ritualclarity

2 hours ago, Kendo 2 said:

Someone over there pointed out (rightly) that Dark0ne can't relicense things he never had the license for to begin with.  It's called 'theft'.

Uploading to a site doesn't negate creative or intellectual property rights.  I hope there is a mass modder exodus from Nerxus.

IDEA!  One of you guys who isn't banned over there post a link to NSFWMods and invite the modders over.

LOL.. do you really want the masses of modders from Nexus over here? If you do, give me the post / name etc. I'll post a invite to here.

Well crybabies from ... well anywhere, better come with their big boy/girl/whatever the current trend pronoun is now, because unlike Nexus or even LL, we don't come to the rescue if you put your size 13 in your mouth. People have to work their shit out. So I don't think many will come here. Perhaps the authors because of our environment but users won't post much here. download yes, but post ... not so much.  Unlike other sites, we don't give two figs if you post or not.

So bring them on. So far those that have come from LL (and active) other than some in the beginning when they thought this site was going to be a LL clone) are pretty cool and mellow.

I've played "We Happy Few' for a few hours and found it pretty enjoyable for the most part. More so than many of the games I had high hopes for thepast couple of years.  It is an interesting game where you aren't the super hero and pretty much a normal "bloke" (set in England in the 60's )  reminds me a bit of Clockwork Orange (mostly due to faces ) but only slightly. Not based at all on that show. I went into the game with no info on what was going to happen except what was on the box and one trailer of the game in Microsoft store. (xbox)  I have to go back to the beginning as I had a problem with one of the saves, so I deleted it. I had others .. didn't realize it deleted the entire profile. That upset me. However, now I have a better understanding of the mechanics and such so should be fast to catch up to where I was.

4 hours ago, endgameaddiction said:

Glad this site exists.

https://www.loverslab.com/topic/171078-request-to-hwidip-ban-all-asian-from-loverslab/

https://www.loverslab.com/topic/171084-wow-this-sites-new-wokeness-is-embarrassing-/

But.. but.. we have "pretty much he same rules"....
LOL

Laugh my ass off. 

It hasn't ever been about the rules IMO.. it is about the rule enforcers that makes the difference.

Other than a laugh, threads like those, are only a waste of my time these days. Used to I'd get tempted to chime in but ... it is all bullshit. Nothing is going to change,

14 hours ago, endgameaddiction said:

@ritualclarity

As someone who wanted kids at one point in my life, I couldn't imagine the things I would do if my child had a "teacher" like this. This must be really hard on parents who are facing these troubles with their kids being educated by filth like this so called teacher.

Generations of children grew up saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Many of them were taught various "theories" that were popular at that time.  The "Greatest Generation" (WWII) generation was taught Bio-determinism  https://www.britannica.com/topic/biological-determinism (which some use as justification then (perhaps now) as the reason selected races are the way they are.)

Others were taught evolution and other theories such as Egypt was founded by White people. Having it founded by northern Africans violated the thoughts of the day.

  It was the place of the teachers to TEACH the theory. It is the place of the family to TEACH VALUES to their children.  I remember being taught many a thing and the teacher would often address the opposing theory or though in the teaching so that the students had the info of what the hell is going on.

When a fireman becomes a fireman or a police officer becomes a police officer, they pledge to follow the policies and procedures of their department/location. Same for a Teacher. Teach, if you can't ... time to fucking move on.  She acts like she and the current teachers were the only ones that were faced with teaching something they didn't believe, and restricted in teaching something that they believed in. Previous generation of teachers understood what was going on and how to address this. Imagine science teachers not being able to teach evolution or give the age of the earth (previously taught as 6~7000 years old. 

In higher education while I was there, it was encouraged by most professors to address various issues and question things. To explore ideas ourselves and they gave the tools necessary to properly evaluate the info and results for ourselves. It was OK if you decided to believe something based on a set of info, it wasn't however OK if you didn't do the work and understand the opposing views. Be able to address various aspects of those views and discuss them. Now schools are developing into a communistic teaching philosophy. Where students HAVE to follow their teaching and if they don't, they are punished. This is what China did when communism took over the country. They destroyed thousands of years of heritage in favor of a single unified concept.  Modern schools (in the US at least) following these avenues will make it harder and harder to have original thought, original development, original people with the ability to research and understand what is fact and what is propaganda. 

