It appears that I should have followed how everyone ranked their draft picks instead of trying to speculate and outsmart everyone. Choosing Christian McCaffrey instead of Jonathan Taylor was my biggest mistake and presently my biggest regret. You are welcome Hhampuz hehe. News update on Lamar's contract extension. This is head shaking. What type of contract does he want with the kind of economy the whole world is presently in. Will this cause Lamar to play better to prove himself for a better contract? Report: Lamar Jackson turned down long-term deal worth up to $290M with RavensSource https://www.sportsnet.ca/nfl/article/report-lamar-jackson-turned-down-long-term-deal-worth-up-to-290m-with-ravens/ |
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Well, that was an embarrassing blowout. Buffalo played near perfectly, at least in the 2nd half.
The saving grace is my fantasy team players crushed it, am now projected to get 151.79 pts this week
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I didn't get the time to do a draft recap but one of the things that made me shout at the screen is when you grabbed G. Davis right before me !!! I am not quite certain why the Rams would not give the ball to Cam Akers after Stafford has showed that his elbow might not be 100% and the Bill's defense is strong this game and playing more than 100% hehe. It appears Akers might only be the introduction to my fantasy team. I am speculating that Tyreek Hill is next to have no or lower than projected points. Lamar next after Hill. I might trade them for a bag of peanuts by week 5. Its a good idea to sit guys your not sure of that have either moved into another scheme or come off a serious injury until you can gauge their usuage. A lot of teams will restrict a players touches when coming back from injuries and players that go to new teams may not get the full workload for a variety of reasons. For example Josh Gordon popped around to alot of teams and never had any workload because he was too stupid to learn the playbooks. Case in point on my team I am sitting Julio, JujJu and Bobby Trees until I see their workload. But I fully expect W00ds to come out on all cylinders. Speaking of W00ds, I called LA would be screwed without him. No-one gave him the credit he deserved for that teams success and now the idiots are all scratching their heads after this disaster. This is why I did not draft one Ram (I would have grabbed Kupp in the third though, he is immune with stafford pineing on him continuously). Oh and the Injury curse has hit me already, KITTLE out on all my teams before week 1 ! To a lesser extent Lazard injured in practice as well. but he was a gamble anyway that I didn't have alot of faith in. I got Kirk Cousins from the waiver wire already hehehe. I am not very optimistic about Lamar's contract extension and this might negatively affect his performance with his team. In any case, Cam Akers I will give a chance. However, I am presently regretting that I chose him instead of Travis Etienne who was my candidate for rookie of the year last season before his injury. I think he will have a similar performance as Najee Harris' performance last season. |
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Coinbase has been very much hated by the cryptospace community because of their behavior that has been considered anti-bitcoin, however, this initiative by Brian Armstrong should be supported and should also be given respect, I reckon. Leading crypto exchange platform Coinbase on Thursday announced that it was funding a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Treasury Department to block sanctions barring Americans from the virtual currency mixer- Tornado Cash.
Commenting on the sanctions, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that the Treasury Department had gone too far “by sanctioning an entire technology instead of specific individuals.”
