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1081  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 17, 2023, 01:13:49 AM
The fact that Ukraine is attacking the early detection radars and interference systems or the RF army does not mean anything. The fact that this same thing happened before the previous Ukraine offensive does not mean anything. Nothing will happen, Ukraine has no troops, there will be no offensive. All in RF, drink, go to the parades and watch the official news. All is going perfect in the frontlines.

If you want I can leak a few NATO documents proving all this, so that you can sleep tight?

~


^^^ The people of Finland aren't interested in a fight against Russia.

Yes, that's why they joined NATO.

Spot on. And because they were attacked by the old USSR not that long ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

Do you think that if the RF implodes again like with the Tzars in WW I, then with Gorby Finland could take the opportunity to recover the stolen land?



Finland stupidity. Yank the tail of a bear already fighting, and who is arming up for major war?...

You need to improve your "metaphoring" skills. Finland is not twisting a tail, is joining the rest of the species that do not want to be eaten. Your argument is "you have to be scared of RF, so the best thing you can do is to stay very quiet and try not to get noticed". You are a coward, but also a very impractical one.
1082  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 15, 2023, 11:47:07 PM
^^^ The people of Finland aren't interested in a fight against Russia. They realize that their leaders are only joining Nato to make a show for the US and other Nato countries. This whole thing only shows how badly the US and Nato are failing... that they would pull a stunt like this to attempt to make themselves look good in the eyes of ignorant people in the US and many Nato countries.

Cool

Si vis pacem, parabellum. That is why NATO grows, not because the members want to go to war, but precisely because they do not want to.

Finland is a democracy, their "leaders" are elected and demoted when no longer liked. I know this is hard for you to understand.

Where's that Ukrainian 'greatest counter-offensive' we've been hearing about?  Last week it was bad weather.  This week it's something about new gear and saving Bakhmut or some such.  'Excuses are like assholes', so they say.
...

Yes, no Ukrainian offensive is planned, do not worry. Just keep on throwing the official "truth" here and keep on attacking Bakhmut - it is very important for the RF to conquer another flattened town that is in the middle of nowhere and in artillery range from the other side of the river. You do not have to worry about the nearly state of the art nearly 100 main battle tanks coming from US and Europe and those few hundred IMFV. That is just for defence, so no offensive planned in the next few weeks.

Sleep well, read the Pravda, listen to Radio Moscow and keep drinking Stolichnaya.

What's this week's excuse?  Bad weather again?  Whatever the case, it looks like Russia is keeping the narrow muddy door open to Bakhmut for the 'greatest stupidest unblocking operation' if Ukraine ever gets around to it.  But nobody can wait forever.


Excuse? No invasion is planned. You are just fine and do not have to worry about the Ukranian troops currently on training in Poland, Letonia, US, UK,... they are just training for fun. It does not matter is the Bakmuth attack is stalled because nothing is happening. As said, just keep on throwing resources and wagner's convicts into the crossfire there.

I'm sure that Ukraine would be shelling Moscow from the outskirts now if it wasn't for that gosh darn weather.  I guess that's their excuse again this week month too, eh?
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Excuse meaning like... what? Sound like you are arguing that there will be no Ukrainian offensive? Good, good,... drink well, sleep well, listen to the comfort juice in official TV ... nothing will happen. Ukraine does not have western weapons, their people are not trained,  go to the parade in Belgorod... wherever it has not been cancelled.

^^^ The people of Finland aren't interested in a fight against Russia. They realize that their leaders are only joining Nato to make a show for the US and other Nato countries. This whole thing only shows how badly the US and Nato are failing... that they would pull a stunt like this to attempt to make themselves look good in the eyes of ignorant people in the US and many Nato countries.
You don't know what you are talking about. Our finnish "leaders" didn't decide to join to NATO without the approval of citizens (as if you knew how our goverment would work)- It was an overwhelming majority of the Finnish people who wanted in, that's one of the main reasons why our leading party changed their mind about joining. I know several people that were very much anti nato before 2014 Crimean crisis, and Russia attacking Ukraine was a last straw for majority of the people. If you think we wouldn't be in danger without nato you obviously haven't followed Kremlin propaganda. We have to. They were paving a way for Finland too. That woud have been just a matter of time. That's why we wanted in as fast as possible.

