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  1. NotHereToPlayGames
    I should also point out that GDPR is a GROWING TREND. The USA does not CURRENTLY have anything at the FEDERAL level like GDPR. But the USA *IS* moving in that direction, just not there yet. Again, not "debating", just "stating". California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Indiana, Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Kentucky, and Rhode Island. All of these States have laws very similar to GDPR. The list grows every year. And that list is both "red" and "blue". EU is leading the way in this regard. But the USA *is* moving in that direction.
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    What about STATE LAWS here in the USA? There is no FEDERAL equivalent to the EU's GDPR, but my STATE does have a law equivalent to GDPR (*many* STATES do!). Not to be misread, MSFN has not (to my knowledge) violated those STATE laws (ie, my profile does not show my EMAIL address, or I *opted out* during registration). In accordance with those STATE LAWS, not even my checking account has my REAL email address. By law, they cannot deny me an account if I do not provide them a "real" email address. I, of course, have to provide proof that I am a real person, lol, and a "real" home address. But not a real email and not a real phone number. Per my STATE LAW, I should be able to OPT OUT of any "targeted ads" on MSFN. I see no route to opt out of ads. Not really an issue, uBO blocks them anyway. NOT attempting any "debate". Just asking questions out of curiosity.
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    ps - I say that NOT as some "debate" over whether sites like this should force members to use REAL email addresses My point is, if a member does not or just "no longer" wishes for his/her PERSONAL DATA to exist on 'your' server, then that request SHOULD BE HONORED. I do not know the "this country, that country" laws on PERSONAL DATA. It was, afterall, VOLUNTARILY given at time of membership registration. But even Facebook and Google will delete that PERSONAL DATA if requested by the person tied to that personal data. Not that I really believe that they actually do. They have logs of some kind and from a "lawfare" point of tracking down "illegal activity", I personally support those "historical logs". "Is what it is".
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    Personally, in a day of "AI Everywhere", I often wonder just what the consequences are of sites like this that possess such personal data! For example, I *always* use GUERRILLAMAIL for forum web site membership creation. That was not "allowed" here at MSFN so I was 'manhandled' into using a REAL email address. And years later, that REAL EMAIL ADDRESS became the LOGIN where it USED TO BE a "username". No offense, I have personally 'moved on' from my FORMER REQUEST to have my account DELETED. But... When I did request my account to be deleted, IT WAS DENIED!!! I believe I was simply informed to just stop logging in and that MSFN now "owns" all past posts. I got no problem with that, I really don't. BUT... I do, technically, take issue with my REAL ADDRESS being on 'your' server. Just one of those "it is what it is" paradigms of life.
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    I doubt that you really "have to". ie, enter a FAKE/TEMPORARY email address !!! I use GUERRILLA MAIL all the time for things like this. There are others. **NEVER** give out your real email. Not even my checking account has me REAL email. I do *NOT* want their monthly *CRAP* just to tell me a monthly statement is available.
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    lol, good catch... not the first time I've done that typo... a flaw with my keyboard, I'm guessing...
  7. NotHereToPlayGames
    I should add, we all should consider that Win10 from 2016 through 2019 shoud all be reconsidered here at MSFN as *QUALIFYING* for "older OS's". Here at MSFN, you say "Win10" and all the XP and Vista folks seem to outcast you as not using an "older OS". I am not a fan of any of the "H" versions of Win10+. ie, anything that has a version numbering like 21H2, 22H1, 22H2, 24H2, 25H2, et cetera. But Win10's that PRE-DATE that numbering scheme is VERY MUCH SO an "older OS".
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    Does not appear to be the same issue. For me, the issue was *ONLY* on Supermium's SETTINGS PAGES and not on visited web sites. Though it is possible that it is related somehow - a font issus is a font issue, whether it be an external page (visited web) or an internal page (settings/flags). Truth be told, I *rarely* actually visit any web pages using Supermium (it did not play well with my old hardware and there is NO USE to use it on NEWER hardware). As it's "last straw", I upgraded it from Win XP x86 to Win 10 *LTSB 2016* and that did MUCH BETTER than trying ported browsers trying to prolong XP. Will be *weeks* (if at all) before I can repurpose my old Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 where this font-indent issue exists. BUT... personal experience being my guide, it will very likely STAY on Win 10 *LTSB 2016* and it will never again "waste my time" attempting to prolong XP. "Been there, done that", as the saying goes.
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    I occasionally run XP x64 as a dual-boot on my 13yr old i7-4770 machine. It used to run XP x64 exclusively but has since been upgraded to an OLDER version of Win10. But the "problem" I ran into (here at MSFN) during those exclusive-use XP days on that i7-4770 "era-correct" computer (XP went EOL *after* my computer manufactured date) was that I somehow didn't "qualify" to be running XP in the first place. Or that VM's somehow also don't "qualify" (regardless of host being XP or not).
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    I've seen that also. BUT... only in a VM (XP x86) with only 512 GB RAM allocated, so I shouldn't have expected too much anyway. I can get by with only 512 GB RAM for a lot of XP stuff (even 3D CAD), but definitely not for "semi-modern" web browsers. In my case, the GUI *eventually* showed up. *IF* you let it just sit there for FIFTEEN MINUTES or more and don't touch the mouse or keyboard the entire FIFTEEN MINUTES.
