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Me too!!! The problem actually is inside of the outdated Java engine of the odd, highly outdated browsers he uses. Of course, CloudFlare can easily scan and block those. But some people still want to believe Supermium and the such are "new". There already was a rather detailed explanation by @D.Draker and @mjd79!

Good boy! I too quit a long time ago and buy all offline. CloudFlare can go and screw themselves, don't worry, we shall soon bankrupt them. After all, you and I live in rich countries that make most purchases, I convinced my friends and neighbours to boycott them. Do the SAME!

You like to torture yourself? Why do you stilll use them? I advise you to finally stop using those odd, highly questionable. heavily outdated browsers. There's a good Chinese port (link} of the REAL (Official Build, ungoogled-chromium, unlike Supermium claims to be) for XP and Vista! Proof -

This is kind of cool. A web site that you give it the URL and it analyzes for bloat -- https://www.ranknibbler.com/

The site indeed can be read with JavaScript disabled. In classic Opera you could disable JavaScript at any point after the initial load and formatting. With today's browsers it can only be disabled entirely. Apparently this company is called "Ad Shield" and it's been around for a year or so. But I encountered it for the first time. I'm getting the repeating error message even on New Moon after a full reload. "PiHole" is a DNS blocker like what I am doing with Mikrotik. This works really well with freeware smartphone games, in combination with a sniffer to discover the domains. https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/1sw89js/psa_the_anti_adblock_service_ad_shield_is_coming/ "Ad Shield" seem to be really upset about "dark traffic" because we don't load Google analytics. Maybe they should have not overloaded a page with a hundred calls to such analytics to upset us.

For that site using eMatrix with Palememe/NewMoon all it seems all required is CSS and images to for the domain a-z-animals.com, nothing else needed for subdomains. It loads just fine. Sadly this method is getting more and more hard to do as developers implement more intrusive means of identifying users. Most websites wont even load anymore unless you enable javascript, even to show row or two worth of text. Even more to add insult to injury many sites automatically accuses you for being bot or even goes to harrash you if fail their collective hive mind test that is laughed by anyone who knows or worked with modern day rogue bots 100% hacker and scraper proof test or crash your customized browser setup (anubis and cloudflare loves to do that). Let just say this way that big kids told me that there may be slight change you may be able to spoof headless bot setup to look like regular setup. While currently yes it takes bit of extra cpu time, in long terms as prices per instruction comes down on processors it is only extremely short term solution. As for machine learning model scraping, I can admit that is problem and those do bombard sites a lot. But I doubt the big players are stopping it just because of it. They likely already got workarounds with methods that I may or may not know. In long term this will only make web more and more hostile to end user and forcefully limit freedom of browsers. Even some ecommerce sites I used say I am bot when try access them. Well I guess I can buy stuff from your competitor and hopefully make you go bankrupt! Would you be fine if when going to store guard would do cavity search for you and interrogate you and then turn you out from the store since you like wear different type of clothes than others? Well I used to say not likely, but way world is going I am sure 99% of people would bow into that and even love cavity search and being treated like scum in name of catching few thieves. But for those who would not why would you accept same treatment on web then? This all reminds me bad old days when needed Internet Exploder 4 to view site for no good reason. I guess history repeat itself again... At this point I quit using 98% of the Internet, I do research on paper books or sometimes using old digital offline dictionaries on my old workstation. Aside from this forum I mostly login into bank and visit few small personal websites and few message boards that have not gone totally mad yet. I hate to say it but going offline is way to go forward...

