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1441  Economy / Economics / Re: Saving one third what you earn monthly is not that hard, isn't it ? on: December 30, 2022, 01:18:41 AM
If you are in twenties or early thirties and remain single, earn $3,000 after tax per month, you will probably save $1,000 if you, let's say, spend $500 to $800 on rental, a guest bedroom in a shared house/apartment, $500 on food, $50  on utilities, $150 on phone/internet bills, $400 on commuting costs or gas/maintainance if you have a used car, $200 on occasional entertainment or others. This $1,000 savings will allow you to invest or place a house down payment when time is ripe. Is this possible based on where you live ?

Of course, with those numbers anyone could save not just 30% but probably 50% if that were the objective. The problem of people who do not save is, most of the times, that their income is not great. I am not saying that earning a lot means you'll save, because you can manage to spend it, I am saying that many people out there have just enough for the basic needs.
1442  Other / Off-topic / Re: Mistakes Successful People Never Make Twice on: December 30, 2022, 01:15:29 AM
Oh well, the usual set of well-intentioned advice that has little practical value for most people. Generalisations that do not give anything that you can really act upon and are written in the cheapest self-improvement books out there. See, easy as:

- Do not spend more money than you make.
- Do not anger people for no particular reason.
- Be good to mommy and daddy.
- Thou shall not steal.

And I could go on forever without helping anyone at all.
1443  Economy / Economics / Re: Passive Income? New Start-Up Would Pay you to Share Personal Data on: December 30, 2022, 01:12:07 AM
We are anyway sharing the data for free, so I guess sharing it for profit is conceptually ok. However, the personal data of most individuals is simply useless or not worth more than a few cents. There is no way you will make passive income worth you while by selling just your personal data, unless you happen to be an influencer, very rich or somehow worth more attention than the average Joe.
1444  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 30, 2022, 01:04:15 AM
It will be a great success if Europe manages to avoid a big war next year. Everything that is happening in Ukraine now is, by and large, not a story about Ukraine, it is a struggle for the redistribution of spheres of influence in Europe. Russia is not satisfied with the current state of affairs, in which Europe is actually occupied by the United States and is under the protection of NATO. According to Russia, this is a threat to its security and generally destabilizes the situation in the region. I think following the results of the special operation in Ukraine, continental Europe will pass under the military protectorate of Russia. That is, Russia will be the guarantor of security in Europe and ensure stability in the region.

be, you are dreaming. Only with an increase of a 1% of GDP in military spending in the EU the military power of Europe would surpass the RF. And that is happening already - guess thanks to who.

 Not to mention the abundant evidence given by the RF not having most of the claimed capabilities, the number of vehicles, the technology, the manufacturing capacity... This war has evidenced that the RF army is unable to reach any objective even against a theoretically inferior enemy, with a weaker economy and a bad starting strategic situation.

For example, and I take this with a "pinch of salt", a brit general recently declared: "I am going to inform Putin of something that his generals do not dare to say: You do not have enough artillery shells for fighting". An American sources says that there's a "critical shortage" of shells and even other war "staples".

Instead of dreaming of the great Russia, you should be waking up to the harsh reality of a broken system.
1445  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 29, 2022, 09:11:28 PM
Two main reasons:

- Employment is linked to growth. Most countries only generate new employment when they grow above 2% or so. BRICS need more than that to generate opportunities for their young people, as usually population is also on the rise.
- Because investment is about risk versus benefit. A BRICS is by their own nature can only attract investment and financing by offering a great growth rate.

It is quite basic. BRICS often have "bad years" but very rarely have several consecutive "bad years", but anyway, if you think is going well out there... enjoy.
The unemployment rate in Russia is now at a very low level, it seems to be around 3%.

By investment, you probably mean external investment. Russia completely manages without them, investing funds from the National Wealth Fund or borrowing on the domestic market.

I believe that the current state of the Russian economy is quite satisfactory. Of course, it was not possible to completely avoid a fall in GDP in 2022, but it amounted to just over 2% at the end of the year, although a fall of 12% was predicted in early spring. The inflation rate at the end of the year was about 12%, which is comparable to the inflation rate in the European Union and much better than the inflation rate, for example, in the Baltics. Things are not going great, but much better than they could be.
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You can officially have a very low unemployment, and even you can have a really low unemployment, but it is also about the type of employment you have and the salary you will get for it. This includes the fact that if the currency looses value, salaries fall comparatively.

