Blue wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 11:53:
I think bike security relies more on where the bike is locked than how.

Or when. I always park my e-bike in the Paleolithic Era. It has only been stolen once. I think it was one of the weirdos that hangs around the monolith because a few days later I spot a giant space baby riding my stolen e-bike.

Blue wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 11:53:
When those Kryptonite locks first appeared and offered a guarantee your bike would not get stolen, they quickly excluded NYC from the guarantee. ...
I think bike security relies more on where the bike is locked than how.

LOL excluded NYC, i never knew that.

RedEye9 wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 11:37:

eRe4s3r wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 11:12:

Armengar wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 10:52:
plenty of ebikes and scooters here, even in the village. I have an ebike, its a power assist rather than pure ebike. I ride fairly normally and it kicks in on the inclines. Great to visit the local supermarket for a quick shop on a good day. With a rucksack on it covers the 4km quite easily and hardly loses charge.

Plenty of kids on escooters too, most stick to the cycle paths which helps as they do go at a fair pace. Most have probably been derestricted.

How you securing e-bike in front of places you visit so they don't get nabbed?

You carry around the thickest chain, locks and u-locks that money can buy and hope no one watchs the Lock Picking Lawyer LPL.

LPL [868] "Why I Use This Lock On My Bicycle - Kryptonite Evolution Chain Lock (Series 4)" https://youtu.be/SpVOTEOMRuE
I use a lesser model, the Kryptonite Keeper 785 Bicycle Chain Lock 7mm four-sided chain, 33.5-Inch.
This can be cut through with bolt cutters, but where I live (small town) any chained up bike is safe. Many times I just chain the wheel to the frame when I'm at the coffee shop.

LPL [1242] "NYT Wirecutter Says These Are The Best Bike Locks" https://youtu.be/jZtNEC1uGg4

City of London Police "How secure is your bicycle lock?" https://youtu.be/pywN558dJaU
I love this one.

also You live in the EU so you should be familiar with some of the awesome locks ABUS makes.
[1018] Blind Pick of The Abus X-Plus Core https://youtu.be/mAyTv64YkTI

https://www.bikeradar.com/advice/skills/how-to-lock-a-bike/
How to lock a bike: Tips on proper practice to prevent bike theft

If it's really a precious cycle, hide 3 apple air tags all over it.

When those Kryptonite locks first appeared and offered a guarantee your bike would not get stolen, they quickly excluded NYC from the guarantee. Just checked, and that's still the case:

(Note: For the United States of America only, please note that certain products are not covered in Manhattan, NY, United States of America.) Please visit our ATPO FAQ at https://kryptonite.zendesk.com for the list of products that are covered in Manhattan, New York, United States of America and New York County, New York, United States of America under zip codes from 10001 - 10292.

Source: https://www.kryptonitelock.com/en/policy/terms-and-conditions.html

I think bike security relies more on where the bike is locked than how.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 11:12:

Armengar wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 10:52:
plenty of ebikes and scooters here, even in the village. I have an ebike, its a power assist rather than pure ebike. I ride fairly normally and it kicks in on the inclines. Great to visit the local supermarket for a quick shop on a good day. With a rucksack on it covers the 4km quite easily and hardly loses charge.

Plenty of kids on escooters too, most stick to the cycle paths which helps as they do go at a fair pace. Most have probably been derestricted.

How you securing e-bike in front of places you visit so they don't get nabbed?

You carry around the thickest chain, locks and u-locks that money can buy and hope no one watchs the Lock Picking Lawyer LPL.

LPL [868] "Why I Use This Lock On My Bicycle - Kryptonite Evolution Chain Lock (Series 4)" https://youtu.be/SpVOTEOMRuE
I use a lesser model, the Kryptonite Keeper 785 Bicycle Chain Lock 7mm four-sided chain, 33.5-Inch.
This can be cut through with bolt cutters, but where I live (small town) any chained up bike is safe. Many times I just chain the wheel to the frame when I'm at the coffee shop.

LPL [1242] "NYT Wirecutter Says These Are The Best Bike Locks" https://youtu.be/jZtNEC1uGg4

City of London Police "How secure is your bicycle lock?" https://youtu.be/pywN558dJaU
I love this one.

also You live in the EU so you should be familiar with some of the awesome locks ABUS makes.
[1018] Blind Pick of The Abus X-Plus Core https://youtu.be/mAyTv64YkTI

https://www.bikeradar.com/advice/skills/how-to-lock-a-bike/
How to lock a bike: Tips on proper practice to prevent bike theft

If it's really a precious cycle, hide 3 apple air tags all over it.

Armengar wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 10:52:
plenty of ebikes and scooters here, even in the village. I have an ebike, its a power assist rather than pure ebike. I ride fairly normally and it kicks in on the inclines. Great to visit the local supermarket for a quick shop on a good day. With a rucksack on it covers the 4km quite easily and hardly loses charge.

Plenty of kids on escooters too, most stick to the cycle paths which helps as they do go at a fair pace. Most have probably been derestricted.

How you securing e-bike in front of places you visit so they don't get nabbed?

plenty of ebikes and scooters here, even in the village. I have an ebike, its a power assist rather than pure ebike. I ride fairly normally and it kicks in on the inclines. Great to visit the local supermarket for a quick shop on a good day. With a rucksack on it covers the 4km quite easily and hardly loses charge.

Plenty of kids on escooters too, most stick to the cycle paths which helps as they do go at a fair pace. Most have probably been derestricted.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jun 5, 2023, 00:37:

Blue wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 13:15:

Mr. Tact wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 12:43:
Interesting, didn't know there was such a thing as a referral block, but not completely surprising. I'm going to guess they have a wildcard block on referral links with certain sites whitelisted.

