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... All's good! However, looking back at all this, the "decision" of one member here to "shorten" (in order to "sanitise") a reference to a, otherwise popular , website has led to so many additional posts by other members here, including me, that only remotely (if at all) touch the subject of this thread ... Posts "exploded" to all aspects of human endeavour, i.e. natural sciences, history, linguistics, particular aspects of specific languages, education, Roman numerals, coins, ethics/morality, psychic health, addictions, human relationships/[pre-]sex, anything else I neglected? Even suggestions to not "avalanche" to further OT posts were disregarded, it appears... Each and every one of the above is a very interesting topic to converse about , however I humbly think here is not the most appropriate "place"; I, as much as anybody, can live with "a few" OT comments among a majority of posts with substance/relevance to the main subject(s) discussed in a dedicated thread; more than "a few" and I picture "trains de-railed" ... At the same time, some members here wonder why "these" threads reach so quickly the 200-page threshold ... (I'm also subscribed to these threads via e-mail notifications, "OT" posts also cram my inbox (and disk space, as I use a dedicated client, not webmail), so even more personal time needed to devote on sorting out the "valuable" from the "OT" e-mails...) Again, this is only my personal view on things, I don't expect all the rest to abide by it, but I'm entitled to it, aren't I? (NB: Don't do it; don't start another "OT avalanche" due to this post of mine; "reactions" (positive, only) are there for a reason.)

... Which was the exact point I raised earlier... AFAIAA, roytam1 has not (yet?) submitted any PR upstream, nor do I know whether he has any inclination to do so in the future ... And whether such an eventual PR relates to common code (between "our" UXP-fork and the "upstream" platform) or not, "upstream" do mandate that all issues & PRs submitted to their repo have been reproduced/tested on their "approved" application(s)... Some years ago, when MCP hosted their repos on GitHub, I had directly filed there a few issues discovered in NM28, with the note "I expect them to be 100% reproducible in PM, too"... All Moonchild had to do was try my STR in "his" browser; instead, I was frowned upon, my report disregarded, until I provide actual proof of the issue on PM itself ... I couldn't run PM in my OS of choice, so I then gave up ...

... While I am notoriously "famous" here for writing (and posting!) lengthy and detailed analyses, especially in the past, time constraints induced by RL (AstroSkipper: Real Life ) meant that often now I have to convey the info I want by referencing related link(s) - the info is there, just "not in my very own words" ...

Since I don't get over here all that often these days, when I first read "When PH stops working," my first thought was ProofHub, a developer's site I have to use at work - which actually did stop working with the Christmas Eve update! Then I read further, and without clicking on any links except the erroneous Wikipedia article (which didn't make sense - in context, PH was obviously a Web site, not that 0-14 number that tells you how sour or bitter your solution will taste) I remembered the PM forum thread (which I had, indeed, read). Then I wondered, why the abbreviation PH, but not the abbreviation YT? As @VistaLover pointed out, porn is one of the most common uses of the World Wide Web - nothing to be ashamed of! Absolutely true, but not an answer to the question. Nothing @roytam1 is doing is holding MC back. There's no reason for hostility now that MAT has left. Indeed, since @feodor2 has shown (with MyPal 68) that it's possible for the Rust compiler to target XP, there's no reason XP and Vista can't have a version of, say, Waterfox Classic. You know, the browser that supports both legacy and WE add-ons. (That said, I don't know if Waterfox Classic has kept up with all the JavaScript enhancements MCP has incorporated into UXP lately, so UXP may still be the best non-Chrome-based choice for XP/Vista users.) the site opens in 12 seconds versus 16 seconds with a user agent from Firefox 60. There's probably a logical (albeit obscure) reason for this behavior, but if one were a bit paranoid, (s)he might think YouTube was deliberately slowing itself down on non-Chrome-based browsers! (Trying to be careful here to avoid being flamed again)

YES poor animals... and people tooo!...

^Very sad

*Watching right now - thank you for sharing*

NEW: US Military shoots down object over Lake Huron Joel Abbott··Feb 12, 2023 · NottheBee.com Here: https://notthebee.com/article/new-us-air-force-shoots-down-object-over-lake-huron

BREAKING: FAA closes, reopens airspace over Lake Michigan after military jets sent to investigate "potential contact" NTB Staff ··Feb 12, 2023 · NottheBee.com HERE: https://notthebee.com/article/breaking-faa-closes-airspace-over-lake-michigan-for-national-defense-purposes

wow ... very nice indeed.

Has A.I. Discovered Alien Life? - @melodysheep

I'm so proud of you!

