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1441  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 07, 2023, 04:10:46 PM

The dogecoin pump from the logo change has already been whittled down back to the price level where it was before. Anyone who bought in got stuck at the top. I wonder how much Elon sold?
1442  Economy / Gambling / Re: Enough to consider a casino scam? on: April 07, 2023, 03:56:02 PM
Hi friends, I have some questions for you guys about online casinos

What will you do if you don't know that a online casino will ask you for KYC after winning over 8,000$ on the platform? And you now manage to process with the verification and they failed to pass you? Can you consider such a casino a scam?

Also, imagine you get attracted to an online casino because of the bonuses they offer and you open an account and make your first deposit then you didn't receive the promised bonus, is this an act of scam or not?

I am trying to solve such an issue for someone very close to me and that the complaint he gave, I have no answer than maybe the bonus was canceled already before he made the deposit or there was a minimum deposit requirement.

Any other reasons?

Well, I would very well much expect a casino to KYC me after trying to withdraw a large amount of money. They obviously do not do this for every single account because checking KYC documents take time, personnel and money. And they have to adhere to the regulation laws if they have a legitimate license. Any other casino that does not do this would seem shady to me.

As far as to your question of a failed KYC, either it was a human error and you should try to talk things out with them or the KYC you gave them is faulty/wrong in some other way. The best thing to do is to read the terms and conditions of that casino before putting your funds in their wallet.
1443  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Are you profitable? on: April 06, 2023, 09:10:38 PM
In trading many people especially online influencers and traders, Are they really profitable? many new people trapped buy listening to those influencers that they say just you need to buy at this line and sell at this line. and whoa! you made profit, They just teaches people basic TA and charge huge amount to learn. but they doesn't share their personal journal or something, they say us that you need to make an journal, do that, do that ,
but they don't share there trades, I really get jealous of that kind of people they say to innocent people that you can make money out of this, and make money selling courses which i very basic that we can learn from a good affordable book.
some traders trade live and share there losses and wins, and after a month they share there total PnL(profit and loss) and they made real profits, (some people say they just share there other account's Pnl , we can't know that)
My question is are your profitable trader and can you share you journal or something ?, many of us will feel motivated.

I would advise you to never trust any influencer. They basically sell their very souls to whoever pays them. They are definitely not real traders. They scheme and lie and find ways to avoid legal responsibility later down the line.

Notice how these influencers always have fancy cars like lambos or ferraris in their videos? The truth is always that those cars are rented and the other people around them are paid actors. Its been proven and these influencers have been exposed time and time again.

As a real trader, I am "barely" profitable. The profits are slim but they exist. Thats what real trading is. Don't believe anything else.
1444  Economy / Economics / Re: How Long in Years Should I Wait Before I Close Down an Unprofitable Business on: April 06, 2023, 07:20:05 PM
How long in years should I go before I give up and close down a business that is unprofitable?

I was listening to a podcast where Kelvin O'Neal1 was featured. He said, "If you are not making money after 36months(3 years), you've gotta take a behind the barn and shoot it. It's just a hobby. It's not a business."

According to him, "people can get so stuck on a bad idea that they just keep thinking that if I keep working on it, it's going to fix itself. It doesn't fix itself. It was put on your journey to teach you, what not to do."

- To what extent do you agree or disagree with this assertion ?

-Have you had a business that even though it wasn't profitable in the first three (3) years, then it  kicked off to bring in good returns in the fourth (4th) year?


1 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqVbhNCt0yF/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I would not be so quick to put a number or a limit on the amount of time you should wait until you close down a bad business. It is really a subjective matter. Why is the business failing and can it be fixed? Are you willing to invest more time to bring the business up again? How dedicated are you to this venture? There are a lot of questions you need to ask yourself before deciding to break away from something that took you years to build up.

I think that if you truly feel there is no longer a point, and that feeling is not just a split second emotional decision, then you should quit that business and cut your losses.

But putting a time limit on things will not give you clarity on whether or not the business has any chance left to make it.
1445  Economy / Economics / Re: The beginning of the end for centralized AI? on: April 06, 2023, 06:51:10 PM
There is a rumor going around that Centralized ChatGPT is getting banned, I don't know if this is official yet but it is official that in Italy the government is worried about privacy concerns and they put a ban on ChatGPT, is this the beginning of the end for ChatGPT? How will this impact decentralized AI projects because I believe they can't be banned.

Another possibility is if ChatGPT or OpenAI start getting banned in other parts of the world we can see a big rally on AI projects on the blockchain, what do you think?


