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PixelsMarket Cool Websites #24
By: Alex Ionescu
Tags: Inspirational, Cool Web Designs, Inspiration, Cool Websites, Web Design

Once again we present you a round-up of beautiful and inspirational website designs.

This is a weekly series of articles we publish on Sunday and includes a selection of amazing website designs created by top designers.

If you know a beautiful website you would like to see in our next round-ups, send it to us via the Submit Inspiration form or via our Twitter.

In case you missed the previous issue: PixelsMarket Cool Websites #23

Today we have for you a selection of these cool websites: Mail Cube, Rise People, Status, Tembit and Zopush.

Mail Cube

An email client to give you more time and peace of mind, capable to turn email from foe to friend again.

Visit website

Rise People

Rise unifies HR + Benefits + Payroll into a simplified, personalized, all-in-one People Platform.

Visit website

Status

Browse, chat and make payments securely on the decentralized web.

Visit website

Teambit

Teambit helps teams create a high performing culture with regular feedback.

Visit website

Zopush

Teambit helps teams create a high performing culture with regular feedback.

Visit website
Check out MP Tools!
By: Seth Rubin
Tags: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum

We recently launched MP.Tools to give trader’s an easy way to visualize how the price of LBTC, SBTC, and leverage move relative to Bitcoin’s price.

For example, as the price of LBTC or SBTC falls, the leverage increases. Review our pricing and trading posts for more details.

On MPX (our exchange) this information is displayed via tooltip. Just hover over a price and the information is displayed.

On other exchanges like DDEX users need to use MP.Tools to see this additional information.

We love to help you make your first trade! Feel free to reach out on Discord or Telegram if you need assistance.
Do What You Love, It Might Not Be a Next Time
By: Joseph Emmi
Tags: Love, Personal, Life Lessons, Fear, Regret

Whatever you do, always do what you love, what feels right. Always go back if necessary, even when you think it won’t be possible, that someone won’t allow you to, that something can or will stop you. You are scared, you might get caught, what if it’s not right, right?

Embrace the fear and go for it, go back even if you already passed the chance because you thought it might go wrong.

Embrace the fear and go for it, go back even if you already passed the chance, because you know it will be right.

Go for it even when you left it behind, because you still thinking about it, and want to go back. You kept going while wondering if you should have at least asked if it was possible.

You still questioning, thinking one day someone would tell you how easy it was, that you missed the chance, that they were there as well and they did it. They will tell you there were no restrictions. You will regret it, you already are.

You will regret you didn’t even try, because you were scared. Fuck the rules, especially those that you don’t even know if they actually exist.

You already passed it but your chest still burning, because you know you really want to do it. You don’t want to miss it, don’t want to regret it, it will make you happy.

You know that that “I’ll do it next time” probably will never happen. What if there’s no “next time”? You know this, it happened before.

At least ask and figure out if it is possible, if there’s actually someone that can say no, and if they do, at least you tried. You didn’t close the door without even trying to open it.

Go for it, feel the burst. You had the courage to take the chance, the risk to be thrown out, now you know.

Always do you what you love, no matter how simple or big that “thing” can be.

Always do you what you love or feels right, because you will laugh after you passed the barriers imposed by yourself, for yourself. Try the uncomfortable, you will probably think later how silly it was to almost let it go.

Always do what you love, it will bring you happiness that cannot be put into words.

Because life is about that, about those moments you decide to bypass the fear. Live to the fullest at least for a second, you might get used to it.
Adult Channels on Roku.
By: Phil Autelitano
Tags: Streaming, Sex, Roku, Pornography, TV Series

Looking for adult channels or porn for Roku? Most adult channels (including porn channels) on Roku are only available as “private” uncertified channels. This means the channels are not available in the “public” Roku channel store. Roku cautions viewers when installing (adding) uncertified channels.

If you’re looking for adult Roku channels, there are plenty of sources online for Roku “codes” that can be added manually to any device. Simply Google, “Adult Roku Channels,” or “Private Roku Channels,” and you’ll find multiple directories.

The process for adding a channel manually is usually as simple as clicking on a link and then agreeing to add it. In many cases, Roku will prompt you to warn you that you are installing an uncertified channel. I have yet to hear of any issues arising from installing an uncertified channel so, for the most part, I’d say you’re safe in doing so.

If you’d prefer to install a high quality adult channel, I would suggest adding SCREW TV:

SCREW TV is an adult channel that’s available via Roku. It’s $1.99/month and is updated daily with fresh, adult content. You can subscriber (add) SCREW TV to any active Roku account by clicking here:

https://my.roku.com/add/SCREW

Boom. Do that, and you’ll have all the adult content you need to keep you busy for a while.
Half-naked Tree
By: Rox Applesmith
Tags: Nature, Vulnerability, Change, Fall, Poetry

Half-naked Tree

A poem from the end of fall

Photo by Erico Marcelino on Unsplash

Your green clothes

fell off, leaf by

leaf so that all

you wear now

is an aged waste

clothe, crinkling.

The wind will blow

even that last

remnant away,

yet you sway

to the beat of rain,

which bathes you

in puttered blessings.

Do you taunt me?

There — your frock.

It falls — wet, knowing

that from mist

it came and to mist,

it will return.

