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841  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: August 02, 2022, 03:33:37 AM
Re divisions: I think 2 divisions would make the schedule fit nicely into the 17 weeks. 8 games within division (twice with each team), 5 games with the other division (once with each team), that's 13. 4 teams into playoffs, two-week playoff round, two-week championship match. Total 17.

Alternatively we can have 8 teams in the playoffs, and three one-week playoff/championship matches, total 16 weeks. But 8 teams out of 10 into playoffs, and then a top team possibly knocked out by one bad game seems a bit too random.
842  Other / Politics & Society / Re: A direct threat to US: Should Pelosi go Taiwan or not? on: August 02, 2022, 03:18:41 AM
Nancy should call Vinnie's bluff and just go. There's no way China would take any military action against the US, they're not suicidal.
843  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: August 02, 2022, 02:59:55 AM
10. suchmoon

LOL that's just fantastic  Grin

Might be able to get Tebow for an RB.
844  Economy / Reputation / Re: Reputation: nullius is a cunt ✔ on: August 02, 2022, 02:23:15 AM
He only needs to talk about himself in the third person, like Julius Caesar to finish it off.

He quotes himself a lot. Maybe Caesar did too, like maybe he had some poor schmuck follow him around with scrolls of parchment (or whatever they used back then) so that he could point and say "look what a genius thing I said 15 minutes ago".

Weirdly, he now seems to be gone. I mean nullius, not Caesar, although Caesar is too but that was a long time ago.

Edit: not gone, just abandoned his sockpuppet account.
845  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: I found a paper wallet on a beach ... seriously on: August 01, 2022, 05:25:29 PM
This; but the problem is proving ownership. Anybody could claim they own the address and you'd have no way of knowing who is telling the truth. The only possible way is maybe if the real owner had the address that funded the paper wallet, which they could sign a message from that address. Other than that, I can't see any other solid proof.

I doesn't have to be cryptographically solid. Imagine if you find a physical wallet with cash in it and how would you hand it back to the owner. There is a way to provide enough convincing circumstantial evidence (brown wallet with a hole in the left pocket, six expired lottery tickets and a photo of my third husband). It's a bit more tricky with a paper wallet, especially if the address has been made public, but still could be possible (the way the paper wallet looks like, where exactly it was found, etc).

With a tactic like that you may not have to post the public address, but if you've made the clue address known someone could figure it out.

It doesn't really matter at that point - anybody can see the TX and all sorts of shitheads will try to scam all the same.

Considering the amount, I would put in significant effort into finding the owner without touching the blockchain or making the address public. Up to and including going to the police. Putting up posters where the wallet was found (without specific details, "a valuable laminated item was found"), local facebook groups, maybe newspapers if such a thing still exists, that sort of thing.
846  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 01, 2022, 05:58:01 AM
Banning books

Repeating this doesn't make it true. I'm sure great literary works of Russian authors can still be translated and printed in Ukrainian, and perhaps even imported in the original language under one of the exceptions.

Considering shit like this in children's books issued by the "liberators", the restrictions seem about right:

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847  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 01, 2022, 04:06:55 AM

Wrong about what? Which of those languages is an official language in the US?

look even US of A supports Russian speakers  
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Oфициaльный вeб-caйт пpaвитeльcтвa Coeдинeнныx Штaтoв
https://www.irs.gov/ru

Ukraine's president's website has a Russian version too:

https://www.president.gov.ua/ru

But by all means please let me know the new location of the goalposts.

848  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: I found a paper wallet on a beach ... seriously on: August 01, 2022, 02:25:26 AM
Thx Dave and suchmoon. As nice as some extra money would be nice, it isn't mine and I'd rather it goes back to the owner . Best case scenario the owner does indeed have a copy. Naive question,.. but is it possible with this wallet to identify when it was last transacted upon?
Been back to the beach this morning and nothing else here to help me identify the owner.
Might just sit on it for a bit and seek more feedback. Thanks again. I am very appreciative of your time and advice.

Check the Bitcoin address via blockchain explorer, e.g.:

https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/

Put the address in the search box at the top and you should see the transaction history.
849  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 01, 2022, 02:20:55 AM
Do you know any other country in the world where language spoken by the majority in the capital is not even a regional language?

