Finally, i received a dedicated tripod (stainless steel) and tracking mount for astronomy today, in perfect condition, rarely used, sold by a really nice 20+ yo dude for a good price. I was able to repair the telescope to a state that possibly makes it usable again (within limits), which would save me about $300 of repair cost in the medium run. I give myself a week to get things going again and i hope to have some clear night skies for new space pics, so stay tuned.

The only legitimate forecast is 1 BTC = 1 BTC.
Foe example, when i bought in situations like these, i made "profit" (because fiat) later. Even if it took almost a whole cycle.
If you are planning long term, just don't fire all your powder at one target (which may never appear).
An easy way is to buy by probability. If (for you) the probability that the price will go down is 30%, buy with 70% of your investment money now, save 30% for futher down.
You can also target ranges, according to the numbers various reputable analysts call every couple of days/weeks. Follow their timelines and trust the most in judgement by analysts whose targets/ranges were on spot most of the time. Or DCA with a part of your money, just to be sure to not waste too much on waiting for downish action.

Hint: If you trust in Bitcoin, you will buy at any price. (Look at DCA strategies)

You are confusing "normal" with "ordinary", as most ordinary peeps do.
But then you claim to be extraordinary quite often...
In fact, we were not born to be "normal", so better try to make your mum proud and be somebody that will be remembered in a good way by your (future) children.


Congrats!
I'm also glad to having quit smoking over ten years ago. So much more quality of life
Still, i do sink some money by vaping weed, but luckily i pay less than half of street price for bio quality stuff.

 

Dude, it's about the experience! We're no more in the middle ages.
I don't have much respect for people that look at animals like unpacked meat  


Bitcoin will die many times, Jamie only once.
On the other hand, when ol' Jamie is history, Bitcoin will live on.
And on.
And on.
And so on...

 

Try to understand poor Jamie. He can only be salty when he becomes aware of that  

Oops, i thought you were talking tractors 
Looks like a fun ride, though.

Uuuh yeah!
Life is fucking deadly'n shit. Don't know anyone who survived it 

They*re not bad (nor small), though i like Fendt better, but the latter are all over here, while you don't see many of them yellow rims driving around...

Why? You can be blessed and still suffer a lot (inside).
You like animals? Being with and caring for animals can give you a lot of positive, grounded "energy", especially if you're avoiding to live a social life, like me.
The cattle farming (and horse riding) will most likely change your life a lot towards the positive, emotionally. And i can never reccommend L-Tyrosine enough to anyone in stressful times...

Take this, ChartBuddy!!!  




Forum rank never was important to me, but after i discovered this, i was stoked and felt quite excited and proud for some moments  

Life is pretty simple, but people are making it complicated.
I only managed the bulding of a house so far, and it gave me a hell of a bad time, too. We were on the verge of sueing the builder, but in the end we settled for money (less for him), only a light case, but it was shitty enough, given that i was in bad shape regarding my mind and body, had to quit working - most of you should know the story already.
Once things stick in the back of your head, you're better off compensating them. Balance your emotions. The easiest way is to spent about the same time (minimum) with simple, uplifting activities. Things you loved to do as a child, teen, young man. Bring back some spirit, to lift your soul up from the ground it has been dragged to. Meet people, i mean the ones you really care about, the ones that are funny and know you the best.
If you're a strong man, i'd reccomend you to learn that breathing method by Wim Hof and take those 2 minute cold water plunges. It's so stress relieving.
I know it became too popular lately, but it just works. After the first few breaths, your mind gets so calm inside, hard to compare, it's like MDMA without the excitement.
A big plus is that it's really simple to learn and do.

I spent a summer long without cold water, but five days ago the water in my dedicated barrel cooled down to 11°C. I was doubtful at first: "How did i even do this last winter every other day?" - 30 seconds later with my nipples two inches under water, that peaceful feeling kicked in again, flushing my mind with endorphines. And so i got hooked again.
Your mind will stay clear AF for a while after, try to embrace and extend this feeling as long as possible. Keep your hands and feet warm when dry again.
I can only reccommend this to bring up the levels of the right endorphines in the brain. It's so simple that it just works and it makes you more stress resistant overall.

(Future) global government, yes. Otherwise it makes no real sense to save the earth in the US while China (as a stupid, simple example) destroys it.
FYI The vast majority of pollution in China basically are caused by western companies, while the same are currently trying to greenwash themselves in the US and Europe.

Would be cool if you could deliver "heard about" soures  
EDIT: Are you even sure that the worm doesn't just shit out the plastic at the other end?

BTC is not going to create anything like that. But it's a known secret that the "financial elite" want to "tame Bitcoin" by incorporating derivatives.
In the long run, scarcity will strike. Nobody will get fuck-rich within a merket cycle when getting in now, but just watch at the whole picture while zooming out.
Coins on the exchange without trading them is just dumb, and lazyness probably never led to positive results.
If you got fiat you don't need for longer times, buy Bitcoin and protect your holdings. Thinking long term is crucial for success. You don't have to live the monk life to get more "money you don't need", but if you get comfortable with your living situation, you will identify a certain amount of money you are able to spend through DCA and lump sum strategies. From the "richest man of babylon" view, you could just easily look at your money as "future bitcoin" holdings. But first, you have to believe in Bitcoin.
Hope is weak, trust is strong. If you hope for high fiat gains to buy you stuff to show off to whoever, your'e still believing in fiat. Saylor pretty set some marks and dropped some strong statements what trust in Bitcoin really means. It needs a dramatic shift of view on the ecosystem.


