I have never heard about anyone dying of overdose from LSD or cocaine (unlike the case with synthetic opioids). If LSD can give hallucinations without serious side effects, then it is less dangerous, right? And this is one of the reasons why I am in favor of legalization of soft drugs. Here by grouping soft drugs with lethal ones manufactured by the pharma mafia, the government is actually increasing the harm.

What makes it any different from the failed Libra project of Mark Zuckerberg? If he is serious about cryptocurrency, then he should invest in Bitcoin and help the community rather than creating his own token. We already have 10,000 plus cryptocurrencies and there is no need for a new one. Just like Zucker, the intention here is not to support cryptocurrency but to profit out of it.

I am someone who engages in gambling occasionally and when I first gambled online I was just 18 years old. During the past one and half decades, gambling was more of an entertainment for me, as I lost more than what I won. But I never gambled more than what I could afford to lose. And as a result, my financial and mental health is perfectly fine now. 

I am still of the opinion that the current state of the market is not conductive for new projects. Investors are vary about them, due to the proliferance of scam projects. Even now there is no change to this situation and many of the new projects are turning out to be scams. Until the situation gets better, I am staying away from these new projects and the ICO market.

Ideally Ajaz Patel should be dropped, but the coach (Gary Stead) is not very comfortable in going with an all-pace attack. I watched the interview where the journalists pointed out that Ajaz played hardly any part in the first match. Stead then went on the aggressive mode and claimed that he would have played a major role, had the match went on for more than 4 days.

The signals are clear. Rather than Ajaz, Jamieson will be dropped and that is going to be a historic blunder.

Back then it happened to every single user, right? The Bitcoin prices dropped by 85% during 2018 and many of the altcoins dipped even more. I had Ethereum in my wallet, and it's value went down by more than 90%. Cardano lost 98% of its value and many of the smaller coins became worthless altogether. But then, those who panicked and sold their coins made a mistake.

This is a lesson that I learnt at least two years ago. 99% of the altcoins are hopeless, as they don't have any real life usage. Holding them for long-term is not recommended. You will get a fair idea if you follow the development news. If the project is going to fail, then you will get enough hints in the first six months. And that is the time when you should make your exit.

Even Bitcoin used to fluctuate a lot. There were times when BTC used to go up or down by as much as 40% in a single day. I am talking about the period before we first hit four digits in 2013. Back then there were less than a dozen exchanges, and the liquidity was limited. Many of the smaller alts are at this stage right now and therefore they have large fluctuations.

Players need to share the blame for the defeat and Warner is not free from criticism. It was a match that Australia could have won, with enough wickets in hand and just 32 needed of the last 4 overs. But as usual, the Australian lower order failed (Carey/Wade/Agar.etc). Warner could have done more, by keeping himself at the strike, rather than putting the pressure on the newly arrived batsmen.

India lost one test match abroad and all the hell breaks loose. It is not uncommon for top ranked teams to lose in sports. I have seen Brazil getting thrashed in the FIFA world cup. There was real shock, when the United States couldn't even reach the finals of the FIBA World Cup. It happens sometimes and that's what makes sports exciting.

BTW, New Zealand is facing a real dilemma with the selection of the bowlers for the second test. Neil Wagner is back to the squad. So they should drop one of the four bowlers (Boult, Southee, Jamieson and Ajaz). The coach is thinking about dropping Jamieson and I think that it will be a very stupid move. I would rather drop Ajaz and go with an all pace attack.

Earlier, almost all the altcoins used to be linked to Bitcoin. Whenever the prices of Bitcoin used to go up, the altcoin prices also increased. The prices followed a similar trend, when the Bitcoin prices went down. But now, many of the larger alts are showing independence as far as the exchange rates are concerned. And in the near future, we will see more and more altcoins removing their linkage with BTC.

My bad.. but I always felt that no.3 position suits more for Kohli, when compared to the no.4 slot. But it is his choice, since he is the captain. Anyway, for now India has nothing to worry. Although this series is a part of the ICC World Test Championship, as of now India is far ahead of the second placed team (Australia). And the other teams are too far behind them.

The choice for opening batsmen was baffling. The regular openers were doing a splendid job, and there was no need to shove in Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal. Virat Kohli was doing a good job at no.3 position and they pushed him down by one slot. And finally, Ashwin was selected over the other spinners, despite his poor performances in pace-friendly tracks.

I don't understand the angry reaction from the Indian fans (I'm an Indian myself). Historically, India has performed poorly outside the subcontinent. However, ever since Virat Kohli became the captain, there have been a noticeable improvement in their performance. But even then, it was going to be tough against New Zealand, who have world class bowlers such as Neil Wagner and Trent Boult.

Darren Sammy is one of the T20 stars and there is no doubt regarding it. But his recent form hasn't been that good. Multan does have some very good players, such as Moeen Ali, Fabian Allen and Imran Tahir. On top of that, they have experienced guys such as Shahid Afridi and Sohail Tanvir. They are not over-dependent on one or two players.

Actually it was really painful to watch Lahore losing the match, despite making such a big total. By the time Islamabad United lost their 9th wicket, they still needed 20 runs to win. The no.10 and no.11 batsmen were at the crease (Ahmed Safi Abdullah and Muhammad Musa). And it was the no.11 batsmen who propelled Islamabad to victory. But still, I don't think that the captain made a wrong decision. Hafeez is a part-time bowler, while Usman Shinwari is someone who have the variety which can be useful against the tailenders.

Weed is becoming increasingly legal across the globe. Many of the US states have legalized it and so if you are ready to travel, then you can legally purchase weed without any harassment from the cops. But the same isn't true with the other soft drugs such as LSD and coke. And ironically, lethal drugs such as fentanyl are popular in those states where soft drugs such as weed are not legal.

Today I woke up at 6am, hoping to watch a few overs of play before departing for office. But by the time I switched on the television, match was over. It was difficult to believe. They were at 144/4 yesterday. During the first session of play today, they added 47 runs in 16 overs, losing 6 of their remaining wickets. For me, it was difficult to digest at first..

Silk Road made available high quality drugs at cheap rates. Now just think who lost their profits as a result of this. A few that comes to my mind are Mexican drug cartels, street drug vendors, pharma giants, big banks such as HSBC (who help to launder the money from cartels).etc. Like it or not, but Silk Road helped to avoid thousands of deaths due to overdose.

As I can see, SIM Swap was used to conduct this fraud. I have seen in Reddit that a lot of users were blaming the victim, saying that he put too much coins in a single wallet. But I don't really agree with them. Sim swap is not easy to carry out, and rather than the user, the telecom company should take the blame. Here in India, SMS services are deactivated for 24-hours after the SIM swap. It helps to minimize fraud using this method.