It is of no use, they do not understand the concept of the people taking ownership of their decisions. They just believe in autocrats taking the decision for them so that they do not have to think for themselves - too hard, better to be babies for life and let dad take the decisions.

^^^ The people of Finland aren't interested in a fight against Russia.

Yes, that's why they joined NATO.

Spot on. And because they were attacked by the old USSR not that long ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

Do you think that if the RF implodes again like with the Tzars in WW I, then with Gorby Finland could take the opportunity to recover the stolen land?

1083  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 14, 2023, 08:39:54 AM
Leaked Documents Reveal Depth of U.S. Spy Efforts and Russia’s Military Struggles

Lol. You just screwed up with NATO's eastward expansion and now you're dragging a leak from a closed "Bear vs. Pig" chat here to build on your success? Grin

Huh?  I guess you didn't actually read any of my posts in either situation proving all of what you said is false.
Dude, this is not a vegetable market, but a forum - and the arguments on the forum are usually not counted, but weighed. If you repeated nonsense several times, it did not become true, no matter how much you would like it. Your prooflink was weak, besides, you yourself guessed from it what was allegedly meant there. It doesn't work that way.


Its fun to watch how MSM is exaggerating anti-Russian parts of leak, while downplaying or not reporting
on anti-USA parts of it (spying on all allies and even UN, for example, or NATO personnel actually been
present on the battlefield)

Branko, I have a leaked document from a US spy that posted it on a "Just Dance" app forum. It has 500 pages and depicts the plan of the US to dissolve NATO, remove all its military bases, do an unconditional surrender to Putin's government and hand over the government to the United States to an oligarch of Putin's choice. Also, the army will be dismissed and the weapons handed over to Iran. Isn't it great!  An all of it is so true!

Now seriously, we do not need a leaked document to know that all countries spy on each other. If I was sending billions in aid to Ukraine, I would certainly be spying Zelensky, all his friends, family and even his dog. I am more concerned with the US selling HIMARS to Morocco, which is true and really weird.

Leaked Documents Reveal Depth of U.S. Spy Efforts and Russia’s Military Struggles

Lol. You just screwed up with NATO's eastward expansion and now you're dragging a leak from a closed "Bear vs. Pig" chat here to build on your success? Grin

Huh?  I guess you didn't actually read any of my posts in either situation proving all of what you said is false.
Dude, this is not a vegetable market, but a forum - and the arguments on the forum are usually not counted, but weighed. If you repeated nonsense several times, it did not become true, no matter how much you would like it. Your prooflink was weak, besides, you yourself guessed from it what was allegedly meant there. It doesn't work that way.

I think your comments tend to disprove themselves. Like "screwed NATO westward expansion"... You do know that the RF has added a new 1340 km long border with NATO (Finland) thanks to your marvellous leaders? That is screwing up. An the Finish may be eager to reclaim the land that Russia stole from them.

It is quite problematicto be seen as a expansionist empire. All the sudden all those neighbours in the block stop saying hi and look at you like a pest.

EDITED: I just learned that the patriotic May parades in Kursk and Belgorod have been cancelled. Why? Is Putin not able to guarantee the safety of Russians in its own territory or is he afraid that someone will smoke again by a fuel depot?
1084  Other / Politics & Society / Re: 13 inbred European Bloodlines feeding people insects and mealworms on: April 13, 2023, 09:25:44 PM
Who is this 13 inbred European Bloodlines ?

The side effects of not taking the pills doctors have told him to

LOL, right now is the year 2014 not the year 1476 and he still doesn't know who are the 13 inbred European Bloodlines of the Terrorist organization Illuminati?
That just show you how dumb down people are.

