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  1. Kevin

    Announcement Recurring Subscriptions Cancelled - Here's why, what is changing, and what, if anything, to do! 💡

    A recent chat in the Supporter's forum made me aware that, for the past few years, the PayPal transactions have mostly been showing my personal email address and DBA instead of "Cameraderie"! 😲 Whoops. After digging into the issue a bit, I realized what was going on. Many, many, many years I...
  2. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Hopefully will improve soon. Cliff Notes: A bot out of China was aggressively scanning one of my other side-project sites, the bot is now blocked from that site (it was already blocked on the other sites but I missed it blocking it on that site). Longer Version: I got an email today from...
  3. Kevin

    Feedback No support for .PNG :(

    Unfortunately it was disabled longer than I hoped :( but the best fix for the problem was when we did the last big server update instead of trying to shoehorn in a temporary solution. I just saw this mention about .webp support. Until the next big forum software update .webp won't be coming...
  4. Kevin

    Feedback No support for .PNG :(

    PNG was turned back on last November, where are you trying to use a PNG and what error are you getting?
  5. Kevin

    Feedback G & N

    Item #6 🙂 https://cameraderie.org/help/terms/
  6. Kevin

    Feedback Not an image 'as expected'

    @Irene McC any change to your browser or machine? Was the jpg processed using different software?
  7. Kevin

    News Digital Cameras: A 2024 "status symbol"? 🤔

    "Vintage" computers are back. The prices on old tech, including old high-end PC systems for use by "retro" gamers, have jumped in recent years. Old working CRT monitors in particular are going for outrageous prices in some markets. 😳
  8. Kevin

    Feedback Issues with posting on Microsoft Edge (Android)

    I didn't even know there was a version of Edge for Android. Sounds like you may be in "BB Code" mode. You can switch the editor from its normal GUI mode to BB Code mode for manually entering BB Codes to do formatting. When in BB Code mode most of the editor buttons are disabled because they...
  9. Kevin

    News Digital Cameras: A 2024 "status symbol"? 🤔

    Who knows, maybe this will help spur some sales this year. 🤷‍♂️ Apparently a predicted "status symbol" trend for 2024 is to use an actual (digital) camera instead of your phone. From Business Insider...
  10. Kevin

    Music The Amazing Emporium of Wondrous Tunes (aka: What are you listening to?)

    Camera Obscura - New Year Resolutions
  11. Kevin

    Music The Amazing Emporium of Wondrous Tunes (aka: What are you listening to?)

    For those who celebrate, Merry Christmas! 🎄👽🛸
  12. Kevin

    Challenge! Alphabet Photos - Common Nouns Only!

    Thanks for understanding. 😎
  13. Kevin

    Challenge! Alphabet Photos - Common Nouns Only!

    To prevent confusion, you mind if we close this one and let folks continue in the other one?
  14. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Ooops, try now. :)
  15. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    If we have any real members connecting through Alibaba in China New York.... sorry, but I'm (temporarily?) having to block some traffic. In the last 24 hours cameraderie.org has gotten 462K requests from an Alibaba IP. I haven't checked the other sites on the server but 462K in 24 hours from a...
  16. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Working on it... For the tech crowd: Elasticsearch has been upgrade from ES6 to ES7, did a clean install. Pouring through the various S3, Cloudfront, & Cloudflare logs. Interestingly ksoftirqd CPU usage on the server is high, trying to figure out where the connections are coming from. For...
  17. Kevin

    What game are you playing or looking forward to play?

    I'd lose.... I am far more knowledgeable about 80's pop culture than anything in the past 20 years. 😄
  18. Kevin

    Animals The Animal Kingdom: wild or domestic!

    Any wolfs in the area?
  19. Kevin

    Street SHOW Street Art

    I don't see much tiki stuff here, was this in HI or the mainland?
  20. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Okay, that was more than a blip. My phone never lost connection so I didn't realize that there was an issue till I tried a different device. Whoops. 😳
  21. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    There may be a blip or two during the next few hours for tonight's experiment.
  22. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Some experiments will be taking place. :eek:
  23. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    For the non-tech crowd.... it seems to be a regional issue and all indications so far seem to be that it is related to which Amazon 'cloud' server is being hit. I know, it's a bit of pain because the problem starts & stops on its own but we're at the mercy of Amazon so we're trying to find out...
  24. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Can you give a link to one of the threads & page where you were getting 30 seconds for the image to load? That'll help determine if everybody is seeing that or if just some regions. On the server side nothing has changed so there's nothing we can change back to; it'd be great if there was an...
  25. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Ben, for now nothing for you to do. Some folks are having issues with images loading slow while at the same time other folks are not having the issue. Nothing has changed on the server side so we're trying to figure out what might be going on.
  26. Kevin

