Well, Bernie Sanders certainly looks like it, when compared to Clinton or Trump, but he's not that much older; 74, versus 68 and 69, respectively - and he's in good shape, apparently, so I think he'll be around 4 or 5 more years, at least.

And, to paraphrase a comment from TYT, Trump (and Hillary) would look far older too, if he stopped dying his hair orange.

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Billary might seem more left-wing than Obama now, but only because her campaign is being pushed in that direction by Bernie - who knows how much more right-leaning she will actually be like, if she gets into office. But to call Obama ultra-left wing is ridiculous; he was paid for and served the establishment (just like Hillary has so far), with little deviation (certainly not as much as he could have deviated from, if he really was such a radical).

It's hard to name just one channel (especially considering they cover such vastly different topics and styles), but I suppose a fair way of choosing is by most time spent on. In that case, my favorite channel is "The Young Turks" (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks) - it's a news channel, but it has both very high quality content, and is very entertaining (definitely worth to follow).

Other than that, there are several other channels I like to keep an eye on (in no particular order):

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAmazingAtheist - The Amazing Atheist, and his ramblings on, well, just about anything.
https://www.youtube.com/user/penguinz0 - very amusing reviews of, less than well known, games by penguinz0.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce - at times weird (in a good way), but always very interesting content.
https://www.youtube.com/user/RichardDWolff - RichardDWolff and his monthly presentations on Global Capitalism.
https://www.youtube.com/user/thejuicemedia - thejuicemedia with their critic/commentary on current events (some of the videos are hilarious).
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRealNews - The Real News Network: another news channel, but also very good and informative.
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse - they have a series of mini-courses on a variety of subjects (and new ones coming out frequently).
https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics - quick and interesting physics related videos.
https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols - they periodically cover Astronomy and Physics related subjects (in a simple and easy to understand way).

I wouldn't say destroying ISIS is Russia's main objective; rather, their main objective would be securing their interests and influence in the region. If ISIS gets in the way, they want to get rid of it, sure; but the same is true for any other "moderate" faction (to the extent those might exist, if at all), as well as any other foreign forces.

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Precaution against what, exactly? It's not like Russia is looking to attack Turkey proper - they certainly are attacking Turkish interests in Syria, but it should be obvious by now Turkey et al. aren't going to get their way there (to the detriment of everyone else).

Hmm, it might be a good idea to also ask DogecoinMachine to update the OP of the thread to reflect an open spot for the Hero Members then - not everyone will look at a Google Doc spreadsheet by default, or go through the thread in the hopes that there is a mention of an open spot somewhere (especially when the OP was updated not that long ago: Jan 27).

Also, increasing the rates might help.

The only one of these games that I played was League of Legends, and even then, that was quite a while ago (in fact, I started playing when it first came out). I never ended up venturing outside of LoL because, well, the others weren't out yet at the time, and by the time they were, the friends I was playing with were obsessed with LoL - and playing these games without people you know is, usually, not as great an experience.

But, truth be told, I was never a great fan of these types of games - and both my net and computer kind of suck, and so did my playing ability (totally because of the pc and net, not my own fault in any way).

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Well, for the second "problem" at least, LoL had several servers set up (three if I remember correctly: Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and North America), which could help mitigate any "cultural shock" - it also had a "mute" button.

Don't the other games have something similar in place?

I'm pretty sure there is no gambling strategy that will ensure you will have an easy time making 1 BTC - either you are lucky (and preferably, have a good bankroll to start with), or you're unlucky (and lose) - or you own the casino, I guess.

Now, there may be a couple of small exceptions to this, where luck may not play the overwhelming role it does elsewhere (like, maybe in sports bets; where there is some background information to inform your decisions), but even then, it's still a risky endeavor, and should only be entered by those fully prepared to lose the amount they wager.

Well, what the best way of making money is, really depends on the individual, and: how risk-averse (s)he is; what skills (s)he has; what type of contacts, and how many of them, (s)he has; and so on - so, try not to look so much at formulas from someone who happened to make a lot of money online (to the extent they will actually share their methods), but rather, at what you have to offer, and how far are you willing/able to go.

Now, trading, gambling, and questionable investments, can certainly seem like a shortcut to "fame and riches", but they tend to be too risky for most to be able to have a constant return from them. So, I'd personally recommend starting out small, by nurturing that skill you have, or that you have always wanted to develop, and then offering to work on it for others, before moving on to bigger and better - it's not an easy road either, and there will most likely be a lot of competition, but it's almost certainly the road that will offer you the greatest possibilities in the future.

Will we be seeing a last minute meteoric rise in the leaderboard? Stay tuned, everyone.

But, if you're going to rely on parlays to quickly rise through the ranks, please remember that you may have to do more than the usual 70 bets to qualify. Specifically, if one of your winning bets is won at odds above 35, the required number of bet slips will be double that odd (as described in the Main Rules, 5.1).

Alright, let's see what FrueGreads and DirectBet think about it (as well as the other participants, if they have something to say about this).

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That's the spirit.

Now, not that I want to undermine the message, but I just have to make a small correction: it's not a few days left; it's 18 hours left.

To be clear: the current round ends February 1st 00h, UTC (18 hours from now).

Hi, hahay. I don't personally have a lot of experience with DirectBet's Loyalty Points system, to be honest, but here's what DirectBet said earlier on this subject:


So, I'm under the impression it shouldn't be that hard to withdraw, if not all, at least the majority of the consolation prize. But, as always, we will take into account the opinions and ideas of all participants and, if we can come up with a better system, adjust the rules accordingly for the next round.

