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1741  Economy / Gambling / Re: Loyalty Bonuses & Promotions on Crypto Casinos and Sportsbooks on: August 17, 2022, 11:40:00 PM
Loyalty bonus should be permanent features of the casinos since there is so much offer out there, you need to compete with the usual sign-in bonuses and that means that you never should take your clients for granted nor anything like that. The owners should make sure that the retention incentive is at least as good as the incentives the players are given for leaven to other places.
1742  Economy / Gambling / Re: The latest cryptocurrency gambling on: August 17, 2022, 11:28:51 PM
maybe providing a Good ANN thread here and also being active in this forum will help Him gain trust and respect , because bitcointalk users knows how to assess a person or a site that will be promoted in this forum because we are tired of scams and fake sites.
I think every gambling platform should have an ANN thread to update information and discussion thread about the gambling platform being promoted. I would have preferred to read some of the member responses on the ANN posts as they are involved in that casino and would provide good/bad feedback on the gambling game system. The ANN thread has helped us review several new online casinos that have received negative trust for defrauding users and unfair gambling systems.

I agree, anything that is not on this forum has a disadvantage to the casinos that do bother to have an ANN and even those that go a bit further and have promotions. This is all about credibility and long standing reputation with the people who are into the cryptosphere and nothing creates that reputation better than being around all time and making sure issues are publicly addressed.
1743  Economy / Gambling / Re: Question for regular casino players. Will you use Lightning if available? on: August 17, 2022, 11:26:18 PM
It is common sense to implement lighting in any payment platform not just on casinos. Even if only a reduced amount of user is taking advantage of it, it is already an attractive feature that can be great to bring new users. Lighting is perfect for people who play at large or want to even have some automated betting around as the channel will make much easier and cheaper to play.
1744  Economy / Gambling / Re: Would you support a collective boycott of all Russian gambling platforms? on: August 17, 2022, 11:07:50 PM
Anything we can do to stop people from killing others is always a good thing. At present, RF based platforms do have to pay taxes in RF and that means that the money you spend playing on these is money that goes into making more shell that will be killing Ukrainians. I would not want to live thinking that I had that type of responsibility by just trying to have some fun.
1745  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 17, 2022, 10:56:06 PM
non-smoking signs are not working as expected. Crimea has suffered some mysterious explosions in fuel depots, electric facilities and military basis. Since all HIMARS have been destroyed by "precision-posting" from the Kremlin trolls on this thread, there has to be another explanation for all these. Maybe is the heat of summer that is making things explode, that must be it. The RF should now consider sending cooling equipment to the front.
Recently, against the backdrop of dramatic failures in the Donbas, Ukraine has stepped up terrorist activities - the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the explosions of sabotage groups in the Crimea.

Don't forget targeting Ukrainian POW's with HIMARS, and blanketing civilian areas with butterfly mines (which they had sworn under weapons convention treaties to have gotten rid of) on their last chance before being run out of Adivika (or whatever it is called.)
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Another lie after lie, "butterfly mines" have been used just by the RF and there is abundant proof of it (it cannot be hidden, there are photographs all over. HIMARS is simply not a platform that can be used to kill people in-masse, it is just useless for such a purpose. It just delivers a precision strike on object that are critical and expensive and that is exactly what is being done. We are talking real precision, not RF "precision".

Depots, critical war infrastructure...
non-smoking signs are not working as expected. Crimea has suffered some mysterious explosions in fuel depots, electric facilities and military basis. Since all HIMARS have been destroyed by "precision-posting" from the Kremlin trolls on this thread, there has to be another explanation for all these. Maybe is the heat of summer that is making things explode, that must be it. The RF should now consider sending cooling equipment to the front.
Recently, against the backdrop of dramatic failures in the Donbas, Ukraine has stepped up terrorist activities - the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the explosions of sabotage groups in the Crimea. This activity is aimed at creating a media effect in order to restore interest in Ukraine in the West, but it can also completely discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the West.


Not to worry, as long as Russians are dying in droves, everything is going according to Putin's plan. LOL.

The proverbial 'heavy smoker' who sank the Moskva cruiser swam to Crimea and now he is smoking his cigarettes all over Crimea.