    Happy Birthday! 🥳

    Happy Birthday! 🥳
  27. Kevin

    GAS Latest Shiny Things (non camera related)

    I don't think I've seen that one! 😲 Of course, "Kronos" to Trek fans is associated with Klingons so maybe I'm just having a mental block at the moment. Either way I now need to track down to see if Kronos the movie is streaming anywhere. :D
  28. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    @Zeus1 / @christilou / @Charzes44 With the 'lazy load' stuff turned off temporarily, are you seeing any differences?
  29. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Thanks for confirming. :) I'll leave the 'lazy load' stuff (add-on & tweaks) turned off for a bit to see if others have different experiences now also, good or bad. @Ben Casper - Were slow image loading what you were having a problem with also?
  30. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    So you're seeing a noticeable speed increase of the actual images loading?
  31. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Hhhhhhmm...... from my home connection in the US I'm getting a slight delay when going through Google's VPN but nothing that long. Pages are loading near instant and then maybe a 1-2 delay while images load. As an experiment I've disabled the 'lazy loading' functionality temporarily to see if...
  32. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    The outline has always been there (well, at least for the last few years), it was just thinner. With it being grey & thin the outline wasn't really noticeable on some of the styles unless somebody scrolled down enough and realized that the EXIF data was showing below the outline while the image...
  33. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    The loading message is new, previously just a square outline would show while the image loaded leading some to think there was no image or that it didn't load.
  34. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Hopefully folks remember that we are a free, privately-owned community with no advertising or corporate backing, on occasion there will be trade-offs. While it would be nice to throw copious amounts of cash at issues for resources on-demand there are times when problems need to be worked through. ☕
  35. Kevin

    Birds Show Birds

    Excellent image - the touch of red in the background works really nice for the red cardinal in the front and I don't usually see them with the ruffled feathers like that. 😎 Captured at a bird bath?
  36. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Server load is only at 2%, no run-away processes eating CPU time or memory, plenty of free space on the local drives. Could be Amazon's 'cloud' causing some delays loading pages with images. 🤔 Going to the Microsoft solution in a few minutes.
  37. Kevin

    Feedback Site lag?

    Checking in.... Had some lag on my phone last night & early AM, seems to be better now. Still seeing a slight delay on my phone but not on my laptop. Network trace isn't showing much at the moment.
  38. Kevin

    Advice Wanted MacBook for web testing recommendations?

    Thanks for the ideas. :) MacBook Air (13.3-inch) - Apple M1 Chip 8-core CPU, 7-core GPU - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD Space Gray Costco - $749.99 [new] Apple - $849.00 [refurbished] Woot - $799.99 [new] [French-Canadian Bilingual CSA Keyboard] [note: Woot is owned by Amazon] Amazon - $998 [new]...
  39. Kevin

    Advice Wanted MacBook for web testing recommendations?

    With my hands a bigger keyboard is definitely a plus. If the 13" & 15" use the same keyboard then it's one less factor to consider. 👍 For what I have in mind the older processor would be fine for me as long I'll be able to do updates on it for at least a few years.
  40. Kevin

    Advice Wanted MacBook for web testing recommendations?

    Second alternative... looks like Amazon sells refurbished units relatively cheap. Since this won't be my primary machine then a unit not in perfect shape would likely be fine. 🍎
  41. Kevin

    Advice Wanted MacBook for web testing recommendations?

    I'm back to considering picking up a cheap MacBook for testing. Costco has the 13.3" MacBook Air (M1 / 8GB / 256GB) on sale for $749. I believe it's the 2020 model. Thoughts on it versus going bigger with the 15" versions? Are the keyboards on both the 13" & 15" physically the same size or...
  42. Kevin

    What were they Thinking!

    Based on the EXIF description, which one is you in that pic? :D
  43. Kevin

    Déco de Noël 🎅🎄🎍

    Christmas in the Philly area is a bit different. 😄 Gritty is the greatest. 😂
  44. Kevin

    Scenic 1 ½ days in Pacific Rim National Park

    Some beautiful scenery captured @tilman. :cool: I invoked Admin Code Monkey privilege and added one of my favorites to the front page. :D
  45. Kevin

    Advice Wanted Fell on the ice

    Sorry to hear about the broken ribs; hopefully your recovery is speedy & not too painful. For schlepping gear, instead of carrying it all maybe a temporary small travel case on wheels with a handle? Depending on how much gear you're actually carrying, you could go simple like a laptop bag with...
  46. Kevin

    Why I don't do bird photography ...

    Excellent spotter! 👍
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