You are reducing a whole industry that based on research could be evaporated by only such things as willpower? that's absurd. Not every psychological condition is merely caused by a lack of willpower. Also, Willpower would not be the sole solution to help those who are addicted. That is simply ignorant and unemphatic to believe such a thing.

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The parade may affect locally, but on a general scale, it won't be effective in solving the whole issue. Gambling addiction is complex, regulations are required to prevent and measure it widely. So only by judging based on a single unknown video, the effectiveness certainly can't be measured precisely.

Environmental conditions heavily contribute to shaping a person's behavior. Moreover, a habit also may arise from such a condition. This signifies if the subject is a young person or a kid who still requires a role model. You stated yourself that the current condition affects how the younger people behave. It would be absurd if you continued the aspect in which the kids evolved into.

Conversely, if you want to direct them to embark on studies, you should create an environment where such kind of behavior is encouraged. They already get exposed to gambling things, there is no way to change that but to critically relearn about such kind of habit. Whether it is a good one or a bad one.


Note that social media gambling advertisements or information is regulated especially for kids. So, I doubt that affects much.

One thing worth noting is that not every shiny new thing is worth embracing. Sometimes we must scrutinize each aspect to see whether the thing is worth continuing. What is on OP's post also outlined about the adaptability in the progress of humanity. It shows how we carefully select and develop a way of payment. Right now, digital currency or digital way of payment seems like our future, and it is inevitable.

The problem is one thing that we must collectively think is about privacy. This aspect pertains to many past modes of payment, but digitally, it must be traversed into a centrally controlled authority, with bitcoin as an exception of course. So this shows one essential feature that must be considered by all of us, instead of just merely following the development or trend, we should consider its consequences.

It has been a general habit that most users don't do actually read TnC or ToS even though they agreed when signing up. We can't do much and I myself sometimes fall into that scenario.

Nevertheless, concerning gambling sites where identity verification sometimes is a questionable condition, it should be necessary for users to, at least, skim the terms. Users can easily use the feature find in the page to search the word like "KYC", "identity", "AML", and any related words. That alone should give a basic sense of whether KYC is a prerequisite in some particular site.


That is good and straightforward advice that many gamblers sometimes don't practice. They can choose and decide on which places they play. especially if KYC is their concern.

I'm pretty sure most casinos stated they require a KYC and any related verification requirements within their site. When the user signs up, they must accept the terms of service or terms and conditions. Any related information regarding KYC must be stated over there, so they did not necessarily need to state it clearly because it has already been stated on the terms. The problem is most users are ignorant or do not even bother to look over the documents that they agreed/accepted upon.

Karena proses mining itu tidak bisa ditebak, sehingga kapan para miner bisa menemukan block-nya tidak akan ajek 10 menit. Lalu, angka 10 menit itu hanya sebagai acuan, untuk mengatur/mengendalikan proses ini sendiri.


Hal tersebut turut mempengaruhi, tapi tidak semata secara langsung.

Dalam proses mining, setidaknya, ada dua hal yang saling terkait. Target block time (10 menit) dan difficulty adjustment.

Proses pengaturan(difficulty adjustment) yang mana membuat block sesuai target block time, hanya terjadi setiap 2016 blocks (~2 minggu, mengacu pada rerata block dibuat, yaitu 10 menit). Proses ini mengkalkulasi 2016 block kebelakang, dengan hashrate seberapapun besar atau kecilnya, apakah memenuhi target block time atau tidak.

Jika ternyata proses menemukan block lebih dari 10 menit, difficulty diturunkan. Begitupun sebaliknya, jika kurang dari 10 menit, difficulty dinaikkan. Sebagai catatan, hal ini bukanlah yang menyebabkan setiap block ada yang dibuat 1 menit atau lebih dari 30 menit, balik lagi ke kondisi bahwa proses mining terjadi secara acak.

Sebagai contoh, di suatu waktu, ketika masa periode difficulty adjustment belum diberlakukan, terdapat kondisi hashrate bitcoin turun secara signifikan, maka, tentu saja rerata block time akan lebih lama dari 10 menit. Hal itu disebabkan kondisi difficulty yang telah dikalkulasi sebelumya tidak sesuai dengan kondisi hashrate saat ini.

I think what OP means is about wiseness, not about richness. Gambling activities are done by many people regardless of their wealth, they can just adjust the amount. And do note, that a gamble does not necessarily have to be with money. So, there is no specific person's wealth condition that participates in gambling.

In regard to wiseness, surely everything must be taken into account. Nevertheless, when we talk about gambling, we must consider the addiction that affects the physiological state of the person. If the person is heavily addicted, it is just a different case, it is not a matter of wise or unwise.

If they personally feel in need of encouragement, well of course it will help them, specifically in that context. So it would work. What comes after is a different case.


That depends on how to approach those in need of help. Also, I don't think we should expect too much.

What concerns me is that the one who is truly able to take action is the subject itself, not those who assist or support. So words alone should have a considerable effect. In fact, a continual support system is required to make someone better.

No, Monero's anonymity features are inherent within its technologies, so it is not on par with Bitcoin mixer, especially if it is the centralized one.


It's not the same, and there is no proof mixed bitcoins are mostly used for illicit purposes.

