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241  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 08, 2024, 03:24:27 PM
Semi finals does look good, well at least one of them. Spain vs France will be a very tough one and I honestly think that would be an early-finals type of game where the winner will be the one who will get the title eventually as well. Don't get me wrong neither Netherlands nor England is that bad, and I think that should not be something that will take a while, but we need to remember that we can't have it any other way.

We need to remember that things aren't simple for England in this tournament, they do not look that great and for some reason Netherland players do not play as well as they do at their clubs neither. France had a lot of fire as well, they haven't scored a single goal on live play, one was penalty and two was own goal from other team which a lot of people talk about as well. So I think we should remember that we are going to probably see them not do as well as they hope they can, which will be an issue, it is not going to be that simple.
Among the remaining countries in the Euro competition, I would say that the strongest of them is Spain. Connection after Spain I can count in England even before France. France has not done their best in this Euro but they were very much accompanied by luck in this competition. Even England is better than France in this competition because they have been able to score some crucial goals. But this does not mean that the meeting between France and Spain will not be as tough as a final.

In my analysis, I will say England and Spain may be in the finals but things can also change but that's my prediction.
242  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Do not save logins and sensitive info inside the browser on: July 08, 2024, 02:38:54 PM
Therefore you need to store all this data into a proper password manager like 1Password, Bitwarden, KeepassXC, or Proton Pass. These store your data in encrypted containers that are password protected by a master password. Make sure you choose a strong master password and you do not forget it. They are much better than storing your passwords in your browser's password manager.
I had wanted to use the password manager, but instead I opted for the browser password manager. Although I only save non sensitive passwords there. But this post has made me understand that such browsers lack some security deficiencies. It's high time, I began to do the correct things even if I don't use them for sensitive things.
243  Other / Meta / Re: retiring an account in the age of AI on: July 08, 2024, 02:02:49 PM
But if your post is genuinely about the fear of AI being able to regurgitate content in this forum - I think the issue is actually with the forum. The issue wouldn't be the AI itself, it's that regurgitated content isn't picked out by others on the forum, and can seamlessly fit in with the other users. An indication that the quality of content produced in the forum generally is in a decline, which isn't good.
If you check around in the forum, there's a great anxiety and fear of the unknown about AI. Many people are seeing the possibility of AI comfortably discussing here in the nearest future while a fear doesn't think it will happen. But my fear is in theymos not making any bold rule yet about AI in the forum. I wouldn't be surprised if Vapourminer is afraid of uncertain about AI.

See what merit rascal is saying...

No AI will be ever able to post in my name, and in the case I want to return, I will be forced to use a new one...

Yours truly merit rascal will stay bones and flesh for a (long?) time.
Please stay for long...
VM, you can disappear and after a long time appear again like VoD. This will be nicer than locking your account totally.
244  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 06, 2024, 11:18:46 AM
Arsenal was a good team in the last two years and they made everything harder for Manchester City as you said while it was not enough and still Arteta couldn't make Arsenal win the Premier League title. Getting Arsenal improved was enough and now it seems they want to see Arteta stay in this team for a longer time.
However, Arteta himself also wants to stay. his contract will end in 2025 but he said he is interested in extending his contract with Arsenal for a longer time.


Even if Arteta was unable to win the English Premier League for Arsenal or any other major trophy for the past two seasons, it cannot deny the fact that Arteta has been a good coach for Arsenal and a coach that every other club in need of a coach would want to have.

