Apologies for the clickbait, I don't mean a break from STEEM and blogging but my old nemesis, work.
I’m not a huge fan of the 9 to 5 routine and refuse to work for someone else, well not directly in a conventional manner.
I contract my services out to whoever will pay me a rate that I demand to be good enough in terms of a monitory, and that means there are times between contracts when I’m idly sitting on my arse.
Now is one of them, not a great time to be out as I prefer summer but with the middle of January approaching, the fat cat bosses are now coming out of their drunken Christmas haze and figuring they need someone to do all the work.
I should start applying for gig's but I'll wait another 2 weeks as I'm enjoying this 'doing nothing' lark.
Abuse
I see @appreciator is helping out in flagging @superheroes who I have been trying to keep a handle on for months.
Apologies for the pun but I do appreciate the help @appreciator!
Day after day this account churns out reconstituted shit gaining around 40c – 60c per post.
It may not seem a lot but if we had 100 accounts doing this then the reward pool is going to suffer. I think @themarkymark has been flagging this one, and if so thanks for that.
People give this guy so much shit, but to be honest, if he wasn't cleaning up the 'shit' then STEEM would be in a worse place than it is already.
Photography
I have taken to using Aurora HDR to filter my Urbex images lately. You need to be a little careful as over filtering can cause your content to look overdone.
While messing around with this software I have fixed on to a preset filter I like and works well with the type of images I have.
There is a batch conversion tool in the latest version which I need to get hold off.
Processing 50 images at a time is tedious, though the output is worth it. Look at the difference between these TWO.
The top one is raw and the bottom processed. I love how the colours are magnified but not too much.
Chores
Being out of work also lumbers me with daily chores. Washing up is my bane, and it tends to get left until there is a large stack of it.
...'no dishwasher in the Chops household means this is a common sight... sigh'...
Once this is posted then that's my next job. If I leave it any longer then I'll likely get moaned at by @bingbabe.
If I could afford a live-in slave then I would get one. If only robotics were advanced enough?
Gaming
The biggest time waster and escapism luxury of all. As well as doing my DQ’s for Splinterlands, I have started playing The Witcher again. The last time I played was in April 2017.
That was a hell of a time to buy STEEM, but I didn’t know what STEEM was then.
It's taken me a while to remember how to play but I'm back in it and determined to finish the game on the DeathMatch difficulty (the hardest).
After switching the damn thing off several times in disgust due to repeated deaths, I have now got in to my stride.
A whole load of useless information for you today and quite unlike my usual content. Nothing like mixing it all up sometimes!
If you found this article so invigorating that you are now a positively googly-eyed, drooling lunatic with dripping saliva or even if you liked it just a bit, then please upvote, comment, resteem, engage me or all of these things.
I've no idea about superheroes but I'll check it out!
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It's mostly clear for the mo, as @themarkymark mentions, it's an account with lots of stolen posting keys.
This is just one of the things we have to deal with daily. Your welcome to look at SFR in your interested in anti-abuse.
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I downvoted the last 2 posts of superheroes to help out! :D
I know the feeling of being off work for a perido of time, I have just had 6 days off and I do have a 9-5 job xD
I kinda love it aswell, but I would have to find something else to do m, to not be bored :D
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That's good to know, they pile up sometimes and then are wiped out at others. It's a war of attrition with this account. They have given up in the past and then start again.
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I dont understand, it must be a waste of steem.
Even tho I dont see any transfers to any boost services x)
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There's not buying votes, they are using the stolen posting keys (I think) to create a vote farm. 1600 votes per post, all small but add up.
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Aw man. That sucks, thats an endless battle then x)
Unless they give up
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Consider yourself lucky Slobby, if you're in the Living household, you'll get more than a moan by @Livinguktaiwan!!!!!
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Interesting filter for the photographs, increases the definition beautifully. Sometimes we're not always blessed with the light here. I took some photos this morning but it was so dull and overcast, they look bleak.
Those dishes, though 🙉🙈🙊
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Enjoy your time off. I will have some time off soon to use up my leave before it expires. Got some projects to do, but I'll be given chores too.
If you find other abuse that needs attention then report it in the SFR channel and I'll have a look. I wonder if it's possible to get Steemit delegation removed from those hacked accounts. That's been done before. I join you in thanking @themarkymark for all his efforts.
I've never played The Witcher or read the books, but I plan to check out the Netflix series.
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I just finished it, on the DLC now.
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Sitting on your ass idly can be draining too, you should add a beer to the mix
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I would but have been drinking far too much lately.
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Good luck with your gaming and your time off! You know it will take you less time to do the dishes if you do them a little at a time instead of waiting for them to pile up! :) We have a dishwasher now, but at our old house we did not have one for close to seven years or so. It was a pain, but you get used to it after a while.
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Just finished the stupid dishes, now I have to make some lunch lol... :) We don't have the space for a dishwasher.
I could give you those tips for Witcher now, I have forgotten how to play... it's all back again and I'm quite close to the end of the main game.
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Hey, I am up for anything! I am still just a little ways in, but knowing where to focus ability points moving forward would be awesome.
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I may do a write up, there's a lot to tell. Sorry for making you wait.
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I think Spaminator is removing rewards at 6.5 days, but I never know with it.
My concern is they still have over 1300 users posting keys.
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..and these are being used as the vote farm for the 5-6 junk posts everyday?
I saw the thread on Slack that goes back to last October between you and other SFR members. Some of us at least appreciate what you are doing.
If @appreciater and @spaminator are taking care of @superheroes then I may be able to help with some of those other accounts you mentioned in the thread.
Drop me a DM on discord and I'll focus my DV's that way if so.
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I have to say I like your choice of edit. Not over the top, but makes it pop.
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Some of the filters are very OTT, I'm not using em.
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