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29 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
I visited numerous doctors
and it didn't help. So looks like there's another form. Could this also be classified as stupid ? The fourth ?
I am not a medical doctor or psychologist and can say little about such symptoms. Any form of trauma naturally has an effect on the brain. In my consideration of stupidity, I have excluded physical or mental suffering as well as illness and refer to the stupidity of a healthy person. Perhaps I should have mentioned this as a prerequisite! Very negligent of me!
Anyway, your symptoms have nothing to do with stupidity.
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7 hours ago, DanR20 said:
The CB version I'm using is 0.0.5.8.9, it works perfectly from Serpent versions 45.0 to 55.0. Haven't even looked to see if there are any newer CB versions beyond that.
Yep! That's the last official version from AMO or Classic Add-ons Archive. I already posted that in my thread:
Additionally, I have further modified, fixed and more recent versions, too.
The version in my quoted post is Custom Buttons 0.0.5.8.9.6-fixed8. And I can confirm it works in all UXP browsers such as for example New Moon or Serpent.
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On 11/12/2022 at 2:13 PM, AstroSkipper said:
Stupidity is a very simple term for an extremely complex issue. Stupidity is the result of mainly three different components: Intelligence, knowledge (education) and experience. Each of these components can be simplified (if one does not consider gradations of the component states) as a Boolean variable that knows only two states: true or false, i.e. present or absent. Accordingly, one could examine (at least) eight different cases, but I will not do so here. In any case, stupidity has many facets and causes. We only have to look around in the world and see it everywhere. Sometimes it may be pleasant to encounter it, sometimes perhaps not. Stupidity is a disaster at the moment when tragic decisions for many people are born out of it. And tragically, this happens in the world all the time. So, beside his education, knowledge, intelligence and eloquence, Marcus Tullius Cicero was indeed a very good observer and extremely wise, and that ages ago.
Anyway, a girl who chooses a man 30 years older as her sexual partner cannot be an example of stupidity per se, but rather of a pronounced father complex.
Cheers, AstroSkipper
As I tried to differentiate above, stupidity of a healthy person is the result of mainly three different components:
Intelligence, knowledge (education) and experience.15 hours ago, WinGlass said:I realize that there's two kinds of stupid: genetic stupid and being taught stupid.
The intelligence component consists of a genetic and a non-genetic sub-component. A person's intelligence cannot be explained by genetics alone. It has to develop in their ontogenesis. Depending on the genetic predispositions, however, it can develop better or worse. But, apart from all chemical and physical influences such as nutrition and many other environmental parameters, the learning process of a person is the key to get the maximum of this development which only ends by death. And this varies greatly from one individual to another. Therefore, an infinite number of types of stupidity exist.
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23 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
Thanks, I tried to talk some sense into her. It didn't help. Still doesn't want to leave. She is quite good looking, so it's weird.
She even does shopping for me. Her mother literally hates me and hated right from the start and wants her to leave me and
live with her (quite some weird mother, even by the French standards!). She has a younger brother,
a complete plonker who works at store or smth., a very low level job.
He was kicked out of the university at the first year for his extreme stupidity and offensive behaviour.
It's a half brother, actually, this would explain why he is even more stupid. Like the dude doesn't even know the Vietnam war is over, etc.
He thought the Vietnam is still French. You should've seen the look on his "face" when I told him we left in the late fifties or so. Since then
no communication with him, mother, I never saw her in person, father, don't know anything about him,
apart they *think* he is a jew and loves money.
I'm pretty sure this primitive kind of crap about decadent serfs is not interesting to you, lol.
Ok! In any case, you both are adults and when the cards have been laid openly on the table, everyone is responsible for their own decisions or actions. Therefore, I believe, time will tell.
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5 hours ago, Mathwiz said:
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.
I have different versions of the extension Custom Buttons. Some days ago, I tested it in Serpent 55 and I could install the original version without any problems.
