NottsRam77
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2 minutes ago, Chester40 said:
The team Warne has managed this year - so I'd ask you who knows most what they are talking about.
Our away record is unbelievable, we barely concede a goal either.
Everyone wants to go all out attack and thrash teams, that hasn't been his way and its worked away from home especially.
Stop talking sense lol
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On 16/02/2024 at 18:33, Scott129 said:
My dad finally lost his battle this morning at the ridiculous age of 64.
Over the past month or so, he got stuck in a cycle of having excess fluid drained, the fluid coming back, being drained again, etc. The fluid eventually got into his lungs and, on top of that, he had the cancer in the background (which they couldn't directly treat because of all of the draining), and a skin infection that eventually led to sepsis. It was just too many issues for him to fight, even though he gave it a damn good go.
He deteriorated rapidly last night to the point of being very agitated and delirious, and I got a call from the nurses to come in at 3am. I knew it was the beginning of the end then, and the decision was made to withdraw treatment at about 11am. He went very peacefully within the hour.
Part of me wants to carry on like normal - go to the match tomorrow and have a few drinks after - but the healthiest decision is probably to skip it and have a bit of alone time to process it all.
I echo the last sentence of my previous post too - f*** cancer.
My heart goes out to u mate… sincere and deepest condolences.
having watched my dad deteriorate in in a similar manor from cancer i can relate a little…. My dad battled it for 4 years but his body just became overwhelmed and he passed age 62 😞
Derby were due to play forest the following day.. of all bloody fixtures. Me and my brothers decided to go in his honour and for him… i wont lie i walked up those steps to where we had sat for the past god knows how many years and i fell apart.. sat in my seat roaring my eyes out for pretty much the whole first half
i cant say for sure if it was something i should have done or not.. maybe i shouldnt have gone and given myself time but do what u feels best or right .. theres no right or wrong palif u ever want to chat .. my inbox is always open
look after yourself buddy
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Massive game for so many reasons… win and it puts the pressure right on bolton…
lose or draw and its a smallish gap for bolton with a home game in hand against a v v average shrewbury… going to be nerves central today for me
COYRs
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God what a day
was there with my dad… that day will live long in the memory
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Describes a little more eloquently than i can
There ya go
Stabilizing Power Grids
Matching supply with demand is one of the most significant challenges facing power providers. Too much energy production can overwhelm the grid. But so can too much demand. This is where bitcoin comes in.
Bitcoin miners can act as an energy sponge, soaking up excess energy when needed to prevent it from overloading the grid. But they can just as easily shut off at a moment’s notice when demand grows too high, as bitcoin miners did during a heat wave in Texas last month. The ability of bitcoin miners to do everything—or nothing—all at once is a boon to power providers. But it can also benefit customers by mitigating demand spikes to help keep prices low.
Reducing Methane Emissions
Methane is a significant driver of climate change. According to the KPMG report, methane is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately 30% of global warming. To make matters worse, landfills act as methane mega factories, spewing toxic gas into the air as a byproduct of the decomposition process.
So what to do about all this methane? Believe it or not, bitcoin fixes this.
Companies are finding ways to capture vented methane on landfills and then turning that methane into electricity. They then use that electricity to mine bitcoin. This practice both reduces carbon emissions and monetizes stranded energy by taking toxic fumes and converting them into digital gold. If the process can be scaled, it could forever change the way landfills operate.
Other firms are following a similar model by converting flared gas into electricity to mine bitcoin. Like methane capture, this process harnesses energy that otherwise would have gone to waste. Consider that the potential energy of flared gas in the US and Canada could power the entire bitcoin blockchain, according to Harvard Business Review.
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2 hours ago, Crewton said:
To paraphrase Mandy Rice-Davies "well they would say that...."
I've seen comments saying you'd be better off buying an efficient heater and spending the balance on buying bitcoins.
It sounds like a gimmick, but no doubt reputable industry reviews will start to appear that will give an unbiased opinion, though I will say as gambles go, it could be low risk.
Think its just an interesting concept as much as anything… as u say a low risk gamble if anyone was to do it
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1 hour ago, Comrade 86 said:
Sadly, I've repeatedly made the mistake of doing just that. And you're no expert, just another shill, parroting what you hear. Stop bragging to everyone who'll listen. It's just tiresome now. As for BTC being the only means to fund the projects you describe, that's utter bolarks and doesn't remotely address the point made to you which was that Bitcoin is energy exhaustive. Deploying grids in sub-Saharan Africa does the square root of f*** all to address that issue, which if YOU COULD READ WAHT FOLK ARE SAYING, was the point they made. No wonder folk are reticent!
