Once banned you are not allowed to create a new account.  You as a person are banned from using the forum.  Any new account you create will be banned due to ban evasion, which is against the rules.  You can still read the forum, but you are no longer allowed to post here.

Now that you have your answer, you should lock this thread.  

Well, you were sort of begging for merit, but I don't recall any one getting banned for that before.  I looked through all the threads you created (before they got deleted,) and found most of your posts to be spammy, but I don't know that they were spammy enough to warrant a ban.  You created another topic in Meta stating how you like to create threads because of their potential to earn merit.

I didn't look through your posts for plagiarism, but now that I think about it there certainly might have been some plagiarism in those posts of yours.

Did you have another account banned on this forum before?

The USA's most prestigious soccer league, Major League Soccer (MLS) has kicked off the 2020 season this past weekend, and it's already off to a great start.  The league is growing, and starting to attract some highly talented players.  It's the fastest growing sports league in the US right now, and already boasts the third highest attendance in all of American sports, second only to the NFL an MLB.

There are two new teams to join the league this year; Nashville and Miami.  Two more will join next year, and two more in 2022 to combine for a total of 30 teams, split up into two regional conferences.

The last couple of years I've enjoyed watching one of the newer teams; Los Angeles FC, which has been playing pretty darn good football considering their recent arrival.  Last year they won the conference title with a record number of points.  Unlike European leagues, the MLS has a knockout championship called the MLS Cup which recognizes the winner as the league champion.  The playoffs schedule the 7 top clubs from each of the two conferences for three rounds of playoffs.  The finalists from the two conferences play each other for the league title.  Last year LAFC lost the conference final to Seattle, who went on to win the MLS Cup.

I watched some of the games this past weekend, and found them to be quite entertaining.

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Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything pertaining to North and Central American soccer competitions, including all the CONCACAF competitions, MLS, La Liga Mexico, Canadian Soccer Association, the Central American, and the Caribbean championships.

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How absurd!  You know that's not what I meant.  

I will admit that I've spent most of my life registered as a Democrat (holding my nose in recent decades) specifically so I can vote against the most rabid anti-2A candidates in my (our?) state.  However, that's obviously proven to be a losing strategy.

I've never been particularly drawn to the Republican party for various reasons.  Even though I tend to lean towards historically conservative values, I have never been able to reconcile with the Republicans' positions on social liberties (i.e. reproductive rights, homosexual rights...)  

Then came Gavin Newsom, who single-handedly convinced me to register as a Republican for the first time in my life.  

So I voted for Trump.  Trying to right my wrong from 2016.  

I think it was John Adams who said it first, but this quote seems to summarize my political adventure:

IIRC I was a conservative before I hit thirty, so I don't know what that says about heart to head ratio.  I attribute it to having three daughters, it's as good of an excuse as any. 

Tomorrow is already Super Tuesday, and all these candidates who've dropped out yesterday and today will still have their names on the ballot.  Then there are all the absentee ballots that were cast weeks ago (like mine.)  What happens to the votes that are cast for candidates that have dropped out? 

I don't know if you use a VPN, but my service allows me a dedicated IP address.  You could white list that address, and always use vpn to connect from your phone.

Theymos could create a new trust system where users with 10 earned merit or more get to vote for DT1 members.  
That's bound to stir up some drama.

To be fair, it looks like you can enable a pin:

emphasis mine

It looks like you have to order the card with that option enabled, they say they say it's available on demand.  That seems like feature that should come as a default setting, and would be enabled or disabled using the app.

Otherwise, it takes holding the card against your phone for about 30 seconds or so.  It seems like someone could walk around in a crowd with the Tangem app running and scan people's pockets or purses for cards.  Once one is found, he could linger close enough to the card to extract the funds.

So man gains for Watford today, and a great streak comes to an end for LFC!  What an awesome game, so unpredictable.  LFC looked out of focus, not the team they've been so far this season. They looked completely spent. 

Watford looked hungry for a win, and took it.  They, like West Ham last week played like they have nothing to lose, and just had an amazing game.  Congrats to the Hornets, and sportsbet.io.

