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Quote by noll
Any email client that offers a search feature for your mail will have to "analyse" it in order to do so. If you have your emails stored on your own machine then your locally installed client can do that, but if your email is stored on a server, that search algoritm will probably run on that server as well.
Lush has such a search feature, but I don't think Gav is "analyzing" our messages every time we search for something (though that might explain why he's always so busy). The ! terms might allow them to do such a thing though (if there's no law preventing them).
Tutanota has managed to develop a full search feature that works on the client side only using indexes. This ensures that the server never sees any unencrypted data or any search meta data. Clever stuff!
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/first-search-encrypted-data
I believe Protonmail is working on something similar also.
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Quote by noll
How did they move them out of reach of these rules? The rules apply to the data of EU residents.
The policy change doesn't affect EU residents, it affects users from Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America.
They've changed their terms of service so that these users are governed by Facebook Inc in the US rather than Facebook Ireland. Otherwise, they would be required to apply the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to these countries outside the EU.
US laws are less restrictive and this change means Facebook users outside Europe will no longer be able to file complaints with the Irish data protection commissioner or in the Irish courts.
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Quote by nicola
I love how companies like Facebook, and Google, are now starting to have to show some accountability.
It's disgusting what they get away with.
On the coattails of Mark Zuckerberg's testimony to Congress, you'd think he'd make an effort to lose the 'bad guy' image but Facebook just moved 1.5 billion users out of reach of the new European privacy law GDPR to avoid future liability if it breaks the new data protection rules.
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Quote by JonathanCanning
I actually just put my hands on my chest to gauge how long my nipples would be if they were finger-sized (pretty long, it turns out). I imagine that they would be just flailing side to side throughout most of the day, which would feel strange at first, but I think I'd get used to it. On the other hand, I don't think I would be able to pick anything up ever again if I had nipple-sized fingers, which would be frightening XD
So, I'd rather have finger-sized nipples! What about you?
Probably the same, lol.
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Quote by NobleStallion
HEY-LO!
I'm not sure if someone else has started a topic for this yet, I certainly couldn't find one since there is no search feature for the forums, so I decided to start one.
I was wondering if anyone could shed some more light on the badges feature of the site? Most are self explanatory to figure out, but some are a little harder to decypher. In particular, I'm not sure what needs ro be done for the autobiographer badge, seeing as how I've filled everything out, but I still haven't gotten it.
I'm hoping that this thread could be used as a go-to guide for the badges system of the site, and if someone has in fact already started a thread like this, or there is a section on the site dedicated to providing a more in-depth explanation of how to get these badges, I'm sorry, and please post a link to it so everyone can find it in case they are curious just like me.
Peace and chicken grease everyone!
-Tom A.K.A the NobleStallion
Welcome to Lush, Tom!
Here are the requirements for the Autobiographer badge:
* A non default avatar
* Country
* First/Last name
* Location
* Region
* Marital status
* Star sign
* Bio
* Favorite books
* Favorite authors
* Favorite movies
* Favorite music
* Interests
* Sexual orientation
* Posted at least one thought (blog)
* Posted at least one image to your gallery
* Added at least one YouTube video
Please bear in mind also that badges are updated when a scheduled script runs, so they are not awarded instantly.
Were there any others you weren't sure about?
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Quote by Frank0File
I look forward to any responses to add to my repertoire ....
I went to a really expensive Italian restaurant once and they served a Grappa which was like £100 per bottle. Quite tasty.
(P.s. I moved your thread from the Think Tank to our Gourmet forum section.)
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Quote by Erosman69
I guess I need another pair of eyes to look at the whole story. The first moderator talked spelling and grammar, the second moderator mentioned sentence construction and spacing. I've run both stories through Grammarly to correct all that as suggested but still, they got rejected and I'm convinced once rejected, they won't be accepted anymore even if corrected. is that true?
No, not at all. If the story is good enough for the front page then it'll be published. We don't limit how many times an author can edit and resubmit a piece. However, we do encourage members to try and minimize how many times their story ends up in the verification queue by correcting as many issues as they can instead of just a few and then trying their luck.
Also, as handy a tool as Grammarly is it can miss some obvious mistakes so getting a second pair of eyes on a story is always a sensible idea. If there are any specific issues you're not sure about, you can also PM the moderator who returned your story - they should be able to assist by pointing you in the right direction.
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Quote by Erosman69
I've had two stories rejected so far. So I may need help from you guys...
What areas do you need help with? We have some fantastic guides on Lush which cover all sorts of elements such as paragraphing, punctuation, formatting dialogue, etc.
I can post the links if that helps.