Ok whatever pal … im not claiming btc is going to carbon neutalise the planet im merely giving interesting examples of what people are looking to do with it.. open peoples eyes and enlighten them
i couldnt f*** if no one here bought a single sat.. u think a few quid from derby is going to let me empty my bags.. have a day off will you.
i am no expert but im trying to share what knowledge i have to people here so they dont ape in when it starts going up and up and then wander why its going down cos they bought the top and are left with a big loss and bitter experience
Or that altcoins are not bitcoin and are not the same thing … and that they stand a good chance of losing all there hard earned money if they buy any old shitcoin cos some dig on twitter says its the next big thing
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25 minutes ago, Crewton said:
I found the article below quite interesting.
I don't think a few microgrids are going to improve the environmental credentials of bitcoin mining anytime soon.
No obviously.
but btc is a new technology that most of the world are still discovering or havent even heard about.
Its a technology thats still finding its feet, the community is v aware of the environmental aspect / debate hence why theres a real emphasis to make strides to improve.
Wish i still had it but i picked up a facinating flying for a bitcoin miner heater.
basically it had the same electrical uptake of one of those fancy dyson heater things, all in a nice shiny casing. U run it as u would ur normal dyson heater.. the difference is aswell as heating ur home/ room u were earning as passive income that offset the cost of running the heater
thought that was pretty neat.
edit: found it
check the table at the bottom …
cant not find that an interesting proposition
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9 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:
It's a free micro-grid. I spent 8 years in sub-Saharan Africa deploying similar grids, though they were typically financed by the governments in each country and all the energy harnessed was used by the villages in which we deployed them. As for the mining, can you explain what work you think is being done by the locals? I'm not sure that allowing excess GPU capacity to be used for mining really constitutes labour of any kind, and even less so, exploitation.
My understanding is that the installers provide the micro-grid FoC and villagers enjoy the benefits that brings with any spare GPU capacity being used to mine bitcoin which is in turn used to cover maintenance costs. I don't know how much you know about the mining side, but I can categorically state that with 32 likely fairly low end GPUs, nobody will be making 'huge profits' and even if they were, are the villagers not in a far better position than they are without electricity and if not, can you explain why?
As for you, @NottsRam77 you need to read the stuff you post. You've completely misunderstood the Bitcoin angle here. BTC is not producing any clean energy in the scenario you've presented save for that used to data mine, so tell me, outside of the energy available to the village, where's the benefit you claim. Frankly, I'm beginning to think that you actually put more people off the idea of investing in BTC rather than the opposite as you do not understand the bulk of what you post and you make absurd claims you are unable to substantiate and this is coming from someone who has both invested in BTC and mined it.
Maybe re read what im saying?
Im not saying btc is providing clean energy … btc is enabling a community to access something that previously was un obtainable to them.
unfortunately money talks in every corner of the globe and by monetising aspects of the energy btc is enabling something that previously hadnt been possible.
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8 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:
It's a free micro-grid. I spent 8 years in sub-Saharan Africa deploying similar grids, though they were typically financed by the governments in each country and all the energy harnessed was used by the villages in which we deployed them. As for the mining, can you explain what work you think is being done by the locals? I'm not sure that allowing excess GPU capacity to be used for mining really constitutes labour of any kind, and even less so, exploitation.
My understanding is that the installers provide the micro-grid FoC and villagers enjoy the benefits that brings with any spare GPU capacity being used to mine bitcoin which is in turn used to cover maintenance costs. I don't know how much you know about the mining side, but I can categorically state that with 32 likely fairly low end GPUs, nobody will be making 'huge profits' and even if they were, are the villagers not in a far better position than they are without electricity and if not, can you explain why?
As for you, @NottsRam77 you need to read the stuff you post. You've completely misunderstood the Bitcoin angle here. BTC is not producing any clean energy in the scenario you've presented save for that used to data mine, so tell me, outside of the energy available to the village, where's the benefit you claim. Frankly, I'm beginning to think that you actually put more people off the idea of investing in BTC rather than the opposite as you do not understand the bulk of what you post and you make absurd claims you are unable to substantiate and this is coming from someone who has both invested in BTC and mined it.
