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7 votes
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 28
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
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Timasomo 2024: Final Updates
Important Upcoming Date: Timasomo Showcase Thread -- Tuesday, November 5 (one week away!) Technically all work should be finished before November 1st (but don’t worry, it’s not enforced 😉)....
Important Upcoming Date:
- Timasomo Showcase Thread -- Tuesday, November 5 (one week away!)
Technically all work should be finished before November 1st (but don’t worry, it’s not enforced 😉).
November 1-4 are for putting finishing touches on the project to ready it for the showcase.
To get a feel for what the Showcase will look like and how to prep your project, check out past ones:
Update us on your progress so far!
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What did/didn't you get done this week?
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Anything go according to plan?
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Anything go off the rails?
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Any successes or struggles to share?
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Do you need feedback or help on anything?
This is your topic to share anything and everything you want about what you’ve made so far.
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Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly
Server host: tildes.nore.gg (Running Java 1.21.1) Dynmap: https://tildes.nore.gg Playtime Tracker: https://tildes.nore.gg/playtimes.html Tildes website extension (shows online status & location):...
Server host:
tildes.nore.gg
(Running Java 1.21.1)
Dynmap: https://tildes.nore.gg
Playtime Tracker: https://tildes.nore.gg/playtimes.html
Tildes website extension (shows online status & location): Firefox (Desktop and Android) - Chrome
Verification site: https://verify.tildes.nore.gg
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TildesMCThe server operates on a soft whitelist. Anyone can log in and walk around, but you need a Tildes account to gain build access.
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The misogynistic, bigoted and crude US rally remarks Donald Trump hasn’t disavowed
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‘I grew up with it’: readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel
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Project 2025, and Why It’s Bad, a cartoon by Michael Goodwin and Dan Burr
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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Morrowind doesn't have any rivers
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The Kids Should See This
24 votes -
Character amnesia in China
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Týr – Dragons Never Die (2024)
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Are Feeds - like RSS or Atom feeds - Really Worth It For A Personal Blog?
I stopped blogging several years ago. Over the last few years, I've been writing plenty of private essays. However, very recently I have been considering starting to publish my writing and, well,...
I stopped blogging several years ago. Over the last few years, I've been writing plenty of private essays. However, very recently I have been considering starting to publish my writing and, well, start blogging again publicly. I have no desire to waste time on templates, look-and-feel, visual stuff, etc. I just want to write a bog-standard html file, and then publish it...I do value leveraging html elements that help with meta data (e.g. microformats, etc.), but don't care about how things look - and these elements that i value are all invisible to most users anyway. I would be fine with just crafting html by hand, deploying it via sftp or some boring deployment pipleine, and that's it. But, then, I started thinking: what about having an RSS/Atom feed? I used to consume content via an rss reader, but have not done so in years. But, I don't want to manually craft that feed file; nope, sorry. But, I've heard a comment or two from acquaintances that rss/atom feeds and syndication are really something that people - like my potential audience - might really desire. So, I should really consider having one. This means that either I have to craft several things manually (from the blog post itself, the list of archived posts, the feed file, etc.), or use a static site generator that will handle all this for me, etc. I don't want to get trapped down a rabbit hole where I am spending so much on the tooling, the scaffolding, twiddling with templates, or the publish process itself. I just want the minimal for writing and publishing, I want it to live on my domain name, and that's it. Am I crazy or extremely lazy for not wanting to generate an RSS/Atom feed file?
So, here's my ask of you all nice people: are feeds like RSS/Atom feeds even worth it? If so, does anyone have recommendations for a manual process where i can craft the blog post's html by hand, but somehow leverage a portion of a static site generator (or some minimal tool) to only automate the creation of the RSS/Atom feed file? Thanks in advfance for any constructive feedback!
P.S. - One thing that re-ignited my desire both to write more in public, and keep it alive with minimal fuss was my re-reading of Jeff Huang's excellent "This Page is Designed to Last" post: https://jeffhuang.com/designed_to_last/
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Canadian defence strategy and issues - Procurement disasters, the Arctic and alliances
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The latest in North Korea’s fake IT worker scheme: Extorting the employers
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US mortgage rates back to 7%
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‘Oregon Trail’ action-comedy movie in development at Apple | Movie will feature original musical numbers in the vein of 'Barbie'
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More US states ban PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in more products
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Longi Green Energy sets world record for crystalline silicon solar module efficiency at 25.4%
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What to snack on (other than slices of parmesan)
so this might be a weird question but -- occasionally, particularly in the evenings, I get a strong craving for parmesan cheese. I live in Germany, so I don't mean the green tube kind either. I'll...
so this might be a weird question but -- occasionally, particularly in the evenings, I get a strong craving for parmesan cheese. I live in Germany, so I don't mean the green tube kind either. I'll just take little slices off a wedge of real-ass parmesan that we bought to shred over pasta and such.
