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re: Jersey sponsorship official — Woodside Energy
Posted by Helo on 2/16/26 at 5:15 pm to MRTigerFan
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aTm already got sponsorship deals for both cheeks.
iHeart on the left cheek, Dick's on the right.
LOL
Legit crying.
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Yeah I heard that woman will have to get their husband's permission now to vote.
re: Milwaukee 5 @ LSU 15 Final - F/8
Posted by Helo on 2/13/26 at 4:58 pm to NorthTxLSU
BOOM!! :geauxtigers:
re: Worst halftime show of all time
Posted by Helo on 2/8/26 at 8:35 pm to TigersHuskers
I would rather have watched this halftime show than listen to Tirico & Collingsworth for a whole game.
re: Henry Cavill was correcting lines of lore at 4am, guarding Warhammer 40K like sacred text
Posted by Helo on 2/7/26 at 11:09 am to hawgfaninc
When his career gets close to the end, Hollywood will end up looking back in regret on what was squandered.
re: The Rip
Posted by Helo on 1/26/26 at 4:58 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
It was not great but worth the watch.
I like Damon's character.
There are a lot of plot holes in the script but overall a decent flix.
I like Damon's character.
There are a lot of plot holes in the script but overall a decent flix.
re: Does anyone have details of converting 529 to Roth ira
Posted by Helo on 1/23/26 at 11:22 am to Barkbowwow
Congrats to him.
Definitely leave it in there until he is finished.
There are some expenses a scholarship won't cover that I believe you can use 529 funds for like laptops and internet. Might not sound like much but it adds up.
After he graduates, you can only transfer up to $35k to his roth (with stipulations). Whatever balance remains, you should leave it in and give to your grand kids.
Definitely leave it in there until he is finished.
There are some expenses a scholarship won't cover that I believe you can use 529 funds for like laptops and internet. Might not sound like much but it adds up.
After he graduates, you can only transfer up to $35k to his roth (with stipulations). Whatever balance remains, you should leave it in and give to your grand kids.
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord | Official Teaser Trailer | Streaming April 6 on Disney+
Posted by Helo on 1/22/26 at 12:15 pm
re: Pay attention to what is happening in Virginia
Posted by Helo on 1/21/26 at 2:32 pm to SludgeFactory
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I'm pro abortion...
What is described here is MURDER. This is pure evil, but right on brand for today's Democrat party.
This is the slippery slope.
re: Pay attention to what is happening in Virginia
Posted by Helo on 1/21/26 at 2:31 pm to NashvilleTider
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When the democrats get in power because the American people are morons- most of us will be rounded up and killed - an that’s not hyperbole
No, no we won't.
Will it come with a continental breakfast?
re: In my opinion Alice In Chains was the best Seattle grunge band
Posted by Helo on 1/16/26 at 7:53 pm to papasmurf1269
I saw them open for Van Halen in BR in 1991.
I hated them.
I wasn't a grunge guy and I didn't know who they were.
Boy I missed out enjoying them.
Turned out to be my favorite grunge band.
I hated them.
I wasn't a grunge guy and I didn't know who they were.
Boy I missed out enjoying them.
Turned out to be my favorite grunge band.
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Lol, I am still trying to understand your point. Is your point the future is going to take energy?
I don't have a point other than discussing differences between Bitcoin and Gold as they relate to ongoing resource usage to exist. Both require resources to create but only one to maintain.
Not sure what you mean by "future".
Globally the demand for power is increasing and recently that has started to accelerate dramatically.
That is unlikely to change anytime soon.
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You think sustaining bitcoin on the network is anymore energy intensive than anything else currently or in the future?
I haven't made any such statement.
But if you want to compare Bitcoin usage to other power usage, a few highlights, (again from Google) says that globally, the Bitcoin network uses 175-240 Terrawatt-hours of electrical which is roughly equal to the entire electrical consumption of Poland. It uses .6-2.3% of total US electrical demand.
175-240 tWH is roughly 30-50% more than the entire aluminum industry uses worldwide.
Is it the most? Certainly not but it does use a notable amount.
As the "future" progresses, it will be interesting to see if some industries deemed more less critical than others will end up being rationed if power production cannot keep up with demand.
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If that is the case I don't know what to tell you. The future is coming and coming fast.
Non-sequitur
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Do you know what percent of the all the bitcoin has already been mined?
Not sure the relevance of that as I am only talking about ongoing resources to keep each item material.
A quick google search says ~95% so I assume that is correct.
This actually makes my point that it is taking an ever larger amount of input to keep the 95% of bitcoins "alive" and mine new ones at the same time.
That cost is only going to continue to climb.
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:rotflmao: :rotflmao: So, any new gold doesn't take any energy to extract? Did you even think about it before you posted that :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:?
Not sure where you saw anything about new gold or mining.
It wasn't from my post because I specifically said a gold bar (hence already mined, refined and poured).
But if you want to bring up mining, of course there is a huge amount of cost and energy required to extract gold to a final product, just like there is to create a bitcoin. However, once both are created, one has little to no input costs and one has an ever escalating cost to maintain it's existence.
You could argue that having physical gold has some ongoing costs because you might want to store it in a safety deposit box or insure it. Yes you could do that but if you choose not to, the gold doesn't disappear.
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two are two totally different things.
Gold has a practical application in its usage these days as well as a store of value....ish. But, we keep finding more, it's mined constantly and that won't stop. It's not scarce, it simply has more demand outpacing the supply.
BTC on the other hand; now that the world has buy in, will be the true denomination in which things are measured, valued, etc. It is finite, getting scarcer everyday (think of people that constantly lose the ability to access it), stockpiled by those who possess the foresight and soon will be able to be transacted even more easily
With gold you can take a bar, bury it for 1000 years and dig it up and it remains the same with whatever new intrinsic value people place on it. There are no input costs during that time. With Bitcoin, the constant input costs are astronomical and rising fast. I understand that is a catalyst to increase the price of Bitcoin to continue to reward miners but there seems to be a definite point of diminishing returns. At some point it seems that people would not be able to continue allocating resources to mining and would just stop especially now that AI is soaking up more power and computing resources. These infrastructure resources are also limited.
re: Mike Tomlin was overrated and mediocre
Posted by Helo on 1/14/26 at 2:03 pm to The Detroit Lions
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Mike Tomlin was overrated and mediocre
Where was he rated so we can assess if he is overrated or not?
Tell her 2 coke cans, maybe 3.
re: Louisiana leads the nation in population loss for second year in a row
Posted by Helo on 1/5/26 at 1:38 pm to Paul Allen
I wish some of those boudin baws would migrate to central FL and setup shop here so I wouldn't have to pay $100 in shipping everytime need to get my fix.
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