I'm thinking the same as well, but come to think about it. The battle for a playoff or even play-in spot in the Western Conference is very tight and with lots of players being added to the West, it will be a survival to the fittest.

Lakers are now in the 13th spot, but they are only 3 games below the 10th spot, and only 5 games below the 4th spot. Just think about it. The Lakers' roster became better obviously, and what if they are on a winning streak let's just say after the all-star break? A mere 5 game winning streak will put them in the playoff spot for sure, but more is better. With this upgraded Lakers roster, I expect more wins from them, but with a healthy James and/or AD.

It may sound funny, but between the 2 teams that you said, the Lakers is the winner (for me and let me explain).

Suns roster might be upgraded on paper yes, but look at their depth. Look at their bench players. Who do you think can step up if one or worse 2 of their 4 all-star players get injured. Who do you think will step up if they are off the court? Shamet? Okogie? Payne? I don't think so and this is the problem of the Suns. They might got 4 all-star players, but their depth is for me one of the worse right now because they don't have good role players that can step up. They traded Cam Johnson already which is a good role player for the team.

As for the Lakers. They have a good starting five and at the same time a good bench players. They have Bamba and Gabriel as their bench big. They also have Vanderbilt, Hachimura and Brown Jr. as their wing players. They also got Russel and Schroder as their guards and of course, they got Lebron and AD. If Lebron and AD got injured or will not play, they still have tools like Russell who is shooting better this year, Schroder who can be their point guard, Hachimura, Walker IV and Reaves for three-point shooting.

Overall, the Lakers are a more balanced team right now thus, I see them a winner over the Suns. Don't get me wrong though as we have our own opinion.

People get curious about gambling and they try it.
Got a few wins and they got addicted into it already.
They're willing to spend time and money just to do what they want to do and in this case, it's gambling.
They lost and instead of them stopping, they will find a way to have money to be used in gambling.
The cycle keeps on and on and on.

An addicted gambler will not have any savings at all. I don't want to generalize on this one since there I believe there are still some gamblers out there that still has savings even though they are gambling, but for most of the gamblers, they are willing to spend everything including their savings just to continue gambling.

This is what happens if a gambler doesn't have self-control. They can't control their urge of gambling and because of that, they will spend every cent that they have and that's the reason why they don't have any savings at all. Addicted gamblers don't save, but they gamble. One thing also is that, don't specify your country because it doesn't only happen in your country, but all over the world.

Gemini, Celsius, NEXO. One of the remove the feature, one of them turn out to be a fraud and another one is going to be as well.
I don't know if there are some more, but these are the companies who are offering huge APY's to the investors who choose to put their money into their platform while doing nothing.

APY's especially those who are giving a huge APY's to investors really is attractive. TBH, I was attracted to it as well, but fortunately I didn't ever try this one because I always think "Where are they getting those funds that they are paying to the investors?"

As much as possible, stay away from projects that are giving high yield to investors. Staking is much safer than these ones, but even those has risks as well. Staking those altcoins at the top give you lower APY than those on CeFi platforms, but it's safer than those.

TBH, I can't think of a reason why somebody must connect religions, churches into Bitcoin.
I can't find any churches that are promoting any crypto project at all. I don't know if religions promoting Bitcoin will be good or bad, but I don't think that they will promote it at all. I mean if they can't benefit from it then they will not do it and besides, not all of the churches know or has been engaged into Bitcoin or crypto in general.

Well, you are thinking of telling to these savers to just invest their money into Bitcoin instead of saving it to banks right?
I can't blame those who wants to save their money into banks because maybe they are lacking of financial literacy thus, they grow up with a mindset of "Save all of the money into our banks".

Another one is there are some savers who can't take the risk of investing into Bitcoin. Do you expect that all of these savers can take the risk of holding an asset that goes up massively, but goes down massively? Do you expect that they will just be ok when they see their investment or in this case savings' account going down because of volatility? I don't think so. After all, there are some factors whether you will invest your money into Bitcoin, or to just let it save in banks. Those elders who are saving money into a bank can't take the risk of taking out their money from banks and put it into Bitcoin.

