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  1. 2 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

    ... I remember that the word “abomination” has a specific meaning in this world but don’t really remember what it is. ...

    Not sure if there is some other significance that you are remembering, but ...

    Spoiler

    Abomination refers to Paul actually being the Kwisatz Haderach with all the Bene Gesserit powers.  Jessica was supposed to birth a female that, as part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program would have been coerced to marry Feyd Rautha and birth a male child.  That male child was supposed to be the Kwisatz Haderach that the Bene Gesserit would manipulate/control.  Mohaim despised Paul since birth (also why she went hard on him with the "hand in the box" test).  She was so mad about Jessica's betrayal / Paul's existence, that she was the mastermind that set everything in motion (via the Emperor) to destroy House Atreides.

     

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  2. Really enjoyed their treatment of Paul's struggle with playing the messiah.  Had a Life of Brian chuckle in there while watching.  Denis passed on presenting a lot of the political intrigue in the book, but I get why.  I would have enjoyed seeing this as a trilogy to really flesh it out.  They did present aspects of the story that never got a decent, if any, treatment on film before.  I was entertained.

  3. 2 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

    Gotta have a correction first I think, too many of the traders will want to start cashing some. I expect that sub 50k like others are predicting (before going back up again)

    Maybe.  What's different this (halving period) time is the institutional buying via the spot ETFs.  The $1.3B liquidation of Gemini BTC holdings over the last week or so didn't even cause a dip.  IIRC, Mt Gox was supposed to release some BTC related to their bankruptcy, but I'm having trouble finding clarity on how much, when and how that will happen.  Point is... the spot ETF inflows seem to be mitigating the effect of whale sales.

  4. Solana and Cardano have active developments ongoing.  Solana is touted as a technically superior competitor to Ethereum.  I thought Cardano was mostly dead, but it seems to be performing well lately so someone likes it.

    SHIB jumped recently because of development news, but I'm not very familiar with what is happening on that platform.

  5. Resident Alien

    Not something I would have picked to watch - the premise sounds dumb.  My wife selected it and I humored her.

    This might be the best series the SYFY channel has ever made.  And while that is, IMO, a fairly low bar, this show is actually quite entertaining.  It is dumb, but it doesn't take itself too seriously, so it kind of works.  It's based on a comic book apparently.

    Beginning of season 2 at UFO convention brought the funny.

    2 seasons available on Netflix without commercials.  First few episodes of season 3 available on Peacock (with commercials).  New episodes for season 3 airing on SYFY on Wednesdays.

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  6. Wordle 985 5/6

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    I'm having a bad run with wordle this week,

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    ClickWord.org Daily 390: 856 points (top 1% 🚀)
    10 words:
    ⚛️⚛️⚛️🟪🟪🟧🟧🟧🟨🟩
    💪 Best word: 318 points
    🔥 Streak: 5 days

    #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily390

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  7. 58 minutes ago, B00M said:

    ... how much BTC does blackrock now control thanks to their ETF? ...

    https://www.ishares.com/us/products/333011/ishares-bitcoin-trust

    Scroll down to the "holdings".  141,396.45310 BTC reported as of yesterday.  Over $500M added today as of the last news report I saw, so they will need to add more to the pile.  For context, MicroStrategy reported owning 193,000 BTC as of Feb 26.

     

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    Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley is in the midst of performing due diligence to add spot bitcoin ETF products to its brokerage platform, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

    One of the people said Morgan Stanley, which is among the largest U.S. broker-dealer platforms, has been evaluating offering spot bitcoin ETFs to clients since the Securities and Exchange Commission approved their introduction in the U.S. in January.

    Although billions of dollars have already been invested in these products, the investment floodgates might not open until the bitcoin ETFs are offered by big registered investment advisor (RIA) networks and broker-dealers platforms such as those attached to firms like Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and others.
    ...

    https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/28/morgan-stanley-evaluating-spot-bitcoin-etfs-for-its-giant-brokerage-platform-sources/

     

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    Criteria for Inclusion in the S&P 500

    A company must meet the following criteria to be selected by the Index Committee and be included in the S&P 500 index:

        The company should be from the U.S.
        Its market cap must be at least $8.2 billion.
        Its shares must be highly liquid.
        At least 50% of its outstanding shares must be available for public trading.
        It must report positive earnings in the most recent quarter.
        The sum of its earnings in the previous four quarters must be positive.

    https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/equities/sp-500-index/

    Microstrategy has $11.7B BTC at the moment:

    https://saylortracker.com/

    I'm not sure about the rest of the criteria.

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  10. Wordle 984 5/6

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    ClickWord.org Daily 389: 645 points (top 5% 🏆)
    8 words:
    ⚛️⚛️⚛️🟪🟧🟧🟧🟨
    💪 Best word: 200 points
    🔥 Streak: 4 days

    #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily389

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