Russians will be dying as long as they stay in Ukraine. End of story.

Oil is at 87, once we get to 65-70, Putin will have to dip into his 300B war chest to fund the government, AND the war.

EU/US/UK visa restrictions for Russians are coming, they will be followed by the criminalization of pro-Russian support in the West, and I am
guessing asset confiscations, revocations of residencies and citizenships, and eventually deportations back to mother Russia.

So pack your bags. Bundesnachrichtendienst will be knocking on your doors soon.
I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the recent project of the Central Bank of Russia MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THE UNIFIED OF THE STATE MONETARY AND CREDIT POLICIES FOR 2023 AND THE PERIOD 2024 AND 2025. The link is a very interesting document considering the base scenario and two alternatives (Global Crisis and Accelerated Adaptation). The link is a very interesting document considering the base scenario and two alternatives (Global Crisis and Accelerated Adaptation). In short, the people's welfare fund allows you to finance a federal budget deficit of 20% for three years without the threat of its complete depletion, even in the worst-case scenario. Don't expect Putin to run out of money. Grin

Putin will not run out of money, he can always use the Stalin method: Holodomor - steal from any of the non-Russian regions and use it.

I would advise you to familiarise yourself with cooking rice and potatoes. You are going to be eating plenty of it.

1746  Economy / Gambling / Re: A New Era for Betting - (After Corona Circumstances) on: August 17, 2022, 10:46:56 PM
I think the big teams still have the fans' support even though they watch their favorite team on television. That doesn't stop the fans from supporting their team but it's because the situation and conditions don't allow them to provide support directly on the pitch. But fortunately, the situation and conditions have now changed so that they can watch their favorite team play live. Sooner or later, everything will return to normal as it used to be and maybe it will be a new beginning for all of us.

Certainly the fans are always even in the most adverse situations in normal conditions, that is, the team does not win a game.  Smiley

 I think there's a group of people who aren't really fans (with any sport), but like to go to certain games or sports, that's a major group that comes back.

 In that sense, I think that the World Cup Qatar is going to event that will make us return not only in the feeling but also in the confidence that everything has already started to be normal.
I think the fans will be disappointed if their favorite team doesn't win the game but they have to know that it's a risk they have to face because their favorite team could meet a stronger team.

People who like a particular sport or game will surely know what they should choose based on the strengths of that team so they will choose it.

The Qatar World Cup will probably be a big show at the end of this year because with the current situation, audience can watch live in every stadium to watch their teams compete. It will be a very interesting show considering that we haven't seen a live match at the stadium in almost 3 years.

There are many ways of betting and to some people it is all about supporting their team or their region or city, despite the odds, so the bet does more of a psychological effect than of a real best effort to win the bet or make money. That way also creates a massive liftup effect if they win because there a double punch - win and money for their team.
1747  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 17, 2022, 12:16:01 AM
non-smoking signs are not working as expected. Crimea has suffered some mysterious explosions in fuel depots, electric facilities and military basis. Since all HIMARS have been destroyed by "precision-posting" from the Kremlin trolls on this thread, there has to be another explanation for all these. Maybe is the heat of summer that is making things explode, that must be it. The RF should now consider sending cooling equipment to the front.
1748  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Putin cannot avoid a tribunal on: August 16, 2022, 01:33:47 AM
I am afraid to dissapoint you, but yes, he can. And probably will do it!

I do not know what kind of naive view do people have around here of the real power behind the international institutions. The UN is very limited in power and depends economically on the US mostly. The international tribunals can only really apply any law if backed up by one of the larger countries, usually the US in their duties. Putin will not be judged unless there is a revolution in the RF and he is demoted.
1749  Economy / Economics / Re: China's debt bomb looks ready to explode on: August 13, 2022, 09:37:51 PM
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Many warning signs suggesting that a debt reckoning is imminent

Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Confidence in the safety of Chinese banks has been badly shaken by the failure of several small banks in Henan Province in April this year. In terms of their assets of about 40 billion yuan ($6 billion) and the number of customers, roughly 400,000, the shuttered rural banks are minions in China's financial system.

The implosion of these poorly supervised and likely corruption-ridden financial institutions should not be surprising. But how local authorities handled the fallout is shocking even to the most jaded observers of China's political scene.

