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Copra Price, Updated Daily Here in the Philippines the buying and reselling of copra is a pretty good business. As the semi-truthful Wikipedia states: "Copra ... is the dried, white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted. Traditionally, the coconuts are sun-dried, especially for export, before the oil, also known as copra oil, is pressed out."  Since it rains nearly every day here, we dry our copra in a big cinder block building I refer to as the "copra cooker". Our copra business profited about $5,000 USD last year, and this year if we get lucky we'll double that. So what do you need to become a copra tycoon? You're gonna need capital, lots and lots and lots of capital.  You're gonna need much more filthy lucre than you ever imagined.  Why?  Because the Gods of copra have a snarky sense of humor: you will go for days without anyone selling you copra, then suddenly one day everyone and their crazy uncle Fred will be selling you multiple...

Pic stolen from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwBi7tYqt_8 Good grief!  A major cryptocurrency hack has just reared its ugly head all over the world!  Apparently targeting the NPM modules which are written in JavaScript, (no, I don't understand that tech speak either!), it will reroute crypto you are attempting to send away from your intended destination to an address created by the bad guys. Want more info?  Check these out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwBi7tYqt_8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDmFahsOa48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0M2TL7RARw This is major hack, possibly executed by a state sponsored entity.  I know most people will reflexively blame North Korea, and while North Korea is most certainly an odious place governed by odious people, IMHO most successful cyber attacks are executed by the United States and/or Israel.  And I say this as an American who (mostly) supports Israel.   There are too many powerful groups with a ve...

This screenshot was taken of the balance of Tron, staked and unstaked, on my Atomic Wallet.  Besides the fact that the Tron "Pending withdrawal" were never successfully withdrawn, notice that there is no way the amount of Tron in any of the categories, (Available, Staked, Unclaimed, Pending; "Total Votes" relates to something else), add up to 926.  Yet another cryptocurrency that fails to be handled properly by the Atomic Wallet interface. This was the fourth crypto that Atomic Wallet choked on, after Cosmos, Cardano, and Monero.  Fortunately, just like its predecessors I was able to successfully move my Tron off this Atomic Wallet using the private keys.   Which brings me to a point that I must grudgingly admit, namely, that easy access to each crypto's private keys is a good feature of this wallet.  It's just a shame that we need access to them in the first place. I am gradually moving whatever little bits of crypto are left on my Atomic Wallet off to ano...

I suppose after more than two years to call this an update is to stretch the meaning of the word "update", but here it is: THEY'RE ALL BAD! Novatech and Cryptoprogram were nothing but Ponzis, and the people that were running them are criminals.  I sincerely hope they go to jail. After several years of trying, and failing, to not get ripped off by any of the various schemes promoted by shaky folks on YouTube, it has finally gotten through my thick head that you will not make money on any of these pyramids, Ponzi Schemes, or fly-by-night crypto tokens unless you are: a) lucky beyond all statistical probability, or b) one of the scumbags in on the scheme. I'm not gonna dwell on this, because most folks already know this, or if they don't, probably won't believe me until they painfully discover it for themselves. The BEST way to make money is to park it in a widely diversified, low overhead cost ETF stock fund like VTI.  Having put at least half your money there, ...