The downpour hastens

these carbons coming

into the earth.
Reference Question Generator
By: Luke Shipley
Tags: Work, Recruiting, Interview, Hiring

Generate bespoke culture-add reference questions for your company

Janice, the reference question juicer. By Jonathan Trancozo

Why is referencing broken? The practice hasn’t evolved since the dark ages, when Fred Flintstone landed his first stonemason apprenticeship. Aside from referencing technique, a simple place to start is asking better questions. There are countless studies into interview questions. This has translated to iterations of advancements in interview questioning. But we revert to the dark ages when it comes to referencing. We ask impossible, loaded, closed questions like “Would you rehire?”, “How many sick days did they have?” or “Did they have any disciplinaries?”.

Is it any wonder we get reference refusals, useless date checks and biased information with this primitive line of questioning?

“Ask the right questions if you’re going to find the right answers.” — Vanessa Redgrave

Zinc have been studying referencing for some time. Our platform offers an automated ‘culture-add referencing’ tool.

We’re open sourcing a culture-add reference question generator – Janice. The aim is to encourage better questioning in referencing and inspire new ideas for information to extract. In order to try and better referencing for all.

Click below to speak to Janice and generate reference questions for your company…

Zinc’s redefining the reference check, learn more about how their automated tools and how can help you hire: https://zinc.work/landing/referencing.

Website: https://zinc.work

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zinc_work

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zinc-work/
What 2000 people think about the future of cryptocurrency
By: Linda Wang
Tags: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, Fintech

At Lendingblock, we believe in the positive future of digital assets, but is this a view shared by the everyone? We surveyed 2000 people to find out whether they think crypto is a passing fad or the currency of the future….
‘Baldur’s Gate 3' Players Generate the Most Boring Guy Ever
Tags: Customization, Entertainment, Technology, Gaming

The game offers a wealth of character customization options, but developer Larian Studios was surprised to find that most players have opted to play as a generic everyman.

By Brittany Vincent

Baldur’s Gate 3 offers players a plethora of character customization options, so why is it that the most-picked attributes blend into the most generic protagonist ever?

Developer Larian Studios took to Steam with its latest Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix update, and among discussions about crash scenarios and jokes about asking users to send the studio RTX 3080 GPUs, there was a curious image.

“Let’s share something you’ve created yourselves (this is your own fault) through your choices in character creation,” the post says. “We took the most popular choices in character creation and recreated this. We thought our analytics system wasn’t working! We checked. It is.”

The incredulity stems from the fact that the character created from popular customization options is noticeably dull. With so many different ways to change up your character (including demon eyes, horns, and tails), it seems a bit odd that players are gravitating toward a basic everyman.

“Congratulations, you’ve basically made the default Vault Dweller,” Larian joked. “We are sorely disappointed. Go crazy. We worked hard on this!” Of course, Larian isn’t actually disappointed, as the studio later pointed out. They had just “expected a Frankenstein.”

“When the character came out looking so normal, we had to double check the analytics!” the blog continued. “We love all our player’s characters though, and we’ll be sharing more data insights soon.”

With Halloween coming up and Baldur’s Gate 3 an extensive playground to make some of your wildest Dungeons & Dragons-esque dreams come true, now’s a great time to go wild. Make the adventurer of your dreams.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently available via Early Access on Steam.
“The Struggles of Being a Black Millennial in a Conservative White Workplace”
By: Jess Brooks
Tags: Race, Work Culture, Work

“I had to talk myself down: Shae, this isn’t the worst thing he’s said. Shae, you just got promoted and you’ve almost survived here a year. Shae, you have bills to pay and your mother isn’t going to like it if you don’t help out with rent. Shae, you need this job. It’s not that big of a deal.

But the other half of me was thinking: How could you work for a man whose thoughts about race and class are similar to those of Bill O’Reilly? How could you write so much about race and culture, but not walk the walk in real life?…

I’m like the many Black Millennials currently entering the workforce, who quickly find out what many of our predecessors already knew: Sometimes, just being yourself is too much for white folks to handle.”
Promises in JavaScript
By: Fraddy Oliveira
Tags: JavaScript, Promises, ES6, Asynchronous, Error Handling

Introduction

Before promises, in order to handle asynchronous requests callback function were used. But there are limitations with callbacks. Promises overcomes those limitations.

So let’s understand promises in JavaScript.

What is a Promise in JavaScript?

A promise is an object which handles asynchronous requests. When the implementation is correct, it will always promise that you will get a single response (either success or error) in the future. With the help of promise, you can manage asynchronous requests in a clean way as compare to callback functions.

Promise can be in any of the three states. These states are Pending, Fulfilled or Rejected. Through its entire life-cycle it can be in only two states, first will be Pending state and second will be either Fulfill or Reject state.

Pending : When a promise is initialized using executor function.

: When a promise is initialized using executor function. Fulfilled : When an asynchronous request is successful.

: When an asynchronous request is successful. Rejected: When some error occurs like the error is thrown during code execution or a network error.

Syntax of a Promise

Once the promise has been Fulfilled or Rejected, it cannot switch to any other state. When we are saying that promise has settled, we mean that it has reached Fulfilled or Rejected state.

