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No real test is indicative of gambling addiction, I think I've used this test a while ago, and had asked a few of my friends who mind you, are poker players planning to go professional, just for laughs. Turns out we also had mild indication of a gambling addiction even though we really track our bets and never let a dime slip away unnoticed, as well as keeping our emotional state in check to make sure we're level-headed when we're playing. I know this could still be a good gauge of how bad do you think you have gone in the world of gambling addiction, but for me the ultimate giveaway that you may have been addicted with gambling already is if you're already asking yourself/second guessing yourself. "Am I addicted to gambling?" or "Am I already addicted to gambling?" Once you start asking yourself these questions, you know something is awry.
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Two ways:
1. Trackers: There is an overabundance of reliable price and fees tracker in the web nowadays, you can literally type in "gas/bitcoin fee tracker" on google and all the search results will be as reliable as the other, at least based on my experience.
2. Waiting It Out: I wait til the price is a little less, then initiate my transaction then. I have always trusted this technique to save me tons in transaction fees since time immemorial, and I trust that people do this all the time too.
These two have proven to be very effective in keeping me from paying too much for gas fees/transaction fees. I also just go for the slowest transaction processes since most of them tend to go through at my preferred time anyway and most of my transactions in the bitcoin network do not require immediate transfer, and even when they do I can always just ask for the person I'd send the btc to be patient, which surprisingly works every time.
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I've heard about people writing articles for cryptocurrency projects, some moderating NFT and cryptocurrency projects' discord servers, while some earn money by outright founding a project on their own. The statement "you just had to look for it" stays true, as it requires some form of effort and a little research to find jobs in the bitcoin industry. I myself started out small, back when bitcoin campaigns still pay a little cheaper than nowadays, went through a rigorous period of learning how to trade and finding other facets of income in this industry, to now, where I could comfortably say I made it and have also been a sought-for writer for some cryptocurrency projects.
I suggest you find a niche in the industry, particularly one that closely involves the world of programming, and learn it.
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provided that a more commercialized form of dealership with electric cars become available a few years before 2035, I can diesel vehicles being phased out in developed and first-world countries, as they are almost always the ones who are often taking the initiative in paradigm shifts. Third-world countries could follow suit a few years after globalization of electric cars were implemented, but I don't see every car in the world being phased out of the roads at least until 2050-2060. Oil Tycoons will do their hardest to reinstate oil as the main source of fuel of this planet through multiple campaigns and propaganda so the fight for a safer environment will be long and arduous, thus in an ideal setting, for me it will take at least up until 2050 for all cars in the road within western territories to comprise mainly of electric vehicles.
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As someone who has been stuck in a situation like your relative, I know how heartbreaking it is to not receive help from the ones you expect would be able to lend you a hand. Although I also get you OP, seeing as I'm someone who lends money out as well and have been stiffed out of my own money a couple of times by relatives. My solution to this is to offer them an ultimatum. I learned this from a shark tank investor during a night of belligerent browsing over the internet, but I digress. They ask for money from you, you oblige, if you feel like it you can even tell them to not oblige themselves to pay you at all, but you should let them know that this will be the last time they will ever be able to ask for money from you. If they take the money, no more loans after. That way you can save yourself awkwardness in family reunions and get-togethers, and you'll be painted as one of the most generous relatives too!
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I don't know. At this point it seems like Elon will dip his nose on whatever he feels like, and I don't think this is good PR as well considering how laughable he has become in the eyes of the public following his multiple fuckups as the sole owner of Twitter. In any case if destiny wills that twitter become a financial institution then so be it, but I don't see any correlation in between twitter and being a financial institution aside from payments and stuff like that for Twitter Blue subscription, or maybe monetization as well but I think that's a stretch. At the end of the day, it's his money and he can do whatever he wants with it, but he shouldn't always expect people to applaud or even agree with all his ventures and takes especially if they are as deranged as the time he sold flamethrowers to the general public.
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For me. the biggest favor you could do yourself is securing your money after retirement. I've seen one too many old people who have nothing left in their retirement money and so they live their old days in abject poverty which sucks so much considering that's supposed to be the only time in your life when you'll be free at all. So with that being said I always suggest getting a 401K or a version of it in your country if you're not living in the US. Invest in it soon as you get a consistent paycheck and do not stop with the payments until you retire. You'll find that along with the money you have saved, you'll also get some percentage as bonus due to the fact that this savings include some form of investment as well that the bank you transacted with would pay you in dividends. So secure your retirement, and get yourself a 401K
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Uhm because he's right? If you consider yourself a bitcoin purist/maximalist maybe get yourself checked? Just because bitcoin remains supreme in market cap doesn't mean all other coins are useless or irrelevant. I'll have you know that after 2019, bitcoin hadn't made any significant impact in the redefinition of the cryptocurrency industry besides the occasional bull runs it initiates. DeFi, NFTs, and many more have come from altcoins and we can't just sideline how impactful these ventures have become not only to the profitability of bitcoin but with its social media traction as well.
