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4621  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 12, 2019, 11:16:11 PM
Flee. Simple as that.

Where?
Not going to Mars.
4622  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 12, 2019, 09:56:40 PM
Ronaldooooo!
4623  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 12, 2019, 08:08:47 PM
College admission scandal in US.
Dozens charged, probably hundreds more exist.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/us/college-admissions-cheating-scandal.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/style/olivia-jade-giannulli-college-admissions-scandal.html

A kind of situation that is predictable in mostly fiat world.
Reeks of decadence, IMHO.
Bitcoin should fix this.

I wonder, why they need all those degrees when they have basically no use for them afterwards.
Do you really need a degree to expose your "assets" strategically (a la Kardashians)?
Just put on a fishnet or something.

BTW, will BA precipitate/initiate a bear market in stocks? I regret not buying puts at the end of the day yesterday.
4624  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 12, 2019, 03:39:48 AM
seashells

you got any of those you wanna trade? we might be on to something here..

Shells and rai stones were traded sometimes by a reference.
A seller simply referred to a stone (that was on the bottom of the sea due to a boating accident) in his/her transaction.
Therefore, micg has the buying power based on those seashells...since he seems to be able to wave his hand over them, obviously.

Gosh, sometimes I feel like this is exactly what we have for the "usual" money right now.
In a few days I would probably be an accomplice in creating a bunch more as I am angling for a loan.
My loan would create "money". Weird.
4625  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 12, 2019, 01:32:38 AM
^^
Mostly when you piss out VODKA you have had enough....

impossible...
however, when you "break the seal"...it is irritating.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31408/science-breaking-seal

Haha, i drunk a few on short time last evening but a mix of different beverages Roll Eyes
We were sitting @this cosy beach view place with shisha pipes, after those drinks and foods we order one (a 1-2 max 3 times year event) cause i’m a Total no smoker
But you know drunk, holiday Then this dude abides of-course and my GF as a NO smoker also like the shisha on holiday
That Said, i was drunk and order this large big size watermeloen-Peach tasting pipe (i think they used tobacco) cause after a short time 10 heavy blows i was turning around of my center point
Getting dizzy AF——-> end of story was early bed feeling sick Roll Eyes
Good i’m back to go when the morning started

Nice Wink
EDIT: removed irrelevant info due to location.
4626  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 12, 2019, 01:19:35 AM
^^
Mostly when you piss out VODKA you have had enough....

impossible...
however, when you "break the seal"...it is irritating.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31408/science-breaking-seal
4627  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 11, 2019, 11:21:16 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYZut3DWvek
CRYPTO Official Trailer (2019) Kurt Russell, Luke Hemsworth Movie HD

looks crap but whaddayagonnado

Easy.
Not pay money/fiat to watch it.
4628  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 11, 2019, 09:39:43 PM
And the number one greenhouse gas is water.

This is correct as per the link below, which was of a surprise to me as to how much it contributes (95%).
https://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html

What is vaporizing the water then? Is there a historical data on increase in sun's activity?
The rise of temperatures is more a less a fact, AFAIK.

THE SUN IS CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING!

Edit: I'm a pickle. You can trust me. It's the sun. *nods* *nods* /sip *nods* /burp

I was asking for facts, not declarations.
Nevermind, I found something.
Maybe warming would soon be replaced by cooling:
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-sun-impact-climate-quantified.html

Quote
Exactly how the sun will behave over the next few years remains a matter of speculation, however, since appropriate data series have only been available for a few decades and they reveal no evidence of fluctuations during this time. "To that extent, our latest results are still a hypothesis," says Schmutz, "and it remains difficult for solar physicists to predict the next cycle." But since we have been observing a consistently strong phase since 1950, it is highly likely that we will experience another low point in 50 to 100 years' time. It could be every bit as intense as the Maunder Minimum, which brought particularly cold weather during the 17th century.

Fine! Here are some pickle facts.

Planets rotate around stars in an elliptical orbit. Thus our distance from the sun varies over time, and consequently, the amount of radiated energy received.

The planets tilt changes over time, changing which parts of the planet are exposed to what percentages of sunlight, thus varying local climate.

Sunspot activity. The amount of energy radiated from stars is not constant. It fluctuates. Like a witch being burnt on the stake, at different layers of flesh or muscle or bone being burned, different amounts of energy are radiated.

I actually found the reference (^^) to sun spot activity probably decreasing relatively soon, so this point is clear with a prediction of a possible minimum aka cooling in 50-100 years.
Tilting is irrelevant to the 50-100 year period discussion when tilting cycle is 41000 years, which makes the effects of tilting cycle within a 50-100 year period either minimal if not non-existing.
4629  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 11, 2019, 09:21:40 PM
And the number one greenhouse gas is water.

