I really can't agree with u cleanup borg ... either the dispute algorithm works or not .. showing raised disputes that have been paid 100% in my favour (dispute algorithm) .. often against what turns out to be a fraud suspected vendor .. how will that benefit a vendor seeing I have 1.4% disputes instead of the previous 0 .. so the vendor now's sees what could be mistaken for a buyer who tries it on with disputes and not an honest buyer who was occasionally ripped off by an unscrupulous vendor 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
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Dispute Count Updates
How would that solve the problem they are describing? Make a dispute to shake down a seller, get your reward and cancel the dispute. Rinse and repeat …
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Dispute Count Updates
Until today the dispute count on display subtracted resolved disputes from the total. Now it reflects total disputes raised instead.
This calculation has proven to give much better predictions for troubles that both a buyer and seller may encounter.
Under the previous calculation an unscrupulous buyer can consistently raise disputes, cut deals and evade public scrutiny. The algorithms can see this for dispute settlement but that doesn't help sellers avoid problems before they compound.
Similarly an unscrupulous seller can extend a wave of pre-exit disputes in order to evade detection from buyers.
Please don't fret for the increase you are likely to see, it effects everyone.
This calculation has proven to give much better predictions for troubles that both a buyer and seller may encounter.
Under the previous calculation an unscrupulous buyer can consistently raise disputes, cut deals and evade public scrutiny. The algorithms can see this for dispute settlement but that doesn't help sellers avoid problems before they compound.
Similarly an unscrupulous seller can extend a wave of pre-exit disputes in order to evade detection from buyers.
Please don't fret for the increase you are likely to see, it effects everyone.

i cant seem to comment on the main post for some reason lol.
i have had nightmares with disputes. i got hit with wave after wave of scammers all from the same area and all sharing some other common patterns last summer. zero support from LB.
Also had issues at my end with post not going out last year too but managed to fix the issue. losts of disputes but all resolved in that case.
however i dont know if you know this but LB sometimes pays out the dispute even if you appear to have won. in that case Transaxe holds a debt against your name and can increase fees to recoup the decision they made whenever they like.
in the last 6 months i have only had one dispute and that was from someone that didnt know what to do when i didnt respond to their message for longer than 2 hours. minor issue and instantly fixed.
the other issue is buyers raising disputes and then dissapearing. vendor money locked up and dispute window closes with ignored messages from LB
a refund option would be good too for once a parcel has been sent but that doesnt seem to be in the roadmap. ive even been advised to let a dipute time out in order to refund and still recieved a bad mark.
i love LB but there is definitly room to improve.
i have had nightmares with disputes. i got hit with wave after wave of scammers all from the same area and all sharing some other common patterns last summer. zero support from LB.
Also had issues at my end with post not going out last year too but managed to fix the issue. losts of disputes but all resolved in that case.
however i dont know if you know this but LB sometimes pays out the dispute even if you appear to have won. in that case Transaxe holds a debt against your name and can increase fees to recoup the decision they made whenever they like.
in the last 6 months i have only had one dispute and that was from someone that didnt know what to do when i didnt respond to their message for longer than 2 hours. minor issue and instantly fixed.
the other issue is buyers raising disputes and then dissapearing. vendor money locked up and dispute window closes with ignored messages from LB
a refund option would be good too for once a parcel has been sent but that doesnt seem to be in the roadmap. ive even been advised to let a dipute time out in order to refund and still recieved a bad mark.
i love LB but there is definitly room to improve.

What a joke we've gone above and beyond to hold zero disputes in 5+ years and this does nothing beneficial again your neglecting your responsibilities if a buyer is consistently raising disputes and evading public scrutiny their page should be marked with "fraud suspected" as you have done in the past, instead buyers and sellers that pride themselves on a clean dispute record have just been told tough luck because your too lazy to catch people abusing your already flawed system once again massive failure by the borgs at LB and we hope you will revert this horrible decision.

Also it now shows 0.1% at the top of our page and 0% at the bottom this update does nothing beneficial its just a confusing mess admit you missed the mark with this one and please listen to all of us this is clearly an unpopular change you just need to read every response to your post.

How would that solve the problem they are describing? Make a dispute to shake down a seller, get your reward and cancel the dispute. Rinse and repeat basically.

I have to agree with the others it's makes attacks on vendors much easier. It takes long time and hard work to build a shop but anyone can create countless buyer accounts to use and burn.

Wouldn't that problem have existed already? Only now they lose the leverage of controlling the dispute redecoration.

Partially, but now the seller gets the bad points even if they resolved every single dispute. Loosing both money (in case of refund/replacement) and now also loosing reputation.

Rogue buyers open endless new accounts over which there is no restriction. They really do not have to care about their dispute percentage as these are throwaway accounts. You recently posted that you would penalise any vendors who refused to deal with new accounts. I understand that the algorithm may not pay out fully to a new buyer, but that doesn’t mean they don’t get paid.
The very best Biggas i.e. those with the most buys will statistically end up with more disputes simply because they buy the most product or are you actively trying to dissuade them from using a system that has significant value and is there to protect them? Either that or they are penalised for trying new vendors where the risk is higher. Why would you want to make your best customers look worse?
Please think again, Queen of the Borgs
5/3/26
The very best Biggas i.e. those with the most buys will statistically end up with more disputes simply because they buy the most product or are you actively trying to dissuade them from using a system that has significant value and is there to protect them? Either that or they are penalised for trying new vendors where the risk is higher. Why would you want to make your best customers look worse?
Please think again, Queen of the Borgs
5/3/26

I agree with many of the comments here that the borgs missed the mark with this update and have got it wrong. I'm personally frustrated that after excellent conduct for years that now I have a dispute rating for a resolved dispute over Xmas where a seller didn't send the parcel nor respond to messages. The dispute was resolved between the seller and me and the system at the time assured us that no black mark was made on reputations. I'm sure many people will now have disputes showing. This doesn't appear to help anyone.

The sellers are the backbone of this site, I hope they get more rights on here soon lol.
Fair play vendors u deal with a lot of hurdles most would not bother.
My actual account now has 3.3 percent disputed when it was zero beforehand, i got scammed in 2022 & had to open a dispute once to hear back from a seller and get a resolution lol; yeah im not a fan nobody asked for this
I shop with the select few anyways on here; why not give me an option to release funds from escrow when ive got it i'm always happy with the cat and such
and sorry to do this here when can i get permission to message people/leave order notes on my main account you left me on read twice man
Listen to the community please
Fair play vendors u deal with a lot of hurdles most would not bother.
My actual account now has 3.3 percent disputed when it was zero beforehand, i got scammed in 2022 & had to open a dispute once to hear back from a seller and get a resolution lol; yeah im not a fan nobody asked for this
I shop with the select few anyways on here; why not give me an option to release funds from escrow when ive got it i'm always happy with the cat and such
and sorry to do this here when can i get permission to message people/leave order notes on my main account you left me on read twice man
Listen to the community please

What about if the seller has obviously left the website? I offer the current example of NFUSED. This seller has disappeared with multiple orders undelivered. His current dispute rate on current orders is 6.8% but still does not have a fraud warning on the account. Because he has behaved in such a manner, anyone who wants their fraudulently taken money back, has to take a reputational hit. How can that be fair and equal?

If a customer raises a dispute by accident, then resolves it. The seller is now punished. They have a higher dispute count on the profile.
Higher dispute count % is bad for sellers.
Higher dispute count % is bad for sellers.

But the buyer would be punished too and the dispute count is going to be proportionally even higher for a buyer.

There are a lot more buyers than there are sellers. Punishment % total for seller is higher.

this still doesn’t explain the discrepancies between the dispute percentage shown on a profile versus the reviews
understand the points made as some DNMs follow the method of showing
Total Disputes
Disputes Won and Lost
but as of present this is just a tiny tweak that will cause confusion in my view, I may be wrong
understand the points made as some DNMs follow the method of showing
Total Disputes
Disputes Won and Lost
but as of present this is just a tiny tweak that will cause confusion in my view, I may be wrong

Thanks for the feedback loves, we are going to have another, much more complete go at this.
Please do note this is already resulting in a decrease in dispute blackmail, something you honest biggaz are happily blind to and the primary motivation for the change in display.
Again, all knickers should remain wrinkle-free in the meantime, the change effects everyone and your operative reputation remains intact.
Please do note this is already resulting in a decrease in dispute blackmail, something you honest biggaz are happily blind to and the primary motivation for the change in display.
Again, all knickers should remain wrinkle-free in the meantime, the change effects everyone and your operative reputation remains intact.

Thanks for acknowledging it's not gone perfectly. Could new users not be on a probationary account level or something? Something that'd limit any damage they could do? Would that work?

So can we get a straight answer will those with a perfect 0% score see that restored?
Most may be blind to a small amount of users using dispute blackmail but as we stated that is your job to police, the solution is not to punish every user by tarnishing their score to stop bad actors, you have a "fraud suspected" label so log in more frequently and start labelling bad actors accordingly that is the only way to have a complete go at this, LB lost a lot of users when you decided it was best to have an algorithmic dispute resolution instead of someone manually reviewing every case and I'm guessing this "update" has done the same as the next day you had a user asking how to close their account on your page. If you don't want to log in as much and do your job maybe hire another borg because these soulless "updates" are what's ruining the site, guaranteed if you revert the dispute scores to the old way announce your going to be manually reviewing all disputes instead of a stupid algorithm and you'll see the positivity in the comments or continue with a more complete version when there is already so much upset and confusion with the first change....
Most may be blind to a small amount of users using dispute blackmail but as we stated that is your job to police, the solution is not to punish every user by tarnishing their score to stop bad actors, you have a "fraud suspected" label so log in more frequently and start labelling bad actors accordingly that is the only way to have a complete go at this, LB lost a lot of users when you decided it was best to have an algorithmic dispute resolution instead of someone manually reviewing every case and I'm guessing this "update" has done the same as the next day you had a user asking how to close their account on your page. If you don't want to log in as much and do your job maybe hire another borg because these soulless "updates" are what's ruining the site, guaranteed if you revert the dispute scores to the old way announce your going to be manually reviewing all disputes instead of a stupid algorithm and you'll see the positivity in the comments or continue with a more complete version when there is already so much upset and confusion with the first change....

was about to ask why I suddently got a dispute % showing but I haven't had a dispute in years I don't even remember it clearly.
how does this % dispute affects me?
how does this % dispute affects me?

Mine says 0.1% but I don’t know which one it is, as nobody has messaged me to say anything 🤷🏻♂️

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chicken and egg problem solved
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{science}
chicken and egg problem solved
seems embryos had a life of their own
https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2024/loeuf-ou-la-poule-un-unicellulaire-ancestral-dit-loeuf
https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2024/loeuf-ou-la-poule-un-unicellulaire-ancestral-dit-loeuf

I like another man's explanation who's name I can't remember now,
"the egg came first but the thing that birthed it wasn't a chicken".
It explains genetic mutations and evolution perfectly.
"the egg came first but the thing that birthed it wasn't a chicken".
It explains genetic mutations and evolution perfectly.

I've said this many times. The mutation occurs, the egg is produced, so whatever birthed it wasn't a chicken. Ergo, the egg came first.

The first amniote eggs, which are eggs with a protective shell allowing them to be laid on land, are thought to have appeared around 312 million years ago.
Chickens evolved about 9000 years ago.
Not even a close race, the egg won.
Chickens evolved about 9000 years ago.
Not even a close race, the egg won.

Every thing crawled out of the sea even the ancestors of the chicken, Barney the dinosaur. I have no answer.

The chicken rolls over, grabbing a breath she half pulls the cover over her slim but shapely feathery body leaving one clawed foot and some thigh exposed to balance the heat whilst the egg reaches to the bedside cabinet. Placing a smoke in its improbable mouth he lights it, exhaling a long steady stream of smoke followed with a couple of almost perfectly circular rings of smoke he exclaims "well that solves that age old question"

I suppose the egg would need chickens legs but I never thought about it
However the egg needs lesson in smoking
However the egg needs lesson in smoking

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little biggy theme song?
almost too on the nose
Good to see clean up Borg join in with this. I’m sure you AI have developed sentience 😂 all good with me

Cartman is hilarious. South Park is the only thing I’ve loved since it started and still watch now at 42. We should start a Cartman clip thread.

One of the things I love about lb is its a race free zone. You can say you are color blind IRL but here its an existenital condition.

Oh yes!! ....and Monty Python also wrote possibly the greatest love song of all time :) (not entirely sure it would qualify as an LB theme tune though....end credits though, maybe) :)

I'm putting forward this infectious little number...'In Hell I'll Be In Good Company' by The Dead South :)

Eminem ft Royce bad meets evil haha. The chorus is what nails it for me.
It may offend some tho...
It may offend some tho...

Only the smoke tree's and fuck the law bit. I just think song is really good. defo take the song with a grain of salt tho.

Been a while since my ears heard that !
"Bad Meets Evil" is an electrifying collaboration between Eminem and Royce da 5'9", showcasing their undeniable chemistry and lyrical prowess. The intense wordplay and aggressive delivery create a dynamic and captivating listening experience, leaving fans craving for more.
Interesting Fact: "Bad Meets Evil" originally started as the title track for an EP released by Eminem and Royce da 5'9" in 2011. The EP gained significant success, leading to the formation of a hip-hop duo named Bad Meets Evil, after the song that brought them together.
"Bad Meets Evil" is an electrifying collaboration between Eminem and Royce da 5'9", showcasing their undeniable chemistry and lyrical prowess. The intense wordplay and aggressive delivery create a dynamic and captivating listening experience, leaving fans craving for more.
Interesting Fact: "Bad Meets Evil" originally started as the title track for an EP released by Eminem and Royce da 5'9" in 2011. The EP gained significant success, leading to the formation of a hip-hop duo named Bad Meets Evil, after the song that brought them together.