I have not heard of any such rumor but if it does indeed exist then the best thing to do is make ChatGPT open source. I mean if it gets banned anyway then might as well give the people the opportunity to build their own ChatGPT as well as improve upon it.

The governments have absolutely no right or logical reason to ban it. I think its all coming down to a handful of bitter, old and scared men who get easily frightened by technology and therefore feel the need to ban it. And even if the fears are justified a tiny bit, how do they propose to stop it? All they are doing is fighting against the inevitable and wasting taxpayer money.
1446  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Casimero vs Nghitumbwa (May 13) on: April 06, 2023, 06:30:47 PM
Just announced a few hours ago that Johnriel Casimero will be fighting against an unknown opponent (at least to many) and his name is Fillipus Nghitumbwa. Per below boxing record, his resume is not impressive so i think this will be a walk in the park for Quadro Alas.

This fight may not be so exciting to some users here but for us coming from the PH, Quadro Alas fighting in his country is a big thing as we seldom see him fight in the PH when he become a world champion.

Nghitumbwa for his part has not fought on foreign land and he got not much experience with only 13 fights but still hoping that he could give Casimero a competitive fight.

What do you guys think of this fight?


I think that if you are going to list stats you might as well list the stats of both fighters so people can compare, don't you think?

Casimero stats:

Total fights   36
Wins                   32
Wins by KO   22
Losses           4

I have never heard of Nghitumbwa before and I would not bet on some no-name with a mediocre boxing record, especially when up against someone like Casimero, who has proven himself time and time again. I am going to be watching the match with interest and keeping an eye on the new guy though. He might have some potential if he actually wins this fight. Lets see what happens.
1447  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why do new online casinos struggle? on: April 06, 2023, 05:40:02 PM
Which one do you think is better and has more healthy growth for a new online casino?

Is it better for a new casino to take their time very slow with their project for the time being to be able to raise some money first and only attract users with banners and small advertisements?

Or a new casino project should go all in on doing advertisements starting from their launch date with everything they've got?


I thin it would be much better for the casino to take things slowly and plan everything out, double check, triple check and then check again. Its really the smartest thing to do. Correcting a problem later and working out a solution for it, while you are responsible for thousands of gamblers and their funds is a giant nightmare which should be avoided. Small steps forward might be slow for some people but its the smartest and least risky path for success.

Why do new online casinos struggle? A Few I knew are not doing fine and they had to put an end to their advertising campaigns.

I think any new business has a struggle. The question of how they overcome that struggle shows everyone whether or not their casino/other business is worth anything in the long term.

I would rather trust a casino that deals with struggles than one that half-bakes everything or quits.
1448  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do women engage in crypto trading on: April 05, 2023, 09:26:27 PM
Most persons may say no but YES is the actual answer
In the ideal sense the dominance of crypto currencies by women is in great progress. Bitcoin is  the most popular crypto currency and therefore a currency of such will be dominated either now or in the future.
Women engage in crypto currency transactions also like men do the reason you may feel they don't is because those that don't have not much idea about it.


Of course they do, but without wanting to sound misogynistic or anything, I think traders are mostly men due to the risky nature and men's fondness/biological evolution for taking risks. Women are more risk averse. Which is a good thing otherwise the human race would have gone extinct a long long time ago.

But that being said, a woman who knows how to trade and does so successfully is in my eyes, a more amazing trader than her male counterpart. Because not only did she overcome her aversion to risk but she probably trades in a fashion which is least risky and most profitable. While most men traders lose all their money on emotional, amateurish trading because they did not take trading strategy seriously.
1449  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do You Think Existing Crypto Casinos Were Able to Churn Fiat Casinos User? on: April 05, 2023, 06:15:31 PM
I think that existing crypto and fiat casinos cannot really be put together into the same basket. They might be casinos but they are completely different as well. If the crypto casinos banked on that knowledge and used it to market to the fiat casino fans then they must have created a marketing plan which would make help the transition along. Basically a way of showing the gamblers "how much more fun and convenient a crypto casino could be than a fiat casino".

All they had to do was take the weaknesses of a traditional casino and show them to the user by offering a crypto solution to each of those cons. After that the gambler instinctively weighs out the pros and cons and decides to stay with crypto casinos.
1450  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing: Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez on: April 05, 2023, 01:05:21 PM
I would not say that Josh Taylor will definitely be the top contender for me in this match because Teofimo Lopez seems to have the upper hand in physical health. The extent of Josh Taylor's plantar fascia injury to the arch of his foot is being kept "undisclosed". The severity of the tear makes me doubt he will be able to keep on his feet as in the past. Especially because they refuse to talk about how bad the injury really was. Pain management alone will not be sufficient to keep up with Lopez's footwork. So far I see a red flag in betting on Taylor, which I would do if he was in top-fit-condition...

