying desperately to get one more piece.
Miles Bridges was the latest rumor. Do they even have enough to give up for trades? I have no idea who they would give up or what picks they have left... I also don't know what help a player like Miles Bridges would be. Seems like they need another big man to me, but I haven't seen the entire team play together enough yet to know. The Grizzlies played without 13 players against the Celtics and suffered a heavy loss. Now they will play the Knicks, another Eastern team in form. It's a tough game again and the number of missing players makes their chances even worse. There is another opportunity for the players who normally don't get minutes to show themselves. The Knicks also have missing players, but nothing like the Grizzlies, they don't have a complete team. There will be no surprises in this game, I don't know how many points the Knicks will win by, but sure they will win.
Interesting. I was unaware of this. Might have to add them to a parlay. I wondered why the odds were so bad. |
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Anybody else taking part in the latest Bitcoin movement sweeping across social media? 100 pushups a day until 100K?
I'll do it if you will. I'm in. I made a new thread so we won't keep pestering people on this thread about it and I put it in speculation because it is basically speculation that the Bitcoin price will hit $100K. The countdown begins... I had initially thought that Bitcoin would hit $100K in 2025, but now I'm really hoping it happens sooner so that I'll still be able to scratch my own back at the end of this challenge. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5484350.0 |
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Bitcoin is headed to $100,000 and that's not speculation. OK, maybe it is, but the 100 Push-Ups A Day Until Bitcoin Is $100K challenge is real and has been echoing throughout the community for a week now, so I thought I would make a thread here for those of us who want to try and hold ourselves accountable. The first video that comes up when you do a quick search for this is Jae from Proof of Work Fitness, so I'll give him credit for kicking off this trend until someone corrects me with better information. You can see his video about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPrsA7gBc3UI myself started this challenge on 2/2/24 and hope to inspire other Bitcoiners to take this step to help build some muscle in the community. Here's a video showing you what happens to your body after doing 100 push-ups a day for a month and gives some tips on proper form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euPXf2hqU3sMy only real tips would be to not worry about trying to do 100 push-ups at once. Break them down into as small of sets as you need to keep from hurting yourself. I also prefer doing push-ups on my knuckles as I think it saves my wrists from a lot of stress. If 100 a day is too much, maybe try to start with whatever "K" the Bitcoin price is at and work your way up to 100 along with Bitcoin.  Who's in?!?!?  Want to be included on the spreadsheet tracking everyone's push-ups? Below is the format to post your progress in order to be added to the spreadsheet. My example: 100k,OgNasty,69,6900,2024-04-10 [Format(notice no spaces): "100k,UserName,DaysDoingPushups,TotalPushupsDone,yyyy-mm-dd"
This would be the first 3 posts of a new participant named Pushupper who completed 20 pushups on day 1, 30 pushups on day 2, and 30 pushups again on day 3.
Day 1 post include = "100k,Pushupper,1,20,2024-03-15"
Day 2 post include = "100k,Pushupper,2,50,2024-03-16"
Day 3 post include = "100k,Pushupper,3,80,2024-03-17"]
The quotes won't matter to the script and might help emphasize the no spaces rule?
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Another centralised Solana outage. "Please restart the server, Bob."  someone trip over the extension cord again? sheesh "You can increase your staking reward percentage by pressing this button here, let me show you." BOOM!  It is pretty shocking that something with a market cap in the tens of billions can be so unreliable. I'm sure this isn't the last time we'll see Solana go down this year. It's a shame because most of the newbies I know who get into Bitcoin jump straight to Solana for whatever reason and want me to support it with them. However, I just can't bring myself to do it. I thought about buying some when it was around $20 to stake but it's just such a horrible blockchain. Lots of people will probably get rich from it anyway, but I wish they were making more progress building reliable products. |
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I'll do 100 push-ups tomorrow as penance.