**Watching now**

Understanding Nebulae And Their Colors Nebulae are some of the most beautiful features in the universe. They are simply clouds of gas and dust in space. Some nebulae are the birthplace of stars, such as the Orion Nebula, some are the remains of dead stars such as planetary nebulae and supernova remnants, and some are mixtures of several different types of nebulae. What makes them beautiful is the colors...

At the right of your post you've three dots...click Edit... then highliht the words to delete...and delete with return button of keyboard.

PS. Could you edit your post and delete this same thing from my quote, please? Thanks!

Yes to not blame anyone I've edited my post, thanks!

Watching porn is an impoverishing, deviant behavior that destroys the psyche... Self-delusional addiction leads to self-destruction... and his future as a normal human being.....

I use Kaspersky Free 18.0.0.405 (despite the hate for it being "russian spyware") on my dedicated vista machine and it works great! There were some problems in the past with firefox and by that I mean it crashed when it tried to scan the page I was loading (I guess); it might still have this issue, but I don't use firefox anymore so you can try that for yourself and let us know I have the offline installer if you want; As it is the free version, I don't think there's any problem with sharing it https://archive.org/details/kfa18.0.0.405aben_es_fr_12643_202211

Thanks! That's a real service. I appreciate it!

“The Crowned Face” Pareidolia on Mars, Libya Montes VERY nice!..

That would be a NIGHTMARE for my way of doing things. I block iframes and those "preview" boxes are done via iframes. I would have to bypass several walls of defense just to see the "preview" box. Same goes for when a few members post "nocookie" YouTube liks. And since I have to bypass several walls of defense, I just move on and consider the topic not worth my time - which "most" of the time is an accurate assessment.

Feb 10, 2023 NASA’s NuSTAR Telescope Reveals Hidden Light Shows on the SUN Here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-nustar-telescope-reveals-hidden-light-shows-on-the-sun -compare to nice colors of Twin Jet Nebula – Minkowski 2-9 - Constellation: Ophiuchus The Twin Jet Nebula, or PN M2-9, is a striking example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Bipolar planetary nebulae are formed when the central object is not a single star, but a binary system, Studies have shown that the nebula’s size increases with time, and measurements of this rate of increase suggest that the stellar outburst that formed the lobes occurred just 1200 years ago. Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt Here: https://www.constellation-guide.com/twin-jet-nebula-m2-9/ Space images thread - TechPowerUp.com: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/space-images-thread.177488/

I installed a newer user agents from later versions of Google Chrome, Yandex Browser, Firefox, but it is mentioned above gives the highest speed in opening YouTube.

By the way, in defense of those who don't click through on every link posted in this thread.... One of my pet peeves is people who write posts with little or nothing besides a link. (Not saying that was done in this case; just making a general point.) The point of linking (indeed, the World Wide Web itself) is to provide further information for those who need or want more detail. Obviously it's a judgement call, but try not to let links become a substitute for conveying the basics - put that much info, at least, in your post itself! Of course, if MSFN could "unfurl" links to sites other than MSFN itself, thus providing a preview when warranted, that would help a lot.

Actually, unrelated to what we've been discussing here... The multiple [1888] WARNING: file already exists but should not: C:\DOCUME~1\nico\LOCALS~1\Temp\_MEI18882\Cryptodome\* warnings are a manifestation of a very recent bug, which I have reported here (possibly related to the new "ways" PyCryptodome[x] is imported at yt-dlp's runtime and, thus, the "new" ways the module is being packed by PyInstaller) ... Even your very own compiles are being affected by that bug: https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/download/2023.02.09.051430/yt-dlp_x86.exe https://github.com/nicolaasjan/yt-dlp/releases/download/2023.02.11.092312/yt-dlp_x86.exe (One needs Vista SP2+ [32 and/or 64-bit] to test these). The bug may be exclusive to the GitHub Actions compiled builds, because the ones I prepare myself locally (with CPython 3.7.16), as well as your "manual" build "yt-dlp_x86_Windows-XP.zip", do not exhibit this bug ... Sometimes I wish the yt-dlp devs left the code "at peace" for awhile, in a good-working-state... "Shouldn't fix what isn't broken" comes to mind... But what do I know (except for stumbling on bugs ) ?

