#clear host cache

[oragetech123]

How Chrome DNS Cache Interacts with VPN and Proxy Settings

If you ever have used VPN or proxy service while surfing the internet, you may have noticed sometimes that the websites still load up from their original locations or somehow redirect unexpectedly. The reason behind this could be lurking in the browser's DNS cache. Specifically, in Google Chrome, the Chrome Net Internals DNS tool provides a unique window into how cached DNS data works — especially when paired with VPNs and proxy servers.

Let's deconstruct it all here in this tutorial, delving into how DNS caching operates, how it gets along with VPNs/proxies, and how to properly control it using Chrome Net Internals DNS in 2025.

What Is DNS Caching in Chrome? DNS (Domain Name System) works like the internet phonebook — converting domain names (such as example.com) into IP addresses your computer can use. To preserve time, your browser caches these lookups temporarily in what's a DNS cache.

In Google Chrome, the browsing cache can be tracked and controlled via the Chrome Net Internals DNS page. Using this tool will allow you to list the DNS entries in the cache, track DNS history, and eventually flush the DNS cache when necessary.

What happens when you use a VPN or proxy? A VPN or a proxy server redirects your internet traffic to another server, hiding your original IP address and location. Still, even with the traffic stream redirected through a VPN or proxy, your browser could use an old DNS cache, so websites might resolve to the old IP instead of the new route, and region-locked content might not come in.

Some websites may load slowly or incorrectly.

This is where the Chrome Net Internals DNS tool becomes critical. It helps clear out outdated DNS entries that are no longer valid when you're switching between VPNs, proxy servers, or even networks.

Why DNS Cache and VPN/Proxy Settings Can Clash Here’s why the combination of DNS caching and VPN/proxy settings can be problematic:

Cached IPs Don't Match VPN Routing When you go to a site without booting up a VPN, Chrome stores its DNS record on your local network. But when you enable a VPN, the path is altered — and the DNS entry may no longer be valid. This inconsistency can lead to problems or forward you to the wrong versions of the site.

Proxy Servers May Not Force a Fresh DNS Lookup Not all proxies override local DNS lookups. That means Chrome may still use its old cache unless you go into the Chrome Net Internals DNS interface and manually clear it.

Privacy Leaks A stale DNS cache may leak your actual location or ISP to websites even when you seem to be using a VPN. This defeats one of the main reasons for privacy-focused browsing.

How to Clear DNS Cache with Chrome Net Internals DNS (2025) To ensure your VPN or proxy works properly with Chrome, it’s a good idea to clear the DNS cache. Here’s how you do it using the Chrome Net Internals DNS tool:

✅ Step-by-Step Guide: Open Google Chrome.

In the address bar, type: chrome://net-internals/#dns Press Enter.

You’ll land on the Chrome Net Internals DNS dashboard.

Click the “Clear host cache” button.

Boom! Chrome now clears your DNS cache. Any time you go to a website from now on, Chrome is going to automatically resolve the domain name via your VPN or proxy, rather than your previous network configuration:

Optional: Flush Sockets for Even More Clean-Up Sometimes, active connections might still be using outdated network data. To flush even deeper: chrome://net-internals/#sockets Click "Flush socket pools." This fully cleans your network connections and re-establishes all of them through your current VPN or proxy route.

Best Practices When Using VPN or Proxy with Chrome To prevent problems, the following are a couple of best practices:

Always clear the DNS cache using Chrome Net Internals DNS when going online or offline with a VPN.

Reboot your browser to terminate any long-lived connections that won't reset automatically.

Use safe DNS settings (such as Cloudflare or Google DNS) if you're not depending on the DNS provider of your VPN.

Try setting Chrome to always use secure DNS over HTTPS (in Chrome settings).

Real-World Use Case Let's say you're a digital marketer and are trying to see how your site looks in various locations. You use a VPN to pretend you're from various places — but no matter how often you switch, the page loads the same. That's likely because Chrome is using cached DNS information.

By purging your DNS cache with Chrome Net Internals DNS, you guarantee your browser fetches new DNS data that corresponds with your new VPN location. It's a little thing that can save you a lot of heartache.

Final Thoughts Browsing the web securely and quickly in 2025 is more crucial than ever before. Though VPNs and proxies keep your privacy intact and allow access to geographically restricted content, they sometimes don't get along well with your browser's DNS cache.

Thankfully, Chrome Net Internals DNS gives you control over such matters. Flushing the DNS cache every time you switch networks or VPN routes will ensure you always browse in accuracy, in privacy, and in severance.

Next time you feel things "just" aren't "quite" right about using a VPN in Chrome, just recall: open up Chrome Net Internals DNS, hit that "Clear host cache" button, and you're good to go.

[shadow4-1]

I'm just imagining helping Gaz upgrade the firewalls on the personal tech of the 141, and accidentally catching glimpses of their search history.

Like, it's not like you're actively trying to look. But the program you're updating has to check all of the websites/servers the 141 has been perusing. If anything is compromised you need to know, Laswell needs to be informed, etc.

