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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I heard about this from a podcast called The Missing Cryptoqueen from the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07nkd84

    In a way it’s a classic ponzi scheme so in that sense it’s not that novel. But this Dr. Ruja, as she was known by people who “bought” OneCoin, sold herself and OneCoin super well and took full advantage of the crypto craze. The scale and then disappearance are crazy.

    Maybe this is in the article but I think the leading theory is that she’s in the UAE or Qatar or something. I assume she can’t really travel but she can just live like an actual queen over there and those governments won’t care about where he money came from.





  • I’m biased but just to play devil’s advocate: where is the limit?

    Imagine everyone is on one half of the pitch except for three players: an attacker with the ball 40 meters from goal, the goalie who is 25 meters from goal, and another attacker who is right next to the goalkeeper, blocking the goalie’s path to the goal.

    The attacker with the ball shoots the ball through the air into the empty goal, with not even a tiny chance the goalkeeper could ever make it. Is it offside?

    I would argue it isn’t and I think almost no referee would say it’s offside simply because the goalkeeper didn’t stand a chance to get anywhere close to the ball.

    This is an extreme case, but I feel like today Maignon also would never have gotten that ball.

    It’s difficult because you can’t always know if a goalkeeper would have been able to reach the ball without any interference, but there’s gotta be some sort of line between true interference and irrelevant interference that would never change the outcome of what is about to happen.

    I probably agree it’s offside. As a Dutch person I’m frustrated now, but if I were French I’d be annoyed if the goal had been allowed.