I think we all sort of knew that already.  The underperformance he presided over in Los Angeles as his Lob City Clippers failed to make any meaningful runs in the playoffs still is shocking to me.  How he managed to fail so badly with Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, and Jamal Crawford is still a mystery to me.  Those guys should have easily been able to win a title, or at least made it to the Western Conference Finals every year.  He'll never have a better team than that, so I'm doubtful he'll be back coaching in the Finals ever again.

I’ve never considering using an alter ego while gambling. It seems like disassociating yourself at a time when you’re risking money may not be the greatest idea, but if your alter ego is a gambling master then maybe it works out. Seeing other people talk about their alter egos makes me think I need to have one. Brainstorming…

As a casual UFC fan, I’m just waiting for UFC 300. I suspect it will be the biggest UFC event of all time with no expense spared and maybe some assistance from the Las Vegas Sphere as Dana promised a big viewing experience coming to the UFC later this year. Everything else until then is just an appetizer.

I’d say being rich or poor isn’t the determining factor of how much a person should bet on an event. I think it’s more about boredom and who needs to feel alive more. In the end gambling is entertainment, so I might even say that the rich man likely has many forms of entertainment available while the poor man may not, leading him to need gambling entertainment more than the rich man.

I have not. I’ve thought about letting my Dad play some slots or something while we’re together, but I really can’t see that going any way but poorly, so I refrain. It isn’t that I don’t think older people are capable of responsibly gambling online. It is just that I’m not sure if people need to be introduced to things they aren’t used to that could cause them trouble.

This is the first game where I felt like things might be coming together for the Suns. I didn’t expect them to beat the Bucks but they seemed to dominate even though the Bucks were hurting a bit. The loss of
Middleton is a big one. I hope he’s back to 100% by playoff time. I haven’t heard the results of his injury yet but he’s got some time to recover.

Planking is no joke. I think I’d be more sore planking for 100 seconds than doing 100 push-ups. That always put such a strain on my shoulders. I probably don’t do them right.

I hit 500 total as of yesterday. About to get going on today’s with a little bit of a late start. Glad to see so many others taking notice and joining in with their own activities. How long I remember to keep this up, we will see.

Silk Road closing - Bitcoin became popular due to an article that was released in the summer of 2011 about Silk Road. When it was closed, Bitcoin had to stand on its own for the first time. It was no longer just a darknet coin.

mtgox closing - This was the first major event for Bitcoin. One so big at the time, we’re still awaiting resolution a decade later.

FTX bankruptcy - FTX was the biggest fraud in Bitcoin’s history. It single-handedly kept a lid on the top of Bitcoin’s price and pumped alts to the moon, making some people crazy rich while others lost what they thought they had. We are still recovering from this and it remains to be seen if the manipulative effects on altcoin valuations remain lasting.

A runner up event might be pirateat40 who ran a Ponzi scheme so large, it once made up a huge chunk of available BTC. His arrest was one of the first in this community and a signal we were moving away from the Wild West.

I don’t know about the next hour but it does feel like the market has decided to move back up. There isn’t much resistance left between here and $50K so a move up could go fast. There’s still a lot of BTC hanging over the market though so it’s back to all eyes on gox to see if there’s going to be demand to meet all that supply.

I think the ETFs haven’t really gotten to shine yet. Once GBTC is done hemorrhaging then we’ll get to see the effects as it will stop being a game of musical chairs with investors jumping from high cost to low cost funds. Then we’ll see the ETF start sucking up all the BTC out there as they move up. It’s coming…

Ya, there’s been some cool projects working on this over the years. I’ve never tried it myself but I do find it interesting. You can also buy a satellite dish and communicate with the Bitcoin network that way. There are kits you can buy if you wanted to check it out. I’ll stick to the internet myself but by the time you need this stuff you wouldn’t be able to get it.

A real bummer about the Bulls beating the Timberwolves. I definitely wasn’t expecting that. Ruined a nice parlay for me but I was impressed with how Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving played for the Mavs tonight. I was also impressed by the Suns taking out the Bucks. Bol Bol playing like he’s trying to steal the shine from Wemby.

