There is a bet on Predyx about SN reaching 1.4M items in 2025 or not:
@denlillaapan is creating regular posts about how bad this bet is going for me:
- Stacker is DEAD—As Dead as Bitcoin!
- Bet Update—No Funny Title or Numerology Today
- The Dying Death Spasms of a Dead SN! Bet Update
- Bet Update: The "Yes" Men Are So Fucked
This is the latest chart:
I agree, it doesn't look good. But It's So Early, right?!
But it won't be so early forever. Therefore, I have decided that I can't sit back anymore and pretend like I don't feel like this:
But on the other hand, I haven't even started to do something about it. But today we will reclaim our homeworld like in this opening cinematic of Legacy of the Void:
Let's make @denlillaapan cry and the next chart look like this!
But @ek, you have just posted a bunch of memes and haven't explained at all what the bounty is about???
You are right! I got carried away. But the title already explains most of it:
- whoever has the most comments in this post wins
- deadline is on Monday, April 28, 0:00 UTC (timezone converter)
But wait! This isn't a winner takes all:
🥇 1st place gets 25k sats
🥈 2nd place gets 12.5k sats
🥉 3rd place gets 7.5k sats
4th place gets 5k sats
5th place gets 2.5k sats
everyone above 100 comments gets 1k sats
btw, we're also engaged since today, see #948336.
ADDENDUM
I'm going to create a bot that's named "notabot" think that will fool you?
only if every post and comments ends with this:
this post or comment was created by a human
What about bot posts by real users 👀
How are we not even at 100 comments yet? Let alone 100 each.
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800 comments coming up.
You can do it.
Just start typing 1 to 800 and you will only find out that you need 400 more, AT LEAST.
It's cool to see all the SN celebrities together in one post.
This is a rigged game.
Mhh, good point, but let's see.
Our API is not that easy to understand and they still need to pay for each comment. If it's a really naive bot, it's going to run into spam fees and/or comment way more than needed.
100 comments for 1 sat each guarantees 900 sats profit
Rigged games are the most fun games there are.
If they are rigged in your favour.
@ek your well intentioned effort to drive engagement on SN has gotten out of control. My notifications have become completely inundated by utter nonsense one word, one character comments. It is all spam now. This is not improving the SN experience, it is ruining it.
I applaud your efforts in running this contest. I think next time if we do something similar the parameters for what will be accepted as a legitimate comment should be stricter.
Can you mute the thread? Does that clean up your notifications?
Oh I guess you can’t mute posts. But you can unsubscribe from threads
It's true. I've been posting some longer comments but the replies were all spammy.
He can change the parameters for this one as well. Just need to set that unworthy one word comments will disqualify the participant.
I don't know if he wants to do it at this point since they have been allowed for two days now. I don't mind this idea but probably the contest probably shouldn't have been a week and should have discouraged spam. It's fun but the point is try and make SN better not have everyone's notifications filled with nonsense so they can't even see legitimate posts and comments. I zapped a couple of your posts from earlier today that came into my notifications but I wouldn't have even noticed them if I didn't scroll down all the way to the rewards notifications to make sure I didn't miss anything. Must have been 100 comments, almost all garbage.
@mega_dreamer totally happy with all this Predyx bet activity (#944412)
I'm not positive how predyx works, but if I'm looking correctly, it's cheaper to bet on "no" right now?
muuuuch
Yes very happy, thanks for spreading the word.
SN loves Predyx.
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@Aardvark has had a busy morning. @realBitcoinDog just posted the words shit over and over. Love RBD but he should be disqualified from winning.
I'm about to take a break. Too much screen time and I need to go to easter.
I did mention @Aardvark at the 1st place. Half of them are 💩 comments though. Haha.
Congrats!!
@grayruby sliding to 3rd place is shocking!!
Unfortunately there was no one to talk to around 2am when I was still awake and then I went to sleep for 8 hours and they had a field day in my absence.
I think I also wagered in favor of SN breaking 1.4M items in 2025
Weak! I wagered on Stacker News breaking 1.5M.
We will get there by next week.
I was originally on YES but moved over to NO after seeing @denlillaapan's doom posting.
leeeeesgooooe, we die together
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What a terrible showing
@coinsreporter is trying to move up the board. You guys can battle it out for 2nd.
in a few hours 316 comments, not bad :)
Just getting started
@grayruby are we doing NBA game chats here to add up comments?
