I hate seeing famous celebs and big companies who refuse to pay workers because they are affected by COVID-19. Even though they don't want to
his income is reduced, so small workers like us become victims. Payments that workers should receive, are used to cover their losses due to COVID-19.
After being exposed to the public they start making payments for fear that the image looks bad, really embarrassing people like this. From what I have seen, the level of greed is proportional to net worth. In most cases, middle-class individuals are more generous when compared to all those HNW and UHNW individuals. You can check various crowdfunding campaigns and it can be seen that almost all the contributions come from those who belong to the middle-class. The uber-rich very rarely take part in charity. Anyway, that's their choice. If someone doesn't want to help others, then we can't intervene. It's his personal liberty. But here, it's different. The uber rich are refusing to pay salaries to their employees. This is plain despicable behaviour, and these people needs to be shamed for that. |
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Chinese people are civilized and responsible, that is why they managed to flatten the curve of their virus cases, and they are now starting to recover their economy. Even though the coronavirus was started in their country, most of their citizens managed to cooperate with their government with no problems.
I have no doubt that the Chinese people are civilized and law abiding. But that is the case in other countries as well. So what made the difference here? The advantage with China is that it is an authoritarian country, with no room for personal liberty or human rights. So obviously when the government announced a complete lockdown, the people had no choice other than to comply with it. Those who refused to follow the order were arrested and quarantined. Now this is something that can't be implemented in democratic nations. In US, Australia.etc, you can find a lot of people who are roaming in the streets even in places where lockdown is announced. And in the US, people are protesting against the requirement to wear masks. |
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Each and everything described in the OP is the true impact of the covid-19. In most of the counties lockdown keeps extending, and in some countries with limitations the lockdown is followed. In my country Sunday is complete lockdown with everything shut including the petrol station. During the week days by five every business and office needs to be closed. Due to this everyone have got time to spend with their families.
I don't know what they are going to achieve with this one-day lockdown. The virus remains in incubation stage for 7 to 14 days. So any lockdowns, which don't last for a minimum of 14 days are going to be ineffective. If you want to break the chain of new infections, then a 14 to 21 day strict lockdown is needed. Those countries which followed this rule benefited from a low number of infections (Japan and Australia are good examples). One day lockdown is useless. Because those who can't get their groceries on Sunday are going to get them on Monday. |
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OK guys... so these are the latest stats, from July 21. Total market cap: $271,820,615,879 Bitcoin: $169,037,910,926 (62.187%) Bitcoin forks: $7,630,396,406 (2.807%) Stablecoins: $10,969,327,267 (3.931%) Altcoins: $84,182,981,280 (31.075%) This is the change compared to my last post: Bitcoin: -2.664%
Bitcoin forks: -0.336%
Stablecoins: +0.194%
Altcoins: +2.807%Total market cap: $275,866,406,908
Bitcoin: $178,904,046,944 (64.852%)
Bitcoin forks: $8,670,523,458 (3.143%)
Stablecoins: $10,589,184,503 (3.737%)
Altcoins: $77,702,652,003 (28.268%)
This is the change compared to my last post:
Bitcoin: +1.038%
Bitcoin forks: -0.852%
Stablecoins: +0.073%
Altcoins: -0.259% |
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I also think that over time China may be world power number one! In the last 10-15 years, their economy has made a huge leap forward! And now we can say "the whole world is made in China"!  I would rather agree with you, although the majority of the people are going to disagree. I hate China as much as I can, but it is difficult to ignore real hard facts. The Chinese economy is growing at a steady rate. And this has happened despite various temporary setbacks such as companies moving their manufacturing units to India and the Philippines. It is just a matter of time before the Chinese economy overtakes the debt-ridden Americans. China obviously have a number of advantages, which no other country can possess. First of all, it is a homogenous country, with more than 95% of the population comprised of Han Chinese and related ethnic groups (such as Manchu and Zhuang). Compare this to countries such as India and the US, where there is a lot of ethnic/racial/religious tension. Also, China is having an authoritarian government and they have the liberty to put in place fiscally conservative measures. This is not possible in democratic nations such as the US and India. And this is why nations such as the US are drowning in federal debt, while China is thriving. |
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As of now, Trump has a 5% chance of winning the POTUS elections in 2020, and Biden has more than 95% probability.
