Longnose
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I play blitz and bullet on chess.com almost every day. been stagnant with my rating for years. just accepted this is where i am as i dont put extra effort in. 1300-1400 blitz and 1100-1300 bullet. Love playing!
Also watch periodically I like Chessbrahs, John Bartholomew, and Hikaru
Queens gambit as white, Scandinavian as black.
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25 minutes ago, Xerxes said:
Currently in Singapore. On my way there, passed through the Middle East. This must have been the closest I have been to Iran in decades !
Nice!
I just got back from visiting singapore & thailand last week. Was an awesome trip Singapore is stellar hope you have a great time..
After spending a few weeks in SE Asia and using Grab quite a bit it sparked my interest and I needa do a deeper dive on GRAB.
Anyone else use / do any research on GRAB as an idea? while still not profitable and looks like its had quite the sell off since going public it does appear like it has a very long runway in front of it. We used it a lot in both Thailand and Singapore. They have a presence and visibility far above and beyond their competitors on the streets in SE Asia.
Curious anyone elses thoughts.
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1 hour ago, Parsad said:
+1! So much for the scolds of urban dwellers who don't understand driving for pleasure or on dirt roads...since they make up about 25% of drivers. Cheers!
While Im all for autonomous cars. I have a family ranch and love driving the 45 mins of dirt roads into the mountains. No autonomous car will take me where I want to go off road.
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Love backpacking
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21 hours ago, jfan said:
Thanks @Longnose That was a really interesting perspective. I purchased the entangled life book. Seems promising.
Glad you enjoyed it. It really was a very fascinating view on BTC that i had never heard or considered before.
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As a biology nerd and a crypto fan. I found this discussion much more entertaining than I expected.
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10 minutes ago, DooDiligence said:
Anyone ever been hangry?
My wife gets hangry (aka fungry).
When she starts getting in a mood. I start thinking in my head. OK she needs to eat where do we go lol.
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Yes, I use TIKRs screener on OTC stuff.
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TIKR and brain
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2 hours ago, Blugolds11 said:
Morality evolved because it is what is necessary for the majority to adhere to for civilization to progress. Its the natural result of thousands of years of trial and error. To have a functioning, progressing society, the major moral pillars are necessary and they were figured out years ago and passed down as a blueprint for what works. Call it natural selection, evolution, whatever, the winners survive, the losers dont.
Lets look at it from a different angle, rather than "morality" ie no stealing, no killing etc etc lets just look at the most basic survival. You have a "tribe" that lives in the northernmost part of the globe, the inughuit, formerly known as "polar eskimos" they are a group of Inuit. For this example let these folks represent ALL of humanity. This tribe is split down the middle, half of the tribe wants to hunt/gather/work together and make shelter to escape the elements (let this represent acting "morally" as most would define it today). The other half of the tribe doesnt make shelter from the elements a priority, doesnt hunt/gather to store food and refuses to work together to accomplish these things for the good of all of their half of the tribe (let this behavior represent acting immorally). Without a supernatural being telling this tribe that they should store food/shelter themselves from the severe elements and work together...it works itself out. Those who figure out what "works" (what is moral) survive and continue, learn, work together and progress and those who do not, probably die or see what they are doing isnt working, the other half of the tribe has a better quality of life, so they change and adapt behavior proven to work.
You put a group of people together, some believe "anything goes" and they steal, rob, kill and behave in all sorts of immoral ways. This becomes absolute turmoil, and the other half of the group says, hey, these guys are a pain, we cant get anything done, they're wrecking everything we have worked hard for etc and they are outcast, killed, or maybe they just dont survive because rather than helping their neighbor, conducting commerce honestly, working hard, they are out throwing a wrench in everything productive and structured, so they fail...the "good/moral" group flourishes and progresses either ending the bad group (maybe they are outcast and cant survive without working together, maybe they are killed) or the "moral" group just surpasses them by such a large margin that the bad group becomes insignificant or alters behavior to mimic what works.
