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  1. Comment on 2026 United States midterm elections megathread in ~society

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    Kansas hasn't had a Democrat senator for 94 years. We finally broke the streak!

    Kansas hasn't had a Democrat senator for 94 years. We finally broke the streak!

    18 votes

  2. Comment on Could we get a page dedicated to spirituality? in ~tildes

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    Out of curiosity, what made you want to join Tildes? I just find it odd that you join a community and immediately ask for a change rather than engaging with the community as it is now. There has...

    Out of curiosity, what made you want to join Tildes?

    I just find it odd that you join a community and immediately ask for a change rather than engaging with the community as it is now. There has to be something that drew you here. Like NotAFae said, it feels inauthentic, but moreso for the request itself rather than the way it is written.

    Just come on in! The water's great, we don't bite, insert analogy here - whatever it is that pulled you in, connect with that!

    31 votes

  3. Comment on Second attempt: Is there a decent brand of USB-c earphones that wont break after 2-3 years but also doesnt cost hundreds of dollars? in ~music

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    I believe this is a feature, not a bug. There's a lot of hidden gesture controls that you can only learn by stumbling on them, at which point your phone might give you a pop-up explaining what...

    if I turned the phone over on my lap, the YouTube video I was listening to would stop

    I believe this is a feature, not a bug. There's a lot of hidden gesture controls that you can only learn by stumbling on them, at which point your phone might give you a pop-up explaining what happened. I know I can reject calls like that and I think pausing music is another option. If the pause is tied into the media player, then it would also pause a Youtube video.

    I can't find anything that confirms this, but I think I've had similar interactions so I think it's intentional.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Manifestos, fear, and ‘loser thinking’: inside Proton’s AI reckoning in ~tech

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    I'd argue that they market themselves toward privacy more than security. Yes, you need security to implement privacy, but their brand definitely pushes the privacy angle more.

    high priest of security

    I'd argue that they market themselves toward privacy more than security. Yes, you need security to implement privacy, but their brand definitely pushes the privacy angle more.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Manifestos, fear, and ‘loser thinking’: inside Proton’s AI reckoning in ~tech

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    I'm in basically the same position as you, just minus a couple of years. I only really use Proton Drive when I want to share a large file and don't want someone to deal with my abysmal residential...

    I'm in basically the same position as you, just minus a couple of years. I only really use Proton Drive when I want to share a large file and don't want someone to deal with my abysmal residential upload speeds. My wife and I both use Proton, I was about to switch us from two individual plans to a single Duo plan, but I definitely want to hold off on that now.

    I'll be interested to see what you choose to switch to. Mail and calendar matter most to me, if I really need to send files I can make people use my Nextcloud.

  6. Comment on Timasomo 2026: Final Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    The scissors have been riveted together and heat-treated, although that turns out to be premature. The blades don't make good contact so the scissors are non-functional, they just look cool. I can...

    The scissors have been riveted together and heat-treated, although that turns out to be premature. The blades don't make good contact so the scissors are non-functional, they just look cool. I can try to fix them cold, but the gap is pretty wide and I think I'm better off re-introducing the necessary curve with heat. Then I'll re-treat the blades and hope I don't mess them up a second time.

    If the fix-up goes well, then I'll polish the blades a bit so they slide more smoothly and get pictures for the showcase!

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Proton to ‘re-interview’ staff about AI to see who gets to keep their job in ~tech

  8. Comment on How is your current TTRPG campaign going? in ~games.tabletop

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    Which one? I'm still playing board games weekly with my coworkers, which is mainly Frosthaven with an occasional D&D one-shot (with recurring characters) thrown in. Last D&D session (a few months...

    Which one?

    I'm still playing board games weekly with my coworkers, which is mainly Frosthaven with an occasional D&D one-shot (with recurring characters) thrown in. Last D&D session (a few months back) involved my character catching sight of the man responsible for her family's deaths, and I forced the DM to give him some very hasty retreat options. As a result, I got a +1 bowstring and a good story lead.

    My online campaign, Descent into Avernus, has been taking longer breaks than intended so we've been going slowly. As far as I can tell though, we're going to Hell during this Saturday's session! I'm playing a Paladin in that one, so I'm sure I'll be fine.