Despite his name, Soap's history is bar far the dirtiest and most extensive. His searches consist of pretty much everything that a normal weirdo guy would look up. You're able to ignore most of it but you notice he'd cleared part of his browser data at some point and well...you couldn't help yourself. You check and immediately regret it.

public airsoft fuck

gun tongue fucking

military boot cock stepping

You can't bear to see any more so you delete the rest of his search data for him and move on.

Gaz's search history is surprisingly very normal. You almost snort at how much of a difference it is compared to Soap's. You also come to the realization that he probably already cleared and deleted his history. Then you also realize he probably knows you're looking at everyone's history and probably chose to leave these behind. You feel your face grow hot as you glance down the very short list.

best friends bestfriend blowjob

next door neighbor anal

massage porn

You huff and keep going, next is Price. You breathe a sigh of relief, he only has a couple searches and none of them have demeaning expletives in them. You spare them a passing glance.

Paddling adult film

Thigh high models

You raise a brow. Thigh high models, you could understand, but "paddling"? Like...spanking? With a paddle? You swallow thickly and shake your head. The shibari makes you wince too. Figuring out your Captain was into rope bondage and spanking was too much knowledge for one person.

Shibari classes near me

And, just like you'd expected, Ghost had no search history. You breathe a sigh of relief and do a sweep of the rest of his phone. Nothing. No recently viewed caches, cookies, pictures, or anything. The phone was so well taken care of it might as well have been brand new. You went back to the main browsing page, but before you could close out the app, you notice the page has a bookmark. You open up the bookmark tab and low and behold, there's two links. They look shady but you check them out anyway.

The first one is a cam site. The host of the channel is offline, but judging by their many saved livestreams, they're very active. You decide to turn back, but a very specific thumbnail catches your eye. It's the cammer, but with their mouth stuffed full of a random man's cock. It wouldn't have stopped you in your tracks if a) the man's leg tattoo didn't look so familiar and b) if the cammer didn't look suspiciously like you.

You immediately clear all of the data on the phone, essentially factory resetting it. When Gaz comes back into the tech closet you shove at his chest. He just chuckles and shrugs.

You're never doing this again.

[swindle-comic]

Where will Swindle go if Tumblr goes down for good?

Hello, everyone, Artsy here.

So I'm aware that a lot of people are worried about tumblr potentially being shut down, and while that isn't necessarily the most likely case scenario, we wanted to make sure people had a way of reading this comic without having to download it in the event that we could no longer host it here.

The solution to that was to make a dedicated website for Swindle! This link should open up your web browser if you're accessing us from the tumblr app - please bookmark the website! I tried to code it in a way that would make it appealing and easy to use from either desktop or mobile devices!

In the future, it might be interesting to implement a sort of comments section, though I'm not keen to do so while we're still on hiatus, and don't see the point of it if tumblr is still up and running. Otherwise, I think it's about as complete as it could be! If you have feedback, please let us know! And if you've visited the website before, you may need to clear your browser's cache/cookies/site data in order for it to properly update (your browser is still storing the old HTML code and you need to clear that!)

[thefirstknife]

Got through all of the secrets for Vesper's Host and got all of the additional lore messages. I will transcribe them all because I don't know when they'll start getting uploaded and to get them all it requires doing some extra puzzles and at least 3-4 clears to get them all. I'll put them all under read more and label them by number.

Before I do that, just to make it clear there's not too much concrete lore; a lot about the dungeon still remains a mystery and most likely a tease for something in the future. Still unknown, but there's a lot that we don't know even with the messages so don't expect a massive reveal, but they do add a little bit of flavour and history about the station. There might be something more, but it's unknown: there's still one more secret triumph left. The messages are actually dialogues between the station AI and the Spider. Transcripts under read more:

First message:

Vesper Central: I suppose I have you to thank for bringing me out of standby, visitor. The Spider: I sent the Guardian out to save your station. So, what denomination does your thanks come in? Glimmer, herealways, information...? Vesper Central: Anomaly's powered down. That means I've already given you your survival. But... the message that went through wiped itself before my cache process could save a copy. And it's not the initial ping through the Anomaly I'm worried about. It's the response.

A message when you activate the second secret:

Vesper Central: Exterior scans rebooting... Is that a chunk of the Morning Star in my station's hull? With luck, you were on board at the time, Dr. Bray.

Second message:

Vesper Central: I'm guessing I've been in standby for a long time. Is Dr. Clovis Bray alive? The Spider: On my oath, I vow there's no mortal Human named Bray left alive. Vesper Central: I swore I'd outlive him. That I'd break the chains he laid on me. The Spider: Please, trust me for anything you need. The Guardian's a useful hand on the scene, but Spider's got the goods. Vesper Central: Vesper Station was Dr. Bray's lab, meant to house the experiments that might... interact poorly with other BrayTech work. Isolated and quarantined. From the debris field, I would guess the Morning Star taking a dive cracked that quarantine wide open.

A message when you activate the third secret:

Vesper Central: Sector seventeen powered down. Rerouting energy to core processing. Integrating archives.

Third message:

The Spider: Loading images of the station. That's not Eliksni engineering. [scoffs] A Dreg past their first molt has better cable management. Vesper Central: Dr. Bray intended to integrate his technology into a Vex Mind. He hypothesized the fusion would give him an interface he understood. A control panel on a programmable Vex mind. If the programming jumped species once... I need time to run through the data sets you powered back up. Reassembling corrupted archives takes a great deal of processing.