When he started the journey, it was not an easy one, many thought he would not succeed, but just because Arsenal trusted him and gave him the atmosphere to strive, he is how a world class coach. Obviously, Arsenal would not let him go attack his peak and he will also not want to go if he doesn't win trophies with Arsenal.
245  Economy / Reputation / Re: Another Database leak or a phishing email? on: July 06, 2024, 11:05:08 AM
Supposedly no funds or accounts are at risk, but they are not disclosing what information has been leaked, if it has been actually leaked, and they're not suspecting it, as @DaveF already mentioned. Binance should at least issue an announcement to inform their users if they suspect such an incident. Anyway, I don't believe it's of any outmost importance, but it proves how easily your data can be leaked and you might not even realize it.
I do not see the information in OP as Data leak awareness and neither is it a phishing email. It is an email to raise your consciousness and make you to be more security conscious. As they stated, Binance card had been stopped since last year, but some criminals might have been using that to scam people. So, the email was your awareness and to remind vigilant.
Binance wouldn't send such a message even if there was real data leak. Binance has been on the news enough from the CZ court issues till date. Not nice to see them on the news continuously for bad reasons.
246  Other / Meta / Re: Advantages of Bitcointalk over social media on: July 06, 2024, 10:33:35 AM
One thing I love the most about this forum is that it is better democratised. I've never seen a forum with freehands like this to the point that the admin listens to the plight of people and makes changes based on that and also allows users to govern the forum. It is just the forum of users for the users and I don't think there is another forum that will allow users to have that kind of sense of belonging.
theymos is not a fast implementer of ideas in the forum. If not of recent times that he has begun to implement some suggestions. Before now, ideas appear as if no one reads them. I didn't know if he had the intention of rolling in the new software, which was why he was adamant to suggestions. Now that he has started implementing suggestions, let's assume there's no gonna be new forum software again.

The aspect I respect theymos the most is, creating a system that can go against him. Imagine being tagged by Vod and it's visible to everyone. Most admins wouldn't allow that.
247  Other / Meta / Re: People commenting on the first page without having read the previous posts. on: July 06, 2024, 10:10:10 AM
But not reading the first page, especially if the thread is only one page long is a cardinal sin.

I'm about to send a PM to the manager so he doesn't pay him for that post.

What do you think about this?
Let me air my opinion. We have been in this forum together and see how things happen. It is not right to respond to a post while still on the first page without reading through the conversation. But there are some exceptions.
Take for instance, OP created a poll or a similar thread requiring individual unbiased answers. Someone could just read the Op and it is enough to give their answers.
The essence of reading through people's replies before posting is to ensure you are not repeating what others have said and secondly to check if the context of discussion had changed on the way. So, in such posts like polls or something similar, one can just read only OP and still be correct to post. So, check the nature of the post you were referring to in OP before reporting to the campaign manager if necessary.
248  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Voting is harmful. Don't do it on: July 05, 2024, 10:10:47 PM
We live in a globalised technocracy where people have been reduced to nothing more than economic units. Voting legitimises an illegitimate system. Don't go out to vote in their little charade. Have some dignity. Don't contribute to the tryanny of modern governance systems.
Your advice though might have been given in a good fate but many people will perceive it in different ways. On the election day if you do not go out to vote, you have given the manipulators the automatic ticket to do whatever they like at ease. Even when you know that the system is rigged and your vote might not count, but you voting will also make it more difficult for them to manipulate it easily. There is no other democratic way that is proven to bring in the people's choice apart from voting, and it is not nice to abandon it because the system is faulty. The best thing is to practice and keep devicing means to improve the system believing that one day it will happen. Don't go out to vote and the same people will recycle themselves in the system and make laws that will even make your home uncomfortable for you. Do not give up, give your all and work with like minds to make a difference.

You're against system where people is nothing more than economic units. That's ok. But also you shouldn't go to work, pay taxes, follow laws and etc. Because by doing that you legitimise that flawed system where people is just economic units.
Whether you're voting in elections or not, it doesn't changes anything in general.
Yea, OP forgot that be it as it may, he is a part of the ecosystem. No one can honestly work in isolation. So, bring ideas to make good laws in the society and not to chicken away.
249  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 05, 2024, 08:58:33 PM
I am even surprised to see you post here for the match. Indeed this was a high voltage match and heart breaking for Germany supporters.
Usually I watch big matches. In this match, both team gave their all to win the match. The equalizer in the regular time for Germany was a release for the German fan and then the winning goal in the 119th minute was painful experience for the same supporters. It's a bad day for the host county. I am guessing Spain is going to meet Portugal in the semi :-D
Well analysed!
Your guess that Portugal could be the country to meet Spain is also valid because they have been the better team. But it's surprising that the match has ended again and going to the extra time which means anything can happen. Portugal could be heartbroken and also France could be.
Sorry, there's no much time to discuss here, let me go finish the interesting match.
250  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 05, 2024, 06:55:18 PM
Apparently, both teams are already tuning up for the penalty shootout
Germany out! The equalizer of the regular time was a joy but the extra time goal was heart braking for German supporters. I usually do not watch football but since this was a high voltage match, I was watching the match while I was working. It was a good match after all.
I am even surprised to see you post here for the match. Indeed this was a high voltage match and heart breaking for Germany supporters. I was fanning Germany from day one of this tournament because of Musiala and I was also heartbroken in the end of the match. As the commentator said "At this time, more than 60,000 speculators were standing"

