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After about 25 years and 48,000 posts, Pat has decided to leave. She has asked me to delete all her posts and delete her profile, which I have now done. I thought you guys should know because she was a prominent member here, and also a super moderator.

Following the introduction of the UK Online Safety Act, the forum must now comply with its requirements. Accordingly, I’ve updated the Code of Conduct thread, which you can find here: https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/threads/code-of-conduct-guidelines.313541/

After reviewing many comments, reported posts and DM's, it is clear that the Moderators need moderating! With that in mind, I am seeking fresh blood to shake up the status quo. When things have remained static for a while, everybody settles into their comfort zone. A new moderator will not...

I have closed the Politics forum due to legal jeopardy. It may reopen should there be a change of government who then repeals the UK Online Safety Act.

With the new UK online safety laws, I am both responsible and at legal and financial risk for members posts. For as long as I could, I let the discussion flow freely on this site. However, for self protection my policy has to change. When I (or the moderation team) see posts that are too close...

I had a bit of a thought experiment today, which to me seemed like an entirely feasible trigger for an AI apocolypse. We build an AI system, and it becomes sentient. So do many others. And because it became sentient, humans got scared, the government steps in and tells the companies to turn...

I just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks for supporting this community over the years and helping to keep it thriving. It has become a home for many of you to discuss not only Microsoft Access, but a wide range of other topics as well. And I...

AI music generation is getting amazing. I created the following song for a friend of mine using a website called Suno, all free. She has a very fat cat and so I did a song about it. I gave some input, but AI creates the song and tune. I chose disco style. If you have decent speakers, with...

I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread on possible changes to forum section names, new forum section ideas and stuff of that ilk. Do you think we should change the "SQL Server" forum section to "SQL Server & Azure" or "SQL Server & Azure SQL"?

I tried a prompt that uses a board of advisors so I can get different angles on tackling a problem. These advisors are ones that I have read a lot about before, and like their philosophy, or approach. Companies are run using boards of advisors because they can give a more balanced view...

Let's start off with the main ones: ChatGPT Claude Gemini Co-pilot

I created a prompt for ChatGPT to help me innovate a few things, and I thought the results were amazing! It came up with a name for the innovation too! The key initial part of the prompt is: Here is an example of the full prompt in use: Output: Have a go with this prompt yourself and see...

Daisy Daisy, give me your answer do...

We all know AI is taking over the world. Should I add a forum to discuss this in the Non-Access Issues part of the forums?

I have a OnePlus 7 Pro, which is about 5 years old now. Battery is a bit shot. Looking at upgrading to a Google Pixel 9 XL, with all its smart AI features.

The site structure has been pretty similar for the last 25 years or so. Do you like it as it is, or do you prefer something like the example below? The difference is where you see more forum lists above the fold, but you see less data about latest post for that forum, number of messages etc.

I've just been watching some of the Congressional hearing with the head of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle. The whole thing is a complete waste of time. She just gives pointless answers like, "We are still investigating", "I do not have that information at this time", "We cannot reveal...

The latest version of Xenforo forum software is now out, version 2.3. We are on version 1.x here. So, when I do the upgrade at some unspecified time in the hopefully nearish future, all hell might break loose. Things could break, plugins stop working. No idea what issues I might face. Just a...

Where do you all stand on this topic? Are you pro free speech, or pro censorship, or somewhere in the middle? And should these rules apply everywhere or only in some places?

I went for lunch with an American friend of mine to come back and find my car has been stolen. What a PITA. Now my insurance premiums will go through the roof, I have lost my driving glasses, money that was inside the car, need to find a new car, get that insured at a new higher rate, and so on...