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If the stadiums have air conditioning or some kind of climate control, wouldn't that be enough to decrease the temperatures and the world cup could happen in the middle of the year!!?
Well, the world cup is more than just the 90 minutes in the field. In July the temperatures in Doha can get up to 40+ degrees, so that's not really nice for all the tourists that will be around the city. Instead, in November the median temperature is 26, so that makes it an ideal place to visit. Remember that this is a massive investment and they will want to have some kind of economic return, with people there spending money locally, with a comfortable weather. And also, it's nice for the fans in the Southern Hemisphere to get to see the world cup closer to summer time there. |
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Thanks, I'll take one slot:
15 - nullama
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LOL... You can't compare Messi and Ronaldo with players such as Cavani. Messi and Ronaldo are absolute legends. They are the best of the best. Suarez, Modric.etc had their small periods of fame, but they haven't managed to keep their form continuously. And we can say with 100% confidence that Messi and Ronaldo can single-handedly win matches for their teams. How many of the other players have this capability? Without support from the other players, how many of them can win matches for their teams?
I don't know about Cavani, but I remember Suarez having a few moments like that, in which he would basically just win the match by himself. Also, I'm not sure Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will perform at their peak in this World Cup, as they're already almost retired. Still amazing players, but not sure they're at their peak today. |
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I disagree. Spain is a balanced team, and irrespective of the FIFA rankings, I would say that Spain is having a higher chance to win the world cup when compared to Germany. Check their recent form as well. They managed wins against Switzerland and Czech Republic in UEFA Nations League A. Also, they had a 5-0 win against Iceland in March. And now coming to Germany, I don't think that they have fully recovered from the 1-2 loss to North Macedonia. Their performance in the UEFA Nations League was also not very satisfactory.
Spain and Germany are both incredibly good teams, very balanced ones. It's hard for me to think who between those two would win in a match, as I can easily see either one of them winning. I think anything that happened before the world cup won't be that important once the whistle starts the match... |
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Yes they do have air conditioning in their stadiums, people can even wear sweaters inside with no problem, the hot weather was definitely considered and they did all they can to make it as comfortable as it could for the players and the crowd, I don't think we'll hear complaints from players about the other, it won't be that hot because it's not in the middle of the summer and air conditioning is big factor too.
To be honest, I don't think all this talk about the extreme weather in Qatar is reasonable. I mean, have a look at the actual historical data for the temperature there in November:  It's going to be very pleasant to be honest. In many places in Europe they're having days with 40+ degs recently, much hotter! |
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You're absolutely right. I'm just sharing the information that is posted online. This museum creator claims it's the first one in the world, so I posted it as that. Of course it will depend on many things and what you consider to actually be the first one(for example when the items were acquired, exhibited, privately, publicly, etc), but I'm not doing that call. I'm just sharing what I've found, as the original story is written. Also, it could be the case that one museum doesn't know about the other! In any case, the more, the better! |
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Probably one of the oldest Bitcoin mining hardware is some dude's Lenovo ThinkPad that's been totally toast due to him mining all-day in his bedroom circa 2009-2011.
The first ever mining device was a Windows machine from Satoshi Not sure what Hal was using, but that's probably the second miner machine. And then yeah, even a Nokia N900 might have been used for mining, since ribuck was using it to run Bitcoin... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2125.0 |
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Bitcoin Miner, TheCoinDad, has an extensive collection of Bitcoin miners, and has decided to showcase it publicly, creating the world's first Bitcoin Mining Museum. It was not until 2021 that he realized he might have the most extensive Bitcoin mining collection in the world and decided to focus on helping preserve the history of Bitcoin mining hardware as much as possible. That is how the Bitcoin Mining Museum was born. His collection now extends to over 80 different Bitcoin mining machines from across the globe. To this day, he is still actively adding to this collection. For the first time ever, the Bitcoin Mining Museum was exhibited at Mining Disrupt 2022 - Miami, Florida. Some of the visitors of the exhibition included Ning Zhang(Avalon 2 designer) and Liu Xiangfu(Avalon co-founder).  More information: web: https://bitcoinminingmuseum.comtelegram: @thecoindad twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCoinDad |
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As long as they're 3-pin fans, they will plug straight into the hub's fan output - that will run them at full speed. To run at roughly half speed (5V instead of 12V) you can solder them to the end of a USB cable and plug them into USB. But you could also use a Noctua low-noise adapter instead, that is usually shipped with them.
Keep in mind if they're 4-pin, you will need a PWM fan controller of any kind.