The RF, as any other country can do without external investment, perhaps better than others I reckon since the economy is based on commodities and raw goods exports, but, as the USSR proves, it eventually makes the country less competitive and inflation creates chaos.

As resilient as it is, history proves that this does not end up well.
1446  Economy / Gambling / Re: If you were building a Sportsbook... on: December 29, 2022, 09:04:38 PM
Following on from one of my previous messages here, one thing I really like on some sports books is a partial cashout feature - its definitely something to think about in my opinion for new sportsbooks

I would never conceive a sportbook that would not allow a cash-out. It is quite elementary to allow full freedom to the users, as they are going to play on the grounds that eventually they can fully withdraw if they have some serious luck on their betting, or even if the simply get tired of the site and decide to look for alternatives. I think that feature is a given.
1447  Economy / Digital goods / Re: Profitable and Growing Casino Website for Sale on: December 29, 2022, 09:02:06 PM
It is not impossible to happen that a profitable casino website will be up in the market by the owner to sell it. Although, even with initial impression and common sense, one would ask why the owner would want to sell something like that. As per the OP, change of plans and priorities had become the main reason. Some will be convinced and intrigued, but some won’t buy such sentiments. Regardless, if someone dares to think of buying such, second thoughts must happen for the purpose of clearing out every possible risk and questionable angle in such intuition. After all, the amount being asked is thought as impartial to the value that the website would be giving back to the buyer, at least for a long time.
it is possible that the owner of a profitable casino site wants to sell it with the aim of making quick and instant money, even though selling the site makes no sense and there are not necessarily any buyers.
after all, at this time more and more people will do rather strange things to be able to make money quickly, although there are also those who make fun of it and don't believe they still don't care.

It is perfectly possible, because some people are serial entrepreneurs and create business after business and then sell to others that are specialised in making the company or the site grow to full size and implement a more mature business model. It is said that there are many reasons for selling, but only one for buying.

But regardless, it is quite a challenge to verify the claim of profitability without investing serious time and effort into it.
1448  Other / Archival / Re: who played here? on: December 29, 2022, 08:59:17 PM
Of course i googled before starting this thread but....


Somehow, I feel you have some connections with that casino, like @yahoo62278 said, "Google is your friend." If you really searched Google, how come you only came up with this casino that is not familiar to members here? I was imagining why you never came up with other casinos and asked which one you should go with. Or should I assume you are well familiar with all the casinos your search engine gave you, apart from the one you chose to ask about?
this is why there are so much question about Him being affiliated to the site because upon so many gambling site advertised here yet he come to this one that we have no total idea what or where this site started.

Google is our best friend , there are many information about anything that we can find right away and since this involves money then more seraching we must put into.

Google is your friend... most of times anyway. There are many companies and people that work full time feeding the algorithm with finely written blogs, adequate images and the right "text size" so that they will become google's first results. So google is your friend, but this forum and your friends are your better friends for references and reputation checking.
1449  Economy / Gambling / Re: Any Casino Android software on: December 29, 2022, 08:57:04 PM
Sportsbet have android app software that works great, but I like more using desktop version on bigger screen.
Mobile apps are great if you want to make bets on the road or when you are not home, but be careful what you are doing in public.

Using the desktop version is a relief because the eyes can work optimally and not get tired quickly. People also like to use the desktop version and the mobile or app version when they are out of the house. But it's better not to play gambling in public to avoid things we don't want because we don't know whether we will be safe from being targeted by crime or whether someone is stalking us to seize our cellphones.
I am one person who likes to gamble using a cell phone when outside the house and it is actually not recommended to gamble in the open. but even though I often gamble outside the house using my cell phone, I always look around. if the situation is very busy I don't open the gambling application, but if it's quiet at that time, I will open the gambling application to start betting.

well actually I also like to gamble on the desktop but I'm more often outside the house. so my best option is just to use the app on my phone to gamble.
Yes, it is a good practice to always look around before opening a gambling application. We don't want to cause problems for ourselves, especially if some don't like to see us gambling in that public space. So we can know for ourselves where we can gamble and don't have to do gambling activities.