Kaya inuuna ko na yung Constitution ko tapos mag iipon ako ng life elixir para sa Azureum paunti unti habang nag cracraft ng mga Epic Gears. Naipon na yung mga Epic Horn at Leather ko sa storage dahil nakafocus ako sa Constitution. Buti sa ngayon 60 at 59 na ako jan sa Physical Def at Special Def at pagkatapos nun, ung HP at MP naman isusunod ko para matapos na. Bumibilli ako ng mga halaman sa market na. Masiadong time consuming if iaasa mo lang sa pagdadamo yung pang upgrade mo. Mas pipiliin ko pang mag-afk grind kaysa magdamo.

Yes yes di talaga maiiwasan. Hindi rin parang mas malakas ka pa rin sa akin. May legendary pet lang ako pero kulang ako sa codex at gears pa.

Kahapon lang may bumili ng NFT na kalaban namin na level 133 at nasa around 210k ang PS. Walang name pero panigurado galing sa mga Thai yun na kalaban namin. Nabili niya ng 1,000 WEMIX (i-compute nyo na lang ). Nag eexpect pa kami na maraming NFT ang pupunta sa 182 para kalabanin kami lalo na ngayon na karamihan sa mga high PS rin namin ay lumipad pa 162 para tumulong at dun na rin mag castle siege.

Bilhin mo na lang gamit ang gold. Para sa akin hindi sulit yung paghahalaman ng matagal.

Ganito na lang gawin mo. Craft ka ng rare na herbs. If may maging tradable, ibenta mo sa market. Yung magpapabentahan mo yun ang ibili mo ulit ng halaman tapos repeat lang ang cycle. Yung untradable na herbs, gamitin mo pang craft into Epic at yung Rare ibenta. Ganun din sa mga Epic na halaman. Craft ka ng Epic na halaman. If may tradable, ibenta mo if may untradable gamitin mo pang upgrade sa constitution mo.

Mas matagal kang makakapag upgrade sa ganitong paraan pero at least may gold kang gagamitin kung saan mo gusto.

No surprise for me at all.
He isn't fit for the whole Warriors team, and he doesn't fit to how the Warriors are playing right now. Like you said, he doesn't fit to the current system of the Warriors and that's true and that's why he's playing most of the time in the G-league affiliate of the Warriors instead of him playing in the NBA. A good thing that they traded him away.

Hell yeah!!!! As a Warriors fan, I'm happy that they got GPII again. I mean the crowd likes him because of his hustle on the court and his great defensive skills. Now that they got him again, at least there will be an upgrade with their defense because they are currently at the 18th spot.

After spitting some sh*t about the Rockets in one of the podcasts and how bad the culture is, John Wall just came back and playing with them as well. I don't know, but after his contract, his career will be over. He will be like Kemba Walker who is performing very well in one season and because of injuries, their career got ruined and ended. It will be the same thing with John Wall. He can't redeem himself when he's in Clippers. He's a liability to the team.

I'm quite surprised that after having a good season, they still traded Thomas Bryant. Mo Bamba is once the starting center of the Magic, but after having Wendell Carter Jr. they put him as a reserved big and then traded. I want Thomas Bryant to be the starting center of the Magic TBH because of how he played in the Lakers. Pat Bev to Magic? I remember he said something regarding him and D'Angelo Russell being with the same team again. Just days after he said that, he got traded as well. Funny thing.

Anyways, for the complete list of the trades that happened this season, you can see it here:
https://therookiewire.usatoday.com/lists/2023-nba-trade-deadline-tracker-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving/

I'm not familiar with this project until I read your thread. Did a quick research on what happened, and maybe you are telling about this incident.
https://medium.com/allianceblock/allianceblock-issues-statement-in-response-to-bonqdao-hack-6510a61fcf5c

Diversification towards different projects (if you are focusing on crypto) is a good approach especially when you are just new to investing in crypto.