Thing is, parmigiano reggiano is pretty expensive, and the similar replacement cheeses like pecorino aren't that much cheaper. But I don't know of any other snack that can deliver the combo of saltiness and umami like just munching on slices of italian hard cheese.
So, does anybody else on Tildes understand this? Or have any recommendations for other foods to scratch this itch? Keeping in mind I'm in Germany, so I'm limited to stuff I can buy here.
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of October 27
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week! Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle...
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week!
Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle are most worth my attention?”
Rules:
- No grey market sales
- No affiliate links
If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the available game/games are worthwhile.
All previous Save Point topics
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Timasomo 2024: Week 3 Updates
Important Upcoming Dates Tuesday, October 29 - Final Update Topic Tuesday, November 5 - Timasomo Showcase Topic November 1-4 are for putting the "finishing touches" on your project and readying it...
Important Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, October 29 - Final Update Topic
Tuesday, November 5 - Timasomo Showcase TopicNovember 1-4 are for putting the "finishing touches" on your project and readying it for the showcase.
While November 1 is technically the creative deadline, remember that there are no Timasomo Police, so if you need to keep working into November, go for it! We've had people submit to the showcase days and even weeks later.
Time for another update on your progress:
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What did/didn't you get done this week?
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Anything go according to plan?
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Anything go off the rails?
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Any successes or struggles to share?
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Do you need feedback or help on anything?
This is your topic to share anything and everything you want about what you’ve made so far.
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Switching to Linux, looking for distro recommendations
Overview When I swapped the motherboard on my computer, I lost my Windows license and Microsoft support was useless. So I am switching my desktop over to Linux. I am planning on setting up dual...
Overview
When I swapped the motherboard on my computer, I lost my Windows license and Microsoft support was useless. So I am switching my desktop over to Linux. I am planning on setting up dual boot, so that I still have Windows 10 with the watermark for certain use cases, but hoping I can run primarily Linux.
Previous Linux Experience
I have swapped an old laptop to Linux (elementaryOS) before and was able to have it do the simple tasks I required of that computer. I also have an old desktop running proxmox, with various VMs, primarily a NAS running openmediavault. Also, I took a college class on Linux system admin, which focused on various tasks on ubuntu. So overall, I am pretty familiar with Debian-based Linux and doing stuff in the terminal, but I would prefer to not have to use the terminal often.
Workload
So I use my computer for fairly normal use cases that should not be too problematic for Linux. Things I plan to do are:
- Non-competitive gaming (Minecraft, Civilization V and VI, occassionally single player FPS games)
- Video editing via DaVinci Resolve
- General web browsing
- Libre Office is what I plan to switch to from MS Office
Plans for testing
I am going to setup a VM on my hypervisor to try out the basic interface of each distro, and try basic tasks. Testing will probably not involve running the heavier applications such as DaVinci Resolve or games. However, I will look into the install process of some of these. For games, I am just going to rely on the work Steam has done for Linux gaming recently.
Things I am looking for in a distro
The things I want in a distro are:
- Debian based preferable, but am considering others
- Simple tasks can be done graphically, instead of via terminal
- Upgrade in place is preferable (I believe similar to how ubuntu now allows for upgrades to the next LTS does not require a reinstall)
- Similar UI to Windows 10 is preferable
Planned distros to test
Distros I wanted to try before posting
- popOS
- Mint
Distros I am considering testing after being recommended them:
- Arch
- Fedora (I am strongly leaning towards this one, but want to do more testing)
47 votes -
Debugging audio artifacts caused by... a serial port?
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‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Donald Trump
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The lines at US food banks are growing longer
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Redding property manager fired after posting on Reddit that he used ex-tenant mail-in ballots to vote for Donald Trump
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Has anyone ever used NixOS as daily-drive distro?
I'm impressed by reproducibility of NixOS, configuration mechanism and Nix package manager, but how it would be in daily-drive use? Is it worth it?
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Thomas Frank has emerged as an early favourite to succeed Erik ten Hag as the Manchester United manager after the Dutchman was sacked on Monday
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Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court
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Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Race 2 of the triple-header complete! At the highest altitude of all the races: Mexico City.
Lots of crashes into the barriers this weekend. Such as for Yuki. I think Yuki was pulling off a great move on the outside of Albon, but Albon was being squeezed by Gasly, which made him squeeze Yuki. Either way, both were out of the running before Turn 1.
Max had a great start on Sainz to get P1, but then Sainz had a great run on Max after the restart! Sainz's move surprised me actually. But then Max's moves on Norris, as the latter attempted to pass the former, were ugly, to say the least. Both 10-sec penalties on Max deserved, IMO.
