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fortunately surgery is not needed

... Wow, someone must have jinxed you, Roy! First, infection by Covid19; then, a broken pair of prescription glasses (which cost a hefty sum to replace); and, lastly, the bicycle accident ... I'm sending tons of good luck your way to counter the jinx and heaps of wishes for a speedy, full, recovery! BTW, I'm sorry I'm not that vocal in this thread currently, but RL issues prevail ...

I think some kids in 1st grade have phones now LOL Funny because when I was in 1st grade no one had a phone, it's amazing how society changes quick. Next thing you know every teen (or even 1st graders) will own a golf cart lol.

Same here! There are posts one can't react by liking or upvoting due to its content. That would otherwise be completely misleading. As if one would take pleasure in the suffering of others or even agree with it.

I often times don't fit it with the society normal opinion and I think what I'm seeing is Sheeple all feeding off the same feeder - I'm not a leader, but certainly not a follower either. There is no "Normal" and I see nothing wrong with being an individual. I consider myself to be an outsider and unorthodox. I realized in my mid 20's when I say people parroting the same on auto-pilot catch phrases. I'm glad I don't fit in and I see it as a silly contest.

Oh my god, why are kids my age (teens) so obsessed with social media (mostly TikTok and Instagram it seems like). They always post videos of themselves dancing or pictures of themselves doing a pose or something, LOL. What a sad generation. For those of you who say that I'm "edgy" or whatever for saying that (I've been called that lol): Shut up. What is wrong with having an opinion about society? Is it cuz I don't fit your opinion or something? Sorry, but my parents didn't give me a phone when I was 8 lmao (I don't even have a phone yet lol, and maybe that's why I'm not obsessed with social media? I mean, I can do other things in life besides watching people dance or play pranks in a small screen).

Likewise ! Thank you all guys, I mean it, really.

God bless you!

Hello @roytam1! That doesn't sound good, but luckily, nothing worse happened. I wish you a successful and complete recovery. For now, take care of your fingers so as not to jeopardise the healing process. Of course, one could also say: Best wishes for a speedy recovery from Germany, AstroSkipper

Thank you he left us 4 years ago actually, he's in a better place now and not suffering. I liked your posting but wanted to reply as it would be awful to like your situation. Sorry, I have no words, but we're here for you .

Yeah, I did notice you have been so quiet - hope you're managing.

It's already theirs, by design.

5 Simple Tricks to Reduce Your Risk of Depression, According to a Neuroscientist Plus, what physically happens in your brain when you suffer from clinical depression. BY KEN KAWADA - PUBLISHED: AUG 31, 2022 PM In Part 2 of our neuroscience expert series with social media science communicator Ben Rein, I sat down with him to discuss major depressive disorder and how it affects the brain’s chemistry and function in surprising ways. Rein, a neuroscientist at Stanford University, amassed a large following after one of his videos went viral in 2020. Since then, he has dedicated his platform to educating people on topics in neuroscience, creating engaging short-form videos for over 600,000 followers on his TikTok. (Scroll down to watch our full conversation about the brain and depression.) Major depressive disorder, also known as clinical depression, is characterized by ongoing depressed mood or a loss of interest in activities that ultimately impairs daily life. When we’re suffering from depression, Rein explains, certain parts of our brain can actually shrink and lose gray matter volume. (Gray matter being the cell bodies of neurons). These areas include the hippocampus, which controls your memory and learning, and the prefrontal cortex, which controls higher-level thinking. While there have been plenty of studies on clinical depression, neuroscientists like Rein are not entirely sure what’s going on in the brain when people suffer from the condition. Currently, there are two common treatments for depression: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and antidepressant prescriptions, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). SSRIs in particular have been effective in treating depression, an effect likely driven by increased serotonin signaling. 🧠 More Brain Stories to Nerd Out On We Could Hack Our Brains to Become Better, More Moral People Quantum Physics Could Finally Explain Consciousness, Scientists Say This Is Why Your Brain Can't Handle More Than One Thought at a Time Scientists Finally Have Clues About What We See When We Die The cause of depression has been widely debated over the last couple of decades, though some researchers have theorized that a lack of serotonin in the brain can cause depression. However, a review published last month in the journal Molecular Psychiatry refutes that hypothesis. “Our comprehensive review of the major strands of research on serotonin shows there is no convincing evidence that depression is associated with, or caused by, lower serotonin concentrations or activity,” the authors note. However, that doesn’t mean you should skip out on SSRIs if you’ve been diagnosed with clinical depression. “It doesn’t need to be the problem to be the solution in the brain,” Rein tells me. MISSED PART 1? WATCH THIS NEXT ⬇️ So Much You Know About Your Brain Is a Lie So, are there actually ways for us to prevent depression or other mental health disorders? According to Rein, there are a few common-sense things you can do: Get enough sleep each night Eat a healthy diet Exercise regularly (yoga, in particular, has been linked to positive outcomes) Try mindfulness practices like meditation Avoid social isolation by KEN KAWADA A creative with a curious mind, Ken has been producing non-scripted content since 2017. He is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he studied Television, Radio, and Film. His favorite topics include history, food, and extraterrestrials. When he’s not shooting and editing videos, you can find him creating memes from photoshop and lounging with his two cats. Here: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a40980031/tricks-to-reduce-your-risk-of-depression/

