Leo Gura

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  1. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    1 hour ago, UnbornTao said:

    What caused the issue?

    The hosting company that was originally managing my server got bought out by another company, and then that other company decided to change my server to something else and broke the site when they were migrating between servers. They did this migration without telling me. It took me a week just to find out from them that they did this sneaky migration. Migrating servers is a big deal because unless all the settings are transferred then the site will break in many ways which are difficult to track down. It took me a week of going back and forth with them to figure out that this happened and how to fix it.

    It's never a good sign when your hosting company gets bought out by a bigger one. Usually the quality of service drops. But also migrating to a new company is also a huge pain in the ass and leads to its own downtime. I really didn't like that my old hosting company got bought out, but I was hoping it would work out. Well, it turned into this disaster.

    Unfortunately it's not uncommon for hosting companies to get bought out by bigger ones, who then provide worse service to maximize their profits. Whenever I select hosting companies I try to go with ones who are not too large and greedy because those kind of companies end up cutting corners or jacking up prices.

  2. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    32 minutes ago, blessedlion1993 said:

    Is the store working too? I can't log in

    The product logins are still broken right now for everyone. We're working to fix it.

    12 minutes ago, Inliytened1 said:

    @Leo Gura glad to hear it.  Migrate to the cloud buddy 

    We will be migrating to a better provider.

  3. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    The forum seems to be back online at this point and working properly. If you notice any bugs or minor issues, let me know.

    Note: You will need to log in again. Old login cookies have been deleted.

    Note: You should refresh the forum pages you've been visiting lately to clear out old cache. Without refreshing the page you may see old data.

    Note: There was a day or two of data loss from a week ago, so some of your last posts or PMs may be gone. This is not a bug.

    I am still in the process of checking the rest of the site beyond the forum. There may be some missing functionality there right now.

  5. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    Porn isn't the problem, it's attention-whoring Instagram models luring in simps by jiggling their ass. You don't have to search for it to get flooded with that kind of content and it's bad for both young men and women.

    Porn is better for you than these attention-whoring IG models. Porn serves a necessary function. These models are just wasting your time and distracting you from working on your day.

    I wish IG had a setting to turn off all female models and celebrities. That is the trashiest of content. That would improve IG by 50% at least.

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    16 hours ago, Michael569 said:

    I think there is something to be said about treating yourself with a material gift for a hard work, for example when you have a successful year as a business owner and rather than reinvesting everything, you get yourself an expensive handbag or an expensive watch simply because you can and because you made it. I don't see a problem with that.

    As I said, buy whatever you want. Just be mindful of how brands brainwash you with fantasies of their products.

    15 hours ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

    Does this as well apply to Universities, where the top of the line University is supposedly better than your local public research university? I ask this because I'm deeply insecure about the rank and status of my school.

    No, top universities have higher quality professors and students.

    Although of course there is a major status game going on there as well.

  14. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    36 minutes ago, undeather said:

    Leo - you buy tribal masks from auctions - something that can be deemed completely useless

    The difference is there is no brand brainwashing people to buy African masks.

    Buy whatever you want. But be aware of how brands brainwash you.

    People don't buy Rolexs because they authentically admire them. They buy them mindlessly as status symbols.

    I have an expensive Omega watch. This piece of crap broke when I was adjusting the time on it. Now it costs $500 to fix it. A Walmart watch would be more reliable.

  16. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    3 hours ago, Karmadhi said:

    Do you think he is objective or bit Anti US?

    He is too pro-US actually.

    Mearsheimer wants the US to use geopolitics to maintain its dominant position at the expense of other nations like China.

    The only reason Mearsheimer opposes the Ukraine war is because he thinks it is taking attention and resources away from playing hardball with China.

    Mearsheimer's whole aim is to maintain US hegemony. Which is where his philosophy breaks down.

  20. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    23 hours ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

    Really? Is this correct of all fancy and luxurious brands? So brands that are selling luxurious premium top of the line cigars, or lets say, alcohol or clothes, is it all bullshit? What about wristwatches and cars?

    Mostly.

    Luxury items are mostly scamming your money to sell you a childish fantasy. Watches, clothes, and cars especially. And the more luxury and pricey they are, the more of a scam it is. It's a mind-scam. These brands fool you into thinking these things are important and valuable when they basically aren't.

    A $20,000 Rolex is a mind-scam.

    Nobody needs these items, they don't even have good build quality, and they won't make you happy.

  22. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    But don't overlook that JP came face to face with some of the real limitations of Green utopianism and its failures. So he's not wrong for pointing them out. The only problem is that he takes it overboard and turns it into an irrational overreaction. And in the end his heart resonates most with Blue traditional Christianity.

    JP is also just from a prior generation, so his views have been shaped a lot by 20th century Cold War issues in a way that is no longer relevant today.