I can tell you that there are certainly at least 13 European inbreed bloodlines, they are called monarchies. Most European monarchies are related to each other, they are pretty much inbreed (that is changing this century though) and they have enjoyed a shitty health for that limited gene pool choice. Now, someone explain the illuminati thing please?
1085  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 13, 2023, 09:21:12 PM
Interesting voting in the Duma. The RF seems to be doing so well and having so much success that from now on the citizens can be notified of them being mobilised by an "email" (short of) and, just in case, they are no longer allowed to remove or delete their account from the electronic system of the government (most have an account).

So... yes, they have played the "patriotic card", then the "good pay" card, then the "slave army" card, then the "pardon for criminals" card... and there it goes a new one "you cannot scape" card. Who knows, maybe even some of the people from Moscow and St Petersburg might be mobilised.

Needless to say that this is about the Kremlin psychos noticing that the Ukrainian offensive to recover their land may go as far as breaking the bridge to Crimea. Bad news is that modern warfare is not about throwing meat into the grinder. BTW, this is a recognition of "being at war" since, none of this can be legally done unless at war.

Yep, the deputies of the State Duma adopted in the third reading a law that they didn’t even read (they had less than an hour to get acquainted with the voluminous package of amendments). Grin

I think that in Russia in the foreseeable future there will be a second wave of partial mobilization, and for Ukraine this is bad news. There will be no peace talks, there is no one to negotiate with. Ukraine will suffer a military defeat.

So, somehow the fact that Putin had to mobilise more soldiers to launch into the meat grinder is "good news" for the RF? Oh well, you must be very sure that you will not be one of the lucky winners of the one-way ticket to the front.

The rest is just blah, blah... all wars end with peace talks and the RF is facing so many challenges that it may just have to stop whether Putin is happy with it or not. It is of no use to have another wave of soldiers if they do not have the means to fight in a modern war and have to keep on using WW II tactics and trench war for each meter of land.
1086  Economy / Gambling / Re: What sort of Weekly & Monthly Bonuses do Bitcointalk members want? on: April 13, 2023, 09:15:10 PM
as I said earlier, indeed promotional bonuses, especially free spin bonuses or other bonuses, will certainly have conditions that must be met and it is not easy to achieve these conditions.
but speaking of bonuses, I prefer claim bonuses for example $5 or $10 provided the total wagered last 7 days is $1000 to $5000. it will be much more fun than the free spins bonus. because the free spin bonus is really very difficult, the conditions are compared to the claim bonus that I mentioned.
because to reach a total wager of $ 1000 is very easy when we are enjoying our bet slowly the total bet will increase. but for free spin bonuses, it will be difficult for us to get a win.
Well, let me tell you something. I don't know if I'm on the same page as you here. I mean, seriously, who doesn't love getting free stuff, especially when it comes to gambling? But hey, I hear you loud and clear about the conditions being harder to meet than a yogi doing a handstand on a tightrope. Not a piece of cake, my friend. Now, as far as these claim bonuses go, I can see how they could add some excitement to the game, but let's face it, we're not exactly high rollers here. I mean, five or ten bucks? That's like trying to buy a fancy dinner with fake Monopoly money.
I like how you say it and it's the truth ,of course when a person sees certain things in the game like bonuses , very attractive promotions, it's something that every player will take without hesitation, but since most of the things that benefit are not all the time good thing they don't read the terms and conditions or review the bonus criteria.

Most of the times that a bonus is taken without reading it is obvious that it is the player's fault, because it is thought that if that bonus is not taken quickly it will be the loss of valuable time, and the conditions of the bonuses are sometimes in my opinion cretirio very difficult to meet, every bonus and everything offered by the casino and that does not have the word "free" you have to pay attention,because you have to meet all the criteria in their entirety to be able to benefit.

weekly or monthly bonus doesn't matter for getting every single bonus a user have to fulfill specific requirement. like level up so I don't think a bonus system will play a important role for us. so I think a casino site should bring some new facilities then a bonus system if we can enjoy it very happily. if we want to enjoy the bonus then we have to fulfill some hard requirement in this case we can loss use our money by lossing  multiple bets or by something else. gambling is an Entertainment place and we are going there for fun. so i think bonus is not important things for us. it may important for him who gamble as his profession
it's simple when you gamble at one of the casinos that you think makes you comfortable and has bonuses that have certain conditions, gamble to your heart's content and have fun with every bet you make.
if your bet can meet the bonus requirements, take the bonus. but if while you are having fun with your bets but do not meet the bonus requirements, forget about the bonus and come back tomorrow to have fun at the casino again.

so in conclusion, gamble with fun. If you are lucky, you can reach the bonus conditions, that's your good day.