5 Music Inventions that Rocked the ’80s—and Every Decade After Digital tech that inspired air drummers everywhere. BY JIM ALLEN Here: https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/audio/a30369182/80s-music-inventions/

It is quite enough to know that Telegram is very popular and much used in Russia.

Telegram is a russian spy network for mining data . Made by the KGB/FSB.

I am old school in some or maybe quite a few things. I only use social media when it's necessary. After switching on my smartphone, I'm actually already annoyed when WhatsApp reports: "You have 248 new messages". You don't really want to read 99% of them.

Yeah true, and I'm not edgy lol. I'm just being true to myself unlike the kids of today who wanna be someone they're not.

I've seen bad thing also on that platform and I block it totally now.

Oh no, not TikTok! I hate that platform so much.

I followed your links and downloaded the Custom Buttons extension. Its install.rdf file tops out at Firefox 48, so to install it in either Serpent version, you need to modify that, since Serpent uses the Firefox app ID. I changed it to 55.* and it installed OK in St 55. I'm presuming the same change will let it install in St 52 as well; I'll test that later if I get some time. The only odd thing I found was that I had to restart Serpent 55 twice before it was ready to go. Next, I went to that link, but this is all I saw: So yes, it appears you've created the necessary custom button, but there's no code, no link, nothing to test in Custom Buttons at that post. Anyway, it's no big deal. I was only "asking for a friend," but can't remember who, because the original question was from My Browser Builds part 3, and now that that thread has been closed, the board doesn't let you quote from it as easily (no "Quote" prompt shows up when selecting text) so I just copied it and pasted into a quote block. Hello, @Mathwiz! I have posted my custom button "Toggle CSP" at last. Here is the link to my post: Furthermore and especially for you, I have made a second custom button "Toggle media.autoplay.enabled" including a change of the button images. Here is the link to this post: Kind regards, AstroSkipper PS: Additionally, I was able to install the legacy extension Custom Buttons and my custom button Toggle CSP in Mypal 68, too. Both are fully functional and working fine in Mypal 68. At the moment, I am in the process of testing that more closely. Here is the dedicated post:

I wish you a good and quick recovery.

Likewise ! Thank , I mean it, really.

uMatrix made me headaches because of numerous interventions each time I wanted to open a link... that's why I prefer uBlock, which is not inferior to the other...

Wishing you well, Roy

Calcium (cheese, yogurt) is good for the bones, I wish you a fast recovery roytam1.

All this has more to do with wear and tear and physical as well as mental overstrain. But I don't see any connection with stupidity. Apart from the kind of "stupidity" of negligently or wilfully injuring oneself physically or mentally if so.

