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Seems like a good partnership and something that aligns well with the general dynamics of the gambling industry and market. It is the moment to seek strategic partners that can bring something to the table that creates effective synergies and deliver a better customer value and experience to generate more traction on the prospective market and create a good playfield for all.
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Barcelona - Sevilla is going to be an important game for both teams. Because it can be the decider for the second place in the standings according to the result of it. Barcelona are having a great time in the La Liga currently and they are a very serious threat to Sevilla now. Sevilla are the opposite of them these days as they lost many points. They are very likely to end the season at the third place the most. And if they lose this game, Barcelona will leave them behind already now. And I believe that Barcelona will win that game too.
The match will be a tight duel between the teams in second and third place on the Laliga table. Because of their recent form, I predict Barcelona to win the match. Although Sevilla is a great and competitive club, I don't believe they will be able to defeat Barcelona. I know they will slip to third place with the same points, but anything can happen in football, so let's wait and see. Certainly the best game around, it is so good that I could almost see it even without betting  . On regards to the winner, I think that, with the level both teams are showing lately and the quality of the teams, we are in one of those cases that nearly any result is possible. If I had to give a winner, it would be Sevilla, because it is quite proficient in defence and can deal a blow unexpectedly at any moment. |
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The computer can calculate every possible move, its a brute force tactic. I'm glad they can detect and remove people who use that kind of assistance, its really pathetic. It wont be that rare among the general population because some people will aim to cheat at just about any game they possibly can but actual proper chess players I would hope not as would you ever really improve.
Sadly I did hear of a top player recently caught using a computer while taking a rest room break, I'll look for the link
Chess Grandmaster Admits to Cheating by Using Smartphone in Bathroom StallThis incident happened few years back, and in this case Igors Rausis admitted of using smartphone in bathroom during a tournament. He's the oldest player in the top 100 list of chess players. The chess federation also confirmed the act of computer assisted cheating. I'm sure that the news that he is cheating have shocked the other players on the said tournament especially for those who are believing in him or for those who have been defeated by Igors Rausis. Anyway, it seems that it is not the first time he cheated while using a bathroom break, I mean he could've cheated already before he was caught. It is very sad when someone who should be a respectable figure on a honest and respectable sport with a great tradition of fierce but pacific rivalry takes advantage of the rules to cheat. It is very sad particularly to any rival that is actually dedicating all the time and dedication needed to become better and has to face a cheater. Perhaps the problem with chess is that computers are better than most humans and they are about to catch the grand masters. Eventually, nobody doubts that humans will loose. |
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One of the big moves we see right now is more and more celebraties to work together with casinos and promote them. This trend will likely grow more and more thus year. For me it's a good way for advertising in today's time. ...
That is absolutely true, the new media - which is no longer that new anyway - offers a chance to use influencers of all spheres to promote the gaming and use their clout to provide some reputational coverage to the sites. Beyond that, I wonder if the industry could also use the capability of internet to actually offer the chance to gamer of having some interaction with the influencers and gain more acceptance with it. |
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I know of two people that opened multiple betting accounts but their interest was not exactly having multi-accounts to play but to try to arbitrage spreads when they could find a game or a bet that had a very tiny spread or even a "sure bet" by betting opposites in both houses. These multi-accounts tend to last only a few months because the betting houses tend to catch and ban the creators.
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the main problem is that it does NOT take a year, it takes many years of research, investment (which will be lacking in Putin's Russia) and formation. If you are interested, you should learn more about the modern oil industry. The companies that finance that for VP and the companies that know how to undertake the CAPEX and OPEX operations will not be there for him either.
Unfortunately it takes a long time to build any energy source. You want wind turbines? Takes a long time to manufacture it and put it in the right place and let it start earning you money, you want solar? You have to get them and install them and let them start working. ... What are you talking about bruh... you do not seem to have a clue about the costs, timeframes and investment requirements of the different types of energies. Solar can be installed by any decent sparky starting a 2000 USD, a wind turbine and generator of a mid size can be installed in a couple of months starting at around 200k. The installations to extract petroleum and refine it require billions and take years. |
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I don't know about Russia's retaliatory capabilities against countries that don't border them but Putin will likely try something.
