#Cryptocurrencies ain't that much different from trading #Forex - it's just an even riskier proposition but in the end the workflows ain't that differen from #Reuters and #Bloomberg-based #Trading Terminals...
My general goal is to complete some badges, get some booster packs and gems or get your full inventory dumped into mine (please not :blobcatlul:) Please answer me here before trading, so I know who wants to trade with me.
The Philippines is set to launch short-selling on one of Asia's oldest exchanges, but some are casting a wary eye over the effort to boost trading volumes and enhance the country's weak corporate governance.
Looking for more games like Pokemon TCG for Gameboy or Slay the Spire. Games that are in essence TCG but aren't caught up with simulating the gambling of opening packs.
Ferienzeit ist Podcast-Zeit: Wer am Pool, beim Wandern oder an Regentagen etwas über Krypto und Trading hören möchte, sollte diese Podcast-Serien kennen.
1/ Read this report on Swiss / Russian #oil#trading:
In #Switzerland, a key hub for oil trading, many traditional players have pulled out of the market only to be replaced by opaque, “pop up” traders whose buying and selling activity is uncannily similar to some firms based in the Alpine nation. It's almost impossible to track who is behind these new traders and whether Swiss nationals and companies are involved.
Today's retro acquisitions checks one thing off the bucket list: A Woz Edition Apple IIgs. This one is in wonderful condition, needing only a little retrobrighting, and includes a GS-RAM card with what looks to be 1MB of RAM on it.
I will need to acquire a real floppy drive, some kind of mass storage (Booti? FloppyEmu?), a compatible RGB monitor or scan converter, and an ADB keyboard to actually make use of it, but I finally own one of the computers I have wanted since I was a small child, donated today by a gentleman and a scholar, who drove 10 hours from Iowa and braved Michigan's very own land that time forgot, the Upper Peninsula, to bring it here and experience Canada first-hand for the first time.
#CHINA, #RUSSIA AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES ARE PLANING TO LEGALIZE CRYPTO #TRADING AND CRYPTO #BUSINESS SOON. MANY #BANKS OUTSIDE OF THE US HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO OPEN #BANK ACCOUNTS FOR #CRYPTO BUSINESSES AFTER US STARTED TO PUSH CRYPTO BUSINESSES OUT OF THE #COUNTRY. #RUMOUR
I'm often asked if there are #tax practitioners that would be interested in writing a piece on something in the news for quick publication. I have a little stable of names that I harangue when that happens, but if anyone in the #fediverse would like to be added to that list I'd love to do so.
Tax #attorneys, #CPAs, #accountants, tax practitioners generally, etc. Just either ping me here or email me andrew@leahey.org.
RWE ist sich für keine Widerwärtigkeit zu schade. Erst die Gewalttäter der Polizei zum Durchsetzen ihrer Konzerninteressen einsetzen und dann auch noch eine fette Rechnung dafür ausstellen, die natürlich nicht die Polizei selbst bezahlt, sondern die steuerzahlende Öffentlichkeit, deren Zukunft für RWEs Profite geopfert wird.
RWE stellt der Polizei Einsatzkosten von knapp 150.000 Euro in Rechnung
"Es geht zum Beispiel um die Nutzung von RWE-Fahrzeugen durch die Polizei - etwa im Februar 2022, als Aktivisten einen Braunkohlebagger bei Lützerath mit Steinen beworfen haben. Der RWE-Konzern spricht bei seiner Unterstützung für die #Polizei
von Aufwendungen als Verwaltungshelfer*innen "
RWE-Trading-Trick: Wie der Kohle-Konzern an der “Klimawende” noch Profit macht
"Erst Profit auf Kosten der Umwelt, in Zukunft Profit mit der „Klimawende“ – #RWE scheint dies mit einem tiefen Griff in die Trading-Trickkiste zu glücken. So hat sich der Konzern mit günstigen #CO2-Zertifikaten schon früh eingedeckt und sitzt nun auf Reserven im Wert von 10 bis 13 Milliarden Euro." https://perspektive-online.net/2021/09/rwe-trading-trick-wie-der-kohle-konzern-an-der-klimawende-noch-profit-macht/
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
I played yesterday, but due to some unexpected surprises, the review is super-late today.
The sixth review for this month's Humble Choice bundle is Merchant of the Skies. It has airships! It has floating sky islands! It has trading! It has pixel-art... again?
This time, your in-game avatar is literally Lemming-sized pixels (ask your great-grandparent).
I was initially frustrated by encountering another pixel-art game, but Merchant of the Skies had other frustrations in store.
This is not a game that teaches you how to play it; when I was as exhausted as I was feeling last night, poking around at things trying to understand what it was I was supposed to do did not spark joy.
Oddly enough, as I kept poking away at it, trying to run down the clock, the underlying gameplay mechanics began to reveal themselves, and the gameplay was enough to keep me playing for 45 minutes.
This is the kind of thing I was talking about in my Kraken Academy!! review. Pixel art isn't a bad thing, per se, if the gameplay supports it, and in the case of Merchant of the Skies, it works.
To the game itself. You have inherited an airship, and your job is to fly from island to island, on a top-down map, buying and selling things, and trading your way to untold riches.
It's basically a capitalism/work simulator. At first, unlocking the map and finding different islands felt interesting, but it became monotonous fairly quickly.
There are no enemies to attack you in the air, no air piracy. The only real challenges are trying not to run out of gold, and trying to make it to the nearest island without running out of energy, because if your airship runs out of energy, you're doomed!
Actually, you're not. You just get towed to the nearest energy station to buy a refill.
Unfortunately for Merchant of the Skies, there are other capitalism simulators that are more fun.
But kudos for rising above the pixel art, in any case.
Endless Sky Release v0.10.4 (github.com)
Space exploration, trading, and combat game....
TCG games that aren't P2W hellscapes or are single player experiences?
Looking for more games like Pokemon TCG for Gameboy or Slay the Spire. Games that are in essence TCG but aren't caught up with simulating the gambling of opening packs.