Divine intervention isnt needed for this to happen, it would happen naturally. Nazis, honor killings dont last because that isnt what progresses civilization. You cant have a tyrant attempting genocide that lasts for very long before the rest of the group (on earth) says HEY! You're F*ing up a good thing here! And throwing a wrench in the normal balance of things and stops it. A group that continually kills for honor, pretty soon doesnt have people left to kill, fizzles out, people figure out that doesnt work, and that idea/belief/experiment is found to be faulty and falls by the wayside. Civilization adapts/learns...and progresses without those extreme beliefs/ideas.
This has been evident throughout history. Extreme views fizzle out when they upset the status quo. Humans crave stasis/equilibrium, we want to be comfortable, and severely "immoral" behavior is not conducive to what has allowed civilization to progress this far.
Thats why I think its funny that people too often people add unnecessary complexity to a topic and it makes for less rational thinking. The above is the most rational explanation for morality "aka rules/guidelines how we should live, what works". The idea that there is an all powerful being that previously made himself accessible or presented himself (depending on what you believe) to everyday common folks regularly, provided these "guidelines/rules" and then disappeared for thousands of years just isnt logical.
If there is one true religion, and one all powerful being that wants people to live a certain way, then why the mystery? If humans have free will, why nothing recent? Why not regular interaction (present day) so that there was not 1000's of interpretations all claiming to know unequivocally the "right/true" answer. Just lay it out there...do this, no secrets, no confusion...do it or dont, your choice but no guessing.
Why the stark difference in temperament between the new testament and the old. "God is love" but trolls Abraham to slit the throat of his son and then burn the body. Pretty messed up really. If there was a cult leader today that told a follower to trick his son to go with him up on a mountain, then tie him up, lay him down on an alter, put sticks on his chest and just as he is about to slit the poor kids throat, the cult leader is like...WHOA dont do it...yeah I was just kidding, just wanted to see if you would really do it man.
What is moral about that? You'd think the guy was pretty sick. And what about Isaac, imagine you're a young boy, your hero, your dad, wants a male bonding camping trip up on a mountain, and you're excited...you get up there and he jumps you, ties you up, puts you on an alter, and walks over with a torch and a knife, by this time you're freaking out, probably pleading with your dad. Dad! What are you doing! You said we were going camping! I love you! Your dad raises the knife up above you, laying there, tied up, vulnerable, cant move, crying and just as Dad is about to deliver the death blow, stops...says he heard a voice tell him not to do it. Takes the rope off you, helps you hop off the alter and says...alright! lets camp! How would that affect your relationship with your dad? How would that traumatize you. You would either never speak to him again, run away, or think that your dad was a schizophrenic psychopath.
Genesis 22
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- Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.
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- Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
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- Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
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- On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
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- He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you." (Doesnt tell these two guys what he is up to)
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- Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
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- Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?" Abraham replied. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" (Wait a sec, somethings not right here!)
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- Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together. (Not telling Isaac what he's in for)
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- When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
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- Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
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- But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.
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- "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
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What about 2 Kings 2:24? Some "small boys" tease an old guy for being bald, he cant take a joke and asks God to take care of these punks, so he sends 2 female bears to tare 42 (FORTY TWO) to shreds...maul them! What is moral about that?
Plenty of other examples in the Bible of behavior that anybody today would call irrational and immoral.
I can acknowledge proof of intelligent design. I dont think this entire set up (nature, math, galaxy, human body systems) came about via an accident, but if there is/was a grand architect, they seem to have grown bored with the project and moved on to something else. And maybe, the work is done, maybe the sand castle is built, and it was never meant for anything more than to enjoy for a bit and then for the tide to come in and wash it away, maybe its just an experiment to see how long it takes.