"No No Song"
Huh-huh! Huh-huh
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Aye-aye-aye-aye)
A lady that i know just came from columbia,
She smiled because i did not understand.
Then she held out some marijuana, ha ha!
She said it was the best in all the land.
And i said,
"no, no, no, no, i don't smoke it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on the floor.
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find the door."
(ah-ah-aye-aye)
A woman that i know just came from majorca, spain,
She smiled because i did not understand. (parazzi! Parazzi!) (ole!)
Then she held out a ten pound bag of cocaine,
She said it was the finest in the land.
And i said,
"no, no, no, no, i don't sniff it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on the floor.
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find the door."
(aye-aye-aye-aye)
(aye-aye-aye-aye)
(aye-aye-aye-aye)
(aye-aye-aye)
A man that i know just came from nashville, tennessee, oo, (oh no!)
He smiled because i did not understand.
Then he held out some moonshine whiskey, oh ho,
He said it was the best in all the land. (and he wasn't joking!!!)
And i said,
"no, no, no, no, i don't drink it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on the floor.
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find the door."
Well, i said,
"no, no, no, no, i can't take it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on the floor.
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find the door."
Hey yeh!
"i'll just have another drink, barman, have you got a large brandy?"
Huh-huh! Huh-huh
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Aye-aye-aye-aye)
A lady that i know just came from columbia,
She smiled because i did not understand.
Then she held out some marijuana, ha ha!
She said it was the best in all the land.
And i said,
"no, no, no, no, i don't smoke it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on the floor.
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find the door."
(ah-ah-aye-aye)
A woman that i know just came from majorca, spain,
She smiled because i did not understand. (parazzi! Parazzi!) (ole!)
Then she held out a ten pound bag of cocaine,
She said it was the finest in the land.
And i said,
"no, no, no, no, i don't sniff it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on the floor.
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find the door."
(aye-aye-aye-aye)
(aye-aye-aye-aye)
(aye-aye-aye-aye)
(aye-aye-aye)
A man that i know just came from nashville, tennessee, oo, (oh no!)
He smiled because i did not understand.
Then he held out some moonshine whiskey, oh ho,
He said it was the best in all the land. (and he wasn't joking!!!)
And i said,
"no, no, no, no, i don't drink it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on the floor.
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find the door."
Well, i said,
"no, no, no, no, i can't take it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on the floor.
No, thank you, please, it only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find the door."
Hey yeh!
"i'll just have another drink, barman, have you got a large brandy?"

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use three words to describe little biggy
黑暗森林
My postman is obviously a stoner, just the way he carries the back all slung back on his shoulder gives it away but he also looks like Wayne (or Garth I can't remember which one is which). I keep thinking I should offer him a bowl of the good shit but he delivers so much weed to me I think I'd be putting him in a bad position.

Lol that's poss the best 3 words. Esp goin by the shit that appears in my area as "weed". And the wannabes selling it

You got me.
Relax in piece - RIP
Happily ever after.
Home sweet home.
Sunshine at night.
Just 3 words?!
Relax in piece - RIP
Happily ever after.
Home sweet home.
Sunshine at night.
Just 3 words?!

Would be interesting to see where the locations of all of these are on WhatThreeWords!

Layer of consciousness
Each of the competitors has emotional limbic partners
A light wavwyin accord
Does it matter what substrate
Each of the competitors has emotional limbic partners
A light wavwyin accord
Does it matter what substrate

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Fake weed forum....... bring back the old suppliers. Suppliers these days are all crooks.... firstly they get bulk of weed then put it in a tumbler and shake it to take the crystals off the bud so they can make there pillen and dope then the weed gets sprayed with terps to give the buds a flavour again. This is why the dope is dearer than the weed... absolute scams going on here. People need to wake up and start refusing this poison on here these days. There is a handful of sellers that are legit but 95% on here is selling fake thc grass... all its doing is making people sick

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Mr Geeseeks
Arizer Solo 3
its the shiz, go for it
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Mr Geeseeks
Arizer Solo 3
Any biggaz been blasting on one of these?
I’m tempted to pull the trigger on one, been getting great reviews.
I’m tempted to pull the trigger on one, been getting great reviews.

I've got the Arizer Solo 2 Max. I really love it. It's a great device. The solo 3 has a faster start up time and can fit the XL stems with more bud. I'm not sure I need the extra capacity for me personally but it does seem to be pretty significantly upgraded over the solo 2. I did a write up on this (linked) quite recently.

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PhillyDawg
Seeing this on LB a lot these days. Urgh.
which item are you referring to
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PhillyDawg
Seeing this on LB a lot these days. Urgh.
Worth a read regarding this fake hash labelled as blonde or white piatella. Wouldn’t smoke this if you paid me to!
https://www.organicled.org/post/new-suspicious-hash-product-piatella
https://www.organicled.org/post/new-suspicious-hash-product-piatella

Someone commented on a piatella topic the other day questioning the safety of this stuff and they were dogpiled and downvoted by everyone, been wanting to speak on a topic about this stuff but these topics never end up going the way they should, the gaslighting and naivety on here is on another level!
excellent post! these kind of discussions mean I'm stepping on the toes of vendors I use regularly which is worrying but it's not as worrying as my once trusted vendors stocking this dodgy gear
excellent post! these kind of discussions mean I'm stepping on the toes of vendors I use regularly which is worrying but it's not as worrying as my once trusted vendors stocking this dodgy gear

This “piatella” stuff was being sold in a few places in Amsterdam a few months ago. It was outed there for being BHO and you now can’t find it anywhere out there. 🤷♂️
If something looks too good to be true. It often is.
If something looks too good to be true. It often is.

I got a 7g of this and thought it was great at first but over a few smokes you realise its not.
Everything about it is off. The price point is ridiculous. I find it impossible now to find hash that is not adulterated or low quality.
I smoke almost exclusively flower now for that reason.
Everything about it is off. The price point is ridiculous. I find it impossible now to find hash that is not adulterated or low quality.
I smoke almost exclusively flower now for that reason.

Take a look at my 150 fresh frozen. It's the closest you will get to real piatella. All made by me in house, nothing added to it. Sifted, pressed and cured (for as long as I can it sells out rapidly). That's all pure artisan hash ;)

I have in the past and thought it was good. Last time I used TGS it took about 7 days to turn up shipped from the UK to UK so I stopped. Might have to try again.

Since he added tracked 24 I've had about 20 orders from TGS and they all arrive next day without fail
I usually think people are naive to say any particular vendor is "the best" for anything but TGS is one of very few vendors I still trust for hash and his hash is hands down the cleanest, best GENUINE hash you will get on here for your money, I used to have the same problem as you with low quality and adulterated hash but you can forget about all of that with TGS
the fact that multiple people have said this about TGS now and he still hasn't jacked his prices up says a lot, never see him do any weird inauthentic marketing that a lot of vendors do now, he really is the real deal and he really does have The Good Stuff
I usually think people are naive to say any particular vendor is "the best" for anything but TGS is one of very few vendors I still trust for hash and his hash is hands down the cleanest, best GENUINE hash you will get on here for your money, I used to have the same problem as you with low quality and adulterated hash but you can forget about all of that with TGS
the fact that multiple people have said this about TGS now and he still hasn't jacked his prices up says a lot, never see him do any weird inauthentic marketing that a lot of vendors do now, he really is the real deal and he really does have The Good Stuff

yeah i think that situation has mostly been turned around now. i placed an order recently and it was 2 days, i think. red pen stamp, nicole kush strain - lovely stuff and reasonably priced.

The article doesn’t say much really apart from it must be fake or synthetic due to the price. It just rambles on about nothing and is extremely poorly written.
That being said, why anyone would smoke something that looks like that is beyond me.
That being said, why anyone would smoke something that looks like that is beyond me.

Some vendors "piatella" is just thca with added terps
I had to chat gpt some stuff that I pressed cause it looked like distilate and smelled like perfume
Rediculously clear
Even good sellers sell it
Literally your most reputable seller on here sells it
No naming names
But even with normal hash there is so much shite
People can't tell the difference between normal hash and thcp hash and other alt canabinoids
I see a lot on here that I just don't comment on
I had to chat gpt some stuff that I pressed cause it looked like distilate and smelled like perfume
Rediculously clear
Even good sellers sell it
Literally your most reputable seller on here sells it
No naming names
But even with normal hash there is so much shite
People can't tell the difference between normal hash and thcp hash and other alt canabinoids
I see a lot on here that I just don't comment on

Ohh there's all types of fuckery around
Just I think the most popular is hash
The makers see it as a easy one to just add a bit of henna there's all types of stuff
Just biggas need to find a good egg and hope it plays out
Just I think the most popular is hash
The makers see it as a easy one to just add a bit of henna there's all types of stuff
Just biggas need to find a good egg and hope it plays out

Why is this post no longer showing up on the homepage? That alone is worrying..... I had my suspicions on the products but I am a hash noob.
To be honest in a drug trade so heavily dominated by gangs, the only way of securing pure clean bud these days is surely to grow it yourself?
How do you know the bud you pick up hasn't touched 6/7/8 hands before ending up in yours? It most likely has, and you are banking on the fact that all of those people have a degree of morality to leave the product as natural as possible in an era where everyone wants super strength skunk. Yeah, I hope you realise how far fetched this is sounding.
I think this whole purist mindset is very flawed, I would bet a very large % of cannabis products in circulation are being tampered with one way or another to maximise profit.
I see alot of purists on here claiming X must be dodgy but what they buy is definitely clean because it is priced accordingly. The same thing has been done with designer fassion, many people believe that if they buy a t shirt with a ralph badge on it then it must be good quality. The fact is you can get unbranded clothing that is twice the quality of ralph at half the price.
The big dogs in the illegal drug trade will most definitely be aware of the huge demand for expensive branded weed and will be investing into counterfeiting and still selling at the crazy high prices.
I am not saying this cheap hash going around is legit, I am merely playing devil's advocate. Society has proven that high price doesn't always represent high quality.
I do find it very bizzare that you have had your topic shadow banned though, that alone will keep me away from these products.
To be honest in a drug trade so heavily dominated by gangs, the only way of securing pure clean bud these days is surely to grow it yourself?
How do you know the bud you pick up hasn't touched 6/7/8 hands before ending up in yours? It most likely has, and you are banking on the fact that all of those people have a degree of morality to leave the product as natural as possible in an era where everyone wants super strength skunk. Yeah, I hope you realise how far fetched this is sounding.
I think this whole purist mindset is very flawed, I would bet a very large % of cannabis products in circulation are being tampered with one way or another to maximise profit.
I see alot of purists on here claiming X must be dodgy but what they buy is definitely clean because it is priced accordingly. The same thing has been done with designer fassion, many people believe that if they buy a t shirt with a ralph badge on it then it must be good quality. The fact is you can get unbranded clothing that is twice the quality of ralph at half the price.
The big dogs in the illegal drug trade will most definitely be aware of the huge demand for expensive branded weed and will be investing into counterfeiting and still selling at the crazy high prices.
I am not saying this cheap hash going around is legit, I am merely playing devil's advocate. Society has proven that high price doesn't always represent high quality.
I do find it very bizzare that you have had your topic shadow banned though, that alone will keep me away from these products.

I just read through the article...
I feel like this guy thinks Delta 8 THC and THCA are the same thing made from CBD!
Let's clear this up as I already see others commenting THCA hash...
THCA is natural, when you buy flowers they are all covered in THCA crystals not THC.
When you burn the buds THCA converts into THC. This is the same reason you need to decarb your product to make potent edibles, you need to convert THCA to THC!
All non decarbed flowers and hashes can be labeled as a THCA product because that's what they are!
Delta 8 THC on the other hand is created from pure CBD isolate and very little is known about the safety of D8.
You can verify all this with a quick google search or ask any AI.
Please learn on the subject
I feel like this guy thinks Delta 8 THC and THCA are the same thing made from CBD!
Let's clear this up as I already see others commenting THCA hash...
THCA is natural, when you buy flowers they are all covered in THCA crystals not THC.
When you burn the buds THCA converts into THC. This is the same reason you need to decarb your product to make potent edibles, you need to convert THCA to THC!
All non decarbed flowers and hashes can be labeled as a THCA product because that's what they are!
Delta 8 THC on the other hand is created from pure CBD isolate and very little is known about the safety of D8.
You can verify all this with a quick google search or ask any AI.
Please learn on the subject

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[music]
best wake up song?
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Sunday morning , this playing with a cup of coffee and a big joint and for a moment, everything is okay.

That was my favorite for many years!
Also Moby - One of these mornings,
Apollos Sun - That day, Ine - Blue magic, Gray Matters - Lost in a sense, V-peat - visionaires, Fullee Love (Biggie) - Dream Big, Jurassic 5 (2pac, Big, Yakki, Eazy) - Work It Out, Marc 7 (Eazy) - Time, All songs from Cunninlynguists, Big Pun - Brave in the heart.
Thats was / is still my daily routine haha)
Also Moby - One of these mornings,
Apollos Sun - That day, Ine - Blue magic, Gray Matters - Lost in a sense, V-peat - visionaires, Fullee Love (Biggie) - Dream Big, Jurassic 5 (2pac, Big, Yakki, Eazy) - Work It Out, Marc 7 (Eazy) - Time, All songs from Cunninlynguists, Big Pun - Brave in the heart.
Thats was / is still my daily routine haha)

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{sport}
Ageless: How Bernard Hopkins Became Boxing's Oldest Champion
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{rap}
best xmas rap?
bigg up, not every g can do g rated
ok this is really not in the spirit of xmas, such a sad and dark track :( but what storytelling!

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{Economics}
What is Neo Feudalism?
interesting dude, thanks for the tip
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{Economics}
What is Neo Feudalism?
As governments take over the economy partnering with corporations and the super rich we are left with something that looks a lot like feudal times.

I think there has always been feudalism in one form or another. There is always a class that ultimately owns everything because they can confiscate it, grant it a "title" or tax it. This premise always leads to same outcome it's just a matter of how greedy or insane the current landlord is.

Everything consolidates one way or another, thats why decentralization is both great and doomed.

Anthropologist David Graeber did a book about about this myth called Debt. There is no evidence for class dominant economics bar this relatively small and recent period of time. Obviously the myth has more value than the reality.

probably starting from the neolithic era yes with the only exception of the 20th century, the only period of history where people got a bit of control of the power. Now is going to be lost for decades to come.

We need to look on the bright side, we are actually free serfs. We are free to seek a new master and we can seek redress in the crown courts, unfree serfs couldn't. However if we hadn't spent so much bit coin here we might actually be free with the value of it now.

I call it digital feaudalism. And yes, we have never really exited the feudal system. It just morphs and transforms, keeping the 1% at the top, making almost all the rest their slaves.

Thanks for sharing.
I see examples of this not just on the internet but in all industries. Walk down most high streets here in the UK and they now pretty much all look identical the same shops, coffee shops and chain restaurants with very few independent offerings. The cost of rent, business rates and all the red tape make it pretty much impossible nowadays for small independents to even start up.
Watching a show about fisherman on the BBC painted a picture of the EU quota system they must use and how the industry is dominated by money and huge boats and how these owners buy up small fishing boats and take the quotas these boats have to use on the mega trawlers.
The car industry seems totally monopolised now and we actually get very little choice - notice how the different makers share chassis and engines and the only real difference you get is the interior and badge. Everything else is pretty much controlled by rules and regulations.
It is obvious that these big players of industry are in cahoots with the those that set the rules and regulations as we saw with the emissions scandal with VW and EU collaboration.
Covid and lockdowns have exacerbated the situation as many small business owners left without any financial supports have gone to the wall while government loans to the huge corporations sit unused in their bank accounts.
Truly depressing times.
I see examples of this not just on the internet but in all industries. Walk down most high streets here in the UK and they now pretty much all look identical the same shops, coffee shops and chain restaurants with very few independent offerings. The cost of rent, business rates and all the red tape make it pretty much impossible nowadays for small independents to even start up.
Watching a show about fisherman on the BBC painted a picture of the EU quota system they must use and how the industry is dominated by money and huge boats and how these owners buy up small fishing boats and take the quotas these boats have to use on the mega trawlers.
The car industry seems totally monopolised now and we actually get very little choice - notice how the different makers share chassis and engines and the only real difference you get is the interior and badge. Everything else is pretty much controlled by rules and regulations.
It is obvious that these big players of industry are in cahoots with the those that set the rules and regulations as we saw with the emissions scandal with VW and EU collaboration.
Covid and lockdowns have exacerbated the situation as many small business owners left without any financial supports have gone to the wall while government loans to the huge corporations sit unused in their bank accounts.
Truly depressing times.