Putin today announced the sale of gas for rubles to unfriendly countries. True. And it also applies to existing contracts that actually estate the payment in USD or Euro. The obvious target is Germany. As strategy to support the "rubble", mean the ruble is fine. The only slight little problem is that it completely contravenes the international law - and yes, I know that Putin does not care much about it and thinks he is the law and all that, but as silly as it may seem, it does create very serious concerns on his Russia as a trading partner, as contracts from now on are wet paper (or wet digitally signed PDFs). That is a massive increase of risk to any trade conducted with his Russia, which usually mean that prices of products coming from Russia will be paid at a discount and investments are likely to carry a massive risk premium. Do not be fooled, there is a price to pay for this and it is hefty and long lasting. |
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blah blah fake info blah blah propaganda blah blah useless trash talk.
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The success of the operation is largely due to Russia's dominance in the air and preventive strikes with high-precision weapons on military infrastructure.
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blah blah fake info blah blah propaganda blah blah useless trash talk.
Success? Bruh, you must have experienced such a serious failures in your life that this looks like a win of some short. Precise munition? WTF, you are carpet-shelling cities... unless you mean precise within +/-10km or the like. Russia is achieving some territorial "gains" (gains of a hostile territory, not something sustainable) at the cost of equipment that is costly and that, due to sanctions and isolation, probably not easy to replace. If anything is clear on this war is that Putin failed spectacularly in his assumptions (e.g. they won't resist, EU will not act united, ...) On the rumour front, a large contingent of troops that were near Kyiv seems to actually been cut-out of supplies. Unconfirmed, but plausible. I made a post on the economics of war mentioning: A switchblade drone costs 6000 USD, it can be used by a nearly untrained grunt and can destroy a 5 million USD tank or even a multi-million S-400 system. And that is without the guy having to even get close to the target. Guess what? USD has sent a very large batch Putin's way. I would be f**ng scared to be on one of Putin's tanks right now. A javelin or a MLAW have the same rate of "economic effectiveness". It is not only about winning territory or cities, is about having a win that does not leave your army half-destroyed and unable to respond to revolts in other parts of Putin's Tzardom or with such a number of dead soldiers or POWs that he can no longer propagandize his way out of the fiasco. I am not even going to bother answering your shitty propaganda.
And yet you just did it.  ... And with that answer you are implicitly confirming that even yourself considered it as propaganda  Pretty sure we'd see millions of casualties if Russia wanted to carpet shell a city. There's also no point of nuclear/chemical/biological attacks when there's a Father of All Bombs in your arsenal. Plus the hypersonic missile kinda proved that if Russia didn't care for civilians they could've take out Zelenksy on day one just with a press of a button. Very doubtful of effectiveness of those switchblades, but sure lets imagine that they're a game changer as claimed. US litters every meter of Ukrainian soil with them along with ATGM and MANPADS. But what's the point, what's the end goal, is it to maximize damage on Russia at a cost of Ukraine or someone believes that Putin will just turn around and leave? Taking Afghanistan as an example, do you think civilians benefited from all of the advanced weapons Afghani soldiers received to fight Taliban? The benefit for US is pretty clear, US gets to fuck with Russia with minimal cost and zero risk to itself, sure why not, lets do another escalation. Now what options will Russia have? Either fold and go home to a guaranteed economical, political and possibly (physical?) suicide, or in a mirror reply to escalation with escalation. Either start getting military help from China, or raise the stakes that's where real carpet bombing will start, go full scorched earth like US in Vietnam. Cost/benefit for US is pretty clear, but is anyone still thinks that Ukraine is in control of any of this? Anyone dares to do a cost/benefit analysis on civilians if Ukraine accepts the terms or at this point they're pretty much committed to just being a pawn and have no choice but to be a battle ground for this east vs west game to their last citizen? If you're still not disillusioned that this is about Ukraine. Here we have Macron saying “We will be facing a world-wide food crisis,” Macron said in an interview with France Bleu radio on Tuesday. “I want to put in place a food voucher [system] to help the most modest households and the middle class facing these additional costs.” https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-22-22/h_7c10a14208a9646586b8dc400c9a51f5And then Biden saying That we're at inflection point for new world order can't imagine any of this is good for Ukraine and if warmongering will make things any better for Ukraine There is nothing left of Mariupol. It is gone. They did shell it nearly to flatness and Putin's ships are now destroying a massacring what's left. No Ukraine is not in control, but, at this point, looks like Putin isn't either. He cannot withdraw without achieving significant objectives or his reputation would be gone and his Russia would, under his own vision, humiliated. As harsh as it is to speak of the balance between human life and territory, I am afraid that yes, there is balance to be considered. The basis of this war is that Ukrainians do not want to be ruled by Putin and are willing to die for it. On the weaponry, I think it is not a magic wand, but it is a game changer. With a man portable tank destroyer you have to get really close to a big nasty and ready to kill main battle tank - I would not want to be there honestly. If you can send a drone from 20 miles away and do the job at zero risk to the guy, it changes the game and - my point - it changes the economics. It makes destroying very expensive weapons relatively cheap. Putin will push forward, but, as impressive as his army may appear, it has a limit. Producing good war stuff is really expensive and eventually does lead to the economical impossibility of waging war or doing so with some effectiveness. |
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blah blah fake info blah blah propaganda blah blah useless trash talk.
