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1  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Bitmain launches the Z9 Equihash miner on: August 28, 2018, 12:23:40 PM
I just got a text message from UPS about import duties. I am in Texas, USA.

The are charging me 367.87 !!!!

This is the breakdown:

IMPORT CHARGES
NOTE: the total value used for calculation of all Duty-based fees is 0.00.
Government Charges: 356.87
Brokerage Charges: 11.00
Freight Charges: 0.00

356.87 / 1400 (2 Z9 minis at $600 each + shipping fees)  =   about 25%

Looks like US folks are getting hit with the new Trump tariffs on Chinese goods.

Ugh. Is anyone facing the same issue?


Same in NJ.

That's fucked.  Does it say anything on the UPS tracking page?  UPS doesn't have my info to text me about it but the tracking says I should receive mine today.  The batch 1 miner had something like a $60 fee but it mentioned a fee being due on the UPS tracking page, although not the amount.  This one does not mention a fee on the tracking page so I am hoping I dodged it.

Did you order one or multiple? Maybe 1 is below the threshold where the customs fee is applied?
I ordered 2 with DHL and I had no import fees. Weird that just using a different company gets you out of paying those fees.
2  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Bitmain launches the Z9 Equihash miner on: August 28, 2018, 11:43:41 AM
DHL shipped mine yesterday with no import fees to North Carolina.
3  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Bitmain launches the Z9 Equihash miner on: August 24, 2018, 11:53:10 AM
So it looks like they won't be shipping on the 24th.  Undecided
4  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: PoW mining as a route towards achieving a Type 1 civilization and beyond? on: July 06, 2018, 02:30:25 PM
Population growth is by far the biggest threat to mankind and earth for that matter, assuming no nuclear holocaust will happen in the near future.
It's a big problem, far bigger than most will admit, as technology advances, less and less people are needed for mankind to function normally, more automation and less jobs to go around.  
On the flip side, inhabitable corners of the earth are shrinking daily, we have drought and femine in places people used to live happy ten or twenty years back, poverty is increasing all around the globe.
You see where this is going?
In the following years we will start to see mass migrations due to uninhabitable lands and soon earth will not be able to sustains its population for multiple reasons.
Unfortunately, there is not enough for everyone to go around at the rate the populations is growing, you can check the predicted population growth - its doesn't look good, its actually scary to say the least.
By the time we hit 2050-2060 there's gonna be huge problems, and there's not much options that can solve this.
Either we start controlling population growth or there's gonna be cleansing, either by viruses or world wars.....
No doubt there's organizations around the world already planning how to get rid of mass amounts of people  Grin




LOOOOOOOOOL!!  Shocked Shocked

wow, you can't be serious??
where do I even start on how to reply on your post...

ok first the part where we agree, your last sentence,

yes, there are "organizations" even states(cough* cough* USA and it's insatiable desire to use everything in their power to fulfill their totalitarian goals, just to name one - taking over oil resources around the world and in the process causing death and destruction) that are already doing and still planning how to get rid of more masses,
for example,
over the years ever wonder how new diseases/viruses magically appear(cough* are injected) and spread always on places on earth where there is usually poverty - avian flu, mad cow disease, zika virus...etc. for the  purpose to get rid of those masses.

Next...
Just because we explored every corner of the earth doesn't mean population growth is the biggest threat to humanity.
Just take a look at this picture and tell me again population growth is the biggest threat to humanity, you can't imagine how many unpopulated areas are there on the earth. You can't grasp that size and neither can I!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/World_human_population_density_map.png

Sorry but you sound ignorant if you still think population growth is by far the biggest threat to mankind then and if that's not enough remember that even today there are discussions about how one day we will populate other planets as well.

this one slightly pissed me off..."Unfortunately, there is not enough for everyone to go around at the rate the populations is growing"
How the actual fck do you know that for a fact?
Not only do we have enough but we have way more than we will ever need, but uneven distribution of resources is something totally different and fault of the somebody else(the 1% club)
As long as nature is stable and healthy(no nuclear holocausts...etc.) the nature will have resources to provide humanity with food, water and more.

As a miner and somebody engaged in crypto world you should know better than this...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3YF75DPGlQ
5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Bitmain launches the Z9 Equihash miner on: June 25, 2018, 11:25:49 AM
Not sure why my order on 6-4 was skipped.  Tongue
6  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Bitmain launches the Z9 Equihash miner on: June 04, 2018, 11:18:08 AM
dmwardjr,

Thank you for your concern and effort to make us all aware of the perils of doing business with Bitmain.  I think we all get it now after the multiple so many pages and posts.  Can we move on now?  I'm sure there are better things you could do with your day/s.  What do you need to hear from the members of this topic for you to back off a little and let other folks express their opinions without your commentary?

I would really love to hear from some folks that already have their units and are running them?  Early (LUCKY) owners of Z9's pls share.

Thank you!

I will CONTINUE to provide UPDATES as they arise.  Such as Bitmain revealing they have a Z9 (not "mini").  Expect more to come as more light is shed on the subject of forks, etc...

Was this some kind of revelation in your world?   They literally named it the mini.   Which, unless you're full blown retarded, would allude to the fact that it's the mini version, and that a bigger version exists.  

You are a very special person.  

You need to start a blog bro, you're good at blogging.   Put those wasted keystrokes to use on a blog, pal.

I see you on every single site and twitter and everywhere else blowing up and raging on the Z9.    Dude actually retweets Alex Jones and other nonsense.  

It's actually QUITE pathetic at this point SIR!

MOST likely the Z9 mini has a CHIP planted inside that reads our thoughts and forwards them to LITTLE Davey.
Jihan Wu retweeted someone saying that there is a Z9, but that it is only 3X faster than the mini. Go look at his twitter.
7  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: [Mining OS] SimpleMining.net - Easy to use GPU MINING Operating System on: April 25, 2018, 11:17:53 AM
So I just recently started mining, and for the first month everything went fine. 100% uptime basically. Now every 24 hours or so my miner will show as offline on simplemining.net and be offline in dwarfpool, but the actual computer is still running fine and has the green light on so I assume its still connected to the internet. I've been trying to change the default information through ssh, but I'm still trying to figure it out. Does it sound like I'm being hacked?
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