@peteinoz It's definitely a server issue. I tried some images that I had successfully uploaded earlier today and it rejected them. The fact that almost nothing has been added in the past several hours indicates that it's site-wide and not restricted to just a subset of users.
We're just going to have to wait for an admin to give us an update. Or for the problem to go away on its own.
@ocpete said in Florida to Enact "Don't Say Gay" Bill:
@NF16 When you take into account the numbers on Florida you have to include the demographics of the population. You also have to take into account the economic impact.
I'm aware of that. Florida is still not at the top of the list. Your statement was simply false.
The grooming I believe refers more to grooming them into transitioning rather than being gay.
You're welcome to interpret her comment any way you like but that isn't what she said. Nor is it what the law says.
This is part of a decades-long "no promo homo" effort in multiple states and communities. In Texas, for example, a law remains on the books that insists that certain educational materials must "state that homosexual conduct is not an acceptable lifestyle and is a criminal offense." That law has not changed, even though gay sex has been legal since Lawrence v. Texas in 2003.
A South Carolina law made it illegal for public school educators to discuss "alternate sexual lifestyles from heterosexual relationships," unless they were talking about STIs. A federal judge finally overturned that law in 2020.
The earlier laws were and are pretty clearly unconstitutional and most have been successfully challenged. This Florida bill is part of a nationwide effort by Republicans to try to weasel their way into the same restrictions in a less explicitly bigoted way. We've seen similar efforts in Tennessee, Montana, and Arizona, among others.
Florida is the first to try to make their law unreviewable by the Supreme Court, though, by employing the same citizen vigilante tactic that Texas has so far successfully used in their abortion law. That tactic, should it end up being successful once the Supreme Court officially rules, is likely to result in some pretty significant consequences down the road on all sorts of issues.
@ocpete said in Florida to Enact "Don't Say Gay" Bill:
No state has fared better during the pandemic than Florida
I'm sorry but this is simply false. Florida is much closer to the bottom of the list than it is to the top, regardless of which metric you choose.
As for the bill, it also bans such "instruction" in grades 4 through 12 if it "is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate," neither of which term is defined in the bill, so it affects far more than just kindergarten through 3rd grade. And because the terms are not defined, teachers will self-censor, afraid to say anything for fear it will be misconstrued as "not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate."
All it takes is a single parent to sue, as the law creates a vigilante enforcement scheme giving cash payouts and damages to parents who do so and prevail. And with the terms undefined and ambiguous, the chance of prevailing increases markedly.
This is what DeSantis' press secretary said about it on Twitter:
"The bill that liberals inaccurately call 'Don't Say Gay' would be more accurately described as an Anti-Grooming Bill."
"If you're against the Anti-Grooming Bill, you are probably a groomer or at least you don't denounce the grooming of 4-8 year old children. Silence is complicity. This is hbow it works, Democrats, and I didn't make the rules."
So we're back to the old standby that gays are pedophiles and that we "groom" children. Both the attitude and the bill are indefensible.
@ocpete said in Florida to Enact "Don't Say Gay" Bill:
The grooming I believe refers more to grooming them into transitioning rather than being gay.
Let's take a look, shall we? Representative Carlos G. Smith, an openly-gay Florida legislator, responded to Pushaw's tweets:
"DeSantis' spokesperson openly accused opponents of #DontSayGay of being 'groomers' -- aka PEDOPHILES. Bigoted attacks like this against LGBTQ people are the worst of the worst. They're disgusting and dangerous and have NO PLACE in the Guv's office. #ChristinePushaw must resign."
Another responder replied:
"Sounds like she hit close to home. These people get nasty about being denied access to kids and that is a huge HUGE red flag."
Pushaw responded to both:
"A hit dog hollers."
This wasn't, and isn't, about transitioning. This is about demonizing us as pedophiles. We've seen this tactic over and over again for decades.
@lololulu19 : It took me 30 seconds on Google to find examples of porn studios winning lawsuits and using the threat of legal action to force sharers and sites to settle. I've even given you a clue about one such studio in my last post. Your failure to do even basic research on a subject that you have repeatedly and vehemently posted about is duly noted.
The rest of your post didn't merit a response, other than derisive laughter. Thank you for living up to (down to) my expectations of you. I'm not going to bother to engage further, as you're not worth my time.
@ham0911 : There is a known issue that is causing problems for a lot of people. The site admins are working with the sysop folks to solve it. For now, the approach that seems to be working for most is:
Instead of logging in to gaytor.rent , instead log in to the old site: gaytorrent.ru .
Upload just one picture rather than a full set. You should probably make the picture a small one, 100kb or less, but that's something that we're still not sure about. You may get an error in this step but keep trying. I usually have to do this 3 to 5 times before it finally sticks. If it fails, just reload the page and try again.
