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  1. Shagella update went live without a hitch and Etherium trading appears to be stable.
  2. "Shagella" update for Etherium happens around 5:30pm today. Etherium might be a bit volatile today, tomorrow and beyond...
  3. Having 5 judges for the final round was a good idea. Tougher on the chefs to make 6 identical plates, but 5 votes reduces outlier opinions skewing the averages. Also, I don't think that Simon's/Justin's comments are that critical. The judges so far are pretty much able to discern what they are seeing and tasting and how the food was prepared. They could probably just do away with Simon/Justin and it wouldn't affect the judges scoring IMO.
  4. Wordle 662 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought that word was a proper noun (should be capitalized), but I was wrong. Wordle learning me gooder today. Daily Quordle 443 4️⃣6️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Sequence Quordle 443 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, April 12 Letters: A D E S K R T My score: 356 points My longest word: 11 letters 🏵 💮 🌼 🌻 🌹 🌺 🌸 🌷 💐 🏵 💮
  5. It's not siphoning. Tide is lifting all the crypto boats.
  6. I found 40lb tub of 3in pucks at Costco.com for $199. Best price I have found so far. I found 50lb tub of 73% powder on amazon for $270. Half as much as Leslie, but still feels like I'm being face raped.
  7. What the fucking fuck? I just got back from Leslie Pool supply where I went to buy some chlorine. The last time I went there (1 or 2 years ago), I bought a 100lb tub of powder and it cost me around $280 IIRC. $280 is what they want for a 25lb tub now. Wow! Where are you folk buying chlorine (powder/shock - not tabs)?
  8. Re-reading the article this morning and it struck me as amusing - at a high/abstract level - that "intellectual property" (whether patents or copyrights) seemingly does not encompass ideas or processes. So what exactly is protectible?
  9. Wordle 661 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had to stare at it a bit on guess #4. Daily Quordle 442 4️⃣5️⃣ 8️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 442 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, April 11 Letters: E I L M P S U My score: 295 points My longest word: 9 letters 🌸 🌻 🌼 💐 🌹 🏵 🌷 💮 🌺
  10. * bump * Posting from my phone so I'm not quoting it... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/sas-v-wpl-federal-circuit-finally-gets-something-right-computer-copyright
  11. Cryptos very green today. Seems to be correlated with S&P (in direction if not exactly in strength) lately.
  12. It vexes me greatly to see chefs making a fucking tartar in a cooking competition. Not just TOC, but any cooking competition. That's not cooking. These shows never ask chefs to make a salad dish. A tartar is a cop out. It should be an instant disqualifier. $.02
  13. Wordle 660 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Today was not my day for wordle. Daily Quordle 441 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 441 6️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, April 10 Letters: A E F R I L W My score: 269 points My longest word: 8 letters 🌹 🌺 💐 🏵 🌼 💮 🌸 🌻
  14. FWIW: https://dailyhodl.com/2023/02/18/ethereum-sell-off-incoming-new-research-examines-impact-of-march-update-that-will-enable-staked-eth-withdrawals/
  15. From the link I posted last night (was on my phone then so I didn't prepare a snippet): Perhaps for this reason, the report insists that its limited identification of examples of illicit activity over DeFi should not be taken to indicate, well, that there are limited instances of illicit activity over DeFi: Of course, it may be that a non‐exhaustive list of examples doesn’t reflect the full extent of a problem. But persuasively making that argument generally requires providing additional evidence that speaks to the scale of the problem, beyond mere conclusory statements regarding a vague “level of risk.” However, in the rare instances where the report does address scale, it largely undermines the idea that DeFi is anything other than a relatively minor contributor to overall illicit finance risk, including for money laundering, proliferation financing, and terrorist financing, as well as drug trafficking, where the report notes, “[T]he size and scope of drug proceeds generated on the darknet and laundered via virtual assets remain low in comparison to cash‐based retail street sales.” ...
  16. https://www.cato.org/blog/treasury-department-cant-help-recognize-defi-unique
  17. There were some entertaining fights. We enjoyed that episode.
  18. Wordle 657 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought I had it on #2. I thought I had it on #3. *sigh* Daily Quordle 438 4️⃣5️⃣ 8️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ I tried the new Quordle game - Sequence ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/quordle/#/sequence ). Should probably have just used my normal Quordle strategy. Daily Sequence Quordle 438 5️⃣6️⃣ 9️⃣🔟 m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, April 7 Letters: D G I N L M O My score: 291 points My longest word: 9 letters 💮 💐 🌸 🌷 🏵 🌼 🌺 🌹 🌻 Dictionary search bar says mongoloid is a word (lower case 'M'). Blossom did not take it though.
  19. Sometime back I had asked about staking without using an exchange. I have been learning quite a bit about staking using the Ledger and it's not that difficult for the most part. Solana (SOL) and Cosmos (ATOM) can be staked directly from the Ledger live software and it's super easy. Polkadot can be staked using the polkadot browser extension (connected to the Ledger) and it is easy enough. Avalanche was similar to Polkadot (use AVAX browser extension connected to Ledger), but you have to spend some time finding a staking pool that fits your interests as you have to commit for the term of the pool you choose. I *think* I staked Cardano using the Typhon Wallet browser extension connected to Ledger, but I have yet to receive a reward to confirm that I did it correctly. To stake ERC20 coins, you generally need to connect MetaMask to your Ledger and then find the coin's browser extension and connect it to MetaMask, but gas fees for staking ERC20 coins are paid with Etherium and last I checked, about $5-7 per transfer, so not really worth it unless you are staking a huge balance. The only coin that really befuddled me was Uniswap. The more I read about that one, the more I got a headache.
  20. Wordle 656 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well, that was some bullshit. Daily Quordle 437 8️⃣7️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Blossom Puzzle, April 6 Letters: E F I R T U X My score: 265 points My longest word: 9 letters 💐 🌼 🌻 💮 🌹 🌺 🌸 🌷 🏵 I found a pengram (the only one for today's puzzle apparently) and then tried adding a prefix to it in the dictionary search bar and the dictionary search indicated that it was not a valid word. After the puzzle was complete, I checked the 'all words' list, and the pengram word with prefix was in the list. Good golly. Missed a lot of points because of reliance on that faulty dictionary...
  21. Wordle 655 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ugly. Daily Quordle 436 8️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Blossom Puzzle, April 5 Letters: D L N A R U Y My score: 213 points My longest word: 8 letters 💮 💐 🌺 🌹 🌻 🏵 🌼 🌷 Tough Blossom today
  22. It looks like gold and silver broke through resistance this morning. We'll see if it holds.
  23. Wordle 654 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I goofed on guess #3 using a letter in a spot where I already knew it did not work. oof Daily Quordle 435 6️⃣5️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Blossom Puzzle, April 4 Letters: E F L R S T Y My score: 338 points My longest word: 11 letters 🌷 🌹 🌺 💮 🌻 🌸 🌼 💐 🏵 🌷 🌹
  24. I wish they showed us the judges scorecards for every battle. Sometimes the average scores don't really match up with the judges comments and it's a bit baffling as to how they are scoring things.
  25. Wordle 653 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nice! Daily Quordle 434 6️⃣7️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, April 3 Letters: A E I G N T V My score: 328 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌹 🌼 💐 🌻 🌸 🌷 🌺 🏵 💮 🌹
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