And if you are a person who often plays gambling using an application on your cellphone, you have to make sure that the application is safe and only downloads directly from the site. That will keep us away from problems like viruses and others.

The cellphone must be used only as a secondary option and with great care, but I rekon that there are many countries in which the phone is the main mean of access to the internet and people do not even use a search engine like google to do search, so android apps are simply the only realistic choice. I would not recommend them for people that play and have a desktop available.
1450  Economy / Gambling / Re: chinese bookmakers with tf gaming platform NO KYC on: December 29, 2022, 08:54:22 PM
New casinos may not implement KYC because they want to get attention from more gamblers, so they waive KYC. But one day, if the new casino becomes more popular, there is a possibility that it will implement KYC as well.
The new casino rules will benefit the users because they don't apply KYC and other things that make it easier to create anonymous accounts, but you have to consider the reputation and security of the new casinos and many cases of fraud start from the new casinos which offer attractive offers for new users but

Avoiding KYC regulations is not a solution to getting involved in new casinos whose reputation and security cannot be verified, new casinos are still prone to scams because there is no guarantee that new casinos without KYC rules can be trusted.
That's why I don't like using the new casino to play gambling because I'm worried about fraud cases committed by the new casino. Even though it might benefit us since we are early adopters in the casino, it's still not worth it. But if the casino can provide other evidence that can be used as material for our consideration to play safely at their place, maybe we can try to use the casino as a place to play gambling. But we also have to know not to use too much money for gambling because we are still in the trial and error stage to determine how the casino will perform. And we really have to avoid casinos like that so we don't get involved in fraud cases that often happen to many people.


That is very true, now it cannot be surprising that there are many casinos that are completely asking for KYC, either at the entrance (Registration) or when a withdrawal is made, in the same way I think that now the whole trend will be towards that, no we have to fight a lot or go against the tide, and that is something that is very difficult, either due to the requirement of the licenses or for the casino to have more authenticity, and so that it is always with the legal bases according to the country where the casino operates. Some people who always seek to have more good things, or more benefits in a casino, sometimes this is the price they must pay.
We will not be able to go against the grain by not wanting to do KYC at the casinos where we often gamble. Casinos can immediately close their accounts that want to avoid following their rules because they are also required to follow the rules of the regulator. Many of us want to avoid getting into trouble at casinos and keep looking for other casinos that can provide comfort in playing because that can make us stay there. But sometimes, some don't agree with the KYC implemented before this KYC trend emerged, making them look for other casinos.

usually gambling sites don't require KYC is a natural thing, but if it's the website you mentioned it seems like some people say this is a scam. I don't have a referral for it because I'm new to the casino, if you ever put money there you should leave it because it will be difficult to get money that has been cheated.

It is that a casino that does not ask for KYC cannot be considered a scam, that is something that can be left aside, there are some casinos and platforms that are very famous and have free KYC, and they are platforms that have good faucets, this It is what makes these platforms great, most of the casinos that are new have good things, but when they offer a lot of free things or too many things that are very good, people are always suspicious because it can turn out to be a trap, and that is very true because I have witnessed how a casino can sometimes deceive many players and they do not pay them or do anything like that to comply.

But now it seems that crypto casinos have started implementing KYC for their members, and although KYC is still randomly selecting their members, it might become more strict in the future. But if the casino doesn't ask for KYC, it's possible that it still allows its members to play without verifying their accounts. But someday, its members must be ready if asked to do KYC. And those of us who are used to looking up casinos from these forums will surely know which casinos implement KYC. New casinos may not implement KYC because they want to get attention from more gamblers, so they waive KYC. But one day, if the new casino becomes more popular, there is a possibility that it will implement KYC as well.

It is like the famous phrase of Blessed are those who are wisely chosen not to present KYC, I do have blood to be asked for KYC and sometimes it is a bit annoying, firstly because my papers that I present are not in my name because I live in a residence, it's not in my own home, so sometimes they push back my documentation and complying and looking for more requirements to be in another country is very difficult, when they put up with all those things I prefer not to be in that casino, simple , I go to another, and that is what happens with the majority of players, they prefer to go to other casinos.