US of A

Forced Ukrainization? Why not give people the option and let them decide for themselves?

People decided, via elections. They can decide differently in the next election, but...

Totally not a cultural war, nope not at all
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Ukraine’s parliament on Sunday voted through two laws which will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks to break many remaining cultural ties between the two countries following Moscow’s invasion.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-restrict-russian-books-music-latest-cultural-break-moscow-2022-06-19/

... to no one's surprise (except feigned one by kremlinistas here) Russian language is losing its appeal during the invasion so I'm guessing the next election won't be favorable to that effect.
850  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: I found a paper wallet on a beach ... seriously on: July 31, 2022, 11:49:59 PM
NOT LEGAL ADVICE but according to Wikipedia:

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In Victoria, the Victorian Crimes Act[9] defines this crime by exception "72.3(c) A person's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be regarded as dishonest if he appropriates the property in the belief that the person to whom the property belongs cannot be discovered by taking reasonable steps.

If you can't trace the address and the police don't have a "paper wallet" listed as stolen or missing. Then it's probably yours. If you are worried you can always sit on the funds for a while before doing anything with them.

I don't think this applies if the owner did not actually lose the property (e.g. in this case they might have backups of the wallet so the OP found only one of multiple copies). The OP can't possibly know that so they shouldn't touch the coins.

Also this could fall under some unauthorized access/hacking law. The OP found a code to access someone's money, but they know they're not authorized to access it. It's like finding a key to someone's house. I don't think that gives the finder the right to take whatever is in the house.
851  Economy / Lending / Re: Loan of about 40 BTC on: July 31, 2022, 11:42:05 PM
is it better to get loan from a bank?

Yes. No one will lend you 40 BTC here.
852  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: I found a paper wallet on a beach ... seriously on: July 31, 2022, 11:29:16 PM
But since there's no way to know who they belong to, keep them for yourself and / or sell them.

This sounds horribly unethical. The coins don't belong to the OP. The original owner might have a backup and might try to move the funds once they notice that their paper wallet is missing.
853  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: July 31, 2022, 11:22:56 PM
Ahh forbidding law abiding ethnic Russian UA citizens from teaching their children their native language under disguise of "decolonization" while claiming that it's not a "natural language to ukrainians" or they have to leave the country is not an indirect method aimed at forced migration at all.  Roll Eyes. True EU values. Tell us you support ethnic cleansing without saying you support ethnic cleansing

This law forbidding law abiding ethnic Russian UA citizens from teaching their children their native language does not exist.   

I'm not saying that such laws exists, just replying to johhnyUA who seems to be truly bewildered why discrimination and racism go against EU values and are bad

You might not be aware, but people can speak more than one language. The requirement to learn the official language of the country you live in (for example to be able to use government services) does not prevent you from using whatever other language(s) you speak, and isn't racism or discrimination. Every country including Russia works like that.
854  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: July 31, 2022, 02:42:40 PM
By the way, here is how Alexei Kungurov commented on Navalny's imprisonment
Code:
"Believe me, you definitely shouldn't worry about Navalny - everything is almost in chocolate with him.
I can compare at least with how I was sitting."

So how exactly is this supposed to disprove what I said? Putin has been killing and imprisoning opposition, journalists, etc for years. Regardless if you think Navalny is "real" opposition or not, that's seriously fucked up.

Kiselev Ukrainian propagandist LOL, do you really think everyone's an idiot here.

You are already acting at the level of instincts, not reason. I even specifically indicated the name and surname of the journalist Yevgeny Kiselev, you apparently still confused him with Dmitry Kiselev. Yevgeny Kiselyov is a journalist in Ukraine who moved there from Russia. You do not even have a superficial knowledge of Russian-Ukrainian relations, but you still climb everywhere to criticize. But this is nothing, the main thing is that something is deposited in your head.

You got it, I'm the idiot on this point and I can admit it. Doesn't mean the Kremlin regime is not fascist though. Someone not being in prison, or not having their property taken, etc, doesn't negate the authoritarian one-party system that eliminates opposition and invades other countries on made-up pretexts.

