After a long hiatus, we are here, back with a nice surprise for the 17th anniversary of Bitcoin!

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First, the usual spreadsheet, where you see the two last sprees:



From the total merits submitted in the paired TICK-TOCK sprees, this is the largest on record since I began tracking the sprees!
The wait was well worth of this gargantuan spree @ddmrddmr!

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Merit Spree #59 by @ddmrddrmr

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My review:


TICK: This is the largest TICK spree so far. One metric that stands out is the low transaction-per-second rate. Digging a little bit into the distribution, we see there are two separate chunks of distribution. Maybe something didn't go as planned, and the spree got interrupted. Probably our mutual friend fixed something, and the TICK spree resumed!

Here's the TOP10:


Even if it was the highest on the track, the number of merits to enter the TOP10 was not very high: 16 merits, topped this time by Porfirii with 38 merits, again, not a super-high number.
That's all, folks, for Merits Spree 59!

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Merit Spree #60 by @ddmrddrmr


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My review:

TOCK This second spree was fairly big: the second spree in history. Shall we explain this with the number of merits @ddmrddmr has likely been stacking during this long, quiet period?
Will we see more from him soon?


Here's the TOP10:


Even if this was a single merits spree, the numbers are incredibly high: 22 merits to top the chart and 11 to enter the TOP10. Compared to other single-merit rounds, this is quite high.
I will start getting merit statistics for a single merits spree! So, 22 merits are the highest on record for a single merits spree! (merit spree 60!), while 3 merits are the lowest required on the record, together with spree #44, #46 and #48: wen two?

Time to call it a day!

See you at the next merit spree!

In the Bangladesh Premier League Rangpur Riders defeated Dhaka Capitals by 5 runs. Rangpur Riders opens inning first with Kyle Mayers and Litton Das but both the openers do not give the positive start to the team and Mayers scores only 11 runs and Littan Das losses his wicket early on 6 runs and in middle order Dawid Malan played a well inning of 33 runs and also Mahmudullah played a well inning of 51 runs and at last Khusdil Shah played a very aggresive inning of 38 runs and at the end of the inning Rangpur Riders set a strong target of 156 runs for Dhaka Capitals. Dhaka Capitals opens inning with Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Abdullah AL Mamun and both the openers give good start to the team and Gurbaz played a well knock of 31 runs and also Mamun scores 20 runs and in middle order Mohammad Mithun played a well inning of 56 runs but Dhaka fails to chase the target after putting the great effort and scores 150 runs at the end of the inning and Rangpur Riders won the game by 5 runs.                               

Before match Rangpur Riders were hot favourite I trapped and put some money on them at the rate of @1.55, but now it's all looking gone with Dhaka Capitals captain on crease with his 52 runs on 34 balls while they required now 23 runs from 13 balls.

After two loses now its looking easy for them to have second win of their season against inform team Rangpur Riders competition is wide open things are going to be entertaining just Noakhali Express is having no win after playing 3 matches tense finish for this game as Dhaka Capitals needs to win this game while Rangpur Riders looking for keeping things on their way.

Just like me, the only time on which my kid bought a mobilephone is on the time that he had touched up highschool but in gradeschool he had never held a phone and i wont be allowing it. Having some means of communication nowadays is very crucial and actually we cant be able to control whether they do able to access some sites without us knowing but of course it will be just that depending on how you do raise them and set up some restrictions. Speaking about dealing up with gambling then in todays social media on which it is that more rampant on seeing online because of these casinos or companies are using up their funds on marketing on which this isnt surprising. It all matters now on how you would make your child be at least having the awareness or guidance on how these ads are totally dangerous and should be avoided once they would be able to encounter.

This is part of parenting on which you would be needing up to guide your kids into the right path because having no proper guidance will really be leading into these kind of possible situations on which it will be leading into your kids lives to be messed up.

It is not easy to totally keep your underaged children off your phone except they don't know your password or you are holding your phone for 24 hours, they will always find a way to access social media and sites. In your presence they might be playing games on your phone but behind you they will explore gambling and porn sites without your knowledge. The best ways to discourage underaged gambling is not to buy them smart phones and to educate them about the dangers of gambling addiction, convince them to ignore such adverts on social media.

