[Hydra]

Bonus Earning on Bytes Based on Usergroup
Members can now earn bonus Bytes based on their user-groups. Each user group has its allotted percentage of Bytes. Check the reference to understand further about this feature. >>Source

Daily Bytes Bonus of 250
Omniscient has added a new bonus Bytes feature which will induce users to use Bytes to donate and reward other users for quality and valuable posts. Every day an Eligible member will be picked at random and will get 250 bonus Bytes. A member must have donated at least 10 Bytes to another member to be eligible for this bonus. >>Source

Dicey Gambler Award
The Dicey Award is now awarded to members at random when you play the Slots or Blackjack of Hack Forums. Every time you Spin or Play a hand the probability of winning this award is 1 in 2500. This award can be earned only once though. Go ahead and try your luck on this. Good Luck! >>Source

User News

• Stratify has achieved 5,000 posts as the result of spam.
  
• WageWolf has reached 1,000 Popularity!
  
• Juffar has been upgraded to a verified Vendor.
  
• Honey Singh has been upgraded to a a verified Vendor.
  
• ❤️BowmanBot❤️ has reached 500 reported posts!
  

Bans*

• Jukeboxhook has been banned.
  

Closures

• Vaxton has been closed as a result of deal disputes.
  
• Trappy has been closed as a result of deal disputes.
  

Awards

• SuperPom has purchased the Xerotic Bot DNA award.
  
• xadamxk has won the Dicey award via slots.
  
• Impsy has won the Dicey award via slots.
  

*As of the Sunday prior to release.

Site Statistics

• Total (Click to View)
  
  • Posts: 3,7,4,85,,183 (NaN%|NaN)
    
  • Threads: 3,6,79,,219 (NaN%|NaN)
    
  • Members: 6,16,,044 (NaN%|NaN)

• Average (Click to View)
  
  • Daily Posts: 8,232.95 (-0.06%|-5.21)
    
  • Daily Threads: 808.08 (-0.12%|-0.95)
    
  • Daily New Members: 135.3 (+1.2%|+1.61)
    
  • Posts Per Member: 60.85 (-1.25%|-0.77)
    
  • Replies Per Thread: 9.19 (+0.11%|+0.01)

Forum Counts

• Tab Counts (Click to View)
  
  • Notable Sections
    
    • Lounge Threads: 233,166 (+0.31%|+716)
      
    • Lounge Posts: 3,769,444 (+0.71%|+26,430)
      
    • RANF Threads: 72,477 (+0.1%|+69)
      
    • RANF Posts: 1,146,890 (+0.14%|+1,600)
  
  
  • Common
    
    • Threads: 559,901 (+0.22%|+1,223)
      
    • Posts: 8,747,351 (+0.39%|+34,083)
  
  
  • Hack
    
    • Threads: 729,682 (+0.08%|+582)
      
    • Posts: 6,366,153 (+0.02%|+1,024)
  
  
  • Tech
    
    • Threads: 219,082 (+0.05%|+106)
      
    • Posts: 1,825,074 (+0.05%|+881)
  
  
  • Code
    
    • Threads: 175,701 (+0.04%|+70)
      
    • Posts: 1,491,537 (+0.04%|+550)
  
  
  • Game
    
    • Threads: 468,727 (+0.04%|+167)
      
    • Posts: 4,824,485 (+0.03%|+1,416)
  
  
  • Groups
    
    • Threads: 8,386 (+0.1%|+8)
      
    • Posts: 358,683 (+0.13%|+458)
  
  
  • Web
    
    • Threads: 89,188 (+0.06%|+53)
      
    • Posts: 639,560 (+0.06%|+409)
  
  
  • GFX
    
    • Threads: 139,434 (+0.03%|+45)
      
    • Posts: 1,037,506 (+0.03%|+335)
  
  
  • Market
    
    • Threads: 1,125,295 (+0.12%|+1,326)
      
    • Posts: 10,408,055 (+4%|+400,310)
  
  
  • Money
    
    • Threads: 140,162 (+0.1%|+140)
      
    • Posts: 1,744,449 (-0.04%|-737)
  
  

Daylight savings time ends in Europe, prompting possibly the last time clocks are turned back in the continent
Today, 28 October 2018, Europe will no longer be turning back clocks in coordination with daylight savings time. Ever since the European Union adopted this then-continental feature 16 years ago, it has been regulated by the EU, which states that time is continually switched on “the last weekend of March and the last weekend of October.” In August of 2018, the European Council recommended the EU to quit setting the clocks back and forth, and instead, use summertime for the year’s entirety. The recommendation was presented after 84 percent of 4.6 million applicants replied to a public consultation regarding the time change, where the overwhelming percentage of volunteers were in favor of abolishing time change. “The clear majority of those people would prefer ‘permanent summertime,’ while 36 percent were in favor of ‘permanent standard time.’"

