Dark Money -
The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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Friday, 20 February 2015
quote [ You still have to help your Uncle Jack off a horse. ]
I've got a few more things to bring online before I lock it down as version 1.0 and start on the v2.0 Super Alpha Omega SExtreme, but overall I'm pretty happy with where we're at with the codebase so far. I've managed to bring at least one major improvement online a month with a bunch of little tweaks and tech support fixes thrown in between. So, so far so good, I think.
The ranking system and Prep Post button are in beta, but are mostly working. And I'll be bringing the ability to buy SE silver online and streamlining/fancifying the subscription buying process in the coming weeks. We never did hit the subscription goal I was originally going for (though we came pretty close) and we've lost a couple of subscribers in the past couple of months, so don't be surprised if you see me start to push subscriptions a bit more to try and get us up to that goal. Anyways, I'm taking the weekend off to visit with friends in Orlando. I hear it's not freezing down there. So if you guys like, feel free to go nuts in the thread and drop whatever features you might like to see when I begin v2. No guarantees on anything, but I'll do my best to at least take everything into consideration. Thank you again. Here's to another year even better than the last. Cheers. :D
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bobolink said @ 4:08pm GMT on 20th Feb
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I really missed the old SE when it went down Steele and I really appreciate all the hard work you've done bringing this to life. Bon anniversaire indeed.
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bobolink said @ 4:10pm GMT on 20th Feb
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Yes I know it's not Steeles birthday.
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rylex said @ 4:23pm GMT on 20th Feb
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Good job everyone! hi fives all around!
And to the lurkers, thanky for your support as well. I myself lurked original SE for a year in 2001 before i made an account in 02. It was another year before i started making posts and almost another year before i started to comment on posts. I guess what i am saying is, if you should find yourself alone staring at the home page, do not be afraid. For you are a part of the community and you're already dead! What we post on SE echoes in eternity. |
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ENZ said @ 11:12pm GMT on 20th Feb
I remember making an account just so I could see posts more than 10 pages back.
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RokDragon said @ 1:02am GMT on 21st Feb
I think I started lurking OSE around 01. Seem to remember somebody posting that it was going to subscription only unless you already had an account so I made one. Didn't really even notice that there comments under the posts until a few years ago. I'm still here daily and plan on coming out of the shadows at some point!
Huge thanks to steele and all the posters for keeping this going! |
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lilmookieesquire said @ 6:56pm GMT on 20th Feb
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This is just a cheap ploy by Steele to try and get to first place.
Not on my watch Steele the Usurper! My karma-fu is too strong. |
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lilmookieesquire said @ 6:58pm GMT on 20th Feb
Oh ya, and congrats or whatever. (Seriously though, really, lovely work! Way to find a nice balance between update changes and preservation of style)
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lilmookieesquire said @ 2:26am GMT on 21st Feb
Kat I said "Usurper" not "you slurper"!
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b said @ 8:02pm GMT on 20th Feb
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Has it really been a year already? Holy shit.
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cakkafracle said @ 1:46am GMT on 21st Feb
i came here to say just that.
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SamD8n said @ 9:42pm GMT on 20th Feb
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As a proudly registered lurker of the original SE since 2007, thanks to everyone who contributes! Thanks Steele and every other contributor who kept this (mostly) sensible community going! I dont know where I would go without SE.
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arrowhen said @ 12:24am GMT on 21st Feb
Congratulations on de-lurking! Now the next logical step is to post something. It's easy and fun!
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mechanical contrivance said @ 3:27pm GMT on 20th Feb
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I'd like new comments to turn from gray to white much sooner than they do. That would make it easier to find and read new comments.
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damnit said @ 12:35am GMT on 21st Feb
Just check out the dates.
... haha just kidding. I still can't figure that out after 12 years. |
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buzhidao said[1] @ 1:09am GMT on 21st Feb
you're just sitting there hitting the refresh button, arent you
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mechanical contrivance said @ 2:11am GMT on 21st Feb
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daboo said @ 3:17pm GMT on 20th Feb
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Very awesome - thanks!
I've been meaning to ask, is the code available in a repo somewhere? Is it not available for security reasons? I'd love to fork it. |
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steele said @ 4:39pm GMT on 20th Feb
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The code we are currently running on is not available. It started as a mess and it's still a little embarrassing. The SE codebase is availabe from when Marck was trying to get a group upgrade going though.
http://code.google.com/p/se-v2/ |
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daboo said @ 6:15pm GMT on 20th Feb
Right on, thanks for the reply.
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Dr.Faustus said @ 3:41pm GMT on 20th Feb
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Go Team!
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Nikan said @ 5:09pm GMT on 20th Feb
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One year - wow.
Thank you Steele. What you've done here is amazing. |
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Mythtyn said @ 5:51pm GMT on 20th Feb
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You have done a great job with it Steele. Out of curiousity, how is the user base looking?
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steele said @ 6:25pm GMT on 27th Feb
Apologies, forgot to answer.
We have about 900 users, 30k+comments, and 1.2k+ posts. Our users as of Feb 3rd: 55 have 100+ comments. 85 have 50+ comments. 125 have 25+ comments. We're now holding steady with averaging between 400-470 unique visitors a day. To give you an idea of how that's good news, about 6 months ago we were hitting the occasional 450 but our daily unique low was more like 350. So our daily user visits are stabilizing higher and our max is still growing. :) |
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ooo[......7 said[1] @ 7:25pm GMT on 20th Feb
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Silent said @ 7:56pm GMT on 20th Feb
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One year, it's our SEAnniversary and I didn't get you anything, who thought we'd make it a white year? Certainly not my parents, but then they've never understood our love.
Next year there will be roses, roses and chocolates, roses and chocolates and you'll still have to Jack off a horse... But tonight we'll go to that fancy Italian restaurant you like, just the two of us, we'll share a starter and a drink or two and next year there will be roses... |
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arrowhen said @ 9:11pm GMT on 20th Feb
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:P
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moriati said @ 9:22pm GMT on 20th Feb
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Good News Everyone, we're still here!
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rndmnmbr said @ 10:46pm GMT on 20th Feb
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Sensible
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sanepride said @ 12:58am GMT on 21st Feb
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Time sure flies when you're old.
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cakkafracle said[1] @ 1:47am GMT on 21st Feb
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Has it really been a year already? Holy shit.
also: congratubations Steele, i wasn't sure you had it in ya *checks* you do ;) |
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HoZay said @ 4:30am GMT on 21st Feb
Oh, it's in him.
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HoZay said @ 4:48am GMT on 21st Feb
I'll drink to that!
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aphex808 said @ 7:21am GMT on 21st Feb
*silently judging*
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Adam said @ 8:25am GMT on 21st Feb
I'm raising a glass of ... uh. What is this? Oh well, I'm raising a glass of it anyway. Great jorb!
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bltrocker said @ 5:38am GMT on 22nd Feb
Posterity comment.
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mechanical contrivance said @ 2:22pm GMT on 22nd Feb
Posterior comment.
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conception said @ 3:56am GMT on 23rd Feb
Woop woop!
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Not a whole lot to say. Mainly, just thank you for your support in this endeavour. Thank you to the subscribers that have made this possible. I put far more time into this than I originally planned for so the subscriptions help more than you know. Thank you to the posters, commenters, and modders that are keeping the front page moving and bringing things to life. And of course, thank you to the lurkers that are silently judging us. We know you're out there and we're gonna get you to break eventually.