Furthermore, my custom button "Toggle CSP" for switching a specific Boolean variable worked in Serpent 55, too. Nevertheless, thanks for the tip! I will also make my offered version of Custom Buttons compatible with Serpent 55. And, as I already said, I will post it in my thread "Extensions and custom buttons for UXP browsers - Corrections, modifications, adjustments, and special recommendations" soon. I've been a bit handicapped for weeks with the after-effects of a Covid infection, unfortunately. So I haven't posted anything more about my custom button yet. I'm just tired and limp at the moment. But, I will post it as soon as possible.
Cheers, AstroSkipper
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26 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
I forgot to say, she is an ex-model , we've got quite a few here, in France. I mean *not* self-declared model from instagram, she's a real one with a proper education.
Still very-very stupid, she is a good person and a friend. I'm actually OK with stupid people. The only thing that worries me is she getting older.
If you were selfless, you would break up with her so she wouldn't waste an important part of her life time in terms of family planning on someone who wasn't really serious about her. After the age of 40 or bit more, family planning no longer really plays a role. But who is really selfless?
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2 hours ago, D.Draker said:
Should I look for another stupid one ? Or leave it be as it is now ?
What exactly do you mean with "another stupid one"? Stupid in the meaning of less educated and intelligent? Or stupid enough to be with you although she knows that there won't be any future for this relationship? Stupidity has many facets and is not always easy to understand or decipher. BTW, we all are getting old. Unfortunately, no one of us is a "Highlander", presumably.
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10 minutes ago, D.Draker said:
Of course ! But not always. Had several ones who were under the impression that I 'm rich (wich I'm not). Why ?
Their "logic" told them if I live in a luxury city and have my own big flat = rich.
Choosing a sexual partner 30 years older does not necessarily mean that a girl wants to have a relationship. And if she does, you're nothing but "Big Daddy" again protecting a little girl and spending money for it (for her protection). For that, you have to be "rich". And here we are again, a pronounced father complex.
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On 11/11/2022 at 10:20 PM, WinGlass said:
Yes, he was 100% right on that. This world was and still is a madhouse with stupidity in it.
On 11/12/2022 at 12:23 AM, XPerceniol said:There's not enough room for me to rant; but I'll just agree completely. Sometimes can't escape from it ... I don't know.
On 11/12/2022 at 12:40 AM, D.Draker said:Stupid people are good ! One can make profits. It's simpler to do business, easier to manipulate or create provocations.
I noticed it became much easier to find a GF which is, let's say 30 years younger. Is it mandatory for you to have sex with
someone who is a super-duper clever academic ? So why do you all sound so negative ? Look at the bright side !
It's life ...
We are here to enjoy life, no ?
Stupidity is a very simple term for an extremely complex issue. Stupidity of a healthy person is the result of mainly three different components: Intelligence, knowledge (education) and experience. Each of these components can be simplified (if one does not consider gradations of the component states) as a Boolean variable that knows only two states: true or false, i.e. present or absent. Accordingly, one could examine (at least) eight different cases, but I will not do so here. In any case, stupidity has many facets and causes. We only have to look around in the world and see it everywhere. Sometimes it may be pleasant to encounter it, sometimes perhaps not. Stupidity is a disaster at the moment when tragic decisions for many people are born out of it. And tragically, this happens in the world all the time. So, beside his education, knowledge, intelligence and eloquence, Marcus Tullius Cicero was indeed a very good observer and extremely wise, and that ages ago.
Anyway, a girl who chooses a man 30 years older as her sexual partner cannot be an example of stupidity per se, but rather of a pronounced father complex.
Cheers, AstroSkipper
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10 minutes ago, WinGlass said:
Yeah true, I didn't start the discussion of politics and religion. I simply was just ranting about how people nowadays are dumb.
Even Cicero knew that long time ago.