Perez had a great start at his home race, 'cept for the false start (looks like he was too far ahead of the marks). That earned him a 5-sec. But seems like the scrap and touch with Lawson just left him adrift at the back. At one point, Zhou was on hards 20 laps older than Perez' mediums, but Perez couldn't get anywhere close to DRS range of Zhou.
Mercedes were entertaining today, with Lewis trying to get around George lap after lap, for 10 laps.
I was hoping that Leclerc would keep P2, ahead of Norris, as a form of damage control in Red Bull's direction. But Norris came out ahead, after Leclerc almost went into the walls. Which was a good recovery by Leclerc to NOT hit the wall! At least Leclerc also took the fastest lap on the last lap. Another great P1 victory for Sainz. Provided this continues, what a way to finish out his time with Ferrari!
After the race, Colapinto recived a 10-sec penalty due to a collision between him and Lawson on the penutlimate lap.
Onward to Brazil!
Next race:
Sao Paulo Grand Prix
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
Sunday, November 3Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/retired Pts 1 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 71 1:40:55.800 25 2 4 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes 71 +4.705s 18 3 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 71 +34.387s 16 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 +44.780s 12 5 63 George Russell Mercedes 71 +48.536s 10 6 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 71 +59.558s 8 7 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 71 +63.642s 6 8 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren Mercedes 71 +64.928s 4 9 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari 70 +1 lap 2 10 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 70 +1 lap 1 11 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 70 +1 lap 0 12 43 Franco Colapinto Williams Mercedes 70 +1 lap 0 13 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 70 +1 lap 0 14 77 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber Ferrari 70 +1 lap 0 15 24 Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber Ferrari 70 +1 lap 0 16 30 Liam Lawson RB Honda RBPT 70 +1 lap 0 17 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 70 +1 lap 0 NC 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 15 DNF 0 NC 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 0 DNF 0 NC 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB Honda RBPT 0 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc, Lap 71
Source: F1.com
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E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
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I bought a bike. What next?
Yeah, I bought an ebike from Costco. It was a pretty good deal and it exceeded my expectation in just about every way, at least so far. The only thing that's bugging me right now is that the seat...
Yeah, I bought an ebike from Costco. It was a pretty good deal and it exceeded my expectation in just about every way, at least so far. The only thing that's bugging me right now is that the seat is supposedly super comfortable but my butt is sore after relatively short rides, but I've read that that will go away after a while.
I haven't owned a bike for decades and I was wondering if there was any less obvious things I should look out for. I already figured out that I put on the front wheel off-center because the disc was rubbing against the brake pad, but that was an easy fix. The manual for my bike is painfully lacking in details; half of covers how to use the controller, and the other half is assembly, and even that part wasn't terribly detailed. There were two parts that came in the box that it didn't even mention (a reflector for the handlebars and the derailleur protector - the latter of which I only figured out what it was after I did a reverse image search for it). It appears that it was written for people who already know a lot about bikes. The fork has shocks on it that appear to be adjustable but I don't know how or even why you would want to adjust them. Is there a website or a book that I can find with more detailed info on bikes generally?
Finally, accessories. I already bought two simple things just on impulse: a simple cheap cable lock and a bell (which seems like a strange omission for a bike, but what do I know?). I figure that I should have probably invested in a better lock, though, since it's a fairly expensive machine, so I thought I'd ask what people would recommend. Also are there any other accessories I might consider? I want to get a bottle holder, but I'm looking for a design to 3D print if anyone has any recommendations. It'd be nice to finally bust out my roll of ASA for it.
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FizzBuzz as a TypeScript type
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No, raising the minimum wage does not hurt US fast-food workers
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Mel Manuel, trans candidate for US House, injected testosterone on camera in a campaign ad
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US study on puberty blockers goes unpublished because of politics, doctor says (gifted link)
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Groundbreaking exhibition on Tove Jansson's public art opens in Helsinki – focuses on the artist and writer's lesser-known mural work
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Weekly Middle East war megathread - week of October 28
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Middle East war content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Middle East war content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
Please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
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Newly published collection - Letters by Oliver Sacks – provides valuable insight into a curious mind
14 votes -
A Master and Commander prequel film is in development
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Chicago built 50+ miles of new bike lanes, increasing cyclists by 119% and dramatically reducing fatal collisions
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The perverse consequences of tuition-free medical school
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Weekly Middle East war megathread - week of October 21
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Middle East war content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Middle East war content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
Please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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‘Venom 3’ slinks to $51 million, lowest opening weekend of comic book trilogy
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Non-college educated White men used to be ahead in the American economy. Now they’ve fallen behind.
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Call of Duty 22 : Black Ops 6
16 votes