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http://highexistence.com/microdosing-lsd-psychedelic/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/how-lsd-microdosing-became-the-hot-new-business-trip-20151120https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2015/nov/29/silicon-valley-techies-dropping-lsd-at-workRead a story about micro dosing LSD becoming popular in San Francisco tech community and have been known to visit M.A.Ps and another site called Reset.me and wondered what people think of this and if anyone has tried this? For the record I dabbled in drugs as a teenager and always enjoyed mushrooms but stayed clear of LSD as I lost a close friend when we where 13 and he walked off a cliff and it stuck with me that his memory would hit me if I ever tried to partake. Few years a go I questioned going to Brazil for a Shaman experience but the interest in that has passed but I find this micro dosing aspect interesting in a brain hacking type of vibe. Hacking the body and mind seem to be really popular and increasing due to the rise in concussion diagnosis,PTSD and people looking to improve their current system like a computer upgrade. Have seen some things on the market to do with magnetic charge and electrical current for people to try out. The issue I have with a lot of these systems is the charge/current is not focused and you risk altering you mind in serious ways. Now I now I am saying this well talking about LSD,which I do find ironic but a part of me wants to try this in a very small amount. Something I recall about mushrooms was how relaxed and in the now I felt days later. If you can not tell I am way to much in my head and can over react to slights that people have no idea they are making. So any one tried this,interested in trying or know a guy?  Any type of thoughts are welcome,even the anti drug crowd.
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Seems I have multiple personalities and I am not aware of them,so with help from Glasswerk I plan to find out how bad the issue is. Glasswerk:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=547989Allegations:Creates multiple alt accounts to hide behind to avoid getting the negative trust on this his main account. Be careful with this kid. He's a sociopath.
His latest confirmed alt is Zommster: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=838348Also left Zommster a trust: Alt of EvilDrum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1438487.msg14696131#msg14696131
Poor guy cant handle the truth. Be careful doing business with either of his accounts.
This all stems from a Off Topic thread where Glasswerk was fishing for people to click his link for kickbacks on clixsense. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1438487.0I just wanted to give him the space to show me definitively that I do suffer from split personalities and if I do not I would like him to fix the trust comments he has left for me and me or me and a another member if he fails to prove it. I have been communicating with Zommster for a few days since this started and at worst would like to help clear this new accounts name and will drop the issue once this is done. Will send Glasswerks and Zommster a link so they can also talk. Asking that Glasswerks presents facts to back up his claim as I do not want to label him as retaliation and do not plan to. |
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-sue-us-over-court-seizure-2-bn-100952730.html?ref=gsTehran (AFP) - Iran is preparing international legal action to recover nearly $2 billion that the US Supreme Court has ordered be paid as compensation to American victims of terror attacks, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday.
"We will soon take the case of the $2 billion to the international court," Rouhani said in a televised speech.
"We will not allow the United States to swallow this money so easily," the president said to a crowd of thousands in the southeastern city of Kerman.
The US Supreme Court ruled on April 20 that Iran must hand nearly $2 billion in frozen central bank assets to the survivors and relatives of those killed in attacks it has been accused of organising.
The attacks include the 1983 bombing of a US Marine barracks in Beirut and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia.
The Supreme Court ruling affects some 1,000 Americans.
It came despite hopes for better relations between Tehran and Washington, after a landmark nuclear deal last July between Iran and major powers led by the United States.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is ready to help settle the dispute over the assets, but only if both governments make that request.
Why does this not suprise me that Obama has opened the States into more debt by attempting to play peacekeeper. Meanwhile they are doing this about it: http://www.wsj.com/articles/kerry-tries-to-drum-up-some-business-in-europe-for-iran-1462902185Kerry Tries to Drum Up Some Business in Europe for Iran
LONDON—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that European businesses should not use U.S. sanctions on Iran as an excuse for avoiding business with Tehran.
Mr. Kerry’s comments, just ahead of meetings with European banking leaders here Thursday, were part of the Obama administration’s moves recently to help integrate Iran into the global economic system after decades of punitive sanctions.
Six world powers agreed last year to lift international sanctions in return for curbs on Iran’s nuclear program. But since the deal formally took effect in January, Iranian officials have complained that they are not seeing the results of the sanction relief swiftly enough. Although the U.S. played a major role in the nuclear deal, U.S. sanctions related to human rights and terrorism remain in place on broad sectors of Iran’s economy.
Mr. Kerry told reporters traveling with him Tuesday that the U.S. “sometimes gets used as an excuse in this process” by business executives who fear that U.S. would frown on deals with Iran.
“If they don’t see a good business deal, they shouldn’t say, ‘Oh, we can’t do it because of the United States.’ That’s just not fair. That’s not accurate,” Mr. Kerry said.
