Pohon BBS

New project: WikiWikiWiki

2024-06-08T18:14:26+00:00

Greetings,

https://wiki.gikopoi.com has been launched.

Source code @ https://github.com/153/wikiwikiwiki

Features to add

2024-01-03T01:33:04+00:00

Things I want to add later:
- sage
- message trimming/cleaning
- atom feeds
- better tag engine

What do you want to see added?

Youtube embed? Images?
Are there any tags "missing" (eg: anime, books, conspiracy theories) ?
I'm all ears!

Ginger Beer Concept

2025-04-15T05:43:28+00:00

Continuing from a discussion on giko:
My plan is to test drive a simple
fermented ginger beverage with the
following ingredients/materials:

1. Grated ginger
2. Brewer's yeast
3. Water
4. 1-2 chili peppers, to taste
5. Sugar (which type?)
6. 2L plastic bottle

So far I have heard that it is important
to slowly release the gas in the bottle,
and carefully monitor the pressure.
What I imagine is an earthy, simple
drink. Something to be enjoyed after
a day's work, or savored with
some deep-fried foods.
Any suggestions?

Homemade alcohol

2024-01-08T15:38:38+00:00

Interested in making booze at home?
Is saving money or making delicious drinks an appeal to you?
Experimenting with new recipes or techniques?

This a thread for homebrewers and distillers to ask questions, give
advice, or share progress reports.
(Pictures and experiences are very welcome!)

Rust off!

2025-04-22T23:24:22+00:00

Yo, listen up!

dat Rust crew's been pushin' hard to get their language into the Linux kernel, but let's take a step back and examine their priorities, 'kay?
They're all about Rust, Rust, Rust - but what about the stability and maintainability of the kernel?
I'm talkin' about the millions of users who rely on Linux, not just some niche group of devs who wanna play with the latest shiny thing.
Take marcan, the Asahi Linux lead, for example.
He's been ragin' about the kernel community bein' resistant to change, but when you look at his own actions, it's clear his priority is gettin' Rust into the kernel, no matter what.
He's talkin' about burnout, but it seems like he's more burnt out on the kernel community's cautious approach than on actually gettin' the job done.
He be pushin new complexities and work on other people who are not interested in his fetish.
We're just trying to ensure that any changes to the kernel are thoroughly tested and validated.
I mean, come on, they're the ones who are tryin' to introduce a whole new language into the kernel - shouldn't they be the ones demonstratin' a willingness to work with the community and address our concerns?
It's like they're more interested in provin' a point - that Rust can be used in the kernel - than in actually contributin' to the Linux ecosystem in a meaningful way.
And that's just not cool, bro. We're talkin' about a critical piece of infrastructure here, not some playground for language enthusiasts.
So, yeah, I'm suspicious of their priorities. It seems like they're more about promotin' Rust than about doin' what's best for Linux.
And if that's the case, then we need to take a step back and re-evaluate their contributions.
The kernel community's not against innovation, but we're not gonna sacrifice stability and maintainability on the altar of some new language or framework, either.

gikopoi.py

2024-01-15T16:25:28+00:00

There is now a terrible Gikopoi bot I've written based on code from
kafli: you can invoke it with the !help command in the bar.

It has a blackjack and bank plugin.
You can win REAL gikocoins and send them to your friends!

I'm planning to add a !memo function (send a message to someone
offline or AFK and the bot sends them your message when they return)
and also !random / !addquote functions (get or add gikopoi quotes).

What else do you think would be useful? I was thinking the bot could
share youtube metadata when a youtube link is shared, e.g. the title
of the video and its duration. The possibilities are endless...

source: https://github.com/153/giko.py

manga club

2025-04-03T16:34:51+00:00

let's discuss mangas here. use subtree to organize please.

TEA: Whatcha drinkin?

2024-03-04T05:22:49+00:00

Brewing up a tea of Assam black tea (loose leaf) to begin my morning.