If that's the case for you, maybe you need to find another reputable casino that doesn't ask for KYC or if you want to play gambling, don't use big money because so far, gamblers who use big money are asked to do KYC. But the casino can change the rules if the regulators ask for them to be changed, and the casinos can only comply. I think if we only play gambling with small money, we don't need to do KYC, especially if we play only occasionally, and it's different from other people who play almost daily. Hopefully, the casinos hear us as small gamblers, so they don't ask us to do KYC in the future.
I used to play on one of the well-known casino sites.
And indeed, when I registered and deposited a small amount, I was not asked to make a KYC.
However, after a while, I was able to collect winning money from betting in a fairly large amount. However, the site still asked to make a KYC when I withdrew all the money that was in the casino's wallet.
I don't know why this could happen and after thinking about it logically, indeed creating KYC can actually provide benefits for its users because it can provide security for every user and also the casino owner.

That's true, and some casinos still allow us to remain a little gambler, and as long as we don't cross the limits set, the casinos won't check our account either. They may ask it one day, but we can hope it will not happen for little gamblers. And if we get comfort and security while at the casino, we can continue doing KYC so that we can get all the facilities from the casino for those who have already verified.

I would rather have a verified account, I have nothing to hide and I do not want to be betting against others that are playing with money that may not have paid taxes and may have been illegally obtained. It is not fair, because they can afford to loose much more than me and still be well-off. You must consider if a site that does not offer verification is really for you.
1451  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 29, 2022, 12:04:27 AM
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I am not sure I am getting it. Are somehow stating that the RF has not bombed (and is still shelling and rocketing) civilian infrastructure? I mean, the satellite pictures show basically cities flattened and there is an obvious attack on power plants -which I cannot better describe than civilian infrastructure.

I am not sure if you are also trying to argue that no war crimes have been committed o somehow trying to whitewash these. I think that at this point the evidence gathered is overwhelming.
1452  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Trump's slow moving coup? on: December 27, 2022, 11:04:17 PM
^^^ Here is the problem. There are two kinds of people in this world:
1. The pushy, ambitious kind... leaders;
2. Simple, honest, workers just living life... followers.

The pushy, ambitious kind always want more. They become leaders because they see it as a way to get more.

The simple, honest, life-living, followers simply aren't pushy enough to become leaders

...

As usual, and as I would expect from a Trump follower, simple, but wrong, answers to complex problems. There are many "types" of people, and leadership it has nothing to do with being "pushy" - there are tens of leadership styles and people are not divided in "followers" and "leaders", most people are both of them at some point in time and for certain things. I am thinking of a Personal Assistant I know, mostly doer / follower at  work, but leading a local charity.

Leadership is not necessarily linked to personal ambition.

BTW, about your signature thing... For most people, COVID symptoms go away in one day to a week... without doing anything in particular.

Actually, you are saying it backward. Personal ambition doesn't necessarily lead to leadership. Both of us are examples of this.

But consider. How often does a leader become a leader without being pushy? People don't often go to a simple farmer or businessman, take hold of him, and push him into a leadership role, without him at least asking for the job. They might suggest the idea to him. But it is his ambition that moves him to move forward with the idea... even being a simple, tiny-town council member.

Regarding my signature, thank you for agreeing with me that Covid, at least in its original state a couple of years ago, wasn't much of a deal. Two things about this:
1. Why doesn't the medial know this, so that they are stop pushing vaxxes, and stop issuing the useless mask mandates in places?;
2. The vaxx caused Covid is what is harming and killing almost all people who get Covid these days.

Cool

Again, your interpretation of what I say is not what I say. For MOST PEOPLE, other simply die unless treated. As there are quite a few of those, you could not let people catch it all at the same time. I will not go into a discussion on vaccines because you know nothing about biology, medicine and probably anything that I could call science. I do known a few doctors and some of them took the vaccine first day and others decided not to. All people who have proper medical knowledge yet not agreed on what is better.

I am not an example of "not being a leader" and I am not an example of what you'd call ambitious, nor particularly "pushy" as I see it.