Bitcointalk user mocacinno set up a private Electrum server for forum users only.  He white-listed the IP addresses of those who asked for access.  I don't know how he did it, but he may be willing to share the information.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5130661.msg50557530#msg50557530

Yes and no.  From a practical side, we already have a quarterback that's essentially a developing clone of Brady.  Both are the quintessential pocket passers, but one is far younger and likely has more years left to play.

On the other hand, I would like nothing more than to see the GOAT in a 49er's uniform.  Imagine if Shanahan was coaching Brady under center this past Superbowl, would his play calling have been so conservative?  I think both would have inspired the other to take a few more chances, and so it goes.  If it were to happen (which I believe is highly unlikely) I would think of it as couple of years while developing a promising draft pick.  But that strategy is risky, and I don't think Lynch or Shanahan want to go down that road.


Damn, that's a hard-core NFL fan there.



I've playing the games while I do other stuff around the house, but I have to say they can be pretty entertaining.  There are some decent players in the league, it's almost like watching a college game.  Anything can happen at any time, and turn the game around.  So far I'm impressed with the XFL.

There's nothing deceptive about his campaign applications.  He never attempted to enroll both accounts at the same time, and hasn't tried to enroll a second since being accepted with one.  Regardless of the campaign rule's ambiguity, he never broke the rule because he never had two accounts enrolled.  So, sorry to disagree with you Luada, but that's not justification for the red trust or a flag.  Realistically, it's a non-issue.

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But what really has me curious is this:


You claim to be giving Hacker another chance, but I don't see any chances being offered in this thread, and certainly not in the quote of yourself that you provided.  In fact that quote only highlights what's wrong with this whole thread; i.e. that hacker disagrees with you and saddled up with the latest posse of folks who disagree with you.  None of that is justification for tags and flags.

So far, I don't see where he's broken any rules, or tried to scam anyone.  His behavior maybe tactless, and crude, but that's not a crime.  Please stop all the pointless tags and flags based on opinions and disagreements.  They have no place in the trust system.

The Tangem card seems legit, but to be honest, I'm not seeing the allure.  I don't necessarily see it as alternative to the Open Dime, other than off-chain hand off.  It seems like it's marketed more as "mobile hardware wallet" that can also be used for off-chain transactions.  So, if you buy one for the NFC to phone function, you should ask yourself; are your funds any more secure than a hot wallet in a mobile app?  I don't think so, quite the contrary, in fact.  They specify in their faqs that unlike a hardware or mobile wallet, if the card is lost, so are the funds.  And therefor, you shouldn't keep a lot of bitcoin on the card.  Well, I don't leave a lot of cash in physical wallet, and I don't keep much bitcoin in my hot wallet.

But, if I lose my phone or it gets stolen, I can brick it as soon as I can find another phone to use.  I have a very strong PIN set on my mobile wallet, and it's different from the strong PIN set to get into my phone.  If I'm able to brick the phone in time, and I don't lose the funds in my hot wallet I'll be able to recover them.  No BTC lost, just the phone itself.

With the Tengem card you need to have your phone available, and you need to have the card available.  If you lose your phone then your card is useless, and if you lose your card your bitcoin is gone.  If you're like me, you probably also lost your cash, because your card was in your leather wallet and you lost the whole god damn thing.  So, you're left with no funds, and phone that can't send bitcoin.  In other words if you lose one or the other, you're fucked.  However, if I lose my wallet I still have my bitcoin I can spend.  If I lose my phone, I probably still have cash or credit cards in my pocket. As long as I don't lose both, I'm not fucked.

I've thought about the OP's issue in the past and decided it's not a good idea.  If you want software to be able to do that, then it needs to be running all the time, or somehow communicate the transaction to the server to which you are connected.  That might pose security/privacy risks.

As for @FatFork''s suggestion, I think a script would have to be specific to broadcasting the transaction only.  I don't think writing a script that signs the transaction would be a good idea, again security risks.  This also would require the software to be running.  I wouldn't want to keep my Electrum running on an unattended computer, and that's seems to be the whole point of scheduling an automated transaction.