Bring water to 96*C or so, steep for 3-4 minutes, let cool a bit
before drinking.

post various neat things you did

2024-07-13T17:38:56+00:00

house doesn't have a sauna so i put the shower at maximum and covered
the vent. it steam's up a little and you can pretend you are in suomi.

Melancholy Paradox

2024-05-13T11:15:30+00:00

Recently I have been craving solitude.
It's strange since so much of my life has been driven by
companionship and socialisation.
I sort of have everything I've ever wanted, a dream job,
a life long companion, financial security
and future growth prospects.
Yet.
I feel the intrusive urge to throw it away.
It's as if I WANT to become a hikki.
Im well aware how privilidged I am to contemplate this, it disgusts me in a way.
So is this just a manifestation of selfdestructive tendencies?
Or am i trying to fly to close to the NEET sun?
Was Diogenes wise to become a hobo-maxing NEETma grindset enthusiast?
Niavely romanticising a dilapidated empty flat with nothing
but the echoing keys of a dumpster laptop and stolen WIFI.
In more important and relevant matters:
How often do you wash your sheets?
I want to wash them weekly, but have failed this routinne so far.
Till we meet again - blogfagchan

Habbo Hotel Meeting 2025

2025-04-17T13:58:02+00:00

I'd like the members of gikopoi.com
to visit Habbo Hotel for Easter.
What do you say?

Giko Chess Games

2025-02-06T17:31:40+00:00

Archduke vs Akai
2025-02-06, 17:20

1.e4 e5
2.Nb1c3 Ng8f6
3.Bf1c4 Qd8e7
4.d3 c6
5.Bc1g5 d5
6.Bg5xf6 Qe7xf6
7.exd5 b5
8.dxc6 bxc4
9.c7 Nb8c6
10.d4 Nc6xd4
11.Nc3d5 Qf6c6
12.Qd1h5 Nd4xc2
13.Ke1d2 Nc2xa1
14.Qh5xe5 Qc6e6
15.Ng1f3 Qe6xe5
16.Nf3xe5 Bf8d6
17.Ne5c6 Bc8a6
18.Rh1e1 Ke8d7
19.Nc6b4 Bd6xb4
20.Nd5c3

Zzazz missing since January 2nd

2025-04-04T20:26:25+00:00

It's been 3 months since our hero has last logged on. He was last
witnessed throwing down handfuls of benzodiazepines and chugging vodka
on stream. His current status is unknown, likely among the angels.

I propose we honor our missing hero by making the 2nd of every month
a day we live a little bit more like zzazz, in his honor, whether we
engage in drinking contests, shirtless streams, smoke narcotics on
camera, sing and play music live, netplay old games, or otherwise
attempt to emulate our fallen hero

Goroshek has also deceased. RIP little rat.

Proprosal: EUR currency of gikopoi

2025-04-07T21:00:00+00:00

There are so many currencies we could call baseline, most notably:
- yen -- but only appeals to Japanese
- usd -- but Trump is crazy and Americans are minority
- eur -- basically a dollar*

I think "EUR" should be our baseline on Gikopoi because people with
odd currencies can understand EUR pretty well, and it also sends a
message to Americans that they are not the boss. Actually I would
rather use EUR than USD even if I lost money.

What to do with "burnt" gikocoins?

2025-02-08T19:23:00+00:00

Akai, our chair of economic music, is working on a way to address the
inflation issue of gikopoi -- finding a way to consume coins
permanently for a use in a different sort of game that takes into mind
principles learned from systems of "progressive taxation"

From a different angle, it cannot be denied that if coins lost by
gambling ended up in a special wallet, giko.py would probably have more
coins than all other users combined.

If coins lost gambling ended up in a special account, what would be
interesting ways to make use of these coins?

Maybe each week people with a balance of at least X gikocoins could vote
for a user to receive a percent of the "pot", eg 5%

Maybe each week, people could buy lottery tickets for a chance to win
some random percentage of the pot, eg between 3% and 50% -- akin to the
US "powerball" system or something like "keno"

The most creative and fun answer will be the one implemented.

sorry for the recent downtime

2024-09-27T09:19:02+00:00

I was on vacation for 2 weeks and I guess the BBS decided to kill
itself. No problem: I'm back now!