On 11/9/2022 at 11:08 PM, AstroSkipper said:"Stultorum plena sunt omnia." Epistulae ad Familiares IX, XXII - Marcus Tullius Cicero
Translated: literally: "Stupidity is everywhere.", figuratively: "The world is a madhouse."2 -
This thread is just too predestined to discuss politics and religion, which is however forbidden in this forum. Politics and religion are always the drivers of all evil. Whether it is poor education or war, everything can be traced back to politics and religion. But unfortunately, any deeper consideration would violate the forum rules.
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11 hours ago, XPerceniol said:
I will write more in the AM. Today was brain fog city and it exhausted me and I'm not all that functional today, but I am reading.
Hi @mina7601! Hope you'll get well soon!
Although my Covid infection has been weeks ago, I'm limp, coughing all the time, just tired and feel no energy in me. But, as always, hope dies last! And @XPerceniol, think of John Carpenter, and you'll realize "The Fog" also disappears again!
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17 minutes ago, WinGlass said:
Get well soon! Me and my family got COVID during the summer and it SUCKED.
Thank you for the get well wishes!
You are absolutely right, it sucks.
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8 minutes ago, msfntor said:
Maybe we are afraid... afraid not to break the forum rules...
But... it's self-censorship?... o tempora, o mores. "Oh the times! Oh the customs!" - Cicero"Stultorum plena sunt omnia." Epistulae ad Familiares IX, XXII - Marcus Tullius Cicero
Translated: literally: "Stupidity is everywhere.", figuratively: "The world is a madhouse."1 -
10 minutes ago, msfntor said:
Haha, good this one, about lighting... at least you are open enough to visit the churches... this is our heritage, our centers of western and christian culture.
It was a little touch of sarcasm. I sometimes use this linguistic stylistic device to soften and lighten things up a bit.
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2 hours ago, XPerceniol said:
<OT>
Please consider sipping green tea is possible.
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OT: Unfortunately, I am actually a black tea drinker as you already know, more precisely East Frisian Tea. Have you had positive experiences that sipping green tea helps to get rid of the cough or to get better faster?
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On 11/6/2022 at 4:10 PM, AstroSkipper said:
Why I switched from Avast! to WiseVector StopX
There is a very specific reason why I have recently started recommending WiseVector StopX. Until now, I have always used products from Avast! and was also satisfied. On my old computer, which is low on resources and performance, I actually had Avast! Premier installed on my Windows XP partition and had been using it for many years. This year, unfortunately, I had several negative experiences. More and more often, the GUI shut down completely and showed only an empty, white window. Only a repair installation could revive it. In addition, programmes that were reported as false positives were not ignored as offered and excluded from further monitoring. Instead, their access was completely blocked and no longer released. Furthermore, again and again, almost periodically, the Avast! service caused a very high and prolonged CPU load. All these problems prompted me to uninstall the entire Avast program package. And then came the next set of difficulties. The uninstall routine is an imposition.
An uninstallation had not really taken place. Whoever programmed this routine should be fired!
All files and program folders were not deleted. Thus, completely useless! Even the special Avast uninstaller "Avast! Clear" could not remove everything.
So I had to do it manually. The main program folder could not be deleted. Not even with administrator rights. Same with a booted Linux and Mini Windows XP from outside. Both could not delete anything from the locked files and folders. So I was thinking about a proper solution how to delete the locked folders and files.
By the way, I am writing this to spare others similar problems.
Anyway, the solution is either one tries to delete it under the user account System, whose rights can be obtained with suitable tools (for example RunAsSystem), or one falls back on good old DOS. And this is how I did it. I booted my computer into a real DOS mode and used Volkov Commander to delete all the locked files and folders. DOS doesn't give a damn about accounts and permissions. What needs to be deleted, gets deleted. DOS was my first OS on an IBM compatible PC, and it is an endless love. In any case, this approach was the right way to get rid of all remnants of Avast! Premier. BTW, before uninstalling, I measured the amount of disk space which was consumed by Avast!. And I was stunned. It was about 1.5 GB in many different folders. Unbelievable! After that torture, I installed WiseVector StopX at last. I configured it as well as possible and tested it deeply. WiseVector StopX is very light-weight and consumes approximately 100 MB of disk space in only one program folder. It has less RAM usage, very low CPU load and is easy to handle via its tray icon. On my old computer, it's simply perfect. The performance of my system has been increased, all actions are much faster than before. In short, I am impressed and very happy with my switch to this antivirus program. 
