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2161  Other / Archival / Re: [REQUEST] Do something with the HYIPs section on: February 21, 2023, 09:46:24 AM
The fact that Russian local is the only one with a special board just for HYIP scams always baffled me. I mean, who would want to have something like that in your local board that produces nothing but spam and and add absolutely no value? Imho, that cesspool should be closed and all those who want to promote that crap can do it in Investor-based games board where that stuff is usually shared.

Is there some post in your local board that explains the reasoning behind creating board just for that? Were other boards spammed with this so it was the way to contain them in one place or something along those lines?
2162  Local / Off-topic (Hrvatski) / Re: Kutak za kulturni trenutak (filmovi, serije, knjige etc) on: February 21, 2023, 09:22:11 AM

Jel imaš još kakvih preporuka? Ono što trenutno imam na listi su Molly's Game, Rounders, Ocean's 11 i The Hustler iz 1961.
Ja bi jos dodao na listu California Split (1974), The Color of Money (1986), Croupier (1998), The Cooler (2003), Mississippi Grind (2015) i na kraju za malo zajebancije sa ekipom Chevy Chase klasik Cheesy Vegas Vacation (1997). Mozete i dodati Casino (1995) koji je odlican film ali tom filmu je casino samo setting a ne toliko tema.
2163  Other / Meta / Re: Newbie account got a username change ! First one in my eyes on: February 21, 2023, 08:49:35 AM
He didn't submit a preferred username to thymos; he simply stated that he would be fine with any random username as long as his real name was removed, and the admin fixed that up with some random letters, which I'm sure in the next 2-3 years when he becomes a more established member, he will request a name change because this is not something anyone can pronounce or remember while quoting.
He didn't exactly say that he would be fine with any random letters as he even gave a suggestion so they could have changed it to that rather than this "mxfwzzwizqbz" due the reason you mentioned in your post.


I don't care what you guys change it to, you can change it to Michael23913 or something like that but please I just want to remove my last name from my account. I don't want my full name on this thing lmao
2164  Local / Off-topic (Hrvatski) / Re: Kutak za kulturni trenutak (filmovi, serije, knjige etc) on: February 21, 2023, 08:40:50 AM
Meni je ovo bilo prestresno za gledat Grin odgledao prvih pol sata i rekao ne mogu. Odlično je odglumio though.
Vise frendova je tako stalo nakon nekog vremena jer nisu mogli podnijeti brz tempo, dernjavu i sav taj kaos tako da me ne iznenadjuje da ni ti nisi odgledao do kraja. Meni je isto trebalo neko vrijeme da se prilagodim jer nisam ocekivao tako nesto ali nakon tog pocetnog perioda film me skroz uvukao jer sam shvatio da je takav pristup zapravo odlican da se prikaze unutrasnji i vanjski kaos u zivotu jednog kompulzivnog kockara. Uglavnom, film je takva adrenalinska bomba da mi je trebalo neko vrijeme da se skuliram nakon sto sam ga odgledao po prvi put.

Mozda da das jos jednu sansu? Tako sam ja svojevremeno prekinuo jos jedan Sandlerov, Punch-Drunk Love u kojem PTA koristi izuzetno naporne zvukove svaki put kad je glavni lik nervozan sto mi je strasno islo na zivce pa sam tek kasnije probao ponovo.
2165  Local / Off-topic (Hrvatski) / Re: Kutak za kulturni trenutak (filmovi, serije, knjige etc) on: February 21, 2023, 08:07:32 AM
Vecinu proslog tjedna sam proveo gledajuci The Vietnam War. 10 epizoda i preko 16 sati materijala cine ovo najdetaljniji dox o vijetnamskom ratu. Ide se bas u detalje, od sredine 19 stoljeca i francuske okupacije pa do perioda nakon rata. Ima tu hrpa tajnih snimaka razgovora americkih predsjednika i njihovih savjetnika, dosta nikad prije vidjenih video snimaka te ono sto mi je bilo posebno zanimljivo svjedocanstava vojnika s obje strane sukoba. Uglavnom, koga zanima tematika mislim da nece naci nista bolje od ovoga.


Uncut Gems
Nisam planirao tako brzo ponoviti gledanje s obzirom da je film vani tek par godina, ali iz nekog razloga me povuklo da opet gledam ovaj cirkus. Uglavnom, pratimo Adama Sandlera u ulozi karijere kao degenericnog kockara. Film je intenzivan, brzog tempa i dosta kaotican tako da nece svima sjesti takav pristup (a meni je bas zato ovaj film vrhunski) ali je vrijedan barem dati mu sansu. Mislim da sam pogledao sve relevantne filmove na temu kocke ali ovaj mi je najbolji.
2166  Other / Meta / Re: Newbie account got a username change ! First one in my eyes on: February 21, 2023, 07:17:13 AM
I definitely didn't see that coming but congrats to him. He could have at least chose a "normal" username instead what it looks like a bunch of random letters. Maybe he thought that he will be more anonymous that way.  Cheesy
2167  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: What is your profit taking strategy? on: February 20, 2023, 05:17:07 PM
I used to have (or at least I thought that I had) a profit staking strategy but then I realized that every time bitcoin would reach my set price, I would sell only a small portion of what I initially planned and just kept hodling the rest while waiting for another bull run. So far this tactic worked great and I have way more bitcoin that I thought I would several years ago.

