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921  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Will you change your mind on gambling ? on: October 02, 2022, 05:28:02 PM
You are a core gambler,I mean you have a reserved or particular time that you use in gambling everyday, just the way some of us are,we even add gambling expenses to our monthly budget because we gamble to entertain ourselves.
  A new government came into power, and enacted a law that nobody should gamble anymore in the country i.e gambling becomes illegal. Will you just behave yourself and abide to this new law that is depriving you from having fun as a good citizen ? or will you ignore the law and keep on gambling since there are online casinos that you can gamble secretly with your mobile phones with out no one knowing ?
I think other than having an adequate time, a core gambler also have a good knowledge, skills and a good amount of capital. In short they are more superior than a common gambler. Playing gambling only for the sake of being entertained is not wrong and it's also not money consuming so feel free to include this in your monthly budget but if ever my country banned gambling then obviously I will follow the rules because I am not one of those who are desperate and will do risky things only to get the things that they wanted. I don't think online casinos are accessible because our ISPs will also banned it. Maybe some can use a VPN but it's still risky.
922  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How do you think blockchain gaming technology will have evolved by 2030? on: October 02, 2022, 09:56:35 AM
The development of technology is often a great concern of people's mind. The way current gaming sites have progressed, it is very difficult to predict where they will go in the near future, especially in 2030. Because seeing that any new application doesn't attract users after few days. They are attracted to more advanced technologies. In this regard we see that currently people are more attracted to the web3 technology.
Unfortunately the advancement of technology doesn't come without costs neither. All those games you play on your phone, or games on your computer, all those are built with 2 important aspects of finance, first of all, it is the building part where the development teams would need great computers to build it, is it possible to build a game without great machinery? It is, but it wouldn't be a great game by design, it needs to be great in idea, and secondly most of the games that you play would need to be played on great machines as well, and as we all know GPU prices are high.

So, it would definitely be with cost, and that’s why it’s not as quick as it can be, if these were cheap stuff, everyone would have it, and everyone would have a chance to do something amazing, but only a select few with the finances to do it can.
923  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Buying Bitcoin CBDC on: October 01, 2022, 02:04:31 PM
Let me come in here to answer the question, this your explanation goes in line with someone who is buying Bitcoin via P2P exchange, whereas for someone using his debit/credit cards to purchase Bitcoin for instance Binance or any other means of Buying Bitcoin using your cards, it could be possible for the government to track the transaction using your bank (CBDC'S) because the ATM card being used for such transaction is linked to the CBDC'S Bank Account and hence they will be able to know where you spent your money.
If you are using a credit or debit card then that is a different story anymore. It's pretty possible for them to know if where did you spent your money but the guy above is only talking about CBDC and there are many ways to get a CBDC without using cards, banks and other similar methods.

What I know is that CBDC uses a blockchain, so they work the same as crypto where it's possible for a transaction to be traced. They are more transparent in fact compared to crypto. Better if we check their T.O.S first if buying a crypto using a CBDC is allowed or not, if we are doubting about it. There are still many ways to obtain a btc. It doesn't necessarily need to have a CBDC first.
924  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: October 01, 2022, 08:16:00 AM
Placing a bet on Barcelona for 1.37 could be a good bet. But would Barcelona be consistent enough to win this again? So far they have played well and won a lot, but this team is a young and in some places inexperienced team, sooner or later you will have to deal with a breakdown. Mallorca does not have a good team. If everything goes as it should go then I suspect Barcelona will win this 1-3 for example. But 1.37 is also a low odds to bet a lot of money on it. Perhaps it is more interesting to bet on the over or under total number of goals.
Even they are facing some serious injuries but still match against Mallorca is going to be not big challenge for them and odds @1.37 is surely going to be good for punters because these are just because of International break and injuries otherwise I was feeling they are going to have odds around 1.17 to 1.22 because in this season Barcelona is having amazing start and their quality is also at the top in La Liga they can go through against any team with this squad and can break their defence easily.