Barcelona scored two goals in two minutes thats quite impressive, there is no doubt that they are going to end up winning the la liga title. I lost confidence on Barcelona when I saw that they didn't score any goal when it was close to 90 minutes but they still managed to score. it is surprising that they have gotten to this point because they were lagging behind during a period but it is good to see them back on their feet

They are always wanting to gamble at every time and day, this is not a say say thing, I have witnessed it as well. When a gambler is addicted, they can go to any extent to borrow or sell their property just to satisfy their gambling urge and that is very dangerous because when a gambler gets to that point of gambling without control of funds, it is very dangerous because such a person could do the unthinkable just to gamble. Yes they know that but the habit is now a lifestyle to them and it would be very difficult for them to come out of it.

Basically, what they are doing is not within their control, they themselves do not know how much wrong decision they are making. Their situation becomes so bad that they do not think about any consequences for themselves. They even keep making the same mistakes over and over again, because of their wrong decision they have lost a lot of money in gambling, but later instead of realizing the right thing, when they have money in their hands again, they make the same mistakes again, they return to gambling again and become uncontrollable again, and in this way they face even bigger losses as before, there are many weaknesses in their thinking. Those who cannot learn from their mistakes keep making mistakes, and the same mistakes happen again and again and they continue to face even bigger losses and this circle will continue.

Addicted people are constantly restless to collect gambling money and can do anything without thinking, they do not care how bad they are doing. As long as the addict has money, they continue to gamble until it runs out, they continue to gamble without taking a break. When all the money they have is lost, they realize that they should have taken the time but they did not take it. Even though they understand this, when the money comes to them, they continue to gamble as before. This is a clear sign of an addict.

I agree, it's not even worth it to give independent access to them because they're still kids and they don't understand anything. If someone gives phone to a kid then there should always be some type of parental controls on it to monitor each activity of the children, and if they move towards wrong direction then a parent should stop them.

It is true that constant and frequent visits to the casino seems to be a sign of addiction and this is very risky because such a gambler would definitely be securing or taking loans just to gamble, they forget that gambling is not a thing that requires borrowing but their poor orientation would not allow them to reason that way but they would prefer to continue taking loans out of desperation to gamble and win when they not stable mentally and otherwise to do so.

Yes, you are right, this was about India Under-19,  I started talking about the women's team. The match between India Under-19 and South Africa Under-19 will be played tomorrow, in which we will get to see an interesting match. India Under-19 could not play much well in the Under-19 Asia Cup, due to which Pakistan Under-19 won the final. This series is with South Africa Under-19, they will have to play well and strongly in the 3 matches so that their strength and hard work remain.

সকলেই কেমন আছেন? আর আমাদের লোকাল থ্রেডের এক্টিভিটি নিয়ে আপডেট দেন CL ভাই কিন্তু তিনি এই মাসে লোকালে খুবই কম পোস্ট করেছেন, আর মাস শেষ হয়েছে জানেন না নাকী? হা হা। যাইহোক, ভাই সময় পাইলে আপডেট দিয়েন।

যাইহোক, ninjastic আপডেট করার পর কে কত পোস্ট করছে, এই তথ্যগুলো বের করতে পারতাম না, কিন্তু আজকে ট্রাই করতে করতে হয়ে গেছে।

যাইহোক, কয়েকটি সংক্ষিপ্ত আকারে লিস্ট বের করার চেষ্টা করেছিলাম।
এখন পর্যন্ত সর্বোচ্চ পোস্টদাতার মধ্যে আমি একধাপ উন্নতি করেছি। গতমাস পর্যন্ত ৪ নাম্বারে ছিলাম, কিন্তু এই মাসে শীর্ষ তিন এ এসেছি।
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এছাড়া ২০২৫ সালে পোস্ট করার দিক দিয়ে শীর্ষ দুই নাম্বারে রয়েছি। DS আমার চেয়ে ১৫ পোস্ট বেশি করে এক নাম্বারে রয়েছে।
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যাইহোক, এই তথ্যগুলো এখান থেকে নেওয়া হয়েছে। আশা করি CL ভাই আরো সুন্দর করে আপডেট দিবেন।

