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by **Kadaitcha_Man** » Tue Nov 12, 2024 9:45 am

Just checking to confirm that my supremely inter-galactic (not laxative [re Donavon]) prowess is still online.

BTW...'Always appreciate the time and good effort placed into maintaining the site and its chin-wag (for want of another 'word') section.

I truly wish you all the very best of the best.

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by **bystander** » Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:47 am

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:10 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:53 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:38 pm

AI? What about this looks like an AI generated post?
It looks like a lot of other AI created posts that have appeared here recently, which just restate the post they quote using different words.
What does? What's the original post being referred to here?

It was deleted for spam (not AI)

by **johnnydeep** » Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:08 am

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:06 am
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:55 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:42 pm
Yeah, the ones that hide URLs (sometimes in the quoted section) it's easy to see the motive. They don't all do that, though.
Except that the URLs are essentially invisible and unclickable, so there's no point to it.
I've seen clickable ones. They replace the original URL in the quote with a new one that goes to some spam site or maybe a site trying to deliver something malicious. I don't click on them, just report them if they've changed anything in the quoted section.

by **Chris Peterson** » Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:06 am

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:55 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:42 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:35 pm

Yes, I've reported many myself, or at least the ones that revealed a tiny embedded URL when the post was quoted. They often come in spates and involve older APODs.
Yeah, the ones that hide URLs (sometimes in the quoted section) it's easy to see the motive. They don't all do that, though.
Except that the URLs are essentially invisible and unclickable, so there's no point to it.

I've seen clickable ones. They replace the original URL in the quote with a new one that goes to some spam site or maybe a site trying to deliver something malicious. I don't click on them, just report them if they've changed anything in the quoted section.

by **johnnydeep** » Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:55 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:42 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:35 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:13 pm
In the last month or two there have been a dozen or so posts that quoted a recent post above them and were just the same thing rephrased. Pretty clearly AI generated. Why? Hard to say for sure.
Yes, I've reported many myself, or at least the ones that revealed a tiny embedded URL when the post was quoted. They often come in spates and involve older APODs.
Yeah, the ones that hide URLs (sometimes in the quoted section) it's easy to see the motive. They don't all do that, though.

Except that the URLs are essentially invisible and unclickable, so there's no point to it.

by **Chris Peterson** » Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:42 pm

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:35 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:13 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:49 pm

Alright. I was just wondering what the heck you all were talking about.
In the last month or two there have been a dozen or so posts that quoted a recent post above them and were just the same thing rephrased. Pretty clearly AI generated. Why? Hard to say for sure.
Yes, I've reported many myself, or at least the ones that revealed a tiny embedded URL when the post was quoted. They often come in spates and involve older APODs.

Yeah, the ones that hide URLs (sometimes in the quoted section) it's easy to see the motive. They don't all do that, though.

by **johnnydeep** » Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:35 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:13 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:49 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:32 pm

It's been deleted.
Alright. I was just wondering what the heck you all were talking about.
In the last month or two there have been a dozen or so posts that quoted a recent post above them and were just the same thing rephrased. Pretty clearly AI generated. Why? Hard to say for sure.

Yes, I've reported many myself, or at least the ones that revealed a tiny embedded URL when the post was quoted. They often come in spates and involve older APODs.

by **Chris Peterson** » Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:13 pm

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:49 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:32 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:10 pm

What does? What's the original post being referred to here?
It's been deleted.
Alright. I was just wondering what the heck you all were talking about.

In the last month or two there have been a dozen or so posts that quoted a recent post above them and were just the same thing rephrased. Pretty clearly AI generated. Why? Hard to say for sure.

by **johnnydeep** » Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:49 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:32 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:10 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:53 pm

It looks like a lot of other AI created posts that have appeared here recently, which just restate the post they quote using different words.
What does? What's the original post being referred to here?
It's been deleted.

Alright. I was just wondering what the heck you all were talking about.

by **Chris Peterson** » Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:32 pm

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:10 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:53 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:38 pm

AI? What about this looks like an AI generated post?
It looks like a lot of other AI created posts that have appeared here recently, which just restate the post they quote using different words.
What does? What's the original post being referred to here?

It's been deleted.

by **johnnydeep** » Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:10 pm

Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:53 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:38 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:50 pm
Maybe a strategy for boosting credit and enabling the later posting of spam.
AI? What about this looks like an AI generated post?
It looks like a lot of other AI created posts that have appeared here recently, which just restate the post they quote using different words.

What does? What's the original post being referred to here?

by **Chris Peterson** » Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:53 pm

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:38 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:50 pm
Rauf wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:48 am

I don't know why would someone bother generating AI responses and posting them here, for no good reason.
Maybe a strategy for boosting credit and enabling the later posting of spam.
AI? What about this looks like an AI generated post?