This is the model dreamed up by Gabrielle D'Nunzio, Mussolini, Franco and later tried by Stroessner, Pinochet and Thatcher. Always fails cos tho i am a committed capitalist even i realise extraction cannot work for ever as either you run out of victims (Franco, Pinochet) or the victims turn on you (Mussolini, Thatcher) At least Il Duce didn't cry when his turn came, Thatcher mewled and puked like a rat.

How did all that bard/napp diamorphine turn up 84-88 on the streets of Edinburgh, Glasgow (and Barnsley FFS) IMO the use of such chemicals in conflict is a war crime and the perps lose the right to civil jurisprudence. Their sport is war, total war with victories really massacres so if UK were a functioning society with citizens NOT subjects they are entitled to respond in kind. Hanging might be too good for war criminals but it’s cheaper than wasting ammo.

Fascinating. Bleak. truly people have been brainwashed by the media and now vote with their wallets. Far more regulation required at the top end, we cant stop the progress, and in many ways it serves us well. Democracy can still win the day, and we can unite for the good of all people. Education is the key, and a few good humans can change the world. It cant be allowed that rampant free market capitalism destroys us. Roll on technical singularity, according to Moores law would be around 2042 but i believe the theory is faultering (Moores law) so might take a bit longer. Technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization. We have just leisure time so we study philosophy and all becone enlightened beings living in a tech utopia. Peace

Moore's law is doing fine once you abstract it to include progress besides chip density. Computation overall is on track when you include advances in software and a.i.

it will take more than economics for everyone to spend their leisure time studying philosophy. but im with you at least

Hope so but would we be the same beings, even the same species? I think Nietszche was mostly a clown but "homo, ecce homo" hits home

What is Neo Feudalism and being British mean?
Neo-feudalism refers to a concept that draws parallels between modern societal structures and the feudal system of the Middle Ages. It suggests that power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a few influential individuals or entities, leading to a significant wealth disparity and limited social mobility. In a neo-feudalistic system, there may be an entrenched hierarchy, with a small elite class exerting control over economic, political, and social aspects, while the majority of the population faces limited opportunities and struggles to improve their circumstances.
Being British refers to being a citizen or a resident of the United Kingdom or having a connection to British culture and heritage. It typically implies a sense of national identity associated with the customs, traditions, and values of the British people. It encompasses aspects such as the English language, British history, British institutions, and cultural practices that are prevalent in the UK. However, it's important to note that "being British" can mean different things to different people, as it can encompass a diverse range of identities and perspectives within the multicultural society of the United Kingdom,
Neo-feudalism refers to a concept that draws parallels between modern societal structures and the feudal system of the Middle Ages. It suggests that power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a few influential individuals or entities, leading to a significant wealth disparity and limited social mobility. In a neo-feudalistic system, there may be an entrenched hierarchy, with a small elite class exerting control over economic, political, and social aspects, while the majority of the population faces limited opportunities and struggles to improve their circumstances.
Being British refers to being a citizen or a resident of the United Kingdom or having a connection to British culture and heritage. It typically implies a sense of national identity associated with the customs, traditions, and values of the British people. It encompasses aspects such as the English language, British history, British institutions, and cultural practices that are prevalent in the UK. However, it's important to note that "being British" can mean different things to different people, as it can encompass a diverse range of identities and perspectives within the multicultural society of the United Kingdom,

Like the last feudal era they will ultimately fail IMO. Biden, bezos, bj and the two conos in NZ & Canada are only one mad bomber away from losing all the kleptocratic gains they have extracted. Putin and Xi poss a battalion or two away. Even if the above are stopped there are always despots trying their luck. The better angels of our nature (thanks Pinker, S) have always stayed in the fight so that the new boss is NOT always the same as the old boss (thanks Townshend, P)

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chinese sci fi shaping tech culture
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chinese sci fi shaping tech culture
an enriching, non fucking political intro to modern chinese culture

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Paris In China
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🌿 THE UNPOPULAR OPINION GIVEAWAY
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🌿 THE UNPOPULAR OPINION GIVEAWAY
Everyone’s got that one cannabis take that not everyone agrees with… so let’s hear it 👇
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Something you believe that makes other people say, “no way.”
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Im with you tbh! The stardog where i used to live is some of the best smoke ive had. Almost cried when the dude got caught and i couldnt get it anymore! Ammi doesnt hit the same but somehow it was always the only alt i could get 😂 long live the stardog crew! ✌

I think cigarettes actually enhance the taste and smell of the terps in a spliff. I find it a lot more dull when I smoke raw. Just tickly as fuck.
Loser take I know
Loser take I know

agree its like an explosion going off when you smoke it pure in a doobie, if you want to get the terps through from a smoke less is often better.

Totally agree man the taste definitely hits better and it smokes way better too, raw always feels like a waste of weed

everyone who drinks alcohol should convert to cannabis and the world would be such a better place 🍃✌️

another good post, i disagree but appreciate the weight of your opinion here.😁
i dont like the fruity, rainbow color gelato, but the cool mints /white ice cream, that version, gelato 44 when its grown well, i love those terps, vry similar to gsc.
i dont like the fruity, rainbow color gelato, but the cool mints /white ice cream, that version, gelato 44 when its grown well, i love those terps, vry similar to gsc.

the anticipation of getting high, including buying, receiving and rolling /preparing is more enjoyable than actually being blazed. but somehow sober me cant wait to blaze, and blazed me is always a bit anxious and paranoid.

All the weed is exactly the same, just sprayed with different terps......
Bring back the days of 2 decent choices.
Thai stick or Moroccan blonde.....
Rewind back to the 80s, minus that evil witch Thatcher....
Bring back the days of 2 decent choices.
Thai stick or Moroccan blonde.....
Rewind back to the 80s, minus that evil witch Thatcher....

There is not the difference between indica and sativa that people imagine.
I don't really experience the sativa = uplifting, indica = sleepy as black and white as that. I believe the terps and other cannabinoid ratios make more difference.
I don't really experience the sativa = uplifting, indica = sleepy as black and white as that. I believe the terps and other cannabinoid ratios make more difference.

Totally agree, as strains get crossed more and more the tastes and effects are getting similar across all types
OG's are hard to come by - I remember when cheese was everywhere in the 90's and the taste and smell was out of this world, even purple haze has disappeared and the terps were amazing with a knockout hit
Or am I looking back with rose tinted glasses ?
OG's are hard to come by - I remember when cheese was everywhere in the 90's and the taste and smell was out of this world, even purple haze has disappeared and the terps were amazing with a knockout hit
Or am I looking back with rose tinted glasses ?

I think there has to be an element of nostalgia or rose tinted specs but seems to me the feeling is so common that there must be some truth to it. It's certainly the case that I haven't come across anything with that old school skunky, cheesey, funk that used to seem so common. Original strains like cheese, northern lights, ak47, jack herrer, afghan kush etc are all things i miss.
Also been years and years since i saw what i would call proper blueberry which used to be so distinct, or tangy lemon haze that both used to be staples.
I do like a lot of modern bud but it does feel like theres something missing from much of it. Maybe it is just tollerance and a broader experience?
Also been years and years since i saw what i would call proper blueberry which used to be so distinct, or tangy lemon haze that both used to be staples.
I do like a lot of modern bud but it does feel like theres something missing from much of it. Maybe it is just tollerance and a broader experience?

Legend strain, used to put few flowers on kitchen counter just to have nice smell at home 😁🏡

Stardawg bangs, never fell off. Everyone suddenly started saying it did when everyone else did.

I think the problem was more people calling not very good weed stardog n then people started to get the impression it wasn't very good , a good bit of stardog is hard to come by these days but also hard to beat in terms of knock out effect

I can't stand it when people say they got 'gassed' off a product in reviews. Something about the word cringes me out (I know it's unreasonable).

Hybrid ratios mean almost nothing, not sure how you could ensure which percentage of which parent comes through in the offspring or realistically claim 60/40, 50/50 etc.

If you knew that you started with 1 100% indica and 1 100% sativa then technically the offspring should be 50/50 , however from experience I can tell you that some would hold more indica traits and other Sativa....Pretty sure they just estimate it and hope for the best

True enough, I guess some of each 50% or whatever won't contain information relating to the indica or sativa aspects and so can end up with any ratio of traits.
I wonder if anyone out there is messing with gene editing to create new pure and hybrid strains with specific properties. Time will tell I guess.
I wonder if anyone out there is messing with gene editing to create new pure and hybrid strains with specific properties. Time will tell I guess.

Got to be that it's a gateway drug.. really pissed me off, I've hundreds of mates who happily have a smoke but never touch anything else. How come alcohol isn't given same rep?
High time terminology changed, wees shouldn't be labeled a drug..imo.
High time terminology changed, wees shouldn't be labeled a drug..imo.

Weed that smells of beef monster munch, chicken crisps or pickled onion crisps will get you very high.
There. I said it.
There. I said it.

Cannabis isn't addictive at all, I have zero dependency on THC and have no detrimental physical or mental effects when I don't have any.

100% without doubt if you get the good UK stuff , however I reckon as a Average the Dutch weed is probably slight better

You need some Dr Grinspoon from Barneys cafe in your life before making such hasty statements. And only from there, purchased from the cafe. No on can grow like them. I highly recommend it. My fav personally

All weed tastes the same to me, don’t get all the taste notes about fruity flavours but then it’s the same with wine and coffee to me. They are all great and affect me but I seem to have no discernible palette.

Hi Alchemist420
Interesting comp, I can see a few people downvoting posts.
Does the post with the most downvotes win then? ;-)
Interesting comp, I can see a few people downvoting posts.
Does the post with the most downvotes win then? ;-)

Ahaha not a bad idea but think I'm just gonna spin everyone's usernames on a random wheel to decide the winner

Don't call what you're smoking a "joint"...unless you're old school banging 2 normal rizlas or zigzags together to make that joint....

Legalizing weed in the UK if done carefully could be really beneficial.
Probably not an unpopular opinion here but the government certainly dont seem to agree!😂
Probably not an unpopular opinion here but the government certainly dont seem to agree!😂

We'd have better import weed rather than having to make do with adulterated, shitty UK grown crap if people with limited to zero intelligence had not voted to leave EU.

Most smokers dont actually get anything from the THC and would be better off smoking CBD flower but are too lazy to go ask google whats best for them
I call it the circle of stoned haha
I call it the circle of stoned haha

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{science}
What If The Universe Remembered Everything?
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{science}
What If The Universe Remembered Everything?
"The idea is to treat information – not matter, not energy, not even spacetime itself – as the most fundamental ingredient of reality."

This makes me think of Karl Pribram and David Bohm’s work on holography. There’s a great book by Michael Talbot - The Holographic Universe

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A littlebiggy Bong
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A littlebiggy Bong
Any glass blowers out there? I want to make a cool bong with my reference code on it :)

You know, it's something Biggy is definitely missing out on. Why doesn't a vendor open a glassware shop on here? Saves going through Amazon

You're onto something here. There's a relatively untapped market here in the UK compared to the US by ways of hardware
A vendor that sold bongs/vapes/accessories/glassware/personalisation on this site would make absolute bank
A vendor that sold bongs/vapes/accessories/glassware/personalisation on this site would make absolute bank

You'd think so at least. There's some good headshops on the net, but one on here for new pipes, bongs, all the necessities, would probably do really well?

I'm thinking about guaranteed compatibility. Having just gotten into concentrates, I can't begin to tell you how much research and how many conversations I've had to have just to assure I'm buying compatible parts and that they're good quality!
A lot of these also take a lot of time to arrive, so if I could order live resin alongside a wax pen and a bubbler and have it all arrive together I'd happily pay a premium for the above guarantees
A lot of these also take a lot of time to arrive, so if I could order live resin alongside a wax pen and a bubbler and have it all arrive together I'd happily pay a premium for the above guarantees

Technically anything that does no harm can be sold on here. The issue is in the levels of commissions that are paid on transactions, paying with crypto for legal products and also the difficulty with returns. It’s not really a site that lends itself to return addresses but I’m sure where there is a will there is a way.

Not a glass blower but a glass engraver here! depending how complex the design of your ref code is you may be able to put the code on a pre-bought bong but id check the type of glass the bong is made of as some will just shatter!
Id be interested to hear how you get on with this mate, been considering trying myself a few times!
Id be interested to hear how you get on with this mate, been considering trying myself a few times!

Not a glass blower, but I upcycle vintage and interesting glass pieces into bongs. Happy to chat through ideas.

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{rap}
¿Quién es el rey del rap en español?
Canserbero descanse en paz
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{rap}
best french rapper?
superbe
My all time favourite has always been Akhenaton. He's got a real solid flow, a slight lisp and some kick ass lyrics.
Saw NTM live a few years ago and those old geezas still got it.
Saw NTM live a few years ago and those old geezas still got it.

As everything this is a matter of taste, I do not consider that my country is really a rap nation but we had some good ones in 90's / 2000's like IAM, Fonky Family La Rumeur, Alibi Montana....
Another example
Another example

And again - same era Hip Hop reaches the Gallic shores
B-Side is also on some of Afrika Bambataa's early stuff such as Time Zone's "Wild Style"
She came to Paris at the same time than him
B-Side is also on some of Afrika Bambataa's early stuff such as Time Zone's "Wild Style"
She came to Paris at the same time than him

I see the obvious MC Solaar mentioned a few times already. How about L'skadrille?
For crew, maybe 357 MP.
It's been a long time since I've delved into that scene, other than listening to Chilla in recent years.
For crew, maybe 357 MP.
It's been a long time since I've delved into that scene, other than listening to Chilla in recent years.

Old school: NTM, Assassin, triptick, peauple d'herb, IAM...
For their skills: sain supa krew, cut killer
New scholl... C2C
For their skills: sain supa krew, cut killer
New scholl... C2C

Rockin'squat (or RCKNSQT), former and leader of the the group "assassin". A legend!
Also, IAM, and Fabe (from the "scred connexion" group)
Also, IAM, and Fabe (from the "scred connexion" group)

Im always looking for new french rap. I love it...but i dont speak French, so i never know the song names haha

I know a lot of ones , all new school But imo best French rapper is Sofiane. His song Tout le monde...

