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by Mæstro
Tue Jul 08, 2025 11:42 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Luanti (open source Minecraft)
Replies: 6
Views: 604

Re: Luanti (open source Minecraft)

In my opinion, Minetest v4 suffices already. It resembles Minecraft Classic, which I am old enough to remember. There is no need for mobs (I always played in Peaceful mode) or whatever has accreted onto Minecraft in the years since 2010. This is a sandbox. The player has blocks and can play as he ...
by Mæstro
Sun Jul 06, 2025 3:06 pm
Forum: Other Videos
Topic: The Internet Used to Be a Place
Replies: 4
Views: 279

Re: The Internet Used to Be a Place

Cameron’s hoard of clip art is a delight. Both as a child and now, I love these. I can, without exaggeration, spend hours combing through these short loops, enthralled. :mrgreen:
Praising ‘under construction’ signs made me smile; I remember when these were considered bad etiquette.

Hearing Discord ...
by Mæstro
Thu Jul 03, 2025 6:10 pm
Forum: Online Privacy
Topic: The closing circle of privacy
Replies: 2
Views: 667

Re: The closing circle of privacy


For example, I tried moving most of my text communications to Signal. That didn't go very far. So then I tried getting everyone to use WhatsApp since there was a high likelihood most of my contacts use that. WhatsApp has worked out where I can actually get a response from folks.
This is curious ...
by Mæstro
Thu Jul 03, 2025 4:55 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Luanti (open source Minecraft)
Replies: 6
Views: 604

Re: Luanti (open source Minecraft)

Ha, I downloaded Minetest again just yesterday to occupy myself while at the hotel for the night. My repository offers v0·4·17·1. Unfortunately for me, my exploring was dampened by the facts that it is too dark to see anything at night, I cannot make charcoal for torches in the familiar way and ...
by Mæstro
Thu Jul 03, 2025 4:50 pm
Forum: Online Privacy
Topic: The fun new world of surveillance pricing
Replies: 2
Views: 270

Re: The fun new world of surveillance pricing

This reel is weakened by so many concessions to disturbing practises, eg asserting that facial recognition software is legitimate to ‘detect shoplifters’ or offer targeted discounts, until the cat is let out of the bag about 7′50″. I will not turn this post into a political discussion, but it ...
by Mæstro
Mon Jun 23, 2025 3:46 pm
Forum: Movies and TV
Topic: Avatar: The Legend of Aang (2005–08)
Replies: 4
Views: 1665

Re: Avatar: The Legend of Aang (2005–08)

My father went on business trips to the USA often when I was a child, affording me access to much of the early merchandise which has been forgotten or neglected in later years. I do not think any jokes break when we recall the characters diagenetically speak Chinese with one another: any puns in the ...
by Mæstro
Mon Jun 23, 2025 3:23 pm
Forum: Online Privacy
Topic: Cloudflare Web Analytics
Replies: 9
Views: 8248

Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics

Now, this is more interesting than bickering over the real definition of captcha . :)
For my part, I would define captcha as software intended to filter online requests so only those by natural persons succeed.

Anubis doesn't [determine if a Connection is from a Human or a Bot], nor it tries to ...
by Mæstro
Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:21 am
Forum: Online Privacy
Topic: Cloudflare Web Analytics
Replies: 9
Views: 8248

Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics


Cookies don't determine if smth is a Captcha.
Verb sap . The full argument is as follows: Anubis blocks traffic to those whom it denies, its behaviour towards cookieless browsers serving as evidence of this.

Different sources give slightly different definitions on whether human interaction is ...
by Mæstro
Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:30 pm
Forum: Movies and TV
Topic: Avatar: The Legend of Aang (2005–08)
Replies: 4
Views: 1665

Avatar: The Legend of Aang (2005–08)

After seeing somebody named ‘Sapphire Fire’ here, I knew I was not the only enthusiast on this board. I watched the series as a child when it was first airing. At first, I was too young to recognise that the series was ongoing and therefore supposed that, when gur Rnegu Xvatqbz sryy at the end of ...
by Mæstro
Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:14 pm
Forum: Online Privacy
Topic: Cloudflare Web Analytics
Replies: 9
Views: 8248

Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics

Because I disable cookies by default, I can attest that Anubis denies rejected users access and is therefore a proper captcha, even if it requires no user input. It does not merely punish scrapers the way that an email server punishes spammers by tolling the client’s processor whenever a message is ...