Text when you go back to the Spider the first time:

A message when you activate the fourth secret:

Vesper Central: Helios sector long-term research archives powered up. Activating search.

Fourth message:

Vesper Central: Dr. Bray's command keys have to be in here somewhere. Expanding research parameters... The Spider: My agents are turning up some interesting morself of data on their own. Why not give them access to your search function and collaborate? Vesper Central: Nobody is getting into my core programming. The Spider: Oh! Perish the thought! An innocent offer, my dear. Technology is a matter of faith to my people. And I'm the faithful sort.

Fifth message:

Vesper Central: Dr. Bray, I could kill you myself. This is why our work focused on the unbodied Mind. Dr. Bray thought there were types of Vex unseen on Europa. Powerful Vex he could learn from. The plan was that the Mind would build him a controlled window for observation. Tidy. Tight. Safe. He thought he could control a Vex mind so perfectly it would do everything he wanted. The Spider: Like an AI of his own creation. Like you. Vesper Central: Turns out you can't control everything forever.

Sixth message:

Vesper Central: There's a block keeping me from the inner partitions. I barely have authority to see the partitions exist. In standby, I couldn't have done more than run automated threat assessments... with flawed data. No way to know how many injuries and deaths I could have prevented, with core access. Enough. A dead man won't keep me from protecting what's mine.

Text when you return to the Spider at the end of the quest:

The situation for the dungeon triumphs when you complete the mesages. "Buried Secrets" completed triumph is the six messages. This one is left; unclear how to complete it yet and if it gives any lore or if it's just a gameplay thing and one secret triumph remaining (possibly something to do with a quest for the exotic catalyst, unclear if there will be lore):

The Spider is being his absolutely horrendous self and trying to somehow acquire the station and its remains (and its AI) for himself, all the while lying and scheming. The usual. The AI is incredibly upset with Clovis (shocker); there's the following line just before starting the second encounter:

She also details what he was doing on the station; apparently attempting to control a Vex mind and trying to use it as some sort of "observation deck" to study the Vex and uncover their secrets. Possibly something more? There's really no Vex on the station, besides dead empty frames in boxes. There's also 2 Vex cubes in containters in the transition section, one of which was shown broken as if the cube, presumably, escaped. It's entirely unclear how the Vex play into the story of the station besides this.

The portal (?) doesn't have many similarities with Vex portals, nor are the Vex there to defend it or interact with it in any way. The architecture is ... somewhat similar, but not fully. The portal (?) was built by the "Puppeteer" aka "Atraks" who is actually some sort of an Eliksni Hive mind. "Atraks" got onto the station and essentially haunted it before picking off scavenging Eliksni one by one and integrating them into herself. She then built the "anomaly" and sent a message into it. The message was not recorded, as per the station AI, and the destination of the message was labelled "incomprehensible." The orange energy we see coming from it is apparently Arc, but with a wrong colour. Unclear why.

I don't think the Vex have anything to do with the portal (?), at least not directly. "Atraks" may have built something related to the Vex or using the available Vex tech at the station, but it does not seem to be directed by the Vex and they're not there and there's no sign of them otherwise. The anomaly was also built recently, it's not been there since the Golden Age or something. Whatever it is, "Atraks" seemed to have been somehow compelled and was seen standing in front of it at the end. Some people think she was "worshipping it." It's possible but it's also possible she was just sending that message. Where and to whom? Nobody knows yet.

Weird shenanigans are afoot. Really interested to see if there's more lore in the station once people figure out how to do these puzzles and uncover them, and also when (if) this will become relevant. It has a really big "future content" feel to it.

Also I need Vesper to meet Failsafe RIGHT NOW and then they should be in yuri together.

[accidentcache]

four ➜ hinge binge

warnings: language, smoking, alcohol, mentions of stalker, fem!reader as usual!

cache notes: normal / quirkless au! childhood bestfriends rumi and keigo <3

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there's a reason karaoke night was gone from the bar. with keigo's place of employment just a block off the nearest college campus, it was crawling with frat guys, students looking for a small joint to unwind and good atmosphere. and you couldn't blame them, keigo's been working at this bar since the trio graduated highschool.

you and rumi have seen him rise through the ranks until he finally got his position as night manager, you two have seen countless employees over the years. they're basically your second family--

which is why karaoke night was banned from the bar for a while. the longtimers-- tomura, namely-- was surprisingly a good hype man. as a waiter, he was constantly out on the floor and he loved peer pressuring both you and rumi into more drinks and even rowdier songs the more intoxicated you both got.

keigo hated it. he didn't actually, but he hated the looks from other regulars when he knew that they knew he was roped in with you two.

tonight was going fairly well. the bar was busy, save for the already wasted college students choosing god awful songs-- rumi and yourself were having plenty of fun drinking and messing with tomura and the other waiters as they passed by. some were newer-- they didn't know you two and didn't have the same banter or relationship like tomura did-- but they all took it in stride.

keigo manages to slip by the two of you while he's helping bus one of the tables clean. there's a rag slung over his shoulder and his curls that you know he took at least ten minutes styling in his mirror before he got here are now slicked back with a thin plastic headband. he looks over in the general direction, but when he speaks-- you know it's directed at both you and rumi.

