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Just to put this into context, Lauer's xFIP is 4.24, which, if he was qualified on IPs, would rank him in the low 80s. That is a pretty solid #3 starter just by math alone. Davies is at xFIP 5.24.

Do you have the context for this quote? Because the first spot in the order is expected to have roughly 120 more PAs than the 9th spot. I would think that a high OBP guy at the top of the order vs at the end could make a serious difference in terms of runs scored over the course of the season based on the PAs alone.

I don't remember seeing a game where someone made so many contested midrange shots. Really a remarkable performance. Middleton was great but he seemed to have a wee bit more room to operate. KD like 3 weeks ago?

I was really wondering what Trae was going to blame last night's loss on (and eventually the series loss) instead of admitting the better team won. I guess now we know.

I don't know what to make of this. First off, super shady to record that and then only play the parts you want people to hear. Secondly, that senior class was Charmin soft outside of Davison (dirty play notwithstanding) so it doesn't surprise me, thirdly who cares what Walt McGrory thinks, fourthly no underclassmen left so is it all that bad? fifthly, Sam Dekker and Ben Brust think these guys are morons, sixthly, Gard needs to take some classes in effective communication. FWIW, Jeff Potrykus is suggesting it wasn't a player that recorded and/or released the tape. So that would probably mean Alando Tucker. I think the time has passed for a D1 men's basketball, no less Big 10, coach to be taking classes in effective communication.

I never heard anyone mention this, but I think it is entirely possible that the Bucks were just a bit rusty after having a week off. Sure, as the series wore on it ended up benefiting them, but it wasn't exactly shocking that they started out a little flat.

I think it is a bump in the road. Basically manipulation by the wealthy so that the top can blow off properly towards the end of the year. At least, that is exactly what happened in 2017. But, if it is the drop and we are back into a bear market for BTC, ETH has some stuff going for it compared to the last bear market. I'll happily stake my ETH and wait until the next cycle while ETH slowly increases from becoming deflationary and moving to POS.

ETH closed the month at a loss. Hopefully this reset gets us into the big run up. With the delay to EIP-1559, who knows what the timing will look like.

I bought more ethereum when it dipped to 1860. I am still up from when I bought so I am good. I also bought some Cardano but timed it wrong and bought at 1.68. Missed the bottom by about 45 minutes late stupid emergency meeting at work cost me about $2500. Oh well I'll just hold this one for longer than I wanted to originally. I'm not putting any more in because we are purchasing a house today that will need a renovation. I lost *a lot* of money on paper this week, but that's okay. I am still up from this time last month and I think we are only half way through the cycle. If anything, I could see ETH leading the way in the second half and we may finally get the flippening as defi starts to get attention with the general public. There are going to be some great returns outside of the traditional routes.

I will never forget the interview he did after a great game on the mound...all he wanted to talk about was his at bats and his single to right. I remember a spring training segment where they kept asking about him working on a change up and all of his answers would go back to how he spent the offseason working on hitting more "dingers."

Use Coinbase Pro. Fees are dramatically cheaper.

For BTC and current ETH, this is true. It wont be true much longer though for ETH or for a number of other projects.

Yup, look back on this thread and you will see quite a few posts. What are you holding? I've got a bit of BTC, but mostly ETH and IOTA.

Are you using Coinbase Pro? The fees are very minimal and the interface is much better than Binance.

Why, what's wrong with Coinbase?

I've litterally never watched a Youtube video on Crypto investing. I don't think I will be changing that anytime soon. Here is a copy and paste of the best advice I have seen on Reddit:

No worries, I'm by no means an expert. This new craze is going to result in lots of new use cases and ultimately money coming into the crypto world. I thought this cycle would be driven mostly by decentralized finance, but if NFTs do it, that works too.

I can explain what an NFT is, but I can't explain why someone would pay that much for a video- they are two separate discussions. NFT stands for Non-fungible Token. Fungible means mutually interchangeable. As an example, a Bitcoin is fungible. If you have a Bitcoin and I have a bitcoin, we could exchange them and each still have the same value. We could also break our Bitcoin down- I could sell you half of my Bitcoin for an agreed upon price. NFTs code the token to remove those capabilities. Maybe I am not wording that right, but the way I think about it is that I could say "this one particular Bitcoin is equal to my car. It digitally represents my car." I could transfer that Bitcoin to you and it would convey transfer of ownership. Anyone in the world would be able to look on the blockchain and see that you now own that car. Of course, everyone has to agree to this system of ownership- but that is similar to how a paper deed or pink slip also conveys ownership even though it is just a paper. So here is where NFTs get interesting and potentially disruptive. You can now transfer ownership in a much more efficient, decentralized, and secure fashion that previously possible. I hate buying concert tickets from Ticketmaster. $60 tickets end up costing $100 with a variety of markups. So someone could build a decentralized ticket exchange market. In fact, a band could issue their tickets through the decentralized exchange and put parameters on those tickets on how they can be purchased and transferred. As to why someone would pay x amount for something- tokenizing something does create scarcity. Someone has decided that a video or some digital art is worth paying x amount, and so that is what it is selling for.

I haven't seen that. Rather I've seen people saying, myself included, this correction is similar to corrections that took place throughout the last run up in 2017 and is similar to a couple that have happened this cycle. I suspect we will have 1 or 2 more before the peak. ETH is 15% off its ATH and is actually up 6.25% for the last 30 days. In the last 3 months it is up 190%. I actually just bought more since I finally got my Q4 2020 bonus. Hopefully back into price discovery in the next week or two.

Yep ... should probably serve as a warning to those pushing for the Brewers to trade Hader. They'd probably be lucky to get 1-2 prospects back the caliber of Diaz and Harrison, let alone a Top 25 MLB prospect like Brinson was at the time. Ironic considering all of the success these two franchises have had over the years trading proven talent for prospects. But I suppose that is all invalidated by this singular example.

Oh yeah, I'm down over 25% on my crypto portfolio, but about break even for the week. Fun times.

Not having liquidity is your choice. You could refinance, just like how you could sell a stock to realize the gains.

I live in a condo community in Waukesha. Last year, I had six neighbors who had lived here fewer than four years sell their property at a gain that computes to an annual 6%-8%. I will be listing soon, and I would love for my place to have appreciated at an annual 6%. But near north Chicago isn't quite as hot with all of the restaurants shut down and all of the riots/looting last summer. I think I'm far enough away, but 6% ARR from when I bought it four years ago would be an absolute dream... it's what I would need in order to not lose money on it, given all of the repairs. I just sold a 3 flat in Bridgeport at an annual 11% return. Not apples to apples though as I did some renovations in addition to repairs, but the neighborhood in general appreciated handsomely. I'd imagine the north side is similar.

You could be missing out on another 5 years of growth before the correction though.

Think Brewers. They want a FA, let's say a 3B. They offer a competitive deal, but all it takes is one team with a better offer. So the Packers would want Linsley, Jones, Watt, a LB, and CB in Free Agency. They will be lucky to get one of those. Sorry, but how is this addressing the point I made? I feel like you are just explaining what a budget is.