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1041  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Should Employers Screen Applicants for Problem Gambling Before Employment? on: August 26, 2022, 07:24:09 AM
No...? I mean, if employees were able to steal money from their companies, I'm pretty sure they're just that skilled (if you can call it a skill), addict or not. Let's not even mention that identifying an addict in itself would be rather difficult, but in the first place, any employee can steal from their companies if they were skilled enough and they wanted to. These are similar cases related to gambling but there are probably a whole lot more other cases not even related to gambling. I'd rather make companies actually improve their security against outsiders and insiders.
They are skilled thieves if they manage to steal and never get caught not even on a surveillance camera. Not all who do stealing are addicts but each of them has a different reason. There's that they steal for the sake of their family but if I were them I won't do that because they are already working on that company, which means they can earn money already. If they really need a money and it's still a long way to go before their pay check arrives, they can always do a cash advance from their employers.

I am sure that every good employers will always agree with that, only to retain their workers. I think there are no rules from screening an applicant so the op's idea is always possible to conduct.
1042  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: August 25, 2022, 08:15:42 AM
The squad for Asia cup was announced almost two weeks ago and Kohli has been included. The team will be lead by Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will be the vice-captain. Now this is going to be a very crucial tournament for Kohli. If he fails to perform once more, then selectors may take some drastic step such as excluding him from the T20 World Cup, which is due in a few months from now. There is going to be tough competition for the #3 slot in the batting order. Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Hooda are in excellent form.
Giving Virat Kohli another chance in Asia Cup is surely not wise decision from selectors but still we have to respect this because they know better ground realities and can manage better because I am personally feeling they need to give him some more rest and then giving him chance in T-20 World Cup is much better for him and team because he needs more relax and good environment if he still wants to go with his international career full fledge.

Now, we are heading for Asia Cup T-20 here for me in current shape India is hot favorite because they are coming with their full strength and their batting lineup is also in good shape so most chances they are going to win this cup eight time and this is going to be very good for them before T-20 World Cup which is going to play in Australia in October.
1043  Economy / Speculation / Re: Will the price of bitcoin rise again? on: August 24, 2022, 08:29:05 PM
One thing to mention in particular was the bear market a few days ago. Then the price of Bitcoin has decreased due to the market being down. But now, despite being in a bull market, why is the price of Bitcoin decreasing now? Hope the experienced will tell.
No dude, the bear market didn't start few days ago but it started ever since last year, specifically on the month of December if my memory serves me correctly. Obviously when there is a bear market the price of btc and all the cryptos will then go down to an extremely low level. As of the current moment we are still in a bear market.

You know when it was bull market already when all the cryptos are pumping high, and exceeding their last all time highs. There was a small increase that is felt in bitcoin last week where its price rose up to 24k but unfortunately it decrease again down to 21k. I really don't know the reason why but don't worry, this soon all shall pass.
1044  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: August 24, 2022, 06:58:12 PM
Big investors for other teams are about the Premier League, but here in Ligue 1, no one will dare to do this, because what's the point? They will have to invest a lot of money, even a very lot of money just to win Ligue 1? It's not prestigious, no one will do it, big investors will go to strong leagues to feel the full taste of victory. And PSG can beat teams in Ligue 1 by scoring 5 or even 10 goals in each game, the championship will not become more interesting from this.
Still not have big investor want to buy or invest with Ligue 1 team except PSG only because less values and not really popular with Ligue 1 compare other competition like Primer League or La Liga and Serie A. After several years acquisition with PSG until right now still not have new bigger investor want to make Ligue 1 become competitive league. I think without popular exactly there are not have much money and make several investor not really excited with Ligue 1 competition. Keep label as farmer league with Ligue because until several years later PSG as the king of Ligue 1, have healthy financial and always dominance with several star player on their team squad, different with other Ligue 1 participants.
As we all looking currently this Ligue 1 is completely dominant by PSG and no other club is in good shape in quality and finances because they have not enough marketing sources for this which are most important if you want investors and English Premier League is at top in this with their many aspects here in France Sports Authorities need to check few issues and they surely they need to improve quality of French League if they want some big investors right now situation is not ideal as they have no good return of their investment, and it's not prestigious like The FA Cup or Premier League.