Noctua has its own PWM fan controller, and it's awesome. The NA-FC1, it works really well. You can connect multiple fans to it, runs off 12V, you can control the fans either with a PWM signal or by hand turning the knob, and it takes very little space:  |
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~snip~ It's really a cup to watch if you like soccer, Messi and Ronaldo are legends and it's probably the last opportunity to watch in a great level But there's more players to play the last cup as a player: - Sergio Busquets, 34 - Spain
- Sergio Ramos, 36 - Spain
- Luis Suárez, 35 - Uruguay
- Edinson Cavani, 35 - Uruguay
- Luka Modric, 36 - Croatia
- Thiago Silva, 37 - Brazil
- Thomas Muller, 33 - Germany
- Karim Benzema, 35 - France
- Manuel Neuer, 36 - Germany
Wow, you're right. So many that I missed!. I think it's the whole covid situation that made the last few years pass so quickly. I didn't realize that many players are so old now! |
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The conditions in this World Cup in Qatar can make a lot of difference for the European teams. Because we all know European teams are never used to playing in such conditions So suddenly adapting them to such conditions will be a very difficult matter However, Asian teams can do well in this World Cup. Because Asian teams are used to playing football regularly in such conditions. But hopefully as footballers are hard workers they will be able to adapt themselves to any situation.
These days the temperature in Europe is way hotter than what the temperature will be in Qatar for the world cup. There has been 40+ degrees days in Europe while in Qatar it will probably be in the mid twenties. |
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Here some people became rich while many others failed to exploit the opportunity. We know someone bought a pizza with 10000 BTC. So they could not utilize that opportunity even though it was available to many at that time. Because they couldn't imagine that BTC could go to such a level.
That was laszlo, and he got those 10k bitcoins mining, so that pizza was basically for free. You were able to get 50 Bitcoins every few hours/days with a CPU back in the day. He also published the first GPU miner by the way. And it's not like those were the only bitcoins he had. He continued to buy more pizzas with bitcoin after that initial one. |
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Can't wait to see the Qatar World Cup get underway. There will be a new euphoria from football lovers in my opinion. Because this World Cup will be a little different, because many star players may end their careers after this World Cup. In addition, there are a lot of young potential who will participate in this biggest football party. Maybe a new star will appear, I think so.
Who else is going to retire?, the ones that come to mind are Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Maybe I'm missing some other ones? |
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The article seems to have a need to put a person behind Bitcoin.
It seems that most people are more comfortable with something centralized, where there's one person in the end responsible for everything, like a president or CEO for example.
But Bitcoin is really decentralized, something that most people are not used to deal with in their life.
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But there are a lot of counties where Bitcoin is not acceptable as legal currency. Even many people don't know about the Bitcoin at all. Illiteracy is a great curse for Bitcoin but people will adopt digital currency in future, it is almost sure.
As far as I know, as long as there are two people willing to exchange goods and services for Bitcoin, then they can do so, anywhere in the world. I don't see how something like that could be stopped. |
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Here is the updated schedule of the matches, with Qatar vs Ecuador starting one day earlier:  They moved that match basically because they wanted to have massive fireworks in the opening ceremony, and Qatar was playing too early in the day before. |
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No. Nothing, no surprises with Qatar, it is not in that line of surprise characteristics, this situation is similar to the 2010 World Cup when it was expected that South Africa would give some surprise or at least not be eliminated in the first phase, and it became the first host to not pass the phase, well at least Qatar will no longer have that reference. Qatar lose 2 games for sure and maybe draw one, but surely they won't get past the initial phase.
Yeah, I agree. In Qatar's group I'm pretty sure the The Netherlands and Ecuador will pass to the next stage. Qatar only has a chance to end in 3rd place in that group, competing with Senegal. I don't see how Qatar could end up first or second in that group. |
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This is the right time for the gambling sites to make good profit, because most of the gamblers doesn't change the gambling process. Some might change from usage in terms of USD, whereas the usage in terms of bitcoin still continues. This makes the spending to be high as the price of bitcoin is low. So, from an user perspective he/she losses small and the truth is different.
If the bets are in Bitcoin, I would guess that more people will bet, because it's cheaper to do so. But I'm not sure if the casinos would increase their minimum bets if Bitcoin price goes too low. |
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Can you post the source of this list please?
In my opinion, England is not the second favorite to win
I would put:
1 - Brazil > France > Germany > Argentina > England > Spain
Only considering these six above, but I think I prefer to put Netherlands instead of Spain in sixth place
Obviously it's not 100% guaranteed to any os these 6 squads to win, but I don't see any other teams winning this cup, maybe Netherlands and Belgium. Portugal and Uruguai are strong but not at the point to win the cup.
Yeah, that makes sense to me. I would also include The Netherlands as you say. I kinda want them to win this time, they usually are so close, the best they've gotten is second place a few times. This might be their chance to actually win it. Yeah, Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo will make some big advances, but not sure it will win the world cup. And Uruguay is always good, but I don't see them winning this time around. |
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Even 5 years ago, a whole bitcoin was available to everyone Two years ago, the middle class could afford it. Now it is a coin for wealthy people waiting for the times when this money will become for millionaires
That is a consequence of an asset that keeps rising in value over the long time. The price in fiat will continue to increase, making your Bitcoin more valuable and scarcer over time. More people will realize that they don't need a bank to use money, so they will want to get some Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a game changer. |
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