Complete the process to upload your torrent. As with step 2, this may fail and you may have to try it again a couple of times.
With the torrent now added, you can use the "add pictures" link to add your remaining pictures. As with steps 2 and 3, this may initially fail but persistence will win out. Plus, you'll get a few extra seed points for adding the pictures once a site admin approves them.
Download the torrent and seed it as you normally would. You can do this either from gaytorrent.ru or from gaytor.rent.
Yeah, this is a real pain but until this is fixed these are the only steps we know of that should result in eventual success.
Please note that steps 2, 3, and 4 might not fail at all. It's pretty variable as to whether you'll get an error or whether it will succeed right away. You might have to retry each step 5 times; you might not have to retry them at all. Once they fix the site problem, things should return to normal.
@peteinoz Yeah, the zero-length torrent file issue hit me, as well. I was finally able to finish uploading pictures and post the torrent last night, and was rejoicing that the problem seemed to be over. Then I went to download my newly-posted torrent..... A zero-length torrent file that was useless. I deleted the torrent immediately.
Judging from the dearth of torrents posted overnight, and from the results of a test case this morning, the problem is still there. It would be nice to get an acknowledgement from the site admins that they know about the problem.
The bill passed the Senate and DeSantis has already said he will sign it. As you might expect, the debate from the Republican members of the Senate was woefully and willfully ignorant:
From the Tampa Bay Times:
"Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, the bill’s sponsor, also said the bill would address 'social engineering' in the classroom that he said could be leading to an increasing number of children coming out as gay or transgender in school."
And let's not forget Republican State Senator Ileana Garcia who insisted that being gay is "not permanent" and that this is a "good topic for happy hour." Oh, but it's all okay because she has a "close trans friend."
This is not a good time to be an LGBTQ student in the state of Florida. "Cancel culture" at its finest.
@raphjd : This conversation would go ever so much better if you had actually read that letter and were able to cite from it. Free clue: your paraphrasing of their letter is ... creative ... It is most definitely not what they actually said.
Similarly, the conversation would also go better if you would actually read what I write and respond accordingly. Another free clue: I did not write anything that even remotely resembled, "Ok, so everyone except the 51 'intel experts' is lying about Russian collusion and Hunter's laptop."
See above, where I pointed out that you're just making up shit. Thank you for so quickly proving my point.
Oh, and for the record, you should also learn the difference between "Hunter Biden's laptop" and "Hunter Biden's emails." Some of the latter have been confirmed; the former has not. Hence, the weasel wording of both the New York Post and the New York Times in their respective articles.
But hey, if it makes you feel better, I promise to refrain from voting for Hunter Biden in the next election.
Hi, everyone. I guess this is where I'm supposed to give a typical newbie introduction and tell everyone how great it is to be here. I'll skip the biographical details except to say that I'm an older gay male who still fondly remembers watching my very first porn video on VHS. Those of you who grew up with porn widely available everywhere will just have to imagine what it was like.
This is something of a homecoming for me, as I used to be pretty active on the old GT and GTN websites something like 15 years ago. I stopped when I realized that I had accumulated over 5,000 full-length movies and had watched only a tiny fraction of them. I still have all of those files, so I should be able to find a few of them to upload that aren't already available on the site. I'll do my best to be a good citizen and maintain a healthy ratio.
(I was somewhat amused to find that some of the videos I ripped from my own porn collection all those years ago are still being actively seeded here. I guess it's true that nothing on the Internet is ever completely lost.)
@ocpete said in Florida to Enact "Don't Say Gay" Bill:
@flozen I don't see how it's transphobic to believe someone should not be taught about transitioning in grades k-3
As I noted above, the bill covers the full range of elementary school, middle school, and high school. It does not stop at grades k-3. Please stop pretending that it does.
Growing up gay, trans, even str8 can be hard enough as it is
Which is precisely why we need role models and frank and open discussion in all areas, including schools.
the teachers may have the best of intentions but are not qualified to deal with issues such as these, raising the child is responsibility of the parents and the community- the school is there solely to educate.
Um ... a frank and open discussion about sexuality is, in fact, part of a good education. That doesn't stop just because they enter a school building.
The truth is this bill shouldn't be necessary
The truth is that this bill is not, in fact, necessary. Which is why nobody, not even the authors, has been able to come up with any actual scenarios or real problems that the bill will address. Which is also why proponents of the bill continue to lie about it (e.g., "It only covers k-3!" "It's really about transgender discussions!" and so on.)
However there are teachers out there who seem to believe they're on some type of woke mission- teachers need to teach, not preach or play therapist.
And yet, somehow, you aren't able to actually come up with specific examples of such teachers. Not to mention that if you do manage to come up with some, you would still have to demonstrate that existing regulations and practices don't cover such scenarios. And you would still have to explain why they wrote the law in such a way, with such ambiguity and lack of clear guidance, as to cause massive censorship and lawsuits.
