People get their kicks from anything. Some love golfing, some love racecar driving, and some find catharsis and relief from collecting mugs. These are all excessive lifestyles and hobby choices and yet we don't condemn them for having these types of lifestyles despite the fact that arguably, they're more expensive. We hate on gambling cause we directly spend the money that we're burning with the prospect of fun and at the very least, earning something back (although I don't support gambling for profit).

People are quick to judge against gambling and I know there's no inherent benefit to gambling anyway but if we're going to condemn it just cause people are losing their minds and money over it, might as well start condemning every other hobby there is as well.

And there we have it. A lighthearted and kind conclusion to this shitshow of a story.

I didn't have doubts about F2Pool returning the money to the user, they are already established as it is, and they probably earn this much amount (and more!) just from the sheer amount of miners in their platform, this is but a dime to them so to speak. Not gonna lie though, as some of the people in this forum when news about this thing broke out I thought that this was a form of money-laundering scheme too, to make that 500 grand a little cleaner by expecting reimbursement but that's a little stupid and baseless looking back. Anywho, everyone got their happy endings, f2pool will surely receive more people coming in and trusting them moving forward just from this success story alone, and I hope this user's going to be a little bit more careful next time.

Especially if you're a developing country, you can't really blame your country for relying upon these outside forces for protection and help. For one it's so tough to make it out of the poverty hole for a country, since you can't expect every politician with the power to change the country to be inherently honest and good enough to put the people's welfare above others. It's just one of those things really. Another would be the fact that most countries (I'm not sure where you particularly live but this goes for every country who asks for aid in the west) are either marginalized by private companies abusing their manpower or their resources for personal benefit, or they are just flat-out resource-dry.

People downplay just how much of this is due to climate change. They forget that the crops we cultivate for food, as well as other biological processes we needed to survive directly depend on the weather and the climate. If this delicate balance is destroyed millions are sure to die. Smear campaigns, downplaying from politicians when they should've been the ones who are to help spread the word and awareness about what climate change really is, and a whole lot more factors contributed to the general public not giving a singular fuck about the state of the world we're living in now. I hope somehow things change but that's wishful thinking and at this point if you're not filthy rich or exclusively famous no one's really going to hear you out. I mean just look at how they are dogging Greta Thunberg when all she does is just put the state of the climate to the forefront and put the people to blame for this into the spotlight.

If you're using an old PC with a pre-installed OS, and then just removed the network drivers, it wouldn't count as air gapping as many others have already told you. You would need to wipe the whole computer off, reinstall a new OS, and from there delete the network drivers to completely air-gap it.While I personally believe in the benefits of air-gapping, I don't think it's that much needed especially if you're careful enough with what you're doing. A bit of an overkill too cause that's a whole pc setup that you're not using for anything besides saving your cryptocurrencies which isn't really something that is cost-effective especially for newbies who are trying bitcoin out for the first time.

I say it's recovering from its prior losses, no thanks to spacex's sale of their bitcoin holdings for some reason. Add to that the fact that the price of bitcoin is slowly recovering from the anticipation of the people to the upcoming halving for next year as we are coming ever closer to 2024, and you get this slow price increase that we're having right now. It's not enough to push the people's hearts into actually investing, but the movements are more than enough to recover the lost confidence from prior months when the bear market came through.

Well the first thing that's going to happen after a major economic collapse is people trying to cut their losses, it's either people are going to cash their bitcoins out cause they got nothing left already and they need to use the money to sustain themselves, or people who were able to make out something from the rubble's going to reinvest their money to bitcoin, which is honestly the most probable thing out there especially since more people are becoming aware of what bitcoin is. And when that happens it's going to be even harder to take out money from your investment cause you would want to make sure you earn as much as possible yeah? It's all a struggle out here even if you're winning so it seems.

That's just stupid. Imagine if you said this shit when news broke out from 2014-15 about the Nestle CEO saying "water shouldn't be free and everyone should not have inclusive access to potable water", you'd probably feel stupid about it. Everybody's entitled to their own opinion sure, but if it's wrong you better face the consequences especially if you're too proud about it too like this mf Tim Gurney. The market will steer towards whatever will profit the richest the most, it's not about the welfare of the common people anymore. We're just glad that for once at least the common folk and the rest of the planet's richest are in agreement with how beneficial WFH is. Soon as the narrative changes just see how disgusting things could be again.

Well, having a safety net is something that only large-scale businesses have the liberty of using. it's a basic truth in life so to speak. You'd never find small-scale businesses out there not duking it out as if it's the end of the world cause they need to make profits or else they would go bankrupt. I feel like that's also one thing that contributes to why these micro-businesses are more prone to failing. They don't have the luxury to afford contingencies and safety nets that would've prevented them from losing it all should their businesses sink under, so when they fail, they fail horribly. It's also worth noting that for most first time business owners, their first losses are the biggest and hardest to bear, with some even stepping out of entrepreneurship for good cause it's just that traumatizing to lose your money.

I mean if it's something that would yield you money anyway, even if it's just the prospect of earning money (except for gambling) I don't think the 24 hour rule even applies to this. Especially if it's time-sensitive like trading and investing.

I say that this 24 hour rule is only applicable to stuff that don't really yield you anything down the line, like the newest iPhone, the latest Playstation, or whatever you're planning to buy that wouldn't realistically yield you profits in the process. You have to think it through and decide whether you really want to buy it. if your mind remains unchanged even after a week (I use the 1-week rule) then go for it and buy it cause at least by then you could be sure that it's going to give you satisfaction/happiness.