JavaScript does not expose the state of promises. But instead, we should treat it as a black box. Only the function responsible for creating the promise will have knowledge of the state of promise. When promise settles, it will inform about settled state by executing callbacks. The callback functions are success callback and error callback.
#4 La prueba no pasó y preferí ignorarlo
By: Andrés Seixas
Tags: Software Development, Sre, DevOps, Español, Newsletter

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Grandma Nudnich Gives Advice: ‘Bring Me Strong Russian Grandbabies’
By: R.J. Kushner
Tags: Advice, Grandmother, Satire, Humor, Comedy

Photo by Christian Langballe on Unsplash

Dear Grandma Nudnich,

I’ve been having trouble at work lately. I feel like people at my office don’t respect my abilities. What can I do to gain more self-confidence?

Sincerely,

Feeling Insecure in Montana

Dear Feeling,

Why you have time to write letter but not call? Pah. I’m alone. All the time I sit alone, waiting for death. They take my keys away, say Grandma Nudnich has bad vision, hit Indian man with car. When you find good Russian woman and bring me Russian grandbabies? Big, strong Russian grandbabies that know what it is to work like ox!

Grandma Nudnich

…

Dear Grandma Nudnich,

My boyfriend recently admitted that before we started dating, he had feelings for my sister. I told him I felt uncomfortable with the information and needed some space to think about it. My sister and I are very close and she’s a big part of my life. He says it was only a crush and that I’m overreacting… am I?

Sincerely,

Uncomfortable in Arizona

Dear Uncomfortable,

The faucet leaks, the fan doesn’t spin. Who will fix it for Grandma Nudnich? No one. Who calls Grandma Nudnich? No one. I sit alone, praying for Russian grandbabies. When you bring them to me? When you bring big, strong Russian grandbabies to Grandma Nudnich? When you find nice strong Russian man who eat meat?

Grandma Nudnich

…

Dear Grandma Nudnich,

I wanted to share a positive experience that your readers might enjoy. My family and I were recently out at a restaurant celebrating my father’s 50th birthday — but we forgot to bring candles for his cake! Luckily, a table next to ours was celebrating a birthday as well — for a little boy turning 5 years old. They overheard our grumbling and kindly offered to share their candles with us. The evening ended with my father and the little boy blowing out a cake together and everyone in the restaurant singing happy birthday. It was a wonderful turn of events and one we’ll not soon forget!

Sincerely,

A Nice Surprise in Kentucky

Dear A Nice,

All the night I lay awake from the agony in my bones. The doctor give pills that make me sleep, dream of death. Is this a life? The phone never rings. I watch it all the day. I ask, Where are they? Where are my big, husky Russian grandbabies? Why you not find nice hearty Russian mate and make them? Why you not bring them to see Grandma Nudnich? Why? Why?

Grandma Nudnich
Why I Got A Cat
By: Mark Starlin
Tags: One Minute Wit, Humor, Bunny Blog, Curated, Pets

Humans say pets are good for you. They claim they are calming and provide companionship. Being a lonely, nervous bunny, I thought a pet would be just the ticket.

I disguised myself as a human—I have no desire to go back into a cage—and downloaded a bunch of pre-recorded human answers on my phone. Then I visited a pet store. I asked the pet store owner for some advice.

He said, “How about a fish?”

I don’t get it. All fish do is swim and float around in the water. I’d rather watch squirrels.

“No thank you. I want something more exciting,” I played back on my phone.

“What about a snake?”

Seriously, Dude? Have you ever seen Mutual Of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom? I want to get a pet, not become dinner.

“No thank you. Snakes creep me out.”

“Well, how about a Guinea Pig?”

Do I really want a Mini-Me?

“No. I don’t want a cage or aquarium pet. I want a free-roaming pet.”

“A dog then?”

“That sounds good.”

I tried a dog. He was too big for my bunny house. And I couldn’t open the door to the human house to let him out. I hopped and hopped, but it was no use. It was painful for both of us. And walking him was a disaster. I was holding his leash and hopping, and he took off pulling me through the air like a kite. I took him back.

“It looks like a cat then.” The pet store owner said.

“Let’s do this,” my phone replied.

He showed me an older cat and said, “Older cats make better pets. They are calmer and don’t scratch up everything like a kitten.”

I took the cat home. Fortunately, I speak fluent cat.

“Just throw some food and water in a couple of dishes and scoop out the cat litter regularly and I’m good to go,” the cat said.

“Cool.”

It is working out great. Most days we hang out on the couch and watch Game Of Thrones on TV.

“Humans are weird,” the cat said.

“True. But dragons are cool,” I replied.

“Don’t get any ideas.”

“Ha, ha. We’re good.”

Humans were right. Pets are good things.
Reshaping the criminal justice system, at scale
By: Code For America
Tags: Criminal Justice, Cfasummit, Code For America, Criminal Justice Reform

Over the coming months, we’ll be publishing a series highlighting the lessons we learned in the room where it happened at Code for America Summit 2018.

Jazmyn Latimer, Senior Designer at Code for America, discusses her work on ClearMyRecord.