1453  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Why I'm an atheist on: December 27, 2022, 10:57:18 PM
This is the most lengthy thread I have ever read since I joined Bitcointalk. You have done justice by analyzing the two most popular religious believe. I personally will not belong to any of those religion if it was only through just reading or listening to the religious leaders teach. I am a Christian, I stick to being a Christian because of my personal enchanters I have with Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I have received healing severally without taking any drugs. The holy spirit guides me by showing me visions of what will happen in the future and they all come to pass.

So, fill yourself on the Bible. It's the only accurate source for Christianity. See you in Heaven.

Cool

Where is Heaven?

Is that some sort of comic book convention?

Most mythologies (also known as religions) offer something in exchange for following a number of precepts. Most of the organised religions basically try to achieve a certain social order and peace in a society. It is much easier to do so if you promise a price for good behaviour and what is better than eternal life in a paradise, heaven or whatever you choose.

There is no obvious reason to believe in any of the "religions" than there would be to believe in the ancient Greek gods or in the sanctity of cows. There is no obvious reason either to think that there is nothing out there, whatever shape may it take, that has some connection with eternity or our creation. If something is certain, is uncertainty on the fundamental questions of life.
1454  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 26, 2022, 10:21:55 PM
It seems that a drone attack has killed 3 RF soldiers. It would not be anything unusual, except for the fact that it has happened in the Engels base, 600 km inside the RF borders. But since that would be impossible, let's say that 3 RF soldiers died for smoking in the wrong place.

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-drone-attack-hits-russias-engels-airbase-for-second-time-in-a-month/

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An overnight drone attack on Monday targeted the Engels airbase deep inside Russia for the second time this month, killing three servicemen in what appears to be a renewed sign of Ukraine’s readiness to target offensive threats way beyond its border areas.

Russian Telegram channels reported a strong explosion and a fire, while Russia’s state-run Ria-Novosti news agency, citing the defense ministry, said air defenses downed a Ukrainian drone heading towards the base. Engels air base is located about 600 km northeast of the Ukrainian border.


^^^ Since the US is the cause of the war through the 2014 Ukraine coup, and the gigantic amount of funding, the US first, by backing out of Ukraine in every way, and by starting to repay Russia.
Cool
Misdirection, disinformation and just lies every time you reply, literally from a playbook of russian troll factory, just to spread confusion so that people wouldn't know what to believe. Trying to tire people with random links they would have to follow or just flood the forums with some already debunked conspiracies and lies.

So forgive me not taking your arguments seriously. If you knew any ukrainian people or even lived near by russian propaganda you might have some empathy that you could apply to this.

And your pseudo-intellectual "US propaganda" rants just shows the lack of education, which is something that's free in my country by the way.

I feel so sad for you.

Don't you realize that 3 US companies have bought up 60% of Ukraine farmland? And don't you know that one of them is Monsanto, a company with proven records of spraying crops with poisons that kill and maim people? And you would invite them in, right?

And don't you realize that the US has supplied almost $100 billion in armament and cash to Ukraine? And didn't you know that the US is promising more?

Is the US buying up Ukraine land because they love the Ukraine people? Don't you realize that you and the Ukrainian people are selling your souls to the US?  You aren't dying in this war for freedom. All you are doing is dying for a different master.

I don't have to provide you with misdirection and disinformation. You are providing yourself with all of that. All you have to do is look at the news where the US is admitting to all of this... which is essentially making Ukraine a slave for them. Ukraine is being sold into slavery by the same people (US) who you think are helping you out. And they are getting your boys and girls to fight and die for them so they, themselves, don't even have to come in and die in your war that they provoked Russia into starting.

And you can't even see it, right under your nose.

Cool

Sources please? Monsanto is not a landowner, is a biotech company. They are not interested in owning land, but rather selling their GMO seeds to people and companies that actually produce food.

 On top of that:

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/09/13/fact-check-ukraines-president-did-not-sell-farmland-us-companies/7942775001/

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The claim is baseless. Under Ukrainian law, foreign entities cannot own land. The president does not have the power to sell land, according to Frederic Mousseau, policy director at the progressive think tank Oakland Institute.

The US has supplied around 3 billion in weapons https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60774098.

