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1581  Economy / Economics / Re: Covid-19, Lockdown and repercussions on: March 25, 2021, 12:22:17 PM
Well, perhaps the current Greek authorities should show more initiative in order to investigate such economic crimes and on the basis of this demand the extradition of such characters. Otherwise, if the authorities of other states start to deal with such things, it will again strongly resemble the external management that was present during the last debt crisis. The most important thing is that this does not turn into a political persecution of the undesirable.

Greece is not a superpower who can force extradition of these criminals. They are living a comfortable life in cities such as London and Paris, without bothering about the lawsuits. London has emerged as a perfect refuge for economic criminals from all around the world. There are more than a dozen from India who are currently based in London, including Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi. The British government refuses to extradite them, simply because the stolen money is being stored in British banks.
1582  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: March 24, 2021, 06:48:13 PM
I would say that Netherlands is simply finished in this match. Hakan Çalhanoğlu has scored and that puts Turkey ahead by 3-0. Netherlands looks completely demoralized and some of their players look frustrated. Netherlands need to be careful here. Even if they lose the match, they need to make sure that the goal difference is not that big. Because it is a tough group and in the end, the goal difference may decide who qualifies to the next stage.

Netherlands have brought the score to 3-2 in only two minutes which is really insane. Klaassen and L. de Jong scored the goals. It is really surprising that Turkey had a very big score advantage but now things have changed a lot. The competition is higher now and I wonder whether Turkey will manage to secure the win. Whatever result we see, it is going to be still a great game in the end.

Yeah.. even I was stunned by those two quick goals. But Netherlands ignored their defense and went all out attack hoping to score one more goal. And Turkey used that opportunity to take the lead to 4-2. It really going crazy. Both the teams are attacking with all their strength. The issue for Netherlands here is that they don't have much time remaining to score a minimum of two more goals. Two minutes of regular time, and maybe 3-4 minutes of injury time. 
1583  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: March 24, 2021, 06:38:33 PM
As long as India is able to defend the score which we have seen in three consecutive matches i agree with the bowling line up India is having right now but what happens if the batsman fails one day and i do not think that the bowlers could defend that, may be if India is playing with their full strength bowling unit they might but not this team if its a small total.

During the first ODI, the Indian bowlers got thrashed all around the park for the first 14 overs. England was at 136/0. Both the spinners and the pacers conceded a lot of runs at this stage. But then Prasidh Krishna took some quick wickets and that enabled the Indian bowlers to come back in to the game. But concern should be there, especially about their bowling in the first 10-15 overs. I would say that the only Indian bowler who has been consistent is Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
1584  Economy / Economics / Re: Miners Hodling Rates Increases. on: March 24, 2021, 06:26:05 PM
This should be a worrying aspect for the ordinary users. Miners can't hold on to their coins for too long. They need to take care of the expenses - such as capital expenses (mining rigs, cooling systems.etc) as well as electricity costs and taxes. So holding on to the coins beyond a certain period is out of question. If there is a major correction, then we can expect a mass dump from at least some of these miners.
1585  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: March 24, 2021, 06:16:06 PM
I would say that Netherlands is simply finished in this match. Hakan Çalhanoğlu has scored and that puts Turkey ahead by 3-0. Netherlands looks completely demoralized and some of their players look frustrated. Netherlands need to be careful here. Even if they lose the match, they need to make sure that the goal difference is not that big. Because it is a tough group and in the end, the goal difference may decide who qualifies to the next stage.
1586  Economy / Economics / Re: Can the world be without poverty on: March 24, 2021, 06:05:01 PM
China reduced their population growth and increased productivity. They focused on manufacturing and production industries. This help them boost their economy but they are still poor people in China living below standard. India on the other hand have increased their population over the years and the stats show that more people living below the poverty line than middle class people in India. I disagree that the poverty level in India is as a result of the pandemic.

Obviously a nation would remain as poor if the population doubles every two decades. Also we need to remember that India is one of the most densely populated nations in the planet with a population of 1.4 billion (which is increasing at a rate of 2% per year). China did the right thing by limiting the population, and it had a real impact on improving the living condition of its citizens. India is where China was in the 1980s.
1587  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: March 24, 2021, 05:38:25 PM
I bet on the victory of the Netherlands, although I had my doubts about it! Grin
We'll see how this match ends, but the Turks play a good game!
As I said above - qualifying matches are always unpredictable!

Dude, you are going to lose your money today.

