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I am not an anti-vaxxer. I believe that almost all the current vaccine types intended for Covid-19 have been proven, at least in the short term, to do more good than harm for a select group of individuals who have not previously had the virus itself, and/or who have the typically identified comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, advanced age, cancer, prior respiratory issues, etc. However, because these vaccines really can produce better outcomes for some, many people apparently do not understand why there should be any limitations on its use. The NYT has finally included some dissenting opinions about the efficacy of the vaccines (without ridiculing them) in a rec…

Yesterday, the Wormhole bridge one of Solana's biggest bridges lost $320m in a hack. Within hours, a trading desk Jump Capital agreed to replenish the entire amount so that the liquidations calamity is avoided. The loss of the peg due to the hack could have sent the network into cascading liquidations arising out of leveraged positions. In stepped a VC to save the day. The fact that VCs are ready to cover these kind of losses shows that the entire Solana "ecosystem" is just one big sham propped up by these same VCs. They dont want their baby to die just yet. Apparently Jump Capital owns a significant stake in Wormhole and is ready to sink such a huge amou…

Today, snakes still have ‘vestigial legs’…. more evidence it really happened.

The Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing team completed mission profile flight tests for the Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition. "We fully demonstrated Defiant's ability to execute the FLRAA mission profile by flying 236 knots in level flight, then reducing thrust on the propulsor to rapidly decelerate as we approached the confined, and unimproved, landing zone," said Bill Fell, Defiant chief flight test pilot at Sikorsky and a retired U.S. Army Master aviator. A YouTube video released by "Team Defiant," dated Jan. 18, shows the helicopter flying at low-altitude operations in a wooded area at low-level speeds. It will fly soldiers and c…

Bitcoin miners major costs are electricity and cooling afford buying the hardware. The miners are heavily invented to find the lowest possible cost of energy in existence. With an incentive to lower the costs of mining, they are pushing the limits of using renewable resources at damns, solar, and wind. Beyond renewables you’re beginning to see smart use of miners working with energy companies to convert natural gas that has been getting flared (burned) and instead converting it to power mining equipment. Does every miner do this? No. But it means that the industry is going to continue to push for renewables where the cost helps their business mode the most. …

Do I need to have a Bitcoin wallet before using an ATM to purchase Bitcoin?

This explanation seems completely new to me... I no longer see the gravity as some "force".

No big deal.... nothing big is happening. 😉 Well, the S&P 500 (-10.47%) just joined Nasdaq (-15.41%) in formal correction territory this morning. The Dow (-8.22%) isn't too far behind. The façade is falling away.

A "Chain Reaction Lab Technique" (not a "test") -- "used to amplify" -- "DNA Replication" -- "Can produce a billion copies" (of molecules) IN SHORT -- PCR CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF ALMOST NOTHING! Once upon a time, in the peaceful and quiet town of Normieville, the crooked Mayor and his minions devised a plot to increase their power and raise taxes -- the pretext being to "fight crime" and protect the public. With crime virtually non-existe…

Intel, the market leader in computer chip manufacturing, is on the brink of penetrating the bitcoin mining ASIC-making market to compete with the likes of Bitmain and Canaan, Tom’s Hardware first reported. The giant chip producer will present a new “Bonanza Mine” chip at the upcoming ISSCC conference, which according to conference information is an “ultra-low-voltage energy-efficient Bitcoin mining ASIC.” Intel’s bitcoin mining ASIC presentation at ISSCC on Feb. 23 — source: Tom’s Hardware 137D5B8E-D6AC-4668-B4AA-9B874A18636D.webp

The company said Tuesday that Argentines will be able to make bitcoin remittance payments, receive bitcoin tips on Twitter and use Strike's peer-to-peer transaction services. Argentina is the first step in a 2022 Latin American expansion that will include Brazil, Colombia and "other Latin American markets," the company added in a statement. The company launched its payment app in El Salvador last March. Strike is currently working with merchants, consumers and individuals in Argentina, according to the statement. So far, the company has launched initial integrations and activations in the southern city of San Martin de los Andes, located in Patagonia. …

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"There is very high stakes game theory at play here, whereby if bitcoin adoption increases, the countries that secure some bitcoin today will be better off competitively than their peers," Fidelity analysts wrote. "A small cost can be paid today as a hedge compared to a potentially much larger cost years in the future," they added. https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/articles/2021-trends-impact

I own an iPhone and I need to send $200 to a friend. I am wondering how people use Apple Pay to pay a friend? Any ideas?

The colors on your Apple Credit Card reflect all of the outstanding charges on your card, which means that most will show a mix of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. If you pay off your balance in full, your Apple Card color changes to white. New colors appear when you start making new purchases. What do the colors on the Apple Card mean? The Apple Card color categories are as follows: Red: Health Orange: Food and drink Yellow: Shopping Green: Travel Blue: Transportation Purple: Services Pink: Entertainment

Stat: Charli D’Amelio raked in $17.5 million in 2021, making her the highest-earning dancing TikToker last year, according to Forbes. But it’s probably time to call her a “business genius” instead: D’Amelio’s compensation was more than the CEOs of Exxon Mobil, Starbucks, Delta, and McDonald’s, per the WSJ. https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio?lang=en

They plan to offer Bitcoin on all of their devices. https://investor.ncr.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ncr-completes-acquisition-cryptocurrency-leader-libertyx

Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo Paes presented his plans at Rio Innovation Week as he discussed the subject in a lecture with the bitcoin-loving mayor of Miami – Francis Suarez. “We are going to launch Crypto Rio and invest 1% of the Treasury in bitcoin,” Paes said. The 52-year-old member of Brazil’s Social Democratic Party praised Suarez’s efforts to transform Miami into a cryptocurrency hub. The latter previously said he is open to exploring the idea of putting 1% of his city’s Treasury reserves in bitcoin. While Miami has positioned itself as the cryptocurrency center of the USA, Rio aims to become the South American hub for the digital asset industry, Pa…

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::sigh:: We already know. Covid-19. A leak from experiments in the Wuhan facility. It's been perfectly clear from the very start. They had lax procedures and ended up killing 4 million people. What are we going to do about it?