US has never claimed to "love Ukrainian people" nor for that matter the people of any other country in the world. US is supporting Ukraine because they would rather not have the RF and particularly the current government pressing near the border of close allies and for many other reasons.

It is clear that there will be mutually beneficial trade agreements between EU, USA and Ukraine, which is absolutely normal between countries that share similar ideas and are becoming allies. Will the US benefit from it? Most likely yes. Will Ukraine profit from it? Yes, certainly more than anything they may get from Moscow ever.

1455  Economy / Economics / Re: The poor people with their reasoning on: December 25, 2022, 09:17:49 PM
It is a classic but nevertheless true: your thinking and beliefs about money greatly influence the decisions you will take in your life and the risks that you will be willing to assume. This will in turn influence your financial situation and eventually will also reinforce those beliefs. That many times passes from generation to generation and it creates a social immobility.
1456  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 25, 2022, 12:06:41 AM
There are several sources and estimates between a drop of 4% and 1%, just google a bit if you need to. It is all right if you want to deny and all that, the economy does not care for it - in the end, people loose their employment, investment is reduced and everyone is worse off. Congrats on the "victory".

https://www.reuters.com/markets/russias-more-gradual-economic-contraction-extend-into-2023-2022-12-02/#:~:text=MOSCOW%2C%20Dec%202%20(Reuters),room%20to%20cut%20interest%20rates.

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MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Russia's economy is set to shrink by 2.5% next year, on top of a 3% contraction in 2022, a Reuters poll suggested on Friday, with stubbornly high inflation giving the central bank only limited room to cut interest rates.

Russia's economic landscape changed drastically after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, triggering sweeping Western restrictions on its energy and financial sectors, including a partial freeze of Russian reserves, and leading scores of companies to exit the market.
I asked where did you get that for a country in the BRICS group anything less than growing the GDP by 5% is an absolute failure?

Two main reasons:

- Employment is linked to growth. Most countries only generate new employment when they grow above 2% or so. BRICS need more than that to generate opportunities for their young people, as usually population is also on the rise.
- Because investment is about risk versus benefit. A BRICS is by their own nature can only attract investment and financing by offering a great growth rate.

It is quite basic. BRICS often have "bad years" but very rarely have several consecutive "bad years", but anyway, if you think is going well out there... enjoy.

And the reason why things seem to be a bit of trouble for BRICS is, they are trying to bring world money back onto a value-trade standard, rather than the current world money system which is a fiat, debt-backed, Ponzi scheme.

Actually, all that Russia and BRICS have to do is hold out for a while longer. The big fiat Ponzi that rules the world, now, will collapse due to its own weight... its fakery.

Cool

Another post of "when this happens" or "if this happens"... Managing countries and the lives of people is not based on your hypothesis about the apocalypses and your God intervening in the world, but in politics, hard facts and managing risks that are actually there and can actually be managed.

As I have said in previous posts, it is good that you are a patient person - patience is a virtue and one can spend a whole life wating for "holding a while longer", just until the current fiat system collapses all the sudden. Yes... I do advise you plenty of patience.

Now, how is that application for RF citizenship going BA?
1457  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: December 23, 2022, 09:10:31 PM
There are several sources and estimates between a drop of 4% and 1%, just google a bit if you need to. It is all right if you want to deny and all that, the economy does not care for it - in the end, people loose their employment, investment is reduced and everyone is worse off. Congrats on the "victory".

https://www.reuters.com/markets/russias-more-gradual-economic-contraction-extend-into-2023-2022-12-02/#:~:text=MOSCOW%2C%20Dec%202%20(Reuters),room%20to%20cut%20interest%20rates.

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MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Russia's economy is set to shrink by 2.5% next year, on top of a 3% contraction in 2022, a Reuters poll suggested on Friday, with stubbornly high inflation giving the central bank only limited room to cut interest rates.

Russia's economic landscape changed drastically after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, triggering sweeping Western restrictions on its energy and financial sectors, including a partial freeze of Russian reserves, and leading scores of companies to exit the market.
I asked where did you get that for a country in the BRICS group anything less than growing the GDP by 5% is an absolute failure?