Losing few quality players can bring some problems, but still Lewandowski and Raphina are available and few more good players are also capable of giving good performance and having good result in this match.
925  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers on: October 01, 2022, 01:10:31 AM
I doubt that anyone will bother to check the pairs of tourists who, although for the sake of formalities, entered the country separately, but walk and sleep together. I know about the conservative nature of this country, but we all understand that any ideology has a huge amount of hypocrisy - if we turn to religion, then all these "entertainment" games/competitions are not encouraged by the radicals. But nevertheless, Qatar wants to hold this tournament and wants to attract tourists. I am sure that tourists informally will behave very freely during the World Cup, although formal restrictions will allegedly take place.
Even I am expecting few restrictions are going to impose but still too much hype about this is working around because many peoples are not happy with Qatar, and they are trying to create mess up which is never been ideal.

But negative mind peoples are doing their job so just because of this we are having some things which are surely not going to be having any impact like alcohol is already allowed in hotels and if something happening in hotel rooms no one going to check are you married or not these things are manageable in these countries even recently we have some news from Saudi Arab they are giving few relaxations for these things because now they are also understanding foreigners are coming, and they want to live like they want so if these things are having any big impact then surely FIFA and Qatar sports authority will be available for all clarifications.
926  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Turkish Super League 2022/23 Season on: October 01, 2022, 12:31:50 AM
Derby odds for Sunday:
Beşiktaş 2.14
Draw X 3.18
Fenerbahçe 2.45

It seems undecided at best now. Odds favor Beşiktaş because they are home team and they play quick football at the start of game (15 mins) so they may disrupt Fenerbahçe a lot. It depends on how Fenerbahçe defence can resist. I would personally pass this and not gamble. Its early in league and hard to be sure which team is doing something better. But I may say I am on Beşiktaş side.
I expect Fenerbahce to win this match. Because personally I like this team. Besiktas have started the season very well but have dropped points in their last two matches. Their performance has deteriorated. They lost their home match against Basaksehir. And so I don't think they will be favorites in this match considering the home match.
Fenerbahce is the top goal scorers so far this season and have only conceded 6 goals in 6 matches. So I guess against Besiktas they will be able to continue this streak and get points from the match.
Current form is clearly favouring Fenerbahçe because they are doing good job and having good attack which is surely going to be threat for opponents in coming days and history is also going to be in favour of visitors because they are doing good job in last five matches four draws and one win mean they never lost in this derby, so we can expect good fight for the full three points from both sides and with this many goals are also possible.
 
Right now after international break look like this match is just watching is better option instead of going for betting because any result is possible with Besiktas is playing at home and having good advantage, but Fenerbahçe is doing good in this season, and they can steal this show as well.
927  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: September 30, 2022, 12:38:30 AM
I'll probably still be at Union in this game.
Frankfurt's form is slowly improving now that they didn't perform well at the start but for now Union has the upper hand and indeed they have a big chance to win.
The solidity of their players, even though Frankfurt certainly has supporters because of their home game, but still in terms of Frankfurt's performance is still very good.
Me too. Frankfut is a bit better for now but union as the top of classement in bundesliga may be easily beat frankfurt. In my opinion if union is far compared with frankfurt. I doubt that if frankfurt can make the match become draw. Union will always be winning for the rest of match that available in the bundesliga. I hope that union will become a new winner for the bundesliga rather than bayern. we need a new winner
In this case I probably won't underestimate because frankfurt is sometimes difficult to predict but in this match the victory will definitely go to Union and I still feel it will only be a narrow victory because Frankfurt's defense is still quite good and Union must be aware of fast counter attacks which Frankfurt always shows.
After break, we are going to have few tricky matches and Frankfurt vs Union Berlin is also one of these where both teams are currently doing good but Union Berlin is surely at best run with they are undefeated in Bundesliga after seven rounds which is surely good start from them and Frankfurt which was expected to be good but are not able to perform as they were expected; now these two teams are going to face each other with current form most chances Union Berlin is going to be strong because Frankfurt at home having troubling matches and lost two with last match which was against relegation zone team Wolfsburg they lost so here most chances Union Berlin will keep their momentum and win with most chances this match is going to be under 2.5.
928  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: My worst day in gambling on: September 29, 2022, 01:16:03 PM
When you say worst day I think it means a normal loss but in your case it can be called as a worst moment because the money that you have lost is your school fees, so the moment is kinda unforgettable.

