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Re: Protect your #crypto from being stolen because of phishing.
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neal.gerard
on 19/08/2018, 11:12:28 UTC
A lot of people laugh at the fact that people fall for phishing. It can literally happen to anybody. It happens to even the most intelligent and experienced people. There's so very good advice on the OP's link. Thanks for sharing. You have to be extremely careful with any links or attachments you receive in your email. I always check very closely the email address of the sender. If you ever feel that an email is suspicious, do NOT click any links. If you think it may be real, but you're not sure, contact the supposed sender directly. Go to their website as you know how to. Ask them if they sent the email. If it was phishing, they'll be happy to know about that. They may be able to warn other users or take measures to prevent future phishing.
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Re: Australian Cinema-on-Demand Distributor Launching Cryptocurrency To Reward Film
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neal.gerard
on 18/08/2018, 20:17:43 UTC
Australian Cinema-on-Demand Distributor Launching Cryptocurrency To Reward Film Enthusiasts


Australian-based Demand Film has released a new virtual currency to reward users who promote and watch movie trailers.

Demand Film is officially releasing the cryptocurrency, known as ‘Screencreds,’ before the company launches in Germany next Tuesday.

The new digital coin is the latest example of how digital currencies and blockchain technology are making waves in the film industry.

Paying People To Watch Movies 
The idea behind Screencreds is to give people an incentive to market and promote offerings from Demand Film.

The company organizes theatrical screenings for films and documentaries based on consumer demand.

Demand Film CEO and managing director David Doepel told the Hollywood Reporter that people who watch and share movie trailers will be able to earn the cryptocurrency as a reward.
https://www.ccn.com/australian-cinema-on-demand-distributor-launching-cryptocurrency-to-reward-film-enthusiasts/
I sometimes get the feeling that there are too many cryptocurrencies. Everybody want to make their own. Isn't there some point where we can go overboard? Is there something I'm missing? I feel like having too many almost gives them less credibility. It's kind of a neat idea to give people crypto for sharing and watching trailers. Will the film companies themselves be paying out real fiat for that crypto after? How would that work? I think the blockchain idea at the end of the article to minimize people stealing content could be a good idea.
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Re: What is the most ethical way to reduce the growth of human population?
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neal.gerard
on 17/08/2018, 08:17:49 UTC
I respect your opinion but its not always about habitat , many country even lived beside polluted river , just to get a waste food so their family can eat, Too many children in a family is a crucial things to them, first the children can't go to school because of poverty, second the they don't have a house and if theyre going to relocate , it I's much harder to them to adopt where they will be placed.
Poverty is a completely different question. Of course, I realize that poverty has a big effect on birth rates. The poorer people are, the more they typically tend to have children. They need the children to work for them by selling something or working on the farm to get more money for the family. Birth rates go down as populations get more wealthy. The nice thing about rivers is that they move. To stop pollution in a river, you need to stop polluting it upstream. Typically, the more wealthy a country gets, the better they get at dealing with pollution. (I'm not sure about China, but it seems like they're at least making some efforts now.)
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Re: The new world currency in 2018?
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neal.gerard
on 16/08/2018, 18:01:09 UTC
I believe that there are definitely people want this one world currency. The article if from 1988 though and I think it's a bit off in its prediction. If there will be a world currency, I think it's something that has to happen gradually. I can't imagine all countries agreeing to use a new currency at once. As far as I know the most used currencies would be the USD and the EUR. There are 12 countries and territories that use the USD officially. There are 24 that use the EUR. I think these numbers would have to spread gradually. If there were going to be a world currency in 2018, I think we would have heard of it by August. Haha.
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Re: Should the religion interfere with political issues?
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neal.gerard
on 15/08/2018, 14:07:27 UTC
There are a lot of problems we, as individual and as a society, faces everyday. Whether it be physically, mentally, environmentally, pyschologically or morally it seems that these problems are inevitable.

The role of the government is to stabilize and provide the basic needs of a citizen including the order and organization among individuals. While the religion is to ensure that faith and morale of the citizens are still in equilibrium with whatever aspect.

In terms of the political issues that arises between the government and the opposition, should the sector of religion interfere with whatever the citizens and the government must decide?
In theory, if a population is comprised entirely of people from one religion, it could be okay for religion to play a big role in politics. I say "in theory" because that it's pretty much impossible without forcing people to be of one religion. Thus, it's better to keep religion and state separate. Governments can consult with religious leaders and try to make sure their followers have the rights and freedoms they deserve, but they shouldn't be making decisions themselves for a whole country.
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Re: PLAYSTORE and APPSTORE!!
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neal.gerard
on 14/08/2018, 10:47:29 UTC
We are into gadgets, most of the people are addict on it.
We spent more of our vacant time facing our Cellphones and Ipads.