You can sign and then save the transaction, and just broadcast it later.  You can also export the transaction after signing it, and have an employee broadcast it at some later time using an empty wallet.

To sign a transaction and save it for broadcasting you build the transaction, with multiple outputs if you like, but don't click "send."  Instead, click the "preview" button.  On the popup page, you'll be able to sign the transaction, and then save or export it.  If you save it, the transaction will be listed on your history page, but it won't be broadcast until you do so manually.

If you export the transaction, it'll be saved as a .txn file, which can be opened in Electrum at a later date.  You don't have to be logged into the same wallet from which the coins are being sent.  You can have a trusted employee import and broadcast the transaction at some designated time, using a completely different, empty wallet.

I'm not a big fan of watching paint dry baseball, so I don't follow the MLB, that's news to me.  I've been to several Giants' games, and at least one A's game in my time.  Going to the ballpark to watch a game is a lot of fun, but other than that I can't seem to get into it.

To speak to your other point; I know the NFL has been losing viewership in the US for a couple of years now.  I'm sure it was a shock to the NFL, which seemed to enjoy nothing but growth for decades, regardless of what they did to fuck it up.  I'm not exactly sure what factors are contributing, but some speculate it was partially due to Kaepernick and his protest antics.  The league didn't want to alienate anyone so they just ignored the whole thing, hoping it would go away.  It caused many to regard the league office as being anit-American, and anti Law Enforcement.  Not the best way to gain popularity with their target demographic.

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I think that would be a great fit for both the team and Rivers.  The Colts have a long history of picking smart quarterbacks who can be a coach while lining up under center.

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I think you're absolutely right about that.  I agree that Tom Brady would like nothing more than to retire on a Sunday in early February while wearing a Pats uniform.  Alternately, Brady has never shied away from expressing his life-long love for the 49ers.  He's a bay area native, grew up a Niner's fan, and his family are still, to this day, steadfast Niner's fans.  True faithful.  I always thought that if Brady left NE the most appealing place for him to land would be SF.  I don't think that's in the cards, barring some strange turn of events, it's very unlikely to happen.

I've noticed that the number selections decreases if you select the check-boxes to show historic value and capitol gains.  I assume it's due to only a few of the sources having the capability to provide that information.  Try deselecting those options and check if the other sources you expected to see are made available.

Are you suggesting that TOAA was actually the vaccine for the cryptohunter virus, and not a mutation?

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner.


No, it was an accusation.  But since you didn't deny that it's your alt, I'm retracting my accusations.  If it was your alt, you would have found some slithery, non-committal, half-assed way of denying it, sort of.

What I'm wondering is why you didn't just post it from your truth or dare account?  What are you afraid of?

It is obviously trolling, but it's also free speech.  I've never been particularly affected by trolls, I tend to ignore them for the most part.  I doubt LoyceV was hurt by it, he seems like he's got a thick skin, and knows how to shrug off the haters.  I don't know that I would have deleted that post myself (if I was a mod.)

I prefer free speech over enthusiastic moderation of trolling.  One man's troll and another man's...  I don't know what's the opposite of troll?  Rebel?  Protester?  Wise-cracker?  Whatever.  I voted for the first option; remove the rule.  It's fairly apparent that it isn't enforced anyway.  Just look at how long CH/TOAA has been trolling...  And still doing so.

I understand why you reported the post, though.  A fake newbie attacking LoyceV is more humorous than anything else.  What a fucking coward.  If you want to be critical of another member, find a way of expressing yourself without diving into attacks on the persons character.  And don't stoop so low as to attack the dead, without any legitimate reason to do so.  That whole part of the post was off-topic as well, so it's a gray area.  Still, it is dick-move, but that's no reason to delete it.

Slightly off topic; who's the moderator for the Meta board?

ETA:  OP is not stupid, and I'm sure that his offspring (suchmoonlets?) are adorable.