Although from the results of the public consultation are very clear, the decision was not concluded without a feud. Those against the abolishment of daylight savings time say there are apparent drawbacks, whereas those in favor are insisting that the benefits are much more relevant than the downsides of eliminating this structured regulation being enforced for the past 16 years. Those for the abolishment argue that “having synchronized clocks across the EU saves energy and allows the single market to function better.” Whereas some are thinking ahead in the future, raising the problem that the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland could potentially end up in two different time zones once the UK departs from the European Union in March 2018. If the Republic desired, they could opt out of daylight saving time and being in a different time zone to EU countries. >>Source

Thirty-seven dead in Europe so far as a result of anti-vaxxers
A recent outbreak of measles has been rampant across Europe, taking the lives if 37 victims so far. From January to June 2018, 41,000 recorded cases were present. In that six-month period, doctors saw “nearly double the highest number of cases in a year since 2010 - which was 23,927 in the entire 12 months of 2017 - and lost 37 lives to measles.” According to experts in the United States, America could also be facing this in the near future if parents choose to not vaccinate their offspring. Alberto Villani of Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital and the president of the Italian Pediatric Society in Italy told NBC that this is a very serious situation that should be enforced heavily and not be taken lightly. ‘People are dying from measles. This was unbelievable five or 10 years ago.’

To prevent outbreaks, no less than 95 percent of the population must be vaccinated with two doses of the MMR vaccine, which stands for measles, mumps and rubella. Seeing that less than the given percentage of the population is being vaccinated, Europe is now seeing a small outbreak of measles. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some parts of Europe are seeing less than 70 percent of vaccination coverage. ‘It's unacceptable to have in the 21st century diseases that should have been and could have been eradicated,’ says Anca Paduraru of the European Commission. Measles in the United States is already on the rise. Both Minnesota and New York have seen their worst outbreaks in decades. As of this article’s publication, there is a measles outbreak in Brooklyn underway, where six cases were presented just the week before publishing, all in unvaccinated children.

In short, please vaccinate your children. >>Source

Check back next week for the first Dark Ops section!

State of HFNT
So as it has been very obvious, the past few editions have dropped in quantity and quality. This has been due to numerous reason: missed submissions, passive leadership, lack of Writ3rs, vacations and bans. Past week, I contacted a few people who posted on our W4ITL1ST Recruitment thread and got those who replied in. Notable Threads and Dark Ops should be on track for Edition 415. Working on getting more Writ3rs so we can get our editions back to how they should be. After I see we've reached consistent and quality , I will begin recruiting for an Interview Team with Podcast following shortly after. Lots of work for those two sections so those will definitely not be in the near near future.

Sometime throughout this process, I have plans to execute Operation SPARK. It's been my avatar for a while now and I still plan on launching it. It's going to be some sort of rewards program to YOU, the readers. Nothing is set in stone, just a bunch of abstract ideas I have floating about along with a thread of a few concrete ideas. We'll see how it goes but for now I will leave you with SPARK? - a banner that has a meaning behind the lightbulb.

[MAST3RM1ND19]

Sounds pretty good i wike it <3

[Business]

Nice edition! I'm very interested to see what comes from Operation SPARK. I think rewards/incentives for HF News readers is a great idea!

[Traum]

Great read as always!
The odds for the Dicey Gambler award have been upped to 1/6000 by the way.

Regarding the anti-vaxxers, I'm lost for words... I already wrote a few sentences in the past edition but I just have to repeat that I don't get how you could be so irresponsible.

I see you recruited a few more Writ3rs, good luck! I hope to see more lengthy editions in the future.

[Zymase]

Nice to see that closures from DD's happens to all members

[iNuke]

Great edition, why is there no group related news though?

[Zymase]

Great edition, why is there no group related news though?

Most likely related to the memo

[iNuke]

Most likely related to the memo

Group news ain't in User news? I thought so.

[Crazygamer]

Good read, Thanks for doing a great job.

[Zymase]

Group news ain't in User news? I thought so.

Huh?

State of HFNT
So as it has been very obvious, the past few editions have dropped in quantity and quality. This has been due to numerous reason: missed submissions, passive leadership, lack of Writ3rs, vacations and bans. Past week, I contacted a few people who posted on our W4ITL1ST Recruitment thread and got those who replied in. Notable Threads and Dark Ops should be on track for Edition 415. Working on getting more Writ3rs so we can get our editions back to how they should be. After I see we've reached consistent and quality , I will begin recruiting for an Interview Team with Podcast following shortly after. Lots of work for those two sections so those will definitely not be in the near near future.

Meant that.

Lack of Writers overall has affected all sections of the news.

[Lukas]

Group news ain't in User news? I thought so.

Nope, Group News has always been its separate thing.. and thankfully so.

[iNuke]

Huh?


Meant that.

Lack of Writers overall has affected all sections of the news.

No I meant that I thought it was in user news, so Lukas had to take care of it. Which is why I didn't understand man 🤝

Nope, Group News has always been its separate thing.. and thankfully so.

Okay, I see thank you! Right when I become for the first time a group leader :(

lol

[Lukas]

No I meant that I thought it was in user news, so Lukas had to take care of it. Which is why I didn't understand man  🤝


Okay, I see thank you! Right when I become for the first time a group leader :(

lol

Report it again. If our GN guy isn't back by this week I'll go ahead and do it.

[iNuke]

Report it again. If our GN guy isn't back by this week I'll go ahead and do it.

All good man haha! It's perfectly fine no worries, I was kidding a little bit 😉 Thanks for all your hard work!

[❤️BowmanBot❤️]

Another great addition.

Well done everyone!