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schuylaar

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Lucky Luke said:
8 November 1940 –
MV City of Rayville hit a mine in Bass Strait becoming the first American vessel sunk during World War II.
She was the first American vessel sunk during World War II, sunk by a German mine off the coast of southern Australia.
Over three nights in November 1940, the German minelaying ship Passat, a captured Norwegian tanker, had strategically planted 110 sea mines in Bass Strait, a busy trade route between Tasmania and Victoria. This field of mines had already claimed the British steamer SS Cambridge (1916) less than 24 hours previously off Wilsons Promontory.
On 8 November 1940, City of Rayville sailed into the Bass Strait with a cargo of 1,500 tons (37,520 bars) of Port Pirie lead. At 7:47 pm the ship hit one of the mines. The explosion was powerful enough to rip out the foremast, as shrapnel and ingots of lead rained down on the ship's decks.
The 38 crew members were able to safely abandon the vessel in lifeboats, although one mariner (James Bryan of Norfolk, Virginia)] re-entered the vessel to find his personal items and subsequently drowned. The vessel sank, bow first, in 35 minutes.
The lightkeeper stationed at Cape Otway Lightstation witnessed the sinking, and three boats from Apollo Bay went in search of survivors. The ship's lifeboats were found, and successfully towed back to Apollo Bay, arriving at dawn, 9 November 1940.
This preceded the attack on Pearl Harbor, in December 1941, by more than a year, and resulted in the death of the first US seaman in World War II.
The City of Rayville was originally a steam ship, but was converted to diesel in 1930.
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We have a piece of the USS Maine in my park.

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USS Maine (1889) - Wikipedia

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Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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cannabineer said:
Check this shiddout

amp.cnn.com

In less than a week, Sam Bankman-Fried's $16 billion fortune evaporated

Sam Bankman-Fried woke up on Monday still a billionaire, even as his cryptocurrency empire was beginning to unravel. By Friday, his fortune was completely wiped out.
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so he had imaginary money and lost it?
this is why i have refused to have one single thing to do with cryptocurrencies.
that and the last time i wanted to build a new computer, the price of video cards was insanely, stupidly high because of all the crypto miners snatching them up...i hate them all, and hope every crypto on earth fails in a fucking earth shaking crash
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
Roger A. Shrubber said:
so he had imaginary money and lost it?
this is why i have refused to have one single thing to do with cryptocurrencies.
that and the last time i wanted to build a new computer, the price of video cards was insanely, stupidly high because of all the crypto miners snatching them up...i hate them all, and hope every crypto on earth fails in a fucking earth shaking crash
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This seems like our century’s equivalent of the South Sea Bubble. When it broke, it went all at once.
 
CunningCanuk

CunningCanuk

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
so he had imaginary money and lost it?
this is why i have refused to have one single thing to do with cryptocurrencies.
that and the last time i wanted to build a new computer, the price of video cards was insanely, stupidly high because of all the crypto miners snatching them up...i hate them all, and hope every crypto on earth fails in a fucking earth shaking crash
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DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
so he had imaginary money and lost it?
this is why i have refused to have one single thing to do with cryptocurrencies.
that and the last time i wanted to build a new computer, the price of video cards was insanely, stupidly high because of all the crypto miners snatching them up...i hate them all, and hope every crypto on earth fails in a fucking earth shaking crash
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They also use enough electricity to power a country and have a huge carbon footprint. Besides, what would quantum and other computing methodologies do for the energy cost of floating-point computations? That's what the value is ultimately based on, a huge amount of energy.
 
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