    Finally, the in-person campaign that my friends and I have been playing for the last 4.5 years reached its conclusion a week ago. We min-maxed the hell out of the fight against the BBEG's lieutenant the session prior, which led to an unsatisfying encounter, but I explicitly said "I don't want to min-max this" to my minmaxy friend and it led to a much better session overall. I'm sad to see the characters wrapped up and move on, but also somewhat relieved. I've complained about this group several times, since everyone has ADHD and uses that as an excuse to not pay close attention. Between that and not knowing basic mechanics of how their characters work, I just think this group is ill-suited to long-form games with more complex rulesets like D&D - even though one of them is absolutely obsessed with theorycrafting cool characters and homebrew additions.

    So that's where I stand - one slow-moving campaign sprinkled into Frosthaven, one prewritten module that gets bogged down with international scheduling conflicts, and one padded shackle that I am now free from.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Polyphia - LET THERE BE LIGHT (2026) in ~music

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    We saw them a couple years back, can't remember the opening groups though. "So many notes played" sounds right.

    We saw them a couple years back, can't remember the opening groups though. "So many notes played" sounds right.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on How do you handle being around other people? in ~talk

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    I'm generally pretty introverted and can hit mental limits from hanging out with certain groups of people too much (depends on how much I have to manage them, like my old ADHD-plagued D&D group)....

    I'm generally pretty introverted and can hit mental limits from hanging out with certain groups of people too much (depends on how much I have to manage them, like my old ADHD-plagued D&D group). However, I also have groups of friends that leave me feeling relaxed and recharged. The latter set of groups are the ones that introverts need to find, but it takes effort and luck.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Timasomo 2026: Week 3 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    That's a fair point. My dad has always had a decent dust collection system, so airborne sawdust isn't something I really think about much. I definitely wouldn't have kept a mask on at that age!

    That's a fair point. My dad has always had a decent dust collection system, so airborne sawdust isn't something I really think about much. I definitely wouldn't have kept a mask on at that age!

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Timasomo 2026: Week 3 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    I followed up on last week's decision to change my project and I've committed to making shears/scissors (I'm still not sure of the difference). The handles have been forged out (although there's a...

    I followed up on last week's decision to change my project and I've committed to making shears/scissors (I'm still not sure of the difference). The handles have been forged out (although there's a crack in one that I'm not sure about), the blades have been drawn out to their final shape, and the holes for the rivet have been punched. I've done a bit of file work on the blades to smooth and flatten the inside face, but one rivet hole protrudes a bit more than I realized so there's almost 1/8" (3mm) between the blades that will have to be solved with more heat.

    So my plan for this week is to flatten the rivet hole, true up the blades so they sit flat against each other, and fix up the handles before riveting the two halves together. When everything is fit nicely, I can quench the blades like a knife (leaving the handles "soft") and temper for a hard edge. I'm not sure if that's a weekend thing, since Saturday is filled with Halloween festivities and Sunday is our anniversary, but the forge work needed should be minimal so it might fit in a weekday evening. If all goes well, these will be done before next check-in, let alone before the end of the month!

    6 votes

  13. Comment on Timasomo 2026: Week 3 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    As someone whose dad has done woodworking for as long as I can remember (he started when he was in high school), some of my earliest memories are in the garage-turned-shop that my dad was using. I...

    As someone whose dad has done woodworking for as long as I can remember (he started when he was in high school), some of my earliest memories are in the garage-turned-shop that my dad was using. I still remember getting to press the button to turn on the table saw when I was 3 or 4. Orbital sanders are (generally) safe enough for kids to be around, have him "help" by holding fresh pads or checking the surface to see if it's smooth. Give him an experience to enjoy!

    3 votes

  14. Comment on PHP warns it plans to release two emergency patches imminently in ~comp

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    As far as I can tell my Nextcloud server hadn't been hit yet, but it's been shut off for now. I'm suddenly really glad I did my pre-bed tildes scroll.

    As far as I can tell my Nextcloud server hadn't been hit yet, but it's been shut off for now. I'm suddenly really glad I did my pre-bed tildes scroll.

