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CSS Help & Resources

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Mewtwolover, Jul 14: Flair's width depends on the user's screen resolution but you can set the height with CSS. I recommend to draw a background image that can be repeated horizontally. Notice also that you need to be a Pokécommunity supporter in order to use background...
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Git Out - PokéCommunity's Coder Showcase!

Arcanyu, Mar 3: Project Name: Pokemon Team Builder Programming Language: React / Node w/ Express / PostgreSQL Project Summary: can search pokemon get stats, get register and login to save team Images (if any): Link to project (if applicable): ...
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What is your current desktop/mobile background?

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Arcanyu, Mar 16: EYYY! Same here! Recently beat FF12 Zodiac age on switch. I loved the game and Ashelia. Probably one of my favorite games all time. Got the DS SEquel Revenant Wings which is fun but already craving to replay Zodiac. Im currently playing Fire Emblem...
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The Coder's Lounge

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Inkblots, Mar 18: Yeah, OO really only works if you actually properly follow OO design patterns, and if what you're building is suited to it. The software I'm working on is OO and it works well 90% of the time, but there are some places where... odd choices were...
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Typos

tokyodrift, May 2021: Here recently it's been a little more than usual since I'm still adjusting to my new keyboard, as I'm so used to typing on a laptop and moving from that to a full size keyboard is definitely taking some getting used to. On my phone I don't ever...
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This website is not secure

Tsutarja, May 2021: Apparently Neopets itself has never used SSL to begin with, so I'm not sure how that invalid certificate is even there (when you try to go to https). Probably just their webserver running the site on ports 80 and 443 simultaneously. Just another...
9   3,878
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Ransomewere infected my pc! ):

Incineroar, May 2021: Depending on the variant, some anti-virus application companies have created applications to decrpyt your files for free as the encryption algorithms were figured out, so you'll have to find which particular ransomware has taken hold of your PC and...
1   3,373
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Scariest/weirdest internet experience you've had?

_pheebee, May 2021: probably when I was 11, and anytime you'd go on a game website you'd get those popup ads that say: "WARNING YOUR WINDOWS IS INFECTED PLEASE RING THE FOLLOWING NUMBER AND HAVE YOU BANK CARD AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER READY SO WE CAN HELP YOU" But...
5   3,807
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Do you trust big tech companies?

colours, May 2021: i feel it's best to keep big tech companies at arm's length. i use their products, but don't go too deep into their respective ecosystems. probably doesn't stop them from having a lot of information on me, but it makes me comfortable knowing that im...
4   5,417
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A celebrity is trending

Starlight, May 2021: Usually I think one of three things: "they're dead Jim", "what offensive stuff have they done?" or... "who?"
5   3,597
Started by Palamon

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Question about Microsoft Edge

BronzeHeart92, Jun 2021: Let me give you some examples that can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/BLxx0xo First off, Newgrounds. As you can see, it doesn't have focus rings on Edge, hence they use customized input fields that blocks browsers from implementing them. ...
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What’s your phone lock screen?

Emilia, Jun 2021: here's mine, i found it on twitter and i really liked it :O
6   3,732
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Screen Burn is a thing

Incineroar, Jul 2021: I usually don't have burn in issues besides the status bar location on my phone, but I try to keep it moving around or moving icons around to try and keep the burn-in minimal. It's happened on my Samsung S7 and Huawei P20 Pro but it's something I...
4   3,577
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*drops phone* Screen cracks (or other damages)

ZeoStar, Aug 2021: I almost never break my phones...although shortly after receiving one for Christmas, it got wedged between the car door. The door was violently slammed, sending my phone into a shattered mess.
8   3,741
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How Often do you get a new Phone?

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WanSko, Sep 2021: When I start to notice it failing or getting slow.
53   21,857
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crippled and lost, or finally free

FlameChrome, Sep 2021: I can usually work without my phone, but if times are slow and nothing to do, yea im on my phone. Its my form of entertainment instead of just sitting there looking into space. other than that and driving (for the most part) im always at a screen
12   3,464
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Keebs!

FlameChrome, Sep 2021: I currently got about 3 in stock, 1 i will never use again, i bought it cheap from walmart, walmart brand, and it was corded just to i can get into the bios since the keyboard i will eventually switch to (if i dont find a better replacement later)...
9   5,899
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News source

VisionofMilotic, Oct 2021: It depends on what I am reading for. On global issues I am always impressed by how fact-driven, thorough and up to date foreignpolicy.com is. National Geographic I really like, and value the diversity of content it offers from world history to...
7   3,383
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Be Kind, rewind!