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    Update. I still cannot do a screencap yet (new computer does not get internet connectivity until *after* I get the OS rebuilt to my "liking"). I installed Supermium v126 R7 inside a Win10 VM on my new Intel Core Ultra 7 and Supermium v126 does *NOT* have the font-indent issue. This issue is DEFINITELY hardware-related and it has ALWAYS existed (all versions of Supermium except maybe the most recent) on my 17/18yr old Intel Core2 Quad Q6700. And yeah, bad habit, but I always reference my computers by their CPU and not their GPU. I kind of doubt that I will bring the Q6700 back to life just for the sake of a font-indent issue screencap on old-versus-new Supermium. A font-indent issue that was present both "direct" and "inside a VM" on the Q6700 but does *not* effect (affect?) my new hardware.
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    Oh, I should also point out that the old Q6700 also had recent issues with WebGL. Or shall I say what a few here at MSFN perceived as possible WebGL. BUT... If one digs further into MapQuest (one of two web sites being tested at the time), it does *NOT* technically use WebGL. Per AI enquiries - "MapQuest.js, integrates with Leaflet.js, which primarily uses standard web technologies like Canvas and DOM rendering, rather than relying fundamentally on WebGL for its core functionality."
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    I never dived into any. I do not keep Supermium around and only ever run it from inside VM's that have never seen Supermium until the run. So always brand new profile, directly as-is from the distributed .zip, never the .exe. Again, I may have been one version off as I didn't notice until yesterday that there is a very recent new version which may or may not have the font non-indent first letter half-missing. I may grab a screencap eventually, even if only found in older versions, so that others know what to look for. But... Um... Very, very low priority...
  14. NotHereToPlayGames
    I personally like "numbers". Browser benchmarks, CPU benchmarks, forum post view counts, read counts, and even REPUTATION POINTS are *IMPORTANT*. ***BUT*** MSFN has proven that "reputation points" are *NOTHING* more than a "game" that people here play EACH AND EVERY DAY. I've come to see them as *FINE ART*. We have members NO LONGER active members whose "rep points" have TRIPLED now that they are NO LONGER ACTIVE MEMBERS. Look up the "value" of fine art *after* the artist or author passes on. I just sit back and laugh. And ramble about it every once in a while.
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    Or are we trying to count how many times a "bot" stumbles upon an MSFN Thread ???
  16. NotHereToPlayGames
    Technically... Counting replies is legit. But counting views also counts "bots" and not real "people". At least on many other forums. The "view" count is meaningless and misleading. REPLIES on the other hand can be considered an "important tool for the author of an article".
  17. NotHereToPlayGames
    Can't. I am in the middle of replacing my 17/18yr old Core2 Quad Q6700 computer with my new gift-to-self (take advantage of seasonal sale pricing). A screaming fast (compared to everything else I have) Intel Core Ultra 7 265. And no, sorry to say, but Supermium will *never* be used on this new computer, sorry, it just isn't. From memory, without screencapping, it's any-and-all input dropdown boxes in the GUI. Text inside the input dropdown is shifted to the left and half of the first letter is not present, buried by the input field border/padding. To be fair, the Supermium I had on the Quad Q6700 "might" have been a version old, not the most recent.
  18. NotHereToPlayGames
    Lucky you! My fonts in Supermium have ALWAYS been offset on the left. Strictly referring to GUI fonts, in XP and 10. Fonts rendered on web pages have always been fine. Thorium had this font alignment issue also. But I only ever tried one or two Thorium versions so unsure if ever fixed.
  19. NotHereToPlayGames
    That's one thing I never liked about XP's default setup. Something like "C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\My Documents" might not seem like much at first, but those 47 characters is using up 18% of your allotted 256. The thing that always annoyed me is that Windows would run everything just fine, even if you exceed 256, *UNTIL* you go to copy/archive the files and only then does Windows throws up a name-too-long error. Even though it's been using those names as-is without any issues.
  20. NotHereToPlayGames
    Agreed! I shouldn't have tied to CPU but rather tied to GPU. My bottom-line remains the same, same EXACT browser profile, both Serpent 52 and Chrome 140) *DOES* work on my "i7+gpu hardware" but does *NOT* work on my "core2+gpu" hardware. I won't really be digging in deeper here either. My *LIMITED* tests *reveal* (at least between two of my computers) that this is clearly HARDWARE-RELATED (and perhaps even with about:config "flags" as a WORKAROUND for said hardware). And we would need details on the Original Poster's HARDWARE to go any further.
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    I can report that on my end (Serpent 52 and Chrome v140 on Win10) that various WebGL web sites *DO* work on my Intel i7-4770 but do *NOT* work (same exact Windows install, same exact browser profile) on my Intel Core2 Quad Q6700. On my i7-4770, it *seems to be* tied to having five monitors and Serpent 52 has to be forced to use what about:support labels as #2 (by disabling #1 in Device Manager). So HARDWARE *does* dictate whether the map will load or not!
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    For the record, WebGL is (and always has been) *ENABLED* on my profiles. MSFN Membership (at the time) "hype and propaganda" and "overly-paranoid" had it disabled in the uploaded/shared 360Chrome config. Only to later be ENABLED because most "this web site doesn't work" were dang near always tied to WebGL. ie, I eventually started IGNORING the "overly-paranoid".
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