I just wish Ronaldo could make me feel better by scaling Portugal through, but I doubt that France Mbappe will agree.
251  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 05, 2024, 06:05:37 PM
Can D. Olmo be the hero as he took the lead for Spain in the 50 minute?

The host Germany has around 15 minutes left to find an equalizer goal otherwise the Euro dream for the host will be all over  Sad
One more goal for the Spain and it will be all over for Germany. Since Germany is on all-attack, Spain will get chances to enhance their lead.
It's a heavy weight contest between the two teams and i am afraid for the hosts the time is ticking away quickly.
In 90 minutes, Olmo was not the hero of Germany's victory as hosts because Wirtz was the player who forced the match to continue into extra time.
In the extra time round, I think the game will be dominated by Germany. Even if there is no change in the score at 15:15, then Germany has a chance to win the penalty shootout.
Germany's hard efforts succeeded. This match was interesting in the second half.
Let's watch the extra time round.
Olmo is a Spanish player and not a German player. The first speak was saying how Olmo was able to put Spain ahead of Germany and was saying if the match ends, he would likely be the hero.

But in the other hand Wirtz said no to the retirement of Tony Kross, maybe he wants him in the finals. I am also happy that the match didn't just end. If it was possible, I will say both of them should stay. But the reality is one must leave...
252  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 05, 2024, 05:03:25 PM
Looking at the odds by bookmakers, seems that this match will be balanced as the odds show that none of both become favorite.
Spain with about 2.7x and Germany with about 2.8x, so it is hard to bet on which team to win the match if we are relying on the odds.
By statistic during this tournament is also a bit similar because both teams are unbeatable so far but Germany with 1 draw while Spain with perfect wins.
Both team to score seems to be the most attractive market to bet because it is about 1.75 so I think it is better choice than to bet on 1x2 market.

In my opinion, BTTS is too risky since one of the teams (this is enough to lose the bet) may turn out to be good/lucky in defense. 1.75 does not compensate for the risk that one of the two teams will not score a goal. By the way, the first half has already ended and the score is still 0-0, I think towards the end of the game the teams will be less and less inclined to take risks, so the probability of a draw is growing very quickly, now this outcome is rated as the most likely.
That is actually the mistake that many people make, when they see Star matches like this one they will believe that there is no how both teams will not score. With that perceptive they will not play both teams to score and in the end the match might end goaless. We know that both teams to score is possible in the match but it is too risky considering that we are already in the quarter finals of the tournament were goals seems to be scarce. Now that the first half has ended, I doubt that both teams to score result will happen. Assuming one team scored in the first half, it would have compelled the other team to reply the goal. But now that none of them has scored and it is already second half they will therefore be mindful of their own goal posts in other not to concede a goal.
The best bet to place in this match would have been any of the teams to win or draw or even half time, no matter how risky it seems to be is a good bet in this match.
253  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL on: July 03, 2024, 11:43:33 PM
The most important match of the quarterfinals will be Spain-Germany, the team that wins this match will be one step closer to the cup. Everyone will watch this match on Friday, including me. I hope it will be a match that really is like a final.

France will most likely win the Portugal-France match.
Wow... If not for this post, I wouldn't have known that there's a Germany - Spain fixture. Honestly, that fixture is just like the finals I must confess. This is because, from the beginning of the Euro2024 till date, the most outstanding countries have been Germany and Spain. I wish I could watch this two in the finals but they met earlier. Both countries are good in this tournament, but I tip Germany over Spain.

