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I’ve got a desktop in need of a gpu as well. At least you can find them in stock places now, but I haven’t been able to find any way to get my hands on one at MSRP. I’m holding out in faith it’ll be possible at the end of the year, but that isn’t based on anything other than my own wishful thinking. I’d pretty much buy any current generation GPU at MSRP if I could find one…
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Poor Ben. He’s had a rough few months. Besides his shooting woes and attacks from his own fans, now the guy looks like he’s going to be the first star to fail at trying to force a trade. That locker room is going to be one extremely awkward place to be when Ben Simmons walks in and plays the silent game with everyone. |
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$100K by December is a fairly bearish prediction in my opinion. I think we'll see a break to an all time high and with enough momentum perhaps touch $100K by El Dia De Los Muertos. I'll go ahead and say if we don't hit $100K by December, everyone will be shocked and it could set off a panic. Personally, I think by mid-December we'll be closer to $200K than $100K, but I tend to be more bullish than most, because I've been here longer than most and seen this before, multiple times...
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Yes, maybe we will see Russ and Lebron together in the game or Russ coming off the bench to lead the second team.
There is no chance we'll be seeing Russ come off the bench to lead the second team. The guy is one of the best basketball players in the world. The Lakers are lucky to have him on their starting unit. He's been struggling pretty bad shooting from the field in the preseason, but I'm sure it's because he's working on things and getting ready to make a push for a championship. I have complete faith the Lakers are going to start kicking some serious ass once they get a feel for each other. Usually I'd say it takes at least a season playing together before a chip is possible, but I think these old guys will find their stride by the all star break. |
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So the price of this is, 4 oz of plat plus 4k donation, and than you have to have 1k seats which are around $30 a piece.
So just under 40k? Give or take.
I feel like this lost money because you had to spend so much to get it created.
Let's run the numbers. The $4,000 donation was the total amount donated from all the coins and at the time this thread was released seats were closer to $13 a piece and not the $50.90 that you can buy the cheapest seat for on the auction today. Platinum was around $800/oz and not the $1000 it is today... So the cost of the coin was around $17,500 initially. Today with the current prices of NastyFans seats and platinum (& excluding the donation) it would cost you $54,900. They are also holding $3,979.26 in BTC with another $56.04 held for distribution for a total current estimated value of $58,935.30 giving a total return of 236% in around 3 years. Not what I would call losing money, but this is just using current values and no guarantee of a sale price. |
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0000000000000000000c4e8b14861f4ab1b2a5bccf405e9c04b2876c7d14c866 Yep @Ratimov is correct 66 - congrats doserz  Pm on the way Thanks all for playing Man, 1 number off. So close. Too bad this isn't horseshoes or hand grenades. Congrats to dozers and thanks for putting on this giveaway. It's great to see members giving back and offering newbies a chance to get their hands on some old school Bitcoin merchandise. This particular piece being one of the first of it's kind and a great prize for any crypto fanatic. Maybe someday my collection will include it's sibling. |
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I THC what you did there.  I have some questions. How does the flavor and smell compare to more normal cannabis? Does smoking CBD cannabis like this provide noticeable effects? Do you still get the munchies? For pain relief, how does it stack up against CBD edibles? |
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It makes sense though, at least from a moral point of view. I hate when the latest gadgets, and technologies go to scalpers, and they effectively rip off the public that are so desperate for it. Actually, while I hate the practice, I still blame the people willing to pay that amount I think.
You could argue he's just trying to give an excuse for delays in production, but I think its plausible to believe he's doing it for his reason given. It also looks great on Tesla, shows that they think about the customers which further increases sales.
I think it's probably a bit of both. Sure, he could produce a few Cybertrucks now but the risk far outweighs any potential reward, to which I would argue there is none in shipping a few units now. So obviously he's going to wait until they can get production going at full scale before doing anything. The benefit of that is he is able to take the moral high road and give himself a pat on the back while making it seem like preorders are getting a million dollar vehicle for $40K. Wins all around. |
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Can you tell us in which episode bitcoin took place? I haven't heard a lot of series that mention Bitcoin right now.
What is the occasion to mention bitcoin?
The last series I heard was La Casa de Papel from Netflix, but it depicted Bitcoin as a black market currency.
It was in the season finale of season 2. A player calls home to talk to his Dad and his Dad is giving him a pep talk about how things are meant to be. He uses the fact that he bought Bitcoin in 2009 to illustrate that point. Then he repeats 2009 because the idea of someone happening to purchase some Bitcoin back in 2009 and holding it today would be life changing on a level most could never dream. I imagine it would be giddy to even mention it had you been lucky enough to be in this position. Makes me giddy even thinking about it. As for the show, if you haven't watched Ted Lasso you're missing out. |
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- Loan. This means you give someone temporary use of property/asset. You have NOT disposed of an asset - title is not changing. This is almost NEVER a taxable event. Bitcoin can be loaned and borrowed just as any other asset. You (remember "you" entity) can loan another entity property which is owned by the "you entity" and never ask for it to be returned.
This is the strategy being utilized by Wall Street currently, and most famously probably by Michael Saylor. When you couple this with the wash trading rules, I'm sure a creative person looking to exploit loopholes could make quite a profit playing these sorts of games. Personally, I think it's best not to do things that are going to make the IRS look into your activity, merely because that can lead to expensive repercussions even if everything you did is legal. If you're a major player though and you're thinking long term, taking a loan against your assets instead of selling them is the play that the super rich have been using since investment markets began. |
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Ben Simmons is really a big loss for the team, his contribution in the regular season is huge, his problem just started in the series against the Hawks but it could also be mishandling of the 76ers coaching staff. For a superstar that would choose not t play if he will not get traded, there must be some big pain inside that he doesn't want to cooperate with the team.