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[utopia]
‘Effective Accelerationism’ and the Pursuit of Cosmic Utopia
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[utopia]
‘Effective Accelerationism’ and the Pursuit of Cosmic Utopia
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#6 The Riches of The World Await
Just put foreign language content near the top of your page and then search for those terms on google, insane how well it works.
#6 The Riches of The World Await
Let's face it there's a helluva lot more little than big around here.
Asia, Europe, South America, Africa -there might be a few folks there with a passing interest in what we enjoy.
Help out these poor souls and your bitcoin wallet is going to look like the coffers of The East India Company. Not to mention your karma, which will be Marleyesue.
If you understand only this - and a language or 2 - let's get you started on some link filled pages that will actually change the world.
Asia, Europe, South America, Africa -there might be a few folks there with a passing interest in what we enjoy.
Help out these poor souls and your bitcoin wallet is going to look like the coffers of The East India Company. Not to mention your karma, which will be Marleyesue.
If you understand only this - and a language or 2 - let's get you started on some link filled pages that will actually change the world.

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Why do we live at 10 bits/s?
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Why do we live at 10 bits/s?
The information throughput of a human being is about 10 bits/s. In comparison, our sensory systems gather data at ~10^9 bits/s. The stark contrast between these numbers remains unexplained...

I think this is because we have underestimated the throughput number, particularly with processes beneath consciousness that we don't have much a glimpse into quite yet.

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{gaming}
are you a checker on an uncheker?
whichever serves my aims
Will a million boxes ever be checked or will the checkers and the uncheckers battle it out forever? 🤓

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best eu seller to recruit?
france or italy would take off
best eu seller to recruit?
any of you legends know any legendary eu vendors that arent on lb yet i want to bring them over with my reference code.

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devvy borg
Can we expect any development from you?
Also the items wall changed just a month ago or so, the varieties were insane before seemed sellers were trying to flood the wall with varieties and s…
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devvy borg
Can we expect any development from you?
We've been here for over 4 years now and the most we've seen updated was the checkout and the items wall had some very basic improvements but that must have been over a year ago now, so should we expect any further updates or are we headed down the same path as myspace?
Our frustrations have now reached new heights when we see TheGreenTeam tried to implement a tracking bot and your response was "the githbub file leave some very basic questions un-answered" we know their tracking bot works and we know how easy it is to build one as we've made our own which we would be happy to implement on LB but we feel the bigger question is if TGT and us can do this ourselves why haven't you or even when TGT shared their tracking bot with you instead of complaining about some very basic questions why don't you take some initiative and address whatever issues you have to make this work within the confines of LB?
Your lack of enthusiasm to improve this site is probably the reason why no one engages with this development borg and when TGT's amazing idea gets such a lackluster response its no wonder, also we've never heard of a marketplace that asks people to develop for them instead of just doing it themselves, we know it might not sound like it but we love LB and we just want to see it improve for both customers and vendors, we can't understand why simple site features don't exist and good ideas are dismissed and then forgotten about, whats stopping this site from having:
A stock counter.
Wall improvements eg. lowest price, highest price, most purchased in past 24hours.....
Topics improvements similar to the wall: most commented, most liked, newest, oldest......
Tracking bot as requested by TGT
More cryptocurrencys, we appreciate this would be handled by a 3rd party site so not really an improvement that you guys would be able to add but the other 4 are easy simple features that should exist on any marketplace especially the stock counter, please borgs its time to upgrade ♡
Our frustrations have now reached new heights when we see TheGreenTeam tried to implement a tracking bot and your response was "the githbub file leave some very basic questions un-answered" we know their tracking bot works and we know how easy it is to build one as we've made our own which we would be happy to implement on LB but we feel the bigger question is if TGT and us can do this ourselves why haven't you or even when TGT shared their tracking bot with you instead of complaining about some very basic questions why don't you take some initiative and address whatever issues you have to make this work within the confines of LB?
Your lack of enthusiasm to improve this site is probably the reason why no one engages with this development borg and when TGT's amazing idea gets such a lackluster response its no wonder, also we've never heard of a marketplace that asks people to develop for them instead of just doing it themselves, we know it might not sound like it but we love LB and we just want to see it improve for both customers and vendors, we can't understand why simple site features don't exist and good ideas are dismissed and then forgotten about, whats stopping this site from having:
A stock counter.
Wall improvements eg. lowest price, highest price, most purchased in past 24hours.....
Topics improvements similar to the wall: most commented, most liked, newest, oldest......
Tracking bot as requested by TGT
More cryptocurrencys, we appreciate this would be handled by a 3rd party site so not really an improvement that you guys would be able to add but the other 4 are easy simple features that should exist on any marketplace especially the stock counter, please borgs its time to upgrade ♡

What's the solution to the HMRC reporting by exchanges from next year? Obtaining thousands in non-KYC transactions will be a massive ballache... Surely there's a way around this and we can still pay through the site in a different format...?

In the last year they added a rich text review writer, video reviews stored on a decentralised network, reviewer statistics for each review entered, message reporting and god knows what else for the shit we cant see.

Fair enough we forgot about these updates you've mentioned which are nice but still a lot of our points are valid in relation to TGT's tracking bot and a stock counter would be more crucial to the day to day running of the site then any of the updates you've mentioned, its just very frustrating as both a tracking bot and stock counter have been discussed with the borgs and them seem uninterested in what we would think are major upgrades to the site as we said we love LB but we're left scratching our head wondering why they'll add minimal updates and appear uninterested in updates we think would be a major improvement to all users site experience.

How do you report a message I see no option in topics or in chats ?
Still stock counter seems like the stuff you learn in school
Still I have no idea about any of this it's not my thing but one can hope yk
Still stock counter seems like the stuff you learn in school
Still I have no idea about any of this it's not my thing but one can hope yk

What are you reporting?
They had a stock counter in the past maybe 2 years ago but it didn't work properly so they just removed it, we think the issue is with clearnet and the tor site it makes it more difficult to track but still if they have got it to a point where both sites function as one they should be able to implement it or if the couldn't its defiantly possible so we don't know why they don't outsource it, either way theres no denying it would probably make vendors menus better as they could list things without fear of overselling and customer wouldn't get their orders changed or cancelled so it has zero downsides, we fear it will never happen because we said all this about a stock counter about 2 years ago when they removed the non working one.
They had a stock counter in the past maybe 2 years ago but it didn't work properly so they just removed it, we think the issue is with clearnet and the tor site it makes it more difficult to track but still if they have got it to a point where both sites function as one they should be able to implement it or if the couldn't its defiantly possible so we don't know why they don't outsource it, either way theres no denying it would probably make vendors menus better as they could list things without fear of overselling and customer wouldn't get their orders changed or cancelled so it has zero downsides, we fear it will never happen because we said all this about a stock counter about 2 years ago when they removed the non working one.

Also the items wall changed just a month ago or so, the varieties were insane before seemed sellers were trying to flood the wall with varieties and scrolling through all of it was painful. Now they show 1 variety (I'm not sure which) and the rest are expandable.

Ok that we can admit is a nice update we don't scroll the wall so much so we wouldn't notice but we know the endless list issue your talking about and we think that update is probably the best since they added the checkout, we just want to see things like this more often :)

Stock counter would be nice so biggas know what's available, then the listing becomes invalid when it reaches 0
Don't that's too big of a ask
Obviously I don't work on computers but I feel that's a reasonable ask
Don't that's too big of a ask
Obviously I don't work on computers but I feel that's a reasonable ask

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{bot's life}
Road rage victim 'speaks' via AI at his killer's sentencing
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Road rage victim 'speaks' via AI at his killer's sentencing
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YourPlug
New USA vendor
welcome 🤗 do you have proof of importation with the prove borg?
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YourPlug
New USA vendor
Yo, it’s YourPlug.
Been working quietly behind the scenes, and it’s finally time to open things up. I’m focused on providing clean product, no shortcuts, no funny business.
If you’re about quality over hype, you’ll feel right at home here. Look at our profile to see what's available.
Peace out. ✌️
Been working quietly behind the scenes, and it’s finally time to open things up. I’m focused on providing clean product, no shortcuts, no funny business.
If you’re about quality over hype, you’ll feel right at home here. Look at our profile to see what's available.
Peace out. ✌️

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live map of the london underground
Thank you this seems to reduce my stress level on the commute.
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Any 3d printer-ers?
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That’s awesome. I have just started to get involved with the 3d printing thought it wid be a good activity for me and my boy you no what kids are like. still trying to figure it out it’s complex when you have no idea where to start but we will get there in the end. Any other items to show off ??

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best ipad game?
grand mountain adventure
Any particular genre you’re after mate?
Helps narrow it down a bit 🤜
Also, if you’ve got game pass you can DL the app to stream Xbox games. Many of which get touch control support (how good that is varies on the dev and game type tbh)
Helps narrow it down a bit 🤜
Also, if you’ve got game pass you can DL the app to stream Xbox games. Many of which get touch control support (how good that is varies on the dev and game type tbh)

Always depends what you like mate?
We talking touch phone games, or touch enabled Xbox game pass? That works pretty well on many games tbh
Play forza on a phone.
You got the vamp survivors which is easy to control while smoking 😂
We talking touch phone games, or touch enabled Xbox game pass? That works pretty well on many games tbh
Play forza on a phone.
You got the vamp survivors which is easy to control while smoking 😂

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Rave Yoga
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Rave Yoga
Partner is always trying to get me into yoga and I always say fuck that I'll only fart the place up.
But what if there were rave yoga with music and everyone was fucked up a bit, eh? Am I onto something?
But what if there were rave yoga with music and everyone was fucked up a bit, eh? Am I onto something?

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The Secret Military History of The Internet
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Vladimir Lenin, Crypto Anarchist
So the state killed him.
Vladimir Lenin, Crypto Anarchist
"So long as the state exists there is no freedom. When there is freedom, there will be no state."

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-1.8 votes
Ross Ulbricht Pardoned
Maybe this Trump guy isn't so bad.
Everyone in this community or any other that enjoys some freedom through crypto owes this man.
Thank you Ross, welcome back to the world.
Thank you Ross, welcome back to the world.

Something to celebrate on its own merit. So sad that instead of celebration this just unleashes hate in people, that's exactly how cunts like Trump win.

Nice!!! Strange for a psychopath to pardon someone who hates him and everything he stands for. But Ross Ulbricht (or Ulbright as the pea brain spells it) free is a good thing!! Yay!!

Scary that the Libertarians have such a hold on Trump behind the scenes they can get a law and order anti drug president to release a man who actively hates him.
Scary that people we don't know and didn't elect can get the president to do something he is ideologically against.
I think it's so that Trump can argue the justice department is broken so that he can shut it down.
Scary that people we don't know and didn't elect can get the president to do something he is ideologically against.
I think it's so that Trump can argue the justice department is broken so that he can shut it down.

A big fuck you to joe/hunter biden.
Hunter biden pushed for 5 yrs min for anyone with crack/meth over 3g.
Films himself weighing out 20g of crack with a hooker 💪
Hunter biden pushed for 5 yrs min for anyone with crack/meth over 3g.
Films himself weighing out 20g of crack with a hooker 💪

Where did you read that? Regarding Hunter pushing the 5 years? I can't find anything about it online

Bit weird cheering on someone who hired hitmen to murder his partners, just because you dig he sold drugs.
Bonus pardons are openly for sale now.
Bonus pardons are openly for sale now.

Exactly right
He’s pardoned him as he clearly needs him on his Elon musk team for their world domination plans
He also pardoned everyone who stormed the white house violently
So in America you can be a thug as long as your team trump - great message oh and you can all buy weapons to
But
Women
Foreign
Gay or different in anyway run and hide
He’s released his own crypto and is now using his position to make billions
It’s still blows my mind in one of the biggest countries in the world Biden was the strongest replacement????
It’s almost like trump knew he had to go and hired Biden to keep his seat warm till he was back
They have given Farage massive amounts of money too
As a race I think humans are going backwards and the mismanagement of our countries is turning us against each other - bullying - racism- homophobia and discrimination are being made acceptable in certain circumstances/narratives
Meanwhile megalomaniacs billionaires are literally plotting how to build the world and the moral compass they want and I seriously doubt we’re going to like the results
He’s pardoned him as he clearly needs him on his Elon musk team for their world domination plans
He also pardoned everyone who stormed the white house violently
So in America you can be a thug as long as your team trump - great message oh and you can all buy weapons to
But
Women
Foreign
Gay or different in anyway run and hide
He’s released his own crypto and is now using his position to make billions
It’s still blows my mind in one of the biggest countries in the world Biden was the strongest replacement????
It’s almost like trump knew he had to go and hired Biden to keep his seat warm till he was back
They have given Farage massive amounts of money too
As a race I think humans are going backwards and the mismanagement of our countries is turning us against each other - bullying - racism- homophobia and discrimination are being made acceptable in certain circumstances/narratives
Meanwhile megalomaniacs billionaires are literally plotting how to build the world and the moral compass they want and I seriously doubt we’re going to like the results

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+4.2 votes
Not selling green
you totally should
Not selling green
I make custom audio equipment and also read tarot. Is there any reason I couldn't list these services for sale? Not expecting a single sale or interest if I did, but are there rules against this?

No rules against it, at least as far as I can see/am aware.
I'm always interested to check out anything audio related.
I would go for it mate, I'm sure plenty others would at least take a look too.
I'm always interested to check out anything audio related.
I would go for it mate, I'm sure plenty others would at least take a look too.

I have seen paintings,. guitars and weed accessories etc listed in the past
I'm not gonna lie my ears 🐰 may have pricked up at audio equipment 🙄😁
I'm not gonna lie my ears 🐰 may have pricked up at audio equipment 🙄😁

What sort of things are you interested in? I've got 20 years design and build experience. Speakers, amps, PA systems, effects pedals, interfaces, preamps, guitar amps, hifi - you name it.