Playing games and downloading some apps on the store require payments, Is this the best time for those stores to open their payment method with cryptocurrency specially Bitcoin?

I think it could be possible. Maybe people have brought up the issue of volatility though. This is a real problem. I would be too difficult to price things accurately in BTC now. The value of BTC is changing too quickly. If they did it, they'd have to tie it to a fiat currency and just convert your BTC. There are examples of Google taking different forms of payment though. In Kenya, there's a popular electronic payment service called m.Pesa. I've heard the Google Play Store accept payment through that system there.
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Re: What is the most ethical way to reduce the growth of human population?
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neal.gerard
on 12/08/2018, 12:26:26 UTC
This question is impossible to answer in the present situation. Had it been posed one or two hundred years ago, we could say education was key. Now that human population has reached epidemic proportions, band-aids are insufficient. Nothing short of a radical reduction of birthrates worldwide, coupled with mechanisms to keep human growth in check, would have any effect. Given the global misery in store if we do nothing, how is this unethical? The only solution I have seen is in fiction. Dan Brown's supposedly evil protagonist in his latest novel ‘Inferno,’ did come up with just such a solution, at the genetic level, which had no impact on the current generation but great benefits to all future generations. Would this could be made a reality.
There would have been no way to predict this 200 years ago. In 1818, there was just a little more than 1 billion people on the whole earth. That was before people understood what they do now about hygiene. It was before vaccines for the most part and medicine was much less effective. Nobody would have been asking the question of overpopulation. It wasn't a problem. I still don't think it's a problem. Birth rates are going down, quite radically actually in some countries. The problem is not our population is growing too fast. It's that the people we already have are not doing what's needed to make our stay on earth sustainable.
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Re: What is the most ethical way to reduce the growth of human population?
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neal.gerard
on 11/08/2018, 15:40:40 UTC
I do not believe in this topic. Humans are not so many as we think. Even if we were so many, why reduce for what? Many people think that food will not be enough in the future but it is not true. We have a lot of places where we can cultivate. Countries like Canada and Russia are actually empty. People can easily move there if there are nowhere to go. With science, we can easily plant anywhere. We are already eating modified fruits and vegetables. We are doing great. We do not need to kill people or to reduce the population.
I completely agree with you. There are so many places in the world that are just empty. I would actually say that most of the world is not inhabited by people. People really just group together in the big cities. Of course, you wouldn't actually have to kill people to reduce the population. It can happen naturally. Nonetheless, I don't think it's necessary. In terms of food, people are worried that we'll run out. Well I've heard that we actually through out about 50% of food that is produced! If we just fixed that problem, we could feed twice as many people!