The secretary is here through Thursday for an anticorruption summit and diplomatic meetings. He will meet with European banking leaders to “address their concerns about conducting business with Iran” after the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a U.S. official said.
In New York last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif pressed Mr. Kerry and other U.S. officials to do more to reassure other countries that they could do business with Iran without penalty.
“Iran has a right to the benefits of the agreement they signed up to and if people, by confusion or misinterpretation or in some cases disinformation, are being misled, it’s appropriate for us to try to clarify that,” Mr. Kerry said.
But he suggested that U.S. sanctions aren’t the only force slowing Tehran’s access to relief. He said he aims in meetings with bankers here to spell out what is permissible under U.S. law.
Mr. Kerry said that as long as business partners don't include explicitly sanctioned Iranian firms and individuals, European banks “are absolutely free to open accounts for Iran, trade and exchange money, facilitate a legitimate business agreement, bankroll it, lend money—all those things are absolutely open.”
Iran remains a challenging business environment, both because of remaining U.S. sanctions and because of its banking system. An international standards body combating money laundering and terrorist financing, called the Financial Action Task Force, deemed Iran “a serious threat to the integrity of the global financial system” in February, its most recent assessment of the country since the nuclear deal took effect.
Political uncertainty in the U.S. also could play a part in European banks’ approach to Iran. The Democratic front-runner in the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton, has said she supports the Iranian nuclear deal, but with caveats, and would consider adding sanctions if Iran came close to obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has harshly criticized the Obama administration’s negotiating of the deal but hasn’t pledged to reverse it, as other Republicans have. He has said he’d try to renegotiate its terms and has called for tough enforcement to make sure Tehran doesn’t violate the accord.
Mr. Kerry said Tuesday he has heard from banks that they are concerned about so-called secondary sanctions, or punishment for doing business with a sanctioned entity, and not whether a new president would reverse the nuclear deal.
Anyone else smelling backfire with this current agenda?
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http://www.wired.com/2016/05/sweden-cashless-economy/I challenge anyone to come up with reasons to keep cash that outweigh the enormous benefits of getting rid of it. Imagine the worldwide suffering because of crime, from drug dealing to bicycle theft. Crime that requires cash. The Swedish krona is a small currency, used only in Sweden. This is the ideal place to start the biggest crime-preventing scheme ever. We could and should be the first cashless society in the world.—Björn Ulvaeus Its to bad a story like this does not draw on bitcoin but think they the argument is now that they can track all transactions back to the owner and presuming this will limit crime more than the bitcoin setup. Interesting take on the issue.
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First time I have noticed this may have happened a few other times but this one I am curious about. The thread I would have commented in is locked: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1332659.0I read a thread in Press forum that Litecoinguy posted and thought the gambling section would be interested in reading this topic. Posted it referenced where I saw it and wake up to no thread and no message. Its troubling because the thread is talking about Isle of Man opening up regulation of bitcoin for gambling sites to use. So this would potentially allow sites like Bet365,Pinnaclesports and Pokerstars to offer this service to their members. In my eyes this is huge! But I assume that this is bad news for all these half ass put together poker sites and Sports books that have been shading service in their favor for a well. So they request it to be deleted or a Mod is actively deleting on their behalf,reason no message to go along. Press link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1454587.0Actual link: http://www.coindesk.com/isle-of-man-bitcoin-gambling/Thread:
Isle of Man Regulator Seeks Rule Change to Ease Bitcoin Gambling
Stan Higgins | Published on April 29, 2016 at 15:33 BST
The government of the Isle of Man is looking to plug a gap in its gambling regulations as they relate to bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Officials are currently weighing regulatory changes that would allow gambling services to accept digital currencies “as if they were cash”.
Specifically, the Isle of Man’s Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) wants to tweak the definition of “the deposit of money” currently on the books to include “the deposit of something which has a value in money or money’s worth”, which would cover digital currencies.
Mark Rutherford, deputy chief executive of the GSC, told CoinDesk that the move addresses “a small hook in our gambling law” – but one not necessarily being driven by demand from licensees.
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According to Rutherford, no one is currently seeking approval to offer gambling denominated in digital currencies. He attributed this, in part, to the “significant challenges for any operator” looking to offer such services.
At the same time, he said, the Isle of Man government doesn’t want to impede any future economic development or technology innovation – hence, the move to plug the regulatory gap.
He explained:
“We’re ironing that out so that if the commercial climate in the future becomes less challenging for block-chain based payment channels, it won’t be our law that prevents their adoption (notwithstanding our Commission will have the final say on whether any given technology can be used.)”
Last May, the quasi-independent Isle of Man made headlines when it announced that it had launched a blockchain trial in partnership with a local startup called Pythia.