Bonus conditions are, anyway, the ad campaign part, so the main thing about gambling is having fun, while bonuses can't create much of the income from gambling. So the main thing about gambling is stability of casino network, and this is a different thing than bonus offers...
In casinos there will always be conditions for bonuses, it is normal, and it will always be like that, whatever it may be, if the conditions look very good for us as players, it is known that these conditions will be intrinsically much better for the casino, however, sometimes you have to take things in a relaxed way, it is known that when playing in a casino the first thing that we must take into consideration is the money that we have willing to lose, secondly go to enjoy each game or the game to choose, and thirdly and The most important thing for me, if the money willing to lose is lost, you must accept and assimilate the defeat, take it normal and as payment for a fun service.


The conditions for affiliates and bonuses should really be more transparent and clear to members and participants. A site that does not really deliver a good experience to the user will eventually disappear. I do not see how the site can build a long standing reputation and customer base if they are leaving behind a trail of angry or disappointed customers.
1087  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is Online casino always take risks? on: April 13, 2023, 09:11:43 PM
I am just curious about how does online casino pay for their promotion on their influencers? Where does their earning comes from? How will you get scammed when you try online casino? How can you tell that online casino is safe?
when you place a bet on a casino's platform and it turns out on the losing side, where does the funds goes??
I thought as much...

If the where no profit in the casino business, they'll be little or no casino out there.

Well, when you lose a gambling game all the money goes to the gambling site and in case you win the gambling houses give you the winning amount. The point to note is that gambling games are not peer to peer games, hence any money lost is a direct profit for the gambling site.
So in order for anyone to run a casino, they need initial funds to pay out the winners but as the casino grows more and more people will lose money and then there won't be a problem for the gambling casino to pay to the winners as they would be collecting huge amounts from people who lose in gambling.

There are many other expenses that the site has to cover, not only paying the players. There is marketing and promotions, software and hardware maintenance, bandwidth, personnel... It is not that difficult to go under if the managers do not have a clear understanding of what they are doing. However, it is true that a casino has a permanent flow of cash, so financing is not an issue usually.
1088  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: do you lose on slots? on: April 13, 2023, 09:07:42 PM
You can't avoid losing money if you want to gamble on any online casino, there will be no winning for you if you are not ready to lose, you can surely limit your losses by using a small amount of money to gamble.

I do play slots and I have lose and win too, I can't remember the count of my winning against my losses but it was fun, I won't touch any casinos for now because I can't afford any money right now, you know, the type of money I am ready to lose?

I take this rules very seriously because it's the most important rule when planning to gamble on any online casino, we can this game a gamble for the same reason, it's a goddamn gamble so treat it as a gamble.



That is very true when you play slots or any other game that is purely chance and requires little skill or skill matters nothing you have to assume that the most likely outcome is to loose money. However, there are many games that are skill games, such as poker or even black jack and in there you have a better chance of making some earnings if you know how.
1089  Economy / Gambling / Re: Enough to consider a casino scam? on: April 13, 2023, 09:00:43 PM
Hi friends, I have some questions for you guys about online casinos

What will you do if you don't know that a online casino will ask you for KYC after winning over 8,000$ on the platform? And you now manage to process with the verification and they failed to pass you? Can you consider such a casino a scam?

Also, imagine you get attracted to an online casino because of the bonuses they offer and you open an account and make your first deposit then you didn't receive the promised bonus, is this an act of scam or not?

I am trying to solve such an issue for someone very close to me and that the complaint he gave, I have no answer than maybe the bonus was canceled already before he made the deposit or there was a minimum deposit requirement.

