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2021  Other / Meta / Re: New CAPTCHA now required before posting on: April 01, 2023, 10:45:42 AM
Well it's better then GTA4. When i timed my bird movements just correctly i found the secret level where i could talk with the founder and got in to play the real game.
But don't think my computer can run it correctly, i get weird these weird glitches when ever gods are speaking to me.
Physics engine really kicks ass on the city mission where the tsunami hits to white house, and AI was acting so human like it freaked me out a little bit when it knew what i was thinking but in overall it was greatest experience of gaming history i ever had. I am not going to post screehots as that was permitted but what a ride!!
I can't wait to talk with people who found it.

2022  Economy / Economics / Re: Hong Kong - Embracing crypto, new acceptance mode, $100 mln raiser on: April 01, 2023, 10:34:26 AM
I wonder what's their stance is going to be against mining as that's an essential part of some crypto infrastructure. Or are they just now fully embracing and regulating any other then POW based cryptos?
I could definitely see them fighting against any permissionless systems and use environmental argument to drive POW away. Later on they can move to other arguments where they regulate away any unwanted people (criminals, opposition, etc)
2023  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 31, 2023, 06:52:05 PM
Who are "we"? Do you represent here some group of people with formed common interests, or are you just talking about yourself in the plural?
Or maybe you're pregnant and there are two of you?
If you had use a minute to think about it you would know i would speak about Finnish perspective. But it's quite telling that you rather focus on irrelevant stuff when you know you would fail miserably defending your position otherwise.
2024  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 31, 2023, 01:46:11 PM
It's could be kind of cute how you guys believe anything pro-putler in the internet.
If you followed the link in my previous message, you would see that this is some kind of Greek resource, not Russian. Of course, you can always say that this is a pro-Russian Greek resource, simply because you don't like its content - and this is a common practice. But in this case, I want to ask you, but you yourself are not a victim of propaganda that is simply directed against Russia? Grin

The truth is not always pleasant, and if you reject everything that does not fit into your worldview, then you are living a lie.
Oh yeah, we have pro russian "news sites" too, but we also have enough education to tell the difference between trustworthy sites and utter garbage.
But if i print a pro putin zine with a vague article about secret moon trans nazis, you would use it as a source, wouldn't you.

Funny enough pronews has same exact % of weekly usage that pro russia fake news site has in finland
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/digital-news-report-2018.pdf
2025  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin Investment: Good Debts vs Bad Debts on: March 31, 2023, 11:27:00 AM
There are bad debts and there are good debts. Bad debts- loaning money to buy a car that won't be used for business ( Uber, Bolt). Loaning money to buy a pair of shoes, clothes, a piece of furniture etc.
I see some of these things as profitable investments as well, buying good shoes is just benefiting someone's health and so he/she can work more efficiently. And when they are good enough, they can be repaired and by doing that the, this person saves money. Investment doesn't need to pay back directly, we also need people to be able to enjoy enough to be able to work.

Good debts - loaning money to purchase something that would appreciate in value over time. Real estate, precious metals, commodities etc.
Depends. It wasn't a good idea to buy estate from invaded areas of Ukraine for example. precious metals you have to store in somewhere and be sure that place is guarded well enough.

They say poor people have bad debts and rich  people have good debts.
I would say this is just simplifying things. Investing in general is wise, but that doesn't mean every method of investing suits everyone.

One of the popular pieces of advice you'd hear in the Bitcoin space is to never borrow to invest in it.

Despite the volatility, our hope is that Bitcoin will appreciate in value.
This is why we invest literally in anything. But we shouldn't be only focusing on investing in monetary value. Investing life worth living is valuable as well.

Would you classify borrowing money to invest in Bitcoin as good debt or bad debt?
I wouldn't borrow money for investing in something as volatile as Bitcoin, no. I would use my own money and not be greedy wanting more then i can afford.
2026  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Biden and Trump argue over bank failure on: March 31, 2023, 11:09:57 AM
The recent banking crisis in the US involving the fall of the prestigious banks like silicon valley bank(SVB),signature bank,and silvergate
Bank have spurred a political discussion between US president Joe biden and former US president Donald trump.They have publicly blamed each other's policies for the outcome,but according to some analysts,the problem might be ignorance in the banking system.
While Donald trump have bodly declared that biden is responsible for the economic catastrophe that has befallen the country.
What do you think about the responsibilities of biden,trump and the banking operators for the current banking crisis?
I think there is a mix up somewhere...please mates let's share ideas.
So is Trump complaining that Biden didn't put make new regulations fast enough after Trump removed them? I mean trump removed those safeguards that oversee banks exactly for preventing something like this. It's faster to get rid of regulations then make new ones that are airtight. And Trump did ton of rollbacks affecting all areas from life to tech and nature.