Absurd claims?!
think youll find im as clued up as anyone on here regarding btc with due respect
im trying to break it down into lemans terms to someone that thinks providing electricity to a community that have never ever had such a luxuary isnt exploitation and slave labour. 🤦
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8 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:
It's a free micro-grid. I spent 8 years in sub-Saharan Africa deploying similar grids, though they were typically financed by the governments in each country and all the energy harnessed was used by the villages in which we deployed them. As for the mining, can you explain what work you think is being done by the locals? I'm not sure that allowing excess GPU capacity to be used for mining really constitutes labour of any kind, and even less so, exploitation.
My understanding is that the installers provide the micro-grid FoC and villagers enjoy the benefits that brings with any spare GPU capacity being used to mine bitcoin which is in turn used to cover maintenance costs. I don't know how much you know about the mining side, but I can categorically state that with 32 likely fairly low end GPUs, nobody will be making 'huge profits' and even if they were, are the villagers not in a far better position than they are without electricity and if not, can you explain why?
As for you, @NottsRam77 you need to read the stuff you post. You've completely misunderstood the Bitcoin angle here. BTC is not producing any clean energy in the scenario you've presented save for that used to data mine, so tell me, outside of the energy available to the village, where's the benefit you claim. Frankly, I'm beginning to think that you actually put more people off the idea of investing in BTC rather than the opposite as you do not understand the bulk of what you post and you make absurd claims you are unable to substantiate and this is coming from someone who has both invested in BTC and mined it.
I was referring to the example i sat and listened to at bitcoin atlantis.
the grid harnessed hydro power that was making use of a water source close the the community.
The whole concept wouldnt have been possible without bitcoin miners monetising the power from the hydro source and providing a revenue source to make it happen
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1 hour ago, Stive Pesley said:
Yeah fair enough. I can see the benefits - but it's easy to look at it through the lens of a privileged BTC devotee from the developed world. White saviours and all that.
People have been living in Malawi without electricity for literally thousands of years. It's funny how giving it to them now - when there is muchos bitcoin to be made using their land and their resources, that we suddenly get so benevolent
Another laughing emoji incoming for me from the resident blackshirts 😂
Like i said iv no idea how the excess revenues are divied up… maybe the community get some, all , a portion
i dont know
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9 hours ago, Eddie said:
So basically a pyramid scheme where in order to reap the equivalent benefits now as you did then, you need to work that much harder?
No its called scarcity aka deflation
Something no other asset or currency on the planet has or is
its a hard concept as were trained to believe that everything is and should be inflationary
we expect prices to go up… have u ever asked yourself why ?
Not an arsey question.. genuinely
i had to ask for the reason myself
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45 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said:
Doesn't seem a very balanced one - it is classic colonialism whichever way you look at it
Have to agree to disagree on that one 👍
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Great result, wasnt pretty but who gives a fook
dug in , worked theyre socks off to a man.
still think theres a twist or two yet with our lack of striking options
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1 hour ago, Stive Pesley said:
Well, yeah I get all that, but are you really saying that ALL the BTC that these villages mine = the exact cost of the maintenance of the equipment? Whatever - the BTC ends up in the wallets of the people who supply and maintain the equipment. They will be making a huge profit - especially given the current trajectory of BTC value
I guess that I naively thought these third world villages were getting electricity AND a good chunk of the BTC they mine
It's classic colonialism
Iv no idea of the exact ins and outs of where and who gets any excess btc
the point is these communities have the option of free electricity ….. something they have never had or never dreamed of having at the expense of someone potentially harvesting some profit
think its called a win win situation
i mean … lets say u live with no electricity and someone offers u it for free … but they make a bit too?
u going to turn that down and carry on living in the dark ?
lets not muck about.. having electricity in any walk of life is game / life changing
to give an example… i run a small business that has quite high electricity costs … if a company came along and offered me free electricity by putting solar panels on the roof but on the condition that any surplus energy or btc they mined from it is theres u think id give a crap that theyre making off it ?
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50 minutes ago, NottsRam77 said:
Not sure how u come to that conclusion😂
The btc is used to pay for the infrastructure and maintanance of the grid.
an electrical grid doesnt just wire itself up and maintain itself… there is also the issue of lost energy which is a global problem.. an energy grids usage isnt just a constant usage no matter what time of day and night… 5pm everyone home from work, kettles go on, ovens go on, lights go on.. so a grid needs to be able to hold and store for that surge in demand but then if it has that capacity then at 2 in the morning when everyone is asleep theres loads of wasted electricity and money.bitcoin monetises this wastage and makes the grid … in a remote part of the world sustainable
why do u think we pay a daily standing charge ? It isnt just to make the shareholders rich… actually .. scratch that lol
ask yourself a question
Ignore the “ask yourself a question” at the end. Forgot to delete that 😂😂😂
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59 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said:
Wow - so it's pure exploitation? The "saviours" in the developed world give them some free electricity, and in return they get a constant source of free BTC. That's pretty grim
Not sure how u come to that conclusion😂
The btc is used to pay for the infrastructure and maintanance of the grid.