Do 100 sips of coffee. It's healthier.  I think that there are a lot of studies that the loss of muscle mass is a pretty decent risk for any of us as we age, and there are some theories that we are starting to die after we reach 30.. and of course, if any of us likely realize that there seem to be deteriorating effects with the passage of time, even though some people do seem to have better genetics than others, I have my doubts that we can completely ignore lifestyle choices.. even though I do consider that diet and sleep might be more important than exercise. In regards to exercise, and the need to build and/or preserve muscle mass, there must be some attention towards the benefits of resistance training, even though some older folks (and younger folks are guilty of this too) get so much caught up into cardio, so if they do some kind of exercise that requires a lot of cardio, then they might be too tired to even attempt to carry out any resistance training. Also, some folks who walk a lot become very good walkers, but they still might not be retaining muscle mass as much as they should do, especially when they start getting into their older years.. .. so it becomes more and more difficult to both retain muscle mass and even to build it. .. so it could be better to at least engage in enough resistance training type exercises to at least attempt some level of maintenance. I know easier said than done.. and I think exercise hurts more than it did when I was younger.. and I don't get as many of those endorphin-like feelings. .which may relate to stamina too.. so if you can maintain exercise for a certain period the endorphins can kick in.. and people might get that on a treadmill. .yet harder to build up to it with resistance training since it tends to hurt. My push-ups are going better than I thought, and I am going to have to keep track in order to try to figure out if I am making progress, and my first set of pushups went way better than I thought that they would because I think that I recall trying to do pushups several months ago, and it did not go very well.. so this time around I was focused on at least trying to see how many I could do in a kind of dry run.. and it did hurt my chest a bit.. so that might mean to try to pace myself a bit in order to build up to it.. but at least I did them flat, and they were pretty full pushups and I did not have to resort to girl-pushups.. meaning doing them from the knees... after a week, I will probably have a bit of a better grasp of where I am at. .and maybe even better after two weeks.. but I am not sure if I can keep it up until $100k .. so we will have to see how that goes... but I am likely not going to end up doing 100 every day.. and so far with 1.5 days I have only done 50 each day.. and I may or may not be able to get up to 100 today.. I don't necessarily want to push my quantity to such an extent that I end up injuring myself or that I overdo the matter in some kind of a way... "We" should be trying to pace ourselves in these kinds of situations. I read a study that showed you begin losing muscle mass at 40. As I approached 40 a few years ago I made it a point to not let this happen and started doing pull-ups daily along with curls, bench press, sit-ups, climbing stairs, and taking long walks. So I've been at it for a couple years already, but when I saw the opportunity to get involved in this 100 push-ups per day thing, I decided why not add this into my routine and really push it. Given that I've been on a muscle building journey for several years, this was probably an easier move to make for me than others, but everyone needs to start somewhere. That's why I recommended people do the amount of push-ups that the BTC price is. 43 a day should be doable for most people and they can work their way to 100 with the Bitcoin price. I'm surprised how much of an effect 100 push-ups a day has had on me already. I've done 440 460 (had to bang out 20 while writing this) push-ups now counting this morning and that will be 500 by the end of the day. I'm also still maintaining my other workouts, and have added squats to my routine. I am going to start adding my bench press sets in with my push-ups in an attempt to be able to maintain this longer term, but urge everyone to do something. Lets all get ripped and rich together. Even if you start by walking 100 steps, or doing 100 jumping jacks... Whatever you need to get you started on your journey. Health and wealth baby! Wait...wait a sec....you can take breaks?  Whatever it takes... As an old hustler used to mutter to me often in the 90s, "There's no rules to this shit." |
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I’m not really an altcoin guy but I have ended up with a few alts as a result of experimenting with different technologies. Needing the alts to use made it so I’m willing to hold them in case I want to participate in the future. Those coins are Ethereum, Solana, & MATIC. I think MATIC has the best value, while Ethereum will likely be the most successful. Solana I don’t own much of, but their community is passionate.
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I don’t think any Americans will be forced to accept Bitcoin anytime soon. The Lightning network is unreliable and just plain terrible for use in a large country while the main layer couldn’t dream of supporting so many transactions. I won’t even go into the technical challenges for people who might not know how to use a computer… Legal status isn’t something that needs to worried about right now.
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Stake also allows you to play their games for fun. Before playing slots for example, there is always a pop up that lets you select if you want to play for fun or use free money. While I’ll admit I’ve never played “just for fun” on Stake, I do really appreciate that it is an option and think it probably isn’t the worst way to pass some time.