Instead of compensating the depositors, who are entitled to up to 500,000 yuan, according to government regulations, officials in Henan have done everything imaginable to silence them.

They initially restricted the movement of the depositors by turning the COVID test code on their smartphones red, which effectively made it impossible for them to take public transportation or even drive their own cars. A public outcry forced the Henan government to abandon this abusive tactic.

But when several hundred depositors unable to gain access to their savings in the failed banks gathered on July 10 to protest in front of the People's Bank branch office in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan, local officials sent in a large number of thugs who viciously assaulted the depositors, with uniformed police officers looking on.

This scandal should alarm investors not simply because of the brutal tactics used by local authorities eager to cover it up but because of the circumstances under which these small banks failed.

Ever since China began to binge on debt to fuel its growth in 2009, many have wondered how long the party could go on. To the chagrin of many bearish observers, predictions of a financial crisis have not panned out. Today, China's banking system is still standing despite a debt-to-GDP ratio of 264%.

Perhaps because Beijing seems to be able to defy financial gravity, fewer people these days worry that its ballooning debt could unleash a systemic crisis. But there are many warning signs indicating that China may face a debt reckoning soon.

Weak supervision, poor risk management and corruption that likely drove the small rural banks in Henan into insolvency are systemic among the country's nearly 4,000 small and medium-sized banks with nearly $14 trillion assets.

It is highly likely that other similar banks will fail soon. By pure coincidence, when Henan authorities were cracking down on the victims of bank failure there, authorities in Shanghai had put on trial, in secret, a former billionaire who allegedly controlled a medium-sized bank in Inner Mongolia and used it to fund various illicit schemes. When the government seized the failed bank in 2019, the bailout cost several billion dollars.

If a large number of small banks fail together, such an event could produce a chain reaction threatening the stability of the financial sector. Their counterparties and lenders, especially bigger banks, could suffer massive losses. Confidence in China's shadow banking system, through which small banks attract funds with a higher interest rate, will likely evaporate.

The chances of such a financial meltdown are much higher today than before. One of the reasons that China has avoided a financial crisis in the last decade is that its economy managed to grow at a reasonably high rate, averaging 6.8% a year from 2011 to 2020. A faster-growing economy normally makes it easier to manage or even conceal the debt burden.

But as the Chinese economy is now slowing down rapidly, in part due to Beijing's zero-COVID policy, the debt bomb is ticking much louder.

The most ominous warning light is clearly China's debt-ridden real estate sector. China Evergrande Group, the country's largest real estate developer, which has borrowed more than $300 billion, has already defaulted on its bonds. More defaults seem likely because Chinese developers are on the hook for $13 billion in dollar-denominated bond payments in the second half of this year.

China's debt-laden local governments are also facing grim prospects. Declining income from land sales because of the crisis in the real estate sector and falling tax receipts are expected to cause a 6 trillion yuan shortfall, roughly $900 billion, in local government revenues this year. Local government financing vehicles that have borrowed heavily from banks or issued bonds will have great difficulties servicing their debt.

Large banks in China are in trouble as well. They have lent tens of billions to poor countries as part of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. A significant portion of their credit portfolio is likely to become nonperforming as their borrowers are unable to service the debt due to the global economic downturn.

The most recent economic implosion and the collapse of the government of Sri Lanka will likely force their Chinese lenders to write off a large portion of the loans. If big Chinese banks themselves face rising nonperforming loans abroad, they will be less able to help bail out insolvent small or medium-sized banks at home.

It might be possible for China to dodge another financial meltdown this time. But if local officials have to hire thugs to attack bank customers trying to get their money back, investors should brace for far worse days ahead for China's banking sector.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-s-debt-bomb-looks-ready-to-explode


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It is possible that china's economy is imploding at the moment. The united states $50 billion dollars in ukraine funds, might have gone to china. To stabilize their economy and prevent global collapse. This could be one reason behind the united states currently throwing "additional funding" at ukraine. And funding additional near $1 trillion dollar packages.

A high percentage of funds could be diverted into china, to bailout their economy as credit and debt bubbles pop.

None of this would be remarkable if it was true. The united states has bailed out many foreign banks since the TARP bill was passed post 2008 economic crisis. The federal reserve claims every dollar it loaned to foreign banks has been paid back prior to the 2020 pandemic.