Being an altcoin investor is more risky compare to just invest purely into Bitcoin. It has a higher risk, but has a higher reward. As for me, whenever I'm investing into altcoins, I'd rather invest into the top altcoins in terms of market cap, but even that, I'm still doing research because we've seen top altcoins went bankrupt or a fraud project or a scam project. Diversifying towards different crypto coins is better, but diversifying towards different assets is for me the best approach.

I personally am not a fan of new projects though I know that there are some projects that are becoming successful. I'd rather take the safer approach which is to just invest into altcoins that has been there for a long time.

There isn't an accurate answer for that because it depends on you.
You can sell it when it surpasses the $69,000 ATH. You can also sell whenever it reaches the target you once set. You can also do dollar cost averaging, but this time in selling like sell a portion when it reaches this price, and then sell again when it goes higher again.

Saw the 2017-2018 thing where 2017 was the year the crypto are in a bull run, and 2018 was a year of hell. Same thing with 2021-2022, I also didn't sell or took any profits (which is kind of what makes me disappointed because I can still buy in the bear market). I learned from it and will sell when the bull market starts.

If the 4-year cycle will happen again, we might see 2025 as the year where Bitcoin's price will rise up significantly until it goes to a bear market again in 2026.
2024 is the halving, but Bitcoin's price doesn't rise up immediately. It will take months before it happens.

As for your question "Can this be predicted", it can be predicted, but take note that there is a 50% chance that you're prediction might be true or not. I'm not a TA guy, but even those people who are expert in TA can't give you an answer for that because there is no specific time that is considered "good" when you are selling. It all depends to you if you're ok with it. Set some targets, don't ask here and follow that strategy of yours.

Loss of self-control and financial problems.

I believe that most of the gamblers are experiencing this disorder as most of them can't control their urge to gamble even more even though they lost a huge amount already. There are some gamblers out there who can't control themselves thus, they gamble more and more that it affects other people already and at the same time, it affects their mind as well. There are some gamblers though that can control themselves and they can stop whenever they wanted to.

Compulsive gambling is a serious disorder for gamblers and if you are having this, the best thing to get rid is either reach out to an expert or go to a place where there are no physical casinos or if they are gambling online, maybe at least don't let them use smartphone and observe them. As for me, fortunately I know when to stop whenever I'm gambling so I didn't experience this, and I hope I will not.

Like I said earlier, the doors for the Suns towards a title is closing down that's why they pursued this trade and the good thing here is, they didn't gave any of their core players. Traded Bridges, Cam Johnson, Crowder and 4 draft picks to get KD. It's a huge win for the Suns with this one and with that, the Nets might now go to a rebuilding state again.

The Suns have 3 years to get a title. KD has 3 years left to his contract, CP3 is 37 years old already and Ayton? He might change after this one and be the same Ayton that we've seen during their playoff run. Booker is still Booker. The Suns are now a super team right now.

The problem with the Suns is injuries. Booker, CP3 and KD are injury prone. Is there any player with the team that can step up offensively if the worst thing happen and 2 of them are injured? I don't see anybody.

KD and Booker? A perfect duo.

Both might be ball dominant players, and a score first players, but I believe there will be an adjustments that will be made just to make this super team to happen. The injuries really is the problem with the Suns right now. Yes they are a super team with 4 all-stars, but they're brittle. Brittle enough to ruin the team if 2 of these 4 will be benched for a long time because of injuries. Overall, let's see how this goes and things will not go the way they want, they will trade CP3 and probably Ayton next off-season.

Nope they still are a farm team, and 2 wins can't change that fact.
They've traded most of their top picks in the past for some role players, and the trend will still continue because... they are a farm team.

