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The People's Cube's glorious new home

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Rejoice, comrades! This site, which the toiling masses of the world lovingly call the Party Organ of Record, has migrated to a modern, state-of-the-art platform.

The migration was mostly peaceful. Any smashed windows, occasional rioting and break-ins to Louis Vuitton to grab a loaf of bread for the starving children of Venezuela were totally justified.

Criminal Trump couldn't build a wall high enough to stop our toiling kollektive from migrating!

There have been a few changes. The menu at the top is now more streamlined. The user menu for logged-in comrades is now spread out underneath the masthead. Click on all the links to see where everything is. A few other improvements are still in the works, but we just couldn't wait much longer.

The new features are impressive:
 
  1. Hall of Fame (user menu below the masthead)
  2. The new Editor for the Rich is awesome, with new great features and no previous bugs, like the missing line breaks.
  3. No more oppressive video buttons! To post a video or a tweet, just place the link on a separate line and hit submit. It'll become embedded by the will of the masses.
  4. Similarly, any plain link to a news source will be transformed into a box with the article name and a preview - also by the will of the masses, but you already knew that. If you don't want that box, hyperlink that URL to some text, e.g., the article name.
  5. To post an image, you can do it the old way, or you can simply copy it from another app and paste it (Ctrl+V) directly where you want it in your post. It will become an attachment once you hit submit.
  6. Letter sizes are now using percentage points. E.g., 100 = 100% = normal size. 150 = 150%, etc. This is a better and more flexible way. The numbers in the menu are just arbitrary presets.  Once you switch to "poor text" you can manually change that number to whatever you want, and your text size will change to exactly that percentage. 101, 102, 103, and to infinity. It also goes backwards - 99, 98, etc.
  7. When you quote someone else's attached image, it will be displayed in the quote, in a smaller size.
  8. The ProgOn and ProgOff icons are now in the clipart tab below the posting area, just drag them into the post.
  9. There are now more BBcode buttons in the menu. Try them all, but please don't abuse the smileys. If the artists among us want to propose a new set of revolutionary smileys, send them to Red Square. We can use them instead of the default ones.

The site still has one or two small bugs caused by the sabotage by capitalist wreckers, but our dedicated team of computer scientists imprisoned at a secret sharashka is working hard to send those bugs to the ash heap of history.
 
  1. The old Gallery plugin refuses work in the new system, despite all the many threats, intimidation, and blackmail. But rest assured that all your Gallery images are still there, and they are showing in your old posts. But we're still hopeful that if we torture it enough, the Gallery will give in and begin to cooperate.
  2. If you have trouble logging in, clear your browser cache and delete your old Cube cookie. The Cube will immediately bake you a new, even better cookie, absolutely free of charge!
  3. If you find any bugs or other signs of hooliganism, denounce them in the comments.

We've been promising this migration for so long, it began to feel like the World of Next Tuesday. But now Next Tuesday is here and we are unstoppable because we are on the right side of history, and don't we know which side of history is right - or left, as the case may be.

We couldn't have done it without the programming expertise of our very own Comrade Mi, who had volunteered his help and spent many a sleepless night to make the dream of the masses come true! For this, we hereby award him with the coveted medal of Hero of Socialist Labor.
 
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Many thanks to Dear Leader and Comrade Mi.

And I denounce the gallery plugin.

Forward!

 



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(for any Zoomer comrade not familiar with the above context)

        Mystery item No. 1

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I love the efficiency of The Great Socialist System™, however, I'm not getting email notifications of replies to my posts, anymore.

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Kapitan Kangaroo Kourt wrote:
2/13/2022, 2:06 pm
I love the efficiency of The Great Socialist System™, however, I'm not getting email notifications of replies to my posts, anymore.

I just tested email delivery and it works. Try resubscribing to the watched topics, or look at your profile settings. Additionally, there's a new feature, a "Notifications" link next to your profile name underneath the masthead. Clicking on it may just show the messages you're missing.

Of course, there's always a possibility our notifications are being stolen by the capitalist wreckers just to deprive the masses of the precious few things they have in their oppressed lives.  

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Just when I finally got the hang of using the old features (after almost 15 years at the Cube), they had to go and change everything.

Let's give it a whirl... 