ZeoStar, Oct 2021: My family stores things into extra rooms instead of throwing them away. So despite not being alive at all during the 1990's, I was able to experience VHS and some early-mid 90's game systems such as Gameboy Color and SNES. For some reason my...
1   2,219
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Old tech you still have

donavannj, Oct 2021: I think I have a Tandy Model 100 in my stuff somewhere. Haven't seen it in about a decade, though.
10   3,248
Started by Palamon

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What do you do with your old phones/computers?

Starlight, Nov 2021: Pretty much this. I have sold some in the past, but I usually use them until they're falling apart anyway, so there's just no point. I also worry about the security and privacy aspects of selling a used device, but I take as many precautions as I...
8   3,444
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How much coding / programming experience do you have, if any?

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colours, Nov 2021: i don't have any programming experience, and that bothers me a lot. while i'm aware there are more than enough resources out there for one to teach themselves, i'm at a loss at where to start. not even just that really, but the way that i learn...
27   8,146
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How many tabs do you have open?

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RadEmpoleon, Nov 2021: Right now? Just this tab and a new tab. Idk, I feel better when there's a random new tab open. I don't like seeing a lot of tabs open, it just clutters up the top bar and it bothers me.
47   9,093
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Question about Youtube shorts

RadEmpoleon, Nov 2021: Mine are oriented as squares- I made these videos for Instagram. Now that I think about it, that might be what's making them shorts, because I have another video that's less than a minute long, but it's in the standard video orientation. EDIT: I...
4   2,909
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Music Streaming

.hack, Nov 2021: Definitely find myself playing the songs I can't find on spotify on my youtube app on my TV or on my Playstation. I just don't have the energy I had for downloading tons I music I had back in the early 2000s. I guess one thing these services have...
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Changing Avatars

Qibli, Dec 2021: On discord, I often constantly rotates and change frequently to show my mood or when I feel like doing; On PC happened every 4 months or seldom that when I feel like to changes my paces on what I currently enjoy to another that I find another game...
13   3,976
Started by ZeoStar

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Windows 11

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Caite-chan, Dec 2021: I haven't had any real issues since I downloaded it. One thing I have noticed is phantom icons (?) in the empty space on the right side. My battery power, speaker volume and a few others pop up when I hover over that empty spot as if they're...
27   4,616
Started by Palamon

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Bad Internet Experiences

Tsutarja, Dec 2021: can't really think of any aside from the time i used limewire and you can probably guess what happened after that
11   4,359
Started by ZeoStar

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Etsy

Roni, Dec 2021: I find it hard to shop on Etsy seeing the shipping prices to my country. But I will confess that there's some uber cool stuff there.
6   4,604
Started by VisionofMilotic

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What Are You Thankful For? [Technology Edition]

Roni, Dec 2021: It was fine for the small square monitors of the time. I vaguely remember that era as a kid, watching 144p Pokemon/Counter Strike videos in shoddy internet cafes. It didn't affect my viewing experience at all.
7   6,215
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PowerToys

ZeoStar, Dec 2021: There's all sorts of things you can do with a Chromebook. I don't have the technical skill. It's just a homework machine for me.
4   2,687
Started by Roni

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*laughs and hands out cookies*

Roni, Dec 2021: It's always been *eats you* asterisks italicized for me. It just feels right.
8   3,867
Started by Sheep

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What's the story behind your current avatar?

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Aljam, Dec 2021: You see, he's a janitor, and he sweeps. It's ironic because I'm really rusty at the game and haven't played the latest generations and gotten familiar with the meta.
35   8,684
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We've Detected Unusual Activity From This Account

Amore, Dec 2021: I checked haveibeenpwned? Which confirmed one of my past email addresses was exposed as part of a hack that got all of Smogon’s users. Had a few pf 2FA notifications from Facebook, Twitter, and one time Apple, about addresses in London trying to...
16   8,444
Started by Palamon

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Online casinos?

Fairy, Jan 2022: I’m an addict, I stay far away from stuff like that. No one wins.
13   3,301
Started by LuckyStar

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What's on your copy/paste clipboard?