Right. Bring up Strelkov while you're at it. Some people not being in jail doesn't negate the fact that an ordinary person can be beaten, jailed, fined, and possibly have criminal charges filed for a solitary "protest", which is technically legal but denied by all this "discreditation" bullshit.

Tell me, in the United States and European countries, there are no such examples in relation to protesters? What is Julian Assange sitting for, can you answer?

Not for holding a blank sheet of paper, that's for sure. You remind of this old Soviet joke. A Russian and an American discuss freedom of speech in their countries. The American says "I can stand in front of the White House and yell 'Reagan is an idiot' and I won't get arrested". Russian: "Same thing here. I can stand in the Red Square and yell 'Reagan is an idiot' and I won't get arrested".

Is this a war or a special operation

Simple question: is there war in Ukraine, or "special operation"?

This is a proxy war between Russia and NATO with the help of manpower in the form of Ukrainian soldiers.

That's a good one, I was wondering how you'll twist it. Well done. When and how did the proxy war start? 2014 Euromaidan? 1991? 1945?

Ukrainian nazis with flowers

Damn Ukrainian nazis not greeting Russian soldiers with flowers, is that what this is?

You don't even try to be objective.

Putin's army invaded Ukraine, it's very obvious who the bad guy is. When Ukrainian army surrounds Voronezh and bombs the shit out of it, I'll post the same thing about Russians not meeting Ukrainian liberators with flowers. Is that going to be sufficiently "objective" for you?

Russian influence

There is a reason why most of Eastern Europe wants to get as far from Russian influence as possible.

What official surveys and studies do you rely on in your statements?

There's the fact that in 30 years most of "Warsaw pact" and some former USSR members have joined EU and/or NATO, or are fighting to do so.

About the 15-ruble manual is even funnier than about Kiselyov. In fact, it is on Ukrainian resources (which you allegedly do not need) that this term is very often used, so you gave yourself away with your ears.

An example of a "Ukrainian resource":

https://pikabu.ru/story/na_banknote_nominalom_15_rubley_budet_izobrazhyon_lakhtatsentr_8050822

I don't think Ukrainians give much of a shit 5 months into the brutal war whether Kremlin trolls are true believers or getting paid. It's more of a Russian internal dispute - is the population really so brainwashed like it seems in social media, or is it mostly troll farms.
855  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: July 30, 2022, 02:24:55 PM
In Russia, the property of Ukrainian propagandists, such as Dmitry Gordon and Evgeny Kiselev, is not seized, and the property of Navalny's FBK employees is not touched, at least for now.

Come on... Navalny is in prison on fake charges, and many people related to him are under various degrees of repressions. Kiselev Ukrainian propagandist LOL, do you really think everyone's an idiot here.

Evgeny Roizman, the Russian ex-Mayor of Yekaterinburg, who is constantly branding the Russian army on social networks, is not being jailed.

Right. Bring up Strelkov while you're at it. Some people not being in jail doesn't negate the fact that an ordinary person can be beaten, jailed, fined, and possibly have criminal charges filed for a solitary "protest", which is technically legal but denied by all this "discreditation" bullshit.

Simple question: is there war in Ukraine, or "special operation"?

Read the latest news. Russian troops took Kherson, Melitopol, Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, the entire Luhansk region, a significant part of the Donetsk region, as well as part of the Zaporozhye and Kharkov regions.

I was talking about the first month. Which also included a hasty retreat from Kyiv. And the latest news around Kherson aren't good for Putin. Apparently taking territory is easier than actually holding it, who could have known. Damn Ukrainian nazis not greeting Russian soldiers with flowers, is that what this is?

Why is this comparison between Putin and Hitler, have you re-read the Ukrainian propaganda again? So know that Russia is a multicultural country, which, unlike Ukraine, does not prohibit second languages ​​in national areas. You're looking in the wrong direction.