MINE CRAFT

2025-01-28T00:38:02+00:00

MINE CRAFT IS FUN
my taijitu garden in a1.2.6
https://booru.gikopoi.com/post/view/225
https://booru.gikopoi.com/post/view/226
https://booru.gikopoi.com/post/view/227

chain letters

2025-04-05T16:03:53+00:00

if you read this and do not post a chain letter to this thread,
you will you will be forever stuck in the “just five more minutes” loop 😱

But! If you post a chain letter within the next 3 minutes, you’ll:

always find the last slice of pizza 🍕

never run out of your favorite snack 🍪

and discover a hidden talent you never knew you had 🎨

Forward this to 7 people or face the endless pile of laundry.
You’ve been warned… 💀📜🔗

haiku thread

2025-04-04T19:06:35+00:00

Lost in bland noodles--
then came Indomie's first kiss,
hope stirred in hot oil.

Weird movies

2024-03-20T20:17:50+00:00

Saw Donny Darko with the wife. It's an interesting movie: it
encourages us to doubt objectivity, reality, virtue, truth while
also encouraging the audience to sympathize with a psychotic vandal,
criminal, killer.

20+ years after the fact, I'll say Donny Darko is not so "DEEP" or
world changing, especially relative to all the multiverse / timeline
hopping stuff that became so trendy since its release, but it's still
a fine movie to watch and enjoy for its general conceit...

Test

2025-04-02T19:37:39+00:00

Where am I?

The Giko Backgammon Tournament

2025-03-23T18:36:18+00:00

Just a fun idea I had. We should collect a list of interested parties
for an April tournament, best of 10 (permitting use of doubling cube)
per match, maybe with a $5 buy-in per person

(winner gets 90% of funds, 10% of money goes toward paying VPS bill)

Playing for nothing is also fine but $5 feels like enough to stake
that the games would be a little more interesting but nothing to get
upset over.

Best of 10 may sound like a lot but incorporating the doubling cube,
1 game becomes 2 becomes 4 becomes 8 potentially very quickly... playing
with a small number of games per "match" gives RNG an advantage over
skill, which is something to be avoided

care about pohon bbs moar please ;_;

2024-07-09T23:25:55+00:00

i actually really like the board software and style sheets. it would
be nice if the bbs had more love like jspoi gets. this board is
deserving of some more effort and love infused into it by gikopoi.com
humans. please take time to talk here o _ o`

in unrelated news, i am considering changing pseudonyms. some uneasy
feeling i get whenever i keep a pseudonym for too long and it might
be more than just a symbol.

Getting organized with tech

2025-03-01T17:37:22+00:00

3 interesting ideas I've stumbled across lately --

- https://terokarvinen.com/2021/calendar-txt/
- https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt
- https://johnnydecimal.com/

How do you stay organized?

gikopoipoi.net forthcomingness

2025-03-21T11:17:39+00:00

Doesn't it seem kind of disingenous for gikopoi.com to not have even a little
explanatory sentence or something somewhere explaining it actually is,
in relation to gikopoipoi.net? An alternative instance with some little
preference-based mods? And then going as far as calling it "kidpoi", it's like
you forked off of it against your free will or something. Rubs me the wrong way.

Giko Book Club

2025-03-18T18:02:58+00:00

Read a book? Post your thoughts on it!
Someone read a book you read? Answer them!

> Find books:
https://fmhy.net/readingpiracyguide
> Windows ereading:
https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org
> Android ereading:
https://readera.org/

< We suggest epub / mobi over PDF when possible
< As this thread grows, "tree" mode may be more useful than "thread"

PGP thread

2025-03-05T17:08:13+00:00

because why not?

