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NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:

come to the forums rewrite thread, home of sad computerymans who will groundlessly insult the burgers you prepare

a groundless beef

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AtomD
May 3, 2009

Fun Shoe
every post is a grain of sand in this, the worlds most awful sand mandala

Progressive JPEG
Feb 19, 2003

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

How many users did the Hillary toxx wipe out?

I think lowtax buddying up to a bunch of doxxers ended up doing more damage tbh

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



Progressive JPEG posted:

I think lowtax buddying up to a bunch of doxxers ended up doing more damage tbh

it did yes

Star War Sex Parrot
Oct 2, 2003

eric posted:

Reminder the D&D mods were going to let Hillary toxxers off the hook but lowtax saw how much rereg money he was going to lose.
I got the impression that most didn't rereg, so Lowtax lost both users and whatever rereg revenue he thought he would get

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
as someone whose goto date-getting strategy is just weeping and begging, that level of desperation is a real good look and should work well

eric
Apr 27, 2004
Lipstick Apathy

Star War Sex Parrot posted:

I got the impression that most didn't rereg, so Lowtax lost both users and whatever rereg revenue he thought he would get

If that's the case it's addition by subtraction.

Linguica
Jul 13, 2000
You're already dead

Fabricated posted:

like that's about all he'd have to do. Just set a minimum monthly goal for keeping the forums open and it'd probably immediately hit that goal.
the problem is what if people call your bluff

Bruno_me
Dec 11, 2005

whoa

akadajet posted:

Glorgnole posted:

does anyone have that system diagram from years of all the hardware the forums and archives were running on? pretty sure this actually exists and i'm not just hallucinating it.
I remember radium posting it. There was also once a picture of a van full of servers when the forums migrated from New Orleans after Katrina.

I saved the pictures [56k yolo]

















bonus screenshot from a couple years later

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
my next rereg will probably be my last lol

I like giving the forums money but it's pretty much legit dead now

mike12345
Jul 14, 2008

"Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."





SmokaDustbowl posted:

my next rereg will probably be my last lol

I like giving the forums money but it's pretty much legit dead now

Posting tweets about Trump is the only reason I'm still here. Old forums tech turns out to be good for archiving & talking about real-time adhd new media.

AtomD
May 3, 2009

Fun Shoe
this is the top thing on reddit right now

posted by the comedian pictured

i'll miss these fuckin forums ill tell you that much

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

zen death robot posted:

that second diagram with the mysql clusters and gige never happened

lol nothing ever happens

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






The forums got SSL! And CentOS 6! and MySQL newer than 4!

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

zen death robot posted:

centos 7 thankyouverymuch

nice, the best linux

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
it's cool when all the mods and admins are perpetually confused and absolutely fed up

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






SmokaDustbowl posted:

it's cool when all the mods and admins are perpetually confused and absolutely fed up

and yet here you are, posting anime and reregging every couple of weeks

forums is ourobouros with your :tenbux: coming out of the snakes butt

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






mishaq posted:

nice, the best linux

:agreed:

Toady
Jan 12, 2009

what a depressing thread

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

spankmeister posted:

and yet here you are, posting anime and reregging every couple of weeks

forums is ourobouros with your :tenbux: coming out of the snakes butt

look at my regdate.

I like the forums and like to give the forums money. I guess I could autoban but what fun is that?

pram
Jun 10, 2001
autobanning is bitchmade poo poo

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

pram posted:

autobanning is bitchmade poo poo

ass
Sep 22, 2011
Young Orc

SmokaDustbowl posted:

my next rereg will probably be my last lol

I like giving the forums money but it's pretty much legit dead now

People have been saying these forums were dead for like 4 years now. They'll keep chugging along.

pram
Jun 10, 2001
lol if you dont have a lowtax ban under your belt (i have two :smug:)

ass
Sep 22, 2011
Young Orc

pram posted:

autobanning is bitchmade poo poo

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

rear end posted:

People have been saying these forums were dead for like 4 years now. They'll keep chugging along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raWMup_kisk

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


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Gary’s Answer

Progressive JPEG posted:

I think lowtax buddying up to a bunch of doxxers ended up doing more damage tbh

there's at least 15 people i talk to outside of sa who didn't rereg for this reason. hell, i occasionally get pms with Google maps links to poo poo near my house but there's like no punishment for lovely pms so im tempted to just turn them off.

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

cis autodrag posted:

there's at least 15 people i talk to outside of sa who didn't rereg for this reason.

lol if you still have platinum

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer

SmokaDustbowl posted:

lol if you still have platinum

eschaton bought it for me last year lol

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

cis autodrag posted:

hell, i occasionally get pms with Google maps links to poo poo near my house but there's like no punishment for lovely pms so im tempted to just turn them off.

thats really hosed up, im sorry you have to experience that

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

Progressive JPEG posted:

I think lowtax buddying up to a bunch of doxxers ended up doing more damage tbh

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


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Gary’s Answer

mishaq posted:

thats really hosed up, im sorry you have to experience that

thanks. im not the only one, obvs. being queer or female on the internet guarantees angry stalkers no matter what. zoey quinn and i even have a stalker in common.

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

A huge part of SA's appeal over the last decade over, say, Reddit or Twitter, has been that this is the place where bigots and harassers don't get to run wild and shout down marginalised folk, and Lowtax showing that he instinctively sides with them over his website's actual userbase sucks

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


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Gary’s Answer

Pinterest Mom posted:

A huge part of SA's appeal over the last decade over, say, Reddit or Twitter, has been that this is the place where bigots and harassers don't get to run wild and shout down marginalised folk, and Lowtax showing that he instinctively sides with them over his website's actual userbase sucks

but... but.... the social justice wizards took over his site

eric
Apr 27, 2004
Lipstick Apathy

cis autodrag posted:

but... but.... the social justice wizards took over his site

They didn't take them over. He handed them the keys then left for a long time. Now this place is what it is. There are other active forums you can go to that are more lowtax' style.

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

eric posted:

They didn't take them over. He handed them the keys then left for a long time. Now this place is what it is. There are other active forums you can go to that are more lowtax' style.

lmao eric youre not a regular are you

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

eric posted:

They didn't take them over. He handed them the keys then left for a long time. Now this place is what it is. There are other active forums you can go to that are more lowtax' style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN80_7rNmcE

RISCy Business
Jun 17, 2015

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Fun Shoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahwwuy1aLkE

i seriously like the song playing in that video :unsmith:

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Fabricated posted:

a lot.

Also is there a reason that the Patreon is for Gaming Garbage and not literally just "pay me to keep the forums open"?

like that's about all he'd have to do. Just set a minimum monthly goal for keeping the forums open and it'd probably immediately hit that goal.

id pay a very small amount anually for this site

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SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

echinopsis posted:

id pay a very small amount anually for this site

me too it's called getting banned

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