Even a toaster would have done less damage to US and world as a president.
2027  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: March 31, 2023, 10:44:58 AM
Meanwhile, there are some details of Russia's "retribution strike" that it inflicted immediately after the sabotage of pro-Ukrainian militants in the Belgorod region with hostage-taking.

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The Russian hypersonic missile "Dagger" with a target hitting speed of Mach 12 (12 times the speed of sound) managed to hit the joint Ukrainian-NATO command and communications center installed at a depth of 130 meters!

The underground headquarters (built at a depth of 400 feet) housed several NATO officials and reportedly housed over 300 people.

Of course, we will never know the details of the incident, because no one recognizes the presence of these NATO officials in Ukraine at that moment.
It's could be kind of cute how you guys believe anything pro-putler in the internet. No proof needed because when it supports your agenda and any shady website or rumor will do. And just because some part of the news is true, most of it doesn't have to be.

Or could it be that you are not believing that either and this is just part of that transparent Russian misinformation campaign to muddle reality so that people wouldn't trust any source.
I understand that tactic as it's designed to hurt democracies but dictatorships like Putler's Russia are resistant to it as they don't really do well with real information anyway.

Now i say it could be cute how gullible some people are believing Kremlin propaganda but but guess why these people are hated by everyone?
After all they themselves might not understand why people get heated over this, they see themselves as outsider as they are not being affected, but that's understandable when one lacks empathy.
But while they are knowingly spreading Russian misinformation they are directly part of Kremlin organized disinformation warfare therefore responsible of the atrocities that Russian armed forces are doing.

Next what's going to happen is that Russian economy is going to crumble (Even Putin knows it) and after Russian dictatorship will fall, their murderers and rapists will face justice. I only wish that some of these Russian trolls could be charged as well as when they are citizens of other countries, what they are doing now is a borderline treason.

And meanwhile Finland is just joining NATO. All thanks to Putin as before all this we were never wanted to.
2028  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Crazy Time by Evolution Gaming - Discussion, Strategy, etc. on: March 31, 2023, 09:14:34 AM
I don't feel like that game is provably fair. I'm not saying users will never win, but is really hard to see some big wins. I don't feel the RTP is 97.3 as they claim.

For me it feels like they can stop the wheel when they want and select the result from the back end, maybe I'm just too paranoid but that's the sensation I have after playing a lot of hours on that game.

Is about joining at the right time and placing the right bet, another way you could be there for hours losing all your balance.
Why would they risk doing that when they can rely on pure math giving them profits in the long run? I mean i understand that people want more proof especially when it looks like game could cheat them, but by doing so they would be risking their whole legitimacy, and it's not like they haven't been building that trust for a long time.

If they would be cheating all it would take is one person who could spill the beans and take the whole operation down that they have been building for so long. And its not like that person would need to do that for free. I am assuming that there's ton of competition that would pay millions just for anonymous leak of proof.

And that said, i don't believe they are cheating but i admit that there could be always more transparency and proof for customers.
2029  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Arb below 1$ on: March 30, 2023, 09:39:08 PM
Well good luck with that approach. I am dca:ing in all the time. I think that after airdropped tokens sell pressure is off this token is going to fight from some serious marketcap top places. I am thinking 10x minimum. Like absolute minimum and i am not even selling then. I am also considering leverage trading this. This is like the first token in a long time i actually like and believe in. And i feel i am now junxing it by talking about it Smiley.
2030  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Price Predictions? on: March 30, 2023, 05:47:05 PM

The market changes so quickly, it won't wait for us to come to invest. The lowest price after the bullrun was (±) $16,600 on January 4, 2023. And the current price has reached (±) $28,387. According to my predictions, by April 2023 the Bitcoin price could reach (±) $35,000.
If April 2023 the Bitcoin price can reach $35,000, then it is very likely that a bullrun will occur in April 2024.

What do you think about this?

Well i might join on that prediction as that definitely looks like a bull flag. But it's hard to say if it's going to retrace after hitting your target. (i am thinking of elliot wave as that wiould be the 3rd rise). But in overall that it would be obviously bound to rise again higher later this year.