Any other reasons?
About KYC. You need to read ToS. Usually the casino include KYC before withdraw in their ToS but until your withdrawals are small enough they can allow such withdrawals. If you withdraw such sum and there is KYC in ToS - you have to do it. You can try several times in different ways i think.
About bonuses. You need some information when you made this deposit and when the bonus program was stopped. And it can be some more restrictions for getting bonus, read attentively.


A KYC before withdrawing cannot really be considered in my view as a problem or an abusive condition, since it is pretty much a standard legal requirement. Now, to be fair, the site is playing the user in the sense that it is easy to send funds and then difficult to take back. Legally, the site is holding funds of unknown origin, so my guess is that they are at that moment doing something illegal.
1090  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Wagering requirements for withdraw on: April 13, 2023, 08:57:01 PM
You said it yourself, it was your fault that you didn't bother reading the complete terms and conditions before going ahead and making a deposit. A trusted and reputable casino shouldn't have a wagering requirement for a normal deposit of about 5x, most of the time they don't have a wagering requirement for deposits but even if they do, it shouldn't be more than 1x of the deposit amount.

So in a normal casino when you deposit $1000, you will be required to have a wagered $1000 before you can request a withdrawal, even if the withdrawal amount is higher than the deposit, if you have met the wagering requirement, you should be good. If the amount is too large, they might ask for KYC.

Reading the terms and conditions is important and yes, legally, you can argue that is the player's fault. However, even if a rule is in written and is clearly expressed and is part of the terms it may still be abusive and even sometimes can be legally challenged as it is not a negotiated agreement, but a set of conditions that you have to either fully accept or fully reject.
1091  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Trump is indicted on: April 12, 2023, 10:45:03 AM
.... this Trump arrest nonsense. .....

Why is it nonsense?

In OGNastys defense...illegally covering up payments you made to influence the outcome of an election that you're running for president in isn't really that big of a deal compared to stealing classified documents and then lying about having them to the FBI, or trying to overthrow the government to remain in power after the people decided not to give you a second term.

As usual though, when it comes to defending Trump you will mostly get whatever short and easy-to-remember phrases they've heard repeating over and over and over that don't really add up to a real defense since it's usually completely obvious that he's guilty of whatever it is he's being accused of.  

I find the problem is that many people treat politics the same as their favourite sports team.

ding ding ding

If you think that Trump paying a porn star who signed an NDA is the worst thing a President has done, I’d suggest you open your eyes. Clinton lied under oath about cigar banging an intern. Biden has nearly started world war three to keep the world from finding out his family has made millions of dollars making back room deals with foreign countries… I won’t even touch on the election fraud and only an ignorant liberal would say Trump tried to stay in power when everything he was saying on Jan 6th was for people to remain peaceful and respect law enforcement. At this point if you’re still a supporter of Liberal politics you’re either A) an idiot, B) completely brainwashed, 3) mentally ill, or 4) you hate America.

Nah, Clinton did not bang and intern but he certainly lied as sucking is a sexual relation in my book at least. In the US that is a big thing I guess, but matters little for practical purposes. About Biden, just an accusation with no proof. Just take it to court and see if it flies.

But hey... you have forgotten other examples such as Nixon. Is it because he was Republican?

And no, Trump has done many other things, but he is not there for paying a big-boobed bimbo (I reckon he is consistent in his tastes), he is there for falsifying the campaign accounts to hide it. Just like Capone, he may get judged for the most minor of all his offences - as opposed to getting judged for "high treason" for attempting to overthrown the US democratic system.

Seriously... what would have the Republicans done if Biden or Hilary or any other lost an election and called for an armed mob to assault the Capitol and threaten the lives of the republican members. They would be yelling  for decades. Why do we have to overlook Trump's shit over and over?

You "brainwashed" and other insults could be applied to yourself. They are irrelevant. If you do not like the Democrats, think about who made them what they are today.