What is remarkable about these trends is if the united states economy flounders and the US government doesn't settle debt issues. America might find itself in a position where it can no longer bail out china, and other banks and lagging economies of the world. What happens then? It would be nice if we could plan ahead for likely scenarios. However it doesn't appear to be a high priority within the grand scheme of things.

China is a major holder of US securities. It would not make sense to divert funds to "save China's banks" since despite the large debt, China itself does seem to hold enough reserves (nearly 3.15 trillion USD) to be able to confront a situation such as the one described in the article. The interest rate of Yuan is not particularly high or low so there is not a clear indication of problems.
1750  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 13, 2022, 09:30:07 PM
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Those regions will never be Russian. Russian occupiers and their collaborators will be killed, one by one, until the last one is killed or leaves
Ukraine.

Fake? The nine SU-34s in Novofedorovka in Crimea would disagree. They went up like Christmas trees.

Russian 'tourists' are fleeing Kherson and Crimea as we speak. Those who stay will be killed.

End of story.

No, no, no... that is fake news. It was just another soldier of the glorious RF army that was a bit nervous and decided to go for a cigarette, but forgot that he should not do it right beside the fuel tanks and munitions depots of the base. HIMARs does not have anything to do with it, Ukraine's army has nothing to do with it. Just as the RF left Snake Island as an act of goodwill towards the Ukrainians.

Now, a solution that matches the natural skills and readiness of the glorious RF army is already on their way. Nearly 1000 "do not smoke here" signs have been sent to all the munitions depots and airbases that are now in range of a Ukrainian precision strike served by soldiers that smoke. That solves the issue. Done.
1751  Economy / Economics / Re: Idea if you struggle in your life but u speak english on: August 13, 2022, 12:35:25 AM
OP, I'm convinced you start up all these threads so that your alt accounts/friends/family members have some place they can drop shitposts in.  What you wrote is nearly incomprehensible, yet the first three replies just treat your post like it was just a totally normal one--which it is NOT.

Contact with crypto gold oil whales they are big hedge funds such us grayscale tell them how much they need from you ? And how much profit you make ? So thet can use your capital to pump markets and also for big money u get inside info from them.
What does any of that even mean?

Now days few hundred thousend are small becouse look how expensive is to rent or buy apartment in monaco...or dubai its expensive so big money should be mandatory to have it in your pocket thats dont waste ur time for nonsense banks knows MONEY whales and funds insturuins knows money you connect them and taking profit snd while you might be out of work thats the best if u got no skills or education little bit english is good enough.
Again, what the fuck are you blabbering on about?  None of what you wrote makes one lick of sense.  You're going on my ignore list, just like the rest of your alt accounts.

The user has been populating the Politics and Economy threads with some non-sense for a while. I am just going to drop a note on this particularly useless one to let this guy know that this is not going unnoticed. On the topic of knowing English, it makes little sense. Nearly one -third of the world speaks English to a working level, there is no money to be made of it.
1752  Economy / Economics / Re: Russia More Than Triples Current-Account Surplus to $167 Billion on: August 11, 2022, 12:34:49 AM
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components for airplanes.
Iran is manufacturing plane components and is replacing whatever market Russia lost:

Interesting, I didn't know. Thank you.

And who promised that it would be easy? There are problems with airplanes, cars, microelectronics, software - they are serious and need to be addressed. Of course, Russia will cope with these challenges one way or another. But that won't stop the Russians from watching the impressive spectacle of EU energy suicide. Any sane person understands that it is impossible to replace the falling volumes of energy supplies either this winter, or even next. And with the planes, we'll come up with something, don't even hesitate. If a country is capable of developing sixth-generation fighters, it will somehow figure it out with passenger airliners.

Did it occur to you that in the same way as "it won't be easy, but Russia will cope", also EU will cope? Of course, it will not be easy, as it's a harsh awakening.
But, as a friend of mine use to say, every kick in the ass produce another step forward. EU may do now (sadly under pressure) some moves they should have done from the first place.
Right now, let's face it, it's a situation both sides are losing similarly and both sides can, similarly, evolve.