> Web PGP tool:
https://browserpgp.github.io/

> My new public key

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tripex tripcode finding software

2025-01-05T00:04:23+00:00

releasing version 1.0 of my tripcode finding program, 'tripex'

compile the program as follows:
gcc tripex.c -o tripex -O3 -lcrypt

example #1; find tripcodes containing 'nice' (case insensitive):
./tripex -n $(nproc) -i nice

example #2; find tripcodes starting with either 'giko' or 'mona':
./tripex -n $(nproc) ^giko ^mona

example #3; find fully lowercase tripcodes with quads:
./tripex -s -n $(nproc) "^[a-z]*$" "$.$\1\{3,\}"

untested on anything but GNU/Linux with glibc, but it would probably work on FreeBSD too.
don't trust any update posts unless they have my tripcode or you can audit them yourself!

-----BEGIN FILE tripex.c-----
/* CC0-1.0 */

#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include

#include

#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof((x)) / sizeof((x)[0]))

static unsigned char saltFilter[256];
static unsigned char rngFilter[256];
char *tripcode(const char *key);

void usage(void)
{
fprintf(stderr, "usage: tripex [-Ehilnmsv] expressions\n"
" -E\tuse extended regular expressions\n"
" -h\tshow usage\n"
" -i\tignore case\n"
" -l\tkey length\n"
" -n\tnumber of threads\n"
" -m\tmax number of tries (per thread!)\n"
" -s\tstack expressions (logical AND)\n");
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int re_flags = 0;
int sflag = 0;
size_t n_procs = 1;
size_t key_len = 8;
size_t max_tries = 0;

int opt;
while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "E:hil:m:n:sv")) != -1) {
switch(opt) {
case 'E':
re_flags |= REG_EXTENDED;
break;
case 'i':
re_flags |= REG_ICASE;
break;
case 'l':
key_len = atol(optarg);
if (key_len < 1)
errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "key length must be at least 1");
break;
case 'n':
n_procs = atol(optarg);
if (n_procs < 1)
errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "need at least one process");
break;
case 'm': /* ! PER THREAD ! */
max_tries = atol(optarg);
if (max_tries < 1)
errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "need at least one try");
break;
case 's':
sflag = 1;
break;
case 'v':
printf("tripex 1.0 by taocana\n");
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
case 'h':
/* FALLTHROUGH */
default:
usage();

return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
}

argc -= optind;
argv += optind;

if (argc < 1) {
usage();
errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "need at least one expression");
}

size_t n_exps = argc;
regex_t *exps = malloc(sizeof(regex_t) * n_exps);
for (size_t i = 0; i < n_exps; i++)
if (regcomp(&exps[i], argv[i], re_flags))
errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to compile regex");

for (int i = 1; i < n_procs; i++)
if (!fork())
break;

regmatch_t pmatch[1];
unsigned char key[key_len + 1]; /* dynamic array, bad form but i'm lazy */
key[key_len] = 0;

for (size_t n = 0; !max_tries || n < max_tries ; n++) {
if (getrandom(key, key_len, 0) < 0)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to get random key");

for (int i = 0; i < key_len; i++)
key[i] = rngFilter[key[i]];

char *trip = tripcode(key);
if (!trip)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "failed to generate tripcode");

for (size_t i = 0; i < n_exps; i++)
if (regexec(&exps[i], trip, ARRAY_SIZE(pmatch), pmatch, 0))
if (sflag)
break;
else
continue;
else if (!sflag || i >= n_exps - 1)
printf("%s %s\n", trip, key);

free(trip);
}

for (size_t i = 0; i < n_exps; i++)
regfree(&exps[i]);
free(exps);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

char *tripcode(const char *key)
{
/* we don't do any sjis conversion, but who cares anyway? */
if (strlen(key) == 0)
return NULL;

unsigned char *tempKey = malloc(strlen(key) + 2);
if (!tempKey)
return NULL;
strcpy(tempKey, key);
strcat(tempKey, "H.");

unsigned char salt[3];
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
salt[i] = saltFilter[tempKey[i+1]];
salt[2] = 0;
free(tempKey);

