Those gamblers who have been in that situation have one thing to do and that's to change for the better, it may not be for the money but it should be for themselves. Especially when you have affected and spent the money of others, you're not going to like the consequence of it because the person to whom you owe that money will lose your trust and that's more than gambling. Losing someone's trust is hard to get back.

And for you to return it is going to take the time or might not be returned anymore. I don't have a similar experience but we can see from OP's story that there's always a change for the better and all you have to do is make amendments and change for yourself and you're going to see the better part of it. No one is going to change you but only you alone and there might be some help but they're not going to be consistent so your only hope is to be willing and embrace the change.

You can still gamble but it will be a different matter right now because what you'll be doing is you'll be aware on how you're going to do it unlike before, you're reckless and even it's not your money, you'll be spend. You'll become more responsible from now on.

That made me sound like an old man hehe. 

Prepare your budget on how much you're willing to gamble for today.

Expect losses and you're not going to win a lot so your very first gambling experience is literally mostly for your experience. So with that, you know how to counter that expectation? You've got to think of how you'll have fun with that.

Be open to any results and as newbie in gambling, you could have that beginners luck but don't lean on that too much and as much as I want you to think of the negative results because that's likely. Well, just think the other way and positive that no matter what happens, it's for the pleasure that you're gambling.

Time to shift with the other OS that usually aren't ignored by these hackers and stealers due to the poor number of user or they just can't really penetrate to their systems. I am not expert on this matter but we've got ways to improve our security and there is no doubt that Windows is the most desired OS of these hackers because of having a lot of users worldwide.

Using linux distro OSs' will make someone safe from all of these attacks and mac can also be a good contender on this but it is not for free unlike the Linux's. So if someone is wanting to change their ways of usage for their computers and considering it, test them first or use virtualbox to have that idea on its environment. Because if you're a Windows user and you'll transfer into the usage of Linux asap, you'll have hard time to adapt but that's just the beginning of it and soon you'll get to be familiarized with it because you'll be forced to.

Yes, he was mentioned and that's just a "possible" match as said. And that's why the hopes are there and preparation might be quick if it's going to be official because Inoue has a lot of line up for his match for this year. Still gonna depend on the decision and approval of Inoue's camp if they're going to give him a go signal to fight the monster but if not, Casimero just have to wait further.

Yeah, he should just stop talking about Inoue and don't think of it as the only match that he can do for this year. Just as what Inoue is doing, he's going to box with other challengers and that's what he has to do and win some matches so that he'll be the first choice if he's ever gonna win those matches that he'll take.

The institutional investors have been there IIRC since 2021 and backward, so it's not new that they're going to indulge on this market because they already did. And with the success and approval of the bitcoin spot etf, that already signifies that this is becoming and serious market and investment. From there, that's already going to attract more investors through the ETF but then, IMO they are going to learn on how to invest directly to Bitcoin and will learn about holding private keys and using noncustodial wallets.

Exciting indeed and that's why the most patient investors and holders are the ones that's going to benefit from this development that we're having for Bitcoin. Because if you are the impatient investor and you want to just watch out where it is coming before buying in, you might miss the bull run if you don't hold that much. I've got friends that are starting to approach me and ask about what to do, I've just said the same thing to buy now and hold. It's simple as that.

Yes, it's likely that they use instant exchanges with the payments that they receive and it's possible with third party services like bitpay. Wherein, a person pays the businessman bitcoin and then the owner can easily exchange that to whichever crypto or fiat that it is being supported and favored by him. If they want to receive it directly with Bitcoin, they don't have to do anything but just accept it through their wallet unless they just want to take advantage of having another payment method.

The former is what they have to do and many businesses are enjoying doing so like having to add the privilege the logo of having "Bitcoin accepted here" is like a cypherpunk business guy, right? 

It is not requiring rocket science for them to understand on how to manage, receive and exchange payments in Bitcoin with the help of those services.

This is still gonna take time and we're not even sure if it's going to be locked in by the end of this year. Despite announcing early that there is the possibility, I wouldn't jump on that hope thinking that it is really gonna be. If we are on the official track and it is already by the books, then that's where we should celebrate and wait for the match to actually happen.

At this point, I remembered Pacman's fight when his opponent was replaced by another fighter at the very last minute before the fight happens. And that's why with such a long time of wait and patience, there are too many things and adjustments that can happen and it can be applicable to this. Whilst Inoue is the most sought fighter and champion today by many boxers, it's such a pleasure to be given the time and opportunity to be locked in as his opponent whoever is going to be the challenger.