I get your view. I have a follow up question, Does this mean that every place that humans have not occupied has to be occupied? what about other living species? And lastly, Don't you think that places where are not yet occupied by human are not that favorable for survivor in the long run?
Of course we couldn't possibly fill up every part of the earth. There's no need to do that either. There is so much more space. If people want, we can also just build taller. Theoretically every house or 2 or 5-storey building could be replaced with a 50-storey building or maybe even a 100-storey building. There are so many places left to inhabit. Take a look at some stunning images of how much of Canada is empty: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/04/17/canada-empty-maps_n_5169055.html. You can see her that 47 percent of the US is uninhabited: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607431/Want-away-Interactive-map-shows-staggering-47-PERCENT-country-currently-uninhabited.html. There are plenty of good places to live, if needed.
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Re: What is the most ethical way to reduce the growth of human population?
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neal.gerard
on 10/08/2018, 14:01:57 UTC
I do not believe in this topic. Humans are not so many as we think. Even if we were so many, why reduce for what? Many people think that food will not be enough in the future but it is not true. We have a lot of places where we can cultivate. Countries like Canada and Russia are actually empty. People can easily move there if there are nowhere to go. With science, we can easily plant anywhere. We are already eating modified fruits and vegetables. We are doing great. We do not need to kill people or to reduce the population.
I completely agree with you. There are so many places in the world that are just empty. I would actually say that most of the world is not inhabited by people. People really just group together in the big cities. Of course, you wouldn't actually have to kill people to reduce the population. It can happen naturally. Nonetheless, I don't think it's necessary. In terms of food, people are worried that we'll run out. Well I've heard that we actually through out about 50% of food that is produced! If we just fixed that problem, we could feed twice as many people!
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Re: How to make friends ?
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neal.gerard
on 09/08/2018, 11:36:31 UTC
Friendship is really a matter of time. I found this article: https://news.ku.edu/2018/03/06/study-reveals-number-hours-it-takes-make-friend. Here's a quote from it:
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In a new report published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Associate Professor of Communication Studies Jeffrey Hall found that it takes roughly 50 hours of time together to move from mere acquaintance to casual friend, 90 hours to go from that stage to simple “friend” status and more than 200 hours before you can consider someone your close friend.
You really need to put in the time time. To make a casual friend, you gotta spend 50 hours together. To be simply friends, it's 90 hours. To be considered a close friend it usually takes at least 200 hours. Of course friendship isn't math, but it's an important principle. The trick is then to first find people that you're interested in spending that much time with.
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Re: What is the most ethical way to reduce the growth of human population?
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neal.gerard
on 08/08/2018, 13:40:15 UTC
I have been telling folks around me for a while now and I will mention it here. I really think we're focusing on the wrong stuff. The big question is do we really need to reduce human population? Because the more we think we need to, the more crazy unethical ideas spring up. The major question we should be facing is how can we increase the quality of the existing human population? This earth is rich, irregardless of what speculators say. We will keep discovering more and more of its resources. And I think this will be an unending process. People crowd up in cities and developed places just to escape the rigour of developing other regions. And I think this is our undoing.
I completely agree with you. The Earth is so rich. In almost all cases I don't believe all the talk of us running out of something. If you take oil, for example. We often hear talks about how much oil there is left, that it's going to run out soon. Have you noticed though, how every few months or so the magically find more oil. It is obviously in the best interests of the oil companies to make everybody think there is a limited amount of oil. This makes all the oil more expensive. They need to control extraction, so they can control prices. If we extracted more, the price would go down. We should focus more on using resources wisely and effectively than on panicking about some false idea of scarcity.
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Re: What is the most ethical way to reduce the growth of human population?
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neal.gerard
on 07/08/2018, 15:08:41 UTC
what I would suggest is to change the social structure of developing nations while at the same time introducing economical advancements steered toward cultural evolution.

here a few methods

education can help curve fertility rates,but how useful might that be in a male dominant society where forced marriage is still the norm?
the solution:introduce norm that empower freedom and independence, while shaming those infringing on those right as if there committing a taboo, and that it acceptable for couple to have no children at all

2. the senior population might want more grandchildren for various economical and personal reason. diminishing workforce,more retiree then economic supporters,old mcgutget family-owned farm need more child labor etc.

the solution: keep advancing technology to at least substitute for the difference in the job market while the population is in transition for a smaller demographic

3. especially in developing nations, the main reason why people procreate vigorously is to better there odds of passing there legacy and that one will be a success in a poverty stricken area, more children mean better their chances.

the solution: make the opposite true; offer programs for single-children (or that has only one biological sibling) that allow various resources to be accessible to them. I don’t think they would want 7 or 8 gosling in a polluted pond if they know that stopping at one will ensure they (under-tale reference) will become a geese thriving in a crystal clear lake (world)

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I'm not sure if this is going to be our biggest problem. A lot of people here are talking about overpopulation. The birth rate is actually going down worldwide. Many countries already have negative growth. A bigger problem may actually be how to deal with a lack of young people in many countries. Life expectancy is going up and we have a heck of a lot of old people. However, there aren't as many young people to take care of the old people. Many developed countries are actually recruiting caretakers from other countries. I think the less poverty there is and the most technology takes over farming, the more the birth rate will go down in developing countries.
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Re: Why does this world need decentralization so much
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neal.gerard
on 06/08/2018, 18:30:39 UTC
The main question is who will regulate decentralization at the world level: the system itself or the government?
Am I missing something? Why would decentralization need regulation? When you talk about regulation, it makes me thing of some governing body. Like there should be a government above decentralization. Wouldn't that be sort of an oxymoron? You said the Internet was initially decentralized. Do you think that's changed? I'm under the impression that the Internet is extremely decentralized. I've heard that it's near impossible to shut down the Internet because it is decentralized. To answer your question in short, decentralization shouldn't need regulation.
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Re: Have you ever been scammed?
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neal.gerard
on 05/08/2018, 13:04:04 UTC
I was almost scammed once. I received a message from a friend I hadn't heard from in quite some time. "She" wrote me in French. I speak French, but not that well. She is one of my only friends that I spoke French to when we met. The message said that she was in Burkina Faso with he daughter and she was robbed. She was asking for me to send her some money. I know that she had been to Burkina Faso before. I think her ex-husband was from there. I really believed the message. Nobody ever writes me in French, other than her. Anyway, I was seriously thinking about sending her some money. Luckily, I check her Facebook profile and realize that she hadn't even gone to Africa recently. I sent her a message and she told me everything was fine. Pretty good try by the scammers!
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Re: How Déjà vu Can Happen?
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neal.gerard
on 04/08/2018, 12:54:56 UTC
How Déjà vu Can Happen?