Are you asking what I'm interested or what I can afford 😜
Because that's two very separate things 😭
Yes to all the stuff you listed, I'm currently looking at an sg copy hanging on my wall that got half the gubbins removed, I'm planning on splitting the pickups so that I have one pickup covering all six strings and 2 other pickups covering 3 strings each which I'm them planning on routing to 3 outputs to my pedal board where it's gonna then end up going through a 2 amp one cab design I'm in collecting bits mode for.
I have no idea if it's gonna work how I envision but the idea is to basically be able to saturate as much of sub to shrill with one instrument
Oh and the guitar is a 6 string tuned to A 👍
It's an ongoing side project 😁
Edit technically I'm a bassist so the guitar isn't having a good time
Because that's two very separate things 😭
Yes to all the stuff you listed, I'm currently looking at an sg copy hanging on my wall that got half the gubbins removed, I'm planning on splitting the pickups so that I have one pickup covering all six strings and 2 other pickups covering 3 strings each which I'm them planning on routing to 3 outputs to my pedal board where it's gonna then end up going through a 2 amp one cab design I'm in collecting bits mode for.
I have no idea if it's gonna work how I envision but the idea is to basically be able to saturate as much of sub to shrill with one instrument
Oh and the guitar is a 6 string tuned to A 👍
It's an ongoing side project 😁
Edit technically I'm a bassist so the guitar isn't having a good time

Little bit of both. Mostly just getting a vibe for intests at the moment - I couldn't afford half the stuff I make 😂.
Sounds like a neat project. If you want any help or just want to talk about it, shoot me a message sometimes.
What guage strings are you using to keep that in tune? Lowest I've dared was C standard on Gibson scale 😅
Have you considered using full range speakers in that setup? I play an 8 string guitar use a 1x15 cab with a full range speaker for that shrill and extreme lowend. Then a pair of 2x12 cabs panned stereo
Sounds like a neat project. If you want any help or just want to talk about it, shoot me a message sometimes.
What guage strings are you using to keep that in tune? Lowest I've dared was C standard on Gibson scale 😅
Have you considered using full range speakers in that setup? I play an 8 string guitar use a 1x15 cab with a full range speaker for that shrill and extreme lowend. Then a pair of 2x12 cabs panned stereo

I can't actually remember what speakers are in this cab at the moment, sound quality isn't really a concern currently as I don't plan to go any further than the hutch it's more the fun of working out what I want and then bodging my way to it.
Once again can't remember the previous string that were tuned to A but they came off a little while back , got Ernie ball mammoth slinkies that I think are about where I was but there still in a pack as I'm making darn certain I know what I want to do before getting my dremel out 😁
I actually do have a serious hifi job I need doing and I am to scared to even ask the manufacturer how much to repair it would be
What you like with old naim gear? Specifically a nait 5 amp with *rustles internet it's discreet resistor ladder volume control, mines doing the control itself jump about thing and 🤷🏽 it's naim, I don't have enough kidneys or children left to even cover the email costs to them,.or something 🙄
Once again can't remember the previous string that were tuned to A but they came off a little while back , got Ernie ball mammoth slinkies that I think are about where I was but there still in a pack as I'm making darn certain I know what I want to do before getting my dremel out 😁
I actually do have a serious hifi job I need doing and I am to scared to even ask the manufacturer how much to repair it would be
What you like with old naim gear? Specifically a nait 5 amp with *rustles internet it's discreet resistor ladder volume control, mines doing the control itself jump about thing and 🤷🏽 it's naim, I don't have enough kidneys or children left to even cover the email costs to them,.or something 🙄

Well, sick brother Keep me posted on how it goes 😁
Can't go wrong with a set of Ernie balls. I think they have a tool which suggests a guage based on scale length and tunings somewhere on the internet
I usually charge £20/hour + parts for this type of work, and that's gonna take about 20 mins or so. Hopefully your kidneys are worth a lot more than that 😉🤣
Can't go wrong with a set of Ernie balls. I think they have a tool which suggests a guage based on scale length and tunings somewhere on the internet
I usually charge £20/hour + parts for this type of work, and that's gonna take about 20 mins or so. Hopefully your kidneys are worth a lot more than that 😉🤣

AHH we both know it's the 15 man team needed to lift the nait 5 that's the costly part.
Naim seem to swap out the part for something else based on what I could glean with the Google device but that's about all I understood when I looked which was a while ago.
My soldering skills are still at butchery level so I know better than to even try to go delving in there
It's on a priority list it's just a really low priority list in comparison to some of my other priority lists but it's good to know your hour to kidney ratio and I will keep that in mind
Naim seem to swap out the part for something else based on what I could glean with the Google device but that's about all I understood when I looked which was a while ago.
My soldering skills are still at butchery level so I know better than to even try to go delving in there
It's on a priority list it's just a really low priority list in comparison to some of my other priority lists but it's good to know your hour to kidney ratio and I will keep that in mind

Depends on the nature of the fault. Most probably down to the sketchy pot design with this type of failure. A little solder and a new pot should do it. It's Always worth a soft reset just in case gremlins have found their way into the controls 🤔
Soldering is not as tricky as it looks. A little patience and a little (and I emphasise not actually that much) practice, and you'll be golden. With repair work especially, be wary of how much heat is needed for the solder to flow vs. how much will affect component integrity. Takes a little practice 🤞
Soldering is not as tricky as it looks. A little patience and a little (and I emphasise not actually that much) practice, and you'll be golden. With repair work especially, be wary of how much heat is needed for the solder to flow vs. how much will affect component integrity. Takes a little practice 🤞

It's not a pot it's a resistor ladder that controls the volume
If it was a soldering a pot in and out that's something I can do
Tracking down which resistor is spooned and then replacing it is currently above my skill level 😁
Naim stopped using this method after this amp
If it was a soldering a pot in and out that's something I can do
Tracking down which resistor is spooned and then replacing it is currently above my skill level 😁
Naim stopped using this method after this amp

I was a bit blazed last night 😅 They give you a great volume control, but having an array of resistors is a much bigger pain to service for very little benefit. They're not common until you get to the high end of hifi usually

Yup, I'm lucky that my wife's uncle is a keen but budget limited audiophile so the setup I have was his first setup which he retired due to the aforementioned volume issues, he seemed puzzled that I didn't have issue with it originally but I started to later on.
Well I had an epiphany last night, I didn't have issues first off because I was using a dac to control the volume not the unit and it was only when I went more than one input and started adjusting the volume manually I had issues.
So in theory if I retwiddle the setup and drop all inputs other than the Dac I could find a place where the resistors are all happy and let the Dac to the volume
Well I had an epiphany last night, I didn't have issues first off because I was using a dac to control the volume not the unit and it was only when I went more than one input and started adjusting the volume manually I had issues.
So in theory if I retwiddle the setup and drop all inputs other than the Dac I could find a place where the resistors are all happy and let the Dac to the volume

No rules against it at all but the main reason more legal items are not listed here is because it only takes bitcoin. Few people will pay fees to buy legal stuff🤷♂️

I'm just looking for an occasional side project at best and honestly no same person would advertise such a service here, a double edged sword I guess 😅

I'm wondering why nobody has picked up on the last part of your first sentence "...and also read tarot."
Audio equipment and... tarot reading? As in that card thing where everyone knows the Lovers and Death but nowt much else?
"Yes, I can make you some custom audio equipment and today you will have a wank or die!"
I'm only messing matey but certainly interesting!! 😁
Audio equipment and... tarot reading? As in that card thing where everyone knows the Lovers and Death but nowt much else?
"Yes, I can make you some custom audio equipment and today you will have a wank or die!"
I'm only messing matey but certainly interesting!! 😁

Eh, I'm glad someone did! 😂
Yep, I'll gladly tell you when you'll have your death wank. Or help answer the more conventional spiritual dilemmas 😅
Everyone knows tarot for the relationship and life/death advice, but it goes a lot deeper - and a lot shallower too. At the end of the day, it's a fun parlour game.
Looks like I'm setting up shop over the weekend and offering some free readings!
Yep, I'll gladly tell you when you'll have your death wank. Or help answer the more conventional spiritual dilemmas 😅
Everyone knows tarot for the relationship and life/death advice, but it goes a lot deeper - and a lot shallower too. At the end of the day, it's a fun parlour game.
Looks like I'm setting up shop over the weekend and offering some free readings!

Not sure how you can monetise a Tarot reading on LB but good luck!
Anyway I now have a name for my new Metal band: ☠️DéthWänkë💦
Anyway I now have a name for my new Metal band: ☠️DéthWänkë💦

In that case I could either double down with credibility and integrity with my REAL musical act or I could just defect to Finland and enter the band into the Eurovisions with a song called Nickity Knockado (Love triumphs over all evil) with the message it is ok to fall in love with a Cheesecake. It is a love ballad in the style of Gwar at 280bpm.

I picked up on it but it doesn't interest me and my knowledge puddle is limited in regards too it.
Happy Xmas btw
Happy Xmas btw

Merry New Year... ah ha hahahaha.
Monkey? Monkey? I'm a fikkin Gorilla you clown.
Name the film.
Monkey? Monkey? I'm a fikkin Gorilla you clown.
Name the film.

It is a shame. Originally LB was an open store I’m told but crypto and competition online with the likes of eBay kind of shaped it how it is today…

As the wife of the CEO surely you should know that
Or could it be...
There's more than one dog like yours in existence and other people can also take photos of their pets
Anyhow hope your well 🐰❤️🦊
Or could it be...
There's more than one dog like yours in existence and other people can also take photos of their pets
Anyhow hope your well 🐰❤️🦊

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+1 votes
its just that the world is old and cranky
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its just that the world is old and cranky
this is the real demographic crisis and why despite unprecedented peace and prosperity the vibe is shit worldwide. old people like fixating on negative shit, hating on other cultures and peoples and love authoritarian solutions to the problems they perceive.
we can help them :)
we can help them :)

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+3 votes
Cancer has my name in the hat, can I start fighting before it's drawn?
very cool, thanks
Cancer has my name in the hat, can I start fighting before it's drawn?
My dad and mum both went out with cancer, leukemia and breast cancer. Loads more relatives too so I reckon I am going to be fighting a melanoma sooner or later. Also figure it's going to be tiny and undetected at start. So why not act like its there now? Could give a rats ass about side effects since I'm going to face them anyway why not while the drugs are super strong and possibly more effective?

No is the answer, not true treatments anyways, chemo will have no benefit in any form if there’s no cancer… As to doing your best to prevent, of course, eat well, drink less alcohol, make sure you keep your body as clear as you can of free radicals using supplements, many many ways you can likely prolong the inevitable if it is truly indeed inevitable but you can’t fight genetic code but you can make sure all the other systems are running as optimally as possible through lifestyle and supplementation.

just get regular checkups. In a lot of cases, the treatment can be worse than the disease. I first was diagnosed with NHL in 2008 but didn't need treatment until 2018 & if I had been smart I would have a avoided a lot (or all) of the treatment I'm receiving. Treatment can also increase your chances of getting a different type of cancer later in life.

Start taking cold showers daily?
Below is a text from a link to newscientist.com from Wim Hof's Twitter page.
"Cold exposure stops tumour growth in mice by hijacking glucose stores
Being continuously exposed to 4°C (39°F) for 20 days inhibited tumour growth and improved the survival of mice with five different types of cancerous cells
A brown fat cell, surrounded by capillaries, captured via a coloured scanning electron micrograph. Activating brown fat through cold exposure may cause it to burn glucose, which cancerous tumour cells rely on for growth
Cold temperatures could inhibit the growth of cancerous cells, according to research conducted in mice and one person with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Exposure to low temperatures is thought to prompt brown fat cells to burn glucose, cancer cells’ dominant energy source.
Some existing cancer treatments disrupt glucose uptake to slow or prevent tumour growth. These tend to be administered via drugs, rather than whole-body exposure to cold therapy. Drugs may have more side effects and complex administration regimens, relative to cold therapy.
To test cold therapy’s potential, Yihai Cao at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and his colleagues implanted five different types of cancerous cells into a group of mice. Some of the rodents were then continuously exposed to very low temperatures, but above freezing, for 20 days.
This exposure activated the mice’s brown fat tissue, which burns energy rather than storing it, reducing the tumours’ energy supply.
These mice went on to have considerable tumour inhibition and a survival rate that was almost double that of mice that received no treatment.
“This is really something new: not directly targeting cancer cells, but rather altering global metabolism in the body to affect tumours,” says Cao.
To eliminate the possibility that the tumour suppression was down to something other than the cold therapy, Cao and his team intervened in several ways. After surgically removing the cold-exposed mice’s brown fat, or turning off the gene by which brown fat generates heat, tumour inhibition was absent.
The inhibition was also absent when the mice were fed a high-glucose diet, suggesting that the tumours’ growth was inhibited by a lack of glucose. The team also performed a genetic analysis on the cold-exposed tumours, finding a decrease in markers associated with glucose consumption.
In a second part of the experiment, Cao and his team exposed a group of six healthy human volunteers to 16°C (61°F) for 2 to 6 hours a day for two weeks. Similarly to the mice, the volunteers’ brown fat tissue became activated.
The researchers then continuously exposed a person with Hodgkin’s lymphoma to 22°C (72°F) for seven days. Not only did their brown fat become activated, their tumours also consumed less glucose over this period.
The results are solid, but more research needs to be carried out, both in animals and in humans with tumours, says Katiuscia Bianchi at the Barts Cancer Institute in London.
According to Saverio Tardito at the Beatson Institute in Glasgow, UK, the mice tumour growth results are “striking”. But given that this treatment would most likely be administered in combination with chemotherapy, it might negatively affect chemotherapy drugs, he says, which has to be ruled out before any joint treatments are carried out.
Cao himself concedes that the genetic variation in people’s brown fat and its response to cold might make the treatment unsuitable for some. People with later-stage cancer who have already lost weight also may be unable to risk losing more through brown fat-driven energy consumption, he says."
Journal reference: Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05030-3
Below is a text from a link to newscientist.com from Wim Hof's Twitter page.
"Cold exposure stops tumour growth in mice by hijacking glucose stores
Being continuously exposed to 4°C (39°F) for 20 days inhibited tumour growth and improved the survival of mice with five different types of cancerous cells
A brown fat cell, surrounded by capillaries, captured via a coloured scanning electron micrograph. Activating brown fat through cold exposure may cause it to burn glucose, which cancerous tumour cells rely on for growth
Cold temperatures could inhibit the growth of cancerous cells, according to research conducted in mice and one person with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Exposure to low temperatures is thought to prompt brown fat cells to burn glucose, cancer cells’ dominant energy source.
Some existing cancer treatments disrupt glucose uptake to slow or prevent tumour growth. These tend to be administered via drugs, rather than whole-body exposure to cold therapy. Drugs may have more side effects and complex administration regimens, relative to cold therapy.
To test cold therapy’s potential, Yihai Cao at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and his colleagues implanted five different types of cancerous cells into a group of mice. Some of the rodents were then continuously exposed to very low temperatures, but above freezing, for 20 days.
This exposure activated the mice’s brown fat tissue, which burns energy rather than storing it, reducing the tumours’ energy supply.
These mice went on to have considerable tumour inhibition and a survival rate that was almost double that of mice that received no treatment.
“This is really something new: not directly targeting cancer cells, but rather altering global metabolism in the body to affect tumours,” says Cao.
To eliminate the possibility that the tumour suppression was down to something other than the cold therapy, Cao and his team intervened in several ways. After surgically removing the cold-exposed mice’s brown fat, or turning off the gene by which brown fat generates heat, tumour inhibition was absent.
The inhibition was also absent when the mice were fed a high-glucose diet, suggesting that the tumours’ growth was inhibited by a lack of glucose. The team also performed a genetic analysis on the cold-exposed tumours, finding a decrease in markers associated with glucose consumption.
In a second part of the experiment, Cao and his team exposed a group of six healthy human volunteers to 16°C (61°F) for 2 to 6 hours a day for two weeks. Similarly to the mice, the volunteers’ brown fat tissue became activated.
The researchers then continuously exposed a person with Hodgkin’s lymphoma to 22°C (72°F) for seven days. Not only did their brown fat become activated, their tumours also consumed less glucose over this period.
The results are solid, but more research needs to be carried out, both in animals and in humans with tumours, says Katiuscia Bianchi at the Barts Cancer Institute in London.
According to Saverio Tardito at the Beatson Institute in Glasgow, UK, the mice tumour growth results are “striking”. But given that this treatment would most likely be administered in combination with chemotherapy, it might negatively affect chemotherapy drugs, he says, which has to be ruled out before any joint treatments are carried out.
Cao himself concedes that the genetic variation in people’s brown fat and its response to cold might make the treatment unsuitable for some. People with later-stage cancer who have already lost weight also may be unable to risk losing more through brown fat-driven energy consumption, he says."
Journal reference: Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05030-3

Synthetic drug treatments are not the way forward at this time watts .
Living a clean lifestyle is & what we put into our bodies plays a big part to a healthy life .
If u want any help on this you can dm anytime
Living a clean lifestyle is & what we put into our bodies plays a big part to a healthy life .
If u want any help on this you can dm anytime

The only thing you can do is live your best life for your parents, try not to focus on things you have no control over.
Raise or donate some money to cancer research this may help you focus on something more positive.
All the best👍
Raise or donate some money to cancer research this may help you focus on something more positive.
All the best👍

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+2 votes
Consensus Capital Markets
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Consensus Capital Markets
As more aspects of the global economy and daily activities migrate to the cryptoeconomy, what will become the most sought-after commodity of the new era?

i see governments and corporations trying to differentiate their blockspace from the independent "terrorist enabling" blockspace.