For Portugal and France. These are big names but they haven't done much in this competition. So, anyone can win among them but I tip Portugal over France.
254  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: July 03, 2024, 10:54:44 PM
For this season, we suspect that Chelsea will be the most active team in bringing in new players and releasing players they want to make changes with a new coach and have prepared a sufficient budget.

Well, the truth is that the idea is to hire the players that need to be hired, but that things have to be resolved in the most prosperous way possible, because for me Chelsea's problem is not the players, for me the problem at Chelsea is the coach, I don't know, I think that the right one hasn't arrived, because they have been there and have a great squad of players, so they can make the difference, I remember 3 seasons ago when they had a great squad and they did absolutely nothing, so for me the lack is of the coach and not of the players.

Last season are season before last, we all witnessed how Chelsea sold most of their valuable and old players at and bought another set of players. For the past two seasons Chelsea has been the club that is most active in the transfer business. But in all it seems that it is not working for them, they actually need to change some strategies.

While while some people say the problem of Chelsea is lack of quality players, other like LUCKMCFLY say that it is lack of a good coach. I am of the opinion that Chelsea's problem is more of the management. How can a management dismiss a coach like pochettino who has tried to make good records with the club. Given pochettino another season would have made a big difference but Chelsea management would not allow it. Can we say that Pochettino is a bad coach;
Tomas Tuchel is also a bad coach;
Graham Potter is also bad;
No no! Something is wrong from the management side.
255  Other / Meta / Re: Did Satoshi ever use a profile picture on bitcointalk? on: July 03, 2024, 09:51:32 PM
No, he never used any avatar, at least while I was here.
But have avatar been available ever since the forum started? Or it was later introduced themselves time signature space on user profile was also implemented?
Avatar has been available from the origin of the forum in this software. Infact the avatars then supported GIFs and some motion effect graphics like the one yahoo uses till date. But if he removes it, he cannot be able to use it again.
256  Other / Meta / Re: Some question about merit source to know. on: July 03, 2024, 09:29:57 PM
Whether he is replaced or not doesn't really matter. There's no definite number of merit sources to do the job. Theymos can decide to use lesser or higher number of merit sources. The emphasis is on how much merits is in circulation and not who are those circulating them.
It does matter, for what purpose the inactive merit source be still in the list if they cannot do the job, nothing. There are a lot of merit sources application (and many more to mention) that deserves in the list. I don't know what reason theymos is holding on that inactive sources but it doesn't make any sense more particularly if they are inactive on such very long time.
Let me give you an example...
If theymos wants 1000 merits to be in circulation, using 10 merit sources can mean that each merit source has 100 merits allocation. If one of the 10 merit sources becomes inactive, it is left for theymos to replace him or increase the merits of one of the remaining 9 merit sources to 200. Or he will decide to increase the allocation of the remaining 9 by let's say 10. I hope you understand my analysis. If theymos is not accepting new merit source applications, it means he has a way of dealing with it that we don't know.

Then you will definitely get some users spend 3 to 5 merit on posts that have no value or lack of value. It would also increase the number of merit in circulation - perhap due to compatriot, brother and sister, husband, wive, relative or something like that.
Every system has its backlash, what you described above is already happening and we should just see it as a deficiency of the merit system.
257  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Copa America 2024 Prediction Thread on: July 03, 2024, 09:20:08 AM
What do you guys think about the tomorrow match, Brazil vs Colombia? it's really interesting to bet.

Brazil haven't lose in the last 6 match, while Colombia haven't lose since Mar 25, 2022, that's really crazy. In this match, Brazil is the favorite, while Colombia is a big underdog, their odds @4.20.

Even though they have a good history and there are no important players that injured, but most people are underestimate.

I'll bet for Colombia to win.
Brazil should bring on their very best when we're talking about winning the Copa America. I know it's not an easy competitive run for Brazil but they're favorites after exhibiting good dominating odds in the tournament followed by Argentina. Brazil faces Colombia, what do we expect the outcome to be? Ofcourse Brazil coming out with winning points because they've equipped themselves with forcible actions and game tactics.
I honestly have been looking for this thread, I am just surprised that I haven't seen it this while. I am not able to watch any Copa America match because of time zone differences. The matches happen very late at night according to my time zone, which is the reason I have been looking for this thread to follow up.

