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[Ermaios]

...The voltage was 220v, reversing the poles wouldn't solve it, but if
 put a wire grounded in its sky-blue Iron bodywork, I believe the shock would end...

Pondering a little further, I stand partially corrected.
Reverse only in the plug - or just stick it up-side down.
You can’t reverse the socket, because that would mean that you would have to fix the other end too.

It definitely worked in my case, twice, tipped off by a guy that fixes washers for a living.

"Schadenfreude"

aka. Idiot's delight 

Speak for yourself sweetheart.

[OutOfMemory]

...The voltage was 220v, reversing the poles wouldn't solve it, but if
 put a wire grounded in its sky-blue Iron bodywork, I believe the shock would end...

Pondering a little further, I stand partially corrected.
Reverse only in the plug - or just stick it up-side down.
You can’t reverse the socket, because that would mean that you would have to fix the other end too.

It definitely worked in my case, twice, tipped off by a guy that fixes washers for a living.

Two types of shock:
1. mains shock (reverse trick most likely to work)
2. capacitor shock (reverse trick doesn't work)

All metal housed electric appliances should always be properly grounded. Works in both cases.
I'm only a tech, so what do i know? 

[Biodom]

I installed a Bosch dishwasher over 2 years ago and it's been working faultlessly ever since. All I ever do is scrape most of the crud into the garbage, never rinsing before loading with dirty greasy dishes. My wife says she occasionally cleans the filter. All the crap seems to magically disappear.

I drain it just below the trap of my kitchen sink and it seems to keep the drain clear with the strong detergents it uses. It's the only kitchen sink I've ever had that never needs to have drain opener poured down it.

Maybe it's the dishwasher detergent. I use what Bosch recommends, Quantum Ultra Power Balls, and they quite simply work. If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Yes the Bosch costs more than the competition but I got a serious discount on the price at the time, lucky i guess. You get what you pay for. Spending more at the onset is how you save big time in the long run.

got Bosch too, also maybe 2-3 years ago...can't complain so far..except it is so quiet sometimes, I am not sure it is working or not  
Before that, had GE for more than 25 years...got it's worth many times over.

[Biodom]

I installed a Bosch dishwasher over 2 years ago and it's been working faultlessly ever since. All I ever do is scrape most of the crud into the garbage, never rinsing before loading with dirty greasy dishes. My wife says she occasionally cleans the filter. All the crap seems to magically disappear.

I drain it just below the trap of my kitchen sink and it seems to keep the drain clear with the strong detergents it uses. It's the only kitchen sink I've ever had that never needs to have drain opener poured down it.

Maybe it's the dishwasher detergent. I use what Bosch recommends, Quantum Ultra Power Balls, and they quite simply work. If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Yes the Bosch costs more than the competition but I got a serious discount on the price at the time, lucky i guess. You get what you pay for. Spending more at the onset is how you save big time in the long run.

" Quantum Ultra Power Balls", I use these as well, they work good.

I read the new Bosch dishwashers require internet now, wtf.

I think it is optional...i prefer my dish washer, fridge, washer and dryer being "dumb".
I would probably keel over if my fridge would start texting me about the upcoming "doom" of missing milk  

[ChartBuddy]

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[asUHWEceyc]

Eventually old girl will be allowed to run, or at least won't stay tied up. It should be obvious which kind of move it is: pre-18 gallup or more 24-25 mind-numbing trot.

Just depends on how full they want their bags and/or how far out of the saddle riders are.

To match stated USG gold holdings on percentage terms, the "Trump Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" would need about 790,000 coins.

The balance currently sits around 325k with recent inclusion of Finex and Prince Holding ponzi coins. MSTR's bag is now 715k coins, US domiciled ETFs possess 1.265M, while all other US corporate treasuries sum to roughly 340k, for a grand total of 2.645M US domiciled above-ground on-shore bitcoin resources, or 12.5% of supply.

Paper ETF coins are probably more akin to above-ground on-shore resources without 6102-ing, while an ownership stake in an entity like MSTR is immediately accessible on national security or sovereign wealth fund grounds.