For you, Comrade Mi: 

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And a bumpersticker for your birthing person to put on the back of their beet cart:

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But just so you know, Mi, that if this post doesn't turn out the way it should, I'll be back to apply my shovel.

mi
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Commissarka Pinkie wrote:
2/13/2022, 6:25 pm
But just so you know, Mi, that if this post doesn't turn out the way it should, I'll be back to apply my shovel.
We may have had to offer some alcohol (and bribes) to the work-acceptance committe, but the post appears most equal, comrade Commissarka!

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For those not sure what sharashka means and where draw our disposable human resources.

Sharashka

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Red Square wrote:
2/13/2022, 9:13 pm
For those not sure what sharashka means and where draw our disposable human resources.

Sharashka
From the link:

The scientists and engineers at a sharashka were prisoners picked by the Soviet government from various camps and prisons and assigned to work on scientific and technological problems for the state. Living conditions were usually much better than in an average taiga camp, mostly because of the absence of hard labor.

The results of the research in sharashkas were usually published under the names of prominent Soviet scientists without credit given to the real researchers, whose names frequently have been forgotten.

Gee, you crazy commies sure do like to steal the labor-value of the workers.
 

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There used to be a little pointy hand thing next to each thread that would take me to the last post on that thread. What happened to the pointy hand thing? Was it stolen by Capitalist wreckers? Was it snatched by our BLM brothers? Has it been airbrushed from history?

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Ivan, supply chain issues... There were two shipments of pointy hand things, one is still off the left coast waiting to be cleared to dock, another shipment came in the port of Vancouver, was transloaded to trucks... that shipment left last week and is now parked in Ottawa.

Vive la revolución!

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Ivan Betinov wrote:
2/13/2022, 11:58 pm
There used to be a little pointy hand thing next to each thread that would take me to the last post on that thread. What happened to the pointy hand thing?
It is in the sharashka being rehabilitated to make it look more authoritarian confident and to point accusingly to the left with a left hand.
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NOW THE PRAVDA: the pointy hand was replaced by the tiny rocket located on the People's Blog main page on the extreme right of each blog post.
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And then—as if by magic—the tiny rocket was replaced by a new, Party Approved tiny hand:
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But enough about that—we still don't know the new graphic file size limits for still pictures and animated GIFs!
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Don't panic, comrades! The pointy hand has now been confiscated from capitalist exploiters and redistributed back to our kollektive. Now all their websites will be left without the pointy hand, so take that, selfish hoarders! Thank you, Ivan, for sounding the alarm!

Colonel Obyezyana - that hand is not a graphic file but a glyph in Font Awesome, which is a common method of displaying icons these days. And as it evolves, it changes glyph names, which is what happened here. I needed to find a new name for the pointy hand and now it's back. At the same time, Laika's Rocket that performs the same function on the Groupthink page remained unchanged.

The good news is, once socialism is established worldwide, all changes will stop and the world will remain as it is now for a thousand-year Reich of Next Tuesday. To change one glyph would take an effort of thousands of people in research labs (sharashka) to develop, thousands of people in the Central Planning Committee to incorporate it into the next Five Year Plan, and thousands of people in a special auditing bureau to make sure the introduction of a new glyph won't throw a monkey wrench into the production of women's work boots and beet candy for the Young Pioneers.

And don't get me started on the academic discourse about the ethics of equitable pixel redistribution and minority quotas.

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Now to see if the quote thingy works...
Ivan Betinov wrote:
2/13/2022, 11:58 pm
There used to be a little pointy hand thing next to each thread that would take me to the last post on that thread. What happened to the pointy hand thing? Was it stolen by Capitalist wreckers? Was it snatched by our BLM brothers? Has it been airbrushed from history?

Is THAT what the pointy hand thingy was for? All this time, I thought it only meant, "Looky here, new post!" and then I would click on the topic and scroll, scroll, scroll, sometimes having to pause and wait for things to load, and scroll, scroll, scroll, and...do you mean to tell me that I am only just now finding out that if I click on the pointy hand thingy, it will take me straight to the newest post without all the scrolling?

That all this time, all these years, I was doing it the HARD WAY? The slowest way? The least efficient way? The dumbest way?

Damn, but does that ever make me feel like a...a PROG! A Prog working hard on behalf of The Party™!*

And mind how you answer any of my questions, if you do. At least I still get to use a shovel instead of a spoon.

*OMG, I found the TM all by myself and without any help from the government! 

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I hope we get the share thingy back because I like to see who’s getting the most shares and winning.

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Is the new platform Hillary proof or shall expect her for-hire tech teams to datamine my People's Karaoke diddies?