Now as technology is spreading they also can do much better than current situation and bring some good investors, but they want better return to have some good aspect which help them for having quality results and other few things in this league.
1045  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: August 24, 2022, 06:06:12 PM
The formation of two striker and four midfielders in my opinion is quite suitable for Juventus, but the situation doesn't support considering that Federico Chiesa who was previously expected to be Vlahovic partner up front has not been able to be present on the field, while coach Massimiliano Allegri cannot continue to use Di María in front because the midfield also need his contribution after Paul Pogba was injured and couldn't enter the field. So I think the problem for Juventus at the moment is the lack of strikers, even though there is Moise Kean but still need a replacement.
Just after two matches surely we are missing few things from them, and they need to work on these as time is running out, and they have to do this all quickly otherwise they can suffer again in this season like they have in last season Vlahovic is alone in better shape, and they need Deepay for better shape they were in talk with Barcelona but suddenly all stopped which is wired because right now they need him at their front specially after Paul Pogba injury with they can't go with Di Maria at front he is best for this position.

Allegri is surely working on this all, and we will have some good news about this as well in coming days because right now they are completely down and not able to fight for title race against Napoli and Inter which are complete package for this season with their best attacks.
1046  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: August 23, 2022, 07:00:33 PM
I don’t believe that DLS will ever be replaced unless the big 3 collectively put in a request, but since they haven’t made any such requests I feel that it’ll continue as it is. Lastly I feel that DLS adds an sense of excitement especially for me, because I know that teams will now have to go out of their way to win and I understand at times it may not be what fans want, but I yet feel it should be retained despite all the negativity surrounding it.
I agree here with you because it's most balance's system which is working in cricket for long time, and we have no big concern about this from any country, specially after incident which declare England as winner in 1992 Cricket World Cup where South Africa were favorite to win, and they lost their golden chance for winning World Cup.

On other side if they want to end this DLS system we have only one other option which is not going to implement because it needs too much money which is not possible for most of the cricket boards, it's we can play under roof which is only other suitable option but still we can go with this DLS as it's good and fair for all and most of the cricket world is happy with this.
1047  Economy / Economics / Re: Anyone here from Germany? What exactly are your electricity costs? on: August 23, 2022, 05:14:04 PM
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Hydrogen has one advantage, it can be generated from excess energy on the grid
True, but to do that, you'll need much more hydrogen generating capacity, and much more solar/wind farms. And still, that doesn't cover the energy needs in winter.
I think you missed the point about storage, you can store hydrogen just as you store natural gas, it can be turned into liquid as LNG, it can be stored in pressure tanks it can even be stored in salt caverns. Or if you have the energy to spare you can simply transform it into methane gas, it's like one of easiest chemical reaction in the world, especially if you're in a pinch and you already burn coal.
What people do not realize is that we do not have the infrastructure for continuing to improve and benefit the most out of renewable energy. I mean sure there are people who are working their best, but we haven't done that globally yet and still pay oil companies tax brakes and such to keep it going.

Let’s face it, they are making tens of billions of dollars in profit while everyone else in the entire world suffers, it is the biggest crisis we have right now and they INCREASED their profit. All in all, more renewable energy and less oil usage will make sure that the world will never have to go through this situation and building an infrastructure to navigate into it will help a lot.
1048  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling on Psychology & Sociology Perspectives. on: August 23, 2022, 12:53:32 PM
it is true that gambling is like betting on luck how much luck we have on that day.
but in gambling for me luck has a very small chance to get it. so there are still many people out there who consider gambling just for entertainment or to fill their spare time. but that's all actually to cover up being disappointed when you always lose at gambling and actually hoping to win to get more money.
no one wants to lose constantly spending money and losing at gambling, unless the person is very rich.
An excuse that's the right term to continue playing, if you lose then you convince yourself that luck is not with you and you are accepting your defeat since you are using an amount that you are willing to let go, but eventually your desire in winning will increase and your appetite for gambling will exceed to your allotted budget and after that you will find yourself getting engaged too much to the point that you are already addicted.