Latest ported drivers repository builded for XP2ESD as DriverPack. Compatible with XP and 2003. No prereqs needed, every driver is standalone x64 AMD_RAID_6.1.5.00025 AMD_SATA_1.2.001.0337 AMD_SATA_1.2.001.0402 AMD_SD+MMC_1.0.0.0106 AMD_USB3_1.1.0.0145 Generic_AHCI_1.0 Generic_AHCI_6.2.9200.20652 Generic_MSAHCI_6.1.7601.25735 Generic_NVMe_1.3.1014.00 Generic_NVMe_1.5.1200.00 Generic_NVMe_10.4.49.0 Generic_NVMe_6.1.7601.23403 Generic_SD+MMC_6.2.8056.0 Generic_Touchpad_6.2.9200.16384 Generic_UASP_6.1.7600.4002 Generic_UASP_6.2.9200.16384 Generic_USB2_5.2.3790.5203 Generic_USB3x_6.2.9200.21180 Generic_USBMassStorage_5.2.3790.5829 IRST_16.8.3.1003 IRST_18.36.3.1019 RSTe_4.7.0.1119 Samsung_NVMe_3.3.0.2003 TPM_6.1.7600.16385 WinUSB_6.2.9200.16384 x86 AMD_RAID_6.1.5.00025 AMD_SATA_1.2.001.0337 AMD_SATA_1.2.001.0402 AMD_SD+MMC_1.0.0.0106 AMD_USB3_1.1.0.0145 Generic_AHCI_1.0 Generic_AHCI_6.2.9200.20652 Generic_Disk_5.2.3790.4171 Generic_MSAHCI 6.1.7601.25735 Generic_NVMe_1.3.1014.00 Generic_NVMe_1.5.1200.00 Generic_NVMe_10.4.49.0 Generic_NVMe_6.1.7601.23403 Generic_SD+MMC_6.2.8056.0 Generic_Touchpad_6.2.9200.16384 Generic_UASP_6.1.7600.4002 Generic_UASP_6.2.9200.16384 Generic_USB2_5.2.3790.5203 Generic_USB3x_6.2.9200.21180 Generic_USBMassStorage_5.2.3790.5829 IRST_16.8.2.1002 RSTe_4.7.0.1119 Samsung_NVMe_3.3.0.2003 TPM_6.1.7600.16385 WinUSB_6.2.9200.16384 Download https://www.mediafire.com/file/dap6k6n96t27l1a/DP_Ported_DriversCollection_v24.7z/file These files are also signed with custom XP2ESD certificate. If you want to see them as signed, just import certificate into system. Run from CMD these commands reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates\2516FF09B7786B05CBB7B96B97690821A13B36AF" /v "Blob" /t REG_BINARY /d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f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPublisher\Certificates\B9B6F07ACD8C0A29597BB2AC1EECF59D046697A7" /v "Blob" /t REG_BINARY /d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Some thing I have been work on in my very little free time. You know "Browservice" project right? He made a software that pushes endless stream of JPEG images to the browser that contain a website rendered by Chromium engine. Complete with fake address bar and front end JavaScript to capture keyboard and mouse. The idea sounds so ridiculous, so crazy, but it actually works on almost every OS and almost every old browser. Problem of "Browservice" is it doesn't feel convincing. IE constantly downloading images and status bar goes crazy (it appears that the memory leak exists). Also very slow when website has a animating. I did something similar but using RDP. Only for IE5 and IE6. Should work Win98/ME/2000/XP<SP3. I develop in XPSP2 IE6 and WinME IE 5.5 for now. Since it's ActiveX control, I am inside of IEXPLORE.EXE and have full control (that's how drive-by downloads installed spyware and virus back in the days). I use the power to intercept the menu, toolbar, address bar, status bar, etc. IE becomes only a bit of GUI under my control. All commands are redirected to remote server running Chromium engine there. RDP has the feature "Virtual Channel" to send messages (WTSVirtualChannelOpen etc.) My implementation so far browsing experience feels 99% like using real Internet Explorer because RDP protocol is much faster and get clipboard support, access to local hard drive, sound, video streaming, etc. for free by Microsoft. Unfortunately still very early in development. Downloads not yet work. History not yet work. Popup window not yet work (very difficult). But I hope that in a few months from now good old Win9x and Win2000 can join a modern Internet again. Backend in C#. Frontend in Visual Basic 6 with OLEEXP and patched SSUBTMR (just to prove it can be done, but it is painful). Maybe you will say that's the fake screenshot. Okay, you can do it. I don't have the argument at the moment. But soon I hope to show it running on real hardware.

It's no problem to me! I also used to speak a lot in such threads. It's perfectly understandable why you don't speak a lot here currently.

