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by bahua
Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Counting Pebbles
Replies: 0
Views: 423

Counting Pebbles

Since about the time the previous President was elected, my interest in politics-- especially elections and voting --has ramped up to where it is now. I annoy everyone I know, as this is one of the only topics about which I will talk at length, and I deeply care about it. I was unemployed for most o...
by bahua
Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Database Crash @ 3:48AM MST
Replies: 5
Views: 9985

Database Crash @ 3:48AM MST

The database ran out of memory in the dead of night, and crashed. I suspect there was some kind of automated attack underway. We get them frequently but are usually able to weather them. I managed to get all the tables repaired without any errors, but I will keep investigating.

Sorry for the trouble.
by bahua
Sat Jun 17, 2023 1:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reddit
Replies: 38
Views: 56163

Re: Reddit

Have you looked at LemmyBB? It's the message board for the Fediverse and has the same design as phpBB. Can post to/from Mastodon. I was looking at that and kbin, but I haven't jumped into them yet, as I am a bit put off by how expensive it is to run mastodon. I run my own instance , and with almost...
by bahua
Sat Jun 10, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reddit
Replies: 38
Views: 56163

Re: Reddit

The idea of a decentralized internet with a million small players is actually extremely exciting to me. Do you think this community would use a mastodon instance devoted to it? I have been thinking about ways to integrate it with the forum. Like maybe a voting system that promotes good forum posts i...
by bahua
Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reddit
Replies: 38
Views: 56163

Reddit

So, Reddit is imposing prohibitive fees to access their free API. Because this API is free, a massive ecosystem of excellent independent apps exists today, a herd of apps that Reddit itself joined a decade into the site's popularity with a crummy, unstable app that's light on features and poorly des...
by bahua
Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Updated to phpBB 3.3.10
Replies: 5
Views: 2828

Updated to phpBB 3.3.10

A study in procrastination.

We have a new forum version. Please report any problems you see here. From my end though, it's very fast.
by bahua
Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:16 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: KCRag Blue checkmarks (verified users)
Replies: 10
Views: 3584

Re: KCRag Blue checkmarks (verified users)

"I have an artificial privilege that is inherently arbitrary."

"I am regarded as an expert in the field of urban development."

These are two extremely different statements.
by bahua
Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: KCRag Blue checkmarks (verified users)
Replies: 10
Views: 3584

Re: KCRag Blue checkmarks (verified users)

The only way to implement this kind of feature I could imagine that would be effective would be for there to be a mature approval process. And even then, I think petty squabbling would reign in cases in which some people perceive they were denied for what they believe to be reasons related to partia...
by bahua
Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:00 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Writing a Code of Conduct
Replies: 11
Views: 4874

Re: Writing a Code of Conduct

It's sad you have to basically say, "No threatening to harm people." But I get it. Threatening harm is already a crime in every state and most Western countries, called assault. Expressing a wish for harm to come to someone is not a crime, but it's still abusive and unacceptable in a plac...
by bahua
Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:45 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Writing a Code of Conduct
Replies: 11
Views: 4874

Re: Writing a Code of Conduct

DaveKCMO wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:17 pm Something about revealing or posting personal information.
No Doxxing
Everyone reserves the right to reveal personal details about themselves on their own terms. With or without malice, posting identifying information about another person on the forum will not be tolerated.
by bahua
Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:51 am
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Writing a Code of Conduct
Replies: 11
Views: 4874

Writing a Code of Conduct

Some abusive behavior around here has prompted some to advise me to write, adopt and enforce a code of conduct for the forum. I was resistant to the idea at first, but now I think it's probably wise. I have some ideas, but are there any specific items you'd like to see in it? Here is the first one t...
by bahua
Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:52 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Can KC Secede and join Kansas?
Replies: 80
Views: 14191

Re: Can KC Secede and join Kansas?

Karambit25 has been deactivated. Also, pursuant to the future of attentive moderation, I posted this.
by bahua
Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:48 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Call for Moderators
Replies: 6
Views: 2426

Call for Moderators

With the political discourse getting more and more toxic, and since all the mods are a bunch of old forty-somethings now who, like me, have families and other major obligations that take away from the business of keeping kcrag civil, I think it's time to recruit some new moderators. I don't see any ...
by bahua
Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:35 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Can KC Secede and join Kansas?
Replies: 80
Views: 14191

Re: Can KC Secede and join Kansas?

I'm very sorry I haven't been very attentive on the board. I'm about to kick some alt-right ass.
by bahua
Fri May 06, 2022 1:30 am
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: The Future
Replies: 39
Views: 32048

Re: The Future

normalthings wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:10 am What are ambassadors on here?
This is linked at the top of almost every page. Supporters and Ambassadors keep the lights on around here.
by bahua
Sat Jan 15, 2022 2:20 am
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Another Migration
Replies: 12
Views: 5602

Re: Another Migration

Yeah, people got UP their ASSES about it.
by bahua
Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:07 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Another Migration
Replies: 12
Views: 5602

Re: Another Migration

I have spotted the same issue we had a couple years ago with blank white pages for any content more than a certain age. I don't know what that age is. I am looking into it.

<edit>
That was a mercifully simple fix.

Code: Select all

apt install php7.4-dom
systemctl restart apache2
</edit>
by bahua
Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:48 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Another Migration
Replies: 12
Views: 5602

Re: Another Migration

As is almost always the case, the DNS update took longer than I'd hoped, so the site was down for about an hour instead. But other than that, the migration went without a hitch. We're up and running now on our new host. Please let me know if you have any trouble.
by bahua
Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:23 pm
Forum: Forum Announcements & Suggestions
Topic: Another Migration
Replies: 12
Views: 5602

Another Migration

Sorry for this morning's short outage(about 20m). I had to update the forum software. One little hitch about a newly-required php module delayed it from 10 minutes to 20, but we're back up now, and all updated. I wanted to get that done before the next big move: migrating the forum to a new host. Fi...
by bahua
Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:00 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Westport
Replies: 2807
Views: 719962

Re: Westport

Victim blaming such as what dcolekc posted and walked back is unacceptable and will not be tolerated again. Please PM me if you see it again.