Edit:
- General formatting
- Paragraphs
- Poem Structure
- Run-on sentences
- Punctuation - Punctuation marks / Speech marks / Apostrophes / Ellipsis
- Unacceptable content
- Formatting Dialogue
- General advice before submitting a story
- Proofreading your work
- Use of proper verb tense
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Quote by Verbal
Another submenu idea
-> Monster Sex
--> Clown Monster Sex
---> Funny Clown Monster Sex
---> Scary Clown Monster Sex
--> Cthulhu Monster Sex
---> Cthulhu Tentacle Monster Sex
-->Kaiju Monster Sex
---> Gamera Monster Sex
---> Ghidorah Monster Sex
---> Godzilla Kaiju Monster Sex
---> Mothra Kaiju Monster Sex
--> Tentacle Sex (non-Cthulhu)
---> Alien Tentacle Sex
----> Alternaverse Alien Tentacle Sex
---> Octopus Tentacle Sex
---> Squid Tentacle Sex
Just spit-ballin' here.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Coke
What are we talking about again?
What are we talking about again?
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Quote by RumpleForeskin
Nic, just an immodest proposal: With Lush now having sixty categories, it might be time to consider breaking the list into labeled sub-divisions to help readers looking for 'their' type of story.
Like this?
-> Fetish
--> Bathtub Fetish
---> Porridge Oats Bathtub Fetish
----> Snorkel Porridge Oats Bathtub Fetish
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Wow! I am truly honoured. There were some amazing entries this time around and the competition was fierce.
Big shout out to Elliott on his first EP award - congrats man! And also Hannah whose poem was just super delicious. I take my hat off to all of the other runners up, too. Y'all are awesome.
Big shout out to Elliott on his first EP award - congrats man! And also Hannah whose poem was just super delicious. I take my hat off to all of the other runners up, too. Y'all are awesome.
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My opinion is she's baked out of her goddamn mind. Did you read that pirate poem? She's probably sat there with a bong in one hand and a fistful of gummy worms in the other, madly cackling to herself because she just saw her reflection in the laptop screen where she's using yesterday's panties as a makeshift eye patch.
Bonkers.
Bonkers.
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Hi Nichole,
Welcome to Lush!
Liz here: web designer, WordPress pro, and all round sassy sex bomb.
The problem with using the WordPress.com blogging platform as opposed to a self-hosted copy of the WordPress content management system are the limitations they put in place. One of these is the ability to install third-party plugins, which requires you to upgrade to their Business Package at $25 per month. I believe there are some basic SEO tools in the Jetpack add-on which is included in the free plan, but these are not very substantial.
My advice is usually to run your own self-hosted copy of Wordpress, and then you can do whatever you want with it. Arguably, the best SEO plugin for WordPress is Yoast SEO and it is outstanding. You can also run the site on your own domain name instead of using a Wordpress subdomain which is a restricted feature on the Wordpress.com free plan. Plus there are other SEO benefits like playing around with permalinks and setting up custom sitemaps.
A custom .com domain name is about $10 for two years and hosting is about $20-25 per year. In fact, I think a lot of hosting companies, like GoDaddy, give you a free domain name when you register a hosting account.
If hosting and running your own WP site is not something you fancy, then you might have to consider a paid upgrade for better SEO tools. There is only so much that tags and H1 titles can do for you.
Hope this was helpful!
Liz
Welcome to Lush!
Liz here: web designer, WordPress pro, and all round sassy sex bomb.
The problem with using the WordPress.com blogging platform as opposed to a self-hosted copy of the WordPress content management system are the limitations they put in place. One of these is the ability to install third-party plugins, which requires you to upgrade to their Business Package at $25 per month. I believe there are some basic SEO tools in the Jetpack add-on which is included in the free plan, but these are not very substantial.
My advice is usually to run your own self-hosted copy of Wordpress, and then you can do whatever you want with it. Arguably, the best SEO plugin for WordPress is Yoast SEO and it is outstanding. You can also run the site on your own domain name instead of using a Wordpress subdomain which is a restricted feature on the Wordpress.com free plan. Plus there are other SEO benefits like playing around with permalinks and setting up custom sitemaps.
A custom .com domain name is about $10 for two years and hosting is about $20-25 per year. In fact, I think a lot of hosting companies, like GoDaddy, give you a free domain name when you register a hosting account.
If hosting and running your own WP site is not something you fancy, then you might have to consider a paid upgrade for better SEO tools. There is only so much that tags and H1 titles can do for you.
Hope this was helpful!
Liz
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How do you know four votes have disappeared?
A vote only disappears when the person who gave the score deletes their account. In the past, some people have created multiple accounts to vote on a competition entry in order to try to sway the results. There are three problems with this.
1 - If those accounts are deleted the votes disappear as well.
2 - If the profiles are left active, the owner of the site has systems in place to highlight these attempts to abuse the system.
3 - Story votes/scores don't determine competition results.
Edit: My mistake. See Nicola's clarification.
A vote only disappears when the person who gave the score deletes their account. In the past, some people have created multiple accounts to vote on a competition entry in order to try to sway the results. There are three problems with this.
1 - If those accounts are deleted the votes disappear as well.
2 - If the profiles are left active, the owner of the site has systems in place to highlight these attempts to abuse the system.
3 - Story votes/scores don't determine competition results.
Edit: My mistake. See Nicola's clarification.