EDIT: The term i was looking for was actually dedication, but i'm too lazy to work over the above block of text  

EDIT2: Astronomy news... I took everything apart and could actually repair some minor things, lowering repair cost. The mount is toast, but i spotted a better one on the 2nd hand market. If i make some bucks out of the defective parts on ebay, i should be able to replace it to get to do astrophotography again. I originally decided to assign a lower priority to restoring my astro gear, but since then i was looking at a clear night sky for two times already...

Well, to add some more cents, there actually is Recycling (sort of), but the process/cycle it's not repeatable infinitely. Waste materials are ground to dust, added to various materials (you probably don't want to know about some of them, really...). These materials are then used in the making of products, the backside of floor panels, for example, as a filling material for all kind of uses, or even "green" plastic products.
But materials degrade and dissolve, become waste again, and then, even if fed into another cycle, a certain part slips into the environment. The pollution is delayed, it reminds me a bit of nuclear waste, which is just stored for future use (or catastrophe. better read the fine print...).
We could agree that plastic recycling is at least slowing down pollution through microplastic, but the majority of plastic waste is still just shipped to and buried in Africa or some other places, hopefully not those with a similar population-to-drinking-water ratio...
It just adds up to the problems we already brought to this world without knowing a solution. Thinking about tomorrow is fine, but one should think about next year, too 

Shit, i always bought when i was high 
So... did i do it wrong?

Sorry, but this is wrong.
Other than some exceptions, only Microplastic is doing severe damage to the maritime environment, as well as to human health (if you're a seafood eater).
Microplastic isn't even filtered out by cleaning systems sufficiently, because it's no more floating at the top of waters. It's already in fish excrements, blood etc. and in case you didnt know this already, a very large part of maritime MP is originating from washout of synthetic fabric (fleece jackets), with no chance of getting that stuff out of the water again.
But overall, it's very appreciated that something is being done against pollution 

Oh, sounds like Bob brought the christmas cards again? 

On topic:
Don't call me bearish but that doesn't look like up to me.
The 10-12 months-after-ATH fact is interesting, i intuitively (as good as) expect EOY bottom (or do i only wish for?)...

Started to lurk on offers of the used astronomy gear market. It may not age well.

Yeah, the good thing is, i can forget, even if i don't always want to...
Thanks for the supportive and kind words, highly appreciated.
I had to laugh on "most expensive photo equipment in the world" - but it's 100% true. I hodled for some years now, got a small amount planned for cashing out, but we are about 5x from my personal "cashout-price".
I'm better off saving some money in the next couple of months and shoot some used gear in decent condition.


Honestly, it felt weird actually not shouting at him, but my inner self just collapsed in sync with the fall.
Poor little fellow just left to his room, shocked and ashamed, while i picked up the pieces. He came out later again, and he was terribly sorry. I can't be rude to a kid acting like this. As you said, it's just stuff.
What was depressing me way more than the loss was that i seemed to fail in raising my kids at some point, because i'm telling them since elementary school to not run inside the house.
I told them a thousand times that they are free to run and shout outside as much as they like, or in case of emergency, but this is one thing i could not establish at home despite high effort.
That feeling of parental failing, i guess most parents participating in WO know it too.

EDIT: So, ChartBuddy, we no more go the moon, we want to go to the stars now, right?  

EDIT2: Soaked some leftovers from the vaporizer in Canadian Gin for five days, which i forgot about until today. Now it's time for filtering and testing, this should be an evening to remember. Will likely not be able to write much meaningful soonish, so wish y'all a good night  

El Duderino
gives merit to whom he wants
nobody's business


#LongLiveHaikuSunday

So, that said, here come some bad news:

There will be no more astrophotography pics from me posted here within the next few months (at least).
My youngest one powerslided into the tripod today. I was directly looking at the scene, when i saw the scope with camera and everything mounted tipping over like in slow motion. The only thing that wasn't slomo was the hit on the floor. I am glad that nobody got hurt, though. 8 Kilograms of metal and glass would hurt a child's body in a pretty ugly way. It was also partially my fault, because i had the tripod feet extended, it would probably not have tipped over if i had it set much lower. It was prepared for the next clear night, which seems to almost never come, lately. Also, the whole setup was built for smaller loads than what i had mounted (EDIT: ...and therefore very top heavy).
The result: Refractor focusing tube damaged beyond repair, focuser damaged beyond repair, Astro-DSLR bayonet mount tilted, polar wedge bent, tracking mount gets caught on several positions, on both axes when turning by hand in unlocked position.
The tripod, field flattener and lens heating survived.

I still don't know how to handle this event emotionally, seems like i will repress thinking about it and find a solution when i'm emotionally over it.
It's unlikely that i take some Sats off my stash at these price levels, otherwise i would be filling a nice online shopping cart right now, instead of typing this post...
Shit happens.

The consequence is that i will aim for a heavier, sturdy tipod/mount combination. I can mount bigger scopes onto such one, it would be tracking more accurately and if someone runs into it, he will suffer more than the equipment will.
Lesson learned  



But, but... CSW said $BSV is much faster than Bitcoin!!!  

You gotta "massage" them with different sound material, at high levels, after unpacking and connecting them.
They will sound even better at any level afterwards.

I can rely on my wife being the most tech averse person i know in real life 
She needs me alive to get to "deee cornz", i'm the only coiner she knows, therefore pretty SAFU