Posts by Ravenfreak

  • DuckDuckGo

    I'm going to start using DuckDuckGo instead of Google to search for websites now. The main reason is because DDG isn't using AI to generate a summary plus it doesn't track you. This search engine has always been praised for it's security features and I honestly never bothered to use it much until now. It's one of the few search engines not using an AI overview, even Brave search uses an AI overview. Do you use DuckDuckGo?

  • My work is going to post our stats on a board for everyone in the office to see

    Quote from Uncrowned Gaurd

    This actually seems like a reasonable idea to me too. As long as they build a scoring system that’s fair and accurate, which a lot of management teams struggle with, it could be a positive thing. When it’s done right, it’s nice for strong performers to see that their work is being noticed instead of everything happening behind closed doors.

    And the flower system is a smart touch. It keeps things anonymous enough that it doesn’t turn into a public shaming board, while still giving people a sense of where they stand. If the goal is motivation rather than embarrassment, this is probably one of the better ways to approach it. Although I'd have some doubts on how long things stay anonymous for as employees tend to figure things out pretty quickly when they put their minds to it.

    I was looking at the board today and I've got some of it narrowed down just by the job description lol. There's only a few people who run a machine called the Eagle, so there's only a few flowers with Eagle stats. I still don't know who is who, but I bet if I stare at the stats longer I could probably narrow it down more. I don't see anyone saying the name of their flower out loud but you never know.

  • What if Donald Trump truly was assassinated?

    This man has "dodged" a few more attempts since this one. I don't wish death upon anyone, but I am beginning to think these were staged. I've never seen any other president go through this many attempts so quickly. The security around him should be top notch since he's the president, how did these deranged shooters get through security?

  • MRE's (Meals Ready to Eat)

    I've been binge watching some Steve1989MREInfo recently on youtube again and he eats and reviews Meals Ready to Eat. He mainly reviews the MREs that soldiers throughout the world get when they're serving but sometimes he'll also review MREs you can purchase from survival shops online. I've been wanting to stock up on some MREs since you never know when you'll need them and I've always wanted to try them as well since Steve typically praises them. Have you ever had them before and if so which menus were your favorite? One of my coworkers from my previous job was supposed to give me some since he served in the Marines but he kept forgetting LMAO.

    Steve1989MREInfo
    Military, Rations, Entertainment, and History. Reviews from the distant past to current! I only post my videos on YT. This is like a virtual museum at times,…
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  • Reviving The Forum Academy

    I'm going to go record the video once I'm done posting on forums. :) I'm still thinking about which forum platform I'm going to film first, but I am going to cover the free forum hosts first then move on to free self hosted forums. Then probably make my way to a paid platform, you're right all forum software have different quirks and I think covering a good number of them could encourage the younger crowd to go out and give forums a whirl!

  • Reviving The Forum Academy

    I've got some ideas that I want to bring to fruition and so I'm going to revive "The Forum Academy" youtube channel. Someone on Reddit recently mentioned that they believe the younger crowd really don't know how to use forums since they're used to social media and chat clients like Discord. That got me thinking about making some basic tutorials for the channel. I know us seasoned forum users won't be too interested in these videos because we already know how to use forums since we've been using them for years. But if these videos can help draw the younger crowd into using forums, I think it's a win win. I also am going to finally recreate the video I messed up too. :V

  • phpBB2

    FYI Hostinger no longer offers the ability to change your php version to older ones. So if you're wanting to try out phpBB2 or convert a older forum software to newer one and need to convert to phpBB2 you'll need to use XAMPP which allows you to run a server on your own computer.

  • My work is going to post our stats on a board for everyone in the office to see

    We're all going to get assigned a flower so it will remain anonymous as long as you don't tell everyone what flower you were assigned. I guess they're doing this to motivate people who might be slacking. I'm not sure when they're going to assign flowers for us, and I'm not sure when this is going to roll out probably sometime in June maybe July. I am curious to see how well I'm doing against other coworkers. I had a error brought up to my attention today though which sucks... I had an error last month too. :rolleyes: I can't blame anyone but myself for that though.

  • Mountain Dew Thread

    Australia now has my favorite flavor of Dew and I'm super jealous! I wish I could import some Typhoon but it's too expensive and it could get caught in customs. I hope a local exotic store can get some imported soon.

  • Brisk Iced Tea

    I'm bumping this thread to see if I can get it to rank higher on Google Search Console, also to say that I really miss the snow and I can't wait for cold weather again. I should get me some more Brisk Iced Tea again soon.

  • I think it's time to revive Free to Be Us

    So I've decided to not use the hosting I mentioned, the forum struggled to load efficiently on the host so I'm going to bring it back on Hostinger. (Yeah I have multiple hosting accounts... I should probably try to combine everything together.) I have another forum I'm running on that host but I probably won't share it here because it's a bit controversial and would probably trigger some people.

  • Google Search Console

    I was looking at Google Search Console again for Thee Zone a few minutes ago and one of the search queries that popped up was "is Brisk tea carbonated?" My thread that I created back in January is the reason why this popped up but it's on page 4. xD I was hoping it would be on page 2 at least! People are still finding the forum through South Park queries, and HBO max. Apple TV+ is also bringing the forum up.

  • Mogwai Mayhem — Where Friendly Chaos and Great Conversations Begin.

    Quote from Gizmo

    🌙 Still lurking in the shadows…

    https://mogwaimayhem.net

    Mogwai Mayhem is still around — we’re just a little quiet right now. That doesn’t mean the chaos has stopped. 👀

    Come hang out with fellow Mogwai fans, chat about Gremlins, horror, movies, nostalgia, and all things strange and spooky.

    🐾 Did You Know? Mogwai Fact:
    Feeding Mogwais after midnight causes dangerous transformations… and things can get out of hand very quickly. 😈

    I'm happy to see that the mayhem is still continuing over there! I will definitely come check out the new chaos that's started since I was gone soon. :)