struct crypt_data data;
bzero(&data, sizeof(struct crypt_data));

char *tempCode = crypt_r(key, salt, &data);
unsigned char *code = malloc(strlen(tempCode) - 3);
if (!code)
return NULL;
strcpy(code, tempCode + 3);
return code;
}

static unsigned char saltFilter[256] =
"................................"
".............../0123456789......"
".ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ....."
".abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz....."
"................................"
"................................"
"................................"
"................................";

static unsigned char rngFilter[256] =
"{dDOFByx8Jdo=C.{hFw:'p%m+]E-*}~4"
"O)YiM99y?%A)tldRIN4!fat`J|(iI+}h"
"]59P#T_Qx#h0q8w+F,$}Vo5Gq; "k6>O~Ge,.DW9`hqhaSf#A.vrnhy`[2Ct"
"Bb6|7Mr+iJZG5.&7>?K@{D~6*Vs'H_*>"
"$Mh3R-F$Sp^.E5R-W1DnQzXC@Tf']xxt"
"o`GLO'Ui`S/v,aegU2HkE3Y6y!WZm%?k"
"aD/H=yH4vQg7dC*(Gx$vV[

Baking breads, recipe threads

2024-04-08T03:22:41+00:00

> Naan bread
https://sandhyahariharan.co.uk/easy-naan-bread/

> Rustic bread
https://www.brunibakery.com/amp/white-bread-with-poolish-pre-ferment

> spicy cheesy scone
https://bakeitwithlove.com/jalapeno-cheddar-scones/

Gikopoi quotes

2024-01-16T05:59:31+00:00

... a continuation from https://0chan.vip/threads/local/1694397860/

Good quotes will be added to giko.py quotebot!

Poetry thread

2024-06-10T12:33:49+00:00

Post poems you like, or poems you write!

Pro tip: you can use subject/author fields for the poems, too.

Streams open by default

2024-12-30T04:17:40+00:00

As a limited experiment, all streams are open by default when you
join. How do you feel about this? Is it good or bad? Should there be
a button somewhere to open/close all streams?

I prefer if you share your opinions with your name so I can go with
what the community wants, per this issue. Thank you and happy holidays

merp!

2024-12-26T00:07:33+00:00

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hello, old friends ^＿＿＿^

2024-12-20T09:08:53+00:00

doubt anyone remembers me around this corner
of the internet anymore, but im indeed still
around!! just lurking now

can't beleaf it's been almost 8 months (?)
since i last posted on one of these BBSes... i
guess im posting here specifically because of
its memorable-ness???? time flies man!!!!! i
recently got into baking, i made a really good
strawberry cake yesterday. im also an
alcoholic now #lifesgood

boards is still alive-iiiishhh, and it's about
to turn a year old!! ive moved on to newer
things, though. pikidiary is my new
microblogging site, heavily inspired by its
boardsian roots. much more normie-y, but still
fun.

anyways, i miss a lot of y'all!! email me if
you know who i am (⁠*´⁠︶`⁠) cya around!!!!

Matrix server launched

2024-11-17T15:51:02+00:00

In the past I have hosted matrix-synapse servers on multiple
occasions; resource consumption was always the limiting factor that
led me to pull the plug on them. Maybe someday I'll launch an XMPP
server. Until then, please enjoy using our matrix-conduit server.
Say hi in #lounge:gikopoi.com or swing by the #relay:gikopoi.com room
to chat with our discord and irc friends.

multichan/0chan.vip down

2024-10-24T17:37:44+00:00

0chan.vip (multichan) is down.
unavailable.

the last bastion of truth & freedom. a truly decentralized federated multichan
bbs without js bloat.

bring it back.
pohon is not a replacement because it's not a decentralized multichan.

SJIS vs UTF-8 FLAME WAR

2024-06-23T06:23:04+00:00

GO! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Disable Gikopoi Firewall?