Acquiring a strategy stake to bridge the 465k coin USG outright owned delta per their well established dilute-leverage-purchase feedback loop would blow up spot price well beyond any stock purchase in a "budget positive" way, even if temporary. Consider the recent INTC acquisition.

Otherwise, if they are going for above-ground on-shore resources, accumulation of another 1.89 million coins is in order, which might take a while with current extraction techniques.

[Biodom]

Eventually old girl will be allowed to run, or at least won't stay tied up. It should be obvious which kind of move it is: pre-18 gallup or more 24-25 mind-numbing trot.

Just depends on how full they want their bags and/or how far out of the saddle riders are.

To match stated USG gold holdings on percentage terms, the "Trump Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" would need about 790,000 coins.

The balance currently sits around 325k with recent inclusion of Finex and Prince Holding ponzi coins. MSTR's bag is now 715k coins, US domiciled ETFs possess 1.265M, while all other US corporate treasuries sum to roughly 340k, for a grand total of 2.645M US domiciled above-ground on-shore bitcoin resources, or 12.5% of supply.

Paper ETF coins are probably more akin to above-ground on-shore resources without 6102-ing, while an ownership stake in an entity like MSTR is immediately accessible on national security or sovereign wealth fund grounds.

Acquiring a strategy stake to bridge the 465k coin USG outright owned delta per their well established dilute-leverage-purchase feedback loop would blow up spot price well beyond any stock purchase in a "budget positive" way, even if temporary. Consider the recent INTC acquisition.

Otherwise, if they are going for above-ground on-shore resources, accumulation of another 1.89 million coins is in order, which might take a while with current extraction techniques.

Would buying a 'stake' in MSTR effectively give them coin?
I don't think so, unless Saylor agrees to a deal where he physically transfers some.
If his average is 76k, he probably won't do it for less than 90-100K/per coin.

Maybe he wants to be designated a "strategic asset" at some point (on par with eight banks designated as Global systemically important banks(G-SIBs))?

EDIT: "nationalization" of MSTR was always one of the possible scenarios..what remains to be seen is "at which price point"?

[d_eddie]

This the bear market?
Keep calm and stack up those sats
Only a flesh wound






#haiku

[She shining]

Only a flesh wound

[ChartBuddy]

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[philipma1957]

I installed a Bosch dishwasher over 2 years ago and it's been working faultlessly ever since. All I ever do is scrape most of the crud into the garbage, never rinsing before loading with dirty greasy dishes. My wife says she occasionally cleans the filter. All the crap seems to magically disappear.

I drain it just below the trap of my kitchen sink and it seems to keep the drain clear with the strong detergents it uses. It's the only kitchen sink I've ever had that never needs to have drain opener poured down it.

Maybe it's the dishwasher detergent. I use what Bosch recommends, Quantum Ultra Power Balls, and they quite simply work. If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Yes the Bosch costs more than the competition but I got a serious discount on the price at the time, lucky i guess. You get what you pay for. Spending more at the onset is how you save big time in the long run.

" Quantum Ultra Power Balls", I use these as well, they work good.

I read the new Bosch dishwashers require internet now, wtf.

I think it is optional...i prefer my dish washer, fridge, washer and dryer being "dumb".
I would probably keel over if my fridge would start texting me about the upcoming "doom" of missing milk  

here are some merits


and here is a bullish sign

https://newhedge.io/bitcoin/difficulty-estimator

Latest Block:   936954  (7 minutes ago)
Current Pace:   115.2073%  (1531 / 1328.91 expected, 202.09 ahead)
Previous Difficulty:   141668107417558.2                            
Current Difficulty:   125864590119494.3                           
Next Difficulty:   between 143881313226303 and 145157772990005
Next Difficulty Change:   between +14.3144% and +15.3285%
Previous Retarget:   February 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM  (-11.1553%)
Next Retarget (earliest):   Thursday at 12:21 PM  (in 2d 22h 9m 48s)
Next Retarget (latest):   Thursday at 2:55 PM  (in 3d 0h 43m 49s)
Projected Epoch Length:   between 12d 3h 38m 53s and 12d 6h 12m 54s

the scheduled 141.66t to between 143.88t/145.15t

is the first true difficulty rise since late October 2025

Still some time for this maybe 3 days I will be watching it.

