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He posted the publication of his book in his personal forum on Quote: Friday, April 28, 2023 4:01am by DavesApps
Would it have been a:
I am finishing my book and I would like to have some feedback, interested people contact me and I will send you a wartermarked copy of it to evaluate per email...
I would have had no problems at all with that. Even with the same message posting the link to a brand new amazon book.
Publishing the link almost 18 months later... For me, that's not a legitime use-case anymore.
In addition: you bringing more attention to something that could have just stayed like that, has only made it worse.
And you are getting really close to the limit of what I consider trolling. I ask you to stop, please.
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Yes, I understand. That's well said. If Dave had communicated his request in a genuine way, and not in a way that violates the rules of this forum, it may have been OK. I too enjoy sharing with others what projects I may be working on, and people may come to the incorrect conclusion about what my intentions are in doing so. In sharing my work, there's no benefit to me in any way. If I were looking to gain something by sharing my work, then I would advertise it properly.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm well experienced in advertising and marketing. I've managed marketing and advertising campaigns for Fortune 1000 companies with million-dollar budgets. I know how to get the word out in the proper way.Nelek wrote: In addition: you bringing more attention to something that could have just stayed like that, has only made it worse.
I understand. I think if Dave's post was out-of-line to the extent that it required deletion, then it would have been removed very early on. That would send the message to me that my joking around isn't appreciated.
Nelek wrote: In addition: you bringing more attention to something that could have just stayed like that, has only made it worse.
And you are getting really close to the limit of what I consider trolling. I ask you to stop, please.
Certainly. As soon as I saw that others didn't see the humor in my playing around with Dave, and the word "troll" was brought up, I discontinued everything. I apologize to anyone who may have not appreciated my playing around with poor Dave. It was all in jest, and I certainly can't expect everyone to find humor in what I'm doing.
This site has members from all over the world. It's a well-establish fact that in large part, someone in country "A" will find no humor (or even find offense) in what someone from country "B" finds to be hilarious. Add on the fact that textual communication strips out 80% of all language that would be conveyed in comparison to what a face-to-face interaction provides to its participants, and that's how problems start. Hence, any attempt at humor in this environment is bound to result in friction most of the time, regardless of context.
If I ever get to a point where it's more of an annoyance than an expression of humor, then I stop. That's my rule. It can be a blurred line, and once I realize that it's unwelcome behavior to others, it loses its humor to me. I'm not out to cause trouble, strife, grief, or anything else that is seen as unwelcome.
Nelek wrote: And you are getting really close to the limit of what I consider trolling. I ask you to stop, please.
Absolutely. I respect your request and I take it seriously. I appreciate your assertive and honest message. Without such feedback, I may not realize that what's hilarious to me, is an annoyance to others. That assertive communication is important, and I would much rather see someone express their grievance, than to keep quiet and tolerate what they do not appreciate, find annoying, or inappropriate/offensive.
I apologize to you, and anyone else who may feel the same way. If in the future, my joking around ever bothers you in a legitimate way, then certainly speak up so that I know.
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Steve Raw wrote: Add on the fact that textual communication strips out 80% of all language that would be conveyed in comparison to what a face-to-face interaction provides to its participants, and that's how problems start.
you still have enough ways to show "your intentions" in text if you are an experienced internet user (what I presuppose you are), and you missed all / didn't use any of them.
If you want to make jokes, or sarcastic comments... use the textual signs to compensate the missin paraverbal and non verbal information.
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Steve Raw wrote: someone in country "A" will find no humor (or even find offense) in what someone from country "B" finds to be hilarious.
You now made me curious... are you from the U.S.A. as your profile says? Or do you come from somewhere else? (where?)
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I think we are all well-experiences with these damn cookie screens, and while most play nice (i.e., once you click NO to everything, it gets remembered for the next time you go to a website that uses that screen), there is one cookie screen in particular that doesn't play nice, and makes in a PITA to unclick the 8 or so checkboxes for "Legitimate Interest" cookies (an Orwellian term if there ever were one).
I would be most appreciative if anyone can point me to a browser add-on that automatically defeats this (i.e., by silently unclicking all these damn checkboxes), especially for Firefox. NOTE: I do not want to simply have NO cookies, since I do like them for stuff like logins, etc.
EDIT: I've tried to post a screenshot of this obnoxity, but couldn't figure it out. I even tried by toggling off uBlocker, and still couldn't do it - but I have learned that codeproject.com itself has an obnoxious cookie screen. 
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I just go elsewhere and never go back.
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swampwiz wrote: but I have learned that codeproject.com itself has an obnoxious cookie screen.
That wasn't a very nice thing to say at all. 
Please, do something kind with your time to make the world a better place.
Dave needs our help. Please, Help Dave[^]
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Cookie screens can be attributed to the EU and their privacy laws.
I set my browser to clear all cookies on exit, and just ignore the screen and/or click OK. I can create an exception if I want to.
If it is objectionable, I follow OG's advice. Do the same for the "turn off your ad blocker" sites.
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Itβs weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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theoldfool wrote: Cookie screens can be attributed to the EU and their privacy laws.
Sadly, as in many other things, a good idea bad implemented / legislated  
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I've always wondered if that legislation requires the user be asked every time they visit the site, and/or prohibit a site from storing their answers.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
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Behing honest... I don't know for sure. I have nothing to do with active websites, so I didn't read the actual law.
But I think it is something in the line of "You may not save information of an user without permission", so the only way to cope with that was the dumb banners popping up all around and "asking". And making legitime technical cookies to grow up a bunch of % points
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So I must implement a UI for creating and editing rules in my new ad blocker application.
I imagine it being like the rules editor in Outlook, if you're familiar with that one.
You're able to manipulate events, actions and conditions in a generic way to build complete rules that determine what Outlook does with your mail.
Sorta like firewall rules.
I've been thinking a lot about design, and I must conclude that this will be fairly challenging for me. It's the most complex UI that I've had to build to this point.
I was wondering if anyone else has composed such an interface, recently, or a hundred years ago?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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