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Bear in mind, that blockchain forensic/analytics that claims to filter "good" coins and "bad" coins is founded on an unscientific basis. They cannot show the statistical error rate, like the margin of error from the software or algorithm they produced, so, we should not be sure that just because the coin history is obscured or hidden, it would be automatically misused for illicit activities.

That is the bare minimum for a gambling-related company. See the book Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas, I haven't finished it yet, but, you get the gist. I mean making players spend more time in the game is within the motive of those companies. The gambling industry itself is a competitive space, who wouldn't make their own casino extract more profit compared to its competitor?


I know what the author describes is the non-online gambling activities, but, there is no reason most parts also apply with the online one.

The word "better" requires a context, drink or social media companies generate profit from their own buyers and users, mind that social media do try to increase user screen time and sugar is also addictive. That might cause indirect consequences, but that does not close the possibility of the company itself investing in shady practices.

I'm sure the thing about word of encouragement is truly helps those who are in need, especially relatives or friends. But bear in mind, that we also must set boundaries for ourselves. Helping or handling addiction cases is not an easy job. So if the condition affects us in a personal manner, we should just direct them to the professional. Specifically in the context we can't help further, it should be okay to leave it as it is, instead of the problem is also affecting us.

And that is just another problem, you did raise the important points. Regarding basic website analytics sites, like the daily active user, visitor, per day profit generated, and such kind of things that are general ones. But if we talk about user data, this goes to a sensitive position, and specifically in this case, if it is not being handled well, as you pointed out, that would increase the risk of how their users could get harmed.

Company or casino data practices is quite untransparent, that is because we did not know behind the scene. So the consequence is that we can trust an entity or certification that verifies the practice, for example, ISO 27001. Moreover, the regulation in which the casino resides does play a part in the license holder's data practises. So those things are the ones that should also be included in consideration.

That is the way to go. Direct them to the professional, and we should help them to be aware of their own condition, if they were not aware at first, and encourage them to the therapist. The reason I said that is because, there is a chance those who are in need of help are in denial, so they did not try to improve the situation. I believe it is a valid concern.

Contrasting with OP's thoughts, I believe this is rather more sane advice, instead of supporting, the addictions. Furthermore, if we agree that those who borrow money excessively for gambling are addicted, this will solve the root causes.

Giving a piece of advice so they can comprehend is certainly a good thing instead of rejecting them all alone. That is a good initiative, especially since the context is a friend. I think it plausible that if someone needs to borrow money to gamble, there is a high likelihood they are addicted. So we should not completely ignore such kind behaviours.

Another supporting reason for that is it would prevent, as what you said, destructive consequences. Who would want to see their friend in financial ruin? Certainly, there is no obligation that one should take responsibility, but it wouldn't hurt to have words with those who face addiction conditions.

I don't think people actually ignore Monero, but rather they low-key utilize and are aware of its potency. The Monero ecosystem is surely not fueled by hype and so they are not gaining any widespread recognition. So it gives the sense or perception that it is being ignored. Moreover, Monero isn't advertised or endorsed heavily and bombastically, it just serves its purpose due to its technical merit, and the people who find it useful are spreading it but in a subtle manner.

You said it yourself they are quietly gaining the adoption, a coin that truly solves and serves people's needs will surely thrive consistently.

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That is another important point, we don't necessarily have to compare either this or that. People have the option and should make their own decisions to choose what coin suits their needs.

Ah yeah, surely it also can potentially abused by the scammers, they may make a made-up story about why they got into financial ruin from gambling and such things. It is prone to those consequences. Hence it is a bad idea and decision in the first place.

Welfare funds surely have their own place, as I have mentioned, it is different cases if the matter is those who are psychologically affected. Addiction is a no joke, but it cannot simply be solved by merely supporting in a financial manner.

Stupid choices. The people themselves made a bad decision, so why should we collectively support and endorse such kind of behavior? The important project as you said is a basic need or necessity, and if someone loses money from gambling instead of preserving the funds for that purpose, then surely it is foolish behavior.

It is not a matter of empathy, but if someone donates to such kind of people, they would rather feel safe and still neglect their responsibility. They would simply think that if they all lost the money, they still get the community back up funds. Which is absurd. Nevertheless, it is a whole completely different problem, if the person itself is heavily addicted so their psychology is affected.

AFAIK, device_mapper indicates the "drive" is pointed to the decrypted drive of vda5_cypt, so, the swap partition is on the encrypted disk.

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They do still offer the option on Debian 12.

Indeed, but there is a catch, you can control on what condition the application would be able to access it. Generally, most applications do ask some permission, the problem is some people just blindly accept whatever they get asked, and that is the problem in case the app functions as an invasive application that breaches your own privacy.

Both Android and iOS have a feature to limitate the permission of any given application.

Take a look here:
https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/iphone/iph251e92810/ios
https://support.google.com/android/answer/9431959?hl=en

The general idea is to give permission only when you use the application and reject any permission request that isn't related to the application. For example, a calendar application requesting a camera or location.

Let's start from the basics, Android or iOS have a feature to check when was the last time your microphone or camera was used and what is the application requesting it. Go look for it, if those things are always readily activated, then it is a bad sign. You should never automatically accept those two things to run in the background. Furthermore, if you don't excessively use Siri or other personal assistants, you should deactivate its features.

After that, if you still do not believe that feature to tell you the truth, well you should throw away the phone all along. The phone is a noisy data and metadata producer about its owner.