We can't measure or we can't conclude anything as it's an opinion base any inputs have value to how a person thinks about the situation.
Yes they are making excuses because if they are sincere of only playing only to get entertained, there is no need for them to play again or deposit again the second time once they have lost their first deposit. Playing gambling to have fun doesn't always be expensive but a small amount will be enough because you can still budget it and only use tiny amounts per spin/bet. You can even play without betting at all.

It is sad but many gamblers are like that, they keep on coming back to the casino in the hopes that they can win this time. I am not exempted to this but I stop because I feel annoyed. My losses are already big compared to my target win which is only small.
1049  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What will happen to layer 2 networks? on: August 23, 2022, 06:23:39 AM
Nothing happen. There will be no a big change with it. Layer 2 blockchain will still remain exist. The fact that if there would not be a change in ethereum as well. I think that people are taking it in a wrong way. Let's see what's gonna happen with it whether you will be getting right result about ethereum scalability or not.  I think that people will always prefer to use the second layer blockchain instead of first layer with huge fees like ethereum.
The eth team didn't say that once ethereum merged is completed, the layer 2 will now disappear. Layer 2 are already created, so they will remain but what people are afraid of is that the layer 2 coins will get weaker because many will return to eth once eth fees returns to normal but you said it will not happen? Ouch, I think people that hope for it are going to be hurt once again because this isn't the first time they hope for that but every eth upcoming updates they always say that eth fees will return to normal but anyway there are still layer 2 which can be a good alternative to eth because they have a cheaper fees and they are also fast.
1050  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 22, 2022, 06:33:53 AM
I don't find the rumours regarding Ronaldo to Sporting as realistic now. Ronaldo would rather sign for a big team that are capable in the Champions League. If he goes to Sporting then he should forget about success in the Champions League. The Liga Portugal isn't one of the biggest leagues as well. There is no meaning for him to join a Portuguese team while he is this much ambitious.
Ronaldo saga is still on as now Manchester United management is also looking for suitable solution because after first two defeats now they are realizing if they want to do something better than surely they have to solve this issue and right now they are in Madrid where talk are going underway for some positive solution even right now they are facing negative news from Atlético Madrid but still things can change as we have in case of Real Madrid.

Sporting rumors is just by media for some intention but most chances he will be in Madrid otherwise he is going to stay at Manchester United because of his salary issue which he is not going to cut if any other club wants him to be in their team Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund already rejected all rumors about Ronaldo and their connection.
1051  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: August 22, 2022, 05:48:41 AM
PSG goal feast against lille, and the interesting thing in this match is that mbappe made 3 goals while neymar made 2 goals and 2 assists

the PSG squad also plays quite in harmony, if the PSG squad can continue to play like this (with the trio of neymar, messi and mbappe in the best condition) then in the UCL they will be unbeaten
don't forget about Messi with 1 goal and 1 assist, PSG are so good right now it's not even fair for other teams in Ligue 1 to play against them, Lille is not even a bad team in ligue 1 and lost with 7 goals against them, Neymar got back really strong, and this trio is insanely good right now, they need to be nerfed to give other teams a chance.
No doubt a dream start for PSG as they have full nine points from three games and record number of goals in just three games 17 all strikers at top of goalscorers list with Neymar is having 5 goals and 6 assists which is surely an amazing start for him with many controversies about him and Mbappé around but these both doing good job and good team work if they are able to play like this in all season then it's going to be great for them and their team as well.

If any team have start like this surely it's going to be matter of worry about their opponents because no way to go for them and performance like this can give them good success in Champions League as well which is PSG's management main target.
1052  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Btc crime on: August 21, 2022, 09:03:56 PM
Recently 3 suspects were arrested by Israel police for laundering money internationally through crypto. This money was stolen from France. This is a major international money-laundry.
Cryptocurrency has been used severally for such cases but that doesn’t make it an illegal means of transaction. People tend to use something legal and clean for illegal activity just to make it looks bad to the public and for their benefits gain. Don’t fall for such acts and make conclusions that the use of cryptocurrency poses threat to the society.
If they only use crypto to cleanse the money that they rob then yes it's not an example of illegal transaction. It's not that those criminals want to destroy the reputation btc by using it on their activities but the main reason they use btc is because it has a unique characteristic which can make them get away from the crime easily but sorry because authorities are just smarter than them, leading for them to be traced and caught.

