I remember stumbling across this one night when wiki-surfing: popular theories include a sandbar that went under the waves again, a coral reef (highly doubtful), or a massive mass of algae or something.The life, death and resurrection of Sandy Island. The "island" which was first recorded to exist in 1876 by Whalers, was never recorded again but somehow ended up on modern digital geographical maps, such as Google Earth.
How a Fake Island Landed on Google Earth
Human errors and a pumice raft may be behind the 'undiscovered' Sandy Island.www.livescience.com
The current theory is that the island never existed and Whalers might've mistaken the "island" for a pumice raft caused by the cooling of erupting undersea volcanoes.
Or,it really vanished.Could happen to small island after eartshake.I remember stumbling across this one night when wiki-surfing: popular theories include a sandbar that went under the waves again, a coral reef (highly doubtful), or a massive mass of algae or something.
Or, a more likely explanation? The lookout or navigator on the ship was as pissed as a rat half the time.
I suppose that's possible, yeah. If it were made of soft volcanic rock, it might have just fragmented into nothingness.Or,it really vanished.Could happen to small island after earthquake.
News from next week: "Colorado man daily dumping cubes of butter into reservoir in order to break own record".Colorado man reels in suspected world-record trout — but there's a catch
The sun was still rising last Friday morning over western Colorado's Blue Mesa Reservoir when a frantic moment ensued on a small boat.gazette.com
World Record Trout, 73 pounds.
However unlike other record holders, this trout was put back in the lake and is still alive; may have been in the lake since the dam was completed 60 years ago.
Last Monday, November 27, Whinstone Inc.'s private security entered the Rockdale, TX-based premises of Rhodium Enterprises in order to remove employees to cease operation of their 125MW Bitcoin mining facility.
The legal battle that culminated in this seizure started on May 2, 2023 when Whinstone US, Inc., a subsidiary of Riot Platforms, filed a lawsuit against certain Rhodium entities. The dispute centered around hosting and energy agreements between the two parties, with Whinstone seeking damages for alleged unpaid hosting fees and a declaratory judgment asserting its right to terminate these agreements.
Bitcoin mining is retarded idiocy anyway, it burns energy for the sake of creating fiat currency.
Crypto is basically a quasi-legal Ponzi scheme that's gonna be shut down when the authorities get around to saying "nope, that's not legal tender".It's still better than national monies.
It's interesting, in a way. The first few of every cryptocurrency is so easy, it's very, very cheap to make. But, as you get more and more of them, the amount of processing gets slowly beyond insane. But, those earlier coins are still there, and now have to be at least partly valued off the later energy and tech requirements.
... Lol no. You fundamentally don't understand what a ponzi scheme nor how decentralization works if you think this.Crypto is basically a quasi-legal Ponzi scheme that's gonna be shut down when the authorities get around to saying "nope, that's not legal tender".
Considering that you're a libertarian who thinks that taxes are theft ...... Lol no. You fundamentally don't understand what a ponzi scheme nor how decentralization works if you think this.
First, it's not a Ponzi scheme. Like at all. You could argue (wrongly, but you could) that it's a worthless asset, a bubble, etc, but you can't call it a ponzi scheme, as there's no skimming of money put into it.
Second, crypto is about as likely to get shut down as the cocaine trade. Sure, you can ban it, but have fun enforcing that ban lol. That's the entire reason it was made decentralized.
You can literally look up how crypto works, and see how wrong you are. You are arguing from ignorance, then complaining that I'm libertarian, not actually responding to any of my points.Considering that you're a libertarian who thinks that taxes are theft ...
Your argument doesn't carry much weight with me.
Eh, sorta. Fiat currencies huge problem is not that it's backed by basically nothing. The issue is how manipulatable it is by governments, the same problem currency has always had just much worse. Prior to fiat, governments would adjust how much precious metal was in coins, now the government doesn't even need that pretense.Bitcoin mining is retarded idiocy anyway, it burns energy for the sake of creating fiat currency.
Then take it from someone who isn't a Libertarian: You don't understand what a Ponzi is, what crypto is, and that @Abhorsen is pretty much correct.Crypto is basically a quasi-legal Ponzi scheme that's gonna be shut down when the authorities get around to saying "nope, that's not legal tender".
Crypto is not legal tender and the taxman tends to refuse and take dim view of it when it comes to tax time.
EDIT: "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's". It's from the Gospel and pay your worldly taxes is the message.
Then take it from someone who isn't a Libertarian: You don't understand what a Ponzi is, what crypto is, and that @Abhorsen is pretty much correct.
Also, why do people always throw in Christian shit in their debates out of the blue, like it's some form of "gotcha!"? You're really not helping the perception people have that we're a forum of religious nuts. smh