Precisely Iran than is under sanctions? May you comment on how is Iran getting hold of the high tech electronics when under sanctions and with an economy down the drain?

The EU has plenty of flexibility to choose a strategy despite a short term initial issues. Gas terminals are rented and build, nuclear reactors get a lease of life, back to coal if required,... nothing like suicide.
1753  Economy / Economics / Re: Russia's economy is 'imploding' on export decline, economists claim on: August 11, 2022, 12:21:33 AM
According to a Yale University study, the withdrawal of more than 1,000 international companies from the Russian Federation after Putin's invasion of Ukraine will affect 40% of the country's GDP. The collapse of imports devastated its foreign technology-dependent automotive, aviation and defense industries. Russia's gross domestic value added fell by 62% in the construction sector, by 55% in agriculture and by 25% in industry. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Federation have decreased by $75 billion.
The authors of the Yale report note that Putin's plans to pivot to the East make neither economic nor practical sense. In 2021, Russia exported only 16.5 billion cubic meters of gas to China, compared to 170 billion cubic meters to Europe. Now Russia's westernmost gas field, Chayanda, connected to China via the Power of Siberia 1 pipeline, has a maximum projected annual capacity of just 25 billion cubic meters - "and that only by 2025." "Other gas fields, in particular Sakhalin and Khabarovsk, should be connected to the Power of Siberia. But even when the entire Far Eastern gas network is completed, its throughput will still not reach the capacity of one of the Russian gas pipelines to Europe - Nord Stream - 1" (55 billion cubic meters)," the authors note.

At the same time, the announced Power of Siberia 2 pipeline with a capacity of 50 billion cubic meters per year, which should connect the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic with China, remains a plan on paper. Gazprom, being cut off by sanctions from attracting international finance and buying Western equipment, cannot finance this project. Therefore, in fact, everything is very bad in Russia.
Can you provide a link to the source so that I can read the report in the original (and so that the Autobot does not ban you for plagiarism)?
At your request, I provide links to several articles with the abstracts of the Yale University report and to the report itself:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4167193
https://topcor.ru/27313-britanskij-zhurnalist-mjetjuz-razvorot-rossii-k-kitaju-ne-imeet-smysla.html
https://ecodefense.ru/2022/08/05/sanctions-are-crippling-russian-economy/
https://forbes.ua/ru/inside/devyat-mifiv-pro-vidnovlennya-rosiyskoi-ekonomiki-popri-zayavi-kremlya-sanktsii-pratsyuyut-ale-ikh-potribno-bilshe-the-economist-26072022-7353
Thanks, very informative. I have read the original report and I can say that this study (and especially the conclusions from it) are highly politicized. Indeed, Russia has difficulties with the size of the positive balance of payments, but I would not dramatize this situation. After all, if your balance has become sharply positive, then someone's balance has become sharply negative. And if you have a large surplus of energy resources, then someone else has an equally large deficit. And this is a really serious problem.

However, I see three Polish names among the authors of the report, and Poland is traditionally at the forefront of European Russophobia.

The great thing about economy is that is quite resistant to fake. You can "precision post" you way to any argument such as "if the name of someone is Kowalsky, the guy must be Polish and hate Russians". The problem is that the economy does not care about what you write, it is there destroying your future and the future of those you care for no matter what.

Again, amazing to observe how the RF can be at the same time killing by the thousands and playing the victim.

I am aware that your knowledge of history is think as spring ice, but you may want to read about Venezuela in the 90's and how it ended.
1754  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Former Russian Presidents posts about Russia's future plans and then deletes it on: August 11, 2022, 12:13:19 AM
I do not think you need a post or message to understand the RF and particularly Russia's position on regards to the world order. As far as Putin and the generals are concerned, all the old USSR republics are their backyard and they are willing to invade or coerce by any means as it fits Moscow's interest. They backyard is wide, and their need for dominance has never faded.
1755  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 10, 2022, 11:52:21 PM
I will say a few words about the "barrage of fire" tactics, which the allied forces of Russia and the LDNR used to break into the fortified areas in Avdiivka. This is an old trick from the times of the First World War, which the Russian Army masters to perfection. To use it successfully, you need good logistics, because you will need to spend a huge amount of artillery shells and multiple launch rocket systems. Russia is now spending about 5,000 tons of artillery shells per day in Ukraine on the use of a "barrage of fire" (not counting high-precision missiles). For each unarmored target in the Donbass, 300-500 shells are spent. After such artillery preparation, assault detachments with the support of armored vehicles go into battle, usually formed according to the national principle (Tuvans, Buryats, Chechens, etc.), which use their native language in radio communications, which provides additional protection against radio interception. If the assault squads meet strong resistance, they move back and artillery again works on the identified positions. Such tactics make it possible to successfully advance without numerical superiority and with minimal losses (but with an increased consumption of artillery shells).