As an old crypto user we already know that crypto is a legal currency but I don't know to some that are still new to it, maybe the news will make them confused and they will start to think negatively towards cryptos.
1053  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Influence of "Paid" Streamers on Online gambling..... on: August 21, 2022, 06:24:05 AM
Not a huge fan of online gaming and gambling streamers, but one thing I've noticed is that they are not paid by anyone or any big companies especially when they're still building their reputation and viewers. Once they acquire huge audience, that's where companies starts offering you handsome amount to use their website. Online gambling companies and the streamer can easily deny that they don't have any partnership or connections.
So, nobody is really certain whether or not these gamblers were just plainly advertising the website or taking advantage of their clients.
Same here I don't know why I don't like to watch streams. For me I think they are only a waste of time, sorry but I only prefer to play the actual game. Obviously a streamer with low subs and views will be hardly pick to do a promotion because the reach will only be low but budget wise, they can just go to those who have a good number of followers.

Some streamers can deny that they do have a sponsorship with a casino, I think this was instructed to them. Gambling owners think that it will not be very effective to attract the public if they see that the streamer is sponsored because they will think that the game is being manipulated.
1054  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: August 20, 2022, 05:58:03 PM
I don't think Rayo Vallecano is a team that can fight for the title. Rayo Vallecano however managed to share the points with Barcelona. But their performance was not as good as expected. In the whole match they only resisted attacks from Barcelona players. They managed only 4 shots in 90 minutes. I don't think such a team will fight for the title. The battle for the title this season will be between Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Agree about this most chances they will try their best for staying into top six teams despite fighting for title race because it's start of the season and just after two matches we can't judge any team for title race specially when we have giants like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético Madrid for title race and Villarreal, Read Sociedad and Sevilla are fighting hard for fourth spot.

Most of the things could be clear after winter break because then we can predict better about title race as we will have half of the season and most of the teams could be in better shape for their chances and players will be also having in good touch with their performance right now predicting about any result is surely not possible specially just after two matches.
1055  Economy / Economics / Re: Google Executives Warn Employees About Layoffs: 'There Will Be Blood On Streets' on: August 20, 2022, 02:55:20 PM
Sooner or later some employees at startups or factories will be laid off and will be replaced with robots or AI, and this has been predicted by many experts. But despite all that, I think these companies are laying off their employees because they don't want to pay too much for employees and want to increase work efficiency by forcing the remaining employees. So that way there will be more money going into their pockets and that is real American corporate capitalism.
Same with what I am thinking especially those high tech and modern companies like google because they can easily create robots or a.i as some termed it. The cost to create it is going to be expensive but they think it is worth it than continuously paying more fees from their human workers.

In some jobs or companies, some workers aren't really doing their work properly so it's better if we will just remove them but company owners are sure that a.i's will work at all times 24/7. This could make the job faster. Some human workers are still going to stay because there are specific fields which can't possibly be handled by these robot's.
1056  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: August 20, 2022, 02:16:39 PM
But every year we see very good teams and very good players come out of the Olympics. If we notice then we will see that only few countries are participating in the game of cricket There are still many countries which are very good in cricket but due to lack of adequate facilities they are not able to expose their talent to ICC.So if cricket is included in the Olympics then maybe more cricketers will come out and the popularity of cricket will go to another level.
We can talk a very long chat about this issue here but this all could be useless because we are nothing just can give our comments and views with mostly peoples which are in power have their own mind set and will surely go with this all because right now things are changing drastically for many countries and regions which are creating new conflicts and personal links are also very important for this all.