Simmons was offended by the coach, teammates, team management, and especially by fans. I guess these are the main reasons why he probably hates everything about Philadelphia. Anyway, the 76ers should find a replacement for him if they want to fight for the title this season. . For him to be packing up his home and moving so quickly I would think he was probably getting lots of death threats and possibly even having his home vandalized. I don't blame him for leaving. As an individual, I applaud him. As a fan of the NBA, the power dynamic has shifted way too far to the players. The owners are starting to not be respected for their investment and that scares me. As much as I think it would be a lose-lose for everyone involved, I think it would be a longterm win for the NBA if the 6ers just left him sitting without pay to show that players do not control the league. |
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Bitcoin is often declared dead and has been throughout it’s history. It is only fitting that the market rallies into the Day of the Dead every year. Make sure to celebrate El Dia De Los Muertes this year and give thanks to Bitcoin for continuing to rise from the ashes time and time again.
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Dwight Howard was a monster tonight. 23 and 12 in 23 minutes on 72% shooting. I can’t stress enough how much I feel like him not be re-signed is the reason they didn’t win it all last year. I hope Carmelo has his moments this year too. As an old guy, the Lakers are going to be fun to watch.
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I was surprised to see Bitcoin mentioned in the Ted Lasso finale. That has to be one of the most popular shows out right now on AppleTV and nowadays that’s barely newsworthy. We’ve come a long way…
In the scene a man on the phone says he bought Bitcoin in 2009 and repeats 2009 while laughing. Pretty cool.
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I think the least risky thing to do would be to sell it now and enjoy your profits. Maybe even stake that ETH you make from the sale so you can continue earning ETH even without mining. If the ETH price and difficulty go up enough, you might even find you're making more from staking that ETH than you would have mining with your miner.
With GPU miner prices being absolutely insane right now (but seemingly dropping by the day) and everyone expecting ETH to rise more in price, I think selling is probably the right move at the moment if you have a good buyer on the line.
If you like mining as a hobby though, you might find yourself going through withdrawals after you find yourself minerless.
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Man, Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons are really getting hammered on social media today. There's a rumor going around that one of the teams offered the other a straight up trade and twitter is laughing at the idea of trading one problem for another.
It was also reported that Ben Simmons has packed up his home in Philly and will be putting it on the market for sale in the coming days/weeks. I think it's safe to say we won't see Ben Simmons suiting up in a 6ers uniform again. I'm not sure why he isn't in Sacramento yet... Philadelphia must be holding out for more than they were offered, which is hard to believe when the other option is getting nothing.
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I'm personally a fan of the Bitbones and BullsOnTheBlock NFTs. They seem to have hardworking teams behind them that are innovating daily to stay ahead of the pack. Bitbones with their cool development in the Sandbox and BullsOnTheBlock with their DAO and evolutions. Also an honorable mention to Stoner Cats. That's a pretty cool little cartoon and with a team made up of celebrities (Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Chris Rock, Seth Macfarlane, Jane Fonda, & Vitalik) I think it's probably a little safer than most. I should probably also mention I released my own collection on OpenSea.io not too long ago featuring bikini models with some of my coins: https://opensea.io/collection/blockchain-treasure |
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Wouldn't they be too disadvantaged if they have two of their good players gone for awhile due to injury? Pretty sure that they're going to have a hard time playing especially if they're a key players to the Pacers.
Yup! I have eventually changed my bet on final moments and my intuition to change was right Julius Randle done a great job giving 20 pts to the team, RJ Barrett did 17, Kemba Walker did 12 while Derrick Rose just put up 8 Pts, and have played 21 mins inside, but even though their performance and team work were great than with the Pacers. The score was properly distributed, they are scoring well as a team and they don't only rely on one player, and I have that's what we are going to see in the regular season, Knicks is also an offensive power team, though they are lead by young players but they are in the East, they have a good chance to be in the playoffs and maybe at least advance in the 2nd round. That is a good thing for the Knicks you can see from their play, they are not focusing on one player and distributing their play with passing the ball on the available player, although Pacer is doing the same the lack of key players was the thing on how the Indiana Pacers have lost, Cleveland Cavaliers VS Indiana PacersI think the Indiana Pacers is looking for the win after losing from their preseason opener to the Knicks and Indiana Pacers have lost their five straight preseason games and are not looking good right now while the Cleveland Cavaliers have split their last six preseason games and with that, I think that the Cavaliers will win this +3.5. We are on the same side mate, it's good to take the underdog during the preseason as they still give their 100%. Cleveland won their last game against the Hawks, so I'm riding with their success in the preseason as this might be their only chance to experience a good win. I'm also betting on the ML and under 217. I think you guys are really crazy betting the preseason. Seems more like a coin flip to me instead of sports gambling since most of the players in the game aren't the team's main unit. For some teams though I guess this is the only time of year you can win a bet with them. It won't be much longer now... The media interviews were enough to keep me satisfied for a little bit longer. I am ready for opening day though and moreso for the upcoming Lakers/Warriors game. |
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Reading about the US minting a trillion dollar coin and thought I’d remind everyone who did it first (kidding). Honestly though, the idea that a coin could be valued at a trillion dollars and be made out of platinum says something about the rarity of platinum and the future inflation expectations of our officials even if the valuation is utterly ridiculous. It’s been a while since this thread made an appearance so this bump is for the newcomers. |
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