This is correct as per the link below, which was of a surprise to me as to how much it contributes (95%).
https://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html

What is vaporizing the water then? Is there a historical data on increase in sun's activity?
The rise of temperatures is more a less a fact, AFAIK.

THE SUN IS CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING!

Edit: I'm a pickle. You can trust me. It's the sun. *nods* *nods* /sip *nods* /burp

I was asking for facts, not declarations.
Nevermind, I found something.
Maybe warming would soon be replaced by cooling:
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-sun-impact-climate-quantified.html

Quote
...since we have been observing a consistently strong phase since 1950, it is highly likely that we will experience another low point in 50 to 100 years' time. It could be every bit as intense as the Maunder Minimum, which brought particularly cold weather during the 17th century.
4630  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 11, 2019, 07:29:25 PM
And the number one greenhouse gas is water.

This is correct as per the link below, which was of a surprise to me as to how much it contributes (95%).
https://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html

What is vaporizing the water then? Is there a historical data on increase in sun's activity?
The rise of temperatures is more a less a fact, AFAIK.
4631  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 11, 2019, 01:11:20 AM
In the USA it seems to be used mostly to describe pedophiles who prey specifically on young boys.

Aren't words fun?  Cheesy

never heard that

to me it is a very mild, endearing version of silly

exactly.
Ask american for a rubber when you want to erase a pencil mark and you would get funny looks.
yet rubber=eraser in other places and it is fine.

In other news, here is a possible run to 100K by either 2020 or 2021:
https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSD/jC8GrS8d-BITCOIN-TIMING-THE-NEXT-BULL-RUN-TO-100-000-CryptoManiac101/
4632  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 10, 2019, 08:30:23 PM
Only in the USA is synthetic cheese-like garbage called "American cheese". The rest of the world calls it "process cheese".

Aren't words fun?  Cheesy

maybe youre thinking of what is actually labeled "cheese food" or something like that for the fake stuff here in the usa.

food labels have gotten better in the usa but they still mislead as much as possible.

Bon appetite!
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/food-fraud-and-commonly-mislabeled-foods-31388

officially, you can have as little as 5% cocoa in "chocolate" (in US); in EU it is 25% at the minimum.
What's the rest/filler? I don't know exactly.
4633  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 10, 2019, 08:14:41 PM

Actually a lot of those words are actually just what the rest of the world calls things rather than using Americanisms.

Serviettes are serviettes in England, Kenya, Mexico, Canada, and most English-speaking countries around the world. Only Americans call them "paper napkins".

Bacon from the back (loin) of the hog is called "back bacon" in most places. Only in the USA is it called Canadian bacon. Some Canadians call it "peameal bacon". The Brits often call side bacon "streaky bacon".

Only in the USA is synthetic cheese-like garbage called "American cheese". The rest of the world calls it "process cheese".

In most of the world "football" is played with the feet, not the hands. Exceptions are Canada and Australia.

Funny language, English.
_____

As for the word "goof" meaning a lowlife, it's apparently used in the USA as such (although perhaps mostly in prison) but with a slightly narrower definition.

Here in Canada it is used for pedophiles, informers, rapists and other unreliable or undesirable scum. In the USA it seems to be used mostly to describe pedophiles who prey specifically on young boys.

Aren't words fun?  Cheesy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world

258 mil native english speaking in US,
60mil in UK
25 mil in australia
19 mil in canada

So, by this stat 258/360=about 72%, so I don't get your lamentation of us vs "them".
72% is not americanism, it is a majority and the rest is region-specific, sorry.

Re the offending "goofball", NOBODY uses it in US to describe pedophiles as others told you already.
"Goofball" is mostly associated with Disney character "Goofy", which pics were posted above.

In addition to meaning "silly" it was also used to describe a drug 60-100 years ago, but NOT anymore.
I have no idea where you are getting this.
4634  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 10, 2019, 06:53:52 PM
first time that I ever heard about the kind of usage of goofball that you refer to, so seems to me that your interpretation must be an extreme regionalism or perhaps a small group of your friends

You made me look it up.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Goof

...I was led to believe it was used in this sense in the USA as well.

Just thought I'd give you a heads up. (Damn, is "heads up" another Canadianism, based on hockey?)   Huh



"goofball" is close to be endearing (or at least neutral as in "silly") in USA.
Isn't it funny that the same word in a neighboring country means something totally different.

