Australia are 0-1 up on Finland ATM. It was a surprise that Finland got through against
Canada yesterday. This format is different in that the deciding match is a doubles
match and thats what happened in this case.

It is Italy v Serbia tonight which should be a really interesting match up. Yesterdays
match went to a doubles decider with Sinner/Sonego overcoming doubles specialists
Griekspoor/Koolhof.

You're not overreacting or being paranoid. I've had countless "coincidences" (not really coincidences) where what is mentioned in conversation is either appearing on my, or a friend/family member's point of advertising after conversation. It's happened so many times that it's proven rather than conspiracy at this stage (mostly IOS in recallable circumstances)

If you want to confirm it yourself, pick a random, advertiseable product and repeat it in a conversation form, I am sure you will see shortly after that your google ads, Facebook feed, or whatever targets you primarily for advertising will start to show results relating to it.

For example...
"I am really considering catching a flight to the Antarctic to see penguins but I can't find out if that's possible"
"I am really wondering if I can go and walk with penguins in the Antarctic"
"I would pay any amount of money to go and see penguins somewhere, I've never seen one before!"
"I wonder if I can pay someone to pet a penguin"

You can be sure that saying the above a few times in either conversation or just in a room where your phone also sits, that you'll start seeing ads relating to any of the following shortly after or over the coming days:
- Visiting penguins
- Flights to the Antarctic or tours there
- A zoo that has penguins

Zoo, flights and penguins are not standard advertisements...so if they come up, you can be sure that the ad was targeted because of what you said.

Try it and report back with results

We have seen that it has been debated that there are more A students who work for C students or there are C students who earn more than A students. Personally I don't believe any of this premise. What I believe is that it doesn't matter whether you are an A student or have a high IQ. Rather it's about having the courage to venture into unchattered territories, including taking calculated risk and making the most of the opportunities that lead to high income. In our society today and in the past, the people who have demonstrated audacity and capitalized on privileged advantages to undertake risky yet lucrative business ideas are the ones who end up being of great influence and earn more. Do you agree?

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I think The amount of unused Bitcoin which is now at its highest ever at 70%, shows that people who own it don't want to sell, even when the price goes up. This Bitcoin hasn't been used for over a year. Since Bitcoin reached its highest value in 2021, people who plan to keep it for a long time have shown they really believe in it, despite problems in the market and with the economy.
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Also the amounts of unused Bitcoin for two, three and five years have also reached their highest levels ever showing that these investors are staying strong. Even though Bitcoin's price went up a lot this year to $37,000, the owners don't want to sell it soon. Reflexivity Research thinks selling Bitcoin right away is not likely, even though it's worth more now. But when Bitcoin becomes available in new investment ways like ETFs and futures things might change and the situation might be different details

It appears I was quite mistaken in my speculation on CZ might reject the DOJ's settlement offer. However, is CZ's surrender enough for the American government to stop the crackdown on Binance or will it bite the dust? CZ's agreement on the settlement might be a decision created to save the exchange.

I agree, that ship has sailed for sure for Nadal. Its probably getting to the stage of a similar expectation by
some people expecting Murray to get to a GS final.
As I posted above there are numerous players which will be in his way.

Anyone watching the Davis Cup Final 8?

Canada v Finland has already played with Finland winning that surprisingly and Czech Republic v Australia
with Australia winning.

Later today we have Italy v Netherlands playing and Serbia v Great Britain playing, Assuming Italy and Serbia
go through I wonder if we will see a Sinner v Djokovich match ^again before the year end?
I cant see odds for Italy but they should be favourites against the Netherlands and Serbia are favourites too
for today.

I saw recently that a transaction was done where the transaction fees were 83.65 BTC to move 139.42btc.

With transaction fees like this, and traffic inevitably going up over the years, will Bitcoin become unaffordable to use?

Of course, I knew that the intellect and you are two parallel lines But I didn’t think that you were also far from each other, that even the shadow of the intellect did not fall on you

Well, ok, it’s not difficult for me, I’ll explain.
There are words written there that are incomprehensible to you:
- decrease in economic growth rates;
- chronic shortage of food and consumer goods;
- the growing scientific and technical lag of the USSR from Western countries;
- exhaustion of the possibilities of the extensive economy;

This means:
- in the USSR they could no longer support the economy due to its degradation
- the economy of the USSR during this period became so weak that the economy of the BIGGEST COUNTRY in the world, with 40% of all earth resources, could not even provide its residents with food!
- due to the impossibility of receiving technology from the West, the USSR could not produce high-tech goods, because its own economy was weak, and “every day” it was getting weaker.
- but this one will be difficult. The word “extensive economy” has clearly broken the remains of your gray matter But I always help the weaker, and even the intellectually weak like you I will teach you this word. An extensive economy means that the economy is built through new construction, the development of new lands, the use of untouched natural resources, an increase in the number of workers, etc.