Statistically speaking, one in three adults in America has a criminal record. How can technology and design help our government create the conditions for a more just society and serve all Americans with respect and dignity? What does user-centered design look like in the criminal justice system? At Code for America, it looks like placing the individual at the center of the work, and recognizing that those affected by the criminal justice system must be part of solving its greatest challenges. And it looks like disrupting the status quo, challenging assumptions about the system and the process.

“You cannot be an effective problem solver from a distance. There are details and nuances to problems that you will miss, unless you get close enough to observe them. At Code for America, getting closer looks like user-centered design.”

We can’t just digitize existing processes; we must fundamentally rethink and reshape the process, and we must do so at scale. On stage at Summit, Code for America staff members, government partners, and a Code for America Brigade leader explained how they are doing just that through Clear My Record, ClientComm, and CourtBot. In reimagining existing systems through technology, design, and procedural innovation, government can implement policies that rethink incarceration, reduce recidivism, and restore opportunity.

“I do this work because I want to show people who have a criminal record that they matter. That our policies aren’t a win until they’re a win for them, too. They’re not a win until all of the 5 million Californians who are entitled by law to clear their records can honestly say that now they can finally walk with their head held high because the burden of their past has now been lifted from their backs. I think that’s what justice looks like.”

Watch all three Summit presentations on the criminal justice system below.
MyEtherWallet integrates the BitBox02 hardware wallet
By: Shift Crypto
Tags: Ethereum, Wallet, Erc20, Hardware Wallet, Integration

You can now use MyEtherWallet (MEW) with the BitBox02 Multi-edition. MyEtherWallet is one of the most popular web wallets that allows you to send, receive and manage your Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens. Now you can interact with the Ethereum universe safely using the BitBox02 hardware wallet.

Why use a BitBox02?

The BitBox02 securely stores your Ethereum private key, so it never touches your computer. This is a safer option then using a “hot” wallet where the private key is stored on your computer. In addition, the display on the BitBox02 lets you securely verify your receiving address. This is safer than verifying it on your computer because malware on your computer could change your receiving address unknowingly, resulting in you sending your coins to an address that doesn’t belong to you.

The BitBox02 has seamless integration with MyEtherWallet thanks to the BitBoxBridge. The BitBoxBridge is a lightweight background application that lets your BitBox02 securely communicate with your browser, and thus MyEtherWallet. It will only communicate with trusted domains, such as myetherwallet.com. Simply download the BitBoxBridge to get started.

Moreover, due to the unique design of the BitBox02, communication between the BitBox02 and MyEtherWallet is fully encrypted, which helps keep what you’re doing private. We call this defense in depth. Learn more about the security model of the BitBox02 here.

Getting started with MyEtherWallet

Pre-requisites

A BitBox02 Multi

Download and install BitBoxBridge

Step 1: Setup the BitBox02 Multi

If your BitBox02 is new, set up the device by downloading and installing the BitBoxApp and following the in-app instructions.

Download: BitBoxApp

Step 2: Install the BitBoxBridge

To use web wallets such as MyEtherWallet, you need to download and install the BitBoxBridge. The BitBoxBridge is a program that runs in the background and allows the BitBox02 to communicate with web based wallets.

Download: BitBoxBridge

Step 3: Start using MyEtherWallet with the BitBox02

Go to myetherwallet.com. Click Access My Wallet then Hardware.

2. Select BitBox and then BitBox02.

3. Unlock your BitBox02 by entering the password on the device.

Note: If your BitBox02 is already unlocked, this step will be skipped.

4. When using MyEtherWallet for the first time, you will be shown a pairing code. Confirm that the pairing code on MyEtherWallet matches the code on the BitBox02. Then confirm on the BitBox02 and select Continue.

Note: You will be prompted with a pairing code whenever you use the BitBox02 with a new browser or computer.

5. Now select the account you want to use and click Access My Wallet.

5. Done! You can now use your BitBox02 to send, receive and interact with Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens.

Safety tip: Always check the URL. The MyEtherWallet URL should be https://www.myetherwallet.com/

Troubleshooting

Having issues? Visit our MEW troubleshooting page.
Who Is The Toxic One?
By: Holly Kellums
Tags: Relationships, Self Improvement, Self, Love, Life

It is hard enough to know that we are in a toxic relationship, but once we have discovered this unhealthy dynamic, our mind’s next mission is to find out exactly who and what is to blame — for this toxicity we have discovered.

Usually, we ask ourselves…

“Who is the toxic one?”

Other times, our sole focus is on how we can prove to ourselves and others that the toxic one is not us.

We want to know how this started, what led us here, and how we let it happen. Dissecting every mistake and every red flag, we think somehow, someway — if we can put our finger on things — we can fix them.

Our typical knee-jerk reaction is to find every ‘toxic’ thing we can about our soon to be (maybe?) ex. We want to easily define their toxicity and how we lay prey to such evil and narcissistic behavior.

When we vindicate our participation in the toxicity by placing these labels upon the other, we do not have to take responsibility for how we participated in and often facilitated this unhealthy dynamic.

Maybe, just maybe, we have been asking the wrong question all along.

Maybe it is not who in the relationship is toxic that we should be asking — but how the relationship is toxic and why. After all, doesn’t it “take two to tango” — as the old saying goes?