We don't have a discussion thread going so might as well. I didn't see the first game. I have been watching the Clippers vs Nuggets though.
I caught most of the first. I really felt like NYK were going to complete the comeback again.
Seems the pistons totally changed their strategy for Cunningham compared to game 1. He had a ton of points and few assists
Can we also do bitcoin markets chat here?
How do we make our own bets on Predyx?
Holy shit, this is going to be wild.
Yeah, buckle up buttercup. We're taken for a riiiiiide
So... how's the weather? It's pretty nice here. Like mid 50s and breezy.
More of Sensei’s comments is a great thingy
I couldn't agree more.
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If it’s not too much work, can you continue to tag me despite being below you in the rank?
Just gotta bump up those numbers.
What's the totals when you take out the spam?
How do you define spam?
Is that thing @ken started still going? That’s gotta pad your stats a bit. I keep forgetting about it, but still have high hopes I’ll win it in the end.
I keep forgetting about that thing.
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Fun fact:
Although GPS is free for the world to use, it costs $2 million per day to operate. The money comes from American tax revenue.
No wonder Trump got in!
@grayruby watching the games tonight?
Watching Cavs and Heat right now. I haven’t seen any of the Magic and Celtics.
Nice. How do they look? I’m away from the broadcast at the moment
Are you watching the Warriors vs Rockets. Very physical game to start.
You watching @Undisciplined?
Not yet
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I will only mention the ones who are above me in the leaderboard from now on because I think only they are actually trying to win and thus interested in the leaderboard.
Also, curious why you chose to post the verification repo on GitHub and not your self hosted git server?
Haha, good question! I indeed wanted to do this first. But I was too lazy to go and get my security key that I need for MFA on git.ekzy.is when I was already logged into Github.
Let the games continue.
Let's scare you!
@BlokchainB are you watching the Knicks game?
Nah am I missing anything? 👀
Shit
knicks game ? it s a waht ?
How you gonna count comments for each user under this post?
I wanted to mention that everybody should reply exclusively to their own replies so SN will count them for me (and if somebody else replies in their thread, it counts as a reply for them), but I will probably just use the API or read the database.
I want to reply to everything.
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Reply guy
@ek Truly grateful for the epic comment tournament and giveaway you put together — it brought a ton of visibility to Predyx and made the whole experience so fun and engaging. Huge respect and much love for making it happen! 🙏💛
Fun fact:
At birth, a baby panda is smaller than a mouse.
True that!
You deserve it....you deserve it....
Our
Should I have pizza for dinner or something healthy? I had a salad with roasted chicken last night.
I just ate BBQ chicken pizza. Was really good.
Tasty. This is 4 meat. I am not sure what the 4th meat is. Looks like pepperoni, ham and beef to me but maybe some of the ham is bacon.
The real question is, pineapple toppings yay or nay
I stand by pineapple as a valid pizza topping. And almost anything else -- trying new pizza combinations is a true joy.
Hey @mega_dreamer, there's something off in the NBA market. The orderbook for Memphis Grizzles says that I have 10k yes share on them but when I try to sell them they don't reflect. They aren't also there under the share holder.
CC: @grayruby: you also have 5k shares there?
Maybe the payout is below a minimum threshold?
I don't think so.
I think there's some bug causing it. Because I can't find my buy in for Grizzles in the notifications.
Yes, something is definitely not right. We'll look into it. Thanks for reporting it. The shareholders tab should show your and @grayruby's share.
HAHAHAHA what a cheap(!) way to turn the tides of an honest bet. Ah, man. Resorting not just to shit posting, but bribing the stackers to shitpost on your behalf.
well played, sir; weeeell played.
I warned you that @ek is fully capable of determining the outcome of that event.
I know, I know.
Just never thought he actually would/there would come much from it
I at least don't feel good about it haha. I have lost the battle but I haven't lost the war so far!
And we need to keep the bet interesting!
True. It got boring for me to report a steady run towards inevitable victory
Damn! @Aardvark @grayruby @Undisciplined and @denlillaapan are
talkingchirping likeparrotslove birds.Squawk
Shameless self-promotion: #950585
I can’t believe you liked my trades. I worked hard on those.
THE SCOOP!
@Undisciplined is piling in...
I almost became the biggest holder of No contracts... but alas, no.