[JayJuanGee]

Conclusion: bitcoin/hodlers/buyers should hold the line at whatever was already done (about 60K).

Hmmm, maybe.
I bought a little at $60k, but I don’t feel very comfortable with holding that buy, so I might just sell it at any time.
I’m thinking that we’ll drop more during summer, and hit rock bottom at around $45k in October.

BTC Trader (especially at these prices) = person who is trying to pick up nickels in front of a steamroller

Which largely means, that there is value for any of us bitcoiner wannabes to ongoingly assure that we are sufficiently/adequately prepared for UP, even if some of us might attempt to hedge our positions, especially after some of us might have had already accumulated decent amount of coin.

Surely, I have a hard time seeing $45k-ish coin (even though every time that we have large corrections, there are guys even wanting more and more and more), yet surely anything is possible especially with such seeming negative sentiment out there and surely problems with macro liquidity matters.  It is also likely that even relatively bearish scenarios $45k would still be within 35% of the 200-WMA, presuming that the 200-WMA will continue to go up and perhaps a worser case scenario the 200-WMA would ONLY end up going up from $58.2k (currently) to $61k-ish in October

Final fase of the bull market has started.

Nah, we’ll pump a little in the coming two months - no doubt - but only to about $80k-$85k, and then drop one more time, hard.
We’ll return to these levels in late 2027.

That is pretty bearish - and surely your historical (how the fuck could you have a "history" when you ONLY have 24 posts, you newbie lil twat?  Go figure?).. desires for "shock value" likely undermines the credibility in any of your BTC-related predictions..

Eventually old girl will be allowed to run, or at least won't stay tied up. It should be obvious which kind of move it is: pre-18 gallup or more 24-25 mind-numbing trot.

Just depends on how full they want their bags and/or how far out of the saddle riders are.

Lot's of presumptions that "they" have control over the BTC price.


"It should be obvious which kind of move it is: pre-18 gallup or more 24-25 mind-numbing trot."

Not obvious to this here cat.  Call me a dummy.

To match stated USG gold holdings on percentage terms, the "Trump Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" would need about 790,000 coins.

The balance currently sits around 325k with recent inclusion of Finex and Prince Holding ponzi coins.

Yeah?  Show me proof of reserves and "maybe" I will believe it.

The US government has no intentions of being an "honest broker" anytime soon.  Representatives of their mobster gang even told us that the ONLY way that they are going to build up bitcoin holdings in the USA Treasuries (to the extent that they actually have any corn) is by stealing such corn from current holders....

As a supposed bitcoin HODLer, that doesn't make yours truly feel any warm and/or fuzzy (aka ting-a-lies) on the inside (or on the outside for that matter, either).

MSTR's bag is now 715k coins, US domiciled ETFs possess 1.265M, while all other US corporate treasuries sum to roughly 340k, for a grand total of 2.645M US domiciled above-ground on-shore bitcoin resources, or 12.5% of supply.

That is an interesting theory - which is that various private BTC holdings (to the extent that those entities are under USA jurisdiction) count as "USA" holdings.  I am having trouble with that framework, even though surely there are folks think like that and talk like that.

Paper ETF coins are probably more akin to above-ground on-shore resources without 6102-ing, while an ownership stake in an entity like MSTR is immediately accessible on national security or sovereign wealth fund grounds.
Acquiring a strategy stake to bridge the 465k coin USG outright owned delta per their well established dilute-leverage-purchase feedback loop would blow up spot price well beyond any stock purchase in a "budget positive" way, even if temporary. Consider the recent INTC acquisition.

Otherwise, if they are going for above-ground on-shore resources, accumulation of another 1.89 million coins is in order, which might take a while with current extraction techniques.