You have billions of people for thousands of years pleading with a supernatural being for help and leadership. "They kingdom come, they will be done on earth, as it is in heaven." H E L P U S !!! Man cant rule himself, govern us. Put an end to this suffering, we're struggling, you created all this, its a mess, please fix it, we want you to fix it! Nothing...crickets. All the problems in the world, the struggles of mankind and nothing...but he wants you to honor your father and your mother, only pray to him
for help, dont use his name in vain when the help doesnt come and remember the day he took a break. Why?
EDITED: Seems like Richard and I share the same sentiment and he was faster on the draw/submit button.
Turned this post into a rap via ChatGPT. seemed appropriate....
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Summer: Fishing, Hiking, backpacking, canyoneering, bees, working at the ranch.
Winter: backcountry splitboarding, snowmobiling, hiking.
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Ive been using it quite a bit recently. Its great for the creative process. Like a rough out in wood working. You still gotta be a carpenter to get something quality out of it. But it sure as hell can make some strong rough outs when your trying to generate ideas. Its far from perfect but often I am not looking to google something and get an answer from one source. Most time i just want more info and more opinions and I can go do more research to determine truth.
One more tool in the quiver.
Also to ValueArbs point. Ive been playing with it for simple script writing and its very powerful for that stuff. still gotta tweak the code but hell im very impressed with what it can spit out quickly.
Also, its more about how good are you at directing it to what you want it to generate.
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This is where I am at now in regards to this topic.
Edit: not calling anyone on this forum fools. Lots smarter than me. I just see substantial value in crypto and its not worth my energy to convince anyone that doesn't want to have a productive discussion.
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this thread went to shit lol
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On 12/26/2022 at 2:06 PM, LC said:
Grave of the fireflies - should be required viewing material for everyone at least once in their life
Shit man... that show left me epic depressed.
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Not knowing how to value something and does not mean it does not have intrinsic value.
Yes, BTC does not produce cash flow. But there are 7.8B people on the planet and only 976K wallets with greater than 1 BTC. With 21M BTC that will ever be produced and growing adoption. The inflows will continue to exceed the outflows for a long runway.
We have a lot of inflow Still to come into this commodity and the ease of trade and accessibility to everyone is a tailwind.
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Merry Christmas to this great community!!
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1 hour ago, Sweet said:
A little over a week ago he said he had less than $100k. Today he just posted bail for $250 million
I thought this was refering to Bill Ackman lol
was like wtf when did bill go to jail?
realized it was about FTX guy.
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35 minutes ago, Castanza said:
This highlights the systemic issue with crypto adoption though. People who are fans/hobbyists of specific technology often hold the view of "people just need to do more research and they will see the benefit". The majority of people will never "dig into" BTC and the behind the scenes benefits because they truly don't care. A great place to see examples of this would be on Reddit. There are subs of any topic you can think of that are full of cult followers. Go on r/water and look around. It's full of people obsessed with getting the purest water they can drink. To them it's absurd that everyone doesn't have a Hydroviv water filter in their house. "Why would people not do more research and see the benefits?!"
I also think that individuals over emphasize how much average people actually care about a proper "store of value". Prior to BTC and crypto, how many people help gold? It was something like 1-5% of people owned physical gold in the US in 2017. If having a store of value was extremely important to the general populace then why wasn't that number higher? And why would anyone expect it to be higher in any meaningful manner now? There are financial accounts you can get now here you convert all of your cash to Gold held in some vault. You get a debit card and spend "gold". How many people use that? Pretty much nobody.
Point being people will switch to Crypto why they are forced to by the powers at be (Central Bank crypto). Beyond that, the average person doesn't have time to think about the benefits of crypto when the reality of every day life sets in. People are too busy, too poor, and simply not interested.
I agree that its all about adoption. I recognize that most people in the western world will be slow to adopt. Hence most people only want to trade it. Change happens slowly. BTC will not overcome fiat in a short window. But over the next generation or two? 20-50 years its feasible. BTC adoption has only continued to grow. The current young generation may end up interacting and transacting in it then they grow up and say WTF do i need a bank account for? I've been exchanging BTC with my friends at school for 10 years via my wallet. Eventually he grows up and needs a bank account to transact with us older generational businesses but he creates a new business that just wants to cater to his friends and decides BTC transactions only. no banking fees no middle men. peer to peer transactions with instant settlement.