Two main reasons:

- Employment is linked to growth. Most countries only generate new employment when they grow above 2% or so. BRICS need more than that to generate opportunities for their young people, as usually population is also on the rise.
- Because investment is about risk versus benefit. A BRICS is by their own nature can only attract investment and financing by offering a great growth rate.

It is quite basic. BRICS often have "bad years" but very rarely have several consecutive "bad years", but anyway, if you think is going well out there... enjoy.
1458  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Trump's slow moving coup? on: December 23, 2022, 09:03:26 PM
^^^ Here is the problem. There are two kinds of people in this world:
1. The pushy, ambitious kind... leaders;
2. Simple, honest, workers just living life... followers.

The pushy, ambitious kind always want more. They become leaders because they see it as a way to get more.

The simple, honest, life-living, followers simply aren't pushy enough to become leaders

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As usual, and as I would expect from a Trump follower, simple, but wrong, answers to complex problems. There are many "types" of people, and leadership it has nothing to do with being "pushy" - there are tens of leadership styles and people are not divided in "followers" and "leaders", most people are both of them at some point in time and for certain things. I am thinking of a Personal Assistant I know, mostly doer / follower at  work, but leading a local charity.

Leadership is not necessarily linked to personal ambition.

BTW, about your signature thing... For most people, COVID symptoms go away in one day to a week... without doing anything in particular.
1459  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Hypocrites: UK approves new coal mine. on: December 23, 2022, 12:50:25 AM
    One year after promising that she would phase coal out entirely by the end of 2024 and convincing the world to abolish coal mining, the UK on Wednesday approved a new coal mine. The Whitehaven mine, also known as the Woodhouse Colliery, is scheduled to operate until 2049 and will emit around 9 million tons of planet-warming emissions every year. Paul Ekins, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources called this action by the UK government hypocrisy.

    The most interesting part of the news was the reason for opening the coal. The UK government claimed that the mine would create about 500 jobs In defense of an outright violation of its own campaign against fossil fuels, supporters of the mine say it would create 500 jobs and cut coal importation. If job creation is now more important than the environment, why would they always attack Bitcoin which creates millions of jobs?




https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/569722-after-urging-world-to-abandon-coal-uk-approves-new-coal-mine.html

https://editi[Suspicious link removed]/2022/12/07/europe/uk-coal-mine-cumbria-energy-climate-intl-gbr/index.html

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Optically, seems that UK is creating more coal production, but it may be, as you say in your post, a question of producing locally, as opposed to bringing the coal from South Africa or Australia, which actually creates more emissions. One has to be more careful when judging the reasons behind this type of decisions as sometimes there is more than meets they eye.
1460  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Nuclear attack not real Sounds like fake news on: December 23, 2022, 12:47:02 AM
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I'm a muslim, maybe you should read Quran to know what is right and not. And I doubt if God is interested about what biden or others think, He does what wants.

Please try to think a little deeper about what you read in the Koran. God created everything, right? And He knows everything, right?

We know from experience and experiment, that everything operates by cause and effect (Q&E). This means that whatever you do, something happens based on exactly the way you do whatever you did. And it works like this with everything that happens in the world... everything was caused by something else to be the way it is, and everything that happens causes other things to happen in the exact way that it affected them.

What does this have to do with God? God made it all to happen at the creation. He set out all of creation so that it works the way it does in perfection. The laws of physics that He created operate without change. And since God knows it all, He was aware right from the beginning of all the causes and reactions that would happen throughout all time.

God cares about it all... even what Biden and others think... even about nuclear attacks and every scrap of pandemonium in a nuclear explosion. Why and how? Because He set it all up to operate exactly the way it does.

But what does Islam care about? Take a look at how the Religion of Peace is really a Religion of Violence - https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/violence.aspx - loads of Koran examples.

Cool

That is very silly to say. You are always speaking of "God", under the Christian Mythology, but the fact is you ignore even your "sacred" texts. The Bible is full of violence, abuse, discrimination and pretty much every ugly thing that the modern societies are trying to get past. We are talking also genocide yes.

Islam as anything else, can be used to control simple minds and give a sense of purpose (many times the wrong one) to people who are lost and left behind.

And since this topic is about Biden, I think Biden should help promote a better understanding of the open-minded versions of Islam. There you are.
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