Maybe it is not about a person being toxic, but simply the relationship itself.
The Illustrated Interview: Cara Gormally
By: Edith Zimmerman
Tags: Comics, Illustrated Interview, Spiralbound

Every week on Spiralbound we ask one of our featured artists: How do you make comics? This week we spoke (emailed) with Cara Gormally, most recently of “How to Get Pregnant in 2050.” (Check it out if you haven’t already! And see here for our full interview archive.)

So, Cara, how do you make comics? (Text from Cara, drawings by Edith Z.)
Emma Watson’s Distaste for Channing Tatum’s On-set Speedo Dance Doesn’t Make Her a Prude
By: Gillian Sisley
Tags: Culture, Feminism, Equality, Celebrity, Entertainment

This incident will be a blast from the past, taking us back to 2013. Specifically, back to the set of Seth Rogan’s film, This is the End.

Despite the fact that this took place in 2013, it’s interesting to note that even in 2020, this brief encounter is still being held against Emma Watson today.

I had never heard of the “On-set Speedo Incident” before, but recently I was scrolling through social media and encountered a story about why Emma Watson and Channing Tatum don’t work together professionally anymore.

I was shocked to hear about what happened, and also enraged to see that the narrative still remains that Channing Tatum was just having fun, and Emma Watson is a prude who needs to learn to take a joke.

Even 7 years later, this is still being held against her. It is beyond ridiculous.
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Tags: Sevencoin, Blockchain, News, Cryptocurrency

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FANTOM Welcomes New Global Advisor, Ran Neu-Ner
By: Fantom Foundation
Tags: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Dag, Fantom, Fantomfoundation

In the field of cryptocurrency, the success factors of all projects vary drastically. One factor that appears in all successful projects however, is the recognition from the people; Recognition from people like Ran Neu-Ner, one of the most influential people in the world of cryptocurrency.

Did you catch our announcement last week when we revealed that Ran Neu-Ner has joined FANTOM’s advisory board?

Ran Neu-Ner, CNBC Crypto Trader Host

Ran is ranked number 9 in The 100 Most Influential Blockchain People list by Richtopia. People in top 10 are Vitalik Buterin, Joseph Lubin, Don Tapscott, Max Keiser, Marc Andreessen, Gilles Babinet, Tim Draper, Jim Marous, Ran Neu-Ner and Thomas Power, respectively. If you didn’t know Ran before, you know now what it means to be number 9 in that list.

Ran is the host of CNBC Crypto Trader, which is the only show on broadcast television that focuses on cryptocurrencies. He is also the founder of OnChain Capital and co-founder of The Creative Counsel. OnChain Capital is a leading Crypto Asset Fund and Advisory Service and The Creative Counsel is one of South Africa’s largest advertising agencies. He is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization, a global network of successful CEOs.

Credit: CNBC Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mFvIr2YenM

At the age of 26, Ran co-founded The Creative Counsel, which grew to become one of the best activations agencies in South Africa with an annual turnover of $150 million USD. He sold The Creative Counsel to a French-owned international business, The Publicis Groupe, for over $150 million USD. It was the biggest agency deal ever.

Ran has extensive experience in the cryptocurrency industry with over 5 years of advising and being involved in successful global cryptocurrency projects. He was awarded “Business Leader of the Year” at the National Business Awards in 2016, “The Ultimate Entrepreneur Award” at the World Entrepreneur Awards in 2016 and “Industry Leaders Award” from Adfocus in 2015, just to name a few.

In an interview at Successness, Ran stated “Everything I am involved in must be BRILLIANT. You have one reputation and I am determined to make sure that mine is never tarnished by mediocrity! It’s Brilliance or Nothing!”

So, it was a very significant moment when Ran decided to join FANTOM’s advisory board, as it meant that he recognizes FANTOM as something that has the potential to become brilliant.

On top of that, one of the reasons FANTOM is ecstatic about having Ran on our advisory board is that his views align with FANTOM’s goal to go beyond what is available, to be able to make a positive difference in this world. Ran stated,

“I define success as the number of people lives that I can positively touch! Whether directly or indirectly one can only measure true success by gauging the legacy his actions leave on other people.”

For more details, visit our Official Website.

Beyond blockchain. FANTOM.
How to buy Bitcoin on ChainEX
By: Tanaka Chamisa
Tags: Chainex, Btczar, Buy Bitcoin, Crypto

Surely by now you know who ChainEX is, if not? Find out 😄

How to use ChainEX

In this article we’re going to cover how to buy Bitcoin on the ChainEX platform. For a more visual representation, subscribe to our YouTube channel and watch the video.

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

So you’ve read all our previous articles on what Bitcoin is, whether or not it’s safe and how to get involved and decided to partner with ChainEX on this crypto journey of yours 😄

Step 1: Sign Up / login

Head over to the ChainEX website and sign up if you don’t already have an account. If you already do, login.

ChainEX sign up page

After you’ve signed up, you’ll receive a confirmation link via email which you’ll then need to click. Watch our video on how to sign up below, for more details.

How to sign up to ChainEX

Step 2: Verify account

Once logged in, you’ll be redirected to a profile page where you’ll need to click on “verify now”. Watch our video on how to verify your account, below.

How to verify your account on ChainEX

Step 3: ZAR Deposit

On the balances page, click on “deposit” on the ZAR card on the top left.

