majestic Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 34 minutes ago, Gorth said: There are some issues with the forum software the moment. I've been away most of the day and wanted to reply to this earlier via my phone, but Safari is now completely FUBAR for use with this version of the board software. What I had wanted to post was suggesting to make a post of it in the forum issues thread in the Obsidian General forum. Admin is collecting as much info as possible, trying to sort out some issues. Currently it eats any and all posts submitted from Safari, as well as blocks any post ratings. The only two things I've been able to do most of the day is either approve posts from new accounts or kill off suspected spam bot accounts. No moving of threads, no posting, nada, njet, nix, null, nein Well, luckily, there is a really easy fix for the problem with Safari: Stop using that piece of trash. 2 1 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Clearly the Russians are attacking this forum. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanisatha Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Gorth said: There are some issues with the forum software the moment. I've been away most of the day and wanted to reply to this earlier via my phone, but Safari is now completely FUBAR for use with this version of the board software. What I had wanted to post was suggesting to make a post of it in the forum issues thread in the Obsidian General forum. Admin is collecting as much info as possible, trying to sort out some issues. Currently it eats any and all posts submitted from Safari, as well as blocks any post ratings. The only two things I've been able to do most of the day is either approve posts from new accounts or kill off suspected spam bot accounts. No moving of threads, no posting, nada, njet, nix, null, nein For me, using Firefox, I've been getting certificate security alerts when trying to access the forum login page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) Going to be some good theater, heh. Putin apparently also announced restructuring of the RF, moving away from BTGs, new military districts - Moscow and, uh, Leningrad for some reason. Edit : D'oh, the Oblast is still Leningrad. Edited December 21, 2022 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Former Roscosmos boss Dmitry Rogozin wounded in Donetsk. Here's a sassy video of him doing Sieg Heil. Just so that we know where the nazis are... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamoulian War Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) On 12/21/2022 at 12:11 PM, xzar_monty said: It's really hard to believe that anything like this could be a real ad, even in Russia. But is this real? There are two more versions of this ad. If you enlist, you can afford to buy your daughter new mobile phone, and one for elderly, if you convince your son to enlist, you will be able to afford to buy new Lada from his enlistment bonus (not to be confused this one with the Lada meme). Edited December 22, 2022 by Mamoulian War Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls Remastered - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 29 games so far (my PSN profile) 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamoulian War Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 19 hours ago, kanisatha said: For me, using Firefox, I've been getting certificate security alerts when trying to access the forum login page. I am having same issues with Firefox as with Safari Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls Remastered - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 29 games so far (my PSN profile) 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-troops-raped-tortured-children-ukraine-un-panel-says-rcna49168 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmp10 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Macron has been expanding on his idea for post-war order. His 'guarantees' are apparently to include the likes of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Armenia. I didn't think he wanted US gone so badly as to practically endorse a better CSTO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamoulian War Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 8:02 AM, xzar_monty said: Former Roscosmos boss Dmitry Rogozin wounded in Donetsk. Here's a sassy video of him doing Sieg Heil. Just so that we know where the nazis are... There is continuation of the story. He was apparently wounded somseriously, that the doctors in Rostov could not make a surgery. He was scheduled to be transfered to Moscow, but the weather conditions are as bad as his medical condition, so the transfer was postponed. (Courtesy of Russian media). 1 Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls Remastered - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 29 games so far (my PSN profile) 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/21/russia-nord-stream-explosions/ Guess we'll never know Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Christmastime in Russia. This is a bit like the fires: given the kind of country Russia is, is this an indication of something, or is this business as usual? I don't know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) The list is getting quite long. Though, of course, all of those deaths are just accidental and in no way connected to the war effort. Edited December 27, 2022 by Lexx 1 1 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 You know, one reason that this whole war is so heartbreaking is that culturally, Russia has been a giant. I know that art is not a competition and should not be regarded as such, but if we look at classical music or literature, then the US, for instance, loses quite spectacularly to Russia. It's just that in so many other respects, Russia is an absolute monster. The country has had some two hundred (or is it three?) years of exceptionalism at the core of its thinking, and the results are disastrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugarup Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 So bald old baboon commissioned nine rings as presents for CIS leaders and his precioussssss self, and again I'm thinking there's a creative and very bold saboteur in Kremlin's PR team. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 hour ago, bugarup said: So bald old baboon commissioned nine rings as presents for CIS leaders and his precioussssss self, and again I'm thinking there's a creative and very bold saboteur in Kremlin's PR team. Indeed, sometimes it's really difficult to tell whether these guys are basically trolling the world or whether they're actually serious. Here's a clergyman giving everyone an extremely important message, definitely worth checking out. Never once does it seem to occur to this fellow that one actually does not have to choose between two kinds of idiotic deaths -- and that it is entirely possible to live a life that doesn't end in either. The contrast between the rather beautiful backdrop and the drivel this guy is spouting is also pretty good: sometime in the past there has been a culture worth recognizing, but right now there's this fellow representing it. Way to go, guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/putin-bans-russian-oil-exports-countries-that-imposed-price-cap-decree-2022-12-27/ Feb 1 is a ways off, at least. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 15 hours ago, xzar_monty said: Christmastime in Russia. This is a bit like the fires: given the kind of country Russia is, is this an indication of something, or is this business as usual? I don't know. To be honest, I *think* this is business as usual (with increased media spotlight on it). There is a reason the oligarchs have become all pliable (unlike say during the Yeltsin days). Powerful billionaires don't dance to your tune if they aren't afraid of you. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 The oligarchs got stomped twenty years ago though. Pretty much literally the first thing Putin did (see Berezovksy and Khodokovsky for the most prominent examples). And, of course, Christmastime in Russia is still nearly two weeks away (January 8th) since they're Orthodox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Was sort of funny to see Khodorkovsky in the media here now and then as a "good" Russian. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 5 hours ago, Zoraptor said: And, of course, Christmastime in Russia is still nearly two weeks away (January 8th) since they're Orthodox. Good point! Of course I knew this, it just slipped my mind. But good correction, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 My Serbian friends are doing it all wrong then They (always) celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January. Dang heretics! 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Gorth is right, it's Jan 7th. 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 36 minutes ago, Gorth said: My Serbian friends are doing it all wrong then They (always) celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January. Dang heretics! What about Danes? Do they follow the custom of celebrating Christmas on the eve, i.e. 24th, or is the big day the Christmas day, i.e. 25th? There are interesting differences here, too. (In Finland, the big day is the eve, that's when children get their presents.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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