Such a shame.

5 hours ago, endgameaddiction said:

 

smh

god I am so happy I don't have any school aged children....  I'd have to spend several hours after school countering the negative teaching that occurs in school.. very likely weekends as well.

15 hours ago, endgameaddiction said:

 

Hours and hours of the most amazing content... really? What was he smoking? the content created today is "amazing"... lol.

20 hours ago, vancleef said:

I have no shame. And my ego knows no boundaries!

With those attributes... you will go FAR

On 6/22/2021 at 5:14 PM, ritualclarity said:

Your band?
If so yes, please post some of your work when it is all up and ready.

Oh of course if you don't mind giving potential personal info that is. If not, it is fully understandable.

19 hours ago, vancleef said:

So I got dragged back into playing after a loooooooooong hiatus. No recordings yet (we're still building the band and already replaced the bass player!) but I'll put something up when I have it.
 

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Your band?
If so yes, please post some of your work when it is all up and ready.

Yep, they need to create stories that make sense for these characters and such that they want to put on screen. Make it meaningful.

WTF is with the spacing on my previous post?

edit: Ah there a bit better, formatting is off but.. meh  

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Oh, that brings me to using different computers for different task.. High security, Medium, and low (this one) Not sure profiles will be safe as if the computer gets infected it is likely the other profies will. As for just peeking in.. that should be enough
VPN and even VMs to round out that security
Which brings me to another OS for those that are particularly cautious.. Qubes .. It is basically nothing but a sandbox and as all the tools and more installed (can be installed) properly. Requires a dedicated machine ( and realistically a reasonably powerful one) that has Virtualization builtin to the hardware (most new computers do to various degrees)

https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2020/05/26/qubes-os-security-oriented-operating-system-and-run-qubes-os-on-odyssey-x86j4105/

I have had Windows Defender turned off since it was first offered. Why the fuck would I trust a company that created opportunities due to poor coding to protect my computer? Also, what logically would someone first try to get around when trying to attack a Windoze computer? Yep.. Windows Defender.

I don't use IOBit.. but I use another that so far with various test has worked acceptably for my needs. I am just now the past 2 years starting to add various protections to my browsers.  Which brings me to something I thought I'd ask and contrubte to the discussion. lol

what is the best set of browser add on's for security?

7 hours ago, vancleef said:

Trust me, when Woke Culture starts losing money, it's done. Hollywood is already quietly returning to churning out the same old shit. When even the Star Wars franchise starts losing money, you know they notice that.

I do think they noticed that and have somewhat tried to correct ship...
to be honest, I would love to see darker color actor/actresses and various groups but they have to be in meaningful roles or they are just a distraction.  I go back to Witcher 3.. the cross dressing elf. the hunter that had his gay lover kill himself (I believe he killed himself) the interactions of most (not all) of those characters were as meaningful as interactions with the main core characters. At least IMO.  I am currently watching through the seasons of Black Lightening. Some of the material is a bit excessive but I have no problem accepting the cast and characters. This is a show that was built for this purpose.  Tobias Whale is an awesome character in that show. Same with LaLa (he took a bit to develop ) I enjoy those two characters more than the main ones in the show. They play their parts excellently and with style. 

When I was younger one of my favorite comic turn movies was SPAWN.. AWESOME.  Well written. Loved it.  however, when you put out garbage ( LIke Mass Effect Andromeda) where it is obvious you are just checking boxes... it will just be a turd. It will blow up in your face. IT will fail.

The fact that he has to feel like he has to apologize for casting appropriate actors for his movie is such a shame. Such a fucking shame. I hope all this bullshit only further increases the viewing of this movie.

18 minutes ago, Nessa said:

Who said I paid them?  

About Defender, yes that is still an issue even on LTSB. No matter what I've done, from registry to security settings it will always turn itself back on at startup.  The current workaround I'm using now is a thing that disables it on login. The issue about Defender is it labels things that are perfectly safe and needed as "dangerous". It does this for a couple small utilities for Skyrim even! To say nothing of all the small utilities I've used for eons all the way back to XP.