I am also somewhat similar to you because I also gamble sometimes, but only with a small amount of money and for fun. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with gambling as long as it does not interfere with our activities. The problem lies with people who like to gamble but indirectly destroy their future because they are too addicted and even borrow money to gamble. But you are amazing for not gambling for months, and I think that's a good thing because gambling should only be done when we are in a good mood. I couldn't go months without gambling like you; I could only go a week or two at most, and it definitely depends on my finances. You are doing the right thing because you are not too addicted to gambling, and we should not let gambling ruin our future.  

Good summary by everyone. This game was a clear indication of the difference in performance between the two teams. Chattagram Royals began to do so, particularly Mohammad Naim but when he got out, the batting failed one hundred percent. With a constant loss of wickets in a T20, it is not possible to record a competitive score. To their credit, the bowlers of Rangpur Riders, more so Faheem Ashraf, never allowed the batsmen to rest. It was never difficult to chase 103, and Malan with Litton did not want any surprises. Rangpur was a well-balanced, calm, and disciplined-looking man. Chattogram are actually in need of fixing their middle order in order to remain competitive.

 it was entirely one sided and the imbalance of teams was eminent. Rangpur Riders did not appear pressurized at any point and pursued the target without any hesitation. Malan was anchoring the innings not that the strike rate was blazing but Litton Das was giving the charge with his aggressive hits. The match was indeed set after Faheem Ashraf had 5 wickets and 17 runs in a T20 match is amazing. Chattogram Royals, however, they failed far too easily. Their batting line up is proven to be weak this season and with a powerful Rangpur attack, it was brought to full light.

I also agree that main factor that led to defeat of  Chattogram Royals against Rangpur Riders was batting collapse of Royals, considering that they were all out with just 102 runs. Team, as you mentioned, lost its middle order calm very early and although Mohammad Naim performed well at beginning with 39 runs, rest of the team had tough time facing Faheem Ashraf who took unbelievable 5 wickets.
I believe that Royals are relying too much on few players and they could not compete with powerful Rangpur team. Fact that matches on December 30 were pushed back to mark national mourning gives team more time to fix their batting order. So they should get 150 or more runs in their next game against Sylhet Titans, otherwise they will be knocked out in playoffs in shortest time possible.

In this match Rangpur Rider was heavy in the field.Rangpur Rider bowlers took the first wicket of Chattogram Royal for 3 runs and with their hard bowling rangpur rider dismissed all the batsmen of chattogram royals on the fifth ball of 17 overs. Faheem Ashraf took 5 important wickets of Chattogram and put Chattogram Royals under pressure.From Chattogram Royals only Mohammad Naim and Mirza Tahir Baig worked hard due to which their aim was very weak.Talking about Rangpur Rider they achieved this aim with the loss of 3 wickets and Dawid Malan showed aggressive batting.Rangpur Rider has secured the second place on the points table with this win.Chattogram Royals need to strengthen their batting line because any team can defeat them easily.

This match was completely one sided and I had high expectation from Chattogram Royals squad that they would perform like they did in previous match. But Chattogram Royals disappointed me and easily handed over points to Rangpur Riders squad. Chattogram Royals  squad was begun match first with batting and batters were managed to collect 102 scores off 20 overs inning. Faheem Ashraf did good job and played crucial role in victory by picking up 5 significant wickets. On batting side, Litton Das and Dawid Malan built strong and long batting partnership and both collected 47 and 51s scores respectively. Chattogram Royals  squad was unable to restrict Rangpur Riders batters below scores and faced heavy defeat with 5 overs.

