Venezuela recently unveiled a cryptocurrency that’s backed by “oil, diamonds, and gold.” I defy anyone to buy that currency and then demand attempt to demand physical delivery of what you would theoretically be entitled to from the Venezuelan government.

See circular trading.

As to the why/how of Bitcoin’s meteoric rise, I give you circular trading:

I love TTR. My friends and I have been binging on it on the weekends for the past couple of months. We’ve had some serious emotional swings at the end of some of the games.

I love TTR. My friends and I have been binging on it on the weekends for the past couple of months. We’ve had some…

This is known as Jevons Paradox FYI.

IMO, the hardware side of the business is commoditized. DJI threatening people who are willing to help with the software side is a bad business practice.

To be fair, my friend was sort of a skateboarding prodigy.

I’d swear you couldn’t get a DUI riding a horse in FL. A friend of mine once got a DUI on a skateboard and (supposedly) according to his lawyer the only mode of transportation you couldn’t get a DUI on (in FL) was on a horse.

Tesla may fail but Musk, from his standpoint, has succeeded.

...a Hawaiian snack bar at that.

Netflix is using shady accounting practices IMO. Look at the difference between their stated profit (positive!) and their cash flow and free cash flow (both hugely negative!). It’s not like they’re building factories or office buildings. Content doesn’t have much of a shelf-life IMO.

For that to be an authentic DPRK message you’ll need more superlatives.

The USNS Comfort was designed to be docked to take on patients during combat operations. Unfortunately, that’s not possible in Puerto Rico at the moment as there’s only one port that is large enough to accommodate the Comfort and the port is presently being used (heavily) to deliver vital supplies.

Perhaps you misunderstood my response. I wasn’t referring to mortality potential. I was referring to the radiation exposure you get from flying:

Your post deserves more stars.

A diver once told me Bull Sharks are extremely territorial and that they consider their territory to be wherever they presently are.

They worked well on Endor...

WOW.

About ten years ago I was on I-4 west bound in a shitty rental car having a shitty day. I had been on the phone yelling at people and getting yelled at since Lake Mary. Just after Maitland Boulevard something happened: the car went quiet. The previous symphony of econobox rattling and a stuttering AC fan gave way to…

It depends. If you do a once-through analysis on the battery and the motors, hybrid cars appear to be losers. However, IMO, that’s a disingenuous calculation as something like 95% of the material in all cars in the U.S. will be recycled. Elements like copper which are energy intensive to extract will be recycled at a…