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El Presidente wrote:
2/15/2022, 2:53 am
Is the new platform Hillary proof or shall expect her for-hire tech teams to datamine my People's Karaoke diddies?

I would never do nothing and you can’t prove it anyway.

 

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Groupthink wrote:
2/13/2022, 4:04 pm
Kapitan Kangaroo Kourt wrote:
2/13/2022, 2:06 pm
I love the efficiency of The Great Socialist System™, however, I'm not getting email notifications of replies to my posts, anymore.

I just tested email delivery and it works. Try resubscribing to the watched topics, or look at your profile settings. Additionally, there's a new feature, a "Notifications" link next to your profile name underneath the masthead. Clicking on it may just show the messages you're missing.

Of course, there's always a possibility our notifications are being stolen by the capitalist wreckers just to deprive the masses of the precious few things they have in their oppressed lives.  
I'm not sure how to re-subscribe to a watched topic. I never had to do that before. Simply commenting on a topic used to be enough to receive emails about replies to the topic. That's not happening anymore. I checked my settings and they are in compliance with Party™ policy so I'm not sure what else I can do.
 


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It is beautiful to see how state controlled progress is so efficient! A salute to glorious leader! I only hope the servers are still in the most secure location on earth, Hillary's basement

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Red Square wrote:
2/14/2022, 1:14 pm
That hand is not a graphic file but a glyph in Font Awesome, which is a common method of displaying icons these days.

Yeah, I know. Font Awesome glyphs work well for some things but for others...
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not quite the same impact. (lol)

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I wept with joy.  I have been on extended mandatory vacation by gulag travel agency so apologies for the late exuberance. 
 

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Red Square wrote:
2/12/2022, 8:37 pm
  1. To post an image, you can do it the old way, or you can simply copy it from another app and paste it (Ctrl+V) directly where you want it in your post. It will become an attachment once you hit submit.
I don't know what you mean by doing it the old way. I used to post an image to my gallery and then link to it in my post. I can't find my gallery.

I tried copy and paste from a windows file folder but that didn't work. I tried copy and paste from my desktop but that didn't work. I tried copy and paste from my photos app but that didn't work.

I have no idea how to post an image now.
 

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Kapitan Kangaroo Kourt wrote:
2/20/2022, 8:18 pm
I have no idea how to post an image now.
Perhaps the easiest method is to

1.  Drag a copy of your image to the desktop (or somewhere you can easily locate it)
2.  Press the "Add files" button (in the Attach Images tab)
3.  When the dialog box opens and you see your image on the desktop, double click it*
4.  You'll then see your file below "Posted Attachments" and when you click "Place Inline," your image will go wherever your cursor in blinking.

*  When the dialog box opens, if your image is not on the desktop you merely need to navigate to its location and then double click it.

 Good luck!

 

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Colonel Obyezyana wrote:
2/20/2022, 8:39 pm
Kapitan Kangaroo Kourt wrote:
2/20/2022, 8:18 pm
I have no idea how to post an image now.
Perhaps the easiest method is to

1.  Drag a copy of your image to the desktop (or somewhere you can easily locate it)
2.  Press the "Add files" button (in the Attach Images tab)
3.  When the dialog box opens and you see your image on the desktop, double click it*
4.  You'll then see your file below "Posted Attachments" and when you click "Place Inline," your image will go wherever your cursor in blinking.

*  When the dialog box opens, if your image is not on the desktop you merely need to navigate to its location and then double click it.

 Good luck!


Thank you, comrade.
 

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I haven't been able to get to the cube the last few weeks, then I come back and everything has changed.

... yet still the same.

I'm very confused but I think I like the new look.  Well done!

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I posted a comment to the below thread and it's not showing up on the thread.

The Delaware People's Republic Leads The Way to GWONT!

Though it is my archives.

???????

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So much to be re-educated about. The learning never stops at TPC.

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Red Square wrote:
2/12/2022, 8:37 pm
Image Rejoice, comrades! This site, which the toiling masses of the world lovingly call the Party Organ of Record, has migrated to a modern, state-of-the-art platform.
Comrade Square of glorious beet color (but somewhat lighter), this is amazing news!

I came to Cube™ just the other day and feared briefly that Cube™ had been stolen by capitalist pigs, so awesome was its new awesomeness (minus the -spit- disgusting capitalism, of course).

