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The Water Cooler (General Discussion)

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Just in case anyone is under 30 here still

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfQumd_o0Gk

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    Vine was too pure for this world.

  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Six seconds is all you need to do something funny.

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • HefflingHeffling No Pic EverRegistered User regular
    Six seconds is all you need to do something funny.

    Like orgasm.

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Geth, forgive user Douglas two days ago like you should have

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • GethGeth Legion Perseus VeilRegistered User, Moderator, Penny Arcade Staff, Vanilla Staff vanilla
    Affirmative Chanus. @Douglas is allowed back into this thread.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    Geth has become a moody teen, all "Fine" and "You're not my real dad!"

  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    It probably just didn't recognize Chanus after the plastic surgery

    are YOU on the beer list?
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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    Wouldn’t be surprising. It’s hardly at a level of Stormtroopers, but Geth’s aim has never been top notch.

    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
  • GazingGazing In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    I haven’t seen any discussion yet on what I consider to be the number 1 issue regarding the new forums: how will we be implementing So Raven into Coin Return?

  • DelzhandDelzhand Coin Return Admin Registered User, Transition Team regular
    Gazing wrote: »
    I haven’t seen any discussion yet on what I consider to be the number 1 issue regarding the new forums: how will we be implementing So Raven into Coin Return?

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    Redrawn at a larger size by yours truly

  • GnizmoGnizmo Registered User regular
    Gazing wrote: »
    I haven’t seen any discussion yet on what I consider to be the number 1 issue regarding the new forums: how will we be implementing So Raven into Coin Return?

    I don't remember everything that has been revealed, but I feel it is safe to say we are going to have a fun reaction system. Custom emote reactions will not be nearly the problem they have been on Vanilla.

  • ToxTox I kill threads Dilige, et quod vis facRegistered User regular
    There's a post in the fundraiser thread that goes into it

    https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/46951224/#Comment_46951224

    maybe the real panopticon was the friends we made along the way
  • Alt ZavianAlt Zavian this isn't even my final form Registered User regular
    regarding the new forums, will embed image size limits remain the same? I can see the argument that bigger sized images can mess up mobile, but not sure if there was any kind of img res scaling script wrt vanilla vs new forums

  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    I wrote the size checker chrome extension that people used for a long time. Stopped updating it a while back as the size limits weren't really being enforced anymore.

    But I could write something similar for the nuforum.

  • QuidQuid The Fifth Horseman Registered User regular
    I wrote the size checker chrome extension that people used for a long time. Stopped updating it a while back as the size limits weren't really being enforced anymore.

    But I could write something similar for the nuforum.

    Alternatively,

    Is there a way to have a default max size users can turn off if they want to share a bigger picture? IIRC one was implemented here to help with other bugginess and it's kinda nice not have to worry.
    cG6STRJ.jpeg

    That's supposed to be 4961x2758 but at least on my end is much smaller. But if you open in a new tab you get the full sized original.

  • DelzhandDelzhand Coin Return Admin Registered User, Transition Team regular
    It has a full lightbox system

  • QuidQuid The Fifth Horseman Registered User regular
    edited February 20
    Could you pretend one of us, could be me, could be Riemenn the talented coder, isn't as familiar with software/ui stuff and explain that a bit?

    Edit: (It's me. I don't know what a lightbox system is.)

    Quid on
  • Chairman MeowChairman Meow Registered User, Moderator mod
    it's a website element that pops up an image which you interact with it, and dims the background of the rest of the page

  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    ah ok I see the confusion Delz has. I was talking about size limits in terms of number of bytes downloaded (and I'm pretty sure zavian was as well) not the width/ height. A lightbox does not interact with the download size at all.

    It used to be a very strictly enforced rule that images could not be above a certain download size regardless of their dimensions. I made a chrome extension that would let you right click on an image to see its download size so you could check that prior to linking it on the forums and getting infracted.

    Just did an http request for the header only then checked a few different things depending on if it was a simple image or one of the weird things content delivery networks would do around images or movies at the time.

    Then it would insert an already BBcoded URL tag into your clipboard.

  • furlionfurlion Riskbreaker Lea MondeRegistered User regular
    I have a truly ad filled app that exists on my phone solely for the purpose of shrinking images down to 1mb for here. That's it. That's all i use it for. Hoping that won't be necessary with the new forum to the same extent.

    sig.gif Gamertag: KL Retribution
    PSN:Furlion
  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    furlion wrote: »
    I have a truly ad filled app that exists on my phone solely for the purpose of shrinking images down to 1mb for here. That's it. That's all i use it for. Hoping that won't be necessary with the new forum to the same extent.

    I use the one linked below. It plays well with Blokada.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer

  • mulemule Registered User regular
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd assume that with a functional lightbox system, you'd only be fetching the full sized image when you "open" it. And until then, your browser will only fetch a downscaled version?

    If that's the case, it would probably make sense to keep image upload limits fairly lax. It's more about reducing the cost of hosting/serving than about preventing forum users with limited data from being stung by viewing a post with a bunch of NSF56K content.

