A lot of replacement going on these days!

and Ukraine bombed a Russian pumping station, cutting off gas supplies to Hungary. Shouldn’t Hungary invoke article 5 and get NATO to invade Ukraine, and protect Russia?

BTW you know what these lunatics are planning for the woman to replace their husband’s. A bunch of migrants from Africa and mid east. I’m sure there gonna love that.

It seems to me as long as these lunatics don’t have to get their own arises shot up they won’t stop until their stopped. Theyre creating a situation where even though the Ukrainian people want to stop the war the lunatics involved from Europe and a few closet neocons here Russia would have to take over the country where the survivors would be better off than with the lunatics that are using them as cannon fodder now and not for their benefit.  They are even hiding their children from being drafted.

Lots of wisdom there goldielocks. For the sake of the world lets hope they end it!

… and without US boots on the ground … or in the air!

Right, and look what NATO did to a nato Hungary. Guess they couldn’t call a article 5 on themselves.  We don’t need these characters starting a WW111.

Anyone who has looked into it much knows that the Russians were goaded into this war. Nato has expanded into countries that it promised not to. Russians were being abused and killed in the Donbass and other regions. A democratically elected gov was overthrown in the “color revolution.” How much were the Russians willing to take, right on their doorstep!

I’ve heard that the WEF crowd was thinking they could take all the Russian resources when they were split into pieces. The globalist warmongers have gotten their war but it hasn’t turned out the way they thought it would Russia is not falling apart.

I’m with you about the EU people. We’ll be lucky to get a peace deal done with only 3 participants!

From what I’ve heard is they’ve done this before.  Everytime they call for a peace talks they are losing and had no intention for peace, they just use it to get advantage then  and  rinse repeat. Putin’s wise to it. He’s fed up with their games. I don’t trust NATO or Z  at all using our military as security for the same reason they will just try to use it as a advantage and  cause a false flag or conflict again to bait and switch and drag us as boots on the ground because their rumming out of boots  and destroyed a whole generation for the benefit of the NATOs delusion of grander taking Russia’s resources thinking they’ll them be the most powerful now according to how they treat their people  dictatorship in the world. As far as I’m concerned they’re so unhinged that’s a threat to the world including the US. There just better be a fast out if they breach any agreement if it even happens. Meanwhile Russia isn’t waiting around for them this time.

If they are, they need to wake up! SNG

12 times NATO/US/EU/UK broke their word about not expanding NATO. Twice they failed to enforce Minsk agreements. 15,000 times the Ukrainians killed Russian speakers in the Donbass. Just involving Starmer, Merz, Meloni (actually, I think she’s the only one who recognises what’s happening), Stubb, Macron, Rutte and von der Lyin’ in a meeting with Z says there will be no peace process, let alone progress. Give peace a chance, yes, by removing them all from any negotiations.

Whoa! I jumped into a DeFi trade the other day and my browser wallet froze at the click that mattered. My heart sank. Seriously? It was one of those moments where the tech is solid in theory, but in practice the handoff between mobile and desktop feels kludgy. Initially I thought it was just a flaky RPC node. Actually, wait—let me rephrase that: my gut said the problem was UX friction between devices, not the blockchain itself.

Here’s the thing. Somethin’ as routine as signing a transaction should be near-instant and familiar whether you’re on your laptop or on your phone. Short delays, confusing QR flows, and disparate permission dialogs kill momentum. On one hand, users want the full power of multi-chain DeFi in a browser. On the other hand, they want the safety and comfort of their mobile wallet. Though actually—bridge the two well, and you’ve lowered the entry bar for a lot of new users.

Why does this matter now? Because web3 adoption is moving from hobbyist tinkering to everyday money apps. People expect desktop-first experiences for trading and analytics, but they also store keys and identity on devices that live in their pockets. Hmm… that split creates predictable problems: signing interruptions, account mismatch, expired sessions, and lost confirmations. I ran into this while testing fast swaps and yield harvests; my instinct said the sync layer was the weak link.

Short answer: treat mobile as the primary key store, and browser extensions as a convenient UI layer. Long answer: you need a secure, low-latency channel for transaction signing, reliable session management, and clear UX that reduces cognitive load.

How to design integration that actually works

Start with connection patterns. The simplest flows are: 1) deep-link from desktop to mobile, 2) persistent pairing using encrypted channels, or 3) local host modes for heavy power users. My bias is toward pairing—because it balances security and convenience. Okay, so check this out—pairing lets a mobile wallet approve signing requests without re-entering secrets on the desktop. And yes, that requires mutual authentication, session tokens, and automatic revalidation after network gaps.

I tested a few models. Initially I thought QR-only pairing was enough. But then I realized users hate pointing phones at screens every time they open a new tab. Actually, QR is fine for first-time trust. After that, background sync via encrypted WebSocket or a trusted relay works better. This is where the extension should behave like a thin client: no private keys stored, but fully capable of showing transaction previews, gas estimates, and chain context.

