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Freebitco.in announces shutdown after 12 years

17 Dec 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Groonie

Freebitco.in, the world's oldest still operating BTC faucet site, is closing its doors for good. In a message posted in the site, the owners claim operation has become unfeasible due to the large number of accounts who abuse the offer by scripting or...

Creating a Side Business with Almost no Time, Space, or Money

17 Dec 2025 6 minute read 1 comment Groonie

How tight constraints revealed that my most marketable skill was one I had been using for years without noticing. As a laboratory technician, options for generating additional income are limited. While being a lab tech is a job profile that’s both fu...

The only AI product I really want

1 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Groonie

Ever since the AI craze started, I've only been waiting for one product: An AdBlocker that lets me filter shit-tier "celebrities" from my internet-experience. People like Jordan Peterson or Joe Rogan and all their stupid ilk, every type of personal f...

PayPal Launches Crypto Service.

21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Groonie

Yeah, you read that right. PayPal launches a crypto service. Among their goals in this is "Building Understanding and Adoption of Cryptocurrency". They will initially enable users to hold "Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin, directly within...

Exciting New Project: a 1964 Multitool Restoration

16 Jul 2020 5 minute read 0 comments Groonie

On ebay Kleinanzeigen, the German equivalent of Craigslist, I found a METABO „Multitool System“, a product which essentially claimed to be an entire workshop that can fit into a suitcase. They got amazingly close to that ideal back then, by producing...

I built a Game-of-Thrones Robot!

8 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Groonie

I'm struggling with electronics class in Uni, so in an effort to make the subject more relatable I got myself an Arduino Starter Kit. While it's not really fulfilling its desired effect of helping me learn basic electronics, it very much is insanely...

L7 trade is a scam.

15 Sep 2019 2 minute read 30 comments Groonie

L7.trade has been getting a lot of traction here recently, so it's worth a look. Let's get the basics out of the way first: 1. Listen to Common Sense L7 promises 4% ROI per day. That is just plain ridiculous. If that was true, you could multiply your...

Why I Think Publish0x Will Fail

13 Sep 2019 3 minute read 5 comments Groonie

Without wasting time on an introduction, let's compare a few approaches to earning on this platform:Approach #1: Producing high-quality content. Think of an article idea, do research, then write, edit, and polish it, find a picture to go along with i...

BRAVE Browser Now Allows Tipping on Reddit!

22 Aug 2019 1 minute read 3 comments Groonie

I just opened Reddit, and was surprised by little BAT-icons all over the place. It seems BRAVE browser just integrated Tipping on Reddit - Both for Posts and individual Comments!This is super cool, as it allows to easily promote BRAVE on reddit - Whi...

I quit my job today

16 Aug 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Groonie

This is the end of my career in science. I've been working in medical research labs for the past 5+ years, and today I handed in my two weeks notice. From the beginning of september on, I'll be a student again, pursuing a bachelor's degree in compute...