Watching the replay and man you can see how tense FURIA was even though they have that big of a lead, especially when the second half came. This match just proved how CT Sided Vertigo is, given how many possible angles and a lot of possible cheeky spots the CT can use to retake or just straight up defend the site. But that huge deficit is really hard to get back to, even if the map is CT sided. Props to tabseN for those clutches and krimbo for getting info mid rounds.

If they are capable of self-control I think this is okay. I don't think gamblers are irresponsible as a whole, but I don't think this would work as intended in the long run. There ought to be a problem (eventually) when the citizens are doing the same thing for the longest of time. A nation needs diversity of its people in order to survive, and that includes what they do to make money and what they do as a hobby, as gambling isn't a very viable industry to focus on for a nation.

Devs need to point out "burning" old coins so as to emphasis that they care about the coin's economy, when in fact it shouldn't be the case since if you have a good coin to start with, lowering its number down wouldn't even come to as a solution at all. You wouldn't have this problem on the coin's economics, and you would rather focus on other important matters and less about the coin's price. Personally, I wouldn't buy these coins that has burning mechanism embedded towards it. It just doesn't sit well to me.

Russia's plans are always grand, so grand that even its Chinese brothers can't be successful at albeit having the resources at hand and the connections needed. To put it simply, Russia speaks before Russia does something, and most of the time it never happens. While they are technologically capable in their own accord, I don't think they have the materials, let alone the technology, to create the tools that even TSMC themself cannot create. This is one big claim for Russia, and I'm almost certain that this will not push through.

Fiat currencies will never cease to exist, and so even if bitcoin or other crypto managed to sit beside, or even overtake, fiat in terms of usage, people will always have that need to switch in-between currencies especially if they needed one but can't use the other. This will only emphasize the need for crypto exchanges. Also, exchanges aren't only used to trade between fiat currencies and bitcoin, you can also use it to trade with other altcoins. That's another use-case for exchanges that I think will only help it stay even if bitcoin/crypto gains the upper hand against fiat.

T1 has already started with the departure of Xepher and Kuku. Liquid as well with the retirement of Matu. That's the only thing that's been confirmed by now. Reddit Dota doesn't seem to have any solid info yet regarding rumor transfers and roster changes so we'll see about that. One team I want to change for the better is Nigma. They should really remove Kuro as an active player and put him in a coach position or something. He doesn't seem to be keeping up with the times, not unlike Puppey who proved to us that he's still a worthy player even after playing for over a decade. Kuro might have been a good drafter in the past but with the recent games they are playing, it's best if Mind_control or someone else takes the place of a captain instead of him.

Good thinking. Quit when you're ahead and never chase too much on the wins as it could even result with you losing more than what you've gained. You can still play here and there but only as pastimes or something to just fill your gsmbling hunger, but don't make big bets at all. Or better, find some other thing to do without leaving your interest in the sport that made you much money. It's a tough decision to make and hard to do at first, but as time goes by you'll notice that you're not actively looking to bet at all.

Not a lot of interesting events happened in this race tbh. Just some blunders, some bloopers, and some really bad calls from some teams expecting that the other teams are going to pit. It's like they aired a half-baked tv show just to push through with schedule. But nonentheless, great drive from Perez overall. Most eyes are on Hamilton - Verstappen but Perez took my attention during the last laps of the race.

Tsunoda and Ricciardo collision isn't a pretty sight too. Not happy with only a 10-second penalty right there and I believe it should have been more.

Very possible if you have the drive and the courage to do so. Most of the time, our only enemy agains this is ourselves and our self-control. Since gambling is one of the actovities that we always do, it will be quite hard to break it even if we use one of the mentioned triggers to stop playing because we think that it's okay to still play one last game.

I'd probably stop if I can spend weekends on an entirely different activity that will make me engaged and hooked at all times.

Aren't they paying all the same to get their ads in there anyway? Also, AFAIK you can report ads that you don't like to view and then it will eventually be lost in any of the ads you'll be receiving. Even if Apple cuts down on these gambling ads there wouldn't be much of a difference anyway in the end. Why aren't they looking at sexual ads that casually appear here and there?

I just report ads or skip those that I don't like anyway as a user, even if it's an in-app advertisement. Easy solution for me but perhaps to these devs it's worth a lot.