With that being said, I do spend bitcoin on the regular basis on everyday stuff (monthly sub for VPN, IPTV, Netflix, Disney etc - some are done directly with bitcoin and some via crypto debit card) and I try to time big expenses when (house renovation, new car etc) I think that bitcoin price is high enough.
2168  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 Oscar Awards betting and discussions on: February 20, 2023, 04:40:34 PM
I can see cinematography going to AQOTWF because that really has some great ones, there is no doubt about that and I would give them that. But the best movie? Really? I do not think that it was the best movie at all, I do not think that it was even in the top two for me, hell probably top three.
If you don't think that All Quiet on the Western Front wouldn't be a worthy winner, what would you say about the last year's winner CODA (an average remake of an already average french movie made few years earlier)? Even better, take a look at the last 10-15 winners and name me a few that will be remembered in a few decades as great movies? Just to add that its not the best movie of the last year for me neither, but it wouldn't be undeserved if it wins in the end as we had far worse movies winning in the past.


In any case, just because a movie won the BAFTA, doesn't mean they are getting the Oscars, I think that is as irrelevant as it could get.
Of course it doesn't and I don't think that anyone said that. All it does is affects the odds slightly and that's about it.
2169  Other / Meta / Re: Why not force bounties off site? on: February 20, 2023, 03:14:41 PM

This whole post is utterly useless. And there are millions of them!
I might be wrong here, but I think those "proof of authentication" post are seen as similar to the signature campaign applications so that might be the reason why they don't get deleted even if you report them. And I don't think that bounty hunters get any tokens in exchange for writing them so it can't be seen as breaking the rule about incentivizing posting.


Insisting on useless bounty reports posts, they actually stimulate further spam. and I'm almost sure that none of the managers checks every report and every link posted.
Imho, the main reason why bounty managers still stick to bounty reports inside bounty topics instead doing it via Google form is because that way their bounty campaign gets bumped to the topic, making it visible to other bounty hunters. I mean, that seems like the only logical reason to still insist on them because Google form makes way more sense if you want to make your job as easy as possible.


The main problem why it's spam because there's no limit for the participants, maybe in the future theymos would add restrictions to force at least Member rank to join or have specific maximum participants.
Not gonna happen as theymos is not a fan of any type of newbie jail. After all, why should forum staff even have to deal with that, it should be bounty manager's job to sort it out.
2170  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Will it be considered as Ponzi (Strange Bank) on: February 20, 2023, 09:53:57 AM
Okay thank you for the hint, I never knew how to become a DT member though I was thinking is due to your availability and activeness on the forum or that automatically makes one a DT member. I think I have got an insight of how it works now.
In that case I think that you might wanna read LoyceV's Beginners guide to correct use of the Trust system so you have a full understanding on how it works before you start sharing feedbacks and adding/removing people on your Trust list.
2171  Other / Meta / Re: Report plagiarism (copy/paste) here. Mods: please give temp or permban as needed on: February 20, 2023, 09:51:26 AM
I use the Grammerly app, which I installed on my PC and use for research and writing; it helps me suggest possible sentence corrections, comma punctuation marks, and all that.

I want to know if this kind of correction is considered AI generated.
Open to learning and also taking corrections thanks.
Grammarly is used to correct the grammar mistakes in the text written by yourself, you don't have to worry that you will be accused of plagiarism. On the other hand, chatbots like ChatGPT write texts by themselves so in that case it may be considered plagiarism if you try to pass it as your own.
2172  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Will it be considered as Ponzi (Strange Bank) on: February 20, 2023, 09:19:40 AM
Well I would have done that but due to I am not a DT member I can't just give tag. So if there's anything that needs to be tag I will request those DT members to tag them.
Just because you are not on DT yet doesn't mean that you shouldn't leave feedback. The only way to end up there is by DT member adding you on his Trust list and that won't happen until you start leaving feedbacks. So, if you think that someone is scammer, leave appropriate feedback.


The returns is obviously noticable, how can a project offers promise to offer 10k return of investment how does it sound to your hearing. Legit or fake?
They offer return in their tokens (and they can mint those as much as needed) not in other currency that they don't control. Whether those kind of shitcoins can have any value is another question, to which answer is quite obvious.
2173  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 Oscar Awards betting and discussions on: February 20, 2023, 08:23:01 AM
I am quite certain that there will be leaks of information and it will show another change in the odds. If All Quiet has another reduction of odds, we can speculate that the Hollywood agenda is presently an antiwar agenda hehehe.
Since you keep speculating that Hollywood might push anti-war agenda this year, did you bet on All Quiet yet before odds go more down? Btw, its interesting to see that Everything Everywhere All at Once won only 1 BAFTA so I am glad that Brits (like me) weren't impressed with that movie. Cheesy


All quiet on the Western Front is one of a kind.
Its hardly one of a kind since there's at least two earlier versions of the same movie.