I'm with binance's zao on the 100x the next bull, but Im rooting for a 200k mark value till December 2023, little more then hundred but not the millions yet, balanced.
Do you have any technical analysis behind this or is it just a feeling?
2031  Economy / Speculation / Re: Crypto traders beaten by girls on: March 30, 2023, 05:33:03 PM
"Singaporean women ‘outperforming’ men in crypto trades, survey reveals"
https://cointelegraph.com/news/singaporean-women-outperforming-men-in-crypto-trades-survey-reveals

The dawn of mankind is officially here. A recent poll from Singapore revealed that women managed to outperform men in the manliest games of all - crypto trading:
"As per the survey data, 76% of women reported either making money or breaking even on their crypto investments, compared to just 72% of men"

Since it looks like the answers were self-reported, there's a chance that women may not be telling the truth, to make themselves look better. But maybe there's something in the female approach to trading that would explain it (i.e. higher risk aversion?).
Topic of OP makes it sound like these women wouldn't be crypto traders. That only men are crypto traders. I know that it might not be intented so but wording is weird.
I seriously wonder why people think that this is "manliest" game of all. I know several women that are investing and trading that are actually doing better than me

And like the data shows there are ton of women players in this game


This might have started as a male game but it's totally not that anymore. And unless you think they are kids you can call them women vs men.
Also it would be nice to have data about actual research about this rather then news of hear say from the net
2032  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What is your opinions of future in Crypto with AI technology? on: March 30, 2023, 05:15:09 PM
AI is the biggest thing that we all faced in 2023 I think. With chatgpt it became everyone attention. I have seen lot of crypto projects that are marketing they are using AI technologies in their projects. So what do you think about this? Are they really using AI or is it for market themselves? Because I don't find anything about AI technologies that they are talking In their websites or whitepapers.

Do you suggest me good projects that using AI technologies for study? What is in your bucket list and what are your opinions about AI + Crypto in future?
It's definitely just a marketing tactic. Most of those projects are not going to deliver anything even mediocre if anything. They drive on buzz words and promises and eventually blame others for not adopting their tech that isn't wanted or needed anyway. New people don't remember but we already have seen this hype years ago in crypto. None of those projects that were working on AI didn't provide anything, or anything interesting. And i am not saying there wouldn't be people working hard to build some cutting edge AI, but i am saying it's unlikely it will have anything to do with crypto.
2033  Economy / Gambling / Re: Stake.com - The Leading Crypto Casino - 🦉 Drake, UFC, Everton Main Partner ⚽ 🥊 on: March 30, 2023, 12:10:49 PM
A person addicted to gambling is always irritable and rarely gets angry and rarely thinks about anything other than gambling. And to get himself out of this addiction he must need the help of his friends because family members cannot be told everything but it is possible to share everything with friends.  So a wise friend can save another gambling addict friend from deeper gambling addiction.
I know people who have gambling addiction and people who have other addictions. They are getting equally angry, that might not show in everyone as some rather keep their rage inside. But they are definitely getting angry more easily then "healthy" people as they have ton of more pressure to deal with and are obviously as they are more impulsive with their emotions as that comes with addictive personality. So i don't understand what you mean by "rarely angry"
2034  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is ARB a rising star ? on: March 30, 2023, 11:31:07 AM
Another rising star or another generous project that airdropped tons of money and made people rich. ARB can become second 1INCH - popular project, whos token value after huge airdrops did not manage to recover yet (or might never recover). I am afraid that ARB can become a project that will be remembered only as one of huge airdrops. But the project itself wont be demanded or used wide. A matter of hype. Once it is gone, ARB is dead.
I doubt this, before this project even launched a token it already has the highest TVL locked up and many new projects are using the Arbitrum chain already, also whales are buying this token heavily, this is not the type of project that will go down due to lack of hype when it's better than Optimism and Solana.
From the point of someone who has used both: you can't even compare them. Well you can but any other similar service is so much behind that i would short them all now. If arbitrum doesn't end up have a fatal exploit that would compromise everything, they are definitely winning the space. I mean why would i use anything else now that i can use something free of charge?

I am not sure how much people value the governage token model, and how much value the token will have but it sure as hell can be more than any competition.
2035  Economy / Gambling / Re: STARTING OWN CRYPTO GAMBLING SITE on: March 30, 2023, 11:17:50 AM
What would be the main relevance of ChatGPT for casinos? On what part for it to be integrated? I cant see for it to be possible for it to be that relevant in speaking on application.
Yes, we know on how revolutionary Chatgpt is but we know that it would really be that relevant on an industry which it isnt really that including gambling.There might be some key areas
which it could be able to be used like in support system but in overall functionality or on how does it work then i dont see any connection or Did i miss something? Please do elaborate or explain.
From the point of anyone starting a new casino, using (ChatGPT4 or 5) as a helpdesk could be way more efficient and less costly then any current helpdesk in any casino.

Hiring enough staff to work 24/7 and training them constantly to keep up with the job and only to see these people end up doing menial tasks that AI would do in a fraction of a second is pretty self-evident equation that favors AI. Naturally there would be an option to talk with real human if everything else fails but there would be far less need for human interactions.