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Palamon, Jan 2022: https://www.ebay.com/itm/294732968344?hash=item449f743198:g:JLoAAOSwcqlh5B4U it's a genshin plushie lmfao idk if double posting is allowed so 1/22 edit it's glitch text for a thing
37   8,246
Started by ZeoStar

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Cool/Useful Browser Extensions

Tsutarja, Jan 2022: uBlock Origin. and my primary reason is not to block ads to deprive a site of its revenue, but seriously to stop rogue ads from loading
1   2,616
Started by Roni

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Online Pals/Friends

Retek, Feb 2022: TBH, 2021 was the best time for me on Discord. I became active in PC, met some really sweet people, became friends with them, had streams, and lots of fun stuff! Birthday was the day it just got like, 1000x sweeter, all these people coming up to...
23   6,139
Started by ZeoStar

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sending a carrier pigeon to all my discord friends

Roni, Mar 2022: Not really no. It helps though that I have very few Discord-only friends. A lot of them I see regularly in this forum, Steam, and or Twitter, while others are irl friends so it's all good.
7   2,349
Started by Juno

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Loved websites

domusaur, Mar 2022: DeviantART, Toyhouse, an old defunct forum i used to live in, and now PC too! I'd say Youtube and Twitter too but those are more of an addiction than a fondness... oops... EDIT: OH i forgot to say Pokemon Database! I used that site all the time...
11   2,550
Started by ZeoStar

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Where did your username come from?

(5 pages)
Mintaka☆, Mar 2022: It's a corruption of "vielle à roue," the French name for a medieval musical instrument called the hurdy-gurdy - which is one of my favourites. It's also combined with Vi, which is my preferred nickname. :D
100   11,571
Started by HeroLinik

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The Forum Display Options?

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Palamon, May 23: Shooting for the Sun. I need a theme that hides post flairs to keep my computer from running out of memory.
11   1,594
Started by VisionofMilotic

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prebuilds still come with HDD

Incineroar, Jul 15: They're the best cost-wise so they'll never go away. Unless it's a miniature system or it's designed for just the OS as information is stored in the cloud (Such as a Chromebook). Thankfully they're getting cheaper so I think there will come a point...
4   1,261
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Dall e mini

.hack, Jul 28: Me, a friend and my brother have had so much fun making these and sending the best ones to each other, and ofc the memes coming from it are great. They can definitely be super cursed lol, and more often a miss than a hit, but if you keep trying...
20   4,090
Started by Palamon

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Fitbit will soon no longer let you transfer music from your PC

Aquacorde, Aug 7: I'm seeing that it's more a discontinuation of support in older models as they've done away with it already for newer onea, but... having had a Fitbit for a few years I was always kind of confused about the idea of playing music from it- it's so...
2   609
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Browser Customization

Roni, Aug 13: Chrome and Firefox default UIs look great to me. Maybe just change the color themes every now and then. I have a crud load of extensions, but they're mostly for ad blocking and privacy, pretty similar to everything everyone's already said.
13   1,249
Started by ZeoStar

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Am I the only one who doesn't like dark/night mode?

Roni, Oct 1: I didn't care much for dark mode til I was like 17 and started feeling eye strain every now and then when browsing light websites for hours. Now it's a requirement.
21   2,898
Started by Palamon

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Valve is working on Joy-Con support for Steam

NipahRika, Oct 10: It is really cool. I still wanna do it.
2   664
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WhatsApp is getting Facebook’s Bitmoji-style avatars

NipahRika, Oct 22: Currently, only some WhatsApp beta testers on Android can create and use their avatars. https://twitter.com/WABetaInfo/status/1583284808142098433 the announcement made by WhatsApp is here. ...
0   400
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The passwordless future is here for your Microsoft account

Sweet Serenity, Nov 6: They keep our accounts security, but they can be annoying to have to constantly deal with.
14   1,052
Started by NipahRika

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Flight Rising

virtualpet, Nov 16: Probably! We used to use the forums a lot
5   251
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Is it accetable to gate out content based on IPv6 of all things?

Venia Silente, Jan 9: Gatekeeping to IPv6 not only would make not much sense to do (someone having IPv6 or not tells you nothing about their security practices, whehter they have a credit card to buy stuff with, etc), but also would be rather difficult to do correctly...
5   310
Started by BronzeHeart92

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Twitch!

CuteOverload, Apr 7: When it comes down to buffering issues as well as actually pausing a live stream, I prefer YouTube over Twitch. Twitch, no matter what I try, also lags behind real time when I watch. 1. Watch stream for like an hour on laptop (website). 2. Open...
7   1,139
Started by Tsutarja

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i want us to use this thread to talk about our cool flairs!

(5 pages)
RadEmpoleon, Apr 22: I tweaked mine a bit. I realized it was hard to read my username against the background, so I tried making it bigger and somehow it also added a drop shadow. I don't know how it magically appeared in the CSS, but I'm glad it did. I messed around...
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