“There are legitimate applications for this type of technology, and as a result of these sanctions, many innocent users now have their funds trapped and have lost access to a critical privacy tool.”Read in full https://coincodecap.com/coinbase-funds-lawsuit-against-the-us-treasury |
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It appears that everything that the bitcoin antagonizers have speculated is becoming a reality. We cannot ignore this anymore. Also, we have already witnessed that the government does not stop with regulations as a way to regulate. They might also use their positions of power in creating laws as a weapon to attack bitcoin. I speculate another policy that the American government can create is a ban on all Asic imports. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal agencies should provide technical assistance and initiate a collaborative process with states, communities, the crypto-asset industry, and others to develop effective, evidence-based environmental performance standards for the responsible design, development, and use of environmentally responsible crypto-asset technologies. These should include standards for very low energy intensities, low water usage, low noise generation, clean energy usage by operators, and standards that strengthen over time for additional carbon-free generation to match or exceed the additional electricity load of these facilities. Should these measures prove ineffective at reducing impacts, the Administration should explore executive actions, and Congress might consider legislation, to limit or eliminate the use of high energy intensity consensus mechanisms for crypto-asset mining. DOE and EPA should provide technical assistance to state public utility commissions, environmental protection agencies, and the crypto- asset industry to build capacity to minimize emissions, noise, water impacts, and negative economic impacts of crypto-asset mining; and to mitigate environmental injustices to overburdened communities.Read in full https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/09-2022-Crypto-Assets-and-Climate-Report.pdf |
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@franky1. Agreed. Tulip mania is a story of a market bubble of overpriced tulips and an explanation on human behavior. There are similarities between the market bubbles of the tulip mania, the internet IPO bubble, the housing bubble and 2017's crypto ICO bubble. After all the speculation on the cryptospace, we can be quite certain that the market's real price levels will be discovered. In any case, news update. It appears Michael Saylor, Microstrategy's new head of strategy for bitcoin purchases, plans to buy more bitcoin. I hope this does not imply that the pump is over similar to his other purchases hehehehe. MicroStrategy could sell up to $500 million in class A common stock and could buy more bitcoin.
A new prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says the firm has entered into an agreement with agents Cowen and Company and BTIG to sell up to $500 million in stock with a possible eye towards acquiring more bitcoin.Source https://www.theblock.co/post/169010/microstrategy-could-raise-up-to-500-million-to-buy-bitcoin |
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And if not mistaken, Dana White doesn't want his UFC fighters like Conor to do one boxing exhibition because of this reasons. But they are making good money so I guess they will continue to do business with Floyd and the Paul brothers.
No doubt that they'll continue even if Dana White says so. There's a huge money that's being involved and they might have been offered with an amount that's hard to decline. Just like any other athlete, when is being offered with good compensation and talent fee, they won't think twice but will grab the offer. The Paul brothers did discovered this niche that will make them and their opponents big money. Dana is losing contracts as more fighters actually get off from Dana's control. Nate Diaz also was to fight against Jake but of course, Dana didn't like the idea and the contract also does not allow UFC fighters to have another event involving his fighters. Unfortunately, UFC fighters losing against Jake embarrasses UFC. It would mean this combat sport is not really as ULTIMATE as it may sound if that is the case. They are different sports. I am a fan of boxing and MMA, however you have made a very head shaking argument. You argue that MMA is not as ultimate because retired MMA fighters cannot win against Jake Paul in boxing? Why not the best professional boxers fight in MMA to prove that MMA is not as ultimate as it may sound? I estimate that there may be 1 of those boxers who might win, however, I am quite certain the other 9 would never return. |
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Oh, I missed this ^^ but I don't our vote here would translate to money where the odds would be almost even because at the end of the day Canelo would still be the heavy favorite to win this match at the bookies.
I think everyone knows here that Canelo really has the upper edge in this fight against GGG but still hoping that the latter will the fight. I'm siding with GGG her also and want to put some money on him not because I'm his fan but rather just want to see Canelo losing again. For me, Canelo losing this match will fuel him more to be a better fighter. If he was beaten by an old GGG, that will be disrespectful to him. That will turn him into a much more serious boxer and will do his best to rise up. He is still young and has lots of time to climb to the top. By the looks of its odds, the Stake agrees to this consensus. Betting for Alvarez, Saul By KO 2.80, seem enough reason to bet for him. Before I watched the replay of GGG versus the young Japanese fighter Ryota Murata, I would not agree with you. However, watch the replay. Murata was doing body punches on GGG and he makes a face that makes it appear that he was very uncomfortable. This might be because GGG is an old man already. He cannot take the punches to the body anymore and who has more destructive punches on the body than Canelo? I speculated that GGG might make this very competitive when this thread was created. However, after more research, I predict that Canelo's punches to the body will knockout GGG and medics will take him out on a stretcher hehehehe. |
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@bittraffic. There might be a misunderstanding between Tiki and the team of Nate Diaz. According to other stories, it was Khamzat and Kevin Holland who were fighting. Tiki was there and stopped them. After everything was settled, Tiki was standing with Khamzat when Nate Diaz and his team arrived. They began throwing water bottles on Tiki and kicking him hehehehe. An altercation between Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland sparked a backstage melee that ultimately led to the UFC 279 pre-fight press conference being cancelled on Thursday.
