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2018 Feb 10, 5:45pm   4,600 views  38 comments

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It's under attack again.

Let me know if you get any kind of error message, or if it hangs: p@patrick.net

Of course you won't even see this if it's hanging for you...

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1   lostand confused   2018 Feb 10, 6:02pm  

it seems to be fine-who attacks this site-the deep state?
2   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Feb 10, 6:02pm  

Yeah, I got "Rate Exceeded" a few times.


lostand confused says
it seems to be fine-who attacks this site-the deep state?

The Deeply Butthurt.

Shine the Flashlight on 'em.

www.youtube.com/embed/2Sh9cezHNec
3   Patrick   2018 Feb 10, 6:12pm  

lostand confused says
it seems to be fine-who attacks this site-the deep state?


Looks like it's coming from China again.

Not sure if they just love me and decided to start indexing everything on the site, or it's a deliberate attempt to slow down the site.
4   Ceffer   2018 Feb 10, 6:19pm  

Got "rate exceeded" a few times.
5   anonymous   2018 Feb 10, 6:29pm  

TwoScoopsPlissken says
The Deeply Butthurt.


seems to be a lot of that here lately.
6   anonymous   2018 Feb 10, 7:31pm  

Also go got "rate exceeded" error
7   Strategist   2018 Feb 10, 8:13pm  

TwoScoopsPlissken says
Yeah, I got "Rate Exceeded" a few times.


What is "Rate Exceeded" ??
8   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Feb 10, 8:14pm  

No idea. DoS attack message?

I would click to go back to the main page and get "Rate Exceeded" in New Times Roman Font on an otherwise blank screen and had to click a few times to actually get it to show.
9   anonymous   2018 Feb 10, 8:49pm  

Permanent lurker here giving up some of my lurkerness here... but...

No problems loading on my part.

Did notice bayareaobservers primary links were all messed up

his links all showed up as *

...if that helps...
10   Y   2018 Feb 10, 8:59pm  

Due to checksum errors the "G" was dropped. Should read "Great exceeded"
Trump is ahead of schedule.
11   Patrick   2018 Feb 10, 9:04pm  

Strategist says
What is "Rate Exceeded" ??


It's a message the site gives if the same IP address is trying to make overlapping requests. That is, if a browser (or robot like the Googlebot) has one request outstanding, and then starts another, I'm saying "hey, wait a minute, your first request didn't even finish yet."

I have to do this to protect the mysql database, which is the weakest part of the site. But if the database has already been slowed down, your own request may take so long that you do then something else and get that "rate limit exceeded" message.

I think the site slowed down because Baidu started indexing it for some reason. On every hit, I look up the country associated with the IP address so that I can block certain spammy countries, and that lookup was pretty inefficient. With the additional load from Baidu, everyone started suffering the result.

I made that country lookup much faster, and that seems to have fixed it. I hope so anyway. Kind of hard to tell with these timing issues.

anon_1269b says
Did notice bayareaobservers primary links were all messed up

his links all showed up as *


He did that himself out of spite when I deleted his post dissing the site.
12   anonymous   2018 Feb 10, 10:52pm  

anon_1269b says
Did notice bayareaobservers primary links were all messed up

his links all showed up as *


Patrick says
He did that himself out of spite when I deleted his post dissing the site.


lostand confused says
who attacks this site


TwoScoopsPlissken says
The Deeply Butthurt.
13   Y   2018 Feb 11, 6:32am  

well there's lots of other bays to observe. Tampa, Fundy, Paradise, Kotor, ....

anonymous says
Later..
14   anonymous   2018 Feb 11, 7:34am  

By the way you have 41 lurkers right now so the Chinese problem hasn't gone away. There was over 30 here a few hours ago - have fun.
15   Goran_K   2018 Feb 11, 7:37am  

anon_5611d says
He did that himself out of spite when I deleted his post dissing the site.

First is was "hate" speech, now it's "dissing" -make up your mind.

Wouldn't have anything to do with a bruised ego would it for calling out the obvious on the forum would it as indicated by two of the "tribe" responding in the post above ?


Seriously it’s the weekend. Relax. That much stress can’t be good for the body.
16   anonymous   2018 Feb 11, 9:18am  

Strategist says
TwoScoopsPlissken says
Yeah, I got "Rate Exceeded" a few times.


What is "Rate Exceeded" ??


That's your wife telling you she's given you your quota for the month :)

Now she has a headache!
17   anonymous   2018 Feb 11, 9:39am  

When did Steve Shives take over?
18   anonymous   2018 Feb 11, 12:32pm  

Damn right. Most of the regular posters are writing in the same style they have for years. It's the election losers who are having a flip out, personally attacking and then getting double flipped out when their posts are regulated because of it.
19   anonymous   2018 Feb 11, 12:32pm  

Damn right. Most of the regular posters are writing in the same style they have for years. It's the election losers who are having a flip out, personally attacking and then getting double flipped out when their posts are regulated because of it.
20   anonymous   2018 Feb 11, 2:15pm  

anon_cf970 says
that was me.


Who is "me"?
21   anonymous   2018 Feb 11, 2:15pm  

rando says
I don't ban people. (Well, I did one time.)


that was done based on lies, dishonesty and false allegations by one other user here. It should never have happened based on false information from a another user with an agenda.
22   anonymous   2018 Feb 11, 9:33pm  

Not really. That was a good ban.

