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"You are only allowed to send 0 messages per day"
viking8x6 replied to a topic in Tips, Tricks, Rules & Help
As I have stated a number of times (above in this topic): We (the moderation staff) DON'T know exactly how the advancement system works. What we DO know is that: It is not time-based, but participation-based. If you create an account and never post anything, you will remain a "New Member" forever. The algorithm involves not just the number of posts you make, but the "quality" of those posts. I can't tell you more than that because the moderation staff are not privy to the details. It is not ridiculously difficult to attain the status of "Member". People have done it with 50 posts or so, in less than a year. -
"You are only allowed to send 0 messages per day"
viking8x6 replied to a topic in Tips, Tricks, Rules & Help
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My understanding (based on various reports on NPR) is that the report isn't finished yet, so they are kicking the release vote down the road to the next meeting (Dec 5 if memory serves).
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Adding images to messages or profile
viking8x6 replied to Disposal4Seed's topic in Tips, Tricks, Rules & Help
You need to be more descriptive about which pictures you're referring to. The thumbnail ID picture on posts is copied by the system from your profile avatar picture, if that's what you're talking about. This topic is about (full-sized) pictures inserted into the body of a private message or profile activity post. -
Sort of recent, anyway. I found this mildly amusing, because I moved to West Virginia in '17 and registered Republican for exactly the same reason (because local and state offices were decided in the primaries). The US *is* essentially a two-party system. MAGA isn't a party, it's a political movement, closely aligned with Donald Trump, whose politics are NOT aligned well with those of the old-guard Republican party here in the States. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again You can certainly vote for the Republican nominee without being a member of their party, and without agreeing with their party's platform. Most American voters who are not affiliated with one of the two major parties will nevertheless vote for their candidates (because otherwise their vote effectively doesn't count, as discussed at length elsewhere on this forum...)
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It is probably best to keep that in the Bug Chasing/Gifting forum, because it's very likely that members into those things will mention them in the topic. If you want to start a topic that's explicitly NOT about bug chasing (per your comment here), it can go in the General Discussion forum. If you do this, please make it VERY CLEAR in your opening post what the focus of the discussion should be.
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I was one of the ones who saw what you were doing and found humor in it. And no, you didn't piss off the moderation staff "big time". Things in this topic just got out of hand with petty insults. Several minor infractions were handed out and the thread was locked temporarily. We do have to read this stuff, y'know. But thanks for reminding me I intended to unlock it. Carry on, MacDuff! And I thoroughly agree with you about "lies designed to drive wedges between segments of our society." Please *do* speak out about those on BZ, and if you think they are seriously harmful, report the posts.
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Does PEP prevent HIV like PrEP does?
viking8x6 replied to BritishCumdump's topic in HIV Risk & Risk Reduction
(1) Yes. 200/245mg emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil is the same as Truvada (though a slightly different dose than standard PrEP), and the raltegravir will only help. (2) Extremely unlikely, especially after you've started the PEP (which will stop the infection from progressing, and therefore the viral load from increasing). -
Barely! While not at Zimbabwean levels it was still painful for working class Americans. Please note that the verb tenses here don't match! Yes, it was painful. And it still is painful, because prices are still that much higher than they were pre-pandemic. But it is under control; the rate of inflation of the US CPI over the last year was well under 3 percent. The good news is that wage growth is now substantially higher than that 3 percent, so if that can be maintained (and there is no reason to think it can't) people in the working class will be able to afford things again in a year or three. Whether or not they'll perceive their situation as acceptable after that is another question.
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Thanks for this, @nanana. It's the best explanation I've heard yet of how something that one group of people sees as "common decency and respect" comes out as something radically negative when viewed by another group. 👏
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It appears that you enjoy a substantial understanding of this "wokeism" to which you refer. I, for one, would really appreciate an explanation. If you'd be so kind as to explain what you mean by it - NOT HERE - but in the thread I posted many months ago asking that exact question, I would be grateful.
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So much this ^^^ Though I have a quibble: "have work ahead of us to climb out of the hole we our fellow Americans just dug"
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Very well done!
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Are we starting a pool here? If not, could you please clarify what this post means or refers to? Thanks
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It doesn't pay too well to overthink this thread, seeing as it started out as an anti-Islam troll post.
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The latest... just in case anyone had any doubts about Trump's positions, his attitude toward various groups of Americans, or his intentions: https://apnews.com/article/trump-madison-square-garden-new-york-election-fcfe75be7f8281fde7bffa3adb3bba5d?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
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OK, sounds from what I hear like it is, plain and simple, faulty implementation. And likely intentionally faulty, due to probable skullduggery on the part of the parties. A FUNCTIONAL implementation would work something like what @BootmanLA suggests. Compare that with: #1 requires you to vote for candidates you don't want. #2 causes you (if voting a straight party line) to vote for candidates you may not want, nor even know anything about. Yeah, that's solid CRAP. But it's not because it's RCV, it's because the devil is in the details (in this case, literally). 😪
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Sounds more like an implementation problem than a conceptual one. If you're getting 24 people on the ballot, it maybe should be harder to get on it (though that obviously has other pitfalls), but certainly if one doesn't wish to vote for a candidate, one shouldn't be obliged to. However, all this is conjecture coming from someone who's been stuck in the USA for the last many decades, and not seen another system in operation.
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I'm a big proponent of ranked choice voting. It empowers people with fringe leanings to vote for their preferred choice, without losing their chance to effectively vote against the turd du jour. Furthermore, it could discourage the dominant parties from fielding candidates that pander to the wing nuts therein, which gives the latter disproportionate power to demand the implementation of generally unpopular policies (as we have lately seen with both major parties).
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This is false. Kamala Harris is mixed race. Her father is Jamaican. Her mother is [[NOT Native American]] Indian. Yes, there are plenty of video clips of her saying this. Perhaps that's not surprising, given the amount of misinformation and confusion out there that she has to correct.
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I would be very interested to read this, if you can provide a link. I'm not sure I agree (based on that one-sentence summary), but I am firmly of the opinion that the difference between the physical and the virtual is of great importance to the future of this country and of the world, and that in a sense far greater than mere finance.
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Editing or deleting a post yourself is only possible for a short time after you make it. After that a moderator has to do it. See above in this topic for details.
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Can I ask about Utah in this section?
viking8x6 replied to Dirtymindedpig's topic in United States: Other: Southwest
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He requested that his profile be deleted.
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THIS TOPIC WILL BE TEMPORARILY LOCKED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COOL OFF A BIT HERE. I'm not handing out infractions, although there are a sizable number of people who merit them. Please remember: Abuse of other members is NOT ALLOWED. Posting of false statements and conspiracy theories is NOT ALLOWED. This is one reason it's good to back up your assertions with some kind of sources and/or references. Posting twaddle of the "candidate X is stupid" genre does not constructively contribute to the discussion. Please refrain. Things get contentious enough in this subforum without members displaying their own idiocy.