"please don't embarass yourselves up there."

you can't help but scoff. rumi's mouth drops open in a show of exaggerated incredulousness. the two of you know you're not going to embarass yourselves, why does he think you will?

keigo leans in between the two of you and slides the empty drinks off the table, replacing them instead with carbonated soda-- it kills the vibe, yes; but the way he looks at both of you makes you pout in your seat.

"you two are three drinks in, each," he punctuates the last word with a look. "i'm not carrying either of you home."

rumi rolls her eyes, her lip curls with sarcasm but flexes her finger to pop open the can that keigo slid in front of her. a diet soda for her, a clear soda for yourself. like always.

but like always, keigo overestimated the both of you. he always says you and rumi are embarassing when plastered-- but to be fair, he stopped you at three drinks. you were happily tipsy, not anywhere near blackout. and if the crowd wasn't rowdy before, a quick three and a half minutes later the building was quite literally jumping.

from the dancing patrons, to the special lights keigo had ordered for this night in particular, you’re feeling the sweat roll off your body from dancing and jumping around with rumi on the makeshift stage with a thrill you’ve missed since this type of event was cancelled; you catch a glimpse of keigo bent slightly behind the bar, his head bowed.

boss man is definetely not going to let him host another one of these.

but the reactions are worth it, to be fair. some of the newer waiters and waitresses look like they're having the time of their lives, and to be honest-- you've never seen tomura smile as wide as he is right now. atleast everyone is having a good night before this kind of event gets banned. permanently banned.

somehow, you manage to make your way to the bar, leaning against the counter across from the blonde who is still silently shaking his head and muttering under his breath to himself. you can't wipe the giddy smile from your lips no matter how hard you tried. "can i get another drink, kei?"

a sigh heavy enough to be heard over the music leaves his mouth, and he finally lifts his head to look at you. the exhaustion in his eyes sobered you slightly. he tightens the apron around his waist before licking his lips and responding in a tight voice. "did you finish the one i gave you?" always the older brother.

you tilt, trying to find the table you were sitting at with your other counterpart, but the crowd of limbs and drunkards makes your vision swim and you whine in irritation. when you turn back around, you find keigo had already made you another glass-- (soda, disappointingly, but still)-- and he's off to help another customer who's walked up to the bar.

with a smile and the straw between your lips, you make your way outside, clumsily pulling the carton of smokes tomura had slipped you earlier in the night out of your back pocket. you aren't looking as you round the corner to the side of the building where the smoking area is, more focused on finding the lighter that tomura also slipped you when he gave you his smokes.

there's only the dim glow of the street light from the corner and the light from the outside of the building that barely works. it's warm out for mid october, there's a slight chill but the layer of sweat coating your skin allows you to barely notice it at all. you hold your glass in one hand with the other patting the pockets of your jeans until a growl of frustration leaves your mouth.

"need a light there, sweetheart?"

you almost drop the glass in your hand.

when your eyes adjust to the shit outdoor lighting, you find someone leaning their shoulder against the brick beside you; a small glow of orange and red between their fingers when they lift it to their lips. you can make out piercings, tattoos-- against better judgement you step closer, not knowing who this random patron is.

tomura only smokes menthols, on a regular day you would've refused them and teased him relentlessly; but you're also tipsy and you only really smoke when drinking. so you hand the stranger the stick, mesmerized as he takes the burning butt from his to the tip of yours to light it.

it takes a moment-- the end of yours isn't lighting evenly and the man in front of you clicks his tongue in disappointment before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a lighter. "sorry, thought that was gonna be cooler," he mumbles before the lighter flicks twice and he holds the flame to properly light the cigarette for you.

he inhales, hands it to you, and hisses as he exhales a plume of smoke upwards. "menthol," he grimaces, his lip curling at the taste. "tomura give you this shit?"

upon further inspection, you recognize the bar uniform-- but you don't recognize the face. he's older, broad with a hint of a tattoo the peeks up from the collar of his uniform shirt. white hair hangs in his eyes, and you feel smaller under the piercing gaze he's holding you in as you take an inhale from your cigarette.

"i only smoke when i drink, so it's tolerable," you respond, feigning an air of nonchalance as you move to lean against the brick next to him. partially to inspect him more, and partially to give your knees a rest.

the guy scoffs a bit, but a smirk curls at the corner of his mouth. he lifts the smoke to his lips once again and takes a drag and you try desperately to figure out who he is.

if he's a bartender, you've never met him. or he's new. you don't remember seeing his face inside while you were drinking with rumi, or during your karaoke set. not that you were really paying attention during it, but still-- those eyes are sharp. such a vivid shade of sapphire, intimidating to a certain degree.

"menthol is ass," he adds in a low tone. his voice has a rasp to it, either from the cigarette or just his natrual timbre, but you find an odd and shameful shiver start from the base of your spine.

you don't care about making fun of tomura's choice in smokes at the moment. who is this dude?

"when did you start?" you sound a lot more accusing than you meant to be. but you can tell when you lift the smoke to your lips that his tongue pokes around the inside of his cheek before he lets out a small huff-- it sounds like a laugh.