The disadvantage with Trump is that he needs to win almost all of the swing states, to have a realistic chance of victory. For example, he can't win the elections if he lose Florida. That's not the case with Biden. He can afford to lose Florida or Pennsylvania or Michigan (or all of them) and still win the elections. Back in 2016, Trump won because there was a miracle. He managed to win almost all of the swing states. But that is not the case now.
Another aspect that is going to negatively impact Trump's chance for a re-election is that many of the swing states are no longer behaving so. States such as Virginia and Pennsylvania have become Blue states and they are no longer considered as swing states. At the same time, some of the states which used to be called as "red strongholds" have in fact become swing states. The examples are Arizona, and Texas. We can even add states such as Georgia and Iowa to this list.
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That's right. Black people are used as fuel to stir up unrest and only for political purposes. Refugees in other countries can become the same fuel. White people who support blacks do not yet understand that this war is going on against them and their children.
All those who support Black lives matter needs to look in to this chart:  First of all, most of the homicides in US involve individuals of the same race (i.e both the victim and the perpetrator are from the same race). Secondly, in cases of inter-racial murder, the number of whites being killed by blacks account for more than 3 times the case where blacks are the victims. In short, what we need right now is a White lives matter movement, or better an All lives matter movement. Now let's take a look at the police shootings. Contrary to the myths, every year more number of whites are shot dead by the cops, when compared to the blacks.  |
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Previously I had disagreed with you regarding vaccination. And this time also, I need to disagree with you. Virus is an extremely minute organism, and even the highest quality mask may not be able to prevent it from entering your body. But that said, you need to understand how the COVID 19 virus spreads. It spreads when an infected person sneezes, or coughs. There is a study by Japanese scientists and you can refer that one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBvFkQizTT4&feature=emb_titleAs from this study, the virus is present in the micro-droplets which are released by an infected person. The role of the mask here is to prevent these droplets from entering the body of a healthy person. And I believe that surgical masks and N95 masks do a good job in this case. For me, it is clear that wearing a mask can drastically reduce the chances of getting an infection. But I can agree with you if you want to say that masks doesn't guarantee 100% protection from COVID 19. |
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I have updated the signature and avatar.
I confirm that the details given on the spreadsheet are correct.
Thanks a lot Brainboss!
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I used to be one of the most active posters in Politics section (you can check my old posts). Would like to be active there once more. Bitcointalk Profile link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=75724Current amount of posts (including this one): 19,070 How much merit have you earned in the last 120 days: 3 Bitcoin segwit Address for Payouts: 3PW5LiCJhoZrJc3HHbZVkjZNhZtH2fUZeH |
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This is actually good news for West Indies If today's play is washed out, then we have only 2 days of play so if the Windies bat sensibly they can end up in a draw  But who knows maybe ENG will wind them up and win by an innings. They have lost one wicket and are trailing by 437 runs. It is very much possible that England will bowl them out today, and then ask the West Indians to follow on. IMO, there is enough time available (~250 overs) in order to get a result from this match. If some of the West Indian batsmen can offer resistance against Broad/Curran/Woakes, then it may end up as a draw. |
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He probably refused to play due to COVID-19. That could be a reason. If not, I do feel he should been included. The only instance when he shouldn't be included is when Yuvraj is the batsman. Also, the committee probably wanted to provide Woakes and Wood more chances. Broad was dropped. Stokes actually said that it was a very tough decision to leave Broad out of the playing XI. BTW, Chris Woakes was also left out and the pace attack for the first test will be comprised of James Anderson, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood (in addition to Stokes). Let's not forget the fact that Anderson has got almost a hundred more test wickets when compared to Broad. |
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This is true, the majority of Politicians are dumb. The minister wanted to cash this issue by creating an atmosphere that he is concerned about the performance of Srilankan cricket and that if there is any corruption he would root it out. Unfortunately, it got backfired miserably.