He never believed in us.
uh-hu... he's a sneaky lil expert gambler. No faith, only stats
Predyx is loving this
Good for them. It’s a great bitcoin integrated project.
my god, that comment count is making me nervous
Shit
Poster
I'm scared too!
I already have to pay out at least 52.5k sats for the top 5.
plus the value at risk in the bet itself... oooh lord, what have we gotten ourselves into?!
What a challenge...100 posts in 8 days..
so 10 per day at least
let s see how far i go
so i ve to talk to myself to make it counts
quiet weird but why not ..ahaahha
You poor thing
I’m here to provide chat liquidity
let's go, you're my man!
Am I not?
Is there anyone who can catch @Aardvark?
I'm not good at running.
CC: @denlillaapan @grayruby @Undisciplined
Someone will catch me.
Yeah, but please go to sleep now!
I think Aardvarks sleep, someone will catch him then.
Good idea
Great!
xcellent
Browns trade 2nd pick to Jaguars
2nd overall pick Jacksonville Jaguars select CB Travis Hunter
3rd overall pick New York Giants select DE Abdul Carter
or why not 3
How did you say It’s so Early! and mention @Car podcast and not mine?! You TROLLING
also
Bitcoin
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haven’t seen @ek in two days and I see this post like…
I cracked the screen if my phone yesterday. I got it repaired for 7k Sats at a repair shop.
Wow that's a great deal. My wife got quoted $120 to fix the screen on her old phone. She didn't bother. Just waited until the contract was up and got a new phone.
Maybe the service cost is way too much there?
How many repair shops do you see around you?
We have at least a 1000 mobile repair shops all around us. They all are doing great because 200k people in the town and at least 800k living in villages around the town I liv in.
The numbers are approximate. We didn't have census after 2011.
I’m sure you will make it back within a week lol
Fun fact:
Johnny Cash took only three voice lessons before his teacher advised him to stop taking lessons and to never deviate from his natural voice.
Crap! I'm a half hour behind.
just skip some sleep
every hour you skip you can post 6 comments for 1 sat!
That's for vertical posting. I can reply way more than that horizontally.
This is what happens when you are building your media empire
You never know what tradeoffs you'll have to make
Todays run 🏃🏼
Have you got active today?
Nice job.
Thanks mate! Are you keeping active?
nice work :)
Indeed
Can we get a leaderboard?
I'm sure you don't have enough real work to do.
— Darth, the influencer.
You have not read my guides!
He's going to have a fun time counting.
Or we will, since there's no other way to know he counted correctly.
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I haven't decided if I should try to get back into this race or keep my notifications blissfully clean.
It is a lot of mental effort and noise for a relatively small amount of sats
I’m just going for 100
OT spent at least 647 x 10 seconds (or whatever) to get some sats
Yeah.. But where is @OT now?
I think @siggy47 is showing some wisdom here.
Typical
Or he's got too many sats. Maybe if the prize were 100k he might be enticed
Earth is the only planet in our solar system that doesn’t get its name from Greek or Roman mythology.
Then where did its name originate
Comments and zaps both are transferred to this post for now. Amazing times for SN.
One post to rule them all!
It was looking good yesterday. Today, you can see it's just a transfer of engagement.
It could be: **whoever has the most comments
in this poston SN wins.I cracked my dearest phone's screen while watching Paul Hayman attacking on the balls of both Punk and Roman Reigns in the WrestleMania! What a disaster, Rollins won!
Should have been the night 2 main event, not the night 1 closer.
Cena still holds the same old charm among audience. You can hear they were louder while chanting "let's go Cena, Cena sucks".
However I agree the first night main event was much much better. Watching Heyman sitting in the corner with that nasty smile was as classy as it can get.
Cena + Travis Scott + Rhodes makes everyone happy including kids. WWE gives a lot of thinking about how to charm broader audience while scripting these big occassions.
Haha. I can't believe Paul Heyman is still in wrestling.
He's now hailed as the wise man. He now is in a real mess with both Punk and Roman going after him.
Starting to think Bitcoin can’t fix all our problems haha
Not everything but at least governments won’t have a fiat printer to rely on.
Dim the sun ☀️ we need more sun in our lives not less surely . But yes they won’t do these “experiments “ without the printer
human thinking on nature!!!
Is this also a secret stress test for SN? I know there's no concern about pages loading with too many nests (since nested comments get thrown to another page), but wasn't sure if there was a thread limit of any sort, or how SN's backend database just handles a post with a ton of comments.