an electrical grid doesnt just wire itself up and maintain itself… there is also the issue of lost energy which is a global problem.. an energy grids usage isnt just a constant usage no matter what time of day and night… 5pm everyone home from work, kettles go on, ovens go on, lights go on.. so a grid needs to be able to hold and store for that surge in demand but then if it has that capacity then at 2 in the morning when everyone is asleep theres loads of wasted electricity and money.bitcoin monetises this wastage and makes the grid … in a remote part of the world sustainable
why do u think we pay a daily standing charge ? It isnt just to make the shareholders rich… actually .. scratch that lol
ask yourself a question
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26 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said:
It's a little light in detail, but seems to be saying that they have installed three hydro turbines that give the village electricity. Whatever excess electricity they generate is used to run a BTC mining rig, but it doesn't really explain what happens to any BTC they successfully mine. Who owns it?
How much can they realistically mine? After halving there will only be around 400 BTC mined daily across the whole globe, so how much one village with a water powered generator can mine is probably going to be quite small
If you scale this up, it just means the rewards are spread more thinly
Not convinced
I taking this from the talks i sat through at btc atlantis, but The btc they make from mining is used to fund the infrastructure that otherwise wouldnt be possible to maintain. So without the miners the whole premise of providing electricity to these places wouldnt be possible… the btc pays for the upkeep of the electrical grid so to speak.
re less btc available to mine…. This is true … but u know the price has gone up exponentially every time there is a halving (every 4 years) so ?
so in lemans terms mining 100 bitcoin 10 years ago at that current price wouldnt be as lucrative as mining half a bitcoin now at todays prices
Which is the whole point of bitcoin … its a deflationary asset .. something were not used to
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https://unherd.com/2024/01/the-african-village-mining-bitcoin/
To me this is revolutionary … if u live in a part of the world where previously you could only dream of having electricity.
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1 hour ago, Tamworthram said:
I look forward to it. I'm struggling to see how a "miner" working on solving mathematical problems (is that what they do?) are able to harness wasted electricity and subsequently make it available for remote communities.
It's all a mystery to me. In my ignorance it seems that cryptocurrency mining is not much more than just a game that doesn't create anything tangible. I don't understand why it takes so much energy to undertake such mining. I appreciate it must just be missing something. My head hurts.
just found these two articles whilst packing up at work, give a little insight as to where the bitcoin community want to take things.
ill try dig out the talk from btc atlantis that covered mining in african / latin american countries and how btc is enabling companies to bring electricity to communities that previously it was unsustainable to do so
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/11/02/bitcoin-miner-marathon-tests-btc-mining-with-methane-gas-from-waste-landfill/amp/
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/bitcoin-mining-can-help-fight-methane-emissions#Edit:
cant find the talk atm… but below is one of a number of growing case studies where mining btc is brining affordable / renewable electricity to places where previously impossible to do
https://hackernoon.com/no-power-grid-this-african-village-mines-bitcoin-for-electricity
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4 hours ago, Tamworthram said:
Interesting subject. Are you able to share any examples and are the environmental benefits of these projects anywhere near the environmental costs of Bitcoin? Do these projects only happen because of the existence of Bitcoin or could they, should someone have the inclination, be delivered without Bitcoin?
Genuine questions.
Absolutely …. Just in the middle of something work wise , ill try sit down tonight and write something
but its basically focused around how bitcoin miners .. being portable are able to harness wasted electricity to make grids sustainable for remote local communities.
plus the harnessing of methane gas .. etc ill dig some articles out that explain it more eloquently than me
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20 hours ago, Wolfie said:
While I'm highly sceptical about the topic, I found this article about recent Bitcoin rises both interesting and bizarre (energy to run Bitcoin now equal to that of The Netherlands):
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/bitcoin-speculation-is-back-and-as-risky-as-ever-2954962
Bitcoin and the environment is a very interesting subject.
the headline .. btc uses as much as netherlands is an easy one to write and i understand why people read that and think wtf.
having spent last weekend at bitcoin atlantis and listening to the speakers, the projects they are involved in and how they are making bitcoin work for communities around the world in providing clean affordable energy to them is quite simply incredible.
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Hes crap.. i know thats not very constructive but i just dont rate him apologies. Normally like to put a bit more reason and substance to my opinion but this ones just clear and obvious