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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 08, 2014, 09:21 PM »

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Living Room / Re: Hitchbot, a baby-Cody descendant?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 08, 2014, 08:05 PM »

Hmmm...will Baby Cody be wanting some upgrades at some point?

-ewemoa (August 03, 2014, 04:18 PM)

It won't be long until:

https://www.donation....msg310392#msg310392

-Deozaan (August 03, 2014, 10:24 PM)

Haha, forgot about those.  Although...bloody glad to be rid of the person that drew them

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Living Room / Re: New guy on the forums

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 04, 2014, 08:21 PM »

Welcome to the forum Mason!

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Living Room / Re: My cat needs your thoughts | RIP Saffron my dearest cat

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 02, 2014, 11:39 AM »

 

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 02, 2014, 08:59 AM »

He often gets walked along dark fields and pathways and such so it means he can see and it comes in handy for us to see the path at night lol

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Living Room / I bought a pineapple today...

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 31, 2014, 09:05 PM »

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 31, 2014, 05:30 PM »

Upgraded munchs LED lights xD

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Living Room / Re: My cat needs your thoughts | RIP Saffron my dearest cat

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 30, 2014, 08:09 PM »

Don't really know what to say mousey. She is well loved and well looked after, and you bet she knows it. Nothing is final and there is still hope!  Keep your spirits up for her cause the happier you are, the happier she will be

You are in mine, Katies and Munchs thoughts

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Living Room / Re: Show us a picture of your.. CAR!!!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 29, 2014, 06:29 PM »

Just realized that I never actually uploaded photos of mine...I only uploaded a stock photo before I managed to grab any of my own...

So...Here she is!

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Google ad test

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 23, 2014, 12:40 AM »

Kind of wanted to bump this topic for a couple of reasons.

I didn't really look at this thread last year when this all happened, but as for blacklisting those big download button ads and such, they can all be blacklisted pretty simply through the Google control panel.

On another note, a better way to moderate what ads would be available on the website, is to not use such operators as Google.  Instead, one could simply be more selective by having an internal Ad Panel, where members could pay $X for Y Impressions/Clicks for their banners.  These ad accounts would be setup through DC itself and moderated by the DC Gods.  You can also then choose how, where, and when these ads appear.

As an example of the above, this is how I would see that happening:

1. A user visits DC for the first time and would see (instead of an ad), a little banner saying something like "Advertise on our website"
2. They then click-through to see what is involved, and they notice that they can choose literal sections for where they are shown, or be allowed to be shown anywhere on the website.
3. They may also see that because the ads shown on DC are very selective and must go through an internal approval process before being shown, they know that their legitimate ads won't be shown against unscrupulous advertisers.

Those 3 steps alone would be a big selling point for most companies.

If you then offered promotions for people to advertise their offerings, such as "Place a link to us on your website and earn $X in impressions" and such things, then this would also improve DCs backlink quality, which obvious improves things such as Page Ranking.

You could give Supporting Members the option to disable ads on their account so they will never be shown, which would then give people more of a reason to donate to get that tag on their account, which would then mean that those who don't want ads, have already donated to the site, so their possible ad revenue from clicking things, would no longer be something to worry about.

Seeing as DC already has an internal currency system, I don't think doing something like this would be too difficult to do as advertisers could use DonationCredits to purchase Advertising Impressions/Clicks around the site...and unlike other advertisers...they don't have to purchase a specific amount of credit...instead they could simply deposit $100 for DonationCredits, and if they don't feel the ads are doing very well after $30 of spending, then they can withdraw the remainder...donate it to other developers....or donate to other people on the website.

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Living Room / Re: The Web Never Forgets

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 23, 2014, 12:06 AM »

Tbh, web browsing habits being tracked is such an old topic now, I don't honestly think there is a single person left online that isn't completely aware of it...I mean...even opening up an Incognito Window in Chrome proves that it isn't completely "Stealth" as it still serves up ads that you see in the normal window based off your browsing habits.

To be honest though...I see this as somewhat ideal, as I am only being advertised things that I might find remotely useful..which on a couple of occasions...I have.  If I didn't want ads, I would simply install ad-block.

Tracking as a whole really isn't "evil" as you say...I mean...Google have to make money somehow seeing as they don't charge you a penny for anything they host...not a bad deal really..."Use this for free so long as you let us show you a couple of adverts"...seems fair to me.

A lot of the time, on certain websites, I will purposely click an advert purely based on the fact that it helps with the running costs for that website...much like Imgur...I clicked ads there before upgrading to pro...just to help support them...If DonationCoder had ads around the website...then I would also click them, because the more people that do...the more money the website would earn...simple as that.

If TV channels could tap into "Targeted Ads" then it would be a perfect scenario...as I would see stuff I might actually give a crap about rather than a constant stream of stuff I will quite probably never buy/use/want.

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Living Room / Queens Guards Surprise The Crowd During "The Changing of The Guard"

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 20, 2014, 01:08 PM »

During the changing of the royal guards at Buckingham Palace the guards surprised the crowd by playing the theme song of HBO's series "Game of Thrones"

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Site/Forum Features / Re: (new) icon - make it easier to hit on touch screen device

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 19, 2014, 01:07 PM »

Was just thinking about this whilst making a coffee...