Dogecoin is likely to last forever together with the other major cryptos in the market. But at the same time, there will be a lot of meme coins that are going to get kicked and will be out of this market for sure.

You mean that Dogecoin has an infinite supply and its supply limit is keep on increasing. As for the limit? There's no limit, that's how Dogecoin has been designed by its developers before and there's no way to stop it unless the devs will step in and do something about it but that's unlikely.

You've missed the crypto the 'currency' part. They're not predictable and honestly, because for being unpredictable this makes it unknown on what the future will be mostly for the meme coins. But for Bitcoin, it is certain that it is here to stay.

For Dogecoin, possible but not for all the meme coins.

The story of the DHL CEO is the same. I think it was him or it was from another company in the logistics industry.

It is normal not to discuss the losses but only the good and winning results. We don't hear a lot of stories of success at most times and that's why when someone is too eager to share it as if it happened on them once in a life time, let's just be happy with them. Let's just be kind to each other and cheer if they need to be cheered up. But if they need to get some reminders that they're gambling too much, then we give what they need to be given.

We have to gamble responsibly at most times. Regardless of the story that has inspired us and how they've managed to get some help with their gambling winnings to any of their personal affairs, it doesn't matter because it is their story and help and not to us. That's why you need to take cautions for your steps when you gamble and if the hope is there, don't be too much on it because you might still fall into addiction.

There are many ways of increasing your income if you're in the corporate world. Of course, the best way is to climb that up through the corporate ladder and get promoted. Otherwise, get hired with 2-3 more companies and be a consultant while doing less with the other part-time jobs that you'll have. So, it's more of a service and getting paid hourly but you'll have to find the ones that you'll be working for or it's the freelance marketplace.

Another one is what the rich do, they have services that everyone mostly need and they're charging up expensively because it's what everyone's need and it is in demand. While there are the products and the consumables for which the profiting there is about the volumes that they get in sales. So, in everything, you get to revolve around with the sales and that's what people have to understand about how to make money a lot. Learn from them and try to do the things that you love passionately and you'll not get tired of it. Otherwise, you'll have to upskill and learn other new skills for you to cope up with the competition in the market especially that there have been a lot of layoffs lately from most tech companies.

It is the design of Bitcoin and if Jamie Dimon thinks of something like this, I guess that he's got some plan that will benefit him if it's technically possible. But is there a point from satoshi's post that he'd already told about that it won't be changed and it will stay to the same supply limit? I Maybe there is, right?

People have bought and invested on Bitcoin for this very reason. The halving that's making the rewards for miners cut into half every cycle or 4 years makes it even scarcer and for that reason, many are believing that its design is perfect and just don't take the opinion of the people like Jamie Dimon. He would always say something that won't matter at all. He might be the owner of JP Morgan Chase or the CEO of it but he's been telling shit about Bitcoin since long time ago.

We can simply take ourselves as an example when we were younger. We used to do whatever the adults in front of us did and we thought that it was cool and totally not a problem at all. But if they're doing something bad then that's how our parents and the older people surrounding us reacts that we shouldn't do things that adults does. I agree, that even it is not our child, we must set an example for them because when they grow up, it's possible that they will reason out that what they're doing in the present is just because of what they've seen from the adults.

Children are always curious with something new and they want to dig with those activities that's new to them. And the curiosity of them is going to keep on asking the adults on how to do it and if it's fine to do it. But as adults, we know what to say and we should shoo them because it's an inappropriate thing for them to learn about gambling while they're young.

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I was one of the folks that sold too early before the 2021 bull run. I regret it but can I do anything with that? there's no rewind button for the mistakes that we made and that's why we just have to carry on and move on with that mistake along with the lessons that it has. I am sure that it's not only me that have done some early selling in the past for some certain things that we need. Although I can say that it was able to sustain my need for that sale, it's still a different feeling if I am still holding those BTCs that I've sold.

I'll just use the term BTC but it's not as whole as it was but it's a big amount already for me. So with everyone who's managing to hold it until now, don't be hasty and wait for the right time. But if some unforeseen things happen and you're required to do the sale, you'll have to do it no matter what especially if it's between life and death so you choose life and just restart somewhere else or if you're not required to sell everything that you have, that's what you can do and choose to decide.