I like this line of thinking
That's how conspiracy theories are made..
The soles of your feet have no hair follicles, according to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
Can spamming be considered a fun activity? People usually pay to get some fun online. The same is the case on SN.
You can spam but it costs you a precious Sat.
Fun for the spammers. Not fun trying to sift through my timeline to find the real comments and posts.
Definitely not fun to see my name spelled out one letter at a time over the course of ~150 posts.
1st time time in my life that occurs
First time things are the best
Being PoeticBeing Poetic
But first let me tell ya, Robert Browning wrote it challenging death, that's inevitable but .....here ....
I was ever a fighter, so—one fight more, The best and the last! I would hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past.
---Robert Browning, Prospice
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?
-----Robert Browning, Men and Women
A perfect Woman; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.
----William Wordsworth
Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.
----Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
---Emily Dickinson
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Lol @realBitcoinDog. You're already defeated!
Be nice or realsadbitcoindog will come out swinging
@denlillaapan can't get a place
@roll @NovaRift must defeat!
Poor Den . If his done the work surely he is worthy
Wow. I am sure that machine takes quite the spread. It's like those coinstar machines we used to have in Canada that would take all your loose change and give you cash for it but it took an 11% haircut.
11% is robbery. There's so many ways to just waste money.
werewolf also goes by the name “lycanthrope,” and you can learn more about werewolves here.
I’m so impressed by Yappari Steak that I want to be conferred as its Ambassador, like how I got myself to be a Fukuoka Ambassador. It ticks all the boxes on my diner’s checklist, which is frustratingly complicated, because I have a native Japanese wife and two young kids whose eating preferences mix like oil and water. The highlights:
💙 Decadently sizzling steak
💙 Free flow of rice, soup AND salad (if you order the set)
💙 Various sauces for you to vary the flavouring you delight your tastebuds with
💙 Plate of myriad fries to excite fussy kids
💙 Two children’s meals (karaage OR hamburg) if your kids don’t live on potatoes
💙 Orion draft beer to take the edge off a hard day’s worth of parenting 💙
💙 Approachable staff (at least those from the Northpoint outlet)
💙 Reasonable prices (and you earn Fraser points!)
💙 Soothing songs by Okinawan artistes to teleport you from the stresses of ultra-packed Singapore living
So happy that I drank two glasses of Orion beer. My kids devoured their Yakult - glad that there’s something for everyone!
Why does every single food post you make look so delicious!
What's delicious? I don't see any ants for you in it.
Another fun fact:
The oldest unopened bottle of wine was found in a Roman tomb that is over 1,650 years old.
Give me a fun fact about your state
Don’t forget to put your tips in for the AFL pick em! Win 1K sats
#953832
view on youtu.beanother world vs rugby
My tip is take the Pies.
This you at 1 am
This sounds like fun
I decided to let out my inner Darth. Maybe because I own a lot of NO shares.
#948519
This is what market makers feel like every day
Yeah! So much fun :(
lol are you alright nova?
We need 1800ish comments per day to reach 1.4M by 31 Dec 2025.
It's not looking achievable even with this because we've been constantly falling short of daily target by 800 to 1000 items.
Undoubtedly this competition will increase the daily comments counts but I'm not so sure that it'll help break even 1800 items/day.
We need more people and more stackers and more engaging content to see it happen.
I heard you call Sensei
We really need you. I need you for moral support. @grayruby has @realBitcoinDog to talk to for no reason. I have many reminisce of our PPP talks and it's time we can do that again. For some happy sats...
Retail died this bull run didn't they
How do you explain Investing fiat in reality?
#951707
Wait until you see it in real terms.
you do not
Anyone watching WrestleMania??
@grayruby?
We were recording the pod. I watched a bit of it earlier. I want to watch the main event.
Post
Shit
💩
I've been playing with Google sheets today. I should make a post about it. I'm such a data nerd I swear.
=GOOGLEFINANCE("BTC-USD")
Gives you the current price of BTC in a cell of Google sheets.
Las Vegas’s new, 900-square-foot entertainment venue, Sphere, is the largest spherical structure in the world, said CNN. The structure was designed by architecture firm Populous and innovation firm ICRAVE.
i never play with cause no need
Huh
Let's load up on some No contracts. THIS AIN'T SCARING ANYONE!
view on youtu.beI considered it, but decided against it.
Pussy
Moar novo moar