Is this a witch hunt? Probably yes, but on this case the witch flies on a broom and casts dark magic all over (this means that they are hunting the guy, but he is also guilty as as sin).



1092  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 12, 2023, 10:34:35 AM
Interesting voting in the Duma. The RF seems to be doing so well and having so much success that from now on the citizens can be notified of them being mobilised by an "email" (short of) and, just in case, they are no longer allowed to remove or delete their account from the electronic system of the government (most have an account).

So... yes, they have played the "patriotic card", then the "good pay" card, then the "slave army" card, then the "pardon for criminals" card... and there it goes a new one "you cannot scape" card. Who knows, maybe even some of the people from Moscow and St Petersburg might be mobilised.

Needless to say that this is about the Kremlin psychos noticing that the Ukrainian offensive to recover their land may go as far as breaking the bridge to Crimea. Bad news is that modern warfare is not about throwing meat into the grinder.

BTW, this is a recognition of "being at war" since, none of this can be legally done unless at war.

The Russian leadership, in both strategy and tactics, seem to be very interested in preserving the lives of as many Russian servicemen as practicable.  The exceptions seem to be localized where a regional commander wishes to make a name for themselves.  In these cases the high command does seem to relieving the commanders of their commands.

Beyond that, there are very clear, direct, and demonstrable threats from the West to Russian values and life-ways.  In other words, unlike anything which I (as an American) have seen in my lifetime, there is something worth fighting for/against and it goes beyond simply inflating profits for corporations and the political/economic elite.

Given the above two features, I cannot say what I would do as a Russian of an age group where I could be called upon.  As someone with a history of 'getting my ass out of Dodge' in the face of a threat of being forced to 'defend' 'my nation', I very well might comply with a conscription order were I a Russian.  There is even an outside chance that I might even volunteer...and especially if it might get me a more safe service position.

[...]

There is a credible argument to be made that having 'tribal' oligarchs has been necessary under the dollar-based global economic system because they could more readily interface with their fellow tribalist bankers who dominate the West.  After the fall of Ukraine (and consequently the USD system), that argument will not carry the same weight.

I will say that the ratio of Russian expenditures to arms production capacity is HIGHLY favorable compared to the West.  That tells me that Putin managed to do a reasonable good job at quelling corruption at least as it relates to national defense.



Nah, there is no threat to the RF territory (the legitimate one, before invading Crimea that is), there is certainly no threat whatsoever to the "Russian way of life", you can live however you want, drink the same vodka , hate gays as usual and like your leaders riding horses half naked, write marvellous literature in Cyrillic and have the best classic dance schools in the world.

There is one clear threat though - to the current despots ruling the RF and the government, and they are alright sacrificing the "servicemen" to get yet another roll of dice at keeping power. People in the RF are right to question why do they have to get killed for a government they cannot choose, try to change pacifically and do not agree with.

 If there is nothing similar to a victory or even something looking like defeat, the government may have serious problems with some of the "republics" and the "allies" may think that the RF is no longer a powerful partner. That is not a threat to a way of life, is a threat to power.

The arms production issues in the RF are not only related to corruption, they are related to the critical components and supplies you need for modern warfare - they are produced abroad and sanctions make it difficult or impossible to get.

On your argument about the oligarchs - yes, there are oligarchs all over the world, but in representative regimes you (the people) at least have a shot at having some control over what they can and cannot do. The argument "is not perfect" does not mean is not "better".


BTW, would it not be some of those Karma is a bitch if this location was hit by missile? The missiles programmer's lair.
1093  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 12, 2023, 08:47:08 AM
Interesting voting in the Duma. The RF seems to be doing so well and having so much success that from now on the citizens can be notified of them being mobilised by an "email" (short of) and, just in case, they are no longer allowed to remove or delete their account from the electronic system of the government (most have an account).

So... yes, they have played the "patriotic card", then the "good pay" card, then the "slave army" card, then the "pardon for criminals" card... and there it goes a new one "you cannot scape" card. Who knows, maybe even some of the people from Moscow and St Petersburg might be mobilised.