2 independent farm teams fought in the first game. It's good that both of the imports scored 50+ points which is kind of surprising because in these past games, we've seen imports like Hudson, Franklin, Selden and Brownlee and now the 2 Williams having high points. This might have a domino effect for other imports thus, they might think that they might do better offensively as well.

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On the other hand, the 2nd game is a low scoring game, but still the SMB have a perfect record with 5-0. 4 of their 6 remaining games are against the top teams right now like Ginebra, Converge (which is their next opponent), NLEX and TNT.

I have savings, but I can't consider it as untouchable savings because I can use that savings if there is a certain thing that I need to buy, or if there is an emergency where I need some funds to pay the bills. I can't considered it as an untouchable savings, but just a simple "emergency fund".

Your experience is something that I didn't experience when I was studying. I didn't deprive myself from foods or anything because I need it because if you are suffering from hunger, your way of thinking and your whole body will get affected. What I'm not doing at that time is spending my money into things that I don't need. At that time, I can still save money from what I'm doing, but for sure it wasn't the same as yours. Overall, your way of thinking isn't normal for a student because most of the students now are having this "YOLO" mindset where they will just spend and spend without thinking their future.

Depriving myself is something that I will not do especially when it comes to necessities. I mean you can deprive yourself from entertainment or pleasure, but from the things that we need. Currently, I always hold myself from spending to the things that I don't need because I need money to buy something that I need.

It all comes to discipline.

If you are always thinking of you're holdings, you will feel that 3 months = 3 years. If you always think of the possible profits that you can get in holding Bitcoin, you will feel that 5 days = 5 years. You get my point. I guess the owner of that address just forgot that he got that amount of Bitcoins, and I don't know if we can consider him as lucky because he still got the private keys after more than a decade, or he really kept the keys for a reason.

How long can I hold? 5 years is the minimum, but I can still hold it even longer when needed. I mean I know that past performance doesn't mean it will happen in the future, but I believe it will and if that happens, all Bitcoin holders will be happy.

Some are paying and some are not.

There are factors that can be considered whenever you are joining in a bounty. TBH, bounty campaigns right now isn't as profitable as it was years ago (base on my experience) and most of the bounty campaigns right now aren't paying the bounty hunters.

There are some bounty campaigns that pays their token to the hunters, but the question is "Will that token that they paid to you have value?". Most of the tokens that I got from bounty campaign when I'm still joining it didn't have any value at all. Yes they paid me, but the token is useless since it doesn't have any value at all.

You're question is quite general in anyway. There are some bounty campaigns that are paying but even so, you getting money from it isn't a guarantee because most of the tokens might not have any value at all.

Some might saw it already, but I'll share my opinion with this 3 team trade deal.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lakers-trade-russell-westbrook-blockbuster-3-team-deal-reports

All of the 3 teams are winners on this one because the players that they've got will have an effect on the team that they will be playing now. Well, at least that's what I saw in this one.

Utah Jazz - The roster is composed of young players like Clarkson, Sexton, Markkanen, THT. They have lots of scorers and adding Westbrook which is a past-first player will be a big help for the team because he can just pass the ball to these scorers. Add also JTA and Damian Jones for defensive purposes.
Los Angeles Lakers - The Lakers are in need of a point guard that can also score and Russell is the good pick for this one since he's fit for the team. It's a re-unite after him being traded. After the acquisition of Hachimura, they also added Jarred Vanderbilt which is a very good defender as well. Beasley on the other hand is a streaky three-point shooter.
Minnesota Timberwolves - Of all the three, they are the ones that I see the players that they got will have a less impact within the team. A veteran Conley might still be helpful with the team because he's a reliable point guard and his experience might help the team, the age though is a problem at least.

Priorities. Build a plan base on your priorities.

You said that you're a student then prioritize your studies. Prioritize going to school. Prioritize your needs for your school. Prioritize your school requirements. Don't stress yourself out because of money or saving in this case because for me, getting a degree and getting a job after studying is a better thing to do than stressing yourself out because of money. If you can get a good job, money will come to you then that's the time that you will think about it.