I don't need "Ukrainian propaganda", I've seen the consequences of русский мир first hand. The bullshit about not prohibiting second languages etc is laughable to non-Russians in the former USSR. Ethnic cleansing has been part of Russian imperialism for centuries and still is. There is a reason why most of Eastern Europe wants to get as far from Russian influence as possible. Not something you could possibly understand even if your belief in the benevolence of Putin and other Russian tzars is genuine, and not pasted from a 15 ruble методичка.
856  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: July 30, 2022, 01:45:05 AM
But you, apparently because of your stubbornness, are still trying not to notice the obvious facts that Ukraine is infected with Nazism.

Propaganda coming from the fascist Kremlin regime is hardly "facts". By the way:

To justify the action, Nazi propagandists accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans living in Poland. They also falsely claimed that Poland was planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany. The SS, in collusion with the German military, staged a phony attack on a German radio station. The Germans falsely accused the Poles of this attack. Hitler then used the action to launch a “retaliatory” campaign against Poland.

Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Except Hitler was a bit more successful at it than Putin, he was able to take Warsaw in a month... Putin managed only to destroy Mariupol in a month. The end will hopefully be the same, suicide in a bunker.
857  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: July 29, 2022, 11:49:16 PM
The project card indicates that the initiators of this bill № 7351 were 9 Ukrainian deputies: Bezuglaya, Aliksychuk, Bakumov, Grivko, Tretyakova, Voitsekhovsky, Mysyagin, Mazurashu, Fedienko. The bill was withdrawn without a voting, because, according to deputy Bakumov, it caused "an inadequate public outcry".

So... that's a good thing actually. A very small minority introduced a law that didn't pass. Are you even aware how democracy works? A hint: it's a bit different from Soviet/Putin style single-party "sieg heil" type of system.
858  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: July 29, 2022, 05:12:40 PM
One interesting moment: From the sart of the war, russian nazionalists propaganda and so-called "voencori" (war journalists) speculated that ukrainians cutting testicles to russian captives. Ofc, with 0 proofs, later one "voencor" Evgeny Poddubny told that this was  his psyop idea, but as you can understand russian didn't believe that all this shit was just a imagination of one "voencor". So they think that ukrainians doing this, but putin and russian govenrment trying to cover this facts. And as we see, they started to do it by themselves.

So what in return? We have proof that russian doing such things (at least once), but zero proofs about ukrainians.

Of course, they're projecting their own crimes on Ukrainians. Just like with attacks on civilian objects, looting, etc. It's easier to "report" it when you don't have to make it up, just blame it on the other side.

@paxmao, @suchmoon, @1miau, @LTU_btc

I've read that many of you discuss how russian will counter HIMARS strikes. Obviously, they can't destroy with arms, but because russian are shit nation, they've found another assymetric answer . Look at this:

https://i.imgur.com/NmBxj1wl.png

In short assymetric answer is: "If you continue to shot our warehouses and command stations, we will kill your captives who are in our disposal"

This one was actually quite successful as a propaganda move. I see Western media (AP etc) peddle this now, some reports like "Russia claims Ukrainians attacked prison" and some without the "Russia claims" part. Kremlin will do everything they can to create the impression that HIMARS is used "improperly", they're really afraid of it and perhaps hoping that US will slow delivery because of this propaganda.
859  Other / Meta / Re: Beta of new forum software now officially open on: July 29, 2022, 12:56:21 PM
I didn't find any information epochtalk/epochtalk-vue is port of epochtalk/epochtalk front end, no wonder some people assuming Epochtalk is abandoned. But since epochtalk/epochtalk last updated on "May 11, 2021", i'm not sure whether to interpret whether the back-end already ready for production usage or the developer currently focus on front-end

Not to beat the dead (or unborn) horse, but the mere fact that a framework went EOL while the forum software hasn't been released yet (or had a solid beta because let's face it - the product we've seen so far shouldn't have made it past alpha QA) is kinda indicative of where this is going. Now we're more than a year into rewriting for a new framework.
860  Economy / Digital goods / Re: Buy BTC wallet private keys or mnemonics at half price!! on: July 27, 2022, 07:35:18 PM
a way to wash my money

For a 50% "fee"? LOL

You're gonna have a hard time finding a moron who is not familiar with Nigerian scams.
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