As far as use is concerned, I've had no compatibility problems yet.

Though if we're talking what Windows version is best? I was happiest (or rather as "happy" as one can ever be with Windows) back on Win 2000.

Even Macs are getting annoying too with the iCloud nonsense. (Can barely turn a new one on without it whining about "What's your account so we can spy???") It's definitely looking like the real future of decent computing will be flavors of Linux.

Sorry, I was mentioning that I would have to pay them. I don't get that through work, my work uses the standard Pro version for their computers. At least at my local. Possibly someone up higher or someone working on the servers have a version of that.

Sad that they still shove defender down our throats.  I have seen ways to manually remove it but updates still come and they seemto be hit and miss with the re-installation. Also some features might cause trouble if it isn't there. Way to go MS... I thought you were moving to more modular system for faster and more granular updates and support.  Must of been the lie like the lie that Windows 10 was the l,ast OS you would ever need ...  I still have Edge and apparently explorer 11 is still stuck in teh start up without any actual program to connect to. (using the debloat program and manual removal)  I am hopefull that they remove Explorer 11 from your version.

my happiest version was Vista 64bit. I did much the same with what I just did now with Windows 10.. Removed some of the bloat. (not much there) and then ran a script that optimized the system to be much like Windows xp but 64bit. yes, I know Windows xp had a 64bit system but there were all sorts of driver problems with that .. at least for me. 

all comercial os's are going that route. Even Linux ...Umbuntu has a cloud something  and such. But... due to the nature of Linux, so far ... you can cut that shit out and it is optional. I am fairly sure some commercially backed Linux .. Fedora, Umbuntu or whatever, will start to push that and push hard. Money is on the line and they are greedy. however, even then not bad for linux. There will always be some free version and whatever is brought to the commercial versions eventually will migrate to the free version provided that it is open source and not closed source code in these systems. I remember previous versions of Umbutu having some nasty dependency on their bullshit advertisement link to Amazon if I recall correctly. Was  called out by that ... person I forget his name that is one of the founders of the GUI linux. (Gentoo) for that very thing. Major black eye .. couldn't disable it and keep a feature (forget which one it was) that most wanted.  Dependency related.  Now that is gone.. (or at least last time I use it.. .that or I didn't need that feature... lol )

If you have a free VM space hanging around... give Silver Blue a try. Read about it .. interesting... Fixes some of the issues with updating a Linux version and not having the needed dependencies for programs you might want to use (not being updated that is to the newest system) which is a problem considering free and open often means someone working in their spare time (or group) which sometimes makes some of the less popular software not udpate as fast. Flat packs seem to be the solution. There is another type of package that does the same that is able to do the same. You can update your system and not worry about the dependencies of all your programs as much...

To everyone please forgive my typo's I am typing this on an older laptop, I am not used to typing on the laptop AND, the keyboard has some issues. just jumping in to give a quick comment. (instead of pulling out the wireless keyboard for this.  cheers!

15 minutes ago, Nessa said:

My gaming machine recently went kaput (translated: I wanted a new one) and I was faced with the Windows debacle as well. Win 10 is a piece of literal garbage with so much crap that just wasn't going to happen. Soooo.... I went with Win 10 LTSB.

...

After a good 4 months of it, I of course can't say I like it (nobody with a brain likes Windows period) but it's "not too bad".

It will do until I finally get totally divorced from Windows and switch to Linux full time.

Im not opening  my wallet to give them money each month.. I have used the debloter and it worked quite well. I removed most of all those itmes that are removed from the above mentioned version. I can (but actually shouldn't ) remove Edge but that is about it. My system is clean. No store. No games, no other bullshit. I had to maually go in to remove Explorer 11 (take it around back and shoot that .. shouldn't be in the system at all considering its age etc.. Hell it isn't even supported anymore. )

So basically, I did some work to turn Windows pro x64 into a clean system that you are currently using. .. Yea!  So far it works quite well. Might have to reset the OS if I made a mistake and need something or did something wrong. Have ran through about 3 updates to bring things back up to date from a clean install and none of that crap came back. (Oh, can't remove that Defender.. can, but from what I read, it isn't advised.)