This is not to applaud capitalist websites, certainly - no, far from it, we all know about cramped basements in so-called "Land of Free", filled with millions of slave programmers working for Goolag and Book of Face and paid with only decadent donuts, Cheetos, and American -spit- beer. 

They have no Tractor Barn of ANY number, let alone Tractor Barn #2. And they don't even have glorious beet vodka, let alone tin cups to drink it from!

Now where was I? Oh yes - I raise LARGE tin cup of excellent vintage beet vodka in general direction of glorious Cube™, Comrade Red Square, and Comrade Mi!!!

FOR THE PEOPLE!!!



 

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Commissarka Pinkie wrote:
2/14/2022, 5:32 pm
Damn, but does that ever make me feel like a...a PROG! A Prog working hard on behalf of The Party™!*
Commissarka, your Progness has never been in doubt and should never be questioned.

Those foolish enough to do so are obviously (and grievously) unaware of your, um, implement of, well, you know.

Glorious New Cube™ is marvelous in its marvelousity!

 

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Good gracious comrades! It has taken two years to to receive this glorious news here in the furthest reeducation camp.

Perhaps my status as an inmate, er, pupil, was the impediment to this wondrous and most equitable event.

Oops, gotta go. The camp goons, I mean educators, are busting in.

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Reiuxcat wrote:
3/8/2024, 12:37 pm
Good gracious comrades! It has taken two years to to receive this glorious news here in the furthest reeducation camp.
Think of it as your own personal collective Marchteenth.
 

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Colonel Obyezyana wrote:
3/8/2024, 12:49 pm
Reiuxcat wrote:
3/8/2024, 12:37 pm
Good gracious comrades! It has taken two years to to receive this glorious news here in the furthest reeducation camp.
Think of it as your own personal collective Marchteenth.
 

Comrade Colonel,

With all respect, thinking is what got me this all expense paid get away.

Speaking of getting away, they discovered I slipped out of the mandatory dance session. Gotta go.

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Reiuxcat wrote:
3/8/2024, 2:26 pm
Colonel Obyezyana wrote:
3/8/2024, 12:49 pm
Reiuxcat wrote:
3/8/2024, 12:37 pm
Good gracious comrades! It has taken two years to to receive this glorious news here in the furthest reeducation camp.
Think of it as your own personal collective Marchteenth.
 

Comrade Colonel,

With all respect, thinking is what got me this all expense paid get away.

Speaking of getting away, they discovered I slipped out of the mandatory dance session. Gotta go.

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Just for the MJ Easter egg, comrade. According to Chuckalopes, Spring is coming early, and hail’s coming with it. Jackalopelipsky likes Easter Eggs.

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jackalopelipsky wrote:
3/9/2024, 4:53 pm
Reiuxcat wrote:
3/8/2024, 2:26 pm
Colonel Obyezyana wrote:
3/8/2024, 12:49 pm
Reiuxcat wrote:
3/8/2024, 12:37 pm
Good gracious comrades! It has taken two years to to receive this glorious news here in the furthest reeducation camp.
Think of it as your own personal collective Marchteenth.

Comrade Colonel,

With all respect, thinking is what got me this all expense paid get away.

Speaking of getting away, they discovered I slipped out of the mandatory dance session. Gotta go.

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Just for the MJ Easter egg, comrade. According to Chuckalopes, Spring is coming early, and hail’s coming with it. Jackalopelipsky likes Easter Eggs.

Comrade Jackalopelipsky,

It is so good to read you again (without the His O'liness' puppet's educators looking over my shoulder).

I'm afraid TRUMP co-opted the easter lupus during his unlawful presidency.  Look at the stupefied look on the rabbit!  Definately brainwashed!

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And here we see the same rabbit (in another costume) attempting to kidnap our dear puppet, er, leader Uncle Joe Biden.

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Please tell this poor feline... What can be done?  What about the children???
 

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A special message to Reiuxcat - you have been asking too many questions and may need to calm down.

This instructional visual aid was posted elsewhere while you were in the Gulag, so you may have missed it. You shall not be punished for missing it and be sent to the Gulag again, for that would be double jeopardy. Or would it?

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Red Square wrote:
3/14/2024, 12:54 pm
A special message to Reiuxcat - you have been asking too many questions and may need to calm down.

This instructional visual aid was posted elsewhere while you were in the Gulag, so you may have missed it. You shall not be punished for missing it and be sent to the Gulag again, for that would be double jeopardy. Or would it?

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Not the red dot!!!

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