Or, wait..."mate" is not used in US.
Definitely, not a buddy/friend/acquaintance. Actually, it is more of a scientific term (as in "mating") than anything else.
"heads up" means the same, however.
 
A few more canadian-specific words/meanings:
https://www.shakeology.com/blogs/2016/11/02/13-canadian-words-with-totally-different-u-s-meanings/
Australian-specific:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/blog/uncategorized/20-australian-words-that-mean-something-different-in-the-us/
UK:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/blog/uncategorized/20-british-words-that-mean-something-totally-different-in-the-us/
4635  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 10, 2019, 05:35:32 PM
Nice twitter feed (pour yourself some coffee and grab a sandwich):

https://twitter.com/nlw/status/1104782467498733568

Much of it is about bitcoin, but some mention the "others".
Bitcoin entries are ## 1, 2, 4, 11-18
4636  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 10, 2019, 05:16:23 PM
Good AM Bitcoinland.

Still sideways... currently $3892USD/$5222CAD (Bticoinaverage).

Ho freaking hum.
_______

Sunday... haiku day?
Or is that meme obsolete?
I guess I'll find out.

You....you...
https://youtu.be/218iXiKhKlg?t=4

masterful
4637  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 10, 2019, 05:09:32 PM
Hi there !  Smiley

I'm reading all your post every single day since weeks but i never write here, in part due to my imperfect english (i'm french).

Today, i'd like to ask you your thoughts on something i've been aware this morning.

Some people think following big wallet is pretty often annoncing huge dumps by its movements.

https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/18rnfoQgGo1HqvVQaAN4QnxjYE7Sez9eca


two possibilities:

1. They simply moved it from non-segwit address to segwit addresses. If they wanted to dump, you can dump from non-segwit just as easily.

2. They still have 54K BCH sitting in the same address on bcash chain. Perhaps they are followers/adherents? Speculating on whether it could be Bitmain would not be completely impossibile.
4638  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 10, 2019, 12:50:20 AM
I just realized that WO has above 21 mil views.
We should have celebrated at 21 mil.
If we did, it flew over my reading patterns.
4639  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 09, 2019, 08:13:42 PM

Which doesn't mean that University (even in it's current state) has no place at all, as anyone who needs someone or something to kick their asses to be productive can still benefit from them. But in most cases they just exacerbate the underlying problem that starts in elementary school. Namely turning curious and motivated kids into retarded unmotivated copy/paste drones.

Seems like being a teacher at American universities isn't very lucrative (this guy is also my favorite you tuber). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7lGCPX_8nc

I watched that video. A cool guy.
Few points:

1. He is talking about security of a job mostly, not about the level of pay. Full time position, which is called either Instructor (if it is not tenure or tenure-track) or Professor is still relatively well paid in US.
Average is $114K a year (glassdoor number), but median is probably more like $80-90K. Yes, sometimes these are 1-3 year contracts, but it is OK, since most people around here don't have any job security whatsoever and could be fired on a whim (in my "right to work" state).

2. He is talking about teaching only job, which typically pays less because faculty oriented toward research (Natural Sciences) get some additional salary allocation from grants.

3. What he is not talking about, but certainly represents a crisis in my opinion, is the steady decline of intellectual capabilities of students and their ability to learn, comprehend and retain learned material.
Since I taught continuously since 2011, I am in some position to see this. The situation is simply catastrophic. Of course, there are always good/great students, but overall average is declining rapidly, which already resulted in publication of dumber textbooks, and even those are becoming too difficult for an average student to comprehend.
What is the cause? I don't know, but infatuation with phones/youtube might be causing short attention spans, easy distractability, etc.
People just don't have enough time to quietly contemplate more advanced thoughts.

Here is one study on the matter:
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2018-06-14/study-people-are-getting-dumber

If this trend would continue, then massive higher education would become either impossible or a laughingstock even from today's perspective in 10 more years or even less.
Remember the "Costco University"?

We will probably revert to a situation where only a small minority would have true higher education.
Maybe it is for the best, otherwise there is always an outcry for easier tests, grade curving, etc.
There was absolutely NO grade curving when I was a student rather long time ago.
4640  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: March 08, 2019, 12:11:35 AM
https://bitcoinist.com/gemini-backed-bitcoin-interest-account/

6.2% annual interest for a Bitcoin account sounds appealing. The idea is good and may attract many investors. But what if BlockFi turns out to be the new Bitconnect? Who cares that it is backed by Gemini?Any thoughts on this?
There's no way they can sustain 6.2% annual Bitcoin interest unless they pay it in fiat or virtually nobody deposits/stays deposited.

Sounds sketchy but some might take the risk (not me).

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