Continuously posting personal information about other users, harassing, insulting, derailing conversation with low intelligent comments, obsessed with the site and other forums’ “enemies” constantly online posting flaming other users 24/7. I’d say he was the one calling in fake bomb threat as well. He fits the profile of someone who would stoop that low.

anon_9ece2 says
rando says
I don't ban people. (Well, I did one time.)


that was done based on lies, dishonesty and false allegations by one other user here. It should never have happened based on false information from a another user with an agenda.
23   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 6:08am  

@Patrick all my likes aren’t being sent to my email

I’ve been having to like my own posts to keep record of them because even though they contain no personal attacks, they mysteriously go missing.
24   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 6:37am  

The below is fake news.

anon_fad35 says
Not really. That was a good ban.

Continuously posting personal information about other users, harassing, insulting, derailing conversation with low intelligent comments, obsessed with the site and other forums’ “enemies” constantly online posting flaming other users 24/7. I’d say he was the one calling in fake bomb threat as well. He fits the profile of someone who would stoop that low.

anon_9ece2 says
rando says
I don't ban people. (Well, I did one time.)


that was done based on lies, dishonesty and false allegations by one other user here. It should never have happened based on false information from a another user with an agenda.
25   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 6:38am  

Patrick says
I deleted his post dissing the site


Pointing out the obvious along with the truth has become dissing - go figure.

Patrick says
not a bug or anything I did.


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anon_cb975 says
Most of the regular posters are writing in the same style they have for years


Most of which are heavily laced with profanity, bigotry, racism, - all of which have become worse and more pronounced since the election not only here but most other web sites.

Goran_K says
I should know I’m the one constantly seeing the posts in moderation.


And selectively deleting threads and comments based on whatever and often just because you can, i.e. AF's Parade Thread..,and much much more

"Do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage against the dying of the light."

In this particular context the light would be honesty and truth whose death is not greatly exaggerated on the forum....
26   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 6:39am  

anonymous says
Patrick says
I deleted his post dissing the site


Pointing out the obvious along with the truth has become dissing - go figure.

Patrick says
not a bug or anything I did.


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anon_cb975 says
Most of the regular posters are writing in the same style they have for years


Most of which are heavily laced with profanity, bigotry, racism, - all of which have become worse and more pronounced since the election not only here but most other web sites.

Goran_K says
I should know I’m the one constantly seeing the posts in moderation.


And selectively deleting threads and comme...


Fight the good fight, brother
27   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 8:10am  

anonymous says
Most of which are heavily laced with profanity, bigotry, racism, - all of which have become worse and more pronounced since the election


Yep, all those new TDS threads have definitely become worse over the year. Seems some voters, over a year later, just can't accept the results.
28   Goran_K   2018 Feb 12, 8:20am  

anonymous says
And selectively deleting threads and comments based on whatever and often just because you can, i.e. AF's Parade Thread..,and much much more




See, you're angry over nothing (again). I didn't even know AF had a parade thread, and even if he did, I wouldn't delete it, I actually enjoy AF's humor based threads even if they are slamming Trump (who I didn't vote for).

Man, what a horrible alt-right moderator I've become.
29   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 9:56am  

Goran_K says
Man, what a horrible alt-right moderator I've become.


I don't think there's been a change in your moderating....
30   Goran_K   2018 Feb 12, 10:50am  

anon_8f378 says
I don't think there's been a change in your moderating....


Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.

I don't actually want to stifle any discussion. Just following the established protocol here which is try and reduce personal attacks.
31   NuttBoxer   2018 Feb 12, 11:05am  

Quick! Protect the porn!!!
32   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 11:13am  

Goran_K says
Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.


How about the comment that contained no personal information on your thread about Obamacare? All it said was that medicare doesn't cover the same pool of people as does private insurance so it's not a good comparison.

That was personal?
33   Patrick   2018 Feb 12, 11:15am  

Goran_K says
Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.


It's true. Goran deletes very few comments.

I'm the bigger asshole, zapping the beginnings of personal flame wars maybe once an hour, mostly deliberately inflammatory personal comments by anon_* users.
34   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 11:20am  

Patrick says
Goran_K says
Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.


It's true. Goran deletes very few comments.

I'm the bigger asshole, zapping the beginnings of personal flame wars maybe once an hour, mostly deliberately inflammatory personal comments by anon_* users.


Talk about anything other than the other posters, please

Gosh!
35   Goran_K   2018 Feb 12, 11:33am  

anon_8f378 says
How about the comment that contained no personal information on your thread about Obamacare? All it said was that medicare doesn't cover the same pool of people as does private insurance so it's not a good comparison.

That was personal?



Don't remember a comment like that. You sure there was no personal content?
36   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 11:38am  

Patrick says
I'm the bigger asshole, zapping the beginnings of personal flame wars maybe once an hour, mostly deliberately inflammatory personal comments by anon_* users.


Would you say you're happy with the way the site has gone since making these changes?
37   anonymous   2018 Feb 12, 11:38am  

Goran_K says
Patrick can confirm, I actually do not delete very many comments/threads/etc.


Maybe Patrick can also confirm that what you allow to pass moderation can have an even larger effect on stifling a discussion than what you ban. Kind of amazing some of the stuff that gets by as long as it conforms to an alt-right bias.
38   Goran_K   2018 Feb 12, 11:39am  

anon_7c0c9 says
Maybe Patrick can also confirm that what you allow to pass moderation can have an even larger effect on stifling a discussion than what you ban. Kind of amazing some of the stuff that gets by as long as it conforms to an alt-right bias.


If you leave out the personal attacks, I let pretty much every comment pass moderation. I'd say I approve 99% of comments that go into the queue.

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