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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Electrum
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Bittrex, without any warning, turned off withdrawals on accounts that did not submit KYC then demanded photocopies of drivers licenses and photos of clients to allow them to get their money out. This is extremely shady if not outright theft because many people are unwilling to do this. They...
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    For US persons, Coinbase is probably the best option. There's always localbitcoins.com if you hate KYC. My personal recommendation is to hold a majority in BTC with less than 50% alts. BTC is the safest bet, but probably won't get you the best returns compared to the better performing alts...
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    It's not 2013 anymore. BTC isn't very private at all, at least if the feds want you. Entire companies have formed JUST to scan blockchains and track payments and police agencies all over the world are using these services to catch criminals. This is why Monero was adopted by darknet markets...
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Trading is much, much harder than it looks. I do a little trading, but I just wait for 'blood in the streets' before I enter into a long, and I don't do shorts. Essentially I just wait for a massive price tank that only happens every few months, and I don't use much leverage, making for a...
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Buffet hates gold too. He just prefers assets that produce wealth (he uses a farm as an example) so it's no surprise that he hates bitcoin. He also stays away from technology stocks. Bitcoin is being bought by some hedge funds now. Some of the big time VCs also invest in it; Coinbase started...
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Antonopoulos' videos are required viewing for anybody in this space: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWCJCWOxBYSi5DhCieLOLQ His Mastering Bitcoin book is more for technical people. The Internet of Money book is more for the average person.
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Lightning networks could kill Litecoin's only use case. However lightning is still a ways off, so for the time being Litecoin has a use. The current rise is entirely from speculation mania; you can't pay many merchants with it yet so there isn't much transaction growth. Even with unfull...
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    I'm still not convinced that Ethereum isn't a big scam. It's been around 3 years now and the only application I see it used for is a kitty cat trading game, and the network can't even handle it. People think some of these blockchains are legitimate because Microsoft or whatever shows interest...
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Electrum for BTC and Exodus for the alts it can store. (but is also fine for BTC) For XMR and Sia I use their particular GUI clients/wallets.
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    If you're thinking of buying a miner, be aware of this first This Bitcoin Developer Is About to Take on the Mining Hardware Industry
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Probably because I sold some yesterday
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    Charlie was on Glenn Beck last night, telling everybody that Litecoin was superior to Bitcoin, so that might have something to do with it.
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Trader buzz is that deep pockets are accumulating for the mother of all shorts when futures launch. Even if that's true, shorts can fail, and I expect Bitcoin to recover long-term regardless, but I wouldn't bet the farm right now. Hold some dry powder and pay close attention for a sharp drop...
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    I paid less than $4 in fees for my VPN service on cyber Monday using Bitcoin. Also, using SegWit addresses, the fees go down to like 40 cents; but many operations are not using SegWit yet. Regardless, Bitcoin is hardly 'unusable' if fees are $10+. The use case merely changes. People think...
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    Path of Exile

    Just to clarify: auto deposit would require the stash open (and button press) and auto pickup would require you to run over the item on the ground, not mass-pickup the entire screen. Also adjustments to drop rates are assumed. There are many ways of doing pickup of course. My auto deposit...
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    Path of Exile

    I'm going to preface this post by saying that I love this game, spent money on it, it shits all over D3, it's the best ARPG out there, etc. But I would agree that this game has some significant QoL issues regarding inventory. My wish list would be: * currency auto-pickup (PLEASE) * auto...
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    The Al`kabor Project (EQMac) - PoP 1/5

    Well executed. Honestly I had thought the ring wouldn't be beaten before Luclin. Figures everything worked flawlessly up until Vulak died. A nice advantage to emus is that this kind of thing can be easily and quickly rectified.
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    Ashes of Creation

    The class is called 'tank'? Really? Announcing Torrid MMORPG. I will have the following classes available: Tank, Caster DPS, Physical Ranged DPS, Healer, Melee DPS. Lifetime subs only $25.
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    Desktop Computers

    If you buy on Newegg, make sure you check combo deals. I was going to get a B350 Tomahawk, but saw a combo deal for a ASRock Killer X370 board with the PSU I was getting. 18 bucks off a $145 board that also had a $10 rebate = $117 for a X370 board. Also picked out my RAM. RAM cost me...
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    Desktop Computers

    I didn't realize the 1600 came with a spire. Thought it came with a worse cooler. I guess I'll just make a judgement call on any sales I see in the next few weeks as to which Ryzen I get. Really wish I had done that 1700 $250 sale. Several coins are desktop minable: Ethereum, Monero...
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    Desktop Computers

    A lot of sticks won't run at their rated speeds because AM4 mobo manufacturers had to rush a release. Supposedly a May microcode update will resolve this. There aren't many 16 gig sticks on QVL lists from what I can see, either. Samsung B-Die seems to work the best but all the sticks that I...
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    Desktop Computers

    I'm also deciding between a 1600X + cooler vs 1700 w/ spire. AMD vs Intel right now is a no-brainer because I use my computer as a computer and not a console. Only reason I didn't get a 1700something by now is because I still can't figure out what RAM to buy. 32 gigs is required for me and...
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    EQ2002: The Better Planes of Power - PoP-Locked, Single Box EQ