It looks like a lot of other AI created posts that have appeared here recently, which just restate the post they quote using different words.

by **yetiboy** » Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:46 pm

The image link for today's (December 21, 2023) APOD appears to be broken - clicking on the image on the APOD page returns a "NOT FOUND" page.

The api doesn't show that there should be a number at the end of the hdurl image name (should be https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2312/C ... tt1024.jpg instead of https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2312/C ... rtlett.jpg) but clearly it's required for both the link and the hdurl image name.

by **9iyazi** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:01 am

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:27 pm
geckzilla wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:50 pm I didn't do anything to anyone's account specifically. I just updated the board software., which is a task I have put off for a very long time.
So, there was a bug that caused email notifications to suddenly not work for some, but you fixed it?

That's what it seems like to me.

by **johnnydeep** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:27 pm

geckzilla wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:50 pm I didn't do anything to anyone's account specifically. I just updated the board software, which is a task I have put off for a very long time.

So, there was a bug that caused email notifications to suddenly not work for some, but you fixed it?

by **geckzilla** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:50 pm

I didn't do anything to anyone's account specifically. I just updated the board software, which is a task I have put off for a very long time.

by **johnnydeep** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:06 pm

geckzilla wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:54 pm I finally updated the board software and manually activated a bunch of the accounts that were sitting in the inactive list. Maybe it will work appropriately now.

Huh. And just an hour or so after you posted this, I received an email notification that you had posted your reply. This is remarkable because I have not been receiving any email notifications for the past 9+ months! The email was sent to my special gmail address which had "+asterisk" appended to my gmail ID which was my attempt to get the notifications to work again, but it hasn't worked until just now.

So, does what you did to my account explain the sudden email notification success?

by **geckzilla** » Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:54 pm

I finally updated the board software and manually activated a bunch of the accounts that were sitting in the inactive list. Maybe it will work appropriately now.

by **johnnydeep** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:34 pm

Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:26 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:16 pm
Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:43 pm

But I received your message! Does this mean even those in outbox have actually reached their receivers?
Apparently not. The message is no longer in my outbox. Not sure how long it took though. Are your messages still stuck on the outbox?
Geck told me it'll stay in the outbox until the recipient reads the message! It makes sense now!

I suppose, though that behavior is certainly not intuitive. But at least it provides a good way to check if the messages you send are getting read!

by **Rauf** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:26 pm

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:16 pm
Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:43 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:39 pm

Yes, I see that too. My private message to you just now is still stuck in my outbox. And so is a message I sent 15 months ago! Strange. When did this last work properly I wonder...
But I received your message! Does this mean even those in outbox have actually reached their receivers?
Apparently not. The message is no longer in my outbox. Not sure how long it took though. Are your messages still stuck on the outbox?

Geck told me it'll stay in the outbox until the recipient reads the message! It makes sense now!

by **Chris Peterson** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:48 pm

Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:37 pm Hello there! I've got a question, why the private messages I'm trying to send are stuck in Outbox instead of going into sent messages section?

I've noticed that messages can hang around in there for a long time even after they appear to have sent. Maybe they get cleared by a cron process or something periodically, rather than by the code that actually sends the message.

by **johnnydeep** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:16 pm

Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:43 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:39 pm
Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:37 pm Hello there! I've got a question, why the private messages I'm trying to send are stuck in Outbox instead of going into sent messages section?
Yes, I see that too. My private message to you just now is still stuck in my outbox. And so is a message I sent 15 months ago! Strange. When did this last work properly I wonder...
But I received your message! Does this mean even those in outbox have actually reached their receivers?

Apparently not. The message is no longer in my outbox. Not sure how long it took though. Are your messages still stuck in the outbox?

by **Rauf** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:43 pm

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:39 pm
Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:37 pm Hello there! I've got a question, why the private messages I'm trying to send are stuck in Outbox instead of going into sent messages section?
Yes, I see that too. My private message to you just now is still stuck in my outbox. And so is a message I sent 15 months ago! Strange. When did this last work properly I wonder...

But I received your message! Does this mean even those in outbox have actually reached their receivers?

by **johnnydeep** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:39 pm

Rauf wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:37 pm Hello there! I've got a question, why the private messages I'm trying to send are stuck in Outbox instead of going into sent messages section?

Yes, I see that too. My private message to you just now is still stuck in my outbox. And so is a message I sent 15 months ago! Strange. When did this last work properly I wonder...

by **Rauf** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:37 pm

Hello there! I've got a question, why the private messages I'm trying to send are stuck in Outbox instead of going into sent messages section?

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