In Bangladesh Premier league Rangpur Riders defeated Chattogram Royals by 7 wickets. Chattogram Royals opens inning first with Muhammad Naim and Adam Rossington and among the openers Muhammad Naim played a well inning of 39 runs but Rossington lost his wicket early on 1 run and after that the team was panicked and Riders bowler completely dominating on Chattogram batters but in this tough situation Mirza Baig played a very defensive inning of 20 runs and at the end of the innings Chattogram scores only 102 runs and set a very low target of 103 runs for Rangpur Riders. Rangpur Riders opens inning with David Malan and Litton Das and both the openers give a very positive start to the team and Malan played a well knock of 51 runs and also Litton Das scores 47 runs and after that Khusdil Shah scores 6 runs and remain not out and Rangpur Riders easily chase the target and won the game by 7 wickets

Of course you are right on what you are saying, and yes I don't have anything against him neither do I want to try that out to see if would work or not, the main thing is we should be applying responsible gambling and do not approach gambling as an additional means of income rather should be treating it as a place for entertainment but most people nowadays see it as a place for generating more income for them. This is the reason why many of them easily gets into additions while gambling.

Brother, your prediction has been correct, excellent prediction. You said Rangpur would win and it might take 13 to 14 more to surpass the target of 103 runs bowled by Chittagong Royals. Rangpur Riders reached the target after playing 15 overs to get very close to your words. Faheem Ashraf's brilliant bowling devastated the Chittagong batsmen. As a result, they failed to score Burrow. Faheem Ashraf took 5 wickets for just 17 runs and laid the foundation for Rangpur's victory.

Rajashahi warriors had an easy aim from Noakhali express which they won by 6 wickets and 13 balls in advance.After a few overs the match became interesting because the wining was not yet decided. Then in the last overs the wining of Rajashahi warrior became clear. Rajashahi warriors first wicket had fallen for 2 runs.After the first wicket fell their partnership would be strong.The wining for Rajashahi warrior was easy because the runs were less and the balls were more.Even if they had wasted the balls they would not have had any difficulty in winning.Noakhali express did not gain any special skills in this league that is they did not achieve much success.I think they will not be able to stay in this league for long.

In the end, Chattogram Royals were all out for 102 runs in 17.5 overs, which is not a good target in the T20 format. Although Chattogram Royals did well in the beginning of the innings, they could not do well in the end. Mohammad Naim was dismissed for 39 runs in 20 balls and from then on they kept losing wickets. Chattogram Royals had a great performance in the first match and won but the batsmen failed in this match. Yes, Rangpur Riders' bowlers bowled well. In particular, Faheem Ashraf performed well, he took 5 wickets. However, Rangpur Riders have scored 40 runs in 6 overs so far, I think they will chase the target in 13-14 overs. I had said earlier that Rangpur will win, and the result of the match is going to be as expected.

Yes, Dhaka Capitals did not do well last season, they played 12 matches and won only 3 matches. But they started the first match of this season with a win, I hope they can do well this season. Because this time they have added some foreign star players in the squad, like Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Alex Hales, Dasun Shanaka, so I hope they can do something good this season. However, Nasir Hossain's performance in the first match was disappointing, because he could not do well enough in batting. Imad Wasim played an important role in Dhaka Capitals' victory, he took 3 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs.

Anyway, after a day's break, there will be 2 matches today, the first will be between Rangpur Riders vs Chattogram Royals and the second will be between Rajshahi Warriors vs Noakhali Express. Rangpur Riders will play the first match of this season, I hope Rangpur Riders will win. Let's see what happens today.

It is very fair analysis of match where both teams bowled very well yet did not bat well resulting in very close finish. Real stars were bowlers on both sides, and they kept their aim so steady that batters never got comfortable or stayed long. Since two teams almost played same, it was other battle of plans than show of talent and Pakistan was extremely lucky to have won by such small margin. This shows that Afghanistan youth team has become as strong as Pakistan and it is no longer team that can be easily beaten. Although Pakistan won, it is clear that two teams should practice their batting if they want to do well in remaining part of tournament.

One thing about life that people should take note of, is that what work for someone, might not work for you. Which is why, whatever thing that one should know about gambling, is that gambling is always unpredictable and should be gamble responsibly.
So, having known what gambling is all about, will make one to be careful and cautious of themselves, so that whenever things doesn't go as they planned, they will not be move or push to do what they will later regret in life.