Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

IT is super hierarchical and requires immense political skills to get anything done.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

At the top of academia everyone is tenured. Everyone has proved their intelligence. It is so political because there is so little at stake

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

You are describing a ratcheting system.

There seems to be no voter action that can produce a more progressive candidate.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

Hillary was a moderate?

In 2016 the pre election polls showed a rock paper scissors ordering.

  • Trump beats Hillary
  • Hillary beats Bernie
  • Bernie beats Trump

The last occurred because Bernie was a different enough candidate to attract a certain subset of Republicans.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

But are you sure that answer wasn’t a hallucination?

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

Ah, you used bing copilot to search. OK.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

Thanks for a great reply. I totally see the need for recording engineers (live and mechanical) and related jobs.

Can you compare the industry now to 10 years ago. What jobs have disappeared? The music press seems much less relevant. Does the A&R executive still exist? Etc.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

Thanks for the insights.

In my head the fat do-nothing execs are the ones sitting on back catalogues of one sided record deals.

With the democratisation of music production we should be awash with a variety of new music, but the same old artists are still being pushed onto the public. What needs to change?

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

I don’t even dignify with an answer

Rigged games is the only point you want to address, then you fail to do so when given the opportunity.

legitgamblingsites.com/…/online-casino-scams-be-a…

Casino Scam Two: Rigged Games This casino gaming scam is fairly simple. They run rigged games which let you win for a while, but ultimately rinse you of every penny. This one doesn’t require 4D chess or deviousness fit for a Bond villain, just good old-fashioned rigged software.

The scam casino software companies which create rigged games are fairly well-known by most people who play regularly online or work in the online betting industry. Respected casinos don’t work with them, and respected casino software companies don’t usually work with casinos that do. That’s an important thing to note, because it is the first step to avoiding rigged games. If you see Microgaming, Playtech, NetEnt, or other powerhouse casino software companies in the mix, it’s highly likely that you’re dealing with a legitimate online casino.

However, scam casino operators have gotten wise to this, and as a result, they run pirated versions of otherwise legit games. They’re much more difficult to spot for the untrained eye, because they are clones of the original games with a tweaked code to cheat you.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

That’s why scammers usually just pirate and hack small parts of the codebase.

This is complete bullshit.

I linked to an external source showing it is not bullshit.

Your arguments for online casinos not being scams are based solely on excluding scams from your definition of online casinos.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

My argument is that casinos don’t need to scam by rigging games.

And this opinion is incorrect. I would accept that some online casinos don’t need to scam by rigging games.

A scam site is no more a casino than a phishing site is a banking site.

Incorrect. I’ve posted multiple examples of online casino scams, including rigging the games.

Do you think banking sites are scams?

Some are.

Now you are defending the hill that some scammers use casinos as their vector for scams, which is a completely different thing, that nobody questioned also.

Look at the top of this thread. The question was “Why are online casinos bad”.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

You instead provided 0 explanation about what you are claiming.

See links above why scamming and online casinos are linked.

They are not banking sites lol

You are not approaching this from a user perspective

If it looks like a banking site, then it is banking site.

If it looks like an online casino then they are an online casino.

The initial question “why are online casinos bad” clearly referred to businesses which…run online casinos

Incorrect.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

If we are talking about banking sites, and - say - we discuss the security measures needed on them, nobody would think to include phishing sites into the discussion, because it’s meaningless.

Incorrect. Learn to recognize ‘spoofing’ and ‘phishing’

was obviously referring to the businesses which run online casinos

Incorrect

OP was clearly talking about actual gambling businesses.

Incorrect. OP clearly wrote “online casinos”.

You clearly have a guilty conscious about the money you earned from gamblers. Or you are being paid for this shilling.

The problem with online casinos is that they are associated with a huge number of scams.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

if someone is creating a new standard for banking sites

Not part of the discussion. You are straining pretty hard in your efforts to “win”.

And online casinos don’t include fake online casinos.

Yes, they do. The clue is in the name.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

The point is simple “industry” doesn’t contain the scammers who try to abuse it.

It does. To illustrate this I linked to a bank website containing advice on combating phishing.

Here’s the definition I’m happy with.

Legitimate casinos = established businesses in the casino industry

Fake casinos = scammers

Online casinos = legitimate casinos + fake casinos

Combined because users find it hard to tell the difference.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

To which ones does your initial answer apply?

Online casinos.

I bet you wouldn’t be able to show me a fake casino if I asked.

www.askgamblers.com/online-casinos/blacklisted

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

Your definition of “legitimate casino” excludes any casinos that rig games.

All businesses with financial operations are exposed to money laundering to some degree.

Regulations increase costs to implement. Only “legitimate casinos” fight them.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

It’s YOUR definition

Nope. It’s you who is obsessed with separation of “legitimate casinos”.

YOU said, legitimate + fake = online. I asked to which you applied the answer and you said online.

Correct

Now you are saying it doesn’t?

Incorrect.

So, do we agree that legitimate casinos don’t rig games?

You have defined legitimate casinos as ones that don’t rig games.

Also, you mentioned taking a cut to help laundering money,

Incorrect. I said casinos are used to launder money.

now you are retracting saying “are exposed”.

No retraction necessary.

  • do legitimate casinos rig games?

Online casinos rig games. You have defined legitimate casinos as ones that don’t rig games. A normal internet user cannot tell the difference.

  • do legitimate casinos help laundering money?

Yes. Not necessarily knowingly. Income from internet gambling is tainted.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In, (edited )

I didn’t define shit

Here is your definition (not mine) where you separate “legitimate businesses” from “scam organizations”

So when I talk about online casinos, I refer to the legitimate businesses that are gambling businesses, not scam organizations that happen to use gambling as their cover

I’m saying this line is not clear cut, particularly for the average Internet user. A yes/no answer is not possible.

I was mistakenly taking the top comment of this thread as your comment.

Easily done. Thanks for clarifying.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

Online casinos rig games.

From the end user point of view, the subset of legitimate casinos (that, following your definition, don’t rig or scam) cannot be easily identified.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

we are talking about your “taxonomy”

No. That’s what you are trying to forum slide to.

I’m sticking to the point that online casinos are scammy, including legitimate, regulated operators.

You might not be able to distinguish a legitimate casinos by a fake one,

Not just me. Any average Joe.

but if in your opinion legitimate ones also rig games, this is irrelevant.

Your doggedness for wanting agreement that some casino games may not be rigged is impressive

what users can tell is a completely separate problem.

But a problem very much related to “what’s wrong with online casinos”.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

You have defined legitimate casinos as only ones that don’t rig games or do scams. A priori you are correct.

There are enough illegitimate online casinos to create a problem for the whole industry.

Online casinos = scam

explain what economic incentive do legitimate casinos (licensed) to rig game

They don’t have enough users so they need to squeeze their regular punters harder.

Even your beloved “legitimate” casinos do “rig” games by offering different odds at different times to different people. They scam people by restricting the amount that can be withdrawn (and other ToS tricks). They create user interfaces to maximise player losses.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

Blocking someone is the Lemmy equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and shouting “la la la I can’t hear you”.

But if this civil discussion has led you to that point then maybe we should let the topic lie and get on with our lives.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

But is anthropomorphism of AI particularly worrying?

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