This is interesting because I've never seen anyone else say this besides me, but I too have some experience having wi-fi knocked out from airplanes...  They do some F-35 testing near me and I am an avid drone flyer.  I used to use wi-fi for my drone flights because I liked the idea that I could setup a giant wi-fi mesh network in my area with large antennas and boosters (shhh, don't tell anyone).  My original idea I was testing was to have a set of drones taking turns 24/7 circling my area as a type of surveillance to be controlled by a computer running a program (the challenge is in the automated recharging process).  Whenever they would be testing F-35s in my area I would notice that I would completely lose connection with my drone until the plane had flown away.  It happened enough times that I actually abandoned my giant drone wi-fi network and switched to other technology.  Now I use radio signals and for long range flights I would IN THEORY use the cellular phone network.  I would bet quite a bit that next gen fighters are able to disrupt wi-fi signals either purposefully or via a biproduct of however they operate.

I don't care if people keep up with the challenge or not.  I only care about letting them know it's going on so that they too can become stronger individuals.  If you want to fake that you are participating, I'm fine with that.  You are only depriving yourself and with faking it maybe you'll inspire someone else in the process, so I still see it as a positive.



Life is too short to be a Karen on the internet.  Do some push-ups instead.

This is an interesting argument and I can definitely see your point.  The last thing we want is for people to get used to trusting a name regardless of what forum it is on.  Telegram is a good example.  I don't use it but am constantly asked about deals I'm supposedly escrowing.  I've even had people in this community get angry for things that I supposedly said on Telegram, which is odd when I know it wasn't even me...  Granted a teleported account is a little bit different because this account authorized it, but I can see your point that a reputation here stays here and doesn't go with the name to other sites.  I'm just not sure how I feel about it.  I guess everyone should always be careful and if you think you're talking to someone from here, do yourself a favor and talk to them through here.

Obviously they're developing him, but I think that's part of the deal with Giannis.  Everyone knows this is something the Bucks are doing to keep Giannis happy.  Thanasis clearly isn't an NBA caliber player.  I'm pretty sure once Giannis leaves the Bucks that Thanasis won't be far behind.  We'll probably find out after this season, but I wouldn't be surprised if whoever signs Giannis also makes a league minimum offer to Thanasis in an attempt to keep Giannis happy in his new home as well.

Ya, I'm sure they would still leave a standard deduction in there to help those with low incomes.  However, in order for something like this to realistically pass they'd also have to throw something in for rich folks.  At the very least they'd need to see assurances that the capital gains and dividends taxes would stay where they are as well as unrealized capital gains never being taxed.  So long as they did that, I don't think the rich would care what they do about income tax. 

I have no idea who they would give up or what picks they have left...  I also don't know what help a player like Miles Bridges would be.  Seems like they need another big man to me, but I haven't seen the entire team play together enough yet to know.


Interesting.  I was unaware of this.  Might have to add them to a parlay.  I wondered why the odds were so bad.

I'm in.  I made a new thread so we won't keep pestering people on this thread about it and I put it in speculation because it is basically speculation that the Bitcoin price will hit $100K.  The countdown begins...  I had initially thought that Bitcoin would hit $100K in 2025, but now I'm really hoping it happens sooner so that I'll still be able to scratch my own back at the end of this challenge.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5484350.0

Bitcoin is headed to $100,000 and that's not speculation. OK, maybe it is, but the 100 Push-Ups A Day Until Bitcoin Is $100K challenge is real and has been echoing throughout the community for a week now, so I thought I would make a thread here for those of us who want to try and hold ourselves accountable.

The first video that comes up when you do a quick search for this is Jae from Proof of Work Fitness, so I'll give him credit for kicking off this trend until someone corrects me with better information.  You can see his video about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPrsA7gBc3U

I myself started this challenge on 2/2/24 and hope to inspire other Bitcoiners to take this step to help build some muscle in the community.  

Here's a video showing you what happens to your body after doing 100 push-ups a day for a month and gives some tips on proper form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euPXf2hqU3s

My only real tips would be to not worry about trying to do 100 push-ups at once.  Break them down into as small of sets as you need to keep from hurting yourself.  I also prefer doing push-ups on my knuckles as I think it saves my wrists from a lot of stress.

If 100 a day is too much, maybe try to start with whatever "K" the Bitcoin price is at and work your way up to 100 along with Bitcoin.  

Who's in?!?!?





Want to be included on the spreadsheet tracking everyone's push-ups?  Below is the format to post your progress in order to be added to the spreadsheet. 
My example: 100k,OgNasty,69,6900,2024-04-10