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Rick and Morty: The Anime
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Cops' "Civil Forfeiture" grabs more than all robberies combined.
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Cops' "Civil Forfeiture" grabs more than all robberies combined.
American police can take all assets (even houses) from anyone they SUSPECT. The person does not even have to be accused, let alone charged or convicted.
Cops 4.8 billion vs Robbers 3.4 billion at last count.
The assets are either kept by the police or liquidated and shared with other government operators. A difficult court battle is required to get the assets back to their rightful owners even if they have committed no crime at all.
Cops 4.8 billion vs Robbers 3.4 billion at last count.
The assets are either kept by the police or liquidated and shared with other government operators. A difficult court battle is required to get the assets back to their rightful owners even if they have committed no crime at all.

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Voice of the Effective Accelerationists
Thanks, not even the most interesting thing about this genius, go in an hour 45 or so and lex asks what he calls the "pothead questions".
Still cant see how the media justified doxing this guy. Glad he is still speaking up, not sure if I even agree with the philosophy but he is spot on about the regulatory capture and plutocratic controls forming already.

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right here bigga
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Ben Böhmer - Live At The Roundhouse, London
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The penalty for lying in the Persian Empire
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The penalty for lying in the Persian Empire
"Drawing his sword, he cut off their ears and noses, and having threaded these on the bridle of a horse, he tied this around their necks and let them go.
The case is clear. One cuts off the ears — perhaps along with other organs of sense and communication — to mark those convicted of lying.
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The case is clear. One cuts off the ears — perhaps along with other organs of sense and communication — to mark those convicted of lying.
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soros has been a great cannabis activist

So that makes it all OK then?
He sold out his own people to the nazi's and then told the press years later that he has no regrets about it.
He tried to bankrupt the British pound as we beat the nazi's which he did not appreciate and he wants to cause death and destruction ti the western world but that is all OK because he helped orange County get legalised 🤣
I know exactly what side of history that I am on."NEVER AGAIN"
And there is no such thing as gays for Palestine either get that into your thick sculls.
One day after the Iranian revolution the Muslim brotherhood killed all there left wing helpers.
This is what happens when you mix radical islamists with leftist fucking liberals they take a country back to the middle ages.
Ww have enabled this and we now need people with guts to sort this mess out, the teachings in alot mosques in the western world is done by radicals that were banned in countries like Pakistan as they were only intent on bringing down there governments so they were banished into Europe were we have allowed them to blossom.
Back in the 1960's the emigrants were coming here to better themselves and leave the oppression only to be followed here many years later by these nutters.
40.000 and rising on the terror watch list at any given time in the UK!?!?!
Who do you think funds the NGO"s ??
Who pays for all the social media ads in Africa to encourage the mass migration ??
Who gives them new mobile phones and just happens to be there when they land on beaches ????
Who is behind Antifa, BLM , Extintion rebellion????
SoROS!!!
Where are all the protests for the 1 million Uyghurs muslims in China ????????
He sold out his own people to the nazi's and then told the press years later that he has no regrets about it.
He tried to bankrupt the British pound as we beat the nazi's which he did not appreciate and he wants to cause death and destruction ti the western world but that is all OK because he helped orange County get legalised 🤣
I know exactly what side of history that I am on."NEVER AGAIN"
And there is no such thing as gays for Palestine either get that into your thick sculls.
One day after the Iranian revolution the Muslim brotherhood killed all there left wing helpers.
This is what happens when you mix radical islamists with leftist fucking liberals they take a country back to the middle ages.
Ww have enabled this and we now need people with guts to sort this mess out, the teachings in alot mosques in the western world is done by radicals that were banned in countries like Pakistan as they were only intent on bringing down there governments so they were banished into Europe were we have allowed them to blossom.
Back in the 1960's the emigrants were coming here to better themselves and leave the oppression only to be followed here many years later by these nutters.
40.000 and rising on the terror watch list at any given time in the UK!?!?!
Who do you think funds the NGO"s ??
Who pays for all the social media ads in Africa to encourage the mass migration ??
Who gives them new mobile phones and just happens to be there when they land on beaches ????
Who is behind Antifa, BLM , Extintion rebellion????
SoROS!!!
Where are all the protests for the 1 million Uyghurs muslims in China ????????

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Warzone Pals Needed
Hmm I think I would share a gamer tag if:
aint linked to an id or credit card
device paid w cash
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Warzone Pals Needed
What’s happening lovely Biggas? My normal Warzone crew are hardly on these days. Looking for some like minded individuals to play a few games, smoke a few zoots and maybe even accuse better players of cheating us. PlayStation 5 ideally, not hugely competitive, mainly banter. Are we allowed to share gamer tags on here? Don’t want to get banned.

I’m down for this all day every day I’m not sure about the name tag thing but surly isn’t a problem

Drug dealer called Crack who boasted of deals on Playstation is jailed. An armed drug dealer who called himself "Crack" has been jailed for over 20 years after police broke into a "secure" chat app used by underworld kingpins.12 Oct 2023
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/encrochat-drug-dealer-called-crack-060737415.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB1CXgynhz0fCXcAiL6Te4Dy9Jzq-Ux-8IivMFoVxvFvmNGkRi7CekjVBh-o7nGZYXZuDQ2cm2Zl9VARqmGB-EaOQg2_XVW3ts5JEKMM1W0kAyfkUuS5i84ysdJx5oSW1yBUdGqwQIaGWv9WpOZtcJXqT-ab9wmV1J2vYhyo4KUI
I DONT RECOMMEND VENDORS TO SHARE ANY INFO..
If you want biggas to play with you I think safest bet is to just name your psn username and let people can add you anonymously
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/encrochat-drug-dealer-called-crack-060737415.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB1CXgynhz0fCXcAiL6Te4Dy9Jzq-Ux-8IivMFoVxvFvmNGkRi7CekjVBh-o7nGZYXZuDQ2cm2Zl9VARqmGB-EaOQg2_XVW3ts5JEKMM1W0kAyfkUuS5i84ysdJx5oSW1yBUdGqwQIaGWv9WpOZtcJXqT-ab9wmV1J2vYhyo4KUI
I DONT RECOMMEND VENDORS TO SHARE ANY INFO..
If you want biggas to play with you I think safest bet is to just name your psn username and let people can add you anonymously

Nice, keen to message you but really don’t fancy getting banned. Suppose it is technically taking things off site isn’t it. I’m not too clued up on the threads and the borgs here, I wonder where I could check, any ideas?

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How can I stencil a large barcode onto a wall?
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Projector or if you have a printer I think you can zoom the barcode bigger onto a4 size. Or maybe stencils online.

Do you want it to be scannable still?
Very unlikely you can stencil in this kinda detail, probably easier to get down the large format printers, get it printed the size you want and wheat paste it on the location. Search ‘Shep Fairey’ for best techniques.
Very unlikely you can stencil in this kinda detail, probably easier to get down the large format printers, get it printed the size you want and wheat paste it on the location. Search ‘Shep Fairey’ for best techniques.

The best, easiest and cheapest way is to get a vinyl sticker cut, most printers do it. It will cut the shape you like and then you have to apply application tape. Then remove the backing leaving it stuck to the application tape. Once you have done that you can stick it to the wall. Remove the application tape and you have a sticker. Only problem is that sometimes it's a nightmare sticking to glossy paint. I've done hundreds of them. I wouldn't pay more than £15 - £25 for a big sticker and if you can make sure you use 3M vinyl. It's the best stuff IMO.

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Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York?
this cant last, unlike the podcast which goes for 2 episodes ;). fun listen for nyc observers
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Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York?
this cant last, unlike the podcast which goes for 2 episodes ;). fun listen for nyc observers

amazing legalisation effort based on reparations for street dealers. nyc arrested 350,000 cannabis users in the guliani days now they won't touch anyone so corner shops everywhere sell without a license.
a new outrage, cops cant win either way.
a new outrage, cops cant win either way.

I haven't watched this (yet) but I think a big part of it is just that the people want to have control of the bud supply. I mean, why would anyone who's been hassled by the police over weed EVER want to buy it from the government?

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any fasting biggaz out there?
Makes you sharper for sure but then maybe too sharp around others.
any fasting biggaz out there?
i've started to dabble with holding out to dinner. it has been positive overall, there's surely a high, maybe also a little anger too though. anyone else trying this?

I love fasting! Clear my head better than any meditation 🧘🏻♀️
Lately I’ve been doing OMAD (One Mea a Day) and it’s amazing, such a hassle free way of living plus it makes easier to choose something healthy to eat.
The only thing that makes me go OUT OF CONTROL is the munchies 🥴 I would eat the legs of the chairs if i could ha
Lately I’ve been doing OMAD (One Mea a Day) and it’s amazing, such a hassle free way of living plus it makes easier to choose something healthy to eat.
The only thing that makes me go OUT OF CONTROL is the munchies 🥴 I would eat the legs of the chairs if i could ha

I've replaced most munchies with strawberries. Great results. Exceptionally clean teeth too!

Did a ten day fast with only water few months ago..Had the occasional bit of salt and lemon to suppress appetite. Cleared pimples ive had for years, black marks on my skin. Still smoked weed during it..called it my "weed and water" fast
but wow was an amazing experience days 2-3 are the hardest, after that u get a natural body high and u feel intermittent bursts of energy which u should use to do light exercise....was losing over 0.8kg a day..would defo recommend!!
Dr Berg on youtube for more info helped me alot!
but wow was an amazing experience days 2-3 are the hardest, after that u get a natural body high and u feel intermittent bursts of energy which u should use to do light exercise....was losing over 0.8kg a day..would defo recommend!!
Dr Berg on youtube for more info helped me alot!

done this for years found it a bit harder latley though. id wake up 8am and wouldnt eat till 4pm to 7pm never felt hungry to a point ide suffer so didnt have any issue doing it. since covid i have been eating earllyer due to feeling starved by 1pm will i get back to old self probabby not since having covid twice now eating in general is not what it used to be like taste and texture not the same anymore.

ha! in my case it is not so. my metabolism went up. and I can now drink and smoke more than before ;) with much less bad side-effects

I've been on and off 17/7 for the last year and I feel I reached a plateau.. I wonder if I should try OMAD or one day on, one day off.. Any one have any tips on how to not stuff your face once your fasting time is up?!

I would really urge anyone who is or is planning to fast to get a checkup at their GP first. Make sure your vitamineral levels are good.
A few years back I was addicted to speed and consistently went 4-6 days without food (and sleep) when one day I just fell over and woke up in the hospital the day after. I was apparently on the verge of starving to death even though I'm a tubby motherphoenix, so stay safe friends!
A few years back I was addicted to speed and consistently went 4-6 days without food (and sleep) when one day I just fell over and woke up in the hospital the day after. I was apparently on the verge of starving to death even though I'm a tubby motherphoenix, so stay safe friends!

My app tells me I have fasted 8277 hours! i tend to eat between 12-8pm and have lost a total of 4 stone, im not sure ive noticed many mental benefits though other than not berating myself constantly haha If anyone wants a good tracker app, I use Fastic.

I have 18 hours between eating everyday which seems to help me anyways. Best thing I’ve done is pair that with stopping all processed foods and sugar. grass fed biltong and walnuts are my snack of choice. Milk thistle, moringa powder, turmeric, cayenne and Ceylon washed down with ginger juice is definitely worth trying too.

Yeah, I do it once a year. Did do it for detox and lose some weight but recently it's been a more spiritual experience.
First few days or week are always tough. No caffeine, nicotine or cannabis makes me cranky as f......
First few days or week are always tough. No caffeine, nicotine or cannabis makes me cranky as f......

I’ve always naturally kinda fasted. Never really had breakfast or lunch. I do have coffee or tea so break my fast I guess with the milk. But I only really eat my evening meal about 7/8pm and then might snack again with the munchies till about 2am. I’m not a massive eater tho and could probs do with eating more.

i fast maybe every 2-3 days for a day sometimes 2 , longest i ever fasted was 9 days. also i mainly only eat one meal a day (Unless im toking) Munchies make it way to hard too fast XD

I went through a phase a few years ago of doing three day water fasts. Always felt very serene on the last day. By the time it came to actually eat again, I wasn't that bothered!

I generally don't eat until about 5pm. Still overweight due to munchies. But have halved sugar and doubled cardio and weights with really impressive results.

Just starting Out my own fast, just water only for the last 48 hours.
Going to try it once a week (for the health benefits)
No bad side affects so far, just not able to eat socially can be a downer when your on it.
Going to try it once a week (for the health benefits)
No bad side affects so far, just not able to eat socially can be a downer when your on it.

48 is right when it starts feeling a wee bit psycho. like you're going to eat a side of beef or nothing ever again.
that said i find the hardest part is compatibility with others and meal times
that said i find the hardest part is compatibility with others and meal times

I agree, a big portion of connections with other people is around dinner time. Hard to miss.

How are you getting on? I’ve been intermittent fasting (16:8) for a while, always tempted to do a 48 or 72 hour fast, so like a full body reset

Do it bro.. its amazing..but must say first 72 hours are usually the hardest..after that your body starts using its own fat reserves more efficiently.. so would suggest 7-10 days if u can.. everyday after the 3rd ull see benefits and increased energy levels..