And to the last point on central bank digital currency(CBDC). The best part of BTC is i still don't need a CBDC where they can print money and change the rules of the game. I can transact with the rest of the world in a currency thats not impacted by some central bank manipulating the system. If i need to transact in the CBDC currency i can swap out a little bit here or there to make that work.
Im not gonna argue much more here. I've stated my stance. Its always the same old back and forth with the same people back and forth.
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Use it and youll see the value. people who buy BTC on an exchange for trading dont understand what BTC or any other crypto truly is.
Most people just think its something to be traded.
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13 minutes ago, gfp said:
Thanks for answering. I understand your point of view. Is "stable" a good quality for "money" to have? Does extreme volatility and levered correlation with risk assets (vs behaving more like gold) make this super secure thing a poor substitute for things historically used as "money."
Why is it so hard for another cryptocurrency/chain to have security as good as Bitcoin? Is this not something that is created by man and therefore man can do it again if they want to?
I'm trying to figure out if the "there is no bitcoin in space but plenty of every other limited resource" argument is any good.
Its about adoption and the rules. You can recreate BTC but who is going to use it? BTC adoption is growing and security is extremely strong. Another differentiator of BTC vs other crypto's even ETH is that the creator of BTC (satoshi nakamoto) didn't mint any BTC to himself. Many alt coins are pump and dump schemes where the creators gave themselves a bunch out the gate. With BTC every participant has to work to get more BTC. Every BTC minted need to show Proof of Work to get mined. The network only gets more secure as more people use it. For less than $200 you can run a raspberry pi in your basement and add to the security of the BTC block chain by being a full node validator. Your node contributes to the block chain validates the transactions. The more nodes that validate the more secure the network gets.
@rkbabang is right on the money with ETH and BTC being different. BTC will be the basis for new currency. ETH and other cryptos will be the basis for smart contracts. I am still a big believer that in the next 20 - 50 years you'll see a new wave a businesses that will be built on blockchains (ETH, SOL, AVAX, and others) that will run more efficiently and leaner giving them a competitive advantage over their peers. It has the potential to eliminate opex and increase data accuracy across businesses and internal departments.
To the question of "Why is it so hard for another cryptocurrency/chain to have security as good as Bitcoin?"
The answer is: its not hard. Problem is that most people wanting to replicate it are replicating it with a twist (usually a twist that is less secure or more self serving).
The rules of BTC are not self serving and are very unbiased. (they are public and you can read them).
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Watched Avatar 2: Way of the Water over the weekend.
Absolutely visually stunning. Worth seeing in IMAX 3D.
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58 minutes ago, Parsad said:
Because they can't!
99% of the world currently would not accept BTC or other crypto for any other asset unless you pay a massive premium in price using the crypto. Then maybe you'll get some takers!
Friend of mine who is an Attorney recently started working for a new firm that is in the crypto space. The firm only pays in USD-C or BTC you can choose which you want deposited into your wallet. The space for people who will accept your BTC is only growing. I paid for something on overstock.com in BTC once just to say i did it. Overstock will happily accept your BTC.
1 hour ago, Parsad said:If the rest of the world goes in the shitter...why would BTC have any value at all? Ask yourself that. Frankly farmland would have far more value! Cheers!
If world goes to shitter I want farm land too... you can keep your BRK-A shares and your USD's
Money is only used for exchange of promises. Personally I think BTC is better money than USD. Ill continue to HODL mine.
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I'd be down.
Could set up a bracket for everyone who wanted to participate.
Would just have to settle on time control. Bitz or Rapid, Could do them as dailys. But then it may take weeks to complete.