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UPDATE: A Florida Man Is Threatening to Sue an Artist Whose Invisible Sculpture Sold for $18,000, Saying He Came Up With the Idea First “All I can say personally is that Nothing is very important to me,” Miller told Artnet News in an email. “I should be credited with Nothing (specifically the idea of Nothing fashioned into sculpture form), and Gainesville, Florida—not Italy—is where Nothing happened first.”

Yep, there is a reason that even if they aren’t rich when they first take office all congresscritters end up rich. “Serving” in government shouldn’t be a profitable career choice.

Maybe foreshadowing things to come: ”they have also agreed to an additional step to ensure the continuity of the foundation’s work: if after two years either decides they cannot continue to work together as co-chairs, French Gates will resign her position as co-chair and trustee. In such a case, French Gates would receive personal resources from Gates for her philanthropic work. These resources would be completely separate from the foundation’s endowment, which would not be affected.” It sounds like she is preparing her exit.

Well said SD. Tether May be a fraud. People have suspected as much for years. I don’t use tether, I don’t hold tether. If and/or when it collapses people who are holding it will lose a lot of money, but I will still have my Bitcoin along with maybe a nice opportunity to buy more cheap.

Of course. My comment was only half serious. He said that in October and died 8 months later. But it is also possible that he didn't kill himself.

+1

McAfee didn't kill himself.

Just make sure your hardware wallet is genuine A paper wallet stored in a physical safe might be the absolute safest option. Cybercrooks Are Mailing Users Fake Ledger Devices To Steal Their Cryptocurrency

Giving people in failed states access to a currency that isn't going down with the state is like throwing people a lifeline. This is where a non-state currency will be used first. While the 1st world thinks of crypto as a speculative investment the 3rd world actually needs it. This reminds me of people who sit in Starbucks with their $8 lattes, behind their $2000 macbooks, wearing their $200 sneakers pontificating about child labor over seas, when without those jobs people would be starving. If your government is failing, being able to still do business with others will be a pretty important thing.

Weeee!

My guess is that he thinks having that dry powder readily available is worth the inflation risk, knowing that if the right opportunity arises he can put that to work and make many many times what he lost due to inflation while waiting.

A starting position in SOXQ, an ETF which tracks the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index. I'm really bullish on the semiconductor industry for at least the next 18-24 months and think the index will do well. I already own 2 of the components NVDA and the company I work for: ADI. I like most of the companies on the index (except for Intel, which I'm not so sure of) and was having trouble picking just 1 or two more to invest in. So the ETF it is.

Don't worry, we will be here to rub it in.

“Salvatore Garau has sold his latest invisible sculpture. The work, titled "I Am," doesn't exist except in the artist's imagination. The buyer gets a stamped certificate in exchange for $18,000.” https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/1002018211/italian-artist-sells-invisible-sculpture-for-real-money

I don't trust tether and wouldn't hold any. The good news is that if/when tether blows up there will be a real buying opportunity in the entire crypto space. People like changegonnacome will rule public opinion for a while, articles/blogs will be screaming about how they just knew it was all a fraud and pessimism will be at its max.... aaand in 3-5 years the tether blowup won't matter to crypto any more than the whole "The DAO" fiasco matters to Ethereum today. Just growing pains in an entirely new asset class.

ABNB at $81B still looks rich to me. I want to buy it at under $60B which would be somewhere under $100/sh, I'm hoping I get the chance. ETH is a good buy here I think, but even after selling almost half of mine and the price drop it is still my 2nd biggest holding (BTC is still my largest) so I'm not buying more right now. Just wait and see for crypto for a while, unless it really crashes, at some point I won't be able to help myself.

Exactly. This is like saying the Government of the United States can destroy every city in China in a single day with nukes. Sure, but will they? How likely is this to happen? There is a big difference between "could" and "likely will". Can the governments of the world get together to destroy bitcoin? Absolutely. Will they? I still think that it is likely that they won't. I could, of course, be wrong about Bitcoin (or use of nukes).

Agreed. I too have gotten the vaccine, but I did so knowing full well that I am basically a guinee pig taking an experimental injection for which the short term risks are poorly studied and the long term consequences are completely unknown. I can definitely see the point of view of those who would rather take a wait and see approach. No one knows if the vaccines are safe, and if they say different they are just as much full of excrement as the anti-vax people who "know" that they are dangerous. The propaganda is not giving people an accurate portrait of the risks that they are taking. The language from the paperwork they give you when you show up to take it should be told to everyone at every opportunity, not banned from social media.

Another sexual misconduct career casualty https://megadeth.com/news/2021/statement-from-megadeth/

Yeah, it's insane. I just did a search for my town you could get a 4600 sqft house and still have money left to fix up the bug. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/53-Pasture-Ln_Bedford_NH_03110_M45556-57083

this one is almost as bad only I think it’s real https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/2749-Tilden-Ave-90064/home/6750743?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link

But Cosby went beyond personal stuff in a marriage. His actions were criminal. Like I said about Gates, unless he did something criminal with Epstein then the rest doesn't matter much. Maybe he's a jerk, but that's the great thing about capitalism, you can be a self-centered jerk and still do a lot of good despite yourself.

I'll quote the cop that showed up a few years ago when I had a mountain bike stolen and he asked if it was locked up and I said no. He shrugged and said "lock it or lose it".

"plague that is ravaging" That's a little bit of hysterical and hyperbolical isn't it? There are ways to protect against malicious code, and with good backups you can ignore the demands, wipe the system and restore. The crisis is too many companies and organizations don't take network security seriously. This will change that.

No insurance seems dangerous to me. A house about 5 houses from mine on the next street over just got gutted by fire this morning. If something like that happened without insurance you'd lose everything. I just walked by it with my dog, all the windows are gone and black scorch marks all around them. The fire department pumped a ton of water from a nearby pond into the house to put it out. I'm sure everything inside is lost and the house will need to be gutted completely down to the studs (at the very least). Not fun. That said, my parents own a home on the water and insurance is so expensive that they don't have any. They've been there for 20 years and have been just fine. So, it's an option and you save money if nothing ever happens. I'm keeping my insurance though.