Once that’s done, you’ll be presented with a screen where the banking and deposit details of ChainEX will be made available to you. Make sure you use the correct reference so we can properly allocate the funds. The ZAR deposit will reflect in your ChainEX account within two business days, depending on what bank you are sending from.

Final step: Buy Bitcoin

Back on the balances page, on the ZAR card to your top left, click on “Buy Bitcoin”

You’ll then be presented with a screen where you’ll need to enter the amount in ZAR that you would like to spend on Bitcoin, and click “buy” thereafter.

I don’t like reading. I’d rather watch the video instead

We all have those days 😃 in that case, here’s the video tutorial itself:

How to buy Bitcoin on ChainEX

That’s it?

Yep, that’s it. Pretty simple, right? All of this will be easier and much more convenient when we launch our mobile applications in the near future😃 Not only can you buy Bitcoin on ChainEX but you can also refer friends and family and get rewarded for that!

ChainEX is a South African digital asset exchange that provides a platform for South Africans to buy, sell or trade a variety of different digital assets using the South African rand as the default fiat-buying currency.

ChainEX provides you with a secure, online platform from which you can purchase and trade with different digital assets. Not only do they provide a platform for you to trade, but they also reward you for the people you refer!

ChainEX Questions & Socials

FAQ’s | Sign Up | Facebook | Instagram | What is Bitcoin? | ChainEX Markets | ChainEX Security | YouTube
Automating Labs with DevOps Tools (+ Github)
Tags: Information Technology, Windows, Automation, Infrastructure As Code, DevOps

TLDR: We set up a small windows lab with Vagrant.

In the last article we spoke about Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices to simplify the creation of virtual machines and automate the provisioning process. In this article we’ll actually get our hands dirty and create a test environment using Vagrant, Ansible, and VirtualBox.

So the first thing we need to do is download the required software:

https://www.vagrantup.com/

https://www.virtualbox.org/

(Insert your favorite text editor here; I’ll be using Atom)

Installing Vagrant isn’t too difficult, just follow the wizard and it’ll add it to your path by default. Same goes for VirtualBox, it should all work right out of the box.
The Storm
By: Esther Spurrill-Jones
Tags: Storms, LGBTQ, Christianity, Church, Poetry

Steeples reach but fail to touch the sky

Barren pews and stale communion bread

Songs that call for rain that never comes

When will we admit that we are dead?

We built a wall to keep the Spirit out

Lip service to the Word but hearts so cold

Rules and rules and rules and rules and rules

We leave the best of us out of the fold

I was sick and lost and needed hope

You went by me on the other side

Turned your face away so not to see

My wounded hands and feet, my piercéd side

You set a crown of thorns upon my brow

You battered me with words that flayed my soul

You mocked my hopes and dreams, the way I love

You told me I could never be quite whole

Lightning strike

Thunder roll

Whirlwind come

Torrent fall

Shatter glass and burn it down

Blow it all away

You are done

My time has come

I am the storm

And we will never be the same

This story is a response to Prism & Pen’s writing prompt Stormy Weather!

Other stories so far —
Plutus Weekly Report — August 13th 2018
Tags: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, Exchange, Report

Welcome back to the last weekly report before the launch of our Crypto-to-SEPA functionality, which is planned for the 21st of August.

As mentioned in our earlier post, this new feature will let you convert your crypto to a bank account balance almost instantly (depending on your bank). In most cases, this process will take only a few minutes!

After comprehensive internal testing, everything is working smoothly and we have successfully bought, sold, and transferred both crypto and fiat using our new tech.

The ability to turn crypto into spendable “real-world” money within minutes will be a gamechanger. We believe that only once the lines between crypto and fiat become blurred, a true mainstream crypto-culture can develop.

In terms of marketing, our AdSense campaign is in full force and we are expanding our team. We are working with global leading media outlets and have several articles and press releases to accompany our launch.
Revolutions
By: Jessica Lee Mcmillan
Tags: Poetry, Time, Resolutions, Connection, Nature

revolution around the sun

offers familiar motion,

a time for everything,

in failing personal orbit

with soul in the red,

time is out of space

and stillness is delegated

under brutal resolutions

these delicate winter days,

the residues of January

are railed into trajectories

but the rolling cold sun

that comes before New Year’s

has momentum of solar haze

both austere and laden,

like mapless beginnings,

the air of revolution

on the skin is without agenda,

is a pen out of hand

and breathing body dreaming

in a rhythm written

under planetary swing
(H)afrocentric Comic Strip: Woke Roommate Quiz
By: H Afrocentric
Tags: Feature, Harriet Tubman, Comics, Black Lives Matter, Wit Whimsy

Each week, The Establishment brings you the comic strip “(H)afrocentric,” a witty look at a group of disgruntled undergrads navigating their way through Ronald Reagan University. Check out the first four panels, plus an interview with the comic’s uber-talented creator, Juliana “Jewels” Smith, here. And stay tuned for a new panel each week (old-school Sunday comics style!).
Why so many Latinos are becoming Muslims
By: Virtual Mosque
Tags: Islam, America, Converting

Just as the U.S. Latino population is on the rise — Hispanics are now the nation’s largest minority — so is the number of Latino Muslims. And it’s not just a result of Arab Latin Americans emigrating to the United States.

