The best players in the world.
The best crowds in the world.
The best talent in the world.
The best events in the world.
The best game in the world.
Thank you all for making Counter-Strike so special.
Counter-Strike turns 27 today, and we’re celebrating by watching the best in the world play at the Cathedral of Counter-Strike.
Thank you for playing and thank you for watching. Thank you for your frag movies, nade lineups, silly game modes and videos, jokes, quips, Counter-Strike lore, inside jokes only a CS player would understand, and for your feedback; all of it.
Most importantly, thank you for your passion for the game. It’s all of you who make Counter-Strike your favorite first person shooter’s favorite first person shooter.
Happy birthday, Counter-Strike. 🎉
Strong stocks get stronger infinitely more often than weak stocks become strong.
Read that again….it’s a realization that completely changed my trading.
It’s way better to join the dance floor when the DJ is already playing bangers, instead of before the music even starts.
Commercial VPNs route your traffic through shared IP addresses. thousands of users on the same IP. those IPs are public, known, and listed. The government can block them the same way Netflix blocks them, one IP list. done.
A self-hosted VPN is different.
Your server. your IP. nobody else's traffic on it. there is no list to add it to. the government would have to identify and block your specific home address or VPS individually. that is not scalable. that is not what mass VPN bans do.
here's how to build one in under 10 minutes.
you need:
— a $5/month VPS (DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr — any will work)
— Docker installed
— 10 minutes
step 1: get a VPS. pick any provider. Ubuntu 22.04. the cheapest plan works.
step 2: install Docker on it.
curl -fsSL https://get[.]docker[.]com | sh
step 3: run WG-Easy. one command:
docker run -d \
--name wg-easy \
-e WG_HOST=YOUR_SERVER_IP \
-e PASSWORD=your_password \
-p 51820:51820/udp \
-p 51821:51821/tcp \
--cap-add=NET_ADMIN \
--cap-add=SYS_MODULE \
--sysctl="net.ipv4.ip_forward=1" \
--restart unless-stopped \
ghcr[.]io/wg-easy/wg-easy
step 4: open your browser. go to YOUR_SERVER_IP:51821. log in. click "new client." download the config. import it into the WireGuard app on your phone or laptop.
that's it. you now have a private VPN that:
— nobody else uses
— isn't on any blocklist
— costs $5 a month
— logs nothing unless you tell it to
— uses modern cryptography the NSA currently cannot break
WireGuard is built into the Linux kernel. 4,000 lines of code. fully audited. faster than OpenVPN. no configuration mistakes that accidentally weaken your encryption.
They cannot ban your server.
Tesla and SpaceX over the next few months:
• June 18: CRSP index inclusion for SpaceX. Triggers an estimated $4-7B in forced buying by passive funds.
• June 18: FTSE Russell index inclusion for SpaceX. Triggers an estimated $6-9B in forced buying by passive funds.
• June 26: MSCI index inclusion for SpaceX. Triggers an estimated $3-5B in forced buying by passive funds.
• End of June: HW3 Tesla owners get FSD V14 Light. Expect possible delays.
• July 2: Tesla Q2 vehicle and energy storage delivery report.
• July 6: NASDAQ 100 index inclusion for SpaceX. Triggers an estimated $8-12B in forced buying by passive funds.
• Late July: Tesla Q2 earnings call.
• Early-mid August: SpaceX Q2 earnings call, their first earnings call as a public company.
• 2 trading days after SpaceX's Q2 earnings released: 30% of eligible insider shares unlock (equates to 12% of all outstanding shares).
NOTE: Since only about 40% of all outstanding shares are eligible for early release lockups, that 30% above equates to 12% of all outstanding shares. Elon's shares, board member shares, and some others, are subject to an extended lockup of 366 days. Together, the shares subject to these extended lockup restrictions represent 60% of SpaceX's outstanding shares.
• August 21: 7% of eligible insider shares unlock (equates to 2.8% of all outstanding shares).
• September 10: 7% of eligible insider shares unlock (equates to 2.8% of all outstanding shares).
• September 25: 7% of eligible insider shares unlock (equates to 2.8% of all outstanding shares).
• September: Indexes rebalance. SpaceX will then have a higher weighting in those indexes due to an increase in the public float from insider shares being unlocked. Passive funds would likely need to purchase billions of dollars worth of additional shares to bring their holdings in line with the new index weight.
• October 2: Tesla Q3 vehicle and energy storage delivery report.
• October 12: 7% of eligible insider shares unlock (equates to 2.8% of all outstanding shares).
• October 26: 7% of eligible insider shares unlock (equates to 2.8% of all outstanding shares).
• Late October: Tesla Q3 earnings call.
• Early-mid November: SpaceX Q3 earnings call.
• 2 trading days after SpaceX's Q3 earnings released: 28% of eligible insider shares unlock (equates to 11.2% of all outstanding shares).
• December 9: 7% of eligible insider shares unlock (equates to 2.8% of all outstanding shares).
• December: Indexes rebalance again. SpaceX will then have an even higher weighting in those indexes due to an increase in the public float from insider shares being unlocked. Passive funds would likely need to purchase billions of dollars worth of additional shares to bring their holdings in line with the new index weight.
(The Cursor acquisition will likely affect these lockup percentages slightly)
A wise man once said, if you want to hate America, watch the news. If you want to love America, drive across it.
These European World Cup tourists are experiencing the REAL America for the first time: not New York City or LA, but middle America and all its hospitality. 🇺🇸