Turkey leading Netherlands by 2-0 after 35 minutes. Burak Yılmaz scores his second goal, this time from a penalty kick. Netherlands is disintegrating right now. If they don't come back strongly after the second half, then I assume that they will lose by a big margin (4-0 or 5-0). Anyone think that Netherlands will fail to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2022? When was the last time that Netherlands didn't qualified for the world cup? Not in recent memory as far as I know.
1588  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: March 24, 2021, 05:27:06 PM
WTF is going on here? For Netherlands, shit hits the fan. Can you believe it? After 22 minutes of play, Turkey is leading Netherlands by 1-0. Burak Yılmaz scored the goal for Turkey, from an assist by Hakan Çalhanoğlu. Netherlands is in deep shit. Group G is never going to be easy, with Norway also competing for the top slot. If Turkey manages to win this match, then Netherlands would be in a lot of trouble.
1589  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Staking is not for Muslims on: March 24, 2021, 05:14:03 PM
Staking in crypto is like interest in Fiat.
You lend (stake) your crypto and get reward (interest) for it.
I suggest all my Muslim brother to stay away from this new kind usury.

Anyone with even basic knowledge of how cryptocurrency (especially PoS algorithm) works will disagree with the OP. If staking was equal to interest, then users could just keep their coins in cold storage and forget about it. The interest payments would accumulate automatically. But that is not the case. Staking is more like a reward for keeping the Blockchain alive, and thereby helping to process the transactions.
1590  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Falling of Ethereum on: March 24, 2021, 05:03:08 PM
I think the price of ethereum will not fall to $ 100 as before because ethereum is in demand now and many use it even though the gas fee is high because it is one of the modes of payment of new projects or defi projects but nothing to worry about because when eth v2.0 is finished the price is expected to increase even more and the gas fee will be cheaper.

Don't be too much overconfident about Ethereum. The reason why Ethereum has remained as the top most cryptocurrency is not due to its technology or added security. The real reason is that it was the first smart contract platform and during the initial stages at least it had a complete monopoly in this sector. But nowadays a lot of users are complaining about Ethereum, due to its lack of scalability, high fees and security issues. Eventually these issues will result in the demise of Ethereum. 
1591  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Time to sell my BTC? on: March 24, 2021, 02:07:47 PM
You can do this, but the problem is that there are very few altcoins that have experienced a large drop in value; instead, the majority of altcoins are increasing in value.

And holding onto altcoins would be better because the price of an altcoin can become 5 times of its value in a year but that is very unlikely with bitcoin attitude this point.

It's entirely up to you, and it all depends on the circumstances. In my opinion, coins should be sold and purchased as much as possible because it keeps the market alive. However, you should trade carefully and make fair decisions.

Out of the 10,000 or so altcoins out there, less than 1% have any real usage. The vast majority are kept alive by their promoters, so that they can profit from pump-and-dump cycles every now and then. Once the coin is no longer suitable for this pump-and-dump strategy, they will exit the coin and those who hold it at that point will lose all of their capital. If you want to invest in Cardano or Binance Coin, I don't have anything against these coins. They have real life usage and future potential. But that is not the case if you are making an investment with coins such as Anyswap, Mithril or Rewardiqa.
1592  Economy / Economics / Re: Covid-19, Lockdown and repercussions on: March 24, 2021, 01:54:55 PM
I can't speak for other countries, Greece however, was doing considerably better before the pandemic, with Tsipras as Prime Minister. The country's GDP free fall had stopped and the condition was a lot better. Greece exited the third memorandum in 2018.

https://www.goldenvisa-greece.com/greece-exit-memorandum-invest/

This, will radically change after the pandemic is over, we will probably have a 4th Economic Adjustment Program (Memorandum) to repay all the money that has been spent as income benefits due to Covid.

So that is good news for Greece. But personally, I am pained to see that those who caused the economic meltdown are happily enjoying their lives in London and other metro cities, while the ordinary citizens continue to suffer for these crimes. Billions of Euros in government funds were stolen and moved out of Greece and that was the reason why the country needed IMF bailouts. The Western nations punished ordinary Greek citizens for the government's inability to pay back debt. But at the same time, they gave refuge to the criminals who stole the money and moved to various Western nations.
1593  Economy / Economics / Re: Covid-19, Lockdown and repercussions on: March 23, 2021, 05:07:52 PM
I wouldn't say that, some European countries may have the ability to afford multiple lockdowns, such as Germany, Austria, France and a few more. The majority of the EU countries do not though. Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and many more will have to go through intense austerity measures, after the pandemic ends.

EU nations should be fine, because most of the stimulus measures are being sponsored by the European Union (mainly with funding from richer nations such as Germany and France). And regarding countries such as Italy and Greece, they were in a bad economic condition even before the pandemic started and I don't expect that to change considerably in the near future. Austerity measures will be undertaken. There is no other choice.
1594  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 23, 2021, 04:54:28 PM
BCCI can't entertain every Test playing nation and every associate member. Indian team schedule is already jam packed in every calendar year, they can't play with everyone. All they can do is support some boards, which they are already doing.

Only possible solution i can find is, organize 16-20 teams T-20 World cup.