It's not tokenization that would bring revolution to the global economy. It's the reinvestment of attention to more pressing issues in the industry. You think just minting everything in the blockchain's going to solve world hunger and all that stuff? No! What needs to happen is a systematic change where profit is not made the pinnacle of success but self-actualization. It's much more important for people to reach their dreams anyway than wallow in tons of money without ever reaching their potential, plus it redirects the richest's attention away from their money, and over more important affairs in their lives.

We can't just introduce something "revolutionary" and expect that things will change for the better. Sometimes a little reality check won't hurt.

While it is inspiring, There's a darker side to this growing awareness of what Human Capital is. For instance, we're mostly aware of what AI is and how it threatens to take the jobs of regular people away. From grunt work to managerial positions in corporate. We're at the cusp of a paradigm shift which could go well or worse and at this moment, thanks to corporate greed and the lack of care and value for human life by many business owners and corporate personnel, AI is winning, off of the hard works and decades of dedication, talent, and experiences that human workers invested into by the way.

There's also the age-old debate of wage increase which many businesses withhold against their employees regardless of how valuable they are to the company, so yeah. It's one thing to be aware of what Human Capital is, it's another to acknowledge it and give people proper credit and care.

I wouldn't say money is more important than a proper degree and a valuable education, but given the circumstances I would've chosen getting the opportunity to earn money first since that sets me up for success and when done right, might even insure me for my whole life. With that in mind that leaves education to the table, ready for picking whenever I choose to. Sometimes taking the more practical path is the best one and I know that people will say you could easily take education first and then get yourself a good job after, but I just can't pass up a great opportunity like this one.

So even though I consider myself an intellectual and a lifelong learner, I'd pick money over education for the meantime. Better to have money and no degree than have a degree while you're struggling to make ends meet.

buying properties in New york is one of the worst things you could do to yourself.

People are already catching up to the news. New York's not the concrete jungle it was made out to be. No innovation, the whole city's sinking every year, stupendous prices for rent which no one in their right minds will pay except out of desperation, rats everywhere, and the general fact that NYC isn't the most hospitable or habitable city on the planet. I say if you're really into real estate invest in those that are at the country side, never in crime-dense areas. Do yourself a favor and pull out of that investment (I know it's your own money and I have no rights to ever influence you but NYC is a massive honey trap you shouldn't be falling for). Otherwise you're practically commiting to losing everything over time.

Because it is.

As of this moment many would think the reason for the collapse could once again be attributed to the housing bubble and the inflation it caused, but in my opinion the reason why the big short will happen is because of the overprinting of money in many countries after the economic collapse brought about by COVID-19. They wanted to jumpstart the economy so they printed more money than they know what to work with which eventually backfired when the whole economy picked its pace up.

Also heard the news that the very guy the movie "the big short" was based off of is already shorting the market once again. Talk about bad news for us, this guy's never been wrong remember.

Gambling shouldn't be a massive legal conundrum. It's well established that it's not helpful to society, and could be detrimental at times especially when done and held with the idea of exploiting vulnerable people in mind, which is why I understand why some countries ban gambling outright. And while it's a little radical to think that gambling is basically just glorified drug addiction to many people there's really no other way of thinking about it. And this comes from someone who's really invested in gambling.

I still believe that gambling could be regulated and legalized, but at the same time I don't bother myself with the trivialities of gambling being illegalized in some countries and all that. They have their reasons for disallowing people to gamble.

I've seen a couple of threads about football bets and all that, and while they don't get as much traction as one would expect, they aren't banned per se.

So if you're looking to actually setup your own thread to share gambling insights and betting predictions, you could do that, just make sure you're setting everyone's expectations and are not clickbaiting people, that's going to get your thread deleted and may even cause banning. Although don't expect people from really relying on you for gambling predictions since most of the established gamblers here has got their own groove and are not keen on relying from other people for these types of stuff. I say that's a good thing cause it stops you from putting the blame on other people.

I mean if it's just money we're talking about, Tyson can sit comfortably in his bed of cash without ever having to touch the boxing gloves again. My statement was more of satirical really rather than something to take seriously. Given the fact that he had a history with mismanagement of funds and all that which lead him to being bankrupt and indebted way back then.

Anywho, For me this should be a separate event. The Tyson-Ngannou fight is good and all that and they deserve a powerful opener before the main event, but Mike is more than just an opening fighter, he's the main event ever since and even if he's already retired, I don't think we're putting enough respect in his name by giving him just the opening fight slot instead of his own event. But oh well, I heard that the Two Tysons are in great terms and are even good friends, perhaps Mike Tyson's doing this as a favor for his friend. Idk for sure.

I see how noble and awesome this may be. But since this means less profit to the gambling site, I don't think they would be so keen as to implement such a feature even if it means that this will drive more users into their casino. For one, it doesn't make sense for them to invest money on coders and bug-catchers when solving simple bugs within the site is as easy as refreshing the website, and automatically refunding the money/wager that the customer has made. Sure this is a huge bummer on the customer's end but at the very least this absolves them from the responsibility of solving these bugs. Another would be the fact that most of these casinos aren't accepting of other people touching their code base. It's so easy to fetch source codes nowadays that you can basically create a derivative of a centralized casino on your own. They knew this much and are afraid of the legal repercussions that they might get tied with if such a situation comes around. So, they just wing their bugs.

Isn't this fight already decided from the get-go? Plus what about the fight against Tapales? I'm pretty sure that's still in the works (I haven't been updated in the latest boxing news and updates as I got very busy so fill me in if you can), and if it were to be canned that's going to be a major issue on Tapales' camp since they prepared for this fight and, even though at a massive disadvantage, is hoping to snatch the crown from Inoue. If they'd ditch the bout in exchange for a fight against Casimero when we already know what the answer would be given how weak Casimero's work ethic is, a lot of people who are looking to see a rising star face against an established fighter will be very upset. I say let this fight start and talk about Casimero-Inoue after.