    8 votes

  15. Comment on What can be done about Linux being slopified? in ~tech

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    We're actively seeing this happen in real time. Our president's cabinet from his first term almost unilaterally said he is unfit for office. His vanity and willingness to side with whoever panders...

    XYZ politician will both destroy everything if elected and also super stupid.

    We're actively seeing this happen in real time. Our president's cabinet from his first term almost unilaterally said he is unfit for office. His vanity and willingness to side with whoever panders to him temporarily make him extremely manipulable. And yet he is also constantly signing EOs that are harmful to the environment and to institutions that have stood for decades.

    AI is both a grievous threat to human employment and is also useless slop generators.

    It can be both. If the output is bad but the people who make decisions don't have the experience to know it is bad, they won't care. They simply accept the faster output as a good sign and use it as a reason to reduce jobs.

    In both cases you have people without relevant experience at the helm, and those who will see the actual consequences are those with the experience that the leaders need. This isn't a logical contradiction, it's the Peter Principle and Dunning-Krueger at the top.

    8 votes

  16. Comment on Inside the Intel 8087 chip: floating-point addition and subtraction in ~comp

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    If you're interested in more, I recommend the game MHRD (MicroHard) and the course NAND2Tetris. The game covers roughly the first half of the material in the course, but both are good ways to...

    If you're interested in more, I recommend the game MHRD (MicroHard) and the course NAND2Tetris. The game covers roughly the first half of the material in the course, but both are good ways to learn the next level down.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Timasomo 2026: Week 2 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    It's been a mix of good and bad so far. The good: I finished the ring mandrel that I started, although it put me in a conundrum for a bit. I spent half an hour or so filing it down to the right...

    It's been a mix of good and bad so far.

    The good: I finished the ring mandrel that I started, although it put me in a conundrum for a bit. I spent half an hour or so filing it down to the right size for my finger, but somehow it stopped shrinking and started growing again. I don't know how it happened, but the thickness increased after a while - and yes, I zero'd and calibrated my calipers multiple times. I eventually pulled out the noisy belt sander that I typically avoid using so I don't disturb my neighbors, and that got the trick done.

    The bad: I don't know if having the mandrel will matter. I tried multiple attempts at making simple loops and coils with the wire I ordered, and none came out well. I don't foresee myself making a wire ring that I find satisfactory within the month. I also made a prototype of a forged ring using some mild steel stock, but while I liked the design (and just need to refine the execution) I don't think that a carbon steel ring will work for long-term wear. My naturally oily skin should help protect it, but I'd have to take it off much more frequently than I remove my current ring and I'd like to avoid having something I need to protect that much.

    This leaves me with two choices: forge (ha!) onward and just try to make the best result by the end of the month, which only gives me two forge sessions to accomplish it; or drop the ring-making as a TiMaSoMo goal and pivot to a different project that I also started this month. I did some rough forging on some shears last weekend, so the project is very attainable within a month while still being a challenge to complete in that time. I'll still try ring-making on the side, I just won't pressure myself to make something good in a single month.

    So to sum up: I made enough progress to know that I don't think I'll have a good result in a month, so I'm probably switching projects.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on I made my personal website a fictional desktop OS, then kept adding programs to it in ~creative

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    The idea is interesting, but the execution is not.

    The idea is interesting, but the execution is not.

    11 votes

  19. Comment on I made my personal website a fictional desktop OS, then kept adding programs to it in ~creative

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    Out of curiosity, do you have prior (non-AI) dev experience at this level? This is a lot more interactive than most sites outside of big media enterprises.

    Out of curiosity, do you have prior (non-AI) dev experience at this level? This is a lot more interactive than most sites outside of big media enterprises.

    6 votes

  20. Comment on ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ movie in the works at Paramount in ~movies

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    I haven't seen it due to not having Paramount+, but didn't they change the covenant so they aren't genocidal religious fanatics? They're warring with humanity but not trying to wipe them out...

    I haven't seen it due to not having Paramount+, but didn't they change the covenant so they aren't genocidal religious fanatics? They're warring with humanity but not trying to wipe them out because of our "blasphemy" (existence).

    1 vote