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My worst day was when I used my school fees to gamble because I thought I will make more money to take care of some of my needs in school
That is the magic of gambling. It will make you think that you can double or triple your money but the truth is that your chances of winning is only small. I think you are addicted on gambling already and you use your allowance first before you end up touching the money that supposed to be for your tuition fees. Im curious if what happen to you later on op? Did your parents find it out? Did you go back to your previous school level again? Or maybe you are more successful now? Because I often heard stories about those people who quit school but became millionaires and billionaires later on.
929  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: When betting becomes to high on: September 29, 2022, 10:23:51 AM
We have to go through such a situation for us to learn our lesson. We will not be able to learn how to have self-control and self-discipline if we will not experience losing.
What I know is that gambling is not mandatory so it's not needed. Before these crypto casinos exist we already face difficult times in our lives and those already taught us a valuable lesson. You now know what to do next, this is why there are people who don't engage in crypto gambling because they know that they can be addictive.

Ofcourse it is easy to fall for gambling since it is so addictive it makes us want to gamble more.
And yes it has happened to most of us that once we sit for gambling at some point we all would have gambled more than out limits.
Because thats how we all learn not to spend more than we can afford to lose.
It's a tough lesson to learn but without that, we keep on losing our precious money.
Gambling might be known like that (to be addictive) but it will also depend on the gambling company first if how can they promote themselves and it also depend on the people that views it but a well marketed gambling site and offers a good service, bonus and then no kyc will always be hot to the eyes on the people. That is the first step for them to fall in gambling.
930  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gacha Game on: September 29, 2022, 06:24:21 AM
By the way, this is a good way to fight the urge to spend money on a Gacha game (at least it works for me). When I google videos or reddit pages or discord channels where whales post their records
I did this before only to get an idea if how much money spent by other players to get the item and yes it could give us a discouragement to not try anymore because it'll surely bust our pockets in the process.

I get a complete understanding that no matter how long I play and no matter how much I spend (to the best of my modest abilities), I will never compare with them. So I think - oh, to hell with it, I will play without spending money and without much effort, just for fun.
I think gacha games doesn't rely in the playing time so even if you say you allocate more time grinding in the game, that alone won't let you unlock special items to proceed on your next quest or to beat the strong players in the game. Comparing ourselves to others is not good but I think it can also give us a motivation. If you would like to be strong like them then you will grind first in the real world to earn cash as much as you can so that you can now afford all of those expensive items in the game.
931  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Education seems to have failed in some developing country on: September 29, 2022, 05:41:22 AM
Education is indirect contributor to that fact but you are %100 right. We should be looking at the past work of someone and hire that person based on their previous work, but obviously if we are talking about a new hire, someone who is 20-25 age range, then the person who studied the same thing in college would be a lot better than the person who just did it themselves, doesn't stop anyone though, if you worked hard on your craft during the same period while the college student just partied, then you would become better for sure.

That works only for a few jobs good paid jobs that don't require education and smoothly are physical intensive and will get you retire ar 40s, you don't need the education to wash dishes nor to dive a truck, but for others good luck having experience before education in othes, I can picture how this works with a guy becoming a surgeon without ever going to school.

And btw, since I saw already a few mentioning things like dipping out of school or university
Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard, not from Bunga Bunga technical school of banana peeling.
That is probably not what they mean, but the path they want to open does lead to that in the long run as well. Education is obviously important, internship is even more important because the real reason for internship is to learn how people do the job, not to actually do it at first, to watch what others do and how they do it, so that's where the experience comes from, and by the end of it actually start doing it as well with the supervision of other people, that's the important thing.

So, education+internship definitely beats experience in my book, and how would you know someone have experience at first when you hire, would you hire a 18 year old out of high school? Or a 24 year old out of college and internship?
932  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 28, 2022, 08:23:05 PM
It is indeed not very likely for Mbappe to leave the team until the end of his current contract. He is earning much more money than the closest player to him. PSG offered a dream contract to him and he accepted it quickly of course. Real Madrid would most probably be his next team but I don't think that they will make such offer in the near future. They are also a rich team but his contract conditions are still too much. But if they don't plan to make many transfers in a transfer window then they would be ready to spend significant amount of their budget.
Right now, which luxurious packages PSG offering Neymar and Mbappé I am feeling no other club can afford them just because of this both are sticking here and not going to any other club even Mbappé is having childish dream for playing Real Madrid but his salary package and bonuses are preventing him to do this with both players having very long contracts which is also another big factor, but now things are changing because if PSG not having good result in Champions League then surely we are going to have few changes.