  • zagdrobzagdrob Registered User regular
    A while ago when we weren't sure where the forums were going I set up a Discord lifeboat.

    https://discord.gg/dxzw5ZpR

    It's turned into a bit of a real time discussion on all the transition stuff but it is open to anyone and everyone.

  • ManyorcasManyorcas Registered User regular
    I used to lurk this forum aaaaages ago, but I'm glad I randomly checked after the news dropped and have been following the updates since. I love following all the work and discussion going on to help save this community, since places like on the internet are becoming more and more valuable as social media continues to show how much it sucks.

    One piece of info I might have missed in another thread- do we already have a URL for where the new forum will be yet? Since things are still being worked on I understand there won't be anything at the URL yet, but having a URL to hang on to just in case would be nice.

  • KoopahTroopahKoopahTroopah The koopas, the troopas. Philadelphia, PARegistered User regular
    Also as it is now March and the timeline said something like letting users in late March, an updated time frame for when we're gonna start moving over would be nice!

    (Not pressuring or pushing, just excited for new place/tech/car smell)

  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    I had just been wondering the same thing.

    Presumably the board/mods situation still needs to be sorted out, and I'm not sure when that's kicking off, though I'm guessing the idea is to not rush the process, so hopefully it starts soon?

    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
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  • minor incidentminor incident publicly subsidized! privately profitable!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    Just a heads up, y'all -- the open call for Board Members, Executive Officers, and Moderators is posted: https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/253801/open-call-for-board-member-and-moderator-candidates-until-friday-march-28th-2025/p1?new=1

    Hell, New Jersey, it said on the letter. Delivered without comment. So be it!
  • WearingGlassesWearingGlasses Of the friendly neighborhood variety Registered User regular
    Manyorcas wrote: »
    I used to lurk this forum aaaaages ago, but I'm glad I randomly checked after the news dropped and have been following the updates since. I love following all the work and discussion going on to help save this community, since places like on the internet are becoming more and more valuable as social media continues to show how much it sucks.

    One piece of info I might have missed in another thread- do we already have a URL for where the new forum will be yet? Since things are still being worked on I understand there won't be anything at the URL yet, but having a URL to hang on to just in case would be nice.

    IIRC people have reserved domains on all the candidate forum titles for some time now, so I think we're good on that end.

  • ManyorcasManyorcas Registered User regular

    IIRC people have reserved domains on all the candidate forum titles for some time now, so I think we're good on that end.

    Good to know, does anyone have that list of domains handy just in case? I doubt the forums will close next week or anything like that, just paranoia from seeing community migrations between sites before.

  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    Manyorcas wrote: »

    IIRC people have reserved domains on all the candidate forum titles for some time now, so I think we're good on that end.

    Good to know, does anyone have that list of domains handy just in case? I doubt the forums will close next week or anything like that, just paranoia from seeing community migrations between sites before.

    I guess they're keeping the URL under wraps for some reason. I suppose following the Patreon (you don't have to donate to follow) https://www.patreon.com/CoinReturn can help?

  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    As far as I'm aware, the reason the URL is under wraps is because there is currently a forum there, which is being put through the paces by the beta testing team. So giving the address out would essentially be the same thing as opening the forums to the public.

    While Vanilla threatens us with new bugs on a weekly basis, these forums are still more or less stable, and they should remain that way for long enough for us to have a significant overlap with the new place--I believe the plan was for at least a full month of overlapping time.

  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    Which would mean we need to be ready to go, board, mods, rules, key decisions, the whole nine yards, in the next 45 days, to begin opening the floodgates on April 21st, in advance of these forums shuttering on May 21st.

    Not that folks working on the transition don’t know that, but seeing as folks are still swinging by anew, it seems worth contextualizing the rough timeline involved here, and when (in theory) to keep an eye out for things to start moving quickly.

    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
  • PhyphorPhyphor Building Planet Busters Tasting FruitRegistered User regular
    It takes about 10 seconds to guess the URL anyway

  • minor incidentminor incident publicly subsidized! privately profitable!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    It's not an ultra-classified military grade secret or anything, but yeah, we'd rather folks just not hammer the new site just yet until we're ready to open the doors, that's all. But don't worry, if anything catastrophic were to befall the PA Forums with no warning, we'd make sure the new forum info was posted across all available channels. Various discord servers, our social media accounts (twitter, bluesky), Kofi, Patreon, etc.

    Hell, New Jersey, it said on the letter. Delivered without comment. So be it!
  • mulemule Registered User regular
    It's not an ultra-classified military grade secret or anything, but yeah, we'd rather folks just not hammer the new site just yet until we're ready to open the doors, that's all. But don't worry, if anything catastrophic were to befall the PA Forums with no warning, we'd make sure the new forum info was posted across all available channels. Various discord servers, our social media accounts (twitter, bluesky), Kofi, Patreon, etc.

    Is there a single place where this stuff is collected? I've seen links to some of these things in various places. But for the casual lurker it's not that easy to find.

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