The island’s Department of Economic Development has long sought a proactive stance on digital currencies, becoming an early mover in updating its regulations to account for the technology. Just over a year ago, the local government moved to bring domestic digital currency startups under the auspices of its anti-money laundering regulation.
I posted this in a area that should have hit the most people that would be interested in reading this topic,so would like to know why it was deleted before I post it again. Thanks |
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http://www.cnet.com/news/google-patents-device-that-you-inject-into-your-eyeball/Up next in "terrifying things I don't ever want to have done": Google has filed a patent for a vision-correcting electronic device that has to be injected directly into your eye.
The device, Forbes reports, is designed to help the focusing of light onto the retina, resulting in the correction of poor vision. It will contain its own storage, radio and lens and will apparently be powered wirelessly from an energy harvesting antenna. Presumably, you won't need aerials sticking out of your eyeballs.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Although Google has filed the patent, that's no guarantee that we'll see the idea come to life anytime soon, or even at all. Many patents are filed by tech firms and never see the light of day.
This is one, though, that we'll keep our eye on. Imagine if it could act like sunglasses and tint the eye when it was to bright out or you had a headache! Tell you that would solve most of my issues right there,but hopefully there is no advertising that pops up well you sleep or apps that you need to keep closing. Who knows what road they tend to go down with this. Scary and interesting at the same time.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/radisson-hotel-chain-latest-u-s-giant-be-snapped-chinese-n564011Radisson Hotel Chain Is Latest U.S. Giant to Be Snapped Up By ChineseA unit of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has agreed to buy Carlson Hotels, which owns brands including Radisson and Country Inns and Suites, the latest in a flurry of overseas investments by Chinese companies.
HNA Tourism Group will acquire all of Carlson Hotels Inc., the companies said in a joint statement released late Wednesday that did not disclose the purchase price.
They said that Carlson's headquarters would remain in Minnetonka, Minn., after the deal is completed.
HNA Tourism Chairman Bai Haibo said buying Carlson Hotels will help the Chinese company "establish our presence in the U.S. market and expand our footprint in hospitality internationally."
He added that HNA would "accelerate growth by investing substantially in the business."
The purchase is the latest in a string of global transactions by Chinese companies as they diversify abroad to counter slowing growth at home while also scooping up foreign expertise and technology.
Other deals this year include Haier Group's acquisition of General Electric's home appliance business, conglomerate Wanda Group's purchase of Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment, and state-owned ChemChina's mammoth $43 billion bid for Swiss pesticide maker Syngenta. It also comes weeks after China's Anbang Insurance Group was thwarted by Marriott International in its attempt to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.
As part of the deal, the Chinese company will also acquire a 51.3 percent stake in Brussels-based Rezidor Hotel Group AB, which operates Carlson hotels in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Under Swedish takeover rules, HNA is required to either buy the remaining shares of Rezidor it doesn't own or sell its stake down to 30 percent.
Carlson has 1,400 hotels in 115 countries and territories and employs about 90,000 staff worldwide.
HNA Group, based in southern Hainan province, operates hotels, airlines, airports and financial services and real estate businesses.
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2016.
This is happening all over the world and all I ever read is speculation on why this is happening. Some say its money laundering,others say it to beat the current crackdown and lastly I hear its a plan to economically cripple or make dependent the countries they have targeted. Thoughts..
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Was reading a thread and started to think about ways to move bitcoin without actually being tapped into the network.
1. Buyer connected to internet,seller offers code to scan for said amount agreed on well not connected.
Any other ways to have one party not connected?
Was also looking at the wifi direct option and that looked to dicey to connect into the buyers/sellers network during a transaction.
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Lets play a game of "If you had to"!
Play the game by answering the question above and then asking a question of your own. It has to be a choice between two things.
So....
Would you rather be sexually attacked by a dog or a monkey?
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Think I am going to a dark place, I enjoy grannies, stepmom and son and mom porn.
Not into the big plastic boobs and the big booties, think I may be a step away from dark midget mutilation.
Can you feel me?
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Hypothetical question here and its more dreaming than anything.
To use a bitcoin atm you need a wallet and they have daily limits based on the address.
Do I need to create multiple wallets or can I just create multiple addresses in that wallet to circumvent bitcoin limit for daily use?
I ask because I rather not step into the office when the day comes that I have a bit of bitcoin and be forced to sign a KYC form because I potentially have gone over 10K in a week. Its all speculative but I am curious if what I am thinking is true.
Recap:
To make multiple withdrawls from a bitcoin atm with a limit of 1btc per day,do I need to create multiple wallets or can I create multiple addresses to get around this limit?
This set up does not have the whole scan you hand and driver license all you need is a phone.
Any one?
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