I don't know if this is a good thing in the long run but it most likely will be unavoidable if markets decide what's best.
2036  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Taxes on NFT holders on: March 30, 2023, 10:54:14 AM
imagine it

paying tax on ingame purchases.. turns Steam into tax reporting agents of its customers rather than games retailers

so soon you wont be able to play online games without KYC
Well if people paid taxes for really expensive game skins before ( i haven't heard that they did), i guess nothing would change on that front.
But if not, i am guessing you can opt out from any ski trading activity because online game companies sure as hell aren't going to drive away potential customers that won't be filling kyc or buying and selling skins. They can still buy games and addons even if they are not selling them forward.

It's not like every game will have mandatory marketplace. But sure, people who buy and sell skins, either nfts or not, will be most likely be filling mandatory kyc.
2037  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: When is the next altcoin season? on: March 29, 2023, 10:28:22 PM
I have decided I have too many altcoins in my portfolio and want to convert up to half of them into Bitcoin but I am waiting for the next pump like we saw in January to do this as don't want to convert while my altcoins are 20% down.

I have only been in crypto last 12 months so not that experienced when it comes to understanding cycles. Do we have any idea when the next altcoin season is due?
Anyone who claims that they know when the next altcoin bullrun is, is outright lying to you. No one knows and everyone is guessing. There are ton of different ways people are doing technical analysis but no one can give you definite answer.

If there would be a way to know, then everyone would try to time their investments in a same way.

And wven if you would know when the next altcoin bullrun is, there are no guarantees that altcoins you invested into, would be part of that run
2038  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: It's on! 2024 US Presidential Election Biden+Harris Vs Trump Bitcoin betting.... on: March 29, 2023, 08:43:56 PM
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As to Kamala Vs Michelle (Obama)... My money would be on Kamala given her VP credentials.
Huh? If that would be true and Michelle Obama ran for precidency, Michelle would win by a landslide. In fact she could have even more votes then Barack Obama, but she won't be running. Fox news is just making stuff up as they always do. I would definitely like to see her running, but being a president is a consuming job if taken seriously. And i totally understand why she wouldn't want to take the job. I wouldn't want that job if i could just live comfortably instead without being in under constant pressure and every move being under a microscope. That sounds like hell to me.
2039  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A victory for Bitcoin on: March 29, 2023, 08:33:44 PM
Coinbase's former CTO Balaji Srinivasan's prediction about bitcoin price is not realistic for most people(1 btc=1 million USD). Some consider such activities as a tactic for his personal campaign. Some others consider as a reflection of his long-held views on Bitcoin. However, it is easy to imagine Srinivasan's bold prediction of 1 million in 90 days made a big impact on the Bitcoin market. In my opinion, it is not important how much Bitcoin can increase in value in 90 days because people who believe in Bitcoin do not invest in it for a short period. Srinivasan's prediction has shown that Bitcoin is likely to reach new heights. Coinbase's former CTO Balaji Srinivasan should be respectful of his recent thought of bitcoin.

Although Srinivasan's recent prediction may seem absurd to some, it is actually a very reliable prediction in the long term. He made this prediction based on the US banking system and hyperinflation, which makes it difficult to dismiss.
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Then why did he make short term prediction? I can see why many people would see 1 btc in $1M some day but predicting such a move in 90 days is just beyond delusional and can only hurt his credibility.
However i remain skeptical of that $1M target because if there's not going to be some new method for free energy, bitcoin in $1M most likely would need insane hash power and since govenrnments have been worried about the energy consumption in $50k, then think how much heat bitcoin would get in $1M.
2040  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Reasons why I might consider selling my Bitcoin. on: March 29, 2023, 08:17:41 PM
All valid points, and most of them are reasons why i have sold my bitcoins. We have free healthcare but especially loss of source of income has been good enough reason for me to sell some.
It stings a bit to sell some but as there were really no other options i sold some. And instead of feeling bad, i considered myself lucky and blessed that i had something to sell and keep the roof over my head and i could still have enough money to buy clothes and eat healthy. Some people could say i would be rich if i didn't sell, but also i might be just a worst dad ever not providing my kids when times were not that good and i actually had something to give from.

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I'm not sure something like that could happen, and even if it happened, I don't see a reason to sell Bitcoin, because you can still store, buy, sell without getting noticed by the governments. Some countries have already banned Bitcoin, like China, Morocco, and Egypt. However, a good portion of the citizens of these countries are still using Bitcoin. What makes me worry about this situation is that if you lose your coins in a theft process in your country, you can't file a claim to restore it.
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But can you use btc in china? They have highly effective surveillance system in everywhere and social credit system keeping citizens obeying. It would be highly risky to use bitcoin in there especially when you know how harsh the punishments are.
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