You can't. Please stop trying to defend the indefensible.
@john32123666 : Thanks for the info. In this case, it's qBittorrent rather than BitComet but it looks like it's the same issue (see https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/15964, for example).
From a Reddit thread on this (https://www.reddit.com/r/qBittorrent/comments/rguyp0/pad_files_being_created_how_do_i_stop_this/), it looks like there used to be an "Optimize Alignment" flag in qBittorrent that allowed you to turn that setting on or off. It doesn't look like that flag is still available, unfortunately.
I'm reluctant to switch to uTorrent, given its recent issues, advertising, and bloatware. I'll try the "V1" Torrent Format option instead of Hybrid to see if that solves both problems.
Thanks again for the help.
@Douseikekkon : It started happening to me, as well. I finally did manage to upload a torrent just a few minutes ago, though. What ended up working for me was three things:
Only upload one picture and make that picture less than 100k.
Log in to gaytorrent.ru and do the torrent upload from that site rather than from gaytor.rent.
Patience and multiple tries. It took half a dozen attempts but finally persistence paid off and I managed to upload a torrent.
Good luck! And here's hoping the site will fix this because I won't go through this again.
@fabr6 : For the record, you can be a good citizen here without ever uploading new content, although new content is always welcome and appreciated.
All you really need to do is keep the the torrents you download active in your app until you have uploaded as much data as you downloaded.
With some older files, that may not be easy to do, as there may not be enough seeders who want the file to allow you to get to 100%. If your overall ratio is falling short, there are two options:
Check out the "Freeleech" torrent list. The torrents in that list allow you to download for free, without increasing your download amount. Meanwhile, every amount that is uploaded for that video goes to increase your ratio.
Keep some of the videos you download active past the 100% mark so that you have a bit of buffer for your ratio.
Welcome, non-newbie.
Favorite topics... hmm.... Well, there's sex ... and then there's sex... and, oh yes, sex.
I also love how you pretend that teachers are "not qualified to deal with issues such as these," but somehow "the community" is. And that teachers don't, and shouldn't, help with "raising the child."
So teachers and schools aren't part of "the community?" They don't have any impact on a child's development? And my next-door neighbor is more qualified to have such a discussion with me than my teacher?
You might want to rethink that argument.
@DandyLion said in Unable to upload anything since today:
This is a known issue, but in the mean time, please try uploading JUST one picture at a time. You are able to add more photos once it's uploaded.
I'm having the same problem. I tried uploading with just one picture, as you recommend, but I still got the same error. Anything else to try or should I just give up for now?
@fabr6 : I should also add, welcome to the site, and thank you for being a good citizen here.
@Kowmei : The way that torrents work is that we are all sharing files with each other. When you are downloading a file or group of files here, you're not downloading it from the site or from a server, you're downloading it from your fellow members.
Your torrent app connects you to your peers and allows you to get pieces of the file or files from them. Similarly, as you get these pieces, your torrent app allows others to connect to you and pick up those pieces from you.
The only reason that any files are available to everyone here is that we all choose to share, to allow others to download from us just as we are downloading from them.
If you download a file and then immediately delete the torrent file from your app, you are taking but not giving. If everyone did that, there would be little or no content here.
Basically, after you have downloaded a file, you need to keep the torrent active in your torrent app so that others can download it from you. You should be aiming at an overall ratio of 1.00 (100%), meaning that you are giving back just as much as you are taking. For every GB you download from others here, you should be letting others download a GB from you.
When your ratio gets really low, there are a few ways you can correct this:
As John notes above, take advantage of the FreeLeech torrents. Those files don't count against your download numbers but do count for your upload numbers, so they will help your ratio improve.
When you have been around longer, you'll pick up more bonus points. You can exchange these for upload numbers (https://www.gaytor.rent/getbonus.php).
Donate to the site (https://www.gaytor.rent/donate.php). Right now, the site is running a special offer, so that if you donate just 10 euros, you can get 35GB added to your upload total.
Reactivate some of the files you've already downloaded by reloading the torrent file into your torrent app and pointing it at the file you previously downloaded. Your progress bar should go to 100% and that file will be put into seeding mode, making it available to others.
Upload new content here. Look around in your collection to see if you have files that aren't already being shared here. If so, go ahead and upload them.
It can be really frustrating at times, since downloading usually works so much faster than uploading does. And if you download an older file, you may be the only one who is downloading it, meaning that you can't give back, even if you want to. The solution is to give back more on some files so that when you can't give back that much on other files, you're still okay overall.
For the record, I currently have about 70 torrents sitting in my app right now, all of which are finished downloading and most of which I'm still waiting to give back 100% on.