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Comment Re:Chlorine Dioxide? (Score 4, Informative) 107

ClO2 is a gas. Liu poured citric acid into bleach (don't do it).

Liu has been making the solution in his rented apartment in Beijing by mixing citric acid with sodium chlorite, according to an account he shared earlier this month on his Substack that revealed that a âoeviolent explosionâ occurred when he made a mistake.

Comment Prime 2 days 2025 = $21 billion - a big loss (Score 1) 31

The average daily revenue of Amazon is $1.5 billion in 2025 around this time near Prime day. If Prime day 2025 was 2 days as usual, the total sales would have been about $21 billion which was a big loss compared to Amazon's original estimate of $23.8 billion.

The way this is going, 2025 Black Friday and Cyber Monday are going to be horrific.

Comment CoinDesk verified2 U.S.-based traders placed bets (Score 3, Informative) 19

CoinDesk verified that at least two U.S.-based traders were able to place bets on Polymarket last year.

"More broadly, the U.S. regulatory regime has changed its approach to digital assets since Donald Trump became president for a second term. The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped over a dozen investigations and active court cases against crypto firms, while banking regulators have eased their scrutiny of financial services firms that want to engage in crypto activities."

Comment What US does is go into debt to buy cryptos &s (Score 0) 181

.. speculative financial instruments such as AI stocks. No other countries does it as much as the US. Absolute amount of money corrupts absolutely and with its ruling by SCOTUS, it becomes absolute speech, drowning out the rights of the people.

The percentage of gross public debt for the US is at 121% of GDP and rising quickly. For the EU, it has been flat at 82%.

Comment Apple reduced prices by $350 in China (Score 3, Informative) 18

'Aggressive price cuts helped lift Apple's sales in China. The company reduced prices on its iPhone 16 lineup by up to 2,530 yuan (about $351), in a bid to compete with local players such as Huawei. Analysts note the discounts helped restore momentum but may not be a sustainable strategy over the longer term.'

There were also a lot of discounts on older models in the US which drove sales in those months.

Comment Who is gong to bail out Bitcoin? Gov't or Fink? (Score 1) 153

Larry is just talking his books (his holdings). When will he talk about cryptos that has no revenue or income being able to hold value absence of speculation? At least with a government, there are real people generating useful work and revenue.

Comment Re:China got caught using slave labor (Score 1) 115

Very little difference to Tesla EVs from China... Tesla and EV supply chains raise concerns about forced labor in China ... EV makers' use of Chinese suppliers raises concerns about forced labor U.S. law barring parts and products from the Xinjiang region poses a challenge for Tesla and other auto companies

Comment Rolled oats & milk soaked overnight + peanut b (Score 3, Informative) 182

This is called overnight oats consisting of about 1 cup rolled oats soaked in 3/4 cup milk and 1 tsp sugar for at least 6 hours which will give a consistent texture but not mush. Add any topping you like, peanut butter, jam, fruits, banana. Doesn't cost much and doesn't take much time. Try baked oats with apples and raisin if you like a little bit more cooked breakfast with a similar taste to bread pudding.

Comment MSTR is not software co. It is a holding company (Score 3, Insightful) 33

With a net asset value (NAV) premium of 1.78. So they are a holders of bitcoin and seller of their own stocks with a premium of 1.78 MSTR to every bitcoin. Yes, they keep on selling stocks. Why would anyone hold MSTR when they can now just buy bitcoin? If speculators (these are not investors) are foolish enough to buy into MSTR, let them. One could argue that at some point, the NAV may be okay to hold, but not at 1.78.

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