Needless to say that this is about the Kremlin psychos noticing that the Ukrainian offensive to recover their land may go as far as breaking the bridge to Crimea. Bad news is that modern warfare is not about throwing meat into the grinder. BTW, this is a recognition of "being at war" since, none of this can be legally done unless at war.
1094  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Over 100 More Classified Docs Appear Online: US Secrets 'From Ukraine... on: April 10, 2023, 10:27:22 PM
Great job by the NYT, yes, Ukrainian air defence is going badly Mr Putin, time to send all your planes into the attack. After all, who could have any doubt that these documents are a leak and are there to help you.

Unless... you know, someone has sent these documents to the NYT and they are just intended to make the Kremlin make a big mistake and loose whatever is left of their airforce. But that cannot be, for sure.

I have posted this so many times... information published by the enemy, particularly in a newspaper, is not information. Do you not have any suspicion whatsoever of why would a Pentagon source corroborate the authenticity publicly and a the same time speak of COVID as a "scam"Huh What kind of conspiracy theorist are u?

To be fair, the times found most of them on 4chan and a Minecraft discord server. And when the first ones were found they had been up for weeks.

I am aware, but that makes them credible or change the point in anyway? You know, the Pentagon usually would not deny nor confirm nor admit nor ... etc... why would they class this as a "dissaster" and a real problem publicly? There are so many doubts about the content that is nearly useless for any intelligence analysis. It is a problem with most intel.

EDITED to add: Curiously, all leaks are sigint, thus no spies to be arrested or killed as a result. What a coincidence uh?
1095  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Over 100 More Classified Docs Appear Online: US Secrets 'From Ukraine... on: April 10, 2023, 10:24:58 AM
Great job by the NYT, yes, Ukrainian air defence is going badly Mr Putin, time to send all your planes into the attack. After all, who could have any doubt that these documents are a leak and are there to help you.

Unless... you know, someone has sent these documents to the NYT and they are just intended to make the Kremlin make a big mistake and loose whatever is left of their airforce. But that cannot be, for sure.

I have posted this so many times... information published by the enemy, particularly in a newspaper, is not information. Do you not have any suspicion whatsoever of why would a Pentagon source corroborate the authenticity publicly and a the same time speak of COVID as a "scam"Huh What kind of conspiracy theorist are u?
1096  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 09, 2023, 11:40:20 PM
I still haven't figured out if Twitchy is simply ignorant, or if he is a troll, or what his reasons are for ignoring the obvious. Do you have any idea?

Cool
Of course I have ideas about this. He and a number of other accounts active here are politically biased, heavily influenced by anti-Russian propaganda and forced to express their opinions under conditions of strict censorship, at the risk of falling under the pressure of cancellation culture, and even being subjected to criminal prosecution. It is also possible that they are paid for spreading Russophobic sentiments online. Under such conditions, it is difficult to expect any objectivity from them.

Or... maybe you are getting paid for saying so, blurting the official buzzwords over and over to see what part of the shit sticks and somehow feeling that you are doing yourself a favour.

The answer is much simpler: people do not like being shot at, being threatened with nuclear weapons and getting their countries invaded. If you do that, you will get people saying that you should not do any of that and that they are willing to fight back for mere self preservation. If in doubt go to any six year old and ask him how he likes the school bully.
1097  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 08, 2023, 11:51:16 PM

The Ukrainians “have organized defense inside the city,” Mr. Prigozhin said on his social media channel. “We cannot talk of any offensive yet.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/06/world/russia-ukraine-news#russia-prigozhin-wagner-ukraine-bakhmut

Since when you believe what mr Prigozhin says?

I recently saw a video of Prygo speaking about the forces of Ukraine, as he believed they were positioned or wanted the world to believe he knew... Information supplied by the enemy is always dis-information. No real exceptions. However, you may infer what they known and do not know because there is a torrent of subtle information in the mis-information about the psychology of the enemy.