Now strain your first vertical brain gyrus and draw a conclusion - if before the sanctions there were no such problems, but after the sanctions they appeared - what was the consequence of such problems, or significantly influenced their appearance? I'm waiting for an interesting answer from your vertical brain gyrus?!

Of course, I knew that the intellect and you are two parallel lines But I didn’t think that you were also far from each other, that even the shadow of the intellect did not fall on you

Well, ok, it’s not difficult for me, I’ll explain.
There are words written there that are incomprehensible to you:
- decrease in economic growth rates;
- chronic shortage of food and consumer goods;
- the growing scientific and technical lag of the USSR from Western countries;
- exhaustion of the possibilities of the extensive economy;

This means:
- in the USSR they could no longer support the economy due to its degradation
- the economy of the USSR during this period became so weak that the economy of the BIGGEST COUNTRY in the world, with 40% of all earth resources, could not even provide its residents with food!
- due to the impossibility of receiving technology from the West, the USSR could not produce high-tech goods, because its own economy was weak, and “every day” it was getting weaker.
- but this one will be difficult. The word “extensive economy” has clearly broken the remains of your gray matter But I always help the weaker, and even the intellectually weak like you I will teach you this word. An extensive economy means that the economy is built through new construction, the development of new lands, the use of untouched natural resources, an increase in the number of workers, etc.

Now strain your first vertical gyrus and draw a conclusion - if before the sanctions there were no such problems, but after the sanctions they appeared - what was the consequence of such problems, or significantly influenced their appearance? I'm waiting for an interesting answer from your vertical gyrus?!

PS I sincerely hope that you understand what a “brain gyrus” is! Although... 

And what actually happens is that our cellphones are not tapped, but instead you are a social media algorithm system that tries to collect user data and monitor and collect things that its users like. And the results of this algorithm system analysis will later be presented to each user based on what they like. And this is done because currently social media is supported by advertising, so social media is designed to benefit advertisers, not users.
And that can happen, indeed often when we want something we often look for that thing on social media.

So the point is, do not use whatever is provided by company itself. Try to find alternative that are more secure than the default one.

Dude, you're years too late about this stuff, Snowden leaked that NSA is listening to our phone calls and this didn't stopped the US government from continuing that program so who knows how powerful their surveillance system now is? Pretty sure that they're much more powerful now and more sneakier than ever. It should never come as a surprise to everyone that our government is spying on us so the best thing that we can do is just scream expletives about them because they can hear us anyway, might as well let them hear what we feel about them listening to us right?

I apologize but I just did a little stalking and saw you are probably from Latvia or around that area? It is quite a trip, but honestly I understand if someone is enthusiastic about it and has a chance, the money and the time to see a last final at Roland Garros, seriously then go for it. This is really worth it I think because in a best case scenario the game is going to be a five hours thriller and the money paid would be worth it. I have never intended a tennis game, shame on me. But I became a fan when I once saw the GOATs play against each other and I couldn't believe how they were hammering the ball onto the lines for over four hours. It is an amazing sport, which involves every part from the head to the foot and the mind and every cell of the brain. It is extremely intense. So, I hope that little dream of yours may come true!  

while it is true that most companies track your activities in your phone, it might be reaching to say that your phone was listening

it could’ve been just a coincidence and most likely it is
a lot of people agree on things they don’t even understand especially on the internet most people don’t even read terms & conditions before clicking accept or choosing to accept cookies in a website anyway the point is all apps have some kind of system where it can see you and what you like or what you dislike sometimes this proves useful as it allows you to curate your feed but sometimes it gives you more ways to spend (advertising)

You are not overreacting but this is how the algorithm goes when they've heard some specific brands, they're going to send you a blast off of those ads that are related to the brand or product/services that you've mentioned. Actually, there have been a lot of memes about this and if you a regular tech guy that understands this, you'd definitely expect to see food ads just after speaking about your favorite tacos, pizzas, etc. We use their services and platforms for free and if things are for free then you must be aware that we're their products being sold to their advertisers. This is how it goes and became a norm, if you don't want to get into these algorithms being done to your phone and to your accounts in social medias and search engines, much better not to use the internet. Because if you're aware of cookies, the internet cookies, then that's just one of the many that they're doing to all of their users and that's how they make money from advertisers and users that enjoys their platforms. What I do, I reject those cookie permissions, disabling recording if they ask to and even putting some blockage to my front camera which is common to laptops.