Quote me on this, Bitcoin maximalists/purists who see bitcoin as the end-all-be-all of cryptocurrencies and currencies at the same time will be the death of this industry. Their delusion and their capacity to gatekeep bitcoin will hamper with the progress of this industry. They'd literally bar people who see great potential in the industry with their actions.
So is the redditor right? Yes.
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Regardless of if street gambling is dangerous or not on the account that you might get shivved after bagging a win or looking at your opponent the wrong way, there's no denying that there will still be people who will be into that kind of thing. To them, no risk is great enough to stop them, heck they are already taking risks gambling out in the open with the shadiest people you will find in the hood, might as well risk your safety as well to put the cherry on top right?
in any case, it's wrong and illegal and unsafe and untrustworthy yes, but there's money to be made in these games and where there's money, people will flock into it no matter how shady or crazy the premise is.
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Bitcoin is deflationary, which means instead of losing value over time due to printing of banknotes, it increases in value at the expense of the circulating supply. That alone should answer your question whether bitcoin's "inflation" as you put it is wilder than fiat. However, let's say you mistook bitcoin's volatility rate for its "inflation" rate, to which I will say it is wilder, as bitcoin can virtually go down to as low as half or even practically zero of its price in a single go, depending on market conditions, among other factors. You wouldn't see this happen in fiat, not unless a whole country mutiny against the government and overthrow even their currency system, but hey.
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GPT-4 is 500 times more powerful and boasts 100 trillion machine learning parameters,
It sounds most excellent. But does the technology scale? I don't know that expansion of learning parameters can improve upon contextual chain based associations. That appears to be the missing link as far as GPT and soft AI go. However many contextual points of reference artificial intelligence requires to produce creative works that are linear in context to human cognitive function. It is possible that we have not yet developed an optimal data structure or algorithm for producing or even emulating the mechanism within a software engineering context. This issue runs parallel to tech corps like tesla having difficulty with self driving apps. Translating contextual cues of driving on a road. To a format that an AI can comprehend and extrapolate to the correct response. Could well be a vastly understated issue as far as machine learning and AI go. Its an old debate. Some claim the human brain functions on a quantum level with an extraordinarily high number of computations being necessary to produce human consciousness. For many years scientists dismissed these claims. But in a recent turn of events, it seems that the concept of the human brain functioning on a quantum level has gained traction in science circles. Whether or not an AI would need to meet or exceed the expectations of calculation a brain operating on a quantum level is capable of. Remains an unanswered question. I don't think they are shooting for human-levels of cognition with this update, far from that actually, I think they are just supplanting much-needed updates on the model to make it a more efficient AI. As per the concept of consciousness, I don't think that's what they are going for as well. It's a slippery slope when we talk about AI and self-serving, self-conscious AIs but as it stands today I don't think there's one that's existing nor will there ever be until at least better computer hardware is produced. Judging from all these parameters I don't think the technology scales at all, especially if they are not reaching for something that is within human-level cognition anyway, as there is no need to. |
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I don't think poor villagers should be learning about Bitcoin trading as it needs investment. I get the whole idea to associate Bitcoin with a way to grow wealth, but its major usecase is as a store or value, which means the holder already has some money to invest in it and hedge against inflation.
I don't wish to write them off as well but merely looking at the uploaded images, you can tell that technology is far from these villagers as much as possible. Do they even have mobile phones or network to work therr phones if any in such places... Ain't no way there is any tech guy from the assembled population. If those were to be it, then the idea is very much defeated from my perspective. Upgrade00 had a better idea and that is, some skill to help them earn there daily bread and perhaps some education and by that, I don't mean bitcoin education. That would help them more than for them to sink there life preserving funds in a highly volatile bitcoin market. Reading OP's post I could concur that some of them bought android phones already. And I would agree with you man, I think we're not the only ones who see this as a little dangerous for OP considering bitcoin's tendency to drop in value drastically but I doubt he has any ways to stop it now without getting boos from his people, especially after setting up a really grand seminar to let his people know about bitcoin. No amount of saving face is going to cover it up for OP at this point, but then again it doesn't mean he should stop or what, just like what someone said here it's best if he informs himself first and foremost about the ins and outs of trading as well as the risks that is involved with practicing bitcoin trading. |
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Gambling rings are high-risk and high-reward operations that take advantage of market demand and turn it in their favor. Their modus operandi thrives on secrecy and they are involved in organizing all sorts of gambling games - slots, poker, blackjack, sports bet etc.Although the law enforcement agencies are doing their best, it is still a lot of work trying to crackdown on these rings. Gambling rings are illegal and people who are caught may either pay a huge fine or serve jail time. I want to believe that so many people who patronize these gambling rings may have lost a lot of money or scammed and there is nothing they can do about it. And one of the reasons why people may even choose to patronize these gambling rings aside the high rewards is because gambling is banned in their society. However I am thinking that if gambling is legalized, we would see a drastic reduction (not total elimination) in the operations of these rings. My reasons are that their activities will be carried out in a fair and transparent manner such that cases of frauds and scams will be eliminated as there will be proper mechanisms in place to prevent and protect the gamblers. Do you think that there is a role that gambling legalization will play in reducing the activities of gambling rings? I don't think it will. Gambling rings exist not because they aren't legal but because there are people who frequent their rings and gamble. Legalizing gambling within their country may urge some of these operators to get licensed so they can operate in broad daylight, just as how Bingo in the Philippines was banned back then but was since legalized and allowed to operate albeit with proper license. Still, you'll see that there are places especially in the rural areas who operate secretly and has allowed people to gamble. So to put it simply, the illegal gambling scheme will remain unfazed or indifferent towards the legalization of their games, some of them may see this is as an opportunity to go legal and therefore take licenses, but the rest of the industry will go about their daily grind as per usual routine. |
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But you should also know that all areas of life can be used to launder money. If you are a very rich man, you can launder money. Did you know that many rich people in this world, some of them are full of good activities in the public but full of criminal activities in the dark that no one may know except people like him. It is good to regulate gambling, that is true, but all businesses can be used to launder money.
