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Status Updates posted by manta2g
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It is nice to be able to see again after going almost 3 weeks of having to rely on a 6 year old persecution that gave me a max of 18 inch radius of viability. Now to get back to tackling the css and other code bits for the mobile friendly skin.
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You are quite awesome!
Digital implants? Now I am imagining bionic eyes… perhaps they could add some additional useful functions, like a zoom or a record capability. That would be amazing. Then all the selfie people really would be like Narcissus, forever staring into their mirrors.
Anyhow, I am glad you are here again.
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Your native language isn’t even English? Yet another example of a foreigner writing better English than many native English speakers. Interesting how that happens so much. Interesting or depressing.
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Glad you got your eyes back!
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Story manager unlocked for posting new stories and chapters. (this is a test run so make sure you have backups of what you post.)
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I tend to keep a copy on my hard drive, another copy on a flash drive, and a third copy on Google Docs.
Yes, I have lost an entire document.
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Thank you so much for all your work and dedication. I’ve already posted two new chapters in one of my fics and setting up a list of posts to make. You are the best.
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thank you so much!
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Tomorrow I'm another year older, another decade till I reach the age of the ultimate answer that no one knows the question to. *sighs*
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I hope you have a brilliant birthday, and I wish you a great year going forward, Manta-provider-of-kitty-cats
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Have a wonderful birthday, manta
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Happy belated birthday.
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Aw, that’s why I never did the avatar, the image link thing instead of actually storing the image into the database.
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I love the new profiles!
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The new profiles are awesome!
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My day job has been a gong show of late, troubleshooting AFF's woes has remained on my mind.
Hoping to start the first phase of unlocking the site this week. So don't be surprised if you get an email asking to re-verify your email and to change your password.
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Real life definitely gets in the way! Thanks for all you do, Manta2g!
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I will never be happier to re-verify my email and change my password. Thanks, Manta!
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Manta is a gem!!!
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My 5 year old grey tabby is in the hospital, vet bills are already at $1300 will probably go up, but he asked for help and i want to give him a chance.
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Manta.. *hugs* Hope everything will be okay and he is well and back with you soon.
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So far seems to be. Though he's rather upset with me for being at the vets.
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What Melrick said. Hope everything turns out fine.
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Profiles unlocked (Adding, editing, and recommendation / reading lists.)
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@Wilde_Guess Humm bio worked when tested. Avatar should be working. It can be picky on image urls.
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The avatar can be VERY picky on image urls.
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The problem was actually a display related issue entirely on my end. Features work as advertised if used correctly. Thanks.
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Caught the ass hat hacker in the act….. The ass is a member and targeting the story manager story info update. Restored the db from an earlier clone and have now laid a trap….
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I’m making progress, turned updating off for now as I don’t want a breach while I’m at work. That being said, looks like they were bogged down by the trap that they didn’t get too far. You can post new stories and chapters, but editing existing is turned off.
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thanks for your work manta!
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We’re going to need an extra special wicker man for this ass hat, aren’t we?
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I would love to strangle whomever in HR came up with the less is more policy. Running skeleton crews is not how one runs a customer service based business.
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Skeleton crews are only appropriate on Halloween, otherwise, penny wise but pound foolish.
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Oh yeah. Got promoted to full time the first thing management did was try to make me work nine days in a row.
That’s the thing I do like about my current gig… it’s paperwork and signoffs to do overtime, it’s illegal for me to work for free, therefore bureaucratic resistance against having to put in extra hours. Gotta love red tape!
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Boy do I get that. Of course, I have a micromanaging DM, which is driving me battier than I already am
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Update 2! Reviews are under the new code and functioning.
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Great to hear.
Small thing I noticed, not a serious concern right away. Under the Television category, the tab title (forgot what it’s officially called), is actually “Telivision”. Like I said, not a hugely important thing to fix immediately.
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Thanks for catching that. fixed now. I rely a lot on spell check since English is not my first language…. *Wanders over to the non-english french section*
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Glad I could help.
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The archives are slowly creeping to life! The New indexes are roling out with some changes I’m sure authors will like.
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You are magnificent, Manta. Absolute treasure.
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Know the headache you’re going through Manta. Hang in there.
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Sitting in read only again for a bit, Ass hat hacker attacked again. I need to get a couple of hours sleep before I look at the code. Had to roll back 24 hours
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Giblet those hackers!
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I did panic post in general staff questions but then the forum went down. So i don’t know if anyone saw it
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@InvidiaRed I saw it and took steps to restore what I could.
Now that I’ve slept, I’m cloning the db as a quick backup then I’ll be unlocking areas starting with areas that require login. so story manager will be unlocked in about a half hour from now.-
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Full read only mode. Hacker attacked the chapters tables. Thier malice is wearing on my nerves. Dg and I will deep dive after our respective day jobs.
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i won’t pass
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That’s really annoying. I’m sure you’ll get it done.
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What I’m hoping is that by looking at some logs, given the time it occurred, I may be able to find something out. Won’t know until I try it.
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The invasion is coming and it is cute, fluffy, and purrs! AFF shall be conqured by cats!
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I thought I had conquered you all already.... o.O
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The Great Kitty Invasion has begun!!!
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Fluffy ones, too, please. Shorthaired cats make me sneeze...
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Archive repairs & recode are sitting at around 50% done. Archives are next followed by the story manager.
If you like what you see so far please donate to the site and if you feel generous say it’s a bribe for me to work faster .-
Please make sure you’re taking breaks and getting sleep okay? I know the job is probably ungodly long.
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I’m taking care of myself, pushing through as best I can
And I still have my day job to worry about. (I get a decent nap on the bus durng the commute there and back.)
I have two carrots hanging at the end of my stick, the first is my winter sewing and the other is to finish fixing my 3d printer. -
I’ve been poking around where you direct me to. So far, everything is looking and working great!
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Verification & password reset e-mails are rolling out.
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Congrats on all your hard work. We appreciate it.
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The silence begins to ebb.
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Got mine and worked fine. Can’t wait to be able to post again. Thank you for all your hard work.
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The procrastination station has returned. We have a chatbox zone again in the forums.
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So my father-in-law recently survived a stroke, unfortunately. (He’s a real narcissistic ass) and that side of the family is pushing for my husband and I to send well wishes to him…. So, any suggestions for bland / neutral ways to say “congratulations on your continued existence.”?
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While it may seem quiet of the surface, it’s been quite busy behind the scenes for AFF.
We’ve been busy doing a security sweep of user accounts. Accounts with invalid or disposable e-mails have been purged.
Currently, we are merging the over 5 k users with duplicate (or more) accounts down to a single account per user.-
No worries, we appreciate the work you’re doing.
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Thank you for your hard work!
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**Quietly unlocks a few site functions.** Work has been hellish, been barely able to stay awake long enough to eat dinner most days...
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Ate garlic? Sacrificed a virgin? Sprinkled the holy water to keep our pesky hooligan away? I’m hoping this time’s the charm to keep our website!
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It’s going to be a bit slow, and there is a lot more account security that has been implemented.
Keep an eye on your e-mail, everyone is going to have to re verify their account and change their archive password.
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Partial ready-only mode, story manager unlocked. Profile editing will unlock in a couple of hours. Trying to figure out where exactly our hacker is getting in.
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The only thing I know about coding is that rubber ducky trick.
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