That's why 50 or even 100 HIMARS can't turn the tide of this operation. Russia can concentrate 10-15 divisions of howitzers and MLRS on a small sector of the front, and they plow everything with cheap shells and unguided rockets. And Ukraine can oppose only 1-2 divisions, which, moreover, are forced to hide from drones and high-precision missiles. The success of the operation to liberate Donbass is not a matter of strategy or tactics, it is a matter of logistics and timing.

Nothing new. RF shelling with 60's equipment and "conquering" a land of rubble. There are several things that you got wrong:

- HIMARS is precisely there to fuck up those logistics you describe and with just 4 of them, high value targets have been destroyed. It is clear to anyone that the pace of the offensive has slowed.
- RF can concentrate troops... at the cost of leaving other areas dangerously undefended. There are tiny advances from Ukraine in the South. In themselves they do not mean much, but the fact that there's actually any advance should give you food for thought on how strong the grip on the invaded lands is.

But the biggest caveat is that the tactic is slow and costly. RF cannot maintain and army working at that pace for a long period of time under economic sanctions and certainly will need to convince many of joining an army that has a reputation for not giving a F*k for their soldiers and sending then unprepared and untrained.

Regarding "high precision"... nothing to be shown for that. The technical weaponry exists, but is so limited that makes zero effect. Ukraine has always been ready for air raids and missiles and use the right tactics to minimise the effects of these.

Overall, there is nothing like a "winning strategy" going on at all.
Ukraine still has a whole month to implement its plan for a decisive counterattack on Kherson. Then there will be a referendum, according to the results of which the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions are likely to be reunited with Russia.

Although what am I talking about? Talk about a counterattack on Kherson turned out to be part of an information-psychological operation, in other words, another fake.  Grin

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Чи бyлa цe IПCO? Бeзyмoвнo, cьoгoднi вci пyблiчнi кoмeнтapi - цe чacтинa IПCO. Haм пoтpiбнo дeмopaлiзyвaти pociйcькy apмiю. Boни пoвиннi poзyмiти, щo тyт пocтiйнo бyдe тepитopiя вoгню, щo їx тyт бyдyть cпaлювaти. Цe ключoвe.

Welll done! Man, you got them nothing escapes your insight. All is fake, all psi games, nothing is happening. There is no concentration of troops, there will never be an offensive, you are all right and RF will just be there forever. In fact, you can move all your troops out, there is nothing coming so no need to keep them there.

Why do you think the RF troops are there? No need.
1756  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 09, 2022, 08:38:58 AM
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Ah whataboutism, there's no hypocrisy or double standard that it cannot justify. Weren't you taught that whataboutism cannot apply when creating laws? And is actually called discrimination in law. But i must agree it's a convenient tool to prevent population from questioning any and all laws.

When one country invades and the other says "we don't want your books anymore" it's absurd to claim "discrimination". Come on, master of whataboutism, find us some historic analogy. Like Russian imports of German books during WWII.

If your logic leads you to the following conclusion, think it's safe to say that you're on the wrong side of the argument:
Masha and the Bear = brainwashing children, needs to be censored, require exceptions to import
Mein kampf = totally fine for unlimited circulation without age restriction

That's your conclusion, not sure why you're ascribing that to me. I'm sure there are many bad books issued in countries that Ukraine has good relationships with. I never argued otherwise. It's a tangent that doesn't mean anything in the context of restricting book imports from a country they're at war with.


Certainly the whole argument is ridiculous. Is like asking Israel to make Mein Kampf compulsory reading at school or making Carl Marx a compulsory reading at Texans schools. They somehow keep on insisting that Ukraine should actually be praising and chanting about the main language of the state that is trying to annihilate them. Senseless at all point.