Tate would probably just laugh at Logan and not accept the fight. He didn't have to, but if his ego wants to he will - plus it's good for his business and brand that could get him more money. Nowadays these fights are no longer interesting for what they bring in terms of the art of fighting but rather just the drama surrounding the fight. Logan and Andrew can hype this fight even more by talking trash to each other, and guess what, easy payouts for them no matter who the winner is.


Dana White must have his blood boiling by now. Imagine his talents being punked by some Youtuber who just decided to train one day and fight against the once big names of MMA, and get paid a lot for it. Would be nice if Canelo accepts the challenge and show Jake how to get the job done. I don't really like Jake's attitude but I gotta applaud how well he carries himself and how well he hypes these matches.

Early for you to still buy and save as much as you can. People only look at numbers but never the benefit in the long run. It's easy to think about what could have happened now if you invested early, but not look far ahead into the future and just do the things you should now. If you managed to buy and keep whatever coins you have and save them for 5-10 years, you could have easily secured a huge sum in your name by just believing and not looking too much in the past. I am still actively buying now if I feel that the price is right, and those coins directly go to a storage which I intend to access a few years from now.

Divulging your information to the public nowadays should always be consented. Idk what happened to keeping private information safe, but it seems that a lot of entities don't want to follow this and just want to boast their legitimacy by posting the identity of people who won big and whom they pay. Imagine if that will be the reason why the winner was put into harm's way in the first place, then a legal action might be taken against the platform who released their private information without consent just to tell the world that they are paying.

Idk if there is such a clause in KYC regulation that helps people who submit their info to be protected by such activities, even if it's within the ToS of the platform.

Most places I visited recently were rural places so no, I don't think I've visited any casinos in my travels this year just yet. But if I have the time and if the place has one, I might just take a look around and not play. I just want to see what it's like and don't care much about experiencing it firsthand. Also, another reason is that it will be out of my budget as I only travel with a few extras, and I don't think I can ever fit whatever I have to spend on the casino on my intended budget.

Haha lost that last bet on game 3. I thought it was gonna be a 3-2 or 3-1 but Tundra has no chill. Regardless, I am quite satisfied on how this TI has panned out albeit the very poor production value from PGL and Valve. For a few minutes I thought I was in a simulation because the fights just went back for 5 minutes and I thought I was going crazy. Good thing there are backup streams that were updated and I didn't miss anything important.

Also, a month or two without professional Dota. I might have to stick to CS:GO for the time being. Grats on the wins and better luck next time on the L's, Dota bettors.

Lost $100 on Secret vs Liquid plus a heartbreak since I kinda want Matu to be on the finals. Anyway, I'm currently up on my profits since I decided to bet on each game in this Tundra vs Secret finals. Nine and 33 is hard carrying Tundra, and they just have every answer to Puppey's strats and drafts. Aui did a great job of analyzing Secret, and knowing that he was once a part of that Org, he knows what runs inside Puppey's head and that surely helps.

3rd game I hope Secret wins. I just want to extend this TI to game 5 to squeeze every juice that I can get from this tournament

I really wanted to learn blackjack but my brain is not capable of learning new things at all. Used to sit and watch live games and even watch tutorials but I couldn't get the necessary things to keep and always fail to remember what I should do and what I should not. So far dice is serving me a lot when it comes to enjoyment, but profits? Sports betting would be my go-to when I wanted to.

Not quite impossible but perhaps only for the fun of it. Elon will still probably boast bitcoin and use dogecoin as the means to get the word out. Mind you, this guy's companies still have a huge holding of BTC and now that he controls the whole of Twitter, he can easily do whatever marketing or promotion he wants to get in there. Micropayments in pre-funded bitcoin twitter accounts might even be a thing and not necessarily dogecoin, but as of this moment I think he's busy getting the 'edit' feature up and running (lol) and the restructuring of the company as a whole.

Native apps have way too many problems. I used to look for casino apps back then, and I did have the chance to try one but it ended with me not looking for a native casino app ever again because there's just too many issues that may arise. It's not the same as website platforms wherein tech issues can easily be fixed and not take long, plus you can use it on any device that supports it so you have a wide range of options to play from.

Perhaps he just stood by that principle: 1 address is good for 1 in and out transaction, hence why he opted to use a lot of different addresses that only contains 1 input and never spent again. He might have already anticipated that people will learn that these addresses all belong to him, and he wanted to set an example regarding change addresses.

But idk, all that we're saying here is just pure speculation at best--unless someone of us here is the real Satoshi discussing this while hidden in plain sight.