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by Krom
Mon Aug 28, 2023 11:22 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Threads vs Twitter: misinformation vs uoᴉʇɐɯɹoɟuᴉsᴉɯ
Replies: 14
Views: 3189

Re: Threads vs Twitter: misinformation vs uoᴉʇɐɯɹoɟuᴉsᴉɯ

What I really want from ego is for them to partner with shark and make an upright vacuum.
by Krom
Sat Aug 26, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive
Replies: 10
Views: 4521

Re: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive

Yeah, those parts of it are stupid and dangerous, and will likely at some point bump up against the reality of the technology where the courts will eventually sort it out correctly. This particular ruling will likely not stand in the long run because it is fundamentally not how the network functions...
by Krom
Sat Aug 26, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive
Replies: 10
Views: 4521

Re: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive

That seems like a bit of overreach or straight up bad ruling or maybe even a default judgement if the website representative didn't show up at the court. I don't think it would really hold up on appeal just given how the technology works. If they really didn't want their IP address reaching google t...
by Krom
Sat Aug 26, 2023 5:26 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive
Replies: 10
Views: 4521

Re: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive

Yeah, you can assume this is basically about ads and tracking cookies. Stuff like the cookie that the DBB uses is strictly for the functionality of the DBB itself. The only things the DBB cookies store on your computer are your user ID, session ID (which is randomly generated every login), and a pas...
by Krom
Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Goodhue
Replies: 56
Views: 7066

Re: Goodhue

wtf are you on about? The article is about a small town (pop. 1300) that can't/won't pay enough to attract officers away from bigger cities which can pay them more. Yeah, it is almost like shitty rural communities full of shitty insular people with shitty job opportunities because they are exclusiv...
by Krom
Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:31 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Ducks!
Replies: 3
Views: 2329

Ducks!

A few weeks ago we heard a large bird flying around our front porch a few times, and after further investigation we found a duck nesting in one of our flower beds: https://krom.d3k.org/DBB/Ducks/20230723_150347.jpg So we abandon our plans to prune or trim around the flower bed for the time being, an...
by Krom
Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the world has come to...
Replies: 298
Views: 1178693

Re: What the world has come to...

Unlikely, cult leaders need at least some charisma.
by Krom
Mon Aug 14, 2023 3:06 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: ad network implementation question
Replies: 2
Views: 2194

Re: ad network implementation question

A safer option would be to make ads a toggle option on every page, which generally is something you can get away with.
by Krom
Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

So Will shows up and promptly launches into the bog standard right wing conspiracy theories with a healthy dose of Russian manipulation on top. Then when nobody buys it other than terminal case woodchip, gets mad, takes his ball and goes back to the deeper darker pits where he wandered out of. I'm s...
by Krom
Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Real Science
Replies: 141
Views: 172777

Re: Real Science

woodchip wrote: Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:54 pm Unlike you I am searching for answers:
Answers that only fit your preconceived notion of "not our fault!".
by Krom
Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

I'm astonished anyone could possibly think the Democrats could be even half that competent!

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by Krom
Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

How many times and for how long did the Justice Department and National Archives ask Trump nicely to return the documents everyone knew he had, including telling his lawyers outright, before the FBI finally showed up with a warrant? Is your definition of "stonewalling" perhaps "Not im...
by Krom
Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Real Science
Replies: 141
Views: 172777

Re: Real Science

China is investing enormous amounts of money into renewal energy for the same reason it invests enormous amounts of money into other energy production, that being their tremendous demand for energy. Yeah, its this. They need so much energy they aren't being picky. And the transition to renewable en...
by Krom
Sun Aug 06, 2023 5:22 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

"Both sides bad! Both sides need to be defeated!"

Okay.

You first.
by Krom
Sat Aug 05, 2023 3:13 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Real Science
Replies: 141
Views: 172777

Re: Real Science

The hosting is paid through till June 2025 (at around $15/mo), KB handles the domain and I think he renews it for two years at a time (although there are backups/alternates: https://dbb.d3k.org ).
by Krom
Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

You *think* there is evidence, absent of actually having any, so you keep the investigations alive. Remember, as long as you keep the investigations alive you don't actually have to present any findings! Because "We're still investigating!". How long have conservatives been investigating H...
by Krom
Sat Aug 05, 2023 6:09 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

But just answer for yourself, don’t even say it here, privately, honestly ask yourself. Is Joe Biden remarkably more moral than Donald Trump?!? Lol! Uh...yes? By a country mile? Taking out personal politics, effectiveness as a leader, anything else, and just limiting the question to that one basic ...
by Krom
Fri Aug 04, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

You are asserting that both parties are the same (a bunch of "charismatic liars"), which is a known disinformation tactic designed to depress democratic voter turnout that is popular in the right wing media silo. Hence because you make these assertions unironically, we know you are subscri...
by Krom
Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:24 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

Will Robinson wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:45 pm What is your actual understanding of the makeup of my media exposure? Very little to none would be the truth.
Someone leaning conservative doesn't come up with the "both sides-ism" views you are expressing in this thread in a vacuum.
by Krom
Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:28 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

Only one party and political affiliation is behaving like a cult right now. That you even think the two parties are the same just shows that the conservatives media silo has successfully poisoned your well of information. It is a really simple tactic: You say "everyone is the same, two sides of...
by Krom
Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 8113

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

I checked over on the CNN home page and they had this massive banner text "Trump pleads not guilty..." and I laughed because its so stupid to call that news. I was almost looking for the subtitle underneath with "In other news: Water is wet.".
by Krom
Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Crucial RAM?
Replies: 4
Views: 2619

Re: Crucial RAM?