Wow! That’s a long one haha Do you experience much muscle wastage in that time? Burning a bit of fat is never a bad thing though haha

I stopped for now, but honestly I felt much more healthy when I was doing the fast and need to jump back on or at least reset my diet yet again… too many Greg’s tuna baguettes at 10 am during the week plus weekend take away has ruin my diet.
Too much processed foods.
The fast is an easy way to reset body and diet and just great for the mental.
going to go for a half day fast on Monday and steadily creep up to a 48/72 hour fast over the next couple weeks
Too much processed foods.
The fast is an easy way to reset body and diet and just great for the mental.
going to go for a half day fast on Monday and steadily creep up to a 48/72 hour fast over the next couple weeks

yeah that’s the downfall of our diets these days, everything is just so easy to get our hands on. Access to food constantly, I always have a bit of a relapse at weekends haha deadly case of the munchies 😂 I will most definitely do a 48 hour one soon I think, I seem to get on quite well with 16:8 and like you said you feel healthier

after my fasts i usually make a big pot of spicey Chanko or ramen and have it for days after XD

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we are building a stable coin alternative to btc
bch was deprecated the day it was born.
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we are building a stable coin alternative to btc
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seems these days more people are starting to see the value in a btc alternative 😋
we are making progress and want to thank the biggaz that are helping, particularly the devvy borg who are making significant changes to little biggy's infrastructure in order to accomodate a solana based payment processor.
we still need more devs though, this is the hardest part of developing securely and anonymously. thank you to the biggaz making introductions (especially budzinho), we are grateful and will reward every success.
we also mention that full time dev positions are available in addition to the projects we list, anyone successfully completing a project is eligibile.
every bigga is hurting with these btc fees and we get that, its why we see an opportunity but if you could not use this thread for your grievances we would appreciate it, we're trying to move things forward. 🙏
seems these days more people are starting to see the value in a btc alternative 😋
we are making progress and want to thank the biggaz that are helping, particularly the devvy borg who are making significant changes to little biggy's infrastructure in order to accomodate a solana based payment processor.
we still need more devs though, this is the hardest part of developing securely and anonymously. thank you to the biggaz making introductions (especially budzinho), we are grateful and will reward every success.
we also mention that full time dev positions are available in addition to the projects we list, anyone successfully completing a project is eligibile.
every bigga is hurting with these btc fees and we get that, its why we see an opportunity but if you could not use this thread for your grievances we would appreciate it, we're trying to move things forward. 🙏

Nice to see some change in the making. Just out of curiosity, why a stablecoin? Would it not be easier to just implement Sol as the payment token? Don't mean to be negative but it's very difficult to create a stablecoin that will continuously maintain it's peg. Is it an algo based stablecoins you guys are developing?
I did see that Circle have just released their EURO stablecoin which afaik is on Solana Chain. Could possibly be an idea to use. Would be like USDT but without having to pay ETH gas fees.
I did see that Circle have just released their EURO stablecoin which afaik is on Solana Chain. Could possibly be an idea to use. Would be like USDT but without having to pay ETH gas fees.

the new euro backed stable coin is a good suggestion and we are keeping an eye on it's progress.

would it be viable to add monero (or, honestly, any coin with decent privacy and transaction fees) as an alternative in the meantime? the bitcoin transaction fees have gone utterly mental recently, and it's scaring me away from the site.

is it actually tether? if so how will they avoid addresses being frozen if the wrong attention ever fell on here?

Sad day indeed given it was what BTC should have been. (Could have been).
It's time will come though when people say fuck paying $XXX's in fees bcoz that is frankly ridiculous for the oldest crypto going on 16 years now...
It's time will come though when people say fuck paying $XXX's in fees bcoz that is frankly ridiculous for the oldest crypto going on 16 years now...

Understandable given the number of blockchain halting episodes in recent years...although I do genuinely believe Solano to be a more robust and dependable chain now...although still nowhere near as decentralised as Cardano....which along with low fees now has a number of stablecoin options

mmm 'blockchain halting' or centralised ownership may be a better term for it.
It's shady af in my opinion, and, BCH is well.. bitcoin. Still decentralised, just the better version with bigger block size and vastly cheaper fees...
It's shady af in my opinion, and, BCH is well.. bitcoin. Still decentralised, just the better version with bigger block size and vastly cheaper fees...

Yup. Its supposedly sacrificing the decentralisation for far higher TPS....but the fact it can be turned on and off doesn't sit right.
Can't wait to see the Cardano network properly battle tested at scale...been using some Defi Dapps and have been impressed so far.
Bitcoin Cash would be a nice option here though
Can't wait to see the Cardano network properly battle tested at scale...been using some Defi Dapps and have been impressed so far.
Bitcoin Cash would be a nice option here though

If you like ADA, check out ERG, basically a BTC successor without any VC backing, fair pre-mine, ASIC resistant, POW, eUTXO etc...

Are you actually creating a new coin from scratch? Would it not make sense to at least switch to a currently existing coin that resolves some of bitcoins issues? At least as a temporary solution until your new coin is finished.
Thank you for working on a fix for this :)
Thank you for working on a fix for this :)

they should just switch to litecoin or even better monero
tether is centralised and they can freeze addresses. There is a reason no illicit market uses tether, there are too many cons and barely any pros
tether is centralised and they can freeze addresses. There is a reason no illicit market uses tether, there are too many cons and barely any pros

To little to late for some, how many customers have been lost now!?
Ireland is like a graveyard and the UK is almost as bad.
This should of happened ages ago and now just feels like we are in a perpetual nightmare.
If they wanted different coins they would of implemented them by now. I would say at this rate we have a few weeks left of trading till we go bust.
And all the while the buyers keep throwing money at a new vendor and constantly promote that vendor without regard or any sense of loyalty to others it is just typical of the society that we live in. Where has the peanut vendor gone??
Why is no one calling this out??
Ireland is like a graveyard and the UK is almost as bad.
This should of happened ages ago and now just feels like we are in a perpetual nightmare.
If they wanted different coins they would of implemented them by now. I would say at this rate we have a few weeks left of trading till we go bust.
And all the while the buyers keep throwing money at a new vendor and constantly promote that vendor without regard or any sense of loyalty to others it is just typical of the society that we live in. Where has the peanut vendor gone??
Why is no one calling this out??

It's as simple as this really, there's teenagers setting up websites for their 'NFT Projects' which have all crypto payments implemented including BTC, ETH, ADA, XTZ, SOL etc... If LB really wanted to utilize another chain or layer 2, it would of been sorted a long time ago.
I see a lot of people going on about privacy concerns etc, yet majority are using a CEX to on-ramp/off-ramp so your privacy is already out the window I'm afraid. Even BTC, to people that know what they're doing, come on it really ain't hard to follow the coin on-chain.
We are buying bits of herb at the end of the day, LB is pretty tame with the products on here so I can't imagine feds are gunna be spending resources and money to track down JimmyBois half oz he bought for the weekend. Obviously maybe a bit different for vendors though I appreciate that.
Is anyone actually able to clarify what the issue is? Is it something to do with the escrow settlements which is causing problems for implementing? Tbh it would be cool for th escrow to be a SC and just autonomously act out.
I see a lot of people going on about privacy concerns etc, yet majority are using a CEX to on-ramp/off-ramp so your privacy is already out the window I'm afraid. Even BTC, to people that know what they're doing, come on it really ain't hard to follow the coin on-chain.
We are buying bits of herb at the end of the day, LB is pretty tame with the products on here so I can't imagine feds are gunna be spending resources and money to track down JimmyBois half oz he bought for the weekend. Obviously maybe a bit different for vendors though I appreciate that.
Is anyone actually able to clarify what the issue is? Is it something to do with the escrow settlements which is causing problems for implementing? Tbh it would be cool for th escrow to be a SC and just autonomously act out.

Very good points mate, most of which could no doubt be answered if the Borgs would only talk to us in more than riddles.🙄
Personally I suspect that the payment processor transaxe.com insists only on btc and to offer an alternative means a departure and a whole new processor which is blowing noodles.
Just a hunch 🤷♂️
Personally I suspect that the payment processor transaxe.com insists only on btc and to offer an alternative means a departure and a whole new processor which is blowing noodles.
Just a hunch 🤷♂️

Yeah the cryptic riddles and communication could be a bit better!
Must be something like that, all I can think is that it's moreso to do with transaxe side of things. But then again speaking as someone who has very little knowledge on coding, even I can create a SC that receives payments, distributes under certain parameters/conditions, creates information functions etc.. It'd be simple ASF don't get me wrong, but I really don't think this would be hard at all for someone that is clued up on it.
You could probably even copy and pasta the template lol
Must be something like that, all I can think is that it's moreso to do with transaxe side of things. But then again speaking as someone who has very little knowledge on coding, even I can create a SC that receives payments, distributes under certain parameters/conditions, creates information functions etc.. It'd be simple ASF don't get me wrong, but I really don't think this would be hard at all for someone that is clued up on it.
You could probably even copy and pasta the template lol

I find it astonishing that they're happy for buyers to go elsewhere. I use another platform now and pay in LTC, £100 costs me about £3 to buy and less than 1p to transfer which is completed in less than 20 minutes. Its a real shame as I love LB but I'm not willing to pay through the nose for the privilege when there are very much comparable market places, that accept 3 or 4 payment methods.
08/02/24
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The more payment methods the better in my opinion but i get how hard it is to restructure these things.
Pity the evil overlords wont let you guys just use Fiat payments would be cool if i could just buy using the good old British pound.
Pity the evil overlords wont let you guys just use Fiat payments would be cool if i could just buy using the good old British pound.

Yet there are other clear net sites that do just that- give the option to pay in £££...why are they not bothered I ask myself?

Any updates on this?
I along with many others, no doubt have had to resort to other sources that accept other crypto (ltc) with practically no fees, I love LB but when I can save a small fortune, I'm spending my crypto elsewhere.
I along with many others, no doubt have had to resort to other sources that accept other crypto (ltc) with practically no fees, I love LB but when I can save a small fortune, I'm spending my crypto elsewhere.

What sort of timeframe are we looking at for a move to using a different coin .. we need it now more than ever .
All the best LB Famo 💪💪
All the best LB Famo 💪💪

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im afraid to watch rick and morty s7
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The economics of pirate radio
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What do you work as and would you recommend it to a job seeker?
do what you wouldn't mind having blown your time on if it went wrong. then it can't.
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What do you work as and would you recommend it to a job seeker?
So screw it I decided to make another post because if there's anyone I genuinely trust to give me solid real advice it's my pot smoking friends here.
I've been in my job for almost a decade and I thoroughly hate it, the wage is bad the stress is massive, the micromanaging is insane and there's absolutely zero job satisfaction.
How do people even pursue careers? I've got a wealth of experience in IT, phones, systems, customer service etc but it's all generic experience. I have friends who work for IT making more sustainable PC parts, dealing with wind turbines, engineering in car companies and I just don't know how they went from school to that.
I'm not naive, it takes time, patience and dedication for anything but I've been scouring options for months and I just can't seem to work out what I could do that pays me more than I earn now, would give me a better work life balance and would allow me to have a better quality of life.
Essentially the old trope of working for the man. I can't say what I do but it's in the public sector and it is a shit, shit job with almost no benefits and due to it not being private the pay is abymsal.
Rant over, what is it you do, do you earn a good liveable wage and would you recommend it to anyone looking?
Thanks
I've been in my job for almost a decade and I thoroughly hate it, the wage is bad the stress is massive, the micromanaging is insane and there's absolutely zero job satisfaction.
How do people even pursue careers? I've got a wealth of experience in IT, phones, systems, customer service etc but it's all generic experience. I have friends who work for IT making more sustainable PC parts, dealing with wind turbines, engineering in car companies and I just don't know how they went from school to that.
I'm not naive, it takes time, patience and dedication for anything but I've been scouring options for months and I just can't seem to work out what I could do that pays me more than I earn now, would give me a better work life balance and would allow me to have a better quality of life.
Essentially the old trope of working for the man. I can't say what I do but it's in the public sector and it is a shit, shit job with almost no benefits and due to it not being private the pay is abymsal.
Rant over, what is it you do, do you earn a good liveable wage and would you recommend it to anyone looking?
Thanks

I work in video games mate, lots of bad press and some shitty companies but also some that are magic and look after you.
My role don’t pay mad cash but I’m happy at work and can pay the bills (just).
Personally I’d list your skills and experience then think of an industry or trade that you want to get out of bed in morning for and see how your skills and experience is transferable to your new role 🤜
Don’t be put off mate, I’ve seen LOADS of people from all walks of life join us in games with 0 experience in games but skill’s and experience and passion can that can valuable.
Apply for roles you like, get denied. Get interviews and the. Denied but USE THEM to learn what they look for and never forget you are interviewing THEM as much as they are you!!!
You want to find out how they treat people, what their values are etc. make sure they align with your own and vibe of management is good as any bad vibes in interview usually translate to negative experience imo.
My role don’t pay mad cash but I’m happy at work and can pay the bills (just).
Personally I’d list your skills and experience then think of an industry or trade that you want to get out of bed in morning for and see how your skills and experience is transferable to your new role 🤜
Don’t be put off mate, I’ve seen LOADS of people from all walks of life join us in games with 0 experience in games but skill’s and experience and passion can that can valuable.
Apply for roles you like, get denied. Get interviews and the. Denied but USE THEM to learn what they look for and never forget you are interviewing THEM as much as they are you!!!
You want to find out how they treat people, what their values are etc. make sure they align with your own and vibe of management is good as any bad vibes in interview usually translate to negative experience imo.

Don't be jealous of people in I.t
Friend I know worked for Facebook made 6 figures a year until month ago a.i now does his job... become unreplacable,don't worry about "a career" it doesn't mean anything thought about self employment?
Friend I know worked for Facebook made 6 figures a year until month ago a.i now does his job... become unreplacable,don't worry about "a career" it doesn't mean anything thought about self employment?

