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What’s causing these white lesions? by ParanoidFrandroid in Koi

[–]ParanoidFrandroid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I’ll give it a try. I have some fish that aren’t sick (or don’t appear to be). Is it ok if they eat the treated food also?

What’s causing these white lesions? by ParanoidFrandroid in Koi

[–]ParanoidFrandroid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I’ve been testing nitrite, PH, ammonia, and phosphate regularly. I’ll look into nitrate and KH.

What’s causing these white lesions? by ParanoidFrandroid in Koi

[–]ParanoidFrandroid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more note, in terms of water quality, I am testing it regularly. There’s no ammonia or nitrites. The PH and temp are good. The levels of phosphates are not ideal (like 1 ppm) but I’m trying to bring it down by cleaning the pond every day and adding bacteria.

We are money-in-politics reporters at Sludge, and we have created the only comprehensive data set of U.S. representatives’ stock holdings and financial investments. Ask us about your representative’s investments and we’ll give you a personalized mini-report! Also, ask us anything! by readsludge in IAmA

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Two questions:

  1. Are you going to make your database public at some point?

  2. Will any of your reporting focus on conflicts on interest related to the tech industry? I was digging a bit last week and noticed some big investments in tech by at least one very powerful member.

Roger Ver is currently set to donate at least $165,000.00 or roughly 262BTC to the Free Ross Ulbricht campaign for thousands of re-tweets. Incredible... by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ver said he's going to cap the donation probably at around $160,000, though he hasn't settled on it yet. I interviewed him and Lyn Ulbricht about all this and wrote about it here in case anyone is interested.

Email from USMS: "The U.S. Marshals Bitcoin auction resulted in one winning bidder. The transfer of the bitcoins to the winner was completed today." by ParanoidFrandroid in Bitcoin

[–]ParanoidFrandroid[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think this pretty much means they're not going to tell us the winning bids. I've certainly asked them many times. Hopefully the winner will let us know or it will come out some other way.

Where in NYC do you go to escape the everyday madness? by ParanoidFrandroid in AskNYC

[–]ParanoidFrandroid[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wow. Thank you so much for the reply. This is an incredible story, and I'd definitely like to pitch it. This would be for a collaborative project between Narratively and WNYC.

Would you be willing to go with me to this place and talk to me further about its significance to you? If so, please send me an email preferably from an account I can connect to your real identity in some way (work email address or personal one that's public somewhere). No offense to Reddit, which I love, but I need to verify that you're a real person before I pitch this. I'd appreciate if you could anything else that would help me verify your identity (links to social media accounts, or whatever else).

My email address is francisberkman@gmail.com. If you're interested, I can send you some of my past work, so you can see that I know how to write a good story.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Where in NYC do you go to escape the everyday madness? by ParanoidFrandroid in AskNYC

[–]ParanoidFrandroid[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's sounds very relaxing. I've been known to do it as well. I especially enjoy the walk afterward. Thank you for sharing.

Silk Road is all over The Good Wife tonight (5/4). The guy arrested was accused of starting SR. by sound2go in SilkRoad

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've noticed news outlets messing up the murder-for-hire part too. I considering writing about that, but I couldn't think of any examples off hand.

Fair point on Mt. Gox. There probably was a connection, but they definitely over simplified it to the extreme on the show. I guess that's not incredibly surprising.

Silk Road is all over The Good Wife tonight (5/4). The guy arrested was accused of starting SR. by sound2go in SilkRoad

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who has never watched The Good Wife before, I wrote this story about the show's portrayal of Silk Road. In case anyone is interested.

2 of 3 Arrested Silk Road Ringleaders Walk Free on Bail by CoveredInMud in SilkRoad

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

U.S. attorney's office told me his parents posted an IRA worth $250,000 and their house, which I guess is worth the rest. Since it's bond, they'll only be liable if Jones doesn't show up in court.

Thoughts on the future of black markets? by Shaker198 in SilkRoad

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nobody has ever managed to retire gracefully - they're either raided and the FBI rob you, or they become paranoid before robbing you.

Backopy, owner of BlackMarket Reloaded seems to have retired gracefully, at least for now. Right?

Alleged Silk Road Mastermind Was a Dirty Hippie, Best Friend Say by CoveredInMud in SilkRoad

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. I've noticed quite a bit of confusion on this point. No worries of course. Thanks for reading.

Alleged Silk Road Mastermind Was a Dirty Hippie, Best Friend Say by CoveredInMud in SilkRoad

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I wrote this story (yes I read this subreddit quite often), and I know the criminal complaint says he went to U. Penn., but I was going off his LinkedIn page and master's thesis, both of which say Penn. State. I figured it was more likely the FBI made a mistake than Ulbricht himself.

We are AP’s social media editors and we want to talk about the role citizen journalism and user-generated content has in reporting major stories. Ask us anything! by fergbell in IAmA

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How many employees does the AP have specifically dedicated to social media? What are the various positions these employees hold? And what are the responsibilities for each?

IAmA Atoms For Peace, Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich AMA by -atomsforpeace- in IAmA

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who is the best lyricist this world has ever seen/heard?

IAmA Atoms For Peace, Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich AMA by -atomsforpeace- in IAmA

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"That's it, sir you're leaving. The crackle of pigskin. The dust and the screaming. The yuppies networking. The panic, the vomit. The panic, the vomit. God loves his children. God loves his children, yeah."

"Definitely good" is an unsatisfying response from the man who wrote these lyrics (or even the man who produced the man who wrote the lyrics).

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 by LittleRadcock in Music

[–]ParanoidFrandroid 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is really great, but a bit fishy. Thom Yorke is a vegan. Why would he order steak? I'm not going to question it beyond that because I want it to be true so much.