2174  Economy / Exchanges / Re: [Updated] FTX on: February 20, 2023, 08:07:40 AM
@Rikafip. There might be a twist in the ending of this movie if Sam Bankrupt-Fraud's backers remain in support of him. It might become Sam being the witness against those who have already pleaded guilty because the backers cannot allow Sam to be the person on trial because if he pressured enough, he might begin talking and become a whistleblower on a much bigger conspiracy that might include people from the Democratic party, moneylaundering and the war in Ukraine.
If there is a much bigger conspiracy and if those involved are afraid of him talking, he will be dealt with in the same way Epstein was as that's the only way to be absolutely sure he will keep quiet. So no, I don't believe  in that scenario in which SBF testifies against those who already pleaded guilty and have deals with prosecution not to go to jail if they cooperate.



Edit: some good news coming for FTX Japan users as allegedly they will be able to start withdrawing their money by the end of this month.

According to a Feb. 17 report from Bloomberg, FTX Japan sent out notifications asking users to verify their account balances as part of the process to begin allowing withdrawals. Seth Melamed, chief operating officer of the exchange, reportedly said users could transfer assets to accounts on the FTX-owned Liquid Global platform, with withdrawals expected to begin “very soon.”

News outlet NHK reported that FTX Japan had roughly 19.6 billion yen in cash — more than $138 million at the time — when it ceased operations in November
2175  Other / Meta / Re: Can I pleaaaseeee change my name on: February 20, 2023, 07:58:00 AM
Since you created that account yesterday, wouldn't it be easier to just abandon it and create a new one instead? Its not like you put much effort into it so you would lose something.
2176  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 Oscar Awards betting and discussions on: February 19, 2023, 10:14:52 PM
Winners of BAFTA awards have been announced tonight and it will be interesting to see whether that affects the Oscar odds, especially for "All Quiet On The Western Front" that managed to scoop 7 awards. I'll mention winners of the few most important awards only and you can find the rest in this article.

Best film: "All Quiet On The Western Front"
Leading actor: Austin Butler for "Elvis"
Leading actress: Cate Blanchett for "Tar"
Director: Edward Berger for "All Quiet On The Western Front"
Original Screenplay: "The Banshees Of Inisherin" by Martin Mcdonagh
Cinematography: "All Quiet On The Western Front"

2177  Other / Meta / Re: Why not force bounties off site? on: February 19, 2023, 02:13:48 PM
If you want to know why bounties are tolerated on the forum, you might wanna read the theymos take on the subject and why its very unlikely that they gonna be removed any time soon. Introduction of merit system stopped those spammers from ever reaching higher ranks and I think that theymos is satisfied with that.

The things on the forum which encourage spam are allowed mainly because it's part of the forum's mission to be as free as possible. Eg. banning bounties would undoubtedly reduce spam, but that'd be destroying an entire economy/population/culture which has been able to develop due to the forum's freedom. I am willing to take this sort of action, but only as an absolute last resort. It's always preferable to handle these problems by reshaping the environment to make them non-problems, rather than removing some freedom.


I think bounties are the biggest problem the forum faces and we are not doing enough about it.
If that's the biggest problem that means bitcointalk doesn't have serious problems at all.

2178  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Will it be considered as Ponzi (Strange Bank) on: February 19, 2023, 11:30:40 AM
This looks to me like another version of those DeFi projects that offered crazy high APY.

The key thing here is that they guarantee 10,000x return in their own shitcoin (and not dollars or bitcoin) that they can mint as much as possible, so in the end you may get return as advertised. The only problem here is that those shitcoins will be of course worthless.

2179  Other / Meta / Re: The curious case of sticky topics created by authors with negative Trust on: February 19, 2023, 10:20:22 AM
The creation of special account is to avoid of having negative feedback since it will only be used for such purpose since the main issue here is the account/s of having negative trusts/tag because mods even admins can be tagged, like who knows they are not inevitable from that.
Let's say one of the forum staff creates an account for that specific purpose and at some point in time he gets tagged for something (on his main account). Since this new account is connected with his main one, it will automatically get tagged as well. Therefore, creating new account just for that makes no sense to me and its unnecessary complication.
In the end, you can't 100% prevent an account getting negative feedback due way trust system works.
2180  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bahrainian Hotel accepts bitcoin Payment on: February 19, 2023, 09:47:20 AM
This is good for adoption but there's one downside; the users must create Binance accounts if they haven't already. So if you have your BTC in your Electrum wallet, for instance, you can't pay and you must first transfer them to your Binance account.
That's quite a big downside if you ask me and one of the worst crypto payment implementations I've seen lately. I thought that Binance is there just to exchange crypto to fiat and not to be an actual requirement in order to pay with crypto.
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