2024-09-13T15:36:14+00:00

Should I disable the Gikopoi firewall that keeps out (primarily) Tor
users? A lot of people have complained about this over the years;
largely I've felt that if people want to use Gikopoi, there should be
no problem in using their normal IP address and that there is no good
reason for using Tor -- no countries block gikopoi.com and information
is already encrypted via HTTPS if people are concerned about roommates
or government spying on them.

However, at the same time I acknowledge that there may be interesting
(yet mentally ill) people who will only use Tor or whatever sketchy
VPNs the firewall blocks that are not necessarily pedophiles/spammers.

If this experiment goes wrong, it only takes 2 seconds to turn the
firewall back on. So, I open this question up to the audience.

Does Anonymity really improve discourse?

2024-05-24T07:30:05+00:00

By anonymity, I really mean anonymity -- not pseudonymous communities

Anonymity lowers the barrier to entry... for people who prefer
anonymous communities. But a lot of people who want to invest a lot of
real energy into a community, people who want to put work into serious
projects, are not going to prioritize an imageboard over something
like Discord or Twitter.

The main purpose of imageboards is to give a toilet to the internet.
Need to blow off steam? Vent? Post a dick pic? Get involved in petty
debates? Or are you such a brain damaged person that you get banned
from "mainstream" internet constantly -- you're the target audience
for 4chan.

Textboards and Gikopoi seem to have less tendency to go to complete
ass than imageboards, so anonymity does not automatically imply shit.
But this may just be due to the fact that these communities are very
small -- and they have less bias against pseudonymity than imageboards
As a counter-example, look at Sageru IRC for something that's generally
lower quality than /b/, /soc/, /pol/ etc

On places like IRC, Gikopoi, Mastodon, and other low-barrier pseudonymous
communities, mentally ill people and naughty children are easily blocked,
which creates a negative feedback loop that incentivizes the posters to
either shape up or get out. On the other hand, with an imageboard, when
trolling, someone can flame himself in the comments to keep himself in the
spotlight -- an anti-feature.

So my basic opinion is that anonymous and pseudonymous communities are
essentially equally good when small, and that as communities scale,
anonymous communities fare worse. This makes me think that gatekeeping
is actually not a bad thing. I can't imagine that Something Awful would
have done well without the $10 account registration fee, and something
like Reddit wouldn't work without karma. Anonymous communities have no
means by which to gatekeep, which is ultimately to their detriment

What do you think?

Somali/Syria vs DPRK

2024-10-10T20:13:27+00:00

Somali/Syria/Mnyanmar vs DPRK
which have better Human Development Index?
which have higher minimum wage adjusted to PPP/bigmac/hamburger?
which have more M.Sc. graduates, scientific publications, and doctors per capita?
Which have better public transport transit infrastructure?

computer programme fun

2024-09-01T09:23:32+00:00

the 'tree' command for my little tcl utilities collection now pretty
prints, but is still valid data. format is { path { subdirectories }}

example output:

mush {{
mush/people.tcl {}} {
mush/player.tcl {}} {
mush/input.tcl {}} {
mush/notions.tcl {}} {
mush/mush.tcl {}} {
mush/c {{
mush/c/raymath.h {}} {
mush/c/raylib.h {}} {
mush/c/raygui.h {}} {
mush/c/libraylib.a {}} {
mush/c/rl.c {}} {
mush/c/make.tcl {}} {
mush/c/rlgl.h {}} {
mush/c/rl.so {}}}} {
mush/graphics.tcl {}} {
mush/tool.tcl {}} {
mush/tools.txt {}} {
mush/proto.tcl {}} {
mush/event.tcl {}} {
mush/object.tcl {}}}

The Giko Gathering 2025

2024-09-02T17:50:38+00:00

hotaru has proposed a Giko Gathering 2025 in Turkey.

Pros:
- Turkey is pretty cheap
- Accessible to most Euro bros
- Accessible to Indonesians
- Hotaru can probably score us weed

What's the last ANIME you watched?