There is no point in organizing bilateral series against countries such as Zimbabwe. I guess it has more to do with politics rather than cricket. The BCCI needs some votes in various ICC elections and that is the reason why they are giving a few lollipops to teams such as Zimbabwe. But I really don't understand what the Indian team will gain from such one-sided matches. A few million USD in revenue will be generated inside Zimbabwe, and most of it will be stolen by the corrupt administrators.
1595  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: March 23, 2021, 04:45:33 PM
I thought England will run away with the match because they got a really good start and i even placed a small bet for England to win after seeing that start and their star studded batting lineup.

Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul are back in form after a string of failed innings and Krunal Pandya batted well and picked up a wicket on his debut and Bhuvneshwar Kumar is always the miser with his accurate line and length and Shardul Thakur is a master against left hand batsman with his slower balls and variations.

India have won matches from a losing position several times during this series, while England have lost despite good starts. At one point, England were cruising at 135/0 after just 14 overs. At that point, the required run rate was under 5.50 per over and they had 10 wickets in hand. And from that position, they somehow managed to lose that match. The England team management need to introspect about the strategy.
1596  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Elon Musk name once again used to fool people by hackers! on: March 23, 2021, 01:48:49 PM
Now someone's big name can be misused, like Elon Musk, so for now you have to be careful and stay alert, because in 2021 Elon Musk is experiencing a rise in popularity for crypto, so there will be many people using the name Elon Musk for things that are not good.

Many of these scams can be traced back to 2019 or 2020, when Elon Musk didn't had any association with cryptocurrency sector. In most of the instances, the scammers just used another blue tick Twitter account, after modifying the profile name and profile picture to make it look like the account of Musk. But in one instance, they managed to hack Elon's Twitter account and posted a phishing link using that. New users are the prime target. Most of them are unaware of the scams and Ponzis that exist in this sector and can be easily manipulated.
1597  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: March 23, 2021, 01:25:10 PM
India will most probably win this one unless their bowlers mess up big-time. Bhuvi will probably be the X-factor.

Also, Dhawan - 98(Sad) and Rahul - 62. This is why I called them great assets currently and Kohli along with the team management made the right choice silencing the critics.

Instead of whining about their failures here and there, it's better to focus on their achievements in all formats of Cricket. This is why I strongly believe that these 2 players deserve more chances in the future.

"Silenced the critics?" They got a dozen chances and finally they performed. The difference is that the younger players such as Shaw, Gill and Kishan were dropped after just one bad performance. Anyway, now their slot seems to be confirmed for the rest of the year and let's see how that works for them. Prasidh Krishna had a disappointing debut, and he gave away 37 runs from 3 overs. Apart from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, other bowlers are conceding too many runs.
1598  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: March 23, 2021, 12:57:56 PM
Powerplay -only 4 fielder outside the circle helped the Indian cause- mixed this with couple of bad delivery every now and then and we have a recipe for disaster. Its batting wicket so England going to get some runs also.

In the last 3 months debutants performing quite well for India. Gill, Nattu, Sundar, Ishan, Surya, Axar, Krunal.

England bowlers conceded more than 110 runs in the last 10 overs. Their bowling was OK till then, but from the 40th over it went really bad. When Hardik Pandya got out, India were 205/5 with just 9.3 overs left. Two new batsmen were at the crease (Krunal Pandya and KL Rahul). I thought England would be able to wrap up the Indian innings for less than 250. But in the end, India managed a massive score (317/5). Really pathetic depth bowling from England.
1599  Economy / Economics / Re: You want to get rich, don’t pay taxes, don’t get married, don’t use bank, and... on: March 23, 2021, 12:14:49 PM
if one have nothing in appearance and does not have a (traditional) job he does not have to pay taxes and even the banks cannot tell him anything, in my opinion the banks are to be avoided absolutely in part is their fault if we are all poorer, so operate in the crypto sector that in many parts of the world are not yet taxed, certainly better to live together, have a girlfriend, after marriage if there is a divorce the man is ruined, it's all up to the wife

Cryptocurrency is taxed in all the countries where there is income tax. There is not a single country where profits from cryptocurrency is tax-free (unless you are talking about countries where there is no income tax, such as the United Arab Emirates or Bahamas). And live-in relationships are also being targeted by lawyers now. In some countries now live-in relationships are being treated as equivalent to marital relationships.
1600  Economy / Economics / Re: Covid-19, Lockdown and repercussions on: March 23, 2021, 12:03:27 PM
most of the European countries are undergoing a hard lockdown by local governments in my opinion unjustified, where I am we are already in the third wave of the virus the infections alternate between many and few therefore red zone until the best situation, who had a precarious work now has to deal with poverty

European countries can afford multiple phases of lockdowns because the governments have enough cash at hand to compensate the workers and the businesses. But that is not the case in developed nations such as India and Pakistan. According to the Pew Research Center, the number of poor people increased by almost 100% in India, as a result of the pandemic in just 12 months of 2020-21.
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