That's doubtful, unfortunately; in fact, up to a few months ago, they were planning on increasing the fee to 5% (though they apparently settled at 1%). But, regardless of the deposit fee, the main problem with this service is still the same: what to do with the Bitcoin deposits - users can't (directly): withdraw the money; use it to make online purchases; or use it in conjunction with their Net+ cards. I suppose one can try to circumvent their limitations somehow (perhaps by passing the money along to another account or site first, as previously mentioned), but there is always the risk of being caught and losing both account and coins.

By the way, you wouldn't be able to convert 3500 bitcoins with their limits (perhaps you meant "convert $3500 worth of bitcoin"), but if you could, the fee would be 1% as well (so, 35 bitcoins). I'm not sure what limits VIP member accounts have, however (if any).

I agree with Shibashi Dogemoto; as far as I can recall, those options have been there, if not since I registered here a few years ago, close to it (except for the avatars). There are also further options you can add to that list; for example, the "Patrol" link¹ - maybe you had some of the other options disabled, if that is even possible? Or maybe, you recently changed your browser? (I've been using Firefox this entire time).

1 - to enable/disable this, go to your "Profile" -> "Forum Profile Information" -> "Show patrol link: Shows a link to the patrol page under "watchlist"". However, I see no settings concerning the other options, in the "Modify Profile" section.

Sure; feel free to share any and all ideas you may have to make the competition more interesting - after the end of the current round, we will review the event, and improve upon the rules (as we have done in every round so far).

Well, if you make those bets before the end of the competition (and they are valid), they will count towards your total number of bets. However, if the bets are settled only after the end of the competition, those bets will not affect your ROI, or your position in the leaderboard, as we won't know the result until too late.

Well, first, the website really is for a friend of mine (I'm asking this on his behalf) - I would have no problem admitting it was for me, if that was the case.

Then, the thing is, he was offered a sort of package deal, in relation to the project he is working on, and the website is only part of it (the rest is not IT related). But the amount they were asking for the work they would be doing was rather high, so, we were wondering if it could be due to the webpage somehow - looking at all the values mentioned so far (design, domain, hosting), I guess not.

That's all we needed to know; thanks, everyone.

I'm not sure this is the best/right sub-forum for this question, but anyway: how much would a simple website cost? A friend of mine will possibly end up having one made for a project of his, and would like to have an idea of the prices being asked. The website itself would likely be very simple, with no more than 5 or 6 pages (home; about; a page to hold/show photos; and little more), and a menu to navigate between them - no login, database, or anything else, really.

Thanks.

There is no evidence, that I'm aware of, that proves aliens are real (much less that they have ever visited the Earth) - care to fill me in?

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Actually, they most likely did no such thing: chances are the "hieroglyphs" you are referring to were simple the product of the originals being re-carved, or otherwise modified (which seems to have been a common occurrence back then): http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Abydos_helicopter.

In relation to the moon structures/tunnels/bases you mentioned: is there any site where I can learn more about it? Predictably, randomly googling for the keywords you provided gives way too many "conspiracy related" results (and most of them nonsense).

Hmm, muito provavelmente é por fazeres os posts quase exclusivamente em Português. Acho que a maioria das campanhas não se importam muito se fizeres alguns posts que não sejam em Inglês, mas todos é complicado.

Podes tentar começar a variar onde fazes os posts/escrever mais em Inglês, que eventualmente acho que te aceitam nas outras campanhas - olhando para o teu histórico, a qualidade dos teus posts parece ser boa. O único problema pode ser se olharem só para os "Most Popular Boards By Posts" no teu perfil; isso demora mais tempo a mudar (mas imagino que ninguém escolha os participantes só com base nisso).

Ah, yes; I am using Firefox (in fact, I don't even have Chrome installed anymore - I tried it maybe a year ago, but its mandatory updates, that I didn't know how to turn off, were starting to annoy me, so I got rid of it ).

But anyway, my net does legitimately suck: having a ping over 200 or 300 ms isn't unusual, unfortunately, so I may not be able to do anything about the lag. However, I suppose Chrome's javascript interpreter might, at least, make the experience a bit smoother (by the way, the game doesn't actually use flash, right? Isn't it all/mostly javascript on the client side?).

Tens de ver na thread que o novgod postou acima: lá tens uma lista das campanhas todas (que pagam em BTC - há outras que pagam em alts que não estão lá), e também dos detalhes todos (quanto pagam por post; quantos posts tens de fazer/máximo que podes fazer; onde os posts têm de ser feitos para pagarem por eles; etc.); depois tens de decidir baseado na quantidade de posts que costumas fazer, onde os fazes, e assim. Mas, para o rank de Junior Member, és capaz de não ter mesmo campanha melhor do que a YoBit para já - as outras estão todas cheias acho eu.

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Hmm, já cheguei a ver vários posts da YoBit a banir uma série de utilizadores - por exemplo:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1036113.msg12989915#msg12989915
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1036113.msg12960967#msg12960967
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1036113.msg12435506#msg12435506

Agora se isso foi por iniciativa própria, ou se por pressão dos moderadores do fórum, não sei. Mas uma coisa é certa: se fizerem spam, independentemente da YoBit aceitar (e pagar) ou não, arriscam-se a ser banidos do fórum.

E de qualquer forma, não acham que a YoBit paga muito pouco? Tudo bem que sejam menos exigentes em vários aspetos, mas pagam para aí 1/8 do que outras campanhas - ou seja, por cada post numa outra campanha, têm de fazer 8 para ganhar o mesmo (dependendo do rank).