Real Madrid is also very serious about Mbappé's arrival in Real Madrid but sadly with the current situation they are not going to take any risk with their youths are also giving their best, and they won last season double without any big name which is also one of the best achievements for them and with this result they can feel proud and also can stay with these players for some more time.
933  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: September 28, 2022, 06:49:22 PM
Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur, statistics has shown that for the past 11( eleven ) years Arsenal are unbeaten in Emirates stadium after they lost 3:2 in November 2010. Tottenham Hotspur find it difficult to win Arsenal at Home, hence I'll give straight winning to Arsenal. Their current EPL leader and they have performed well this season.
There is no doubt this is amazing record of Arsenal against Tottenham and with this now they are much superior in few fields which are going to give them good advantage for staying at the top of the League table for few more days because after this derby they are going to host another big challenge Liverpool which is also looking for good form and trying hard for reach at the top of the league table.

Most chances this match is going to be very tough for both because Conte and Arteta are doing good job in last few months and their tactics are working for them with they have good record in this season which is clearly indicating they can stay at the top with their current performance level and quality which is improved in last year.
934  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Can someone explain to me why did ETH drop after the merge? on: September 28, 2022, 10:44:29 AM
In my opinion, the external conditions that make the performance of cryptocurrencies include decreased ETH, the awaited merge process has been completed and successful, but the factors that determine the market, namely the global economic condition, are the causes of why the price of ETH and Cryptocurrencies continues to decline, but I'm sure if the storm is finished then we are immediately partying.
The world was getting so many disasters in a row starting from the covid pandemic then followed by the war triggered by rusia and then so many recession that happened with various countries. I do agree with your if people must aware if the world is not fine for now.
The climate to invest is decreasing due to the various reason that makes people's life become even harder from day to the another day
We have been in those economic conditions even before but why did eth manage to climb up before the merge happened? Can you explain that? I think I have to agree on those users above who said that the cause of the fall are manipulations done by the whales but I don't believe that people are too busy to forget what they must do. They just want to continue hodling thinking that the rise can also continue but sh!t happens unfortunately.

Anyway, this was not the end of eth so we shouldn't despair too much only because of this. The merge is still kinda new so maybe the effect isn't fully felt yet, lets just wait for some time okay?
935  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2022 Group Stage Highlights on: September 28, 2022, 09:18:30 AM
What do you mean by "worrying squad"? I wouldn't say that Germany looks more dangerous than Brazil or Argentina, France or England. They have severe problems in their offensive game.
Well, what I said from those quotes, that Germany is the most worrying team, in terms of their performance is not so convincing, and from some of the teams mentioned in the previous post which include, Brazil, France, Spain and Germany. and i'm not saying that germany looks more dangerous than brazil and argentina teams.
I see from their match statistics, from six matches in the UEFA Nations League they only have one win, four defeats, one draw.  and I doubt their performance later when they play in the world cup stage.
Performance in UEFA Nations Cup is surely having no impact on teams performance in World Cup because as we watch most of the teams were very slow in this event and few are not going with strength as they were looking for new strategy and trying to adjust few systems which help them in this World Cup, so hopefully they will learn from their mistakes which are happened in this event and as Germany play I am also worried about them but most chances they could be done quality performance because after Brazil they are one of the best teams in this event and their current squad is also in good shape even having most of the youths.

But, they are skilled players which can do good performance here most chances they could be good until last eight after this we can't talk about them because we have better teams which are having better performance and quality, so this could be tricky but most chances they could be in last eight without any doubt.
936  Economy / Economics / Re: Unemplyment at least 50% how world will look like then ? on: September 27, 2022, 09:14:40 PM
Depends on the nation, would you be shocked to learn Ukraine has that? I do not know if they do, but if they do that would make sense because they are in a war, USA may not, of course it looks like a distant future thing or at least unrealistic for the time being, but even that wouldn't shock me if it happened 10+ years from now because we are not growing big enough to hire everyone, and the population keeps on growing, meaning it is going to cause a lot of people to be unemployed eventually.

The amount of people we have is growing, but the amount of money is still stuck with a few thousand people at most, meaning we are creating more poor people every single day.
I Have read in other forum that Philippines has grew in crypto during COVID and now the people have brought it to top 10 - very amazing though
Now the youngster are not looking for the job they are working on their own small businesses - working from home on a small table and earning good amount
so I am not sure if that 50% includes those people who are working from home as well?
If a person generates an income then I think that is considered as employed (self employed) but indeed that during the beginning of the covid many people are switching online because they are either get removed from their jobs or they find it much safer than going outside and catching the disease.