Have you ever come to a place for the first time, and feel familiar with the place? In French, the recurrence of such an event is called the Deja Vu. But why did Deja Vu happen? Is our life like a soap opera whose story is repeated again?
I have experienced it before. Déjà vu is from French, but it is also an accepted term in English. I have had different kinds. I have had times when something happens and I can swear they the exact same thing had just happened before. There have been other times though, where it seems like I have experienced a whole situation before. I seems to me that I completely dreamed a situation before and I remember it. Then it happens in real life. It's not usually a very long chain of events, but just one part of the situation, like where I am, who is with me and what one person says. It's definitely an interesting phenomenon. Has anybody else felt like they completely dreamed what happened to them before it happened?
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Re: Chinese Men need to spend a huge money to get married. Most cannot get married
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neal.gerard
on 03/08/2018, 15:01:28 UTC
If I spend 1 million $, what kind of woman can I find in India to married?

If you are Chinese, and you are ready for marrying an Indian girl without a dowry, then on average you will get a girl who looks like this:

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CnUsFZpfUB4/V7CobjlB08I/AAAAAAAAhLo/LuEFe2UwyzMbM51OMgGmgoxwBA8Lk-ddgCLcB/s640/SHE%2BPURE%2B2016.jpg

If you can spend $10,000, then you will get a girl who looks like this:

http://www.badlegaindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/17.jpg

If you could spend $100,000, then you will get a girl who looks like this:

http://indpaedia.com/ind/images/f/f8/Bhavana6.jpg

But why stick with India? You will get far better deals in Thailand.
This is quite a funny thread. Sadly, the original post is not funny at all. When I visited China I heard about many of this problems. It seems like the OP has great English. This should be a good thing. I think it may be better to look outside of China. There are actually many countries that have more women than men. You can check this website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio. Russia and Ukraine, for example, have much more women than men. It may be difficult to get them to go live in China, but it's certainly possible. Many Russians already live in China. They won't expect so much money.
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Re: france military parade hahaha
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neal.gerard
on 02/08/2018, 12:34:50 UTC
He probably wanted to switch sides, the French military have a habit of doing that.


the french have a truly misguided national trust, they arent creating anything high quality.

and their language culture, is lightyears appart from their written culture.

why are they still called with germany together europes economic  powerhouse?
Surprising how this thread has developed. As they say, that escalated quickly. One person posted a mistake that was made by a pilot (or the ground crew). Now most of the replies are jokes or insults about France. Did France actually do anything bad to you? France does have a large economy. One thing I like about France is that it seems to sort of march to the beat of it's own drum. French people always seem to be doing their own thing, not worry as much about the rest of the world. Why all the hate?
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Re: Porn is creating transgenders
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neal.gerard
on 01/08/2018, 14:11:41 UTC
Most of the stuff out there is very unnatural and quite unsettling, I think these kind of stuff is warping our brains with what is really meant to be.
What is the point of this comment? It's like you could have written it anywhere. What are you referring to by "the stuff out there"? What are "these kind of stuff"? Do you even read the original post? If you really believe that everything out there is unnatural and unsettling, that's just a reflection of your perspective. It seems quite pessimistic. There are many beautiful things in this world.
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Re: No more fake news
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neal.gerard
on 31/07/2018, 13:20:15 UTC
Anything we can do to reduce fake news should be welcomed and encouraged. As far as I understand, this could be a powerful tool. Wouldn't it cause some delays in new delivery though? It also seems like it's meant to be a separate platform. This would mean that many people will still be going to the same news sources as they always have. They will continue to get fake news because they are ignorant of the new tools available. The idea may be great, but the biggest challenge may be implementation.
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Re: Domino's Pizza Shames Government by Fixing Potholes
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neal.gerard
on 29/07/2018, 17:10:01 UTC
Haha, I think this is a great idea! It's not that common to see companies being so active at helping the community. It's funny that it happened in the US, as I think many people outside the US have this image in their mind that everything works so well there. The roads must be so great. But, as we can see from this story, that's certainly not true. I know that lots companies to charity work, but it usually doesn't seem so tangible. Well, at least we don't see it. Maybe Domino's set an example that other companies will copy and we'll have some mutually beneficial ad campaigns. We get something, like better roads, and they get exposure.