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I bought some of an ETF for my RothIRA account. Seemed like something I should take advantage of for some sweet tax free gains. I went with Fidelity’s ETF because I liked the idea that they aren’t using Coinbase for custody to diversify the space. At some point though I may decide to buy shares in Coinbase & Blackrock while switching from Fidelity to Blackrock’s ETF.
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I'm thinking of betting on the Bucks tomorrow. Perhaps they were able to rest after that loss to the Jazz, it was a disappointing loss because they ran out of gas in the 4th quarter, so Giannis will find a way to bounce back and get a win.
Moneyline, Suns - 1.62 Bucks - 2.36 That's a good one for you. It's rare to see Bucks as underdog like that with Giannis playing. I don't see anyone from the Suns team can stop Giannis in the paint, for the Suns to win, they need to keep their 3 point shooting at a high level which I believe the Bucks knows how to limit them on that area.
Are the Bucks that good at defending now? They are probably just at the same level on defense so it will come down to scoring more. I bet both teams will score at least 110 points. I thought it was odd the Bucks are underdogs as well. I didn’t think the Suns were playing that great of basketball lately. I’m also a little surprised we haven’t seen any big moves in the trade market yet. The deadline is quickly going to come and go. I’ve heard the Suns are trying desperately to get one more piece. |
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I'm on a modified version - 100 sips of coffee daily until 100k (and beyond)
I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but I've never had so much as a sip of coffee in my life. I'll stick to push-ups. I'm not saying you didn't say that but if you did say that, I do say I would have remembered. Just sayin' That was "what's his name" who said that: OgNasty I personally have been bullied by OgNasty into doing pushups, and I was going to start out with 10 per day and work my way up.. but I have already done 50 pushups today.. so maybe 50 is going to have to be good enough for the day... I am not sure.. just have to measure midnight to midnight, and if I feel like doing a few more than that will up my tally for the day.. my plan will still be to work my way up to 100 and then probably work my way back down to some number, and then maybe I will add some other exercises into the mix.. I think that it could be a good habit to do body weight exercises.. even though it can be painful. Regarding coffee consumption: I believe that around 8 months ago I already mentioned that I felt that I had to cut back on my daily coffees.. and mostly due to my teeth.. but also I think that I had developed some other bad habits around coffee..that had to do with what I was putting in the coffee.... .. but I am not completely against coffee.. and I do still drink it once in a while.. - just not daily.. and since I am not against drinking coffee, I may end up adding it back into my routine at some point.. perhaps? If I’m going to be accused of bullying, this is probably the best justification to do so. There is a section of this community who is into eating meat and lifting weights, and those are the folks I’d like to get to know. I’m still on the 100 push-ups a day train. Haven’t been sore yet but I did have to bang out a set of 20 pretty late last night to get my 100 in. |
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^ Some good picks. I think I’m going with a 2 game parlay though. I like the Minnesota Timberwolves to beat the Chicago Bulls and cover the spread along with the Dallas Mavericks beating the Brooklyn Nets and covering the spread. Nothing too controversial today. I am looking forward to the Suns and Bucks game.
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Anybody else taking part in the latest Bitcoin movement sweeping across social media? 100 pushups a day until 100K?
I can barely hit 40 a day. I don't want to see Bitcoin 100K while in the hospital. I will be here cheering for the participants.
I'd suggest maybe starting with the BTC price and trying to do 43 a day or whatever K the price is at. You'll be surprised how quickly you can build strength. Not participating but 100 a day is easy to do 😎
Ain't nothing to it but to do it! Consider it my friend. I'm on a modified version - 100 sips of coffee daily until 100k (and beyond)
I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but I've never had so much as a sip of coffee in my life. I'll stick to push-ups. lulz i havent done 100 pushups in my entire life
Good lord man! That can't be possible... Start your journey. You won't be sorry you did. Pushups? Aren't they a form of punishment inflicted on recruits in boot camp? I think that's how they turn lumps of lard into men. I'm a little bit shocked that NOBODY is doing this or even wants to. What the fuck? Maybe this needs it's own thread to find some participants? Nobody under the age of 50 should be struggling to do push-ups on a regular basis. |
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Anybody else taking part in the latest Bitcoin movement sweeping across social media? 100 pushups a day until 100K?
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