I know this is a few days old news but I think it is very important and sensitive information particularly about crypto users and their privacy.

According to the article, the IRS has mount pressure on kraken since May 2021 demanding the exchange hand over extensive records on a large number of its American customers. Although Kraken fought back by filling a petition against them but not enough to get the IRS off it's back.

Kraken has agreed to deliver data on users who conducted more than $20,000 in crypto transactions – including trades, deposits, and withdrawals – during any year from 2016 to 2020 according to the article which makes me wonder why stop at 2020?

According the article, increased compliance from cryptocurrency firms could compel government to enact clear and friendly policies towards crypto. Do you agree to this?

Or do see this as contradicts the ethos of financial privacy and empowerment that attracts many people to cryptocurrency?

Source

Just the Facts:

Bloomberg: oil prices fall for the third week in a row
World oil prices are falling for the third week in a row, despite the record demand for fuel, the reduction of supplies by Saudi Arabia and fears of rising prices due to the conflict between Israel and "Hamas". Bloomberg draws attention to this. Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman blamed speculators for the price drop.

The price of benchmark Brent crude fell to a three-month low of $80 a barrel today, but the price has fallen about 5% in a week. The average WTA price is in the neighborhood of $76. Prices rose yesterday, November 9, following a statement from Saudi Arabia's energy minister that was similar to his criticism of speculators in May, weeks before the kingdom cut oil production.

The price of Brent crude has fallen about 13% in the past three weeks amid rising demand from China, the U.S. and Europe. Hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand points out that oil inventories were higher than expected due to production in the US and Iran.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-10/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-nov-10

I hope from the bottom of my heart that Nadal can start all the tournaments without health issues in 2024. Nothing would be worse than him having to say goodbye on his final ATP tour because of yet another injury. I have my doubts that we will see Djokovic against Nadal in one of the final rounds of a Grand Slam again, but if it's coming, both should be in their best physical condition and play their best tennis. If I had one wish for the 2024 tennis year, Nadal - Djokovic in the French Open final!  

This time I saw more voices on this forum saying that Sinner probably has a great chance to win the game, but what can I say... Djokovic is Djokovic and he did everything to mute those voices and go in two straight sets. I also thought that this could very well go into a third set and I ask myself whether Sinner played worse than the last few days or whether Djokovic didn't take any prisoners from the first second to the last. If this was a three set game, it would look like Sinner may have been close and besides winning this tournament, I believe that Djokovic also wanted to let the pro-Sinner crowd know who the boss is. And he did.

Ok, let's assume you're right !
Then 3 questions:
1. When were sanctions imposed against the USSR ? And how did they affect the economy ? And a couple of words about the general standard of living of the USSR population, economy ?
2. What steps specifically aimed at the collapse of the USSR did Gorbachev take. Provided that he initiated reforms aimed at economic acceleration, glasnost and democratization of state and socio-political life. Aimed at improving the lives of the population after a prolonged economic downturn.
3. what do you say about the fact that Gorbachev tried to preserve the USSR, and these attempts were "annulled" by the election of Boris Yeltsin on May 29, 1990, which put an end to the process of the collapse of the USSR ?

Only plz facts, because here it will not be possible to push fantasies, because I lived at that time, and observed the processes from inside the USSR

I'll just leave it here - it's an assessment of the problems of the USSR before it collapsed:

- declining rates of economic growth;
- chronic shortages of food and consumer goods;
- the growing scientific and technical lag of the USSR from Western countries;
- exhaustion of the possibilities of extensive economy;

Did Gorbachev do all this?


PS And this is for study: https://tass.ru/ekonomika/13140823

They also thought the same in the USSR, puffing up their cheeks and talking from all sockets about the "decay of the West" and the collapse of imperialism tomorrow. And they explained the same way - a strong economy, a powerful ruler and the Central Committee of the CPSU. The whole world envies the USSR. 40% of resources are in the USSR. The people and the party are united !...
Shall I tell you how this show ended? I personally watched it inside the USSR.  In this case, even I will declare - the USSR economy was more self-sufficient, it produced, albeit not very high quality but a very wide range. Science, education (poor, but massively), factories and plants even worked. And what is modern Russia? A pathetic parody of the USSR. The USSR degraded much slower than the Russian Federation. So don't tell me tales about the USSR and Russia