That’s according to UFC President Dana White, who confirmed the initial incident between Chimaev and Holland started the problems that only escalated after he went on stage to start the press conference at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Multiple sources also confirmed that once Holland went on stage to start the press conference along with his opponent Daniel Rodriguez that a second altercation exploded that involved Chimaev, Diaz and their respective teams.
It’s not clear if any additional fighting broke out, but water bottles were thrown between Chimaev and Diaz’s camps, according to sources, which was at least part of the reason why White ultimately decided to cancel the press conference before things got more out of hand.Source https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/9/8/23343831/khamzat-chimaev-nate-diaz-kevin-holland-involved-altercations-ufc-279-press-conference-cancellation |
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I am not quite certain why the Rams would not give the ball to Cam Akers after Stafford has showed that his elbow might not be 100% and the Bill's defense is strong this game and playing more than 100% hehe. It appears Akers might only be the introduction to my fantasy team. I am speculating that Tyreek Hill is next to have no or lower than projected points. Lamar next after Hill. I might trade them for a bag of peanuts by week 5.
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@everyone. What is the video gaming sector in this comparison? Does this include Nvidia and AMD graphic cards? I think with electricity shortages and the prices inceasing, the government might begin to enter and regulate proof of work mining. This has been an argument before, however, the validity of the argument is only beginning to become a reality.
If the energy usage of the video gaming sector includes graphic cards and if proof of work mining will be regulated, I reckon it might give a good argument for some cryptocoins to maintain their Asic resistance for as long as possible.
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This might be where I have made my biggest mistake during the draft. Lamar Jackson as my quarterback. He is not my first choice. My first choice is the new MVP Josh Allen, second choice Patrick Mahomes then my third choice is Justin Herbert. Lamar was my fourth choice, however, I was uncertain. This news makes my uncertainty on him quite certain hehehe. Is the waiver wire open and available already? Lamar Jackson's contract situation has been dragged out beyond the point of discomfort, but it might finally be heading toward a resolution.
Jackson told reporters on Wednesday he and the Ravens are still discussing extension terms, and he set a deal-making deadline for Friday. Jackson also pleaded ignorance when it came to how close he was to coming to an agreement.
"I have no clue," he said, via the Washington Post. "You have to ask the guy who I'm talking to."Source https://www.nfl.com/news/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-sets-friday-deadline-for-extension-as-of-right-now-we-re |
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@bittraffic. I disagree. Li Jingliang might win, however, it will not be risk free. I speculate that El Cucuy might be very underestimated for this fight. He is given by the oddsmakers a 3.30 which might be very pessimistic of them hehehe. I think Uncle Dana has made the correct decision to let Tony Ferguson fight versus Li Jingliang because the Leech is not very good.
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We do know that each boxer does have different styles on selling up their fights which is commonly on trash talking but i do see some do just keep quiet and let their fists do the talking which i do see or something that i do recommend.
