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No gambler is immune to addiction. Anybody could get addicted, and it's a matter of how the player follows his strategies. It's not simple to gamble and not have some signs of addiction. As you said, Nullama, some professional gamblers also get addicted. Therapists pondering why professional gamblers get addicted, left them with the conclusion that anybody could get addicted. While we gamble, it's needful to keep observing the required rules needed to keep us safe from being addicted. The reason some advanced gamblers get addicted is due to the insignia people already put on them for being a professional gambler. It can deceive the person to think he won't get addicted, ever, in gambling. Not knowing that he's still at the mercy of gambling addiction and remain vulnerable to it. Hence, he could get addicted anytime soon.
The right thing to do is staying true to the strategy which took us to the top in gambling. Since the professionals can get addicted, what more the newbies. They'll have a hard time keeping up with the game without being addicted. Gambling addiction is too strong to avoid, due to the amount of money needed to gamble and win big. Everyone wants money to some extent. That means gamblers won't stop easily, it's more like a lifelong attitude. Gambling is not a game where a person can play for few days and stop. This makes it difficult to heal and addicted person. Because he has invested time and money in gambling. Counseling him wouldn't be an easy task. Looking for a cheaper means of curing the person, exists, but if it keeps delaying the process, the gambler is mandated to see a psychotherapist. Since it has to do with the brain.
Yeah, every person actually can end up in addiction... It really can start as a little fun thing, then slowly it changes into a life changing thing. You need to always keep alert |
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~snip~ Messi is a key factor in Argentina success in the 2022 edition of the World Cup. As he is still in his prime, it is unlikely that Argentina will be able to defend the trophy in the next edition without Messi. The Inter Miami star age factor is a big question mark, whether Messi will be fit and ready to play when he is 38 years old, I personally doubt that. Unless Messi plays in a more competitive league to maintain his skills and fitness until he is 38 years old. That is the real challenge and fact that all fans must accept, even though we understand that without Messi the appeal of the World Cup decreases, as does Ronaldo. I am sure that the upcoming 2026 World Cup will bring out other favorite teams, and so will new young talents. The atmosphere will also be very different from before, and most of the players competing in the Qatar World Cup will no longer play for their national teams. Talking about favorite teams, I think teams from Europe will dominate, such as Portugal, Germany, France, Spain, England, and there are several more. Argentina and Brazil, as usual, are the favorite teams in every edition, and host powers such as America, Canada and Mexico are also worth considering. But what is clear is that the journey is still very far away, because currently the World Cup is still in the qualifying stage, Brazil itself is experiencing difficulties, but I am sure they will qualify. Here are the FIFA rankings that were last updated in December 2023: https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/menYeah, I don't think Messi is still in his prime. I don't even know if he will be playing in the next world cup to be honest. Maybe he does end up playing, but I think it would make more sense to give the opportunity to the next generation, as he can retire now as the world champion. |
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The truth remains the truth. Despite your wining or Lossing if you play too much than normal average, you are addicted to gambling. Note it's addiction and not irresponsible, you can be addicted and still plays very responsible. And not all gambling addict are losers or experience loss than winning. I know of several addict that have bought cars and built houses off money from gambling. Addiction is I just a feeling that gets you attracted and would make you want to play all the time. So yes no matter outcome of his betting, let's call a spade, a spade.
It might be the case that they started with more money than what they got out though... It could be that they would have been able to buy two cars lets say... People often omit the parts where they lose gambling, and only conveniently share their wins.. |
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Part of me wanted to but at the same time I couldn't care less about predictions and educated guesses especially if I made my mind up that I'd only play the game as a form of entertainment. Like yes it's still great if I do win but at the same time I don't make it a point of my games at all. If I lose that's fine, but I'm not about to make gambling a large part of my life to the point that I'm even looking for other "expert's" opinions just so I can bag more wins. I win it's good, I lose it's not so bad. End of story. Plus it's not like you'd take the "expert's" words wholeheartedly anyway. If you're a regular human being you'd always have some semblance of a doubt at the back of your head no matter how much bought you are with what the other person is saying, which means you could either divert to what the expert is advising you to do, or just take his variation and implement it into your playstyle, both of which aren't really you doing what he wants you to do in the first place which to me is a massive waste of effort and time on your end.
I don't wanna sound so cynical but at the same time I guess it can't be helped. I make it a point to let people know that gambling shouldn't be a large portion of your life and if it came to that point then you're gambling the wrong way. Soon enough you'd find yourself asking for more and losing more, which will lead you to gambling addiction later down the line.