New build of Serpent/UXP for XP! Test binary: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20260516-3219d2d-uxp-80c31f4b01-xpmod.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win64-git-20260516-3219d2d-uxp-80c31f4b01-xpmod.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/custom IA32 Win32 https://o.rthost.win/basilisk/basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20260516-3219d2d-uxp-80c31f4b01-xpmod-ia32.7z source code that is comparable to my current working tree is available here: https://github.com/roytam1/UXP/commits/ia32 NM28XP build: Win32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260516-d849524bd-uxp-80c31f4b01-xpmod.7z Win32 IA32 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260516-d849524bd-uxp-80c31f4b01-xpmod-ia32.7z Win32 SSE https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20260516-d849524bd-uxp-80c31f4b01-xpmod-sse.7z Win64 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20260516-d849524bd-uxp-80c31f4b01-xpmod.7z Win7+ x64 AVX2 https://o.rthost.win/palemoon/palemoon-28.10.7a1.win64-git-20260516-d849524bd-uxp-80c31f4b01-w7plus-avx2.7z Official UXP changes picked since my last build: - Issue #3079 followup - set glx as OpenGL backend default until egl bugs can be investigated (ffb37922a1) - Issue #3030 - Block auth prompt if there is a sync XHR active. (f0a31850de) - Issue #3030 - Account for custom elements in attribute value checking. (8d7580c4ce) - Issue #3030 - Prevent unnecessary event allocation. (4e37362c89) - Issue #3030 - Improve image cache entry handling. (335ddc41b9) - [DOM] Add nullcheck on document for requestSubmit (e42e505d86) - [DOM] Add nullcheck on thumb dragging event ranges. (1072186705) - [js] Increase RecoverOffset size (64-bit) (947e147291) No official Pale-Moon changes picked since my last build. No official Basilisk changes picked since my last build. My changes picked since my last build: - dom/html: remove my hackfix in HTMLInputElement::StartRangeThumbDrag() (80c31f4b01) Update Notice: - You may delete file named icudt*.dat and icu63.dll inside program folder when updating from old releases. * Notice: From now on, UXP rev will point to `custom` branch of my UXP repo instead of MCP UXP repo, while "official UXP changes" shows only `tracking` branch changes.

https://www.techspot.com/news/111434-tofu-brine-could-power-safer-batteries-last-decades.html Tofu Brine could power safer batteries that last decades, researchers say A new neutral-electrolyte battery survives more than 120,000 cycles without fire risk By Skye Jacobs Today (Feb 23, 2026) Bottom line: A mixture most people associate with tofu production could soon help make safer, longer-lasting batteries. Researchers from the City University of Hong Kong and Southern University of Science and Technology have built a water-based power cell that runs on tofu brine – the mineral-rich solution left behind after pressing soy curds. The design replaces the complex, flammable chemistry of lithium-ion batteries with an electrolyte that's as safe as saltwater. In lab tests, the prototype endured more than 120,000 charge cycles, an endurance record that far exceeds today's commercial standards. Typical electric-vehicle batteries degrade after just a few thousand cycles – even long-duration grid systems seldom survive beyond ten thousand. ...

My inquiry about OpenSSL for Windows XP was to see if it might fix my Zone Alarm problems that I have been having since August. I came across someone else having some ZA problems in a search and they were advised to install OpenSSL to see if it might fix the problem. So that was the main reason for my search. After I found OpenSSL ... I installed it and it did not fix the problem ... actually made things worse. I had more dlls messed up. I put a 'pre OpenSSL' backup back on and no longer have any interest in OpenSSL. I tried something else yesterday and it seems to be working ... ZA is actively starting so far and not shutting down. The trouble started with the ssleay32.dll and then a few others but mainly the ssleay32.dll. After a week or two I guess I will know if it's fixed or do I install another firewall. ...

Just for reading but it sounds good ... After Outcry, Firefox Promises “Kill Switch” That Turns Off All AI Features Victor Tangermann / Dec 27, 2025 https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/outcry-firefox-promises-kill-switch-ai-features The backlash against AI invading almost every aspect of the computing experience is growing by the day. Particularly as an onslaught of lazy AI slop subsuming news feeds, the tech is starting to feel like a massive distraction — and huge parts of the internet are disillusioned or even fuming in anger. For instance, a vast number of Windows users refused to upgrade after Microsoft announced it would turn the operating system into a so-called “agentic OS.” ..... the article came from here, it's fourth down the list at this time. https://citizenfreepress.com/ ...