When I was a student, I didn't think about investing, but I focused on my studies. Studied hard and fortunately, graduated from college. After that, that's the time where I thought about money. I saved money at the start because that's what the older people taught to us, but as I studied investing, I realize that I'm wrong. Not wrong literally, but I was wrong that I saved all of my money in a bank account. Cut the story short, I still save money until now, but that's money is my emergency funds only. There's nothing wrong with saving as long as you are doing it for emergency funds.

Focus on your priorities first. You're a student so focus on studies first. After graduating, get a job then put a portion of your salary in investment and put a portion of it in emergency funds. Save money for emergency funds only, and don't save for the sake of saving (well at least that's how I think).

Can't blame though because after all, this kind of event happens only once in a blue moon. We see it as an unfortunate loss, but what if the Lakers are at the top right now? Do we see the same thing. Come to think of it. When will be the next time that we will see a player breaking Lebron's scoring record?

It's very unfortunate that the Lakers dropped their defense, and let their opponents score 133 points, but to see this once-in-a-lifetime event is more than a win already and for sure the Lakers will understand it. I'm not a Lakers fan, but for sure, Laker nation are happy with the history that they saw and they don't care about the loss they got tonight.

Let's watch the full interview of Lebron James after getting the scoring record. It's a good interview (at least for me).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wre18rbgqCQ

Why did they scheduled these 2 matches on weekdays?
These 2 games that we witnessed right now are very good and close games that audiences for sure will feel the excitement as they watch their favorite teams competing.

2 imports stepped up in a close match. 56 point 12 rebound game for Hudson while a near triple double 47-14-7 for Franklin. These 2 imports are great imports and if they will continue to play like this, there is a high chance that both of them might return and play to PBA again in the future. Congratulations to TNT as they give Converge their first loss of the conference.

Anyway, both NLEX and Converge who don't have any losses are now with 1 loss each. Only SMB is the team that doesn't have a loss right now, and their next game will be against a 3-1 Meralco Bolts. Congratulations to all winners.

From his first shot way back to 2003, to being the youngest player to get 10,000 points, to youngest to get 20,000 points, to youngest to get 30,000 points and now the record that most of the people see as a record that's impossible to be broken has been done by the kid from Akron, Ohio. The kid who wants to be a pass-first guy, broke the scoring record that's been unbreakable for nearly 4 decades

He's just amazing. I have nothing to say and I'm literally crying and at the same time, happy with what he achieved. Whether you are a fan of Lebron or a hater of Lebron, maybe you are happy with what he achieved. From his former teammates, to popular celebrities, to even President Biden. They are all congratulating him for what he achieved in his 20-year NBA journey.

Now that the history has been made and we've seen Lebron James beating Kareem's record that he held for nearly 4 decades, the question right now that comes to my mind is "Can he reached 40,000 points?" I mean it just came out of my mind and he still have one and a half season on his contract so there might be a chance that he can reach that milestone unless, he will lay-low in his future games.

Anyway, I'm still amazed on what he achieved. I'm not a big fan of Lebron, but to see him being the new all-time scoring leader aside to the fact that he is also at the top 5 in assists all-time is just something that nobody can break. TBH, I don't know if there is somebody that can break Lebron's record in the next decade or two unless there will be a massive change in terms of offense.

There is no gray in area in spreading FUD's. It's all black area therefore, it is unethical.
I mean is there a time where spreading a FUD became ethical?

FUD itself is considered unethical, but for me, FUD's is a good thing especially when that FUD really has a great effect on the price of every cryptocurrencies. FUD's = opportunity for us here while for some, FUD is something that they hate.

Overall, people see FUD's differently. There are times that they see it as an ethical way for some reasons and there are some like me who are not. After all, spreading FUD's to the public is a perfect way for the market to be shaken. FUD's for me is a way to remove the weak hands.