@mina7601 Should've figured... I think it wasn't meant to be taken as seriously. I'll take some silly and ridiculous over vileness and hostility that has been appearing throughout the world and history. This person I mentioned, we used to chat every day. Now it's just history. Was about your age then. Continuing... ...this was one of a kind thing that happened once and it seems it won't happen again. Personal interactions with others...is a mystery to me...how you start it, what you say, how to keep it going...I mean it happened ONCE that I seem to have got it right...but that was then, the combination of circumstances that just happened to work I guess...these days I doubt my understanding of definition of "friendship". Just a thought about these online-only interactions...I think they work for exchanging ideas and such, but at least to me, this artificial layer between us just doesn't feel right, even though some say they have online friends. I'm the last guy to ask for advice on these matters, but on feeling bad about disappointing others and such, if it's any consolation, some of us out there may have bizarre mental brakes (or anxieties, if you will) and may not know how to respond in certain cases.

By the way, the official yt-dlp.exe connected to 13 IP's, according to VirusTotal...

I will try tomorrow in a VM snapshot and see what happens. Stay tuned.

The mirror of latest ArcticFox 40, BNavigator 0.9, Firefox 28/45ESR, IceApe 52, IceDove 52, K-Meleon 1.5.x/74/76, MailNews 52, New Moon 26.5/27/28, RetroZilla, RZ browser and Serpent 52/55 builds by @roytam1 has been updated -> soggi.org - tools. changelog: - added latest BNavigator 0.9 20230211 build - added latest IceApe 52 20230211 build - added latest IceDove 52 20230211 build - added latest K-Meleon 76 20230211 build - added latest MailNews 52 20230211 build - added latest New Moon 27 20230211 builds - added latest New Moon 28 20230211 builds - added latest Serpent 52 20230211 builds - added latest Serpent 55 20230211 builds To don't lose track of things I want to update too someday... todo: - add various flash player versions - add FlashFix for WinXP - add VLC 2.2.8 (WinXP non-SSE2) - add polyfill addons ------------------------------------------- So you are the linguistic expert of us both, I guess. I'm on the side of natural sciences - but also with some interest for human sciences, I don't support any kind of war between the two of them (the only exception is business studies / BWL ). As you may know notations in natural sciences are mainly based on Greek or Latin and in my opinion it's not a bad idea, else this would have been replaced decades ago. English and German are within the same language family (West Germanic languages) and therefor they are very near and it's really easy to adopt words and phrases. Both languages have many words with the same origin and you can often guess the meaning of a word you don't know yet. There are more similarities then with Romance languages. And yes, both took a lot of words and stuff from Latin and Greek because ancient Greece and the Roman Empire are the basis of today's Western world (including moral values and imperialism - two sides of the same coin). The world is a complex place and the more we interact globally, the more the (living) languages will change. Remind, there are also German words in English like kindergarten (not "children garden"), iceberg (not "ice mountain"), rucksack, Blitzkrieg (Metallica...) or Dollar (from German "Taler" -> Czech/Slovak/Slovenian "Tolar", see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar#Etymology, BTW I'm also very interested in numismatics [including ancient Roman coins]). While speaking of coins... Did you know, it was common to write "IIII" instead of "IV" on coins in medieval times? Somewhere I read US English is just a collection of spelling mistakes*. Remind, the USA aren't "god's own country" - they were built up by people from some/many European countries centuries ago. It's mainly English, but mixed up with other languages, so where's the problem when things bounce back to Europe? *finally retrieved and quoted from https://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3945052.htm (great forums! ): BTW in every message board (especially English speaking) you can abbreviate "by the way" with "BTW". There are several reasons to abbreviate, f.e. back then in the early days of the Internet (especially pre-WWW) memory, space and time were a scarce resource and made it into what we call "Internet slang" today. Oh..."BTW" reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfyjwChuNU (Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way, great band from the USA). kind regards soggi

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Don't freakin' spam this thread with non-existent crap and absolutely off-topic vapourware.

Hey guys! Loooong time no speak but so happy to see y'all old friends still keeping up the good work! nitroshift

My progress is really slow at the moment, but I do not give up (yet). The to do list on the previous page of open thing is getting a little smaller. I changed from Virtual Box to VMware for development. I can test in Windows ME now without having to use a real PC for it (Win9x on Virtual Box is terrible). But on shutdown the WinME VM hangs. Working: JavaScript alert, input, prompt, onunload, etc. handlers natively on frontend Working: File downloads in native IE downloader (goes via a small and super fast proxy that streams the download to IE while Chromium engine is still downloading it) Working: Find in page in native classic Windows search box + Chrome style hiliting Working: Basic/Digest authentication with encrypted password saving on local system Fun fact: Modern browsers fail the ACID3 test. Currently working on file uploads.