Right now, ICC can't do anything for the promotion of this game because they have no enough authority and sources they are depended on few countries, and they never want to lose their hold which is important for them beyond this game and many other things Olympics could be better, but ICC need to bring some changes in their rules for having their case strong for this.
1057  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bullish VS Bearish on: August 20, 2022, 02:08:50 AM
The development of the world economy and the potential for a recession is indeed very interesting to follow, especially in the crypto market in this case BTC. There are many views from some financial analysts, analyzing the value of BTC will fall to US $ 1,100 price and some say Bitcoin is very bullish going forward. How does BTC answer it as the King of the Crypto world???
Unfortunately the time of analysis and prediction has not happened at this time, try if today all the predictions really happen Bitcoin $ 1,100, let alone you I also want to have 2-5 Bitcoins which I will save in the future.

I've also seen some speculation that says so, maybe I should wait and be patient a bit to see further developments.
We are not in the 2016 era anymore or below than it where the price is prone to that declines but ever since we entered 2017, the price then became stronger than ever. Sure thing that the price goes below 10k. I think that happened last year or earlier than it but still it didn't fall to 1k and then the price then recovered easily.

Those who says that btc can drop on that level, may not really be a true financial analyst. It is sad but 1k can only happen in our dreams but if our goal is to stack more bitcoins, it is still very possible since there is still a bear market that can occur like this one we have now. It can be done slowly. There is no need for us to rush things.
1058  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Turkish Super League 2022/23 Season on: August 19, 2022, 07:42:41 PM
It would be a surprise if Ümraniyespor win today, but I still don't trust Galatasaray. Maybe the match will end in a draw. I wonder if the new signings will play. It will be interesting if Mertens and Torreira play. There is also Seferovic. Will they play double strikers? What about Bafetimbi Gomis? Gomis was entering the matches later. He's also the only one to score goal this season. Okan Buruk's job is very difficult. Whichever player he leaves in reserve will be a problem.
Now, we already have 60 minutes game and both teams are playing without any goal which is surely favoring Umraniyespor because they are just coming from League1 and facing their toughest opponents in early rounds of this season after having good draw against Fenerbahçe now today they are facing Galatasaray which is unpredictable side and having not good end of last season even in this season start is good but still a long way to go for them if they want to stay at top.

On other side Umraniyespor is giving good impression in their early matches and their play style is also good for this Turkish Super League with the way they are going most chances they will be ended in middle of league table at the of season.
1059  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season on: August 19, 2022, 06:29:51 PM
Fenerbahçe defeated Austria Vien by a clear score. I guess we can say they passed the round. Because there is a very serious power difference between the two teams. Also Fenerbahçe played with the 3-4-3 system in this match. Lemos re-entered the squad after a long break and played well. Fernerbahçe's striker Serdar Dursun also played very well. He scored one goal and created many chances for his teammates. The return match will be played in Istanbul. I think Fenerbahçe have already won the next round.
Right now, two clubs from Turkey are in UEFA Europa Cup with Fenerbahçe is already done good job, and they lead at Generali Arena (Vienna) by 0 - 2 with both their strikers done goals for them now they can do much better at home and go through into main group stage, but things are not favorable for Sivasspor they are trailing by 3 - 1 at Eleda Stadion (Malmö) against Malmo with now next match is going to play at home where they need minimum 2 - 0 win for going into group stage of UEFA Europa League even it's tough job but still they can go through into for this need to do aggressive game at home their home record is very impressive but still it's good match both sides.
1060  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: August 19, 2022, 02:23:09 PM
This new South African team looking solid so far, every new guy is chipping in and making contribution. With this kind of performance one would assume that their transition period is about to end as this unit is looking very promising for future, especially this Jansen guy is looking million dollar prospect.
There is no doubt amazing performance from them in this first match of this series right now they are completely on top and outclass England which have no answers which are asked by South African bowling attack in both innings after having very good score on board by their batting line up which is also done good job and posted 326 runs.
 
Root, Bairstow and Pope all gone with right now Stokes and Broad both at the crease for having some better situation which is not going to happen against quality bowling of Maharaj and Anrich Nortje.

Here we have one more thing mostly Lords has never been ideal ground for England because mostly visitors have better performance here and win ratio is also favoring many visitors with this England can bounce back still a question.
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