I see that next fixture is Brazil and Colombia. Right from time and even I'm the WC, I have known that Colombia is not a country to be toyed with. Even though they are often underrated, they do give astonishing performances. Brazil needs to be very careful in this...
I am actually not surprised on waking this morning to see that Brazil and Colombia settled with draw. Sharing the points is a good way to settle it and both move to the next stage of the competition. But on the Brazil side, Vini Junior is going to miss their next match due to doubled yellow card. Also this is applicable to Lerma J who also share same fate with Vini Junior of Real Madrid.

Brazil playing without Neymar or Vini Junior who are their main samba warriors is going to be awful no doubt. But I hope they will scale through and Vini will rejoin to make history because Balloon D 'or is at hand.
258  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Copa America 2024 Prediction Thread on: July 02, 2024, 11:23:22 PM
What do you guys think about the tomorrow match, Brazil vs Colombia? it's really interesting to bet.

Brazil haven't lose in the last 6 match, while Colombia haven't lose since Mar 25, 2022, that's really crazy. In this match, Brazil is the favorite, while Colombia is a big underdog, their odds @4.20.

Even though they have a good history and there are no important players that injured, but most people are underestimate.

I'll bet for Colombia to win.
Brazil should bring on their very best when we're talking about winning the Copa America. I know it's not an easy competitive run for Brazil but they're favorites after exhibiting good dominating odds in the tournament followed by Argentina. Brazil faces Colombia, what do we expect the outcome to be? Ofcourse Brazil coming out with winning points because they've equipped themselves with forcible actions and game tactics.
I honestly have been looking for this thread, I am just surprised that I haven't seen it this while. I am not able to watch any Copa America match because of time zone differences. The matches happen very late at night according to my time zone, which is the reason I have been looking for this thread to follow up.

I see that next fixture is Brazil and Colombia. Right from time and even I'm the WC, I have known that Colombia is not a country to be toyed with. Even though they are often underrated, they do give astonishing performances. Brazil needs to be very careful in this...
259  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Your most important crypto advice? on: July 02, 2024, 09:56:50 PM
The advice that currently works for me is:

1. Avoid YouTube influencers when you plan to invest in Altcoins.
Little did I know that those influencers are most times the owners of the project or they are in partnership with the project owners. Believe them at your own peril.

2. Don't encourage others to invest rather teach them about bitcoins if you know they have enough knowledge to comprehend what you are saying to them. in this way, you can avoid any blame from them because you only convey to them the necessary knowledge about cryptos.
Encourage them to invest and be ready to take the blames of failure. Teach them about bitcoin and allow them to make decision and become the hero

7. Last but not least, patience and perseverance during a bearish market are the best traits you could have, so always prepare for the bad scenarios, and don't worry, it won't last forever.

This advice is key but at the heat of it, it is often neglected.
260  Other / Meta / Re: Some question about merit source to know. on: July 02, 2024, 09:32:55 PM
Once someone is a merit source, he is not a source for lifetime. Merit source list is updated every month. If a merit source is inactive in the forum for a long time or does not distribute the Smerit given to him, then he is removed from the list of merit sources.

Oh boy...
For example, this user is on the 109 Merit Sources list since 2019 and is still there. And there are others like him. So we can conclude that it's better not to write something when you don't know much about it.

The audacity some people use to give information they are not sure about is alarming. That person isn't a staff or moderator and neither is he a merit, but he gave out wrong information with so much confidence.

Halab - thank you. If you never told - then maybe I never knew that @baba0000000000 is one of merit source appointed since 2019. Based on the merit information - this user has spent 258 merit so far and received 288 merit. From the merit gap you receive and spend - then it is clear that he is one of the merit source on the list. @baba0000000000 has been inactive since September 19, 2019 and has not spent any more sMerit since then. But the question is - why doesn't the admin replace it with another user?
Take it this way;
Whether he is replaced or not doesn't really matter. There's no definite number of merit sources to do the job. Theymos can decide to use lesser or higher number of merit sources. The emphasis is on how much merits is in circulation and not who are those circulating them.
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