Transaction signing deserves special attention. Short bursts of information win: who is asking, what tokens, and the worst-case outcome. If a dApp asks for a token allowance, show the exact amount and a suggested safe limit. The UX should default to minimal scope and let power users opt into more. I’m biased, but showing estimated USD values helps reduce accidental approvals—humans think in dollars, not wei.

Security can’t be just a checkbox. It has to be visible and understandable. For instance, require re-auth on the phone for high-value ops. Also, give users a clear audit trail of recently signed transactions. This is very very important for trust. (Oh, and by the way…) make that trail exportable—customers ask for that when things go sideways.

Performance matters too. Signing latency needs to be under a couple seconds for a smooth desktop experience. That means efficient encoding of signing requests, pre-warming channels when a session is active, and using fallback relays if peer-to-peer hits a firewall. On the technical side, EIP-1193-compatible providers and standardized JSON-RPC methods ease cross-wallet compatibility. But compatibility alone won’t fix usability problems.

On the topic of RPCs: use multi-node strategies and sensible request batching. If a swap requires several chain calls, batch reads to avoid UI stalls. Also surface loading states so users don’t click again and again. Repeated clicks are a symptom of unclear feedback—which is bad.

Okay, so here’s a practical tip from my experiments: provide a “reconnect” flow that’s one tap on mobile and a single click on desktop. Users get annoyed by repeated confirmations. Make sessions resilient to network churn. Also, surface the device identity—like “Ben’s Pixel”—so users know which device will sign. It reduces mistakes.

I’m not 100% sure about every latency optimization—some environments will differ, and edge-case firewalls can break peer-to-peer channels. But the principles remain: keep keys on mobile, make the extension a clear and honest UI, and design for quick, explainable signing. On one hand you want power; on the other, you must keep things simple enough for newcomers. Balance that, and you win.

Finally, if you’re building or recommending a wallet extension, give users a single place to audit and revoke access. Little design choices—like showing the exact gas fees in readable units—matter more than fancy charts. If you want a simple, practical starting point for a browser-mobile pairing that works in the wild, check out trust. It was handy when I needed a no-nonsense flow that didn’t overpromise.

New upleg coming?

Dr Doom, does he ever say what you can do or what he’s doing or just all doom.

A health note on vaccines.

I thought or hoped the new shingles vaxx might be safer than the first new one that was causing shingles meaning it had the live virus I guess this one does too. They’re just not warning people when it comes to vaccines. A friend of someone I know came down with internal shingles. Worse than external shingles and causing excruciating internal pain. Luckily one of the doctors actually studied side effects and recognized it when she mentioned she just had her second shingles shot. They probably then started her on antivirals. Why are they risking live virus as the  way you can get it in a vax  especially most people who would take it will be older when their immune system isn’t like it was in it’s prime or on certain  medications.

Been out and about……apologies re Dr Doom…I didn’t watch all of it….would not have posted had I heard him speak ill of the Donald….

and he has been saying the same since whenever….though in truth he is right, everyones finances are a sad joke and have been for decades..

another 14 year high in the HUI. What’s interesting is that Barrick looks like it wants to participate. Caution warranted on B though with the RSI at 75.

Crypto losing ground again.

What’s it all mean??? 🙂

But it feels like the scum are using the US $ (and perhaps still trying to squeeze any remaining “shorts”), to create a more manageable “level” for Gold and Silver to take off from (in case Powell’s speech is interpreted to be dovish and percentages increase for a few cuts in interest rates).

For many years now, we’ve seen their playbook and how they work. Makes me think that “levels” are an important part of that playbook.

https://x.com/themarketear/status/1958454638803370098

Shares are blowing up.

WPM making a perfect bounce off the 50 day.

I don’t know what will happen when Powell yaps tomorrow, or even if we can hold this all day, but the shares would seem to indicate we will.

$38 breached but look at them battle over $3350. All this in the face of a stronger dollar, higher rates, and a weak SM. Go figure.

The PMI numbers were strong. Especially manufacturing.

over recent Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine … right in the midst of a peace process. (maybe)

… but there’s no cease fire, no agreements, the war is still on … still it seems Putin could back off a bit if just in a good faith gesture.

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If socialism is government owning the means of production, wouldn’t the government owning part of Intel be a step toward socialism?

Terrible idea.

JD has his head up Peter Thiel’s butt … meaning he’s a full blown bought and paid for technocrat … so unless you want a control state that looks like China … you don’t want him.

But will Tulsi deliver America from the entrenched commies in DC?

Probably not … but it would be better to have somebody who appears to be incorruptible, sensitive to what America really needs, and willing to act no matter the personal consequences – which all points to a smaller and more sensible Federal government – not the bloated plaything of deranged foreign interests who have been running the country into the ground for personal benefit (commies) … because this is going to happen no matter what …

Judge Napolitano: The U.S. Will Go Bankrupt, Collapse & Break Up

People are beginning to increasingly talk this way now because you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see it coming … just not delusional.

Go local folks … support the people who support you.

Mornin all

Doesn’t look like a buying day less they day or two trade before Powell or the weekend though. Just slow for longs. I’m going to nurse my sprained ankle after yesterday’s activity’s and just watch when I can. So much hypocrisy out there right now it deserves no attention anyways.