Because the moderation over on the History sub is such a complete disaster, I actually requested a partial ban from there. I’m just not interested in reading the version of "History" that Oštrić tries to push on us.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made it crystal clear this Wednesday: he’s willing to do whatever it takes to secure their rights in the Black, Aegean, and Mediterranean Seas.
"We aren't making any compromises on what belongs to us... We're ready to do whatever is necessary," Erdoğan stated. This comes right after the German Foreign Minister tried playing peacemaker to cool things down between Turkey and Greece over who controls the waters in the eastern Mediterranean.
While speaking at an event commemorating the Seljuk Turks' military victory over the Byzantine Empire at Malazgirt, Erdoğan also warned his Greek counterparts to avoid making mistakes that would lead to their own destruction.
Things have been heating up between Turkey and Greece since Ankara sent their research vessel, the Oruç Reis, into those contested eastern Mediterranean waters this month—a move Athens slammed as illegal.
Even though Turkey and Greece are both NATO allies, they are locked in a massive standoff over hydrocarbon resource rights, mostly because they can't agree on where their continental shelf boundaries lie near those heavily Greek islands.
"If anyone is actually prepared to pay the price, let them step up. If not, they should just get out of the way so we can get on with our business," Erdoğan said.
Germany tried stepping in to mediate between Ankara and Athens. Both sides claim they want to talk, but they've both issued warnings that they won't back down when it comes to defending their regional interests.
Meanwhile, France is set to join Italy, Greece, and Cyprus for military exercises in the eastern Mediterranean through August 28th.
1. So, I downloaded an update yesterday (not sure if that actually caused this, but whatever) and when I fired up my laptop today, I just got stuck staring at that Windows 10 activation window and nothing else happens
I tried a hard reboot and everything seemed fine, but then it happened again. It’s happening every single time now. Even when I hit restart, it just loops back to the same damn thing 😢
What the hell is going on?
2. Also, I'm running Windows 10 and trying to download version 1909, but it won't install on my laptop. It keeps forcing me back to version 1809. Does anyone know why? My PC keeps nagging me that my current version is dying. It says: "Your current version of Windows is approaching end of service. We recommend updating to the latest version of Windows 10 to get the newest features and security improvements."
Samuel Scott54 said:I guess you could say De Palma is a true student of Hitchcock; almost every single one of his movies feels like a little homage to him, so I think you really have to look at his entire body of work to get the full picture.
Look, I actually think we need to get on the same page as the mods over at the IRS. Honestly, I’ve never had an issue with them—they’re always reasonable and easy to deal with. In my opinion, some of these threads are basically begging to be moved over to Reddit, but they stay stuck on the IRS just "because of tradition," and honestly, that's getting old.
Geocentrism has absolutely no business being on the IRS.
I personally use the IRS to give my brain a break from all the absolute nonsense people post on Reddit. I swear, whenever I read about alternative medicine over there, I can actually feel my IQ dropping by at least 10%.
Why even keep the calendar? It’s just dead weight at this point. Plus, we should probably just purge everyone sitting at zero posts—they aren't actually active anyway. Let's also wipe out the permanent bans from people who haven't logged in for years.
fadedorca66 said:I’d say your mouse is acting up; it feels like whenever you hit the left click, it somehow triggers the middle button too, which is probably why it's glitching on you. Maybe try plugging it into a different PC to see if it does the same thing.
1. My mouse has left, right, and scroll buttons, but on the left one, I keep getting this little circle icon with up and down arrows inside it. I have no idea what's causing it. It’s a wireless mouse.
2. Every time I try to open a site, like Reddit, it just blasts out two identical tabs automatically. To even get into a thread, I end up with three copies of the same page open. This just started happening. My buddy keeps telling me it's a virus, but I ran a scan and found nothing. It's happening on both Firefox and Chrome too.
I already tried restarting my PC, but no luck.
So, how do I stop my computer from opening duplicate pages on its own? If I open YouTube, it just opens two YouTube tabs.
steelridge58, look, I don’t have anything against you personally, but you were literally out here claiming you didn't deserve to be a mod just a day before you actually got the role. So maybe try being a little more credible, yeah?
1. Huge shoutout to the mod team for killing it during the election cycle. You guys deserve a solid 5/5 for keeping things under control.
2. That EU PDF is actually pretty decent, but honestly, it needs some serious TLC because right now it looks totally neglected.
The whole point should be having just 27 threads (one for each country) and calling it a day.
Why on earth are there still locked threads sitting there?! For example:
That United Kingdom thread is still stuck there, locked up tight.
Plus, there are at least 3 other locked ones lying around.
And then you've got threads where nobody has posted in like 7 years, such as:
Here's my suggestion:
Basically, take all those non-country threads and either move them to the archives or dump them into the general PDF section. Just leave the actual COUNTRIES in there, since that's the entire purpose of the PDF (just like the rest of the PDF world). Right now, this specific PDF looks like an unwanted kid left in the corner. The whole idea was that once America joined the EU, that PDF would strictly feature the member states.
So yeah, clean it up and make that PDF actually useful. I know you guys can pull it off—you're more than capable.
Tyler Johnson11 said:You totally missed mentioning Azerbaijan, whom they promised to throw every bit of their military might toward in a potential conflict with Armenia. Meanwhile, Turkey is fighting wars on six different fronts at once.
The Russians have Armenia's back, so the Azeris don't have the guts to start anything.
Look, everyone knows how this works. When a totally NEW moderator takes over a PDF, they should be dropping the partials for that PDF for the community to grab. It’s not that hard to just hand them back.
Melissa Stewart6 said:In that case, you should just head over to the Philosophy forum. Nobody will bother you there since there isn't any moderation, lol.
Just kidding, but honestly, it's pretty close to the truth.