Cheers, AstroSkipper
In this short article I quoted above, I recommended the AV program WiseVector StopX. As mentioned in a previous post, you should configure it very carefully though to avoid problems if using it. Some programs have to be excluded from monitoring, otherwise they won't work. WiseVector StopX seems to examine many executed programs much deeper than other AV programs. If you trust these executed programs which WiseVector StopX doesn't seem to like, you have to exclude them from monitoring in two different locations: in the main program window under Exclusions and additionally in the Settings under Advanced Protection Settings if necessary. After one week of using, exclusions in boths lists are definitely necessary for all editions of 360Chrome browsers, Serpent, and some others. For some programs, however, the entry of the program or program folder in the main exclusion list is sufficient.
Cheers, AstroSkipper
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23 hours ago, XPerceniol said:
I don't' know, hate to say it, I think if I ever walked into a church, lightning would strike.
~Damien
Although I am not a believer, I have entered a few churches in my life. Unfortunately, not a single bolt of lightning has struck.
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1 hour ago, maile3241 said:
Hello @AstroSkipper thank you for asking! I am fine. I hope everything is fine with you too. Well, this website is in English but it still searches and finds updates in the respective language, so that works without any problems.
Glad to hear! I am fine so far. Just a little more coughing after a Covid infection.
And, thank you for the information! At first sight, I thought it's for English Windows versions only as it is very often the case. But, good to know that other language versions of Windows are supported, too. Anyway, good find!
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1 hour ago, D.Draker said:5 hours ago, ChromEum said:
Much more helpful than telling me something I've never heard of is well known or asking why I'm not on Firefox.
What are you ? A God or smth ? We only need to provide stuff which is "known to you" ? Oh, " you never heard of it before", lol. So what ?
What are you here for ? You're seeking help from experienced members and I gave you the link so you could get to know.
You used my nice method and it worked for you, why are you being such an unappreciative *five letter word* ? (will not write this word)
For those who joined several hours ago:
https://msfn.org/board/guidelines/
7.b "This community is built upon mutual respect. You are not allowed to flame other members.
People who do not respect personal opinions and/or personal work will be warned in first instance.
If you ignore the warning and keep on flaming, you will be banned without notice."
I never asked you why you're not on "firefrox". No one here did.
Hello my friend @D.Draker! This is one of these members you should avoid providing any information or helping.
It's just wasted time. Let him use the search engine! Anyway, mutual respect and thankfulness are "unknown" words for such people. Being a newbie, ignoring the forum rules (probably have never been read), and lacking of good manners, I especially love guys like that!
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8 hours ago, WULover said:
No, I tested on french Windows XP and 2000 and it worked
This means that the Legacy Update service offers you French-language Windows updates. Did I understand that correctly?
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11 hours ago, D.Draker said:
Frisians - polite, educated, clever, versatile and witty people.
but sometimes also
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11 hours ago, D.Draker said:
Exactly what I thought .
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11 hours ago, msfntor said:
Voilà, no more text, which seemed to be annoying for some...
It didn't annoy me, it just didn't make sense. I couldn't see that this article was meant satirically, and if I know the Americans, it was meant more seriously.
6 hours ago, msfntor said:But if this satire article bothers you, then I'll delete it from this topic...No problem.
@AstroSkipper, could you delete my quote from your post then, unquote, please?..
Of course, no problem! But I left the headline, picture and link. Otherwise, no one can understand my contribution.
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So I haven't posted anything more about my custom button yet. I'm just tired and limp at the moment. But, I will post it as soon as possible.
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It's just wasted time. Let him use the search engine! 
Anyway, mutual respect and thankfulness are "unknown" words for such people. 
but sometimes also 
Rant Thread
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by AstroSkipper
Update of content
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.