1 hour ago, bjornk said:

It wasn't in reply to your post, sorry if it sounded like that. Some people seem to have the mindset of "newer therefore better (or more secure)" which irritates me.

Not a problem. I wasn't sure if it was or not. I also agree with the newer therefore better comment.  I used a windows debloater and some manual work to clean up a ... what is suppose to be... a ... CLEAN INSTALL!    I actually now have a clean install (wanted to get rid of Edge but .. documentation indicates that might not be a good idea. Problems in the future. Did get rid of Explorer crap and the store, and games and all that other bullshit. Just windows core programs. Hell even got rid of some of those using an audit option before creating (OBBE) my account on the computer.   Had to use Powershell though. Never used it before. Had to search the web to figure out how that worked so that I could use the program properly. (needed admin rights etc)

Well, at least Windoze has streamlined their updates process more than it used to be in the past. That and I don't have to fucking put in a code to access something I purchased after it has been installed (and registered) to my hardware. No more calling India and being treated like a thief because I have to reinstall the OS because it starts to turn to crap after a few months to a year.  (On and their cmd file checker and other tools including reset resolved that. I will give them that. )  But Jesus, the bloat ware. WTF!   Ok, fine put your stupid store there. But there is no reason to load up the STORE in a fresh install. 

41 minutes ago, bjornk said:

I personally want my PC to remain the same and keep its current state and functionality, if I leave it on for a month or for a year. If the OS decides to update or modify something on its own and break something in the process, I don't want the headache of troubleshooting it. Operating systems should always be treated as "mission critical" software, should never be turned into a casual test ground for the sloppy work of incompetent programmers, by pushing forced, untested patches and updates like Microsoft does with Windows.

True that.

One reason I like Linux.  Have you checked SilverBlue? It is a Immutable Linux. (meaning not able to be change .. the core that is) Then you install "flatpacks".. The updates do download but you can just boot out and into the previous OS (still remains totally intact) and the flatbacks are designed to be modular and not dependent on the OS or such.  If you use Linix it sounds like something you might like. Not quite there IMO as there are programs I want that aren't flatpacks (and I don't know how to make one... yet. It is apparently easy with a few commands)  so not quite there. But for something to do day to day work on.. might be the trick. Don't believe me check some of the videos. There is one where the guy just goes to the previous OS version... if it was windows it would be the version before the 2H bullshit (eying you weather thang, taking up my precious task bar space) ) 

54 minutes ago, bjornk said:

Windows 10 is a malware itself. Not to mention that considering how they broke something with every untested patch since its release it's hard to say it's a more robust operating system either and Windows 11 isn't gonna be any different. Also, windows with rounded corners? I guess retarded millennials took over the UI design at M$.

I'm using Win 8 pro with classic shell and it's okay for browsing the web and playing games. I've either removed or turned off most unnecessary features of it and it's become pretty lightweight, in fact it's currently running with less processes (about 25 in total) than my Win 7. Still has some annoyances such as the "store" which you can turn off but cannot be removed entirely. As long as you know what you're doing you can even use Win 2000 or XP assuming you can find all the drivers and programs you need. In terms of functionality, even Win 95/98 would be enough for most people.

I would only use Win10, if the new laptop I bought came with it or if I had to buy a new PC or hardware to play a new PC game on Windows -which is super unlikely- and it didn't have drivers for Win 7/8.

 

I never said it wasn't horrible (or malware) When a computer does something against the owners wishes as a "feature" that alone is enough to give a thought as to if this is what you want to deal with.  When they have basic settings that benefit them (like all the spy ware that is on the computer that you have to go though and turn off .. also whatever they don't tell you) It is time to go elsewhere. The problem is currently is if you want to play any serious type of game, Windows is the easiest to use to do this.  Also it is difficult or you are at a disadvantage if you try to use Linux in a Business environment. You can't even use Mac easily either. Now even more. Previously you could at least run a Duel boot easy enough... but with their new hardware ... that won't be happening soon.