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The success of the operation is largely due to Russia's dominance in the air and preventive strikes with high-precision weapons on military infrastructure.
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blah blah fake info blah blah propaganda blah blah useless trash talk.
Success? Bruh, you must have experienced such a serious failures in your life that this looks like a win of some short. Precise munition? WTF, you are carpet-shelling cities... unless you mean precise within +/-10km or the like. Russia is achieving some territorial "gains" (gains of a hostile territory, not something sustainable) at the cost of equipment that is costly and that, due to sanctions and isolation, probably not easy to replace. If anything is clear on this war is that Putin failed spectacularly in his assumptions (e.g. they won't resist, EU will not act united, ...) On the rumour front, a large contingent of troops that were near Kyiv seems to actually been cut-out of supplies. Unconfirmed, but plausible. I made a post on the economics of war mentioning: A switchblade drone costs 6000 USD, it can be used by a nearly untrained grunt and can destroy a 5 million USD tank or even a multi-million S-400 system. And that is without the guy having to even get close to the target. Guess what? USD has sent a very large batch Putin's way. I would be f**ng scared to be on one of Putin's tanks right now. A javelin or a MLAW have the same rate of "economic effectiveness". It is not only about winning territory or cities, is about having a win that does not leave your army half-destroyed and unable to respond to revolts in other parts of Putin's Tzardom or with such a number of dead soldiers or POWs that he can no longer propagandize his way out of the fiasco. I am not even going to bother answering your shitty propaganda.
And yet you just did it. ... And with that answer you are implicitly confirming that even yourself considered it as propaganda |
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In my view, the world has become more balanced than in the past and people move more. This means that there are no free meals. If you want to have decent health care, it will cost you quite a bit anywhere because it is no longer about the doctor's pay. If you want security, you either live in a safe country (with strong taxes and redistribution) or you have to pay your own - again, good's not cheap.
I am interested in learning about any country in which I can have security, at least basic freedom, decent healthcare and can pay all that on, let's say, 500 USD a month.
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On the oil extraction business, it is certain that the extraction, processing and even transportation has become a very specialised business. Even large companies depend on a selected group of technologists and know-how companies. This is nothing like we nationalise and next day we just open as usual. And on the financial side, it is pretty much the same, it is not only the huge investments required, it is the ability to manage efficiently those fluxes of money without loosing them to corruption, inexperience and inflated supply-chains.
If the military invasion of Ukraine by Putin's army is an example of how things are managed in his government, I can already tell you there is plenty of GDP to be lost.
Doesn't matter in the slightest that it takes time. There are two things that could be done, first of all you could start right now and it will take a year before you can get the most out of a place and meanwhile let the gas prices be high during that time, or you could use the ones that we already had someone working on and put subsidiaries on it and get them paid a lot more and basically tax payers money would go to lowering the price of gas. All in all it is sad that it happened after 2+ years of pandemic, so we are reaching to 2+ years of economical chaos around the world. But, it certainly is a better feeling than depending on Russia at all times. You are not getting it: if it takes a year, who pays the government salaries in Russia that year? How does the military replenish that year? But the main problem is that it does NOT take a year, it takes many years of research, investment (which will be lacking in Putin's Russia) and formation. If you are interested, you should learn more about the modern oil industry. The companies that finance that for VP and the companies that know how to undertake the CAPEX and OPEX operations will not be there for him either. |
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Some russian tanks have an active protection system which is designed to shoot down and intercept incoming RPG's and missiles. I wonder if they would be effective against drones?
It seems both russia and ukraine are claiming success with drone based attacks. I wonder how vulnerable radio controlled drones would be to blanket jamming. Is it possible to disrupt the radio signal between the controller and the drone, so that it crashes? There was a case some years ago, where an american drone was electronically hijacked by iran and stolen.