What about having the option within ones profile section, or possibly a button somewhere on the website which would allow those links to show a bigger version of the images, or the original ones retrospectively.  (Eg...... (+) (-) buttons).

Alternatively, I am pretty sure SMF has mods that check what platform/device a user is using, and could be used to show X for one device and Y for another.

Just my 2cents

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Site/Forum Features / Re: (new) icon - make it easier to hit on touch screen device

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 18, 2014, 10:45 PM »

or

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Site/Forum Features / Re: (new) icon - make it easier to hit on touch screen device

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 18, 2014, 10:44 PM »

Clickable enough?

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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 18, 2014, 08:44 PM »

Every night for the past three years, a junkyard dog in Brazil has made an eight-mile journey along dark and dangerous roads so she can retrieve a bag of food for her friends – another dog, a cat, and several chickens.  At first she left home to feed her puppies, but now she still makes the journey so she can feed her friends.

Read Full Story

Watch The Video

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Living Room / Re: Oh god...It's him!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 16, 2014, 09:19 PM »

Hello Mr. S!

It's been too long since you graced us with your company. Glad to see all is well.

Nice photo too. There can never be too many redheads in the world AFAIC. (Got one of my own many years ago and never looked back!) And such a noble dog!...(Got one of those too!) Life is good.

-40hz (July 16, 2014, 09:09 PM)

Haha cheers for the kind words   Katie isn't naturally that colour and currently has black/blue hair...I'm fairly sure (but not 100%) that she is naturally brunette...but who the hell knows these days haha

Munch is completely insane and does this kind of thing all the time haha:

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Living Room / Re: Oh god...It's him!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 16, 2014, 09:00 PM »

I believe mouser said all three of you needed to be smiling in the photo! But none of you really are. Even Munch looks a little confused about the whole thing. Try again!

(And welcome back! )

-Deozaan (July 16, 2014, 07:30 PM)

Challenge Accepted!

...
I have been focusing a lot on real life...

-Stephen66515 (July 16, 2014, 06:35 PM)

DC isn't real life!?
   

-TaoPhoenix (July 16, 2014, 07:49 PM)

Nope...It's just a fantasy!

Hey! Welcome back!

Let the scrolling pages of 1,000 GIFs commence~!

-Renegade (July 16, 2014, 08:13 PM)

Mwahahahahahahaha lmao...Also...I did message you on Facebook btw

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Living Room / Re: Oh god...It's him!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 16, 2014, 07:14 PM »

Hey ewe!

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Living Room / Re: Oh god...It's him!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 16, 2014, 06:42 PM »

Thanks!

I really am!!  Real life is a strange place but it is well worth checking out from time to time

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Living Room / Oh god...It's him!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 16, 2014, 06:35 PM »

Hey strangers!

Just thought I would drop by and say hellooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you have all been doing great!

I have been focusing a lot on real life and some small projects and have been happily living with my fiance and Munch (The pooch) since I left.  Times have changed a lot but it feels great to be posting here once again!

As per mousers request...here is a photo of all 3 of us xD

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General Software Discussion / Re: Freeware = CRAP!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 24, 2013, 01:56 PM »

OP is a ...... oh wait...this is DoCo not Reddit...Sorry

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Python / Re: Free Python & other books from Green Tea Press

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 21, 2013, 10:29 PM »

Hi langston. 

Firstly, Welcome!

Thanks for letting us know about Green Tea Press and becoming a Supporting Member of DonationCoder.com.

I think I speak for all of us here when I say I hope you find our community warm, and welcoming, and you can make a home here

-Stephen

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: RegaLink

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 20, 2013, 07:50 PM »

  I would hate to see this become a bloated, bug filled app.  Add in too many request and that's what it may wind up as.....   

-Tinman57 (July 20, 2013, 07:47 PM)

Hence why this is an experimental download, not even classed as Beta - I want to see how the reaction is to it.

To be honest, I had not really planned to take this much further, hence why I released the code for it.  But, I don't mind adding a couple more features...Certainly don't see why it would be bug filled...Obviously not sure if this release has bugs...but seeing as I added very little and the code is simple as hell...it is unlikely

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 20, 2013, 06:41 PM »

Simple but delicious!

Pasta Bake:

Ingredients:

1 Bag of Pasta
Pasta Sauce of your choice
As much cheese as you can possibly stomach
Tortilla Chips

Prep:

Pre-heat the oven to 175c
Fill saucepan with water, add 1 table spoon of salt to the water
Bring water to the boil
Add pasta to the pan (As much as you want to eat...it tastes good the next day anyway)
Wait until the pasta is close to cooked and throw the pasta sauce into another pan, and cook until hot (DO NOT ALLOW THE SAUCE TO BOIL)
Add cheese to the sauce

Once the pasta is cooked, transfer to an oven dish and grate cheese on top...mix into the pasta. 
Add the sauce to the mix, and stir into the pasta so it is completely coated.
Grate cheese all over the top.
Add crushed Tortilla Chips over the cheese, then grate more cheese on top (Coat completely)

Place into the now heated oven for appx 15 minutes (Until you get a nice golden color on top) - If your oven has a grill point, it is always nice to grill the top for 5-10 minutes to give it some crispiness, but this is just my preference

Remove from the oven and serve piping hot.  Add more cheese to it if you want (I do) and add salt/pepper to taste.