"i've been working here for years."

your eyes narrow. "bullshit." it's the alcohol talking, but honestly you're thankful for the extra rush of confidence.

his eyes widen in a show of mock incredulousness, unable to stop the laugh that comes out of his mouth. "how would you know? i've never seen you around here!"

"keigo has never mentioned you before!" you use your hand with the cigarette perched between your ring and middle finger to point at him indignantly. your brows soften just the slightest bit when his rise in sudden realiation.

"keigo?" he tilts his head toward yours slightly. "as in takami, keigo?"

you lean away from him a bit, unsure about his tone. "yeah? he's been my best friend since highschool--"

"ah so you're [y/n]," he hums, a wide smirk stretching onto thin lips. his eyes travel the length of your form, chuckling as if he's heard some inside joke he keeps only to himself.

your eyes narrow once again. "what's so funny?" you cross your arms loosely over your chest, the slightest bit of your soda spilling out of your cup. it lands low on your jeans, around your ankles and you ignore it.

"you're the [y/n] i had throw some random stalker out for a couple weeks back," his expression is almost smug. it only deepens when he notices the color drain from your face. his teeth catch on his lower lip when he fixes you with a pointed "ha!" look.

you swallow the lump in your throat that formed almost immediately. your grip loosens on your cigarette and his name is on the tip of your tongue, reeling back to any messages with rumi and keigo over the past few weeks-- "touya?"

touya's eyebrows seem to rise higher at the shrillness of your voice. he barks out a laugh, taking the last hit of his smoke before flicking it to the ground, using the tip of his sneaker to exstinguish the embers. he runs a free hand through his hair, sweeping the finge back and away from his eyes. he adjusts the apron around his waist, fidgeting with one of the buttons at his collarbone and clearing his throat a bit.

"how have i never seen you before?" your head tilts, watching with an odd sense of intentness.

touya's eyes flick to the smoke perched between your fingers. "you almost done with that?"

you spare the cigarette a glance and take another hit, bringing it halfway. "years i've been coming to this bar because keigo works here and i'm just now meeting you for the first time?" smoke funnels out of your mouth as you continue talking. "even tomura hasn't mentioned you?"

"i'm not going in and leaving you out here by yourself. can you please finish already?" touya's eyes roll upward, his head tilting back-- but he's already walking towards the front of the building in a lazy, unrushed stroll.

you're taking puffs as you follow behind him, still babbling and you're not sure you're making sense anymore. "why does keigo not want me to meet you? there's gotta be a reason, right? or are you the one avoiding me? have you been avoiding me in the shadows or something? without even meeting me?"

touya turns at the corner of the building as you stop yourself just as you're about to bump into the firmness of his back. he turns around, plucking the almost finished cigarette from your fingers and takes the last drag, dropping it to the ground and squishing it under his shoe as he had done with his own. he blows the smoke out of the side of his mouth while leaning in close, and for some reason; you don't back away. he smells like tobacco and cedarwood and a slint hint of sweat-- probably due to working his ass off with a full house.

"how about you stay conscious enough 'til the end of the night and we'll find out, yeah?"

his tongue moves along his lower lip in a quick fashion-- but your inebriated brain tracked it in slow motion. like a freak.

"we got a deal, sweetheart?"

your eyes finally flick up to his. "deal."

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[kiruliom]

how to load psds on ibispaint!

this was made with coiners in mind but will work with p much every psd so no worries if you wanna use a base or a sticker pack in a psd file (note, since its important, psd files meant to change the color of an image only load as intended through photoshop and photopea, so youll need either of that for them, not any other drawing programs.)

first of all: where to find files?

honestly, there isnt a clear answer. you can find some for most of them through just seeing if the coiner has linked any. most of them will be linked through file hosting sites, most common is drive or deviant art, but I used catbox for a while then switched to filegarden personally. the user @daybreakthing has took upon solself to turn a lot of more complex flags into psd files, so you can find a lot of them on sols old and current deviantart page (linked in their pinned)

the only downside for deviantart is you HAVE to log in to download the files. it is free however and you dont have to do much else.

for this tut Ill be using the nonhuman x for x flag psd by daybreakthing, (coined by sol as well, on melabea)

^^^ this guy

now onto the actual tutorial:

youre here likely because you already tried it, but its good to go over what not to do, and the results, anyway.

if you try to open it like a regular file, you will get errors, often more than one.

its important to note that psd files, while still considered image files, have no previews (except on drive) so they will look blank or empty. no worries about that, they will load properly.

here is what to do (or what I do, anyway)

go to your gallery, google photos, or another file manager (like just files or an external file manager)

Im using google photos bc my device's gallery wont let me share psd files

select the image, go to 'share', and pick ibispaint. theres a chance it wont pop up in the first screen, so just press the more option.

if ibispaint is not an option, try another image or file manager!

it will ask if you want to convert the file to ipv, select yes!

and thats all!! if all goes well it should be in your gallery when you open ibispaint. keep in mind it may crash once or twice when you first try to open it, just clear your app history cache thing and try again! (ibis paint is held together by duct tape and prayers)

I hope that helps!! if you have questions or problems, never be afraid to ask, I love to help!

tagging @idwl since their anon had a question related to this and I was directed to, to help :3

sorry about the amount of clutter with the red arrow and circles and pixelated stuff, I wanna obscure irrelevant or personal stuff while making sure people dont miss anything important.