    That was from an Al'Kabor log, so it's PoP era. I was able to determine that the PvP spell scaling reduced spells down to 62% at higher levels in that era, so that's already mitigated down to 62% of normal. Emus can easily modify extreme edge case imbalances of course.
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    EQ2002: The Better Planes of Power - PoP-Locked, Single Box EQ

    PvP in PoP: [Tue Aug 20 23:22:22 2013] An unholy aura envelops Exos. [Tue Aug 20 23:22:23 2013] You writhe in the grip of agony. You have taken 4896 points of damage. [Tue Aug 20 23:22:23 2013] You have been knocked unconscious! [Tue Aug 20 23:22:23 2013] You have been slain by Exos!
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    EQ2002: The Better Planes of Power - PoP-Locked, Single Box EQ

    Daybreak's server allows boxing. I can't be the only person with 3 computers on his desk.
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    EQ2002: The Better Planes of Power - PoP-Locked, Single Box EQ

    We have at least 3 raiding guilds last I checked. Alt key sticking and environmental sound volume will be fixed in a future client release. Secrets and Haynar have done some amazing client hacks but it's not ready for users yet. HotKeyNet can be used until then to avoid key sticking. Some of...
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    EQ2002: The Better Planes of Power - PoP-Locked, Single Box EQ

    What a respectful question. I'll entertain you however. TAKP will be around for years to come. It doesn't matter how many people play it. Our population is still kind of low because the team made some bad decisions. Notably: open sourcing it without a release delay and instituting a 3 box...
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    EQ2002: The Better Planes of Power - PoP-Locked, Single Box EQ

    Regarding database accuracy: Project EQ has seen significant improvements of late because they've been importing TAKP data. Remember that half of TAKP's staff is also PEQ staff, so sharing content between projects is frictionless. I'm in charge of TAKP's NPC stats and I haven't been involved...
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    Keyboards & Mice

    Newegg has the k70 for $85 right now. Slickdeals forum gives it 5 thumbs, so I guess that's a sale. Will grab one of those myself unless I see something more interesting.
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    Someone should make a better alternative to EQ EMU

    They are instanced on Progression servers only. You walk up to a kedge fish-man NPC in an adjacent zone and talk to him to make an instance, which he teleports you into. So there are kedge-men all over the place on TLPs. More specifically, what they did to raid bosses to make them not fall...
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    Someone should make a better alternative to EQ EMU

    I can offer you some finer details. (these are just quickly off the top of my head) * AC was hardcapped until PoP, so it's softcapped on TLPs. The overcap returns are also more forgiving than PoP era returns. Certain loot like Vulak and AoW loot was given ridiculous amounts of AC with the...
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    Someone should make a better alternative to EQ EMU

    Yeah, nothing. Except I told them how to fix slows which were using a completely wrong function. I told them how to fix partial spell resists. I told them how to calculate NPC double attack and dual wield rates. I outlined most of EQ's hate mechanics including how to calculate hate per spell...
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    Someone should make a better alternative to EQ EMU

    Wait, am I dev or do I not have anything to do with it? Make up your mind. There is worthless criticism and there is constructive criticism. Perhaps you should learn the difference. "You're working too slow!" is not helpful. You clearly underestimate the work involved. EverQuest is...
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    Someone should make a better alternative to EQ EMU

    Your thread is akin to whining that the pyramid at Giza isn't being built fast enough when 100 people are working on it. Pitch in or be quiet. Nobody gets paid for this. I saw the state of PEQ after AK went down and started helping out. It doesn't take technical ability to do database work...
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    Someone should make a better alternative to EQ EMU

    Another thing I would like to point out: it's not a simple matter to just 'fix' things in the main EQ Emu branch because so many custom servers derive from it. A lot of mechanics were simply implemented incorrectly and the server databases were developed with these inaccuracies in mind. On top...
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    Someone should make a better alternative to EQ EMU

    I can respond to some of this, since I develop for one of the servers. 1) Project 1999 and TAKP are both HEAVILY modified forks of EQEmu to the point that even merely copying NPC data over back to PEQ is difficult because of all the new fields. Just about everything was modified in some way...
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    The Al`kabor Project (EQMac) - PoP 1/5

    It wasn't from scratch. They copied our database which we populated using custom written tools and taking multiple snapshots of AK zones for the vast majority of NPCs in every zone up through PoP. We then gave these NPCs placeholder stats and loottables imported from Project EQ and Magelo...
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    The Al`kabor Project (EQMac) - PoP 1/5

    The Mac client is the real client used to play on Sony's defunct server. The PC client could be considered a hack job of sorts, but the complaints people have about that client are mostly because of its age and not because it's hacked together. Our PC client is pre-Direct X 9 and was current...
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    The Al`kabor Project (EQMac) - PoP 1/5

    He sent it to me. Thanks for this. I got logs from a bunch of users recently so I'm pretty happy with my logs situation now. (more is always better however) Only thing I'm really missing is a good Ring of Fire (Acrylia Caverns) log.