Catching up

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Re: Catching up

Post by TheHeadlessHorseman » Sun Feb 22, 2026 11:53 pm

This image was created by asking Grok to render the image in the style of Charles Addams.
HA! As soon as I saw that picture I thought of Captain Spaulding.

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I had to make this. I'm not good at art, but I think it turned out fine. Yes, this is what happens when I'm awake at night by myself. :lol:

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By the way, has anybody else been getting those stupid FORBIDDEN messages?
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Re: Catching up

Post by Andybev01 » Tue Feb 24, 2026 12:34 pm

Chris adjusted some spam/bot settings and asked to report back whether or not it helps with the forbidden problem.
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Re: Catching up

Post by Andybev01 » Tue Feb 24, 2026 12:40 pm

Instant ancestors based on a selfie.
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Re: Catching up

Post by Murfreesboro » Tue Feb 24, 2026 7:59 pm

Lol! Those are pretty cool.
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Re: Catching up

Post by TheHeadlessHorseman » Thu Feb 26, 2026 12:11 am

There doesn't seem to be any issues on the forum ... so far.
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Re: Catching up

Post by Andybev01 » Thu Feb 26, 2026 10:34 am

The only issue I have so far is instead of letting me upload photos in a batch I have to do them one at a time.
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Re: Catching up

Post by Murfreesboro » Thu Feb 26, 2026 8:50 pm

I think I did get a forbidden notice once since you posted, but I did manage to get my response posted.
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Re: Catching up

Post by TheHeadlessHorseman » Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:32 am

It looks like I spoke too soon, now the forum isn't loading any images, when I right click on images to open in a new tab it shows me the same forbidden message.

I have also seen a small notification come up when I try to upload images that says ... HTTP Error.

Here is a screenshot from the other day.

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Re: Catching up

Post by TheHeadlessHorseman » Sat Feb 28, 2026 9:35 am

Yeah, it's still not showing any images, even the screenshot I just uploaded isn't showing.

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Re: Catching up

Post by Murfreesboro » Sun Mar 01, 2026 5:30 pm

Right now I'm not seeing images, but I often have to wait quite a while before they load.
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Re: Catching up

Post by Andybev01 » Mon Mar 02, 2026 10:49 am

Same thing on my end.

I sent a request to Chris to see if I can do anything as an admin.

I fear that you two will give up and lquit the forum, leaving me to wander the vast halls as a lone spirit.
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Re: Catching up

Post by HalloweenDot » Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:26 pm

It is cat and mouse with the bots/spammer junk. I keep having to add things like fail2ban and then adjusting parameters to get them banned properly. Hopefully (fingers crossed) I have the right balance now.
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Re: Catching up

Post by TheHeadlessHorseman » Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:29 pm

It looks like the images are back, thanks Chris. :)

The only way that I would leave this forum is if it permanently shut down, either due to the collapse of our civilization and the internet in general, or because a asteroid hit the planet killing everybody.

How about you, Murf? Did you join the collective ... uh, I mean Facebook yet?
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