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Discussion in 'Announcements and Rules' started by tehelgee, Apr 1, 2020.

  1. TroyX

    TroyX Connoisseur.

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    I was assuming the entire thing, but I guess I don't actually know.

    Presumably an actual upgrade notice would include details of what's actually going on too, IDK.
     
  2. LurkingInTheDeceit

    LurkingInTheDeceit “Brave” explorer treading “New” land

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    Just the hive mind part, I’m pretty sure the update is real. I don’t think they’ve set a deadline for when they’re doing it, but I’ve heard they’re gonna do a test run of it beforehand so people can get an idea of the changes.
     
  3. searcher8

    searcher8 Are you trying to harden my Nanomachines Son?

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    Joke's on you! Hive minds are my fetish! All hail the hive!
     
  4. Shadow Wolf75

    Shadow Wolf75 Let's shake the dew off this lilly!

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    Wait what-- oh right, it's that fuckin day again, nevermind.
     
  5. AoMythology

    AoMythology Know what you're doing yet?

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    Obvious joke is obvious. Happy April Fools', everyone!
     
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  6. OverReactionGuy

    OverReactionGuy The only Sane one left

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    WE'RE ALL GOING TO LIVE!

    <just became April fools here>
     
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  7. Captain Fsteak

    Captain Fsteak Lurking

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    MaKe Us WhOle!
     
  8. LordMentat

    LordMentat I Push Button

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    OneOfUsOneOfUsOneOfUsOneOfUsOneOfUs
     
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  9. Rakdos92

    Rakdos92 Goosh Goosh

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    Let'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLainLet'sallloveLain
     
  10. stads

    stads Experienced.

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    dibs on the hivequeen/king forum rank
     
  11. mrttao

    mrttao Gone for Good

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    I have hundreds of tabs open (with a beefy 64GB of ram to fuel it).
    But I can't keep SB tabs open because it gives me 100% CPU usage for some godawful reason
     
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  12. Passing Pinecone

    Passing Pinecone (Secretly a pineapple)

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    In celebration of our upcoming oneness, I shall bake a cake that tastes like the internet.
     
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  13. SkySkimmer

    SkySkimmer Getting sticky.

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    I disable javascript on the xen2 sites, it seems to work
    Together with a userstyle to expand spoilers (since the button needs js):
    Code:
    a:visited
    {
    	color:#004D99 !important;
    }	
    
    .bbWrapper, .message-body, .bbCodeBlock-content, .bbCodeBlock-title {
    	font-size:30px !important;
    }
    
    .bbCodeBlock-expandContent {
    	max-height: max-content !important;	
    }
    
    .xenTooltip, .tooltip-content { display: none !important; }
    
    article.message.nf-gifted { border-style:none !important; }
    
    .message .signature { max-height: max-content !important; }
    
    /* This gets the alert box in the right place */
    /*.navTabs .publicTabs .navLink {
    //	padding: 0 10px !important;
    }*/
    .p-navSticky, .stickyAvatars section.message-user {
    	position:absolute !important;
    }
    html, .quote, .messageText, .advbbcodebar_article {
     font-size: 16pt;   
    }
    
    .bbCodeSpoiler-content {
    	height: auto !important;
    	opacity: 1;
    }
    
    .bbCodeSpoiler-button {
    	display:block !important;
    }
    
    (it also does some other stuff)
     
  14. Moldy Guacamole

    Moldy Guacamole Fermented

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    [​IMG]
     
  15. [Witch]AtTheEndOfTime

    [Witch]AtTheEndOfTime Owner of [Witch] Commissions

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    I'm sad this is an April Fools thing because I was all up for being part of a Hivemind of Lewd.
     
  16. LordPanther14

    LordPanther14 Experienced.

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    Don't use too much internet gas otherwise you'll turn into a smartphone.
     
  17. Chabu

    Chabu Versed in the lewd.

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    Further movement towards the singularity?

    I, for one, welcome our hive-mind overlords.
     
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  18. rkyeun

    rkyeun Cabbitus Maximus

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    At this point I don't care if we go to Xeno2 or not, I just want it to happen already so I can see what formatting options and bbcodes break and which look better and which FontAwesome glyphs get their upgraded appearances, because some are better than others, and what implementation we get matters to how I can present things when I write. So I'd like whatever's going to happen to just go ahead and happen so I can get back to testing things.
     
  19. Kell of Snow

    Kell of Snow Verified TinTin enjoyer

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    I'm going to be honest, the hive mind forum update wouldn't really change much, if at all. Considering the amount of different people that use the site it probably averages out to something that's normal (ish) for an individual, except, yknow, it's not individual.
     
  20. Blackgutter

    Blackgutter Versed in the lewd.

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    So the forum is not turning into a pickle like knowyourmeme?
     
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  21. Jordisk

    Jordisk Versed in the lewd.

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    I use Dark Responsive High Contrast. It is a "Dark Mode" and takes up the entirety of my browser window. Black/Purple, and all the similar themes, has massive margins.

    In a proper hive-mind, WE ARE the Overlords.
     
  22. mrttao

    mrttao Gone for Good

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    I find this post amusing. I was about to agree.
    But in retrospect it won't work.
    Too many people have incompatible views on fetishes and the hivemind will either tear itself apart, or smooth us all into identical drones that match its average
     
  23. silentshot

    silentshot I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Oh. I have killed a lot of people in my off time. Will becoming a member of the Hivemind be enough to get pardons I'm not sure... Either way it will probably help anyway so hmmm.
     
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  24. Kell of Snow

    Kell of Snow Verified TinTin enjoyer

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    Ill play the opportunist to your realist for a bit, Tao. Yes, those two options listed are likely, but there are alternatives to how it would turn out. The QQ Hive could still keep it’s different preferences for fetishes on an individual level, due to the fact that a Hive Mind can also be multiple connected entities rather than an amalgamation of it’s members mental states. Considering the way QQ does things normally, the Hive would certainly retain at least a form of this individuality, to both compensate for fetish diversions and for socializing, as even though we would be connected, we are by nature social creatures, and the structure of the Hive Mind could allow individual participants to selectively share thoughts and memories, and the strengthening of a relationship within the Hive would have the participants grow more coordinated with each other.

    TL : DR, QQ Hive could easily be multiple connected individuals in overlapping polygamist relationships.
     
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  25. mrttao

    mrttao Gone for Good

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    then it is not really a hive mind
     
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  26. Kell of Snow

    Kell of Snow Verified TinTin enjoyer

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    Hive Mind, noun: A notional entity consisting of a large number of people who share their knowledge or opinions with one another, regarded as producing either uncritical conformity or collective intelligence.
     
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  27. Madden bin'Ladden

    Madden bin'Ladden Know what you're doing yet?

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    Don't have to deal with massive margins if you don't use 1920x1080. Men of culture view the site in 4:3.
     
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  28. mrttao

    mrttao Gone for Good

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    And this example does not produce an uncritical confromity and not a collective intelligence.
     
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  29. Jordisk

    Jordisk Versed in the lewd.

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    I have it at whatever the default for my computer, browser, and such is; I don't feel like digging around to change things for this one site. Everything else works fine, so I use the theme that does as well.
     
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  30. macdjord

    macdjord Well worn.

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    I, for one, am ready to add my biological and technological distinctiveness to the forum's!


    I generally keep my main browser window expanded to the right ~75% of the screen. On a modern 16:9 screen, that brings it back to about a 4:3 aspect ratio while maintaining the full resolution of the screen and leaving a sidebar on the left for an alternate window or two.
     
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