As good as any other brand.
by Krom
Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Where have all the feminists gone
Replies: 197
Views: 322672

Re: Where have all the feminists gone

My guess is most people wouldn't care about transgender issues because it doesn't affect their lives in any way, but it's purposefully and constantly put in front of them by the wingnut industrial complex's need for a scapegoat to rally their hatred against. This tiny slice of the population dealin...
by Krom
Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:37 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Comments on new build components?
Replies: 40
Views: 11738

Re: Comments on new build components?

https://openrgb.org/

Do not install motherboard vendor software, its all awful and usually has security holes big enough to fit the whole planet through.
by Krom
Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Comments on new build components?
Replies: 40
Views: 11738

Re: Comments on new build components?

XMP is usually a safe goal to aim for to get the most out of a CPU/memory combo. It can produce a pretty significant performance uplift in some cases, just need to watch out for the BIOS doing stupid stuff mostly around voltages. Lots of them like to boost the voltage to the memory controller/system...
by Krom
Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:36 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Comments on new build components?
Replies: 40
Views: 11738

Re: Comments on new build components?

Always nice when it POSTs on the first attempt (though POSTing when XMP is not enabled yet almost doesn't count). I wouldn't put it past them to have renamed it after the exploit in order to avoid people looking it up on the internet, but that name is actually more descriptive and helpful for explai...
by Krom
Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:48 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sound of Freedom
Replies: 41
Views: 9530

Re: Sound of Freedom

"child trafficking pizzagate blah blah yadda yadda yargh"

"So you want to do something about it?"

"No! ThAtS sOcIaLiSm!"
by Krom
Wed Jul 05, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Affirmative Action
Replies: 73
Views: 7218

Re: Affirmative Action

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by Krom
Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:33 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Feel Safer?
Replies: 48
Views: 6047

Re: Feel Safer?

So you agree that people having more guns does not mean it is more safe.
by Krom
Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: Account recovery needs to be updated
Replies: 1
Views: 2543

Re: Account recovery needs to be updated

No.

Working exactly as intended.
by Krom
Thu Jun 29, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the world has come to...
Replies: 298
Views: 1178693

Re: What the world has come to...

TC: A lot of human form can be explained by amphibious evolutionary pressure. Don't compare us to land mammals, compare us to marine mammals. Basically at some point in our evolutionary history being able to swim well and hold your breath was a huge advantage. Things like fur and short legs don't he...
by Krom
Wed Jun 28, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: recovering my "Neo" account
Replies: 4
Views: 2442

Re: recovering my "Neo" account

Done.
by Krom
Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: recovering my "Neo" account
Replies: 4
Views: 2442

Re: recovering my "Neo" account

I can look in to merging the two accounts. Otherwise I can change the email on the old account to something you do currently have control over.
by Krom
Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Crush Depth
Replies: 17
Views: 1760

Re: Crush Depth

Right next to Hillary's missing emails.
by Krom
Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Crush Depth
Replies: 17
Views: 1760

Re: Crush Depth

It is difficult to feel much sympathy for a Pakistani billionaire. One does not become that wealthy in a country with so much poverty by being a nice or upstanding guy. That being said, with "catastrophic implosion" as the description of the accident then at least they probably died instan...
by Krom
Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Comments on new build components?
Replies: 40
Views: 11738

Re: Comments on new build components?

Yeah, that app center is probably it. The thing about memory and motherboards with 4 memory slots that they don't tell you is that populating all 4 slots pretty much universally requires running it significantly slower than the memory would otherwise be rated for. The memory controller has to work m...
by Krom
Wed Jun 21, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: SSL cer
Replies: 5
Views: 5153

Re: SSL cer

It did at one time, probably gone from the htaccess now in a phpbb update at some point. Consider updating your bookmarks.
by Krom
Sat Jun 17, 2023 2:59 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Comments on new build components?
Replies: 40
Views: 11738

Re: Comments on new build components?

I did a quick scan and it appears the 13900k is the clear winner in productivity with lightroom and photoshop. Likely do to its 24 core 32 thread architecture giving it the most brute force compute just edging out AMDs 7950X. There is nothing in a modern consumer socket that a NH-D15 cannot cool ade...
by Krom
Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:49 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: UPS battery backup recommendations
Replies: 5
Views: 2542

Re: UPS battery backup recommendations

I have some older cyberpowers that are doing fine, but I have a standby generator out back with an automatic transfer switch so about the longest my power ever goes out for is 10 seconds at a time. I can at least say I used to have some belkin units and they weren't good, float charged the batteries...