At the end of the day everyone can change up to a certain degree. It takes a lot of effort of course, but it is simply doing the right thing one day at a time. After a while, they will be able to see a big change if they stick to a daily better routine. |
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If Scaloni is indeed in the Argentina national team for the 2026 World Cup, then this news is very good news for the Argentina team. We all saw that Messi won the World Cup for the first time under the leadership of Scaloni in the 2022 World Cup and fixed the relationship with Scaloni. If the 2026 World Cup is played under the leadership of Scaloni, the Argentina team will definitely do much better. The way the current Argentina team is performing is really admirable if Scaloni is with their team, it is expected that the Argentina team will do much better in the 2026 World Cup.
Yeah, Argentina is clearly one of the favorites as they are the current champion. But, I think that maybe Uruguay or Brazil will surprise everyone in the next world cup. |
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My biggest take away from the Republican race is that the infighting and toxic nature to it all will divide and conqueror their chances to put up reasonable opposition. This is confirming a further Democrat win or reelection is most probable as the outcome. So I would place bets on that being the final ending to this race, most likely that means Biden. Though many might criticize Biden over his age, even his own political allies thought he was too late in life to come to power as I read it but I think as an administration he can continue. The main deal to Biden continuing is the economy and thats how I judge it really, the rest is chaos and distracting.
Politics in the US these days is really divided. There is rarely a debate with nuance, it is all about "the other side is bad". So in the end many people are simply voting for anything that is "Not X, and not Y", etc, instead of actually voting for a person that represents their goals and ideas. It is an incredibly divided country. And it is getting more divided every year. TV, Twitter, and other social media, simply puts a single phrase to enrage people and it works. Attention span of people is way down to what it used to be. If you watch an old interview (say from the 70s, 80s, etc) you realize how different people were in those times. They spoke better, they had independent ideas, they could phrase their ideas and have a conversation for half an hour, no problem. Even if people disagreed, they talked about it. Now it's just two seconds saying something, and then posting it on the internet. No nuance, just hatred. |
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indeed there were many cases when people won a lot of money and could be provided for until the end of their days but continued to play and lost all their fortune, I think big wins are very tempting and the player wants to try his luck again and with a high probability he will lose and later want to win back again .
I knew a person who played poker and became very dependent on it, he was waiting for the day when he would win back, but it never came. As a bonus, he received huge debts and he struggled with addiction for several years as he had constant breakdowns.
Yes, that's the thing. Many people don't really know when to stop. After you win big (which is rare), you have the chance to leave in a great position, but most people want more. And in the process of getting more, they simply lose it all. |
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That's right, because people will always be happier when they can get more and forget that things could be the other way around, and under any circumstances people who can't accept the results well will try to find something or someone else to blame, because it has failed them to get a lot, or which has caused him to lose a lot, this is a fact that happens a lot and rarely do people learn that whatever the result must be acceptable because that is what we deserve, and there is no need to think about what ifs and ifs because it is just an if it is not a definite situation happen.
Yes. At the end of the day the past helps us to remember so that we don't make the same mistake again and again. The future is a place where we want to be, a goal. If you focus on the past, you become depressed. If you focus on the future, you become anxious. The present is where life happens. If you are focused on the present, you can have a great life. |
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Been trying to fight this, but it's a shared codebase we co-maintain and we are still under NDA. The 14nm IC is essentially "EOL" so hopefully we will be able to push to open source the firmware.
The 14nm IC is the one in the original Apollo? That would be ideal. Looking forward to your update regarding this. Updated Apollo-Miner binaries are in the works for the Apollo 2 release in the coming weeks.
Are there going to be any new miner binaries updates for the original Apollo or just for the Apollo 2? |
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Yes, it's great if we can convince the player to play smart. I think no one is against this. It’s just that many addicts don’t know how to play, what smart strategy to use. They use very simple strategies and believe that they are intellectuals who have learned the secrets of the universe. I would recommend learning and mastering something new. Or even play other games. This is both distracting and allows you to take a fresh look at your strategies. In addition, it prevents tilt.
I think there are quite a few really skilled gamblers that are also addicted. The thing is that it is independent of your level of skill, but of course there are more unskilled gamblers so you see more addicted ones in total. You always need to keep things in check unless you want things to spin out of control at some point. |
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There's actually nothing wrong with playing at work. It all depends on what you play and what kind of work you actually have. Of course, if you are a neurosurgeon and are performing a complex operation on a patient, then you will not be able to play at this time. You will also not be able to play while driving a car. Although I have heard of people placing sports bets in a car while they were standing at an intersection at a traffic light.
But if you have long natural breaks at work that there is nothing to fill and your work does not require too much responsibility, then nothing prevents you from playing during the break. But I would not recommend playing for money.