According to organizations like WhyIslam.org, Latinos are one of the fastest growing segments of the Muslim community. About six percent of U.S. Muslims are now Latino — and as many as a fifth of new converts to Islam nationwide are Latino.

The American Muslim Association of North America, based in North Miami, says heavily Hispanic South Florida in particular is home to a rising number of Latino Muslims.
Celer Network x Cocos-BCX: Jointly Scale the Blockchain Gaming Ecosystem
By: Celer Network
Tags: Blockchain, Celernetwork, Celerpartners

Celer Network’s upcoming collaboration with Cocos Blockchain Expedition (Cocos-BCX) marks a huge step toward a more vibrant blockchain gaming ecosystem.

Cocos-BCX is the world’s leading next-generation digital game economy platform, carrying the mission of creating an operating environment for the development and management of decentralized gaming applications and the circulation of digital assets on the blockchain. On the ride to building innovative technology and community standard in the blockchain space, Cocos-BCX has introduced a non-homogeneous token standard — the BCX-NHAS-1808. The 1808 standard has mapped out a whole set of unified digital asset standards and specifications which will build gateways for cross-chain asset exchange and circulation within the multiverse.

The existing blockchains’ poor processing speed and exorbitant costs have been a lightning rod for criticisms. Since its foundation, Celer Network has been striving to impart internet scale to public chains like Cocos-BCX with its layer-2 scalability solution. The blockchain agnostic Celer technology stack can be easily built on any existing blockchains with the integration of the layer-1 generalized state channel contract.

In light of this, Celer Network will dedicate its layer-2 scaling technology to Cocos-BCX’s speed upgrading and cost-cutting while helping promote the 1808 standard. Moreover, the CelerX Gaming SDK will bring smoother experience to the game developers and players within the entire Cocos gaming ecosystem with the ultimate goal to let both traditional and blockchain games thrive on CelerX.

Together with Celer Network, Binance Labs, Contentos, and Matic Network, Cocos-BCX has successfully co-hosted this year’s “Game Oasis Hackathon” in Shanghai, Seoul, and Bangalore, counting down the date for the fourth stop in San Fransisco.

The partnership will set out with integrating the CelerX Gaming SDK into the Cocos engine and launching the CelerX Gaming SDK developer package on the Cocos store. Cocos-BCX, with the whole Cocos gaming ecosystem at its back, is planning to leverage and promote CelerX in its developer community, so that both parties can share and monetize the magnitude of the game developing resources.
Coding is Hard: It Isn’t
By: Mike Wang
Tags: Coding, Self Help, Software Development, Self Improvement

For me, coding has this mentality that only the very best can do it and you need to spend hours upon hours to even get a little progress.

This is just not the case. Learning the basics of a language could only take a few weeks if you spend one hour practicing and learning.

It may seem difficult but just do it. If you don’t enjoy it then just try something else. If you have the motivation to learn it then you will definitely be able to do it.
Aerial Movements
By: Joanna Vang
Tags: Bazaar Of The Bizarre, Poetry, Spinning, Performer

Aerial Movements

Poetry

Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay

Dark pillows on top, bizarre decorations

the sermons of acrobatics spinning in the air

a hortatory lightness in performance

unearthly objects hanging on the strings

to keep the opposites entertained

why don’t you meet us on the floor

we’re sharing our love and

all these things caught up in the dark

find their way, never wish to be discarded
Crypto is entering the sonic boom stage!
By: Christopher Bullard
Tags: Bitcoin, Altcoins, Cryptocurrency, Money, Crypto

As crypto tanks, many investors are looking at every opportunity they can get their hands on to capitalize on the next crypto-market comeback. It is apparent that much social media traffic is being channeled toward the question of whether crypto will come back strong or keep on its downward trajectory. There has also been much speculation on the potential crypto has in becoming the next best thing. And that is where all of the excitement is coming from, “are we getting ready for a launch into the future”? Well no one really knows, but cryptocurrency is on the right track toward a nuclear rise. But a meteoric fall is also not out of the question when it comes to volatility, because crypto’s rises and falls are so frequent it is hard to gauge when the market will start going up or down. it has also become more known that the volume of each crypto is where all of the money is. It seems that investors are buying based on market supply and market cap, but not many are looking at the volume.

Some Crypto holders are saying that the more the volume the more room there is for capitalization. Also Many strategic investors go in on coins when there is a lot of buzz about them, and that usually correlates with the amount of volume the coin is experiencing. It also turns out that when a market experiences as big of a correction as Crypto is having, then it will either increase drastically or decrease dramatically. There is beginning to be a lot of talk about Cryptocurrency becoming the next U.S. currency to be used anytime and anywhere in the world, and would change our currency as we know it. But this much is certain, either crypto is snaking a big comeback or it will continue its bitter plunder.
Franklin Street Sidewalk
By: Samantha Lazar
Tags: Relationships, Love, Memories, Breakups, Poetry

Franklin Street Sidewalk

A Poem About Running Into An Old Love

Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash

You pull out a well-smoked box.

And I thought you quit

But unconditional, I also know

You are loved.