In fairness to Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, they are not the type of boxers that usually do trash talks as part of promoting the fight. Their respective "NAME" is just enough to attract people to pay for the tickets to witness them fighting at the ring. That kind of recognition is not that easy to achieve but these 2 future boxing legends able to build their legacy to a top level. They might not be trash talking at each other, however, Canelo and GGG very much hate each other hehe. It began during their rematch when Canelo was caught using a banned chemical in boxing which is a steroid and which also can improve performance of athletes. GGG talked about this in press conferences and Canelo did not like this. Ever since the rematch, they have hated each other. See the latest conferences for this fight. Canelo was telling the media that GGG is an asshole. GGG was only quiet, however, in some articles it was mentioned that GGG said that Canelo's behavoir in the press conference might be the side effects of steroids heheheheh. @Sithara007. Realistically Canelo can knockout this old version of GGG through body punches, I reckon. However, GGG is not be very easy to knockout. He has not been knockout in his whole career. |
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My question is; Why then do people talk about Bitcoin mining power consumption like it is the most and worst energy consumer?
Because bitcoin is a threat to governments and their allies the mass media propagate the message that governments are interested in. Moreover, in the debate we should not only consider the total consumption, but also what the energy expenditure is for and whether it is worth it. The banking sector also consumes a lot of energy, for example, or city lighting, heating systems and so on. No one questions the energy expenditure of the banking system or that people can be heated in winter. They are questioning what attacks the established power. It might also be because for the amount of electricity bitcoin uses, not much people really use bitcoin as a medium of exchange in their lives and not much stores accept it which makes some the negative storylines from mainstream media have an argument. I am not telling everyone they are right or wrong, however, they have an argument. |
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I might have forgotten, however, has it been mentioned that Celsius' head of lending is also a pornstar? Her name is Jessica Khater and it appears much of her pictures and videos were removed from the internet. They have become very rare, someone should recreate them into NFTs hehehehe. https://lumendatabase.org/notices/25216054# |
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I see something head shaking. Why is something that dumped -80% called only a correction? If this is a correction I would be very scared to witness what a crash might look like hehehe.
It appears coinmarketcap.com is trying to trick our minds and to avoid a panic if another correction of -80% occurs again hehehhe.
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@dansus021. However, has anyone considered that it might be different this time? We are witnessing the world changing where it began with the coronavirus pandemic which affected the global economy negatively and this was followed by Russia's invasion on Ukraine which the sanctions on Russia has caused supply shortages on energy and some commodities which also caused inflation. There are also some articles being published that rotating blackouts in America and Europe will begin.
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I just remembered this article where it said that the CEO of Circle has denied the rumors that Circle was going to collapse because it had exposure to Genesis, Blockfi, Celsius, 3 Arrows Capital and Galaxy Holdings. This is head shaking if it is true because what if Binance is converting everything to BUSD not for efficiency. What if they are doing this to avoid a bank run? Allaire’s Twitter thread came in response to a running rumor by a Twitter user, Geralt Davidson, claiming that Circle has lost billions of dollars over the years as it injected high incentives for crypto-oriented banks such as Signature and Silvergate to convert their cash deposits into USDC.
In addition, USDC lendings, being exposed to troubled companies like Genesis, BlockFi, Celsius, Galaxy, and 3AC, have caused Circle at risk of a bank run as billions of USDC won’t be returned in time, Davidson added.Source https://cryptopotato.com/circle-ceo-refutes-rumor-of-usdc-collapse-due-to-exposure-to-troubled-firms/Also, this is something I have mentioned on July about USDC. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5404884.msg60497154#msg60497154 |
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@bittraffic. There would be no difference. The trading pairs representing as USD will be listed as BUSD. It is similar to FTX as I mentioned already. The only difference is FTX uses USDC as their main stablecoin and listed it as USD. Howevever, you can still deposit BUSD, TUSD and USDP and it will be autoconverted to USDC.
@NeuroticFish. The cryptospace was hyperdollarized by USDT. Before 2017, much of the exchanges listed their much of their altcoin trading pairs against bitcoin.
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@slaman29. I am not sure. However, if the story and the ending is known already in the books, why would the oddsmakers and some of the fiat sportsbooks offer their odds for the series? It might be similar to the Game of Thrones where some parts had a different story from the book. The final chapters of the book series of the Game of Thrones were also unfinished.
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