The Cobalt supply chain has been commercially relevant since about the 3rd millienium BC. which is not as long as tin or copper but it’s a while.

This will work perfectly.

Block chain is a database with a webservice feeding it. it is nothing special I can do better in five minutes, literally.
You all (not the reporters, obviously) should really quit talking about things you do not understand.

Will the poor children that are found be liberated and given a copy of Minecraft? I bet they’d rock at it!

I think artisanal miner is code for a guy (who doesn’t own the land) who goes to a place where cobalt exists, without any safety regs or inspections, starts digging, and extracts cobalt. Like all those guys who were doing artisanal diamond mining in Blood Diamond. Kinja isn’t letting me upload pictures, but these guys…

TURD IN THE PUNCHBOWL. I REPEAT, TURD IN THE PUNCHBOWL.

Couldn’t the child miner just sell his ore to an adult, for cash, before it’s been entered into the blockchain?

artisanal miner

This is hard CP for me. Source: I owned a e46 (diesel-) wagon wich, at the time had 230k miles.

Mileage isn’t something that scares me when looking at vehicles, but no way in hell am I giving anyone $5200 for a vehicle with almost 300k, regardless of what it is.

Crack pipe, buy an IS SportCross with half the miles, less than half the headaches, and less money.

Or you could get one two years newer with 70% fewer miles for $1,000 less.

Wheels by Schwinn

As the owner of a 2003 325xi manual wagon, former owner of a 2001 325 xi manual wagon, CRACK PIPE. Buy this one instead: 94,000 miles, asking $6k.

The car looks to be in decent shape for its age. However, with that amount of mileage I would want to see a stack of maintenance receipts. The manual+wagon combo alone isn’t worth that kind of premium.

Swap the first two digits and we’re talking. Otherwise it’s an absolutely insane level of CP.

Nope. For 6,100 I can get a ~2006(might be 2007) 530xi wagon with 165,000 miles.

Had a black touring for 6 years.. great car but it was a minimum $2K a year in maintenance.

Salesman’s price. When you’re buying one it’s like “Look how rare! You won’t find another one like it!” When you go to sell it, it’s like “Look how rare! Nobody wants it!”

This does not have a viscous coupling. It’s an open diff. BMW used the brakes to control slip when things got slippery. I’m very familiar with this system as I developed the transfer case at New Venture Gear. Glad to see that it’s still splitting torque.