Drones as small as the ones ukraine uses, would be vulnerable to small arms fire.
S-400s would definitely be a prime target.
Try to hit a relatively silent target of 1 meter in diameter diving at 100 km/h towards you with small arms. I give you 10 tries, that is 9 more than real life, even at daytime. As for the jamming, the details are not fully know, all I know is that the operator sets a target that may later change or skip completely. Jamming may be difficult, else drones would stand little chance. The active armour is something to consider yes, but modern antitank seem to have dual heads, like the javelin. Seem to do perfectly well. We will see. War now is twitted more than an influencer's ass lately. |
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The latest shipment of weapons from US to Ukraine includes a significant number of "switchblade" drones (technically "munitions" as they are single use). This is how they look:  As you can see, they look like a crap taken from a "Five below" shop, uh? And that is not that far from the truth to be honest. This costs around 6000 USD and comes in two flavours - tank destroyer and ant-personnel. It works like this - your average Joe McSoldier carries a tube that is not too heavy and requires 10 minutes to get ready. This happens well away the front line and well away the usual artillery range. You do not need an exceptional IQ to use this.  The drone is launched and can roam around for 40 mins or so and cover a few tens of miles. It carries sensors and the like and, once the operator decides there is an interesting target, it fixes on it and "kamikazes" onto it - be a tank, other vehicles or a platoon having tea. Total cost of the operation: Drone: 6000 USD Infantry grunt: 30 USD per one hour of work. Total loss for the enemy: If hits a T-90: 2 million USDv + trained crew of 3 If hits a T-72: 0.6 million USD + trained crew of 5 If hits other stuff: 100 to 500k USD. The big bingo is when you hit a S-400 anti-air system. We are talking millions USD. Let's say the enemy shot's it down with a SAM: Cost of a stinger or similar: 40k If you are stupid and use a S-400: 10M USD I am sure that most people in the forum understand that this is a game changer. Had Ukraine had 100 of these when the 40 mile long column was a sitting duck on the road to Kyiv, the war would have been quite different. Remember, if you are a Russian soldier, you do not have to die for Putin. Sell your vehicle or aircraft to me or other honest buyers and see your family again some day or go west and relax all cool. |
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It is something reserved for situations in which there are safety concerns if the young person does not control him/herself, otherwise, no need at all.
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That is why they have the own countries, they don't want Putin, they want away from Ukraine govenment terror.
Fast majority of Ukraine history Donesk region has not been part of Ukraine anyway.
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We have already discussed this over and over. If you go back in time, it was actually Kyiv where Russia (the Russ of Kyiv) was born. But that is just history, and it is for the people who actually live there to choose their destiny, and as I said, Putin has failed to demonstrate any value or attractiveness to the old Soviet Republics - not that he has tried much - and now has to resort to aggression. As Putin lives in a world of Cold War, you live in a world in which there is an inherent "god given right to rule" a territory, regardless of what the people living there think, want or decide. From the XX century you have made a great personal philosophical progress into the medieval ages, serfdom and the Romanovs. ...
Perhaps a poor use of words, i meant fun in terms of intellectually challenging to predict. Don't get fooled, just because soft power comes without tanks doesn't mean that it cannot be more devastating in terms of human suffering than tanks. ...
On that, I can agree. Soft and hard power have devastated Latin America and large parts of Africa. Perhaps the difference is that you can try to escape soft power and go somewhere else - a privilege not granted to Mariupol civils. EDITED: I added a post in the economy section, as it seems appropriate, but just a short comment here. If you do not know what this is, probably you should.  On Mariupol... it seems that Putin could enter the city. The obvious problem is that there is no longer a city in there, he has conquered a flat plain full of rubble, dead and hungry people. He has simply flattened it and that only leaves ill will and hate. I guess that is not an immediate problem for Putin, yet controlling a territory that is hostile is a costly effort, so this "victory" may become his new Afghanistan, but hey, feel free to consider it a victory if it happens.
The occupation of Ukraine is not the purpose of the special operation. Ukraine will lose its army and ultra-right nationalists, just as it has already lost Crimea, Donbass and Lugansk. And then she will begin to build a new peaceful life, while maintaining neutrality and loyalty to Russia. Because the blood ties between our peoples are stronger than the current ideological differences. Sure, your brother gonna luv ya boy. They are going to be soooo neutral and sooo peaceful they'r gunna throw flowers at Putin's soldiers for decades. Whatever yu'rsmouking I wanna.  I am not even going to bother answering your shitty propaganda. |
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There is plenty of history on the formation of any estate, and Ukraine is no different. In modern times, it is the people that live in a region or country that have the right to decide their future and their organisation.