2024-07-24T15:01:15+00:00

I'm finishing up FLAG (2006) tonight. Kind of a weird show. It shows
about war between the UN and some vaguely Tibetan religious
extremists, all shown from the perspective of recorded footage from
war journalists. There's mechas in it too but they're treated somewhat
realistically... It's not an "OMG MUST WATCH" kinda show but it's
interesting.

Gikopoi map ideas

2024-08-13T07:02:56+00:00

Now that someone is working on a level editor for gikopoi... what are
some map ideas you have?

I made a brief list here:
https://wiki.gikopoi.com/w/GikoRoomIdeas

FOSS Games

2024-01-12T21:45:24+00:00

what is your favorite foss game? cataclysm:dda is pretty good.

ASCII art

2024-01-12T06:21:30+00:00

Share cool ASCII art (no SJIS art, fuck you weebs)

Playing poker

2024-07-14T17:06:13+00:00

How do you like playing poker?

Me, my favorite is Omaha Hold'Em or 5 card draw. My friends like Texas
Hold Em though. The only poker they knew of was Texas Hold Em. It's
not a bad game, but I think introducing more variants could be fun --
we currently go for "dealer's choice" in our games.

If you have any variant ideas... would love to hear them... trying a
few hands of the original 4 player, 20 card poker could be fun too,
maybe I'm being unrealistic.

We usually start with 40-50 "points" per player. This can last quite a
while. Betting rules are pretty minimal -- you can't raise in a round
if you previously checked or called, and you can't re-raise if you
raised and no one else raises. We don't have any betting minimums or
maximums in play but pot-limit may be a good approach if anyone, err,
plays against the vibe. We tend to double the blinds every 15 minutes or
so to help speed things along.

It would be great to play poker with other gikos sometime, whether for
money (gikocoins?) or prestige.

stylesheet thread

2024-07-12T22:44:05+00:00

talk about pohon stylesheets here
here are various site features to test
>gtxt
%%spoiler%%

Hello world

2024-01-02T15:53:39+00:00

welcome to my web sight

bbs cert expired

2024-07-03T10:34:27+00:00

certificate for pohonbbs is expired 29th of june

It's good to send emails to friends.

2024-01-12T19:32:44+00:00

As life goes on, and we separate from people we cared about before,
it remains a great practice to send emails to old friends every now
and then.

It's not essential AT ALL to make a Facebook / Instagram / Tiktok
/ LinkedIn / whatever to stay in touch with old friends. If anything,
people are more likely to keep their old mail address as trendy
spyware apps come and go.

Equally, it's easier to keep a friend's mail address for long spans
of time than phone numbers -- and the kinds of communications we make
over email tend to be more meaningful than the kinds we may make on
text-adjacent platforms like Whatsapp or Signal, Telegram, etc.

Do you ever send mails to your old pals?
When was the last time you sent a personal email?

If you know any old friends' emails, maybe this thread can serve as
a timely reminder to fire them off a message. Or, maybe it can serve
as inspiration to exchange email addresses with your friends today.

I hope this thread can encourage you to write someone an email,
or save someone's email address if you don't have many. Email is a
great way to maintain friendships over time and distance -- even if
it's "not trendy" it's also not bad! You would be surprised about
how many people would be pleased to get an email that's not spam
from GoogBookBankShopApp and take the time to write a caring,
thoughtful response back to you.

Gikopoi Election 2024

2024-05-23T03:24:05+00:00

The year is 2024 and the Gikopoi Election is underway again.

---------------------
Year-Month-Day scheduled events
---------------------
2024-07-06 -- First debate, speeches / presentations
2024-09-08 -- Second debate, speeches / presentations
2024-11-05 -- Final election day
---------------------

If you would like to run as candidate, post a reply to this thread
with your Gikopoi name, and write an essay of at least 100
words on what changes you would bring, values you embrace, etc.

Propaganda can be submitted to our image gallery:
https://booru.gikopoi.com/post/list/election

...