I agree. But it is only fine as long as it is comparable to what most people do, say, browse social media, etc. If you actually start to get drawn too much into it, and start panicking with your losses, etc, then you will have a bad time. |
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Hopefully, we never get involved in unnecessary things like that so we can focus on our work. We must not allow ourselves to be defeated by desires that tell us to gamble wherever we are because we are in control of ourselves. By always remembering where we are and what we are doing, we hope that we can position ourselves well and that nothing will interfere with our work. We don't want to be fired by our office because we gamble, which we can do after work. We must try to be professionals at work even though we don't have a position because we are accepted to work to have income that can be used to meet our daily needs.
Yeah, it is easier to keep yourself busy with other things that bring you positive things to your life. If you don't have other things in your life it is easy to get addicted because there are no other fun things to do. And addiction works because it is fun and enjoyable for the person. At least in the beginning. |
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That would be nice but the problem is that no matter if that person new to gambling won and got away I think still he would be back at some time so most likely they will become addict as they will think that winning is easy and will keep losing becoming true gamblers.I don't know anyone that has done just that,won big and moved away from gambling and enjoyed life and never looked back.Difficult to do that so we have yet to see one such person.
Yeah, sometimes people get addicted very fast. It's all in the mind, so they might end up in a bad situation after simply winning their first ever bet. They think they can do it again, and then they lose all their money trying to win more. |
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A break certainly matters. This is indeed a good recommendation, but it is only one element of successful therapy. And this assumes that you have already decided to stop gambling. But what if you are driven to therapy by failures and losses, but in your heart you still don’t want to stop playing? Then most likely no break will help you. A person must honestly ask himself whether he wants to stop playing? If the answer is no, then the therapy will be only partially effective.
To be fully effective, a person will need to understand himself.
Yeah, it is usually a good idea to stop doing some negative behaviors for a bit and see how it goes. Some people are able to change their whole life like this. |
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Well.. we are talking about a team that underwent three consecutive defeats in the CONMEBOL qualifiers. They are at the 6th position in the points table (out of a total of 10 teams). Teams like Venezuela are ahead of them in points table, at this point. So if someone says negative about Brazil, then it is understandable. One argument in their support is that they are impacted by Neymar's injury. But then, they have some of the best players in the world such as Vinícius Júnior, Richarlison and Matheus Cunha. So the performance at qualifiers was a big shock to everyone.
Yeah, Brazil as you mention has a lot of really great players. Indeed, the results they are getting clearly are not expected. But soon I am sure they will be able to move things around and make a change for the better. |
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That's right, because people will always be happier when they can get more and forget that things could be the other way around, and under any circumstances people who can't accept the results well will try to find something or someone else to blame, because it has failed them to get a lot, or which has caused him to lose a lot, this is a fact that happens a lot and rarely do people learn that whatever the result must be acceptable because that is what we deserve, and there is no need to think about what ifs and ifs because it is just an if it is not a definite situation happen.
Yes, the past is done. There is nothing you can do to change the past. It's there to remind you of how you should live your present to get a better future. People that stay in the past usually don't get too far. |
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Congrats on your win! It's normal for you to feel conflicted after what happened with your friend, but it's great that you were able to turn a small win into a big win. Situations that you didn't expect can sometimes deliver pleasant surprises. You should focus on the good things that happened, and who knows, your luck might get even better in the future. Congratulations!
Yeah, it is best to simply enjoy the present, specially when they just won something. At the end of the day, there is no point thinking too much about the past, because there's no way to change it. The past is history. You can only learn from it, and move on. |
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But in terms of addiction, that is no longer part of enjoying but a lust and desire that needed to fill out, gambler who already suffering from this stage can do anything, things that un-imaginable that those person will do, most cases, they are selling valuable items or loaning money from friends or institutions and worse, they can do illegal things that really put them into a big risk.
That's how madness from a gambling addicted person can do, no control and doing things that not really usual.
Yeah, things start small, and then they continue to grow. At some point you don't even realize where you end up. It can be difficult to get out from that place once you are too deep into it. |
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You're probably right. At this point, the mental aspect affects all the players, coach and even managers of the Brazilian national team. When the phase is bad, everything seems to go wrong, and things happen that have never happened before, like the Brazilian team's defeats in the 2026 WC qualifiers
I know that many of you no longer believe in Brazil and prefer European teams, but if there's one thing Brazil is good at, it's the power to overcome, and it could be a very good thing if Brazil goes to the 2026 World Cup without all the favoritism (although the 200 million Brazilians already put absurd pressure on the team before any World Cup).
Now that the coach has been appointed, let's wait for the job to be done.
I know that many of you don't know the coach either, or always prefer names already known in Europe, but Dorival JR is good, and could take a good chance
Yeah, it is clearly a mental game these days, because they are really great players. I am sure they will conquer their minds and proceed to win the next few games. |
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