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Exactly and the people of Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic have decided they want have anything to do with Ukraine. You nailed it. ... That is quite far from the truth I am afraid. Putin has been supporting a certain group but the local support is nil. Who would like to live under Putin's despotic and inhuman rule? On Mariupol... it seems that Putin could enter the city. The obvious problem is that there is no longer a city in there, he has conquered a flat plain full of rubble, dead and hungry people. He has simply flattened it and that only leaves ill will and hate. I guess that is not an immediate problem for Putin, yet controlling a territory that is hostile is a costly effort, so this "victory" may become his new Afghanistan, but hey, feel free to consider it a victory if it happens. Again, your trolling and citing of propaganda simply sucks. Your reputation in the forum is being permanently damaged, but hey, call it a victory for you if you want. ...
Now we come to the fun part, what happens next. The way i see it is either west manages to collapse Russia with soft power for the second time (but now has to deal with China next), or diplomats totally miscalculated and fucked up big time, giving cookies to Ukraine just went too far too fast, it cornered Russia, so west looses all leverage over Russia, Europe looses a trade partner and once again gets a totalitarian regime next door with it's gloves off. On top of that it'll have no option but to align itself with another totalitarian regime, China. That has potential for a change in a world order, that's why now everyone is watching China
There is no fun part in all this. Europe will not "align" with China much more that already was. This war has shown how totalitarian regimes need to always be considered a risk. What is clear is that Europe may actually create a real army of its own. The problem with armies, particularly if large, is that they tend to justify their cost creating wars. |
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War is a team sport.
From what we have seen so far, it looks like Putin is making all military decisions by himself.
Not quite. This is more or less publicly known but there is a select "club" of people in Russia called the "Lake Club" ("Ozero"), named after a fancy area in which an entourage of Putin built their "dachas". An entourage built on friends from St Petesburg and from his years in the KGB. A notable one is Yury Kovalchuk, possibly the second most powerful man in Putin's Russia. He along with Putin and his closed circle planned the aggression to Ukraine. I guess what I want to say is that this war is "a team effort", the problem is that is a dysfunctional team that lacks a counterbalance in opinions and generates only the same old cold-war mafia-style ideas. |
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Has it ever occurred to you (or any other putinists here) that some - well, most, with rare exceptions being totalitarian shitholes like Belarus - countries/nations/people do not want to join the new Russian/Soviet empire. And would fit against it regardless of what the US or NATO does or doesn't do.
Rhetorical question, don't bother.
Effectively, that is the only reason for the war. Putin does not give a s***t about history or "corruption" (really? Putin against corruption? you have to be desperate trying to sell that) or "nazism" (really? Putin being a supremacist himself??) nor the people's wishes. He only cares about power and money and has shown absolute disrespect for other humans in general to the point of sociopathy. He has failed to hold a grip on former USSR territories mostly because he is a ruthless despot that, at most, looks at Russian people to avoid being kicked out and is willing to kill en-masse or one by one by assasination anyone that expresses a different view. Who the **** wants to be ruled by a despot that is not even from your own country? On regards to US intentions, I think they were clearly accepting Ukraine as a commercial and strategic partner and using economy, diplomacy and seduction to bring them over the west view of the world (certainly NOT to NATO). I do not have an idyllic view of Ukraine, but it was making progress to becoming a country that eventually could lead their own destiny for the better. History has taught over and over that wars in Europe are lost for all European countries and won by the US and, on this case China who will emerge stronger from others fight. |
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There is plenty of history on the formation of any estate, and Ukraine is no different. In modern times, it is the people that live in a region or country that have the right to decide their future and their organisation. It is just silly pretending that you have to go back decades or even centuries and then wage a war on those grounds and certainly Putin does not give a ****k about that. This war is only about Putin loosing their geostrategic grip and exclusive access on a large part of the former USSR republics, including some of the most strategic and financially critical regions such as the Black Sea and Azov Sea. All the rest is the trolls trying to make noise and trying to blame the war on things that are absolutely irrelevant to Putin and his entourage. The sad truth is that Putin has failed to seduce, use diplomacy or economically influence those territories and he is using the last resource of the incompetent: war.  And as for how to stop the guy  |
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