1451  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: I'm looking for your project for an ICO portal. No costs. on: April 05, 2023, 12:55:17 AM
I am looking for new ICO projects to enter them in my ICO portal.

A booking of the advertising space mentioned in the other Treath is not necessary. There is no connection. The entry is free of charge. The advertising optional.

Why are you looking for an ico? because you will enter them in your ico portal? all I know is https://icodrops.com/, https://cryptototem.com/ico-list/ , and https://www.icohotlist.com

I'm not sure if what I gave you is correct and if I answered your question too, good luck to you in whatever you plan to do,
and I hope it will also help here in the crypto space community.



I think he means he wants to create a platform which is different from a ico rating site and therefore is looking for first volunteers? If I understood correctly?

OP should really work on defining his project, otherwise such lazy definitions are not going to interest any serious ico projects into working together with him in whatever venture he is currently trying to start.

What exactly is a ico portal? Is it for rating icos or perhaps a kind of launchpad? Perhaps a mix of both?

I think if OP was really serious about his "ICO portal" he would have strained himself a bit harder in marketing it on this topic to other project founders. All in all this topic seems to have served its purpose and I see no point in it, really.
1452  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 04, 2023, 10:55:05 PM
Although at this point I would be wary of drinking unboiled tap RO water as RO alone does not remove bacteria. And who knows what kind of bacteria are in those pipes...

This is incorrect. RO systems do remove 99.9% of bacteria from your water source.

https://waterfilterspot.com/reverse-osmosis-remove-bacteria/

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As far as store-bought bottled water goes, the only brand I would trust at this point is Aquafina.

But normally I just bottle up my own RO water from my house for road trips or around town. Saves money.

Oh, I guess I was wrong. My bad. I must have been thinking of something else.
1453  Economy / Gambling / Re: Past Experiences with histakes.io ? on: April 04, 2023, 10:29:41 PM
Hi, does anyone have any past experience with histakes.io?

I had recently deposited and won on their sportsbook. They then decided to close down their sportsbook and leave only the caisno open. Since i dont play the casino i went to withdraw
Sent in all my documents that say verifies on their site.

they gave me 1 withdraw of $200 but the rest of the withdraw ($8000) was rolledback
next day I went to withdraw again, and it has been pending for 5 days now.

I know a lot of casinos are not scams, but I know of some friends who have ran into bad experiences with crypto casinos so naturally i am worried about my funds

Has anyone had any experience with histakes.io ?

I have never heard of that casino but before you decide to deposit your money on any casino, you should do some research first, otherwise you might very well be caught in the scam trap and probably will never see your hard earned money again. Does histakes have a legitimate license? Have there been any complaints online - you can search on google and on their social media's. Do you have the real web address or perhaps did you get lured unto a phishing site? You can find many red flags if there is anything shady going on with that casino.  I am not trying to say that histakes is shady or anything and by no means do I wish to alarm you.

After googling the words "Histakes.io" and "scam", the first result is on Trustpilot and I can already find several scam accusations. And only 11 reviews...   Undecided Best to stick to casinos that have been vetted by the Bitcointalk community in the future.

Hope you get your money back..

Also, if it turns out that they are scammers, you should probably make sure the government identity documents you gave them are flagged as stolen. Otherwise you might find out that you have been the victim of identity theft. And that can become very serious (especially if somebody takes out a loan in your name). One of the reasons I abhor KYC.
1454  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 04, 2023, 09:54:32 PM
I have not yet gotten the results of the stone analysis but I suspect it might have something to do with the mineral water that I drink basically everyday. Natural spring water used to be healthy but humans have screwed nature over so much over the years that we need to filter everything now or suffer the side-effects. At some point, our water will become undrinkable.


Have you got a nutritional/mineral profile of that mineral water?
Might be interesting.

Drinking water will be even more important on a global scale than it even is today.
It's something so basic and essential, we might run into big problems if the natural supplies become endangered.


Bottle of 1.5L of Altmühltaler Quelle Mineral Water

(measurements in mg/L)
Na+   50.3
K+     27
Mg²+  10.6
Ca²+   46.1
Cl-      1.6
HCO3- 283
SO4²-  59
F-        0.64


I would not trust this profile though. It states on the bottle that the profile was tested in 2015. No more updates for 8 years, huh...(gee I wonder why)
1455  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 04, 2023, 08:34:55 PM


I heard one thing to be cautious, when drinking a lot of reverse osmosis water, is that it can flush too many minerals out of your body.  So you may need to take them in again via supplement.