So true. A lot of billionaires are guilty of this, albeit they do a legal form of money laundering in the forum of donating to charity. Let's take for example, Microsoft and Bill Gates' Foundation. At a glance you wouldn't suspect it for being a part of money laundering scheme to also avoid paying high taxes right? Wrong. US Federal Tax Law allows these people to get away scot-free with paying taxes if they donated it to charity. And they do donate it to their charity, but to their own charity instead, therefore still keeping the balances within their ball park. Another form of laundering these wealthy people commit is subjecting themselves to 1 dollar monthly salaries. As we all know salaries are tax-deductable and so being a CEO of a large company surely causes you to pay a lot of tax, well not if you subject yourself to 1 dollar payments. You take a dollar of payment every month and the rest of your salary goes towards "incentives like gift cards, travel vouchers, and the likes." effectively cleaning your money and also evading taxes at the same time. |
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It's a piece of work that I honestly couldn't invest my time and effort into just because of how much effort it takes just learning it. Don't get me wrong, there's money to be made with arbitrage, more so with sports arbitrage but researching and keeping track of multiple bookies all for the sake of a few cents in profits especially if you are starting is something that would really get into you and may discourage you from ever continuing. In any case, I do suggest it to people who are into gambling but aren't really into placing bets on teams but are more about odds, but at the end of the day it is not just my cup of tea and I wouldn't really do it ever again if I could help it.
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Deposit and KYC bonuses for sure. I forgot which bookie this was from but I once saw a $120 signup bonus when you deposit at least 10 bucks and KYC on their site, it was years ago and to some this may look cheap as hell but in all honesty this was a very generous offer from the casino/bookmaker itself. Most of the bonuses I see nowadays that values more than that are much harder to achieve, like reaching a certain level milestone or spending X amount of dollars in their site which just defeats the purpose of a bonus in my opinion. so for all of these I still see easy bonuses like KYC and/or deposit bonuses to be the best types of bonus you could acquire from a site as a gambler.
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I think it's pretty responsible of them. They could've let these addicts pour their bankrolls every day, and profit from the misery these people are slowly subjecting themselves into, but they don't and are choosing to do the right way for the sake of doing it right to protect their customers and provide them with proper help in case. People may say "well it's only the addict who could recognize his wrongdoings and push himself to do better" To that I say, some people never take the leap of faith because no one's pushing them. And this action by casinos to stop gamblers who have gone too far is the push they very much need to give themselves a closer look introspectively and find out what's going on with them.
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You are correct. I see the lack of care of most sites to the importance of the visibility of terms and conditions a little concerning, especially because it's pretty much like forcing someone to sign on a deed or a contract without letting them read what they are getting into. Although honestly I don't see how this ties in with the bonuses as your title is supposing, but oh well. If you are pertaining to rules and regulations for some bonuses and promos then I understand.
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Placing wrong bets is a new level of stupid for me man, but hey let's give you the benefit of the doubt, it happened to me a couple times anyway. In times like that I huff a bit of copium and say to myself "I would've lost that bet even if I made the correct bet anyway", especially for games with multiple outcomes. It hadn't happened to me in sports games, and I'm pretty sure I'd feel a little more mad and upset about it if that would be the case since in most sports there are only two outcomes, either your team wins or they don't. Just imagine losing a bet because you made one for the wrong team man, that must have sucked. In any case, these are all the more reasons for everyone to be a little more aware of their clicks on the internet, that way you don't lose precious money and sanity in the process.
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A fight scripted such as one in WWE doesn't necessarily mean a fixed match. You have to remember that as a viewer, you have no idea who's gonna win after the match despite fuilly-knowing that the whole fight was staged and every move they made in the match were choreographed. In a case like that I could see myself betting because even though the whole fight was fabricated, the match isn't really as predictable as a fixed match per se so the edge of winning a game you have no expectations of who's winning is still there. WWE, local luchador matches, I've made bets on these sports back then, some just friendly bets like a 6-pack beer or a pack of cigs but sometimes a little on the baller side.
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