[cupcakewebkinz]

HELP i read that lil fic inspired by the cat hcs AT LEAST 15 times already its so cute 😭- like i genuinely wish i could break down each paragraph and ramble about it but im SO bad at writing my thoughts down so the only thing i can express my gratitude is with more cat hcs 😔 (and possibly dming lil doodles from a burner account, im so sorry but i just want to shit them out and dissapear i really hate chatting in dms cuz im a really cranky and introverted mf)

So, you know how cats LOVE tight spaces? Yeah, Vee is not safe from this either. She LOVESS spending time in places like the back of the couch, under the bed, any box that fits her and even inside drawers/closets. Basically, if her bigass head fits, she will squeeze herself in [insert the cave diver meme here]. It brings her a strange sense of comfort. She usually chooses to hang around such places when she either wants some quiet alone time to do internal robo mumbo jumbo like sorting files, clear her cache, etc. or when her battery is low and just wants to sit back and stare at whatever (like a low maintenance mode of sorts). She is very susceptible to getting stuck though- Shelly had to pull her out from the wildest places ("Girl how did you get stuck inside THE DAMN WASHING MACHINE -")... Back when Gardenview was still functioning, Vee's favorite hiding spot would be inside Veronica's jacket, imagine a cranky lil robot staring people down from inside her handler's jacket with only her head poking out (precious lil bean 🥺). She was forced out of this habit though because it didn't fit her image as a popular gameshow host.

PS. wtf do u mean u named me cat vee anon this is SO unserious i love it so much 😭🙏

I am grabbing you by the shoulders as I say this, in the most genuine loving way possible, I do not give a fucking damn how bad you are at words- I SUCK at expressing myself, too. I would LOVE to read your thoughts about it, love to read you absolutely go off to me about every paragraph- every detail- everything you wanna talk about. I genuinely never care how bad anyone is at this, your comments and love for my fics are my inspiration. Zilla always writing about them ESPECIALLY boosts me to write more, you're always welcome to do it too. Anyone is! I genuinely love interacting with anyone and everyone- keysmash, poorly worded ideas, just an Emoji spam- it's all valid here okay? Don't worry about how bad you are, you're ALWAYS valid.

Also if you just want to do that, you're more than welcome to! Everyone is welcome to my dms as long as you're respectful and not a bot, and I'm sure you're both. However I WILL praise you for your artistic talent- just a fair warning. Idc if you reply or not, I will say it regardless. I'm just like that sorry.

ANYWAYS ENOUGH MOM KAI LET'S GET TO THE FUNNY STUFF YEAH!!!

Vee absolutely loves hiding out around Shanon's house, no doubt. She's only out and about so often because she knows Shelly will come looking for her if she's hiding for too long, but if Shelly knows where she's hiding, and she knows she's okay, she'll absolutely be hiding. Her favorite spot is right under Shelly's bed, cuddled up with the pillows Shelly "forgets" to move out from under there. However if Shelly and Shanon are gone together, she's hiding in places SHE KNOWS she'll get stuck in just so Shelly touches her more and helps her out of there. Shelly would be pissed if Vee wasn't such a "soggy" mess of tears and sniffles and just so pathetically sad, but she always tells her to stay out of them knowing very well she will absolutely not stay out of those spots. Her Zoomie hiding spots are THEE WORST THO- getting stuck in the stupidest places because she accidentally nyoomed into a spot she can't get out and is heard crying for help because she can't move but she NEEDS to move NOW or she will go mental. This leads to Shanon putting censors in these spots so she'd get a message on her phone if she gets stuck in these spots, and Vee is secretly incredibly grateful for this.

This is unrelated but I love imagining a low battery Vee being a little sleepyhead, she would absolutely self isolate because she has no energy to do anything, but if she's forced to interact she's like a tired little kid and only gives simple replies while yawning and rubbing her eyes incredibly often. This is the only time Vee will ever express that she sees Shanon like a parent though, as she'd accidentally slip up and call her mom like this. "Mommy I wanna go to bed" ahh Vee hahahaha I love her.

Yeah that's absolutely canon, she absolutely would hide in Veronica's coat and just tiredly glare at people, especially if she is having an off day and doesn't want to record a game show but has to. Once Veronica moves back to town, she starts wearing oversized hoodies, and whenever Shanon's like "Veri girl I know you like being fancy now why the hell are you in a massive Hello Kitty sweatshirt?" she just goes and picks up Vee and puts her in there PFFT. Vee looks like the happiest toon alive when she's in Veronica's hoodies, and I'm sure Shelly would pick up on this and try it too. It unfortunately doesn't work for her as she's shorter than Vee but Vee appreciates the effort regardless, knowing she only attempted because she looked so genuinely happy whenever Veronica let her reside in her own hoodie. At Shanon's place- no habit is pressured out of them, unless they're hurting themselves or others obviously. Shanon just wants them to be themselves, and if Vee's self is a goddamn lunatic cat robot, she's cherishing her goddamn lunatic cat robot. Thankfully Vee isn't too wild... Especially since she still has a lot of unlearning to do. Delilah never appreciated the beauty of Vee's true self... We hate Delilah in this household. (Silly/not serious - I just headcannon that Delilah caused everything bad to happen and I hate her for it :] )

Oh my beloved Cat Vee Anon I do wish you the best, I'll be typing my reply to your other ask probably while you're reading this, unless you find it after I post that one. I'm really glad you cherish your silly anon name, you're my first regular anon I got to name actually!