I am glad that you are trying to grapple with the extent to which various paper bitcoin products force the acquisition of actual bitcoin, since my eyes glaze over with the overwhelming number of ways that bitcoin can end up being "acceptably" diluted through various manipulative practices that may well end up blowing up on the manipulators who are proclaiming to have way more bitcoin than they actually have... and surely there can end up being questions in regards to the extent to which enough actual coins are held.. and if some of the deficits in coins can be papered over, whether temporary for a few days or a few weeks or if the papering over ends up persisting at such levels that the BTC market ends up sussing out such discrepancies (which in an ideal world would mean that the wrong doers would end up suffering from their overplaying of their hand, even though in real world practice a certain quantity of retail will end up getting punished for being in the wrong place at the wrong time).

[philipma1957]

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[JayJuanGee]

and here is a bullish sign

https://newhedge.io/bitcoin/difficulty-estimator
Latest Block:   936954  (7 minutes ago)
Current Pace:   115.2073%  (1531 / 1328.91 expected, 202.09 ahead)
Previous Difficulty:   141668107417558.2                          
Current Difficulty:   125864590119494.3                            
Next Difficulty:   between 143881313226303 and 145157772990005
Next Difficulty Change:   between +14.3144% and +15.3285%
Previous Retarget:   February 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM  (-11.1553%)
Next Retarget (earliest):   Thursday at 12:21 PM  (in 2d 22h 9m 48s)
Next Retarget (latest):   Thursday at 2:55 PM  (in 3d 0h 43m 49s)
Projected Epoch Length:   between 12d 3h 38m 53s and 12d 6h 12m 54s

the scheduled 141.66t to between 143.88t/145.15t

is the first true difficulty rise since late October 2025
Still some time for this maybe 3 days I will be watching it.

Oh gawd!!!!       You are ongoingly overly assigning value to miner death spiral scenarios (or however such emphases on changes (or trends) in hashrate might be characterized?).

I am not proclaiming that mining hash (and difficulty adjustments) is a non-factor, even though I am claiming that mining hashrate likely has way less weight than you (Phil) are assigning it to have, since many of us know that Satoshi designed such a magnificent system in which the difficulty adjusts every two weeks-ish (every 2016 blocks)...

Don't get me wrong, with my fuddy duddy, since I don't necessarily want to discourage you from your ongoingly assigning your weights (and probabilities) in ways that you consider to be relevant that are likely overstatements of the matter, whether mining in this case, or your other sometimes off the wall theories...

Of course, in a thread like this, there tend to be benefits in having guys participating with varying perspectives, theories, opinions and frameworks (even somewhat fringe theories) in regards to what they consider to be important and/or not important..  

[Richy_T]

put a wire grounded in its sky-blue Iron bodywork, I believe the shock would end...

Yes. Likely incorrectly wired. Probably ground connected to neutral or possibly not connected at all. Neutral should be near ground but may be off by a bit, giving tingles rather than a shock. I have been bitten by 240V and by 50V but not 120V yet.

[ChartBuddy]

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[Biodom]

OT: The OpenClaw(ClawdBot/Moltbot) "guy" sells out to OpenAI and says "I don't want to build the next large company".
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/openclaw-creator-peter-steinberger-joins-openai
Funny thing...he first called it ClawdBot with obvious reference to Claude of Anthropic, but instead of welcoming him, Anthropic threatened to sue...I guess, it is their loss, then.

Btw, OpenClaw works on Linux/Win/mac (Mac mini without a screen, is, apparently, the go to setup, but you can set it up on anything), so if you have multiple social streams (Whatstup, Telegram, Discord, iMessage, etc...it could integrate it all, apparently, and automate some tasks).

Sounds very powerful and, probably, very insecure (unless you know what you are doing).

[ChartBuddy]

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[Ermaios]

I'm only a tech, so what do i know?  

Ehhh, nothing much else?
Anyway, thank you for the info buttercup.

BTC Trader (especially at these prices) = person who is trying to pick up nickels in front of a steamroller

That is pretty bearish - and surely your historical (how the fuck could you have a "history" when you ONLY have 24 posts, you newbie lil twat?  Go figure?).. desires for "shock value" likely undermines the credibility in any of your BTC-related predictions..

I have at least a few thousand posts in this here thread - you dumb fuckbot.
Pro-tip: better embed that Cryptotourist patch for ever, don’t just run it on demand.

[Bawb? Rick? Do something, your love child is a fucking idiot.]

[ChartBuddy]

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