In the near five minutes

We sit —

March midnight wind

Memory of our shared

Used to be.

I have taken off my shoes

Spun around the kitchen

In my socks with you,

Created nourishment

Spicy and stylish,

Spoke our language,

Injured and comic —

Aged six years.

Left my tough costuming

At the door,

So we can compare

Wrinkles and where

We are going.

We have climbed the same

Tree.

You and I —

A thousand years ago

And still we seem to fit

For a moment I am home.

© Samantha Lazar 2019

Other poems by Samantha Lazar:
La Fille, en Ombre
By: Zach J. Payne
Tags: Mental Illness, Death, Life, Poetry, Depression

Perhaps you know the story and the song

and how to write a happy ending well,

but I am not so beautiful and strong

and memories will carry me to Hell,

whatever tiny kingdom keeps our smoke

whereafter we ascend from tired skin.

Can we be mended? I, bereft and broke,

would like the chance to start over again.

But sleep befalls me: I am called away

into a higher memory, alight;

I cannot bear the weight of dawning day,

and sleep will set this misery aright.

And so I dance along the dashed line,

a choice, a breath — and everything is fine.
A Glimpse of First Snow Fall of Winter Clicked By Poco X3 NFC
By: Suraj Ghimire
Tags: Travel, Winter, Life, Climate, World

TRAVEL | PHOTO STORY

A Glimpse of First Snow Fall of Winter Clicked By Poco X3 NFC

Who doesn’t love snowfall?

Picture by author Snowman

I come from Nepal, which is famously known as the land of the Himalayans. The highest peak of the world, Sagarmatha (Mount Everest), is in Nepal, but Nepal has such a diversified climate that most of us would never see snowfall. Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, rarely sees snowfall. As an average Nepali who never traveled to the mountains, I hadn’t seen snowfall until I came to France in 2018. France had snowfall in January 2019. We also experienced an unexpected snowfall in April 2019, but the winter of 2019 had no major snowfall.

On 4th December 2020, we had snow in Grenoble, France. I take it as Nature’s birthday gift to me. Though it was a cold evening, we gathered the courage to experience snow rain.

We clicked all these photos by Poco X3 NFC inbuilt camera. As a photographer, I own the copyright of this winter image. Please do not use these images or videos without my consent.

snowfall environment

When we looked at the street from the fifth floor of the building, the street view was exceptional. Road covered with snow, tramway covered with snow and those snow also painted cars by white.

A view of snowfall from the top of the building

A tree standing steady despite the snow. It seems she is still in the fall mood.

A lonely tree in the midst of snow

Traffic light and snow. A beautiful combination.

Greenlight

Snow also covers trees. White light makes it beautiful.

Another snowman. Hats off to the people who crafted those snowmen. We can see people’s joy.

A snowing click. You can see falling snow.

Snow falling

Take care and Have a beautiful winter. Roads are wet as snow covers the road, so travel safely.

Travel safe.

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THE SHADOW GUIDE
By: Steve Wardrip
Tags: Poetry, Life

By Mark S Wardrip

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It may interest you to know,

That you may be interested to know,

All about your interests you think you know,

Are but fantasies that like the wind blow.

As you scamper about searching,

For that special cloud,

Never did you stop to consider,

It’s thunder is calling for you, outloud!

For you see,

You are your shadow’s shadow,

You are your future’s maker,

You are the pencil. Life is the paper.

Many take for granted,

Things that have been granted,

Like tree saplings in the valley of human need,

They grow but for one reason,

insecurity.

Then of course, the trees on the hillside,

Mountaintop, dale and marsh,

Gracefully waving joyous in the wind,

Breathing in, breathing out anything harsh.

Now, as your fantasies run to and fro,

May you be blessed to know,

That no matter how far you may stray,

Your shadow guides you always in all ways.
2021: The Awaited One???
Tags: Advice, 2021, Letters, Introvert, Hope

2021: The Awaited One???

Your Predecessor was not worth the time… so what does the Future hold???

photo by Nathan Dumlao

Dear 2021,

How are you? I hope you find this letter in the best of health and spirits. I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news but your predecessor sucked big time as he wasn’t able to stand against a virus (thanks to China). The world has seen a major setback and has affected almost all of us (excluding the introverts).

I, along with the rest of the world have our eyes set on you to raise back the standards to their original glory (just kidding, it wasn’t all that great). People are looking forward to your arrival and please do not disappoint us. While there are some of us who are enjoying the course of online classes, work from home and other stuff, many people are not too much into it and they are turning towards people for entertainment and it does an excellent job of bothering the likes of me i.e., Introvert. I don’t want to complain but when your friends start taking a special interest in you, I think to myself that I would rather drink cyanide than engage in small talk, and then I can’t stop thinking about when this pandemic will be over us.

As for me, I am doing okay, and yes ‘Okay’ is what I am going for these days. This pandemic has forced me to fall back in love with being by myself in seclusion and simply lost in my thoughts which is quite fascinating to me but I am 100% sure that everyone else will definitely find it boring. As an example, I want to let you know that I spent 4 hours thinking about how I will not set any new year goals like I have not since the time of my birth. These are the kind of traditions I like to uphold. To end this letter, all I would like to say is ‘Good Luck, cause you will need it’.

See you soon…