I second that.
Let me be a wise-ass for a second:  Grin
Kidney stones are often a result of too high Magnesium/Cacium/Vitamin-D uptake (only in excessive amounts, though) and/or high Oxalate ingestion.
Citric Acid is actually functioning as a basic agent (alkalic) in the body, thus reducing Oxalic Acid in the Kidneys. It's effective in Kidney stone prevention.
However, Citric Acid is binding to heavy metals and also able to pass through the blood/brain barrier, so better avoid it.
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) is also said to be working like CA, only a little less effective.
(DYOR)

Great conversation going, guys. Keep it going!  Smiley

One thing I would comment on is that RO water is still going to be much better for you in the long run than tap. You can always eat well and take supplements to boost your minerals.

Case in point, my tap water comes from a natural fed aquifer and is around 85 ppm, which is pretty darn good compared to our country's standard average of 200-300 ppm for tap water.

But holy hell, you should see what my RO filters look like after just a year's time. Yuck! Dark brown and slimy. I'll have to take a photo and share it with you next time. I just imagine what that would cumulatively do to my internal system over the next 30-40 years. And god only knows what chemicals are in there.

My RO system filters my water down to 4-5 ppm. Tastes amazing and makes great tasting coffee. I just take plenty of supplements and eat lots of veggies, fruit, and lean meats.

I have not yet gotten the results of the stone analysis but I suspect it might have something to do with the mineral water that I drink basically everyday. Natural spring water used to be healthy but humans have screwed nature over so much over the years that we need to filter everything now or suffer the side-effects. At some point, our water will become undrinkable.


key that water is only h2o

not spring
not smart
not tap

if in USA target sells a reverse osmosis for around $2.50 24 bottles.

Just drink tons of them.

https://www.target.com/p/purified-drinking-water-24pk-16-9-fl-oz-bottles-good-gather-8482/-/A-54407104#lnk=sametab


Once a week I find a day to drink 10-12 of them.

zero stones since that prevention method.

I also make all coffee and tea with them or with this filter

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XVMJX1D/ref=sspa_dk_detail_5?


these waters from target or the filter are close to pure h2o

I heard one thing to be cautious, when drinking a lot of reverse osmosis water, is that it can flush too many minerals out of your body.  So you may need to take them in again via supplement.


I think as long as you follow a good diet, drinking RO water won't do you any harm. Although at this point I would be wary of drinking unboiled tap RO water as RO alone does not remove bacteria. And who knows what kind of bacteria are in those pipes...

I had a deep admiration for Elon Musk—that was before he started behaving like a 5 y-o. Michael Saylor has supposedly educated him about Bitcoin, but it seems that Elon is not doing his homework and instead wants to play with his little doggie...

Come on, Elon, that's it, woof-woof, like a dog...

He is manipulating people into buying into his adopted pyramid scheme so that he can cash out once everyone has bought in. There is already a huge doge market manipulation-related lawsuit against him for that exact reason.

I have never had any respect for Elon Musk. His half-baked rocket schemes and his over-hyped electric toasters on wheels have yielded nothing of value. Not a single one of his exorbitant promises have been kept.  

All of it is smoke and mirrors, with the real innovators being used and pushed aside, just like what Steve Jobs did.

Egomaniacs are all the same.
1456  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: are you still strong holding btc on: April 04, 2023, 04:41:13 PM
as we know today btc is in the range of 28000, and i was very lucky to be able to buy btc when the price was still low, and now if i sell it i have a profit but if i sell it now i'm afraid i won't be able to
buying from the bottom again,, and I'm currently struggling to hold btc so I don't sell it,

I want to ask if you also  keep holding btc?

and the reason I hold btc is because I believe the price of btc in 2024 will be high and there will be no more btc prices like now.

Anyone who is trading back and forth and knows exactly what he is doing, can definitely profit off the price swings in Bitcoin. This I can say from experience. But this profit margin will be very thin. And compared to the risk of missing out on the pumps, for 99% of people, its not worth it because in the long run they will lose money rather than make it. And those who do not lose money will lose out on Bitcoin profits.

So you have to ask yourself, is that 100 dollar profit worth missing out on buying 0.1 BTC at the bottom prices and having to now buy 0.09 BTC at top prices?