Not censoring all books based on a language != compulsory reading of a specific book, or that anyone needs to praise and chant anything.
Such a stretch, c'mon, you know better than this

Sure, let's make a chapter called "Stalin, the friend of Ukrainians" mandatory reading in Ukrainian schools. We do not want to censor anything do we?
1757  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: August 09, 2022, 08:35:47 AM
I will say a few words about the "barrage of fire" tactics, which the allied forces of Russia and the LDNR used to break into the fortified areas in Avdiivka. This is an old trick from the times of the First World War, which the Russian Army masters to perfection. To use it successfully, you need good logistics, because you will need to spend a huge amount of artillery shells and multiple launch rocket systems. Russia is now spending about 5,000 tons of artillery shells per day in Ukraine on the use of a "barrage of fire" (not counting high-precision missiles). For each unarmored target in the Donbass, 300-500 shells are spent. After such artillery preparation, assault detachments with the support of armored vehicles go into battle, usually formed according to the national principle (Tuvans, Buryats, Chechens, etc.), which use their native language in radio communications, which provides additional protection against radio interception. If the assault squads meet strong resistance, they move back and artillery again works on the identified positions. Such tactics make it possible to successfully advance without numerical superiority and with minimal losses (but with an increased consumption of artillery shells).

That's why 50 or even 100 HIMARS can't turn the tide of this operation. Russia can concentrate 10-15 divisions of howitzers and MLRS on a small sector of the front, and they plow everything with cheap shells and unguided rockets. And Ukraine can oppose only 1-2 divisions, which, moreover, are forced to hide from drones and high-precision missiles. The success of the operation to liberate Donbass is not a matter of strategy or tactics, it is a matter of logistics and timing.

Nothing new. RF shelling with 60's equipment and "conquering" a land of rubble. There are several things that you got wrong:

- HIMARS is precisely there to fuck up those logistics you describe and with just 4 of them, high value targets have been destroyed. It is clear to anyone that the pace of the offensive has slowed.
- RF can concentrate troops... at the cost of leaving other areas dangerously undefended. There are tiny advances from Ukraine in the South. In themselves they do not mean much, but the fact that there's actually any advance should give you food for thought on how strong the grip on the invaded lands is.

But the biggest caveat is that the tactic is slow and costly. RF cannot maintain and army working at that pace for a long period of time under economic sanctions and certainly will need to convince many of joining an army that has a reputation for not giving a F*k for their soldiers and sending then unprepared and untrained.

Regarding "high precision"... nothing to be shown for that. The technical weaponry exists, but is so limited that makes zero effect. Ukraine has always been ready for air raids and missiles and use the right tactics to minimise the effects of these.

Overall, there is nothing like a "winning strategy" going on at all.
1758  Economy / Gambling / Re: around 1.6 billion people worldwide gamble, What about a poker gamefi?? on: August 09, 2022, 08:24:24 AM
There is a whole world of gambling, events and information built around poker, namely texas hold'em being the widely known one. Tournaments of all levels - legal and illegal, formal and informal, serious or for fun are already out there. It is going to be very difficult to find something to add to that ecosystem that creates and attracts the right numbers and quality if you start from scratch.
1759  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Real most rewarding Crypto Casino? on: August 09, 2022, 08:21:07 AM
There cannot be a single answer to this question because each of the casinos, particularly on-line where there is virtually unlimited levels of competence among the platforms, have to specialise in some of the games. Slots casinos have a hard time competing and you cannot just do it by giving away the earnings, so specialisation, change and variety make the concept of "best one" very changing.
1760  Economy / Gambling / Re: A New Era for Betting - (After Corona Circumstances) on: August 09, 2022, 08:18:44 AM
To all those who think online betting will never overshadow the physical ones, worry no more! Things are changing and the trend is showing that all the betting sites now have their own online platforms....

You are right about the trend, Corona has reconfigured the social relations and the way people do things and now there is a return to the social component and the physical meeting of people vs the virtual enjoyment. However, that reconfiguration has been important in the sense that many of the ones who have tried betting on-line do now have a taste for it.
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