Makes so much sense. As a website operator, you don't want other sites inundating you with traffic right? That's like stealing bandwidth or something!!!!

Seriously though, if they are actually blocking referrals I can't even begin to imagine why.

I say we give them a reason for why.

LOL I would, except I actually like Dark Horizon. It is a good place for a movie buff like me to find out interesting things, and most of the articles are actually written by mature, talented people who obviously actually care about the topic about which they are writing. Game journalists can do much worse than learning a thing or two from them.

Blue wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 13:15:

Mr. Tact wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 12:43:
Interesting, didn't know there was such a thing as a referral block, but not completely surprising. I'm going to guess they have a wildcard block on referral links with certain sites whitelisted.

Makes so much sense. As a website operator, you don't want other sites inundating you with traffic right? That's like stealing bandwidth or something!!!!

Seriously though, if they are actually blocking referrals I can't even begin to imagine why.

I say we give them a reason for why.

fujiJuice wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 14:32:
That doesn't explain why forum links work though.

Okay, that is weird.

Well FWIW the message goes on to say that all you have to do to allow access is contact their webmaster.

jdreyer wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 14:27:

Blue wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 13:15:

Mr. Tact wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 12:43:
Interesting, didn't know there was such a thing as a referral block, but not completely surprising. I'm going to guess they have a wildcard block on referral links with certain sites whitelisted.

Makes so much sense. As a website operator, you don't want other sites inundating you with traffic right? That's like stealing bandwidth or something!!!!

Seriously though, if they are actually blocking referrals I can't even begin to imagine why.

Maybe too much referral traffic from one site gets flagged as bot activity by Cloudflare and blocked? Like a DDoS attack. I can't imagine the traffic from Blue's to be so great as to trigger that though.

I highly doubt that was intentional. Wordpress force upgraded all WP instances to newest versions because of some "fun" stuff going around. Maybe default has weird rules?

That doesn't explain why forum links work though.

Blue wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 13:15:

Mr. Tact wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 12:43:
Interesting, didn't know there was such a thing as a referral block, but not completely surprising. I'm going to guess they have a wildcard block on referral links with certain sites whitelisted.

Makes so much sense. As a website operator, you don't want other sites inundating you with traffic right? That's like stealing bandwidth or something!!!!

Seriously though, if they are actually blocking referrals I can't even begin to imagine why.

Maybe too much referral traffic from one site gets flagged as bot activity by Cloudflare and blocked? Like a DDoS attack. I can't imagine the traffic from Blue's to be so great as to trigger that though.

I imagine we could come up with reasons you'd want to keep specific sites from linking to you, but I agree generally it does seem silly.

Mr. Tact wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 12:43:
Interesting, didn't know there was such a thing as a referral block, but not completely surprising. I'm going to guess they have a wildcard block on referral links with certain sites whitelisted.

Makes so much sense. As a website operator, you don't want other sites inundating you with traffic right? That's like stealing bandwidth or something!!!!

Seriously though, if they are actually blocking referrals I can't even begin to imagine why.

Interesting, didn't know there was such a thing as a referral block, but not completely surprising. I'm going to guess they have a wildcard block on referral links with certain sites whitelisted.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jun 4, 2023, 04:18:

Mr. Tact wrote on Jun 3, 2023, 23:38:

Prez wrote on Jun 3, 2023, 21:07:

Your access to this site has been limited by the site owner
Your access to this service has been limited. (HTTP response code 503)

Is anyone else getting this message on the Deckard link? I have definitely been on Dark Horizons before... Did they go paywalled or something? I'm using chrome btw

Yep. Taking out the "www." bypasses it for some reason.

It's a referral block - if you go there from bluesnews it blocks, if you open new tab and copy it in it works.
so apparently Bluesnews is now blocked from linking to Dark Horizons.

Thanks for the helpful info, but that is really weird.

On the topic of the article - I'm aware that the creator himself (and now the actor who played Deckard) has stated that Deckard is a replicant, but I still prefer to consider it an open question and a mystery worth pondering. It's more fun that way. It's like when someone says The Matrix is an obvious metaphor for transsexuality. It obviously isn't to me, but art is interpreted in different ways by different people, and no one can really tell them they are wrong. That's what the art said to them. It's a very personal thing in that way really.

This comment was edited on Jun 4, 2023, 11:23.

Shutting down just long enough to let the headlines fade out and to generate a whitewash report while re-jiggering the rules so what they have been doing is sanitized and out of the scope of the regulations.

I am sure the insiders there know exacty what the reasons were for all of those deaths.

Mr. Tact wrote on Jun 3, 2023, 23:38:

Prez wrote on Jun 3, 2023, 21:07:

Your access to this site has been limited by the site owner
Your access to this service has been limited. (HTTP response code 503)

Is anyone else getting this message on the Deckard link? I have definitely been on Dark Horizons before... Did they go paywalled or something? I'm using chrome btw

Yep. Taking out the "www." bypasses it for some reason.

It's a referral block - if you go there from bluesnews it blocks, if you open new tab and copy it in it works.
so apparently Bluesnews is now blocked from linking to Dark Horizons.

Prez wrote on Jun 3, 2023, 21:07:

Your access to this site has been limited by the site owner
Your access to this service has been limited. (HTTP response code 503)

Is anyone else getting this message on the Deckard link? I have definitely been on Dark Horizons before... Did they go paywalled or something? I'm using chrome btw

Yep. Taking out the "www." bypasses it for some reason.