While I do agree with what you've said but with that fine line becomes the comfortable line for many gamblers and they don't notice that they've been doing the wrong thing or believing the wrong thing and they suddenly become the entertainment instead of them having the entertainment. What I mean with that is they don't notice that they've been brought by their own desire to gamble and instead of having fun, that fun is being gone and now belongs to the casinos. The realization comes to the end and when it does, that's the part that's hard to break.

It doesn't suit everyone when someone makes gambling as a living. While it is not possible but it's hard to say that you're the chosen one on this industry because many have tried and gambling didn't suit them at all. And if you do it for your every day life, you'll get to see and accept what will be the impact of it to yourself because when it does hit you emotionally, you'd see how the other gamblers have dealt with the problem that it has brought them.

If it's about the value and price of Near, I am not amazed of it but what's important to me for this project is about its actual use case. There's so much to learn using its blockchain and the ecosystem that it has. IMHO, for those that are looking for projects, it shouldn't just about the charts and market cap of it. Try to check the actual community of it and how it is helping its own community through its features.

I was just checking NEAR and it's something else for me. I know that it's not the project that has a lot to offer and there are other projects that are lowkey and haven't been noticed. But if someone is going to consider this, you have to take a look at it and you'll see what I am talking about. I am not encouraging to invest because I said so but you must invest on it when you're already decided and when you've seen those things that I am talking about.

There is no other way but to send that first to another wallet, that's how you're going to hide your address. So, before going to a restaurant, transfer it to a wallet where you'll use it for payments and leave the rest there. Only send the amount that you may want to spend for your ease. That's why if you're going to do this, you should have planned it before going out so that you're going to check the fees.

It's not ideal to do it at most times that you'll transfer here and there because the fees are not that worth it. But if they only cost some centavos, it's easier to do that and the fees won't matter at all.

This is also a good suggestion, Binance Pay. An off chain transaction but of course, you'll have to deal with KYC and verifications.

We become too addicted when our brain is set to think of gambling and winning and at the same time when times are too bad like we want to recover. Thinking of gambling every day as if you're an office worker at a casino, isn't something new. Many gamblers do this often and that's how they make money from gambling as if it's already their full time job. But for a casual gambler and think of the missed chance of being lucky, you're something else and needs to control your emotions.

You'll never know on where it is going to bring you in the time that you won't notice. Gamble when you feel that you have to gamble but don't do it at most times because developing the desire to gamble is going to be something worse eventually. Tell yourself that you have to still be in control when you gamble and play and no one is there to save you whenever you become addicted. Yes, no one but only you.

Much better that you're doing it secretly and not in front of your kids or any kid. Because if they're going to see what adults see and you've been also doing it, a big chance that they'll imitate what you've been doing. And each of us came through being a kid and that's what we felt when we were younger, whatever the adults are doing then we think of it as something normal to be done and so, we copy anything that they do. So, if they've been gambling with any type of games, we think that it's totally fine to copy what they do.

Nice to hear that you know what you need for your life. If gambling is one of it, make sure that you're also taking care of yourself and you're not just going to gamble with the amount that you just can't afford to lose. That's where many are falling down when they seem to be confident with what they're saying but eventually, they're the ones that needed to have some help later on.

True, they're watching us and observe at most times. When they are curious to some things that we're doing, they're going to put that on their minds and will remember it and will mimic as how they've become interested on what we does.

How about both? most women today are flexible and they don't settle for less. I don't know for the majority of the women out there but that's what I know. As a husband, you can give her the best life by providing everything to her and while her, she's free to do some business on her own while taking care of the family. It may sound easy but that's why they're great at these multiple tasks because that's how they are.

Unlike men, we need to get focused on something that we do especially if we're working on, we should only focus on working. I prefer to let her do her own things or do both things if she can. While giving her money, don't call it salary because it is men's responsibility to provide for her. As for women empowerment, there are also women that just chose to work instead of staying at home even with kids to take care.

It is known that when there is war, there are the casualties and of course, there are those that take benefits from it. Coming from the arms dealer or producers and also to the oil producers which is needed for the transportation of the goods and stuff during the war. But to say that we should end it up, who the hell likes it? Only those warmongers and people that earns from it, the majority of us don't even want to hear a gunshot.

Taking down and destruction? You ain't different from the warmongers that are also bringing the same thing to innocent people. You think that they're going to stop just because you've got a movement? You're not even going to be noticed by any of them as they're all just followers of the chain of commands by their higher authorities and supreme beings. That's the sadder part of it, those that are involve on wars, don't even want to go for it but because it is their duty, they have to.