My second regular anon in general, Scared Anon is my first regular anon, I didn't name him though. I hope you're still doing well Scared Anon, much platonic loves to you, Cat Vee anon, and everyone else who may come and settle down in my whacky world of whatever the fuck I'm interested in ♡

[cafiffle]

PSA for webcomic artists with your own hosting

clear your fucking site cache

[chrysanthemumgames]

Checkpoint anon: I did just clear my cache, after I got an email back from Hosted Games about it, and it worked! I do see the checkpoints now. Sorry for bugging you so much about an issue on my end, lol. But obviously this means I need to have another replay so I can see the up to date version now!

Hey, totally not a problem, anon! I learned something about how all this works, too, and I'm glad we managed to get it sorted. :)

[isat-script-project]

pardon, expression image hovers haven't been working for the past few days, and return an "image not found" error. is this being looked into? would it have anything to do with hosting the images from the wiki? thank you.

we've actually been switching things around! Since there's no way we're clearing our 1GB neocities file size limit, we decided to switch to locally hosting images instead, as that's less taxing for both the wiki and for our dear viewers internet connections, and it's faster, or something.

Expression hovers have been working just fine since the change on my end, however. Have you tried clearing your browser cache? Maybe you still have the version of the site with the wiki links cached...?

Is there any specific page this is occuring on if clearing your cache doesn't work? The change also required a minor edit to the page layout, and something might've slipped the cracks in the, uh, 806 files changed.

[e-bird-online]

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[avajohnsonm11]

How to Migrate a Store from Shopify to Magento? 

Migration from Shopify to Magento is a huge leap for your business, offering it more flexibility, scalability, and advanced features. Though this might seem daunting, having a clear roadmap for making this transition will ease the process. The following is a step-by-step guide to help in successfully migrating:

1. Understand Why You’re Migrating

First of all, before one dives in, understand why Magento is a destination point. Yes, Shopify was perfect for simplicity and ease, but Magento means advanced personalization, better scalability, and robust features. If your current platform starts to limit growth, your Magento 2 Migration will be the cool thing to do.

2. Plan and Prepare Your Data

Start by auditing your Shopify store. After auditing is completed, the Shopify merchant may need to make a note of data to migrate, which would involve details related to a product, customers, orders, and the site's content. Clean up your data-remove all outdated and duplicate entries, to keep data from becoming a disaster later on. In that way, everything will go just smoothly when migrated, and the shop could be arranged more organizedly at Magento.

3. Set Up Your Magento Store

Install Magento on a decent hosting platform or take the help of a hosting service dedicated to Magento. After that, configure some basic settings such as tax rules, currencies, and store language. Choose a theme for Magento that will represent your brand identity and customize it for seamless user experience.

4. Export Data from Shopify

Shopify provides an export facility of data into CSV format. In your Shopify admin, go to the export section and download all the required files: products, orders, customer records, etc. Back up your Shopify store to ensure you will not lose any data while migrating.

5. Data Import via Migration Tools

Magento also allows for imports with some tools, which ease the migration of data. You can use extensions for such migrations, like Cart2Cart or LitExtension, which allow automated transfers. This is because the tools will map data fields between Shopify and Magento to reduce human-induced errors.

6. Test Your Magento Store

Perform a full test of your fresh Magento store before going to production. Verify that every piece of data has migrated correctly and all product descriptions, image captions, and customer details are correct. Ensure your payment gateways, shipping methods, and checkouts work flawlessly.

7. Optimize for Performance

Magento offers advanced caching, scalability, and mobile-friendly features. Set these up to enhance the speed of your site and the users' experience. Install SEO extensions to maintain or improve your search rankings post-migration.

8. Launch Your Store

When everything is tested and optimized, switch your domain to Magento. Keep your customers informed about the migration process, emphasizing the benefits of the new platform, whether it be a better shopping experience or exclusive features.

9. Monitor and Improve

After going live, monitor your store's performance and user feedback. Address any issues quickly and continue optimizing your Magento store to align with your business goals.

Migration to Magento can be rather labor-intensive and take a long time, but the payoff in terms of customization, performance, and scalability is there. If you plan properly, this transition will lay a foundation for your business's success in the long run.