RE tanks and supplies, it is not even about the big numbers, but also about the quality. It is not the same to use proper ultra-high-tech components fresh from a Raytheon manufacturing facility than to dis-assemble a North Korean washing machine and fit the engine regulator to the hydraulic system of your T-60 turret. Yes, the T-60 is still a tank, but has no chance against even older ATs not to mention a newer generation tank afresh from Germany or US.

What would you prefer, be the loader of a T-60 in a group of 5 tanks or the gunner of a single Abrams facing them? What if this happens at night?

...

Tanks may not disappear entirely (they do make a hundred or so T90s a year), but there is already a significant shortage even with the T62s and T55s being unpickled. First Ukrainian sources started reporting a few months ago that Russians are creating entire infantry battalions equipped mostly with transports (often not even armored vehicles but crap like "buhanka") and throwing those at the front line. Basically "meat". Now even Russian "voyenkors" are whining about it so it's mostly likely true.

...

I got a pic of one of those battalions training!!

https://youtu.be/EDCidcpaBJo?t=108




1098  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: April 07, 2023, 09:12:25 PM
For now, it's enough that the Finnish government lost the election and resigned.
Don'y worry, with new government Finland's views towards Russia and support to Ukraine won't change.

I think you are wishful thinking.
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Nuclear weapons will not enter Finnish territory even after membership is implemented.
Where did he mentioned nuclear weapons?
Well, I gave a link, it seems in the second paragraph the passage about nuclear weapons.

Not all missiles are nuclear.
What do you want me to say? That Finns are generally more adequate than Ukrainians? Or that a big war in Europe is inevitable and it's only a matter of time, and Finland's entry into NATO is another step in Europe into the abyss? You don't think that everything will end in Ukraine, do you?

It depends on the Russians' willingness to fight in foreign lands.

If I had to guess, Putin will continue this until he dies, is killed or his army is completely decimated.

Even if Putinians lose, they will not stop. They are like mad animals, they have to be stopped.

So I am guessing this thing will end in Kremlin, with Moscovian Empire disintegrating.



There is another option, and it seems a likely option: Until the RF can no longer produce the volume of weaponry and supplies that this war requires. The numbers are really big, and it is not only about the soldiers dying for nothing, it is also about the shells, drones and, believe it or not, tanks that are being lost.

Incredible as it seems, the RF may actually run out of tanks, but even earlier of missiles and, and this is critical, of artillery supplies.
1099  Economy / Economics / Re: Elon Musk and the fall of Twitter on: April 06, 2023, 09:53:07 PM
Since elon musk buy twitter there are a lot things change. I think he know what he want to do with twitter. Actually he can use it for for his own benefit. Just like few hours ago he change twitter logo into doge. The result is doge raise about 24% according to coingecko. Dont underestimate elon musk.

A big person like him will have a big impact or influence if you make a short information for everyone because there are people who will monitor what will turn out to be profitable later. But be careful with your choice because elon musk isn't a god who makes information that will generate profits later. You have to analyze a lot in the future.
Sometimes he's just speculating, just like us. But because he is a world figure so many will follow him. Let say if elon musk suddenly makes a big investment in one of the crypto coins, then everyone will buy it so the coin will experience a drastic pump.

Yet here we aare Muck this and Musk tht, but Twitter is still going on. Having said that, I recently spoke with a Twitter employee that is very hard working and tries his best and he litereally said "I go there every day just hoping that nothing is going to happen, because we do not have the people and resources to solve it if it happens". that it Elon's doing to Twitter.
1100  Economy / Economics / Re: What is your biggest obstacle to achieving financial freedom ? on: April 06, 2023, 09:51:18 PM
What I feel and become the biggest obstacle is I'm afraid to take risks, I have opened a restaurant and the result is a failure, since then I always think a lot to start a business again because I don't want to fail continue, and now I try to produce t -shirts at prices Cheap and I will market 2 or 3 more months.

Taking calculated risk, please notice the "calculated" in there is fundamental to develop financial freedom, and failing once is of course a problem. They key is to risk only an amount of time, money and effort that you can really afford to loose and still be able to recover and keep on the game. Sorry for your business, but loosing may have made you a better businessman for the next.
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