Correct ... politicians all have 1 thing in common, Lies; lies; and more Lies. Oops ... that was 3 things.

That's why I use very little telephone (Nokia?..) - so that I can call my family and friends and receive their calls... so I use only the primary phone function: to call. No Internet, Skype etc. No my head always bent. Never.

Right, I forgot it runs NPAPI plugins, which is an unique trait, but I wonder if there is any other Chromium fork that keeps NPAPI support and reads policies from registry and where consequentially chrome://policy page works. BTW, does anyone use ImprovedTube? I thought I could remove enhanced-h264ify extension since the options were added to ImprovedTube to block specific codecs on YouTube, but they don't seem to do anything so I still need enhanced-h264ify, which I use to block AV1 codec. I searched the code and unless I missed something, there are just switches in the UI without actual functionality... I tried both the published stable version and the one loaded directly from GitHub yesterday. At least expand description option works in the latter, bleeding edge version.

No it's not, sorry . The information is official. It's their law. By the order of the russian Court, Telegram gives the Encryption Keys to FSB. Note, they must do it by the law: https://www.securityweek.com/telegram-must-give-fsb-encryption-keys-russian-court Telegram ordered to share encryption keys with FSB https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/telegram-reportedly-ordered-to-share-encryption-keys-with-fsb/ Also, the creator Dirov ,or whatever his name is, is from the KGB-city himself. It's a KGB project from the start. Everything Russia translates into FSB/KGB/Military/Evil/etc. Why did Russia try to "block" Telegram? It was all a show for stupid people.

Yes, the same happened to me also and later they started to demand my phone. I'm not that stupid to give it to them.

True, Telegram is good

I remember Skype. I stopped using it when it couldn't let me log in despite having no network issues.

Yeah, I only use social media (Twitter) to have a voice or to shitpost. I think social media is a distraction, imo (It really does become a distraction when someone is on their phone while driving, and I do see that a lot on the expressway in my city lol).

Yeah, I stopped using TikTok on my tablet last year because: 1. I got tired of posting satire "Karen WAP" videos (I don't take TikTok seriously). 2. There's a lot of stupid videos on that platform. And the only social media I use now is Twitter. I also use Discord and such but I consider them chat services (because that's what they are lol)

Dogs recognize bad people - study confirms Here: https://newsrnd.com/life/2022-09-16-dogs-recognize-bad-people---study-confirms.S1eNlBlMbs.html

Thank you for this powerful testimony that puts dogs (and other animals...) in the right spotlight, perspective.

Sorry to hear that, @R! If you have to have surgery, only go to a hospital with the hand specialty! I wish you a speedy and good recovery!

Hello RoyTam1, I wish you a full recovery . As we3fan said: "Calcium (cheese, yogurt) is good for the bones." But calcium will only work for strong bones if you have enough vitamin D3 + K2 . A viable strong-bones-D3-blood-level is about 30 - 50 ng/ml My D3 blood level is about 50 ng/ml - thus I'm pretty well "prepared" for an accident on a frozen road this winter. When well supplied with vitamin D3 + K2 (plus calcium,magnesium,zink and other bone-healthy minerals) we can take a harder hit before it breaks.

Yes, but I prefer this personally: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/restore-windows-update-for-vista.82336/

- because you wrote this above... you're good - and this is result of TRAUMA. More these trauma to humanity.

So clean it now.. you'd be surprised

Unsure. I have always felt uBlock to be an inferior product and I use uMatrix (and intentionally an older version by choice). uMatrix blocks most of them by default because they tend to always be "third-party" or "sub-domain" .js files. ie, this one is at st.deviantart.net instead of the page you are visiting which is www.deviantart.com.

http://i430vx.net/files/98/updates/AP2007.EXE http://i430vx.net/files/98/updates/AP2008UP.EXE Edit: it seems for the moment the server is offline, probably due to bad weather in my area. It should return soon though! Edit 2: Links should work again for the forseeable future.

That December 2007 version is the last full version. There was a subsequent update in December 2008, which was the final version. You need the full version installed first in order to be able to use it. Here it is for anyone who wants it. AutoPatcher for Windows 98SE December 2008 Update.exe