I have used Linux quite a bit the past year and a half and it isn't quite there for my day to day but pretty close. My machine I am running it on isn't capble of having a VM installed (with or without gpu pass through) so I can't move over as much as i want to Linux or another os. HOwever, I can tell you the time, even though I was a noob for much of it, using Linux was a breath of fresh air. It didn't reboot your OS in the  middle of a fucking project. It notified you of an update and let that be. One line of code and you can update pretty much everything. I got to the point I didn't even really use their installer program just used the code. Talk about installation of programs. For the most part on a used Linux system, it is seconds. On a new system due to it needing dependencies, it might take a few seconds longer but not terrible. It is extremely fast not using their GUI installer as well but the GUI installer isn't half bad. Not as bad as what is provided by Windows. The entire installation of a nicely loaded system of programs is much smaller than Windows as well.  There are alternates to programs you use in Windows.. some are better but most are bleg... That and not being able to run some programs (mostly games) is the only draw back and that is getting better every year.

I am currenlty migrating my system (main system) to a 2 tb drive. Instead of cloning I am doing fresh. Windows 10 pro. x64.  The SSD is much faster than my 6 or so year old SSD it was using for the main OS. time to retire that drive from main work.  Now I will be able to have some VMs on that machine. (not pass through though. My hardware is too old on that one to really set it up as I  understand but I haven't tried it. Even if I did.. Lilnux would be fine with it but it is only a quad core... Windows is so bloated and demands so much processing power along with ram. Can't split up that system and expect any decent functionality. Might experiment with it though. Maybe it might be enough.

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-Ritual Clarity

On 6/18/2021 at 10:11 PM, endgameaddiction said:

I'll continue to use Win7 until it is obsolete. Then Find some other OS.

It is already obsolete. If I am not mistaken, (update, yes. January 2020) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-windows-7-support Microsoft has stopped all support for it. Meaning no more security updates. Lord knows MS programs have enough exploits in them already not to have them be fixed

However, I understand. I also hope you don't have any critical sensitive info on that computer. Use Linux for the serious stuff and leave the games and other bs to the Windows (operating system of choice)  Now with pass through (provided your hardware supports it.. good news more and more hardware is doing this) you can pass though your graphics card(s) to the OS and only have the MS on for the essentials that you can't or don't want to use Linux for. That combined with major inroads to making windows programs run on Linux.... hopefully in the future this won't be an issue.

Also, surprise, surprise.. Microsoft lied. maybe they learned that from Bethesda which they recently acquired. Doesn't fair well for future games if MS can outright lie. There is no dam reason to have a "7", "10" or "11" for that matter on the OS. Just a version number / code is all that is needed for anyone that actually gave a shit. Make it easy for total idiots to find.. and be done with it. It is just a fucking marketing ploy. They realized that they had a hard time moving people from 7 (meaning less sales) so they knew that people wouldn't move or get new OS (give them money for a refreshed gui and other bullshit that isn't needed) so they decided to go back on their words is what I suspected.

3 hours ago, endgameaddiction said:

Wrong thread bud. But Ronnie everyday, Worry not, someone has the power to shift the Silver Moutain to the proper location.

1 hour ago, vancleef said:

I just noticed it was the wrong thread! I'm an idiot today!

Wrong Thread....
What's wrong about this thread.

On 6/14/2021 at 2:08 PM, Kendo 2 said:

I was listening to ArchCast and they mentioned Bethesda working on their own all-encompassing launcher (like Origin) before Starfield's release.

ah i see you are back to work again..

On 6/10/2021 at 5:04 PM, endgameaddiction said:

Yeah! Yeah! Cool! I haven't seen this is so long.

you and me both

16 hours ago, vancleef said:

Right? The majority of military personnel and veterans are men. Go ahead and alienate the fucking people you most need to teach you how to survive in battle! Fucking morons!
My paternal Grandfather was killed in action on the German border in 1944. I'm pretty sure our current state of affairs isn't the Democracy he was fighting and died for.

I wish they had those advertisements (first part) when I was young and able to join the military! I'd likely would have... lol

Very motivational... the second one would push me away in a heartbeat. Sorry, alternate lifestyles have a right to exist but... I don't believe that is the best approach to attract the very best for your military.  Military is tough, shitty job with shitty locations (on deployment) don't take my word.. ask ANY ONE THAT HAS BEEN DEPLOYED at how shitty their living conditions were. FROM ANY GENERATION!  Seriously, I honestly expect the second group troops having safe words and time outs expectations.