1457  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Best time to gamble on: April 04, 2023, 09:54:17 AM


Good day, everyone I want to share a little idea about gambling, and the idea is about WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO GAMBLE? On my schedule I mostly gamble in the afternoon 🔅 but letter I was with my friends and we were discussing the best time for gambling so many people says is evening then also checked google and it was the same answer then I also want to share the view with you guys
https://www.askgamblers.com/gambling-news/blog/best-time-to-play-slots/
So now the evening is the best time to gamble because of your daily activities

It depends on the reason for wanting to wait for the best time and what you consider the best time to gamble. Are you gambling on "lucky times"? Because I have never yet encountered any such thing. If you want to gamble when other people are gambling, then I would suggest the best time for that is after evening, when people are done with work and are going to the casino to relax during their off-hours. If you want to avoid the crowd then do the opposite and gamble when everyone else is busy at work in the morning. Grin

But I seem to think you are looking for superstitional reasons for a better gambling time?
1458  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 04, 2023, 01:11:07 AM


 My dad had so many complications due to scar tissue after prostate cancer surgery that he had to self-catheterize regularly for weeks at a time over about a year.  He says it's easier than bitcoin.



You are thinking of catheters. In the case of kidney stones you don't just get a catheter, you also get a ureteral splint. Thats done under general anesthesia and it goes deeper than a catheter. It goes into your very kidney. Although I do not envy anyone having to shove a tube up any hole. Your dad is a hero.


Just the thought of pissing a jagged pebble thru my penis hole makes me shudder.
But also, just the thought of pain meds makes me….ummm…never mind. I’d best not have those thoughts…
All the best m8.
Thanks. Grin
Yeah, it cuts your soft tissue to hell on the way down. I am going to be feeling the damage for a while.


Wide. About 12 inches long.

Are you serious?



Straight into the kidney. Fun times, right?


if in USA target sells a reverse osmosis for around $2.50 24 bottles.

Just drink tons of them.


As long as you drink a lot, I think that will flush any early stones out before they get too big.
1459  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 03, 2023, 08:45:01 PM
So my body played an awesome April Fools prank on me.

I just came back from the hospital after having a kidney stone. The pain was quite intense. I spent around 4 hours waiting in the emergency room enduring hell and the rest of the time in stationary care, hopped up on meds. Well, I say stationary care but it was mostly me getting laughs from the nurses from doing weird cardio in the halls on pain meds and a bottle of water in one hand and a IV-stand in the other because I would rather force the stone to come out by itself rather than get a tube inserted up my urethra. But it worked.

Back home quickly, pain free.

Life is good. Grin

Ouch. An old friend, in his late teen age, suffered a kidney rupture, following blockage of the uretha by big clots.
To make it short: He had that tube insertion experience. While he was kinda enjoying the nurse trying to make him hard while he was on a fair dose of painkillers (he was an  expert in the substance abuse field, also coming off a LSD trip at that morning), the fun was guaranteed to be over when he got that 3/8-inch tube inserted into his front end.

Telling by the details of the story he told me, you must have been really lucky  Shocked

(Did multiple edits for adding details)

EDIT2: Buddy diving those $27k waters again  Roll Eyes

Oh yeah, they showed me the tube. Shocked That was all the motivation I needed.

Is it 3/8-inch wide, or 3/8-inch long?

Wide. About 12 inches long.
1460  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: April 03, 2023, 08:35:19 PM
So my body played an awesome April Fools prank on me.

I just came back from the hospital after having a kidney stone. The pain was quite intense. I spent around 4 hours waiting in the emergency room enduring hell and the rest of the time in stationary care, hopped up on meds. Well, I say stationary care but it was mostly me getting laughs from the nurses from doing weird cardio in the halls on pain meds and a bottle of water in one hand and a IV-stand in the other because I would rather force the stone to come out by itself rather than get a tube inserted up my urethra. But it worked.

Back home quickly, pain free.

Life is good. Grin

Ouch. An old friend, in his late teen age, suffered a kidney rupture, following blockage of the uretha by big clots.
To make it short: He had that tube insertion experience. While he was kinda enjoying the nurse trying to make him hard while he was on a fair dose of painkillers (he was an  expert in the substance abuse field, also coming off a LSD trip at that morning), the fun was guaranteed to be over when he got that 3/8-inch tube inserted into his front end.

Telling by the details of the story he told me, you must have been really lucky  Shocked

(Did multiple edits for adding details)

EDIT2: Buddy diving those $27k waters again  Roll Eyes

Oh yeah, they showed me the tube. Shocked That was all the motivation I needed.
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