Thanks to a post by LordGarfio in 'My Browser Builds (Part 5)' - 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 v16.7 Redistributable v14.27.29114 XP' - I was able to install 'Win32 OpenSSL v3.6.0 Light' from the above website into my Windows XP system. This download worked: from the post by LordGarfio. I will see how everything works over the next few days. I was not able to install Win32 OpenSSL v3.6.0 Light before. October 8, 2025 - OpenSSL 3.6 is available. Users should currently install a 3.x series and generally only need a Light edition. All application developers should have migrated their applications to use the OpenSSL 3.x series. Note that 3.5.x is a LTS release series while 3.6.x is not. Installs the most commonly used essentials of Win32 OpenSSL v3.6.0 (Only install this if you need 32-bit OpenSSL for Windows). ... They have the full version (x32, x64) there also but they mention that the light version (x32, x64) should work for most people. Add ... I want to add the exact link for Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 v16.7 Redistributable v14.27.29114 XP. I stumbled across it someplace and I still think it was in the post by LordGarfio. I can't seem to find the exact link but I saved it to a folder. https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2883-microsoft-visual-c-redist-2015-2019-for-windows-xp/ About This File This is the official installer for Visual C++ Redist 2015-2019 downloaded directly from Microsoft's website. This version is the last one to support Windows XP, even though Microsoft links to an older version. There was never a 2015-2022 redistributable installer for Windows XP. This is intended for Windows XP since that Operating System is good for older games and EAX support. This will ensure the latest redistributable is installed on the system for those games to use. Zip file contains installers for x86, x64, and arm64 systems. Just run the one you need. For x64 systems install both x86 and x64. What's New in Version 14.29.30139 Released March 22, 2024 Provided a newer version than what the Microsoft website linked to by default, I have confirmed it installable on Windows XP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the person mentioned above ... this file did install on my Win XP setup also. I came across this file somewhere, just not sure where but I usually save all my links when searching around till I find what I am looking for. Sometimes I get lucky and stumbled or trip over it. ...

Thanks for the additional information about Panda Dome. I will pass on trying the program out for now. Will hunt around for something else for WinXP. The Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.5 is good and I may work with it again. I have used an older version of Zone Alarm for years but this past August I started having problems with the True Vector service frequently shutting down. Just in the last week I may have that problem solved ... will know in a week or two using the computer. I came across a post by a lawyer from 2010. He mentions Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.5 and other various programs he likes. It's interesting reading. My list of useful and free/open source computer programs https://www.crookston.ca/wp/2010/05/07/my-list-of-useful-and-free-computer-tools/ Networking, Firewall Malwarebytes Firewall. Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.5. ONLY WORKS ON WINDOWS XP AND LOWER. – Free firewall. The best version of this program is an old one: v2.1.5. It is quick, fast, customizable, and runs with a low memory footprint. It is the same program as “Tiny Personal Firewall”, just with a different name. You can find it out on the Internet. The current version of Kerio is 4.x. That version is offered for a 30 day trial of its advanced features which get locked out after that period (which you don’t really need anyway), after which it is free. – It’s good, but more memory intensive than v2.1.5. – NOTES: 137-139 (NetBIOS); 135 (RPC endpoint mapper), 445, 593 (DCOM-Distributed Computing) Just to add ... Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.5 can be downloaded here if anyone is interested. Searched around and this link works. https://www.emule-security.org/download.php?view.3 ...

It had been confirmed by an Intel Employee. https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/No-Intel-HD-Graphics-620-Driver-for-Windows-8-1/td-p/322591

The driver Intel HD Graphics 620 for windows7/ 8.1 is available officialy; you can download it at the following link: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26404/Intel-Graphics-Driver-15-45-?product=96551

Will there be mass exodus from Twitter now?

Wow! I amazed you're allowed to talk about politics here so openly! Not saying I don't agree, but still, you know...

Thanks! But now only black screen and nothing. I had the same issue with Elden ring, black screen and only music in the menu (I could hear the clicking). Platfrom update installed! Ideas?