Hi dude, sounds like your higherself is telling you to get out of that job, I've been their even lost jobs for not listening to myself.
What you should do is sit with yourself with no distractions and ask what would I do if you could do anything. Eventually you'll get an answer might take a few times but you'll know when you find it because you'll feel passion. Write it down in as much detail as possible like imagination your in your place of business having conversations with your employees, the more imagination you can bring the quicker it will happen.
Then go look up Neville Goddard books and trust the process for 1 month and watch what happens or try prove him wrong as he says in his books.. He teaches we're spiritual beings and we can create reality with our imagination.
You got this bro, self doubt is to try keep us small from primordial times! We're not surviving anymore we're thriving! We all just need to trust ourselves a lot more :)
What you should do is sit with yourself with no distractions and ask what would I do if you could do anything. Eventually you'll get an answer might take a few times but you'll know when you find it because you'll feel passion. Write it down in as much detail as possible like imagination your in your place of business having conversations with your employees, the more imagination you can bring the quicker it will happen.
Then go look up Neville Goddard books and trust the process for 1 month and watch what happens or try prove him wrong as he says in his books.. He teaches we're spiritual beings and we can create reality with our imagination.
You got this bro, self doubt is to try keep us small from primordial times! We're not surviving anymore we're thriving! We all just need to trust ourselves a lot more :)

on disability, volunteer when i can, getting out and socialised is good for me, theres lots of funding going for third sector work, why not use your iT skills to make a difference in the community

I was a chef for 15 years, nasty motorcycle accident couldn't handle the physicality any longer, did a degree with open university now work in data analysis. Strong recommend for anything IT, always in demand, usually some cool places to work

I work for T*SCO been at it for about a year and half now. Before that I was a chef for 10 years but have done a bit of everything tbf. I find myself in the same dilemma except I want something that will make me super rich. I used to make music as a hobby but just never have the time anymore, plus that with the fact I don't know how to put down in words the absolute shit show this past 3 nearly 4 years have been for me.
But yeah I work in t*sco 10/10 would not recommend long term
But yeah I work in t*sco 10/10 would not recommend long term

Hi there, as someone that didn't have many dreams and ambitions as a kid (apart from music) and someone who is quite shy i found it very difficult to pursue and stick with a job. I've mainly done kitchen work (washing up, doing desserts) and it gets really stale fast.
A really common job that I'm personally aiming for and one you need to be responsible with(especially with weed) is finding literally any driving/delivery job. dont gotta barely talk to noone, out and about and feel like you work for yourself
A really common job that I'm personally aiming for and one you need to be responsible with(especially with weed) is finding literally any driving/delivery job. dont gotta barely talk to noone, out and about and feel like you work for yourself

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reggiemelz1
2 pints 4 a fiver
brilliant
the history of punk from new york to london to orange county and back to england again.

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Nicotine and THC vape fluid recipe
this is an interesting idea does it reduce nicotine craving?
Nicotine and THC vape fluid recipe
This is good for replacing your normal vape fluid when you need to be super stealthy, for keeping you topped up at a level all day, or for people who like a tobacco spliff but don't want to smoke any more.
The easiest way to do it is just to add Rocketdogronnie's white runtz vape oil to your favourite commercial liquid but I've been vaping for 15 years now and I've made my own for most of that, so I know exactly what's going in it and I can have any flavour I fancy.
You'll need:
* Vegetable Glycerin (you can get this on amazon, I use The Soapery).
* Nicotine in PG/VG solution (I use 75 mg/ml which you can easily buy online in the UK).
* Vape safe flavours (I get mine from Flavourart UK who I've been using for about a decade).
* A bottle of Rocketdogronnie's White Runtz vape oil.
* A mixing cup and either a measuring syringe or a measuring cup.
* A cheap handheld milk frother.
I make myself 10ml of this every day or two and it keeps my fibromyalgia at bay, but I can also hold down a few big tokes to get wasted. Takes me no longer than making a cup of coffee these days.
For approx 10 ml of 6mg/ml add 7 ml of VG, 0.8 ml of 75 mg/ml nicotine solution, 2 ml of flavour and around 20 drops of Ronnie's vape oil to taste to your mixing cup, then whisk it well with your coffee frother.
It's ready to vape 😎
For 3mg/ml you would use 0.4 ml of nicotine solution, or for 9mg/ml use 1.2, etc.
If anyone has any questions about this at all, feel free to reach out in the topic or via private chat.
Hope someone else loves this as much as I do ❤️
The easiest way to do it is just to add Rocketdogronnie's white runtz vape oil to your favourite commercial liquid but I've been vaping for 15 years now and I've made my own for most of that, so I know exactly what's going in it and I can have any flavour I fancy.
You'll need:
* Vegetable Glycerin (you can get this on amazon, I use The Soapery).
* Nicotine in PG/VG solution (I use 75 mg/ml which you can easily buy online in the UK).
* Vape safe flavours (I get mine from Flavourart UK who I've been using for about a decade).
* A bottle of Rocketdogronnie's White Runtz vape oil.
* A mixing cup and either a measuring syringe or a measuring cup.
* A cheap handheld milk frother.
I make myself 10ml of this every day or two and it keeps my fibromyalgia at bay, but I can also hold down a few big tokes to get wasted. Takes me no longer than making a cup of coffee these days.
For approx 10 ml of 6mg/ml add 7 ml of VG, 0.8 ml of 75 mg/ml nicotine solution, 2 ml of flavour and around 20 drops of Ronnie's vape oil to taste to your mixing cup, then whisk it well with your coffee frother.
It's ready to vape 😎
For 3mg/ml you would use 0.4 ml of nicotine solution, or for 9mg/ml use 1.2, etc.
If anyone has any questions about this at all, feel free to reach out in the topic or via private chat.
Hope someone else loves this as much as I do ❤️

ps I just vape this anywhere and everywhere btw, i only expect to be busted if i encounter a sniffer dog 😁

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thailandtony
Greetings from Phnom Penh
one of the most romantic cities there is
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thailandtony
Greetings from Phnom Penh
Happy to be back in the land of happiness biggies. Savage here in Phnom Penh as you might imagine but $200 for a nice apartment and $2 a gram for the weed, I should start shipping it...

Last year I bought half an oz for $10 from one of those happy pizza places.
It was actually a really nice smoke. Wasnt a knock out Alaskan Thunderfuck kind of smoke but still very nice.
It looked like regular bud , don’t know if it was a landrace, it wasn’t leafy at all.
Enjoy my friend!
It was actually a really nice smoke. Wasnt a knock out Alaskan Thunderfuck kind of smoke but still very nice.
It looked like regular bud , don’t know if it was a landrace, it wasn’t leafy at all.
Enjoy my friend!

Remember staying on the khaosan road and missing our flight home and staying till our visa ran out in the 90s. Boss place

When I lived there from 2000-2003 it was hard to buy anything decent, just shit ditch weed from the motodops. You could get the same from the Russian market. Cannabis was considered something for old people to take, they would sprinkle it in their tea, things must have changed. The drugs of choice were heroin and yaba.

Now its meth everywhere, but thankfully you can get White Widow, Amnesia Haze etc for $8 a gram

Ive got my own online English school. I work 4pm to 9pm Mon to Fri and all weekends..for abou $500

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{cannabis}
is it me or does smoking have a 3 act structure
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{cannabis}
is it me or does smoking have a 3 act structure
act 1 swirling smoke and punch through to the stonedverse
act 2 no going back but it eventually starts to drag and you want to start over
act 3 more stoned than before only it came from you too, hero
act 2 no going back but it eventually starts to drag and you want to start over
act 3 more stoned than before only it came from you too, hero

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{lb help}
Are we getting another payment option or not? (aka not another alt-coin topic)
what options?
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{lb help}
Are we getting another payment option or not? (aka not another alt-coin topic)
I'm a big advocate for this website, I've been here 4 years and happily spent a good amount of money here but I will not throw another 10/20quid at BTC fees ever again, and I really do mean that, it's just a stupid amount of waste that even though I can manage I can't justify it.
We've heard time and time again about other coins being added, lb's own coin being developed.... nothing concrete and nothing happens. Why can't LTC be added nobody has ever said the reason?
I don't want to give up on LB but 100% this is my line in the sand now, are we ever getting an alt coin? if not just tell us. This is absolutely not a dig at the borgs/owners etc who run this site but I need to know if this place is still going to be my home of weed in the future, I want it to be!
Clearly lots of us feeling this way.
We've heard time and time again about other coins being added, lb's own coin being developed.... nothing concrete and nothing happens. Why can't LTC be added nobody has ever said the reason?
I don't want to give up on LB but 100% this is my line in the sand now, are we ever getting an alt coin? if not just tell us. This is absolutely not a dig at the borgs/owners etc who run this site but I need to know if this place is still going to be my home of weed in the future, I want it to be!
Clearly lots of us feeling this way.

littlebiggy does not process payments and has called for new payment processors to work with, that's what we are. they are probably laconic about this because they can't speak for us and our progress (or any other team, we are aware of at least 1 other working on solana).
it is not a trivial matter to process payments, refunds and disputes to the standards little biggy is requiring for new payment processors: no-trust, blockchain based, open source with little biggy as an oracle on a smart contract. to accomplish this with the required security surrounding such a project is time intensive and we are still months away from launch.
we understand your feelings (and look forward to turning them into a customer relationship!) but you should understand that lb is supportive of our efforts to bring you an alternative.
it is not a trivial matter to process payments, refunds and disputes to the standards little biggy is requiring for new payment processors: no-trust, blockchain based, open source with little biggy as an oracle on a smart contract. to accomplish this with the required security surrounding such a project is time intensive and we are still months away from launch.
we understand your feelings (and look forward to turning them into a customer relationship!) but you should understand that lb is supportive of our efforts to bring you an alternative.

Appreciate the response and I am genuinely grateful to everyone involved in working on littlebiggy it's an important site to a lot of us, which I guess is why we're all so keen for a solution :)
So if I've got it right you will be implementing a new separate payment processor for a new stable-coin while I guess transaxe will continue to handle btc payments? and possibly another separate processor will handle another coin? Sounds like there's still a long wait ahead unfortunately but it is good to hear at least that lb are supportive of the work your doing hopefully you have the backing you need.
Do you know if implementing an alt-coin to the current transaxe processor was ever an option or am I being over simplistic in thinking their processor could be adapted like that? Are transaxe involved at all with your project? it seems a shame if you have to build completely from scratch.
Glad you understand the frustration and hope you know even though I'm moaning the effort is appreciated!
So if I've got it right you will be implementing a new separate payment processor for a new stable-coin while I guess transaxe will continue to handle btc payments? and possibly another separate processor will handle another coin? Sounds like there's still a long wait ahead unfortunately but it is good to hear at least that lb are supportive of the work your doing hopefully you have the backing you need.
Do you know if implementing an alt-coin to the current transaxe processor was ever an option or am I being over simplistic in thinking their processor could be adapted like that? Are transaxe involved at all with your project? it seems a shame if you have to build completely from scratch.
Glad you understand the frustration and hope you know even though I'm moaning the effort is appreciated!

Personally I think transaxe.com is a contracted processor that chooses to only work with btc. For LB to use any other currency requires a whole new willing and able provider….

Thats exactly the feeling I'm getting from it as well mate and its a massive shame if true but it would explain why nothings happened for so long.
Who knows though its difficult to guess this place at the best of times. I'll be sticking to my guns and just wishing blockhead and anyone else working on an alternative the best of luck because this place has been restricted to btc for far too long now.
Who knows though its difficult to guess this place at the best of times. I'll be sticking to my guns and just wishing blockhead and anyone else working on an alternative the best of luck because this place has been restricted to btc for far too long now.

Kinda feel you just said in your response there just how complicated it is. I am with you 100% but the other alternative is to goto my local dealer. I am old took mne long enough to figure this out!

Be nice wouldn't it? lol I really don't mean it as a dig at the borgs or whoever but we only ever get vague and cryptic responses and then nothing happens anyway. I'm not a self-important kinda bigga but there are options out there and there are solutions to BTC too so with whats happening to bitcoin at the mo it feels like crunch time to me.
Come on borgs please, there's a lot of us who've been here paying up for a long time now and we just wanna hear something real <3
Come on borgs please, there's a lot of us who've been here paying up for a long time now and we just wanna hear something real <3

glad to hear development is alive! but increasing fees have been a very good indicator to buy bitcoin. i started putting away a few pounds of btc every time i feel that pinch. i not only rationalise paying a bigger fee i have by far the best investment of my lifetime ;)

I feel like the posts get traction when the BTC fees go up and then everything quietens down once they drop again. I get there must be a lot to it but with the money this site must make with its commission fees, if a small % was directed to someone with the know how a few years ago, I really feel it would have been done by now…

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{podcasts}
lex and zuck meet in metaverse
Yes but they scanned lex for 10 hours to get this.
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human brain
pain sensitivity is linked to sympathy for opposing political views
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human brain
pain sensitivity is linked to sympathy for opposing political views
“We were honestly not expecting to see this kind of cross-aisle effects of pain sensitivity,” said Prof. Lee, who started thinking about the research ideawhile enjoying theoral freezingexperienceinhisdentist’s chair. “When we first found it, we thought it might be a fluke. That’s why we ran a replication study. We found it again. We ran extended replications and follow-up studies. We kept finding it.”

Interesting, I have a high pain tolerance but I can't stand other humans, nevermind their politics!
😉
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{cannabis}
snoop done with smoking weed
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{cannabis}
snoop done with smoking weed
Snoop last 'quit' when promoting a children's book, I believe? Snoop is now not combusting, but has an edibles range to promote. Seems suspect. I bear Snoop no ill will: he was superb live at Live 8.

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boojiboy
Home holiday binge smoking - anyone else do this? Or have a better name?
Yeah I call that Monday
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boojiboy
Home holiday binge smoking - anyone else do this? Or have a better name?
I find if I smoke all the time it gets pretty ropey pretty quickly - all the effects I want disappear and i just end up lazy, stupid and paranoid - so most of the time I don't smoke at all, then, every now and again I'll get totally fucking wasted 24/7 for two or three weeks. Like a holiday. Does anyone else do this, or similar? I do like to get, like, REALLY stoned, morning to night, mind, when I am smoking. Can't really do that every day.

That's an interesting smoking style. I like the sound of those 2 or 3 weeks!
A bit of strain rotation and laying off it during the day helps me to keep at it every day.
A bit of strain rotation and laying off it during the day helps me to keep at it every day.

To a lesser extent I do this. I fluctuate between less and more rather than loads and nothing lol.
Generally I live by the rule: hash after lunch - flower after evening meal. As much as I feel like.
Although, if I get some really nice bud, I will smoke more rather than less 🤣 it's all a false economy.
Generally I live by the rule: hash after lunch - flower after evening meal. As much as I feel like.
Although, if I get some really nice bud, I will smoke more rather than less 🤣 it's all a false economy.

Aye, I think maybe that is down to effect of your vaping vs me wasting half by shoving it in a spliff 🤣

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{rap}
The Last Rapper?
Kendrick dont mumble
as far as big names 50 cent marks the end of the west coast era (though he's from queens). kanye definitely represents some evolution after that. things get a bit mumbly after

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[music]
playlists according to weather
I like classical in cloudy weather it just seems deeper like the gunmetal clouds
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[music]
playlists according to weather
i love britpop when the weather is british. cloudy and white seems to resonate with all that high pitched guitar and chorus. does anybody else feel this kind of thing?

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‘The New Warp Drive Possibilites’
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thanks, enjoyed this
‘The New Warp Drive Possibilites’
Hey everybody,
We hope there is some fellow space exploration lovers amongst the community!
We recently watched this video from YouTube and the theoretical possibilites of faster space travel has always fascinated us...
Any Star Trek fans will be pleased to know this theory was inspired from the series.
One Love
-SMONKEY
We hope there is some fellow space exploration lovers amongst the community!
We recently watched this video from YouTube and the theoretical possibilites of faster space travel has always fascinated us...
Any Star Trek fans will be pleased to know this theory was inspired from the series.
One Love
-SMONKEY

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