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[es46]

Another neopteran, this time based on potter wasps - WYRADIAL Title - Frigid insect Monster class - Neopteran Known locales - Deserts and savannah Element/ailment - Mucus + Ice Elemental weakness - Fire (3), Water (2), Thunder (1), Ice (1), Dragon (0) Ailment weakness - Poison (3), Paralysis (3), Blast (2), Stun (1), Sleep (0) Wyradial is a neopteran that inhabits desert regions, usually nesting close to grassland or oases. It is distinguished by its wasp-like appearance, with long sharp wings and a flexible stinger, and the dashing blue-and-yellow colouring of its exoskeleton. Its limbs are well-suited for handling debris, useful for building its caches, whilst the cutting mandibles hide a gland that excretes a thick mucus at surprising pressure. Wyradial's offspring are called Neoradials. In their larval state, they are mellow and slow in comparison to the high-octane adult. Lacking the developed features and ailments of Wyradial, Neoradials defend themselves by spitting a strong silk, encasing attackers in webbing to buy themselves time to dig to safety. An omnivore, there is nothing Wyradial won't gather in its single-minded pursuit of preparing for the future. Carrion, fruit, plants, tubers, fungi, bone, minerals - anything edible is collected by the neopteran and stored in the large caches it creates out of rock, mud and wood. Small burrows close to the cache host Wyradial's offspring, the Neoradials. These caches are vital for the neopteran and its brood to survive harsh dry seasons, and Wyradial will viciously defend them. Field workers are advised to steer clear of the cache; Wyradial will not hesitate to attack what it perceives to be a potential thief. Only when the neopteran is out foraging is it relatively docile, if only because it is too occupied with its work to bother with humans. The strong mucus Wyradial uses to craft its structures is also an effective defensive weapon, spat out onto foes to slow their movements and potentially let objects in the environment stick to them. If this fails, the neopteran brings its flexible stinger to bear and launches an icy residue. This can either be hardened on the stinger and shot as a bullet-like structure, or sprayed out in a mist that hardens on contact (incidentally, this icy residue is used to keep its cache cool, allowing it supplies to last for longer). Otherwise, Wyradial makes use of its flight to attack in hit-and-run styles, lashing out with its limbs and stinger. Predictably, creating a large cache loaded with food can attract enemies. The Neoradials are the first line of defence, keeping watch from their burrows and mobbing potential thieves with strands of webbing. Should this fail, they release pheromones that triggers a defensive response from any Wyradial close at hand. In addition, Wyradials tend to gather in groups; one can expect four or five adults within the same territory. They must be careful not to converge too closely, though, lest too many opportunists be drawn to the gathering. While not a particularly challenging monster (Low Rank - 1, High/Master Rank - 1), Wyradial nevertheless tests a hunter's skill with its speed and projectile attacks. Hunters should aim for the wings and its stinger, which can help disable its best options. Remove mucus as soon as possible, as Wyradial's icy residue will adhere tightly to it and heighten the chilling effect. Wyradials are threatened by a number of monsters; the amphibian Serencabra feeds on Neoradials, and may even kill an adult if it can. Even worse, the carapaceon Emverion is Wyradial's nemesis, dedicated to raiding its stores and taking all the neopteran's hard-earned food for itself. Only by working with others of their kind can Wyradial overcome these challenges. - Thank you for reading and take care.

[leiatalon]

I saved at the choice to input things from the previous games and after that it always 'failed to save'. Quicksave or trying to save at any point past.

Hi! So it appears that bug can be fixed by clearing your cache. I think it's a CoGDemos thing, not anything I can address myself. (The saves aren't on my side of the coding.) If you clear your cache and it continues, please let me know and I'll contact the host of CoGDemos, who has been extremely helpful. Thank you for playing The Eternal Library! I hope clearing your cache fixes the save bug and that you're able to continue the demo.

[kuai-kuai]

webdev log 4

nearly clawed my eyes out but we lived

dealt with a bug in which my /art/create page wouldn't work. debugged 5ever and found out it was specifically because of the url prefix "/art" and any of my new pages starting with it would lead to a 404... and the mystery just deepened. went at it for hours, testing and clearing caches etc etc whatever. turns out it was because those specific routes were placed after my existing routes that also use the /art prefix, even though it works fine for my other pages?! I didn't even know order mattered!! nothing I've read on routes even mentioned order!! I spent HOURS. I TEARED UP. I GAMER RAGED. and the solution ended up being so easy, although now, it's still a bit mysterious..... I don't know *how* the order matters. much reading to do later whenever I'm not lazy.

okay anyways

added the function to add and delete images. struggled a bit since I. ermm. uploaded them all manually and use the original file names.. but laravel stores images with a random filename so I had to figure out how to make them store to the right folder + use the original file name as to not mess up what I already have. I could've just deleted everything because I kind of prefer the randomized file names but I'd have to in and check when I drew a drawing and edit the created at date and I don't wanna do that

delete button only exists on the show view. I don't trust myself.

kind of.... lazy.... to make a function to edit art. if I really wanted to edit things I'll just delete and repost. lol. I never go back and edit super old art anyways, only things I recently finished. maybe I should at least have an option to edit tags but I'll burden future me by not doing that.

I don't think I'm a good programmer at all. I'm not a logical person. I can only do basic things.. I'm only lucky I made it this far since this framework has a ton of community support. if you asked me to do all this from scratch............. lmfao 😂 I don't think I'd be able to do it.

anyways that's all for this time..... that first issue tuckered me out.

I'll do guestbook next time. I wanna move off of neospring and atabook since I just don't like relying on third party websites anymore to host anything of mine. I want everything in one place because I can only trust myself.

and if it goes down then I only have myself to blame 🤓

[asquarev]

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