I know that not all people have the ability to do same so they are still looking forward to work in an offline job. The unemployment rate won't grow if there are no wars and covid viruses but both of these events can soon to subside so I believe that the unemployment rate will also get lesser especially now that the online business is booming.
937  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling and Reputation on: September 27, 2022, 04:00:52 PM
You're a professional like a lawyer or a teacher in a respected university, will it harm your reputation if people around you or your students discover that you are into gambling, you're not really a compulsive gambler but gamble for entertainment, how will you explain this to people around you or will you explain to protect your reputation or just ignore them.
If you are a teacher, I think yes it will harm your reputation but only if your students caught you in the act that you are playing a gambling inside the school during working hours. They have the rights to report you to the school principal because you are not doing your duties well.

While if you are a lawyer I think you will have more time for your self and lawyers rarely bond with their clients so it's going to be rare if your clients will catch you playing a gambling but in case they do, what will they do? Nothing. They cant report you because they are the ones that seeks for your service. So I think it will solely depend on the person's profession.
938  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Turkish Super League 2022/23 Season on: September 27, 2022, 02:56:23 PM
I really don't understand odds are higher than 1.50 with Başakşehir, there is nothing going wrong with them, no specific injuries with key players etc. They are undefeated and pretty stronger than Ankaragücü. Their individual talents even can win that match.
As you expect Trabzonspor match is my risky bet, I know how Kayserispor plays and I think they can beat underperforming Trabzon with that performance. Trabzon will replace manager in my opinion soon.
Here, few factors are working, first one is Ankaragücü won first win at home before international break and Basaksehir is draw in their last game with Ankaragücü can do some tough resistance at home and which is surely increasing odds for visitors which are at the best from start of this season.

Trabzonspor is surely not good from the start of this season, and they are having bad start which is surely going to hurt their cause and defend of title most chances home team is going to win as their home record is at the top, and they are not easy in home games against any team Trabzonspor defence is also not giving their best which is big concern for them from the start of this season.
939  Other / Archival / Re: Don't worry, bitcoin is cyclical on: September 26, 2022, 09:01:29 PM
The low price of bitcoin is not a reason for panic and concern. This is the rare opportunity to buy cheap bitcoins. If you miss this moment now, then next time it may not be presented very soon.

A correction is a time to buy, not to sell. Don't worry - just HODL (or buy more). Smiley

That's nice, thank you.
I always try to keep that in mind but there will be instances you either forget it or the FUD will get to your skin and make you sell.
Lots of investors are not scaredy cats but there are times the fuel to fear the sudden dump is increasing as they get impatient for a pump to happen again.
I think they need some jabs at the market history of Bitcoin just so they could remember how far it went in just a decade.
This is a good jab to remind them of that.
If you have some memory issues, maybe you can forget it sometimes but for a normal person, there is no way to forget it. They are only making an excuse to cover up their mistakes. Having a concern is normal and acceptable because there are real world issues that we can see and we think they have an impact in the price of bitcoin but we shouldn't end up to a point that we will panic. A long term bear like this can be rare but btc is volatile so a fall in its price is something that can occur often.

If we miss this, there will always be a chance for us to buy btc next time. During these times, there are people who sells (not because they are scared) but they only bought lower than the current price that we see right now.
940  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple (XRP) goes up, Bitcoin stays flat or even lose value on: September 26, 2022, 05:21:58 PM
Can you provide a link for us to see if your claims were true? I think the pump was caused by other things. It may be that ripple supporters are now excited for the result and assume that ripple can win the case but for now no, ripple didn't win yet as the final judgment have not occurred but according to an article that I read, it says it will happen on October.

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Take into consideration the 3rd and 4th largest Cryptos as of today are USDT and USDC and Ripple can soon go to the moon.
Usdt and usdc are stable coins so they can't go to the moon but their price will always remain at 1 dollar at most. Their market cap and other stats maybe. Ripple can also go to the moon in the event they win the lawsuit because the devs and its supporters are definitely going to celebrate and pump the coin up. Of course others will just join the hype as well.
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