2024-06-06T20:48:44+00:00

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（ ´∀`） < 1... 2... MARCH!
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Gikopoi Booru is open for business

2024-05-23T03:07:23+00:00

https://booru.gikopoi.com

Enjoy

Tabletop Games, online

2024-05-23T01:25:55+00:00

Here are some popular ways to play tabletop games, online, without the
need to register any account or download apps:

- https://en.crosswordsarena.com/ -- Scrabble-ish
- https://lichess.org -- chess
- https://skribbl.io/ -- Pictionary
- https://maque.games/ -- Zung Jung mahjong
- https://cardgames.io/ -- several card games, and a few board games.
You'll want to increase the play timers by default; it's no fun
losing a game due to an invisible timer running out

Services that require registration:
- https://dominoes.playdrift.com/ -- This is the best dominoes service
that I know of. However you DO need to register an account.
- https://www.platoapp.com/download/ -- A big collection of classic
games, especially for mobile devices but also for Windows desktop

pohon poetics (gikoetry)

2024-04-07T08:51:25+00:00

sharing feeling and perspective morphs into an insult
I foolishly spilt what I wanted private, how stupid of me.
now it's sighing, begging for a pity party
murky thinking., my paper isn't safe either,
they hope to glean what? wants?
once I showed them a possibility of positivity or justice
they feared my hubris and punishment and told them
and they presumed to know me, my beliefs, my logic
and pretended like it was for my
protest our suffering with outlook. own good not to
## and "care" never passed career.
I can't be private, can't be public, what good is it to be a person?
and just when I nearly came off as frustrated & angered, then I
lamented & secluded []

the question

2024-04-06T10:25:55+00:00

what good is culture if it's inorganic (e.g. marketing & propaganda)?
cultural transmission controlled for profit like with recommendations
content (i.e. not art) produced mechanically to optimize something
could it even be called culture? or maybe it's "adversarial culture."
or culture takes after the shape of power.

if one wants to reject it, they may alienate themself from others.
surely there are others condemned. where will they dwell?
maybe there can be a club with no invitations, just the natural end of
a thought, or maybe converging paths.

Draw whatever is on the surface of your head.

2024-03-25T13:28:09+00:00

I'd like you to take a deep breath, sit up straight.
Take account of your surroundings.
What do you hear?
What sort of thinking is filling your head? What do you see?
How does your body feel?
Tense, relaxed, contorted?
Now, pick up a pencil.
Draw whatever comes to mind.
What did you draw? Tell us.

BOARDS IS BETER

2024-03-19T21:07:19+00:00

BOARDS WON BOARDS WON BOARDS WON

Errrrrrmmmmm

2024-03-18T01:02:11+00:00

ermm... Hello Gikopoi...
Sorry that a group of three dummies attempted to target y'all.
I'll delete anything related to raids off of my site and ban them.
pls don't kill me TT

I wanna stay on good terms with Giko's admin, I promise!
We even crosslinked!
I have no idea why people got so pressed over that post, they were all valid -
criticisms....

BOARDS IS WINNING!

2024-03-17T10:17:18+00:00

BOARDS WON! BOARDS WON! BOARDS WON!
https://boardsarchive.neocities.org/pohon.png

He's too long! He's gone past the Boarder!

2024-03-17T07:40:57+00:00

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Imageboard Textboard News

2024-01-04T03:33:21+00:00

New *chan appear? Old *chan die?
Any notable events or happenings?

Here we discuss all current news and drama in this funny little slice
of the internet.

Neat board!

2024-03-11T17:49:10+00:00

Hello from boards.graybox.lol!

Winter 2024 Anime

2024-01-03T12:43:04+00:00

What anime are you watching this season?

Partial list of new shows here:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/season

Breaking news, headlines, happenings

2024-01-06T14:10:40+00:00

"What's going on?" - Come here and now you know!

i am DQN

2024-01-11T21:45:35+00:00

i am DQN

Tripcode Test Thread

2024-01-09T19:30:44+00:00

Test tripcodes itt or whateverl