I am (one of) the users who reported your posts in that thread; is that good enough?

Answer: Yes. That's why I reported your posts in that thread, and why they were subsequently deleted.

Replies to deleted posts are also deleted as a matter of course, since they no longer serve any purpose.

Any other questions?

Theymos occasionally promotes normal users to the status of merit source, though you'll need to do more than "demand some sMerits" to be worthy of consideration.

It's a job for the mods. Pick a post made by the ban evader (preferably one that proves they are evading their ban) and report it. Be sure to state in your report that the report is for ban evasion (along with the identity of the originally banned account and a link to evidence, if it's not obvious from the post) and the mods will deal with it.

Mods aren't gods; they don't see all. That's why you're encouraged to report rule violations whenever you see them.

Because that's pretty much exactly how merit sources work already. Merit sources don't have to spend any or all of their sMerits, and while source sMerit doesn't decay, it doesn't accumulate either: if a source doesn't spend their monthly sMerits allocation, they don't get any more.

(Incidentally, sMerits do not decay and never have. That message just indicates that they might decay if theymos changes his mind about that, but he hasn't yet.)

Update on the mystery 403 error: Cloudflare bastardness confirmed. I'm not 100% sure what the image proxy is doing to get around this, but I assume Cloudflare just whitelists its IP address. I miss the old Internet, that didn't have a single company that could just randomly decide to break everything.

Until I figure out what the actual problem is, I've added a link to access the image via the forum's image proxy, since it seems to work in all cases as far as I can tell. (If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.)

About a hour or so per day for nearly two weeks. Less than half of that time was actually drawing; most of my time was spent on clean-up and post-processing.

Hmm. It seems I also get a 403, but only when using Wget over Tor. Wget without Tor works, as does every browser I've tried with or without Tor. I don't understand it; I've never had a problem with this host before (except years ago when they messed up their transition to HTTPS, but that's another story). In any case, the forum's image proxy seems to have no such problems, so as a workaround you can quote the OP, replace the image URL, and click Preview (but don't actually post it, of course). EDIT: I've got a better idea.

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Focus your sensors more closely on the NSFW version. When you see it... you'll probably be reaching for another bottle, actually. I can't let Lauda have a monopoly on gender confusion, can I?

Are you referring to your proxy setting? Because that setting doesn't refer to the port used by Bitcoin, but rather the port used by your proxy server. The setting is of no relevance if you're not using a proxy. In fact, if you intent to follow BitCryptex's advice and connect using Tor as a proxy, you'll need to change it back (9050 is the default setting because that's what Tor normally uses).

Rank doesn't factor into whether a user is regarded as a spammer; it's just that spammers so rarely achieve high ranks in the first place. Anyone of any rank who has something worthwhile to say may create a thread about it without fear of being labelled a spammer, the key word being "worthwhile". While the worthwhileness requirement does disqualify most of the entrants in this contest who seem to have put exactly as little effort into their "art" as everything else they post on the forum, that's not my problem.

I also fail to see how it's your problem, either, so I don't really understand what you're complaining about, but if you insist on continuing this conversation I suggest you take suchmoon's advice and create your own thread about it - this one is supposed to just be a fun celebration.

I'm nobody special. Anybody can create a separate thread for their entry if they wish. I did so not so that more people would see it, but simply because I was afraid the somewhat controversial nature of my art would lead to many comments that would derail the contest thread, which is already painful enough to navigate as it is. (On a related note, I'd like to thank Last of the V8s for not quoting the full-size image.)

Come to think of it, I never did get a proper answer to my original question; I may have deployed the sensor ships prematurely. But it ended up being funnier that way, so it all worked out in the end.

Well, I have to keep things tasteful. That's what distinguishes erotica from pornography.

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You mean you never saw Rassah's coffee table? (Actually, that's probably for the best...)

I suspect it's Cloudflare being a bastard. Is there a CAPTCHA on d.facdn.net? And if so, can you access the image after solving it?

Yup. Just a little joke.

This is the official NSFW discussion thread for my eyebrow-raising entry in 10th anniversary art contest. Please don't merit this post; merit the original post instead.

Since this is a celebration for the whole forum, there are no local rules and everyone's invited (even The-One-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named). Just remember that all global rules remain in effect, in particular Rule 10: No embedded NSFW images. Links only. Label any such links as NSFW even though that's probably redundant.

With that out of the way, let's get this party started!

Since it seems nobody else knows how to properly celebrate such a momentous occasion as this, here's my long-awaited entry (in more ways than one). Admittedly not the most directly related to bitcointalk.org, but we could hardly celebrate its 10th anniversary without everything depicted here, could we now? Be sure not to miss the afterparty in the foxhole, with "all-access" passes available for merit/trust gangsters.

Note: To avoid derailing this thread with what I'm sure will be many questions, comments, and raised eyebrows, please post all such remarks in the thread I created for just that purpose: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5196347.0. [NSFW]

And party hard!*



Digital drawing from scratch using reference photos taken by myself, of myself (no, I'm not posting them, for obvious reasons). I also used as a reference a picture of a certain familiar feline who is sure to deny all involvement. Some logos and trademarks were traced from references, some drawn freehand. Text set in Ubuntu and Haettenschweiler. All trademarks are property of their respective owners.

NSFW version available here: d.facdn.net/art/foxpup/1572178064/1572178017.foxpup_btcntlk10yrs.png
EDIT: Proxied NSFW link (since apparently my host Cloudflare is randomly blocking everyone but the forum's image proxy): ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd.facdn.net%2Fart%2Ffoxpup%2F1572178064%2F1572178017.foxpup_btcntlk10yrs.png&t=606&c=_nxC8XEpAwRvaQ

BTC address (since fluorescent ink stencilled on bare fur doesn't make for the most readable QR code): 18f2Aq4mH3irHHLreCtZgMTY1ijuCpKXgR

*Don't party too hard: I nearly broke a tooth holding that whisky bottle like that. Don't try this at home, kids.

In that case, I apologise.

Wait, I'm confused. Did Mamaecrypto actually create the template for Canva or just use it as Blockchayne did? Because this whole discussion is completely ridiculous if it's the latter.

No, you used the design. She created it. It is insulting for you to even suggest that they're the same thing.

I've never heard such nonsense in all my life.