Politicians should stay out of cricket and similarly, cricketers should stay out of politics. Both of them are not happening in Sri Lanka. Huge revenues from the sport have meant that SLC remains under the control of government proxies. On the other hand, a number of cricketers have cashed in on their popularity, and went on to become politicians. For example, Arjuna Ranatunga joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and was elected to the parliament. He later became the deputy minister for tourism. |
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Forget about other countries if BCCI cannot organize the IPL tournament in India due to COVID19. It will get canceled. Indian Government will not allow the matches to happen anywhere outside India. National sentiments are too high in India at the moment and this government is known for encouraging it.
It has nothing to do with nationalist sentiments, and IPL has been staged outside India earlier. The second edition of the IPL in 2009 was staged in South Africa, as the scheduling in India was affected due to the general elections. The organization of the tournament in South Africa was regarded as a grand success, and there were talks of hosting IPL editions outside India on a regular basis. But then, financial considerations came to play and the BCCI chose to limit the tournament to India. |
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With Coca Cola cutting ties, the franchise needs suitable replacements asap which probably will take time. The issues with Chinese brands like VIVO etc due to the current India-Chinese problems is another major hurdle. Do you think the BCCI will void the sponsorship because they are Chinese brands, there are written contracts and what happens if VIVO goes to court, i have no idea about the contract agreement but i am pretty sure they will have clause that will aide them in voiding a contract just like that as they are not paying small amount for these sponsorship. What is the reason for Coco Cola to cut the ties, whatever it may be the reason the BCCI has more funds to conduct the tournament if they have a favorable situation regarding the virus. Being a regular visitor to India, I would say that the Indian laws are flexible. VIVO can go to the court and it is even possible that they may get a favorable ruling from the judges. But the government can pass a bill with two-third majority in the parliament to reverse the judgement. And under current circumstances, it will be suicidal for the Indian opposition parties to support VIVO. |
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The current bounty campaign setup here at Bitcointalk is very exploitative. The campaign managers and the promoters face hardly any penalty, even if he bounty hunters are cheated of their rewards or the project ends up as scam. On the other hand, if the bounty hunters make the silliest of the mistakes, they are punished severely and their account here nuked.
If they manage scam campaigns, then I believe they will also receive negative trust. I have seen a lot of bounty managers get red trust from DT members in this forum. And for the bounty to become a scam after the campaign ends, it is not the managers' fault. Bounty managers also become scapegoats while managing the bounties. In most cases, a bounty manager may have zero information that that particular project is going to be a scam. If the project fails, or if the promoters are not keeping their promise, then all the blame is going to fall on the bounty manager. There are a few frauds among the bounty managers as well, but I am saying that more often it is the promoters who cheat. |
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Total market cap: $275,866,406,908 Bitcoin: $178,904,046,944 (64.852%) Bitcoin forks: $8,670,523,458 (3.143%) Stablecoins: $10,589,184,503 (3.737%) Altcoins: $77,702,652,003 (28.268%) This is the change compared to my last post: Bitcoin: +1.038%
Bitcoin forks: -0.852%
Stablecoins: +0.073%
Altcoins: -0.259%These are the latest market shares:
Total market cap: $205,013,186,595
Bitcoin: $130,826,790,740 (63.814%)
Bitcoin forks: $8,189,828,172 (3.995%)
Stablecoins: $7,718,943,612 (3.664%)
Altcoins: $58,277,624,071 (28.527%)
This is the change compared to my last post:
Bitcoin: -1.685%
Bitcoin forks: -0.043%
Stablecoins: +0.571%
Altcoins: +1.157% |
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One thing we can all be sure is in 2140 we will be using this same simple machines forum and the new forum software will be under rigorous development.
All of you guys seems to be optimistic that Bitcoin will survive for another 120 years. I don't share the same optimism. IMO, some better technology will replace Bitcoin much before that. Bitcoin is not perfect. As we are seeing in the last few weeks, none of the recent soft-forks have resolved the scalability issue. Also, the PoW algorithm in my opinion is not sustainable in the distant future. |
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Yes and on sports sites and channels all Indian community is very big so its very difficult for others to win any thing even they deserve about this win most of votes cast base on nationalty base.
Is that surprising? For all types of sports and games, the fans of a particular player would be from his own country. There can be rare exceptions, such as Ronaldo/Messi in football and Bryant/LeBron with basketball. Virat Kohli is a big name in international cricket. Even in countries such as Australia, he will be having huge number of fans. But then, Steve Smith will be more popular there. |
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