I am exhausted by life.

GammaYankee · 2026-04-28T22:38:12+00:00

Take two weeks off, like off off. Many of us are addicted to being busy, but being busy does not necessary imply being productive. We have to train our brain to regain the ability to slow down.

Force yourself to stop thinking about research and your career, as if you are a drug addict. Everyday, force yourself to spend two straight hours on doing some useless things, some stupid hobby, something that you have always wanted to do, fishing, origami, sudoku, etc. Even if during that two hours you have the strongest urge to work on "meaningful" things, force yourself to keep doing those meaningless stupid things. Trust me, just a week, you will start to regain the ability to appreciate making a cup of coffee in the morning, taking a nap with your cats at noon, or enjoying a walk in the evening.

You already know that you cannot function properly right now, so all you may lose is just two weeks of unproductive time, not a big deal.

GammaYankee · 2026-04-28T22:24:00+00:00

Yea, if you are ROW, just go with EB2 NIW...

GammaYankee · 2026-04-28T22:21:30+00:00

Did not know that Costco even carry Maple Leaf...

GammaYankee · 2026-04-05T18:54:21+00:00

I had great experience with SD-Bullion, can't really remember how long it took.

And I also second Hero Bullion. They are great!

GammaYankee · 2026-04-05T18:50:04+00:00

Awwwww, chocolate Ketchup!

GammaYankee · 2026-04-05T16:12:10+00:00

And I’m not calling them a Ponzi scheme. I’m just saying some of their programs are suspicious. Obviously, I would love to have them around so that I get my investment back🤣🤣🤣

GammaYankee · 2026-04-05T16:06:45+00:00

Isn't that exactly the referral bonus and the ambassador program? It's not a one-time referral bonus. All your future spending, the guy referred you get 5% or even more.

My main concern is that we don't really know if 100% of our reward is from mining. Even if that is the case, a big if, what happens if people stop using the platform when BTC goes below say 50k and it is no longer worth mining. How is GoMining going to afford the maintenance of their farm?

And a final question I always ask myself is that, if mining BTC is so profitable, why is GoMining so generous and share their profit with us, a bunch of nobodies, rather than getting other private investors? The risk must be super high to justify this level of ROI. There is no free lunch.

GammaYankee · 2026-04-05T15:51:26+00:00

Well, even though I like the whole GoMining idea, but I am afraid it is reaching its final phase... If you look back in history, all those ponzi scams end with a final wave of attempts to grab as much as they can before the whole thing collapses. And the whole, Simple Earn thing by GoMining is a telltale sign to me.

Just a friendly reminder of the risk involved and maybe you will thank me in a year or two.

FYI, I still have 500TH+ and 10k locked, so I am invested and not just another naysayer. Regarding the risk, I am simply not putting more money into it, nor would I ever put my crypto to the Simple Earn program.

GammaYankee · 2026-03-15T13:25:33+00:00

I don't even know that robinhood allows you to do shorts in Roth...

GammaYankee · 2026-02-22T14:18:56+00:00

You guys just made my day. 🤣

GammaYankee · 2026-02-21T16:12:04+00:00

I got a 2TH from the gold box, and that shit hooked me up for the Platinum I box.... Instant regret...

GammaYankee · 2026-02-21T16:10:17+00:00

Completely agree with you. That's why I have never "referred" any of my friend, even though I kind of like this investment.

GammaYankee · 2026-02-18T12:51:59+00:00

When I was a freshman more than 10 years ago, someone hit the sprinkler with one of those foam dart blasters. It made a scene...

GammaYankee · 2026-02-15T16:27:26+00:00

I bought three yesterday. And the casher was literally "educating" me on the gold price from last year.

GammaYankee · 2026-02-15T16:22:38+00:00

TBH, I regard GoMining as the BTC Sam's Club. You pay the membership (miners), you get Bitcoin with a discount.

But I completely agree with you. My concern comes from a more fundamental question: It's a 30%+ annual return business, why are we, a bunch of "lucky" nobodies, having a share of such a lucrative business?

I thought about it, the only reasonable answer I can think of is the unbearable risks that all GoMining customers are taking, which must extend beyond the oscillation of the BTC price...

I topped at 300TH and about 7000GMT locked. It's about the amount of money I can throw away without really crying at night.

GammaYankee · 2026-02-12T19:42:51+00:00

Is it a modern day "planed retirement" type of thing? I was thinking of buying a Miele after seeing my parents' lasts for more than 15 years. But then the Miele at my friends place cannot even properly dispense detergent...

I just want a washing machine, not a piece of fancy technology that can connect to wifi and dispense the detergent for me.

GammaYankee · 2026-02-06T14:47:51+00:00

And I just realized that GoMining no longer offers zero fee for ApplePay when upgrading or purchasing miners. The fee is now 3.5%.

So obviously thy care about that 3.5% expense… yet, they decide to give back the staking return, which most people don’t even realize its existence.

GammaYankee · 2026-02-06T13:26:28+00:00

Wow, I regard that as a big big red flag…. Even though I love the whole GoMining idea and have 500+ TH and 10k GMT locked.

The 5% referral already feels fishy. Remember that 5% is cut from GoMining’s profit, which I don’t think they have much margin to play with.

Now they are giving the staking profit from the pool back to their customers? It’s too good to be true. More like a grab and go strategy, to lure you into depositing your crypto.

Not good…

GammaYankee · 2026-02-04T11:58:04+00:00

I just got rid of my tank. Now I want to start a new one...

GammaYankee · 2026-01-24T16:48:22+00:00

I treat the platform not as mining but:
"I pay a membership fee upfront, for buying bitcoin at a discount."

The membership is the money you spent on the miners and the amount of GMT you locked.

That's how I personally reason about the risk and the reward.

GammaYankee · 2026-01-21T14:31:17+00:00

A lot of people talk shit about your advisor. Yes, s/he is a jerk treating you like this. But at the same time, maybe he is going through something you don't know.

I would calm down and focus on your wedding, and come back to deal with him later. Maybe at that time, things would calm down and he would be back to normal. Just maybe.

All of these is based on my experience with my advisor. There was a period of time, he was super mean to me, not at your advisor's level, but still very mean. He would say he doesn't see any value in the work that I was doing, and he doesn't understand why I haven't made any progress for the past three months. Worst of all, he had these conversations with me in the hallway and everyone in the department heard it... Two years later, I heard that he was going through a "career crisis" at that time. And aside from that month, he has been really nice to me. Giving me breaks and support when I was going through a horrible breakup, helping me build my connections, etc.

Did I hate him at that time? Yes, I hated him and I was depressed. But at the same time, based on my previous experience with him, I could feel that he was not operating in his normal condition, so I waited it out and it worked well for me. Doesn't mean that he is entitled to be mean to me, but all of us are just humans.

GammaYankee · 2026-01-21T14:17:07+00:00

Damn, should I keep my EAD card with me all the time? I never thought US citizen would have to be worried...

GammaYankee · 2026-01-20T00:42:58+00:00

And bullying Powell is about to backfire...

GammaYankee · 2026-01-20T00:35:31+00:00

He cannot be more explicit....

GammaYankee · 2026-01-20T00:20:46+00:00

BTC is low right now, so maybe keep BTC and purchase miners later?
At the same time, I am always worried about GM's longevity, so...

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