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8 votes
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Portion of Interstate 95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker fire burns under overpass
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What are some Minecraft content creators that you enjoy watching?
Personally, I would recommend Pixlriffs. A few days ago, he has started a new season of his Minecraft Survival Guide series coinciding with the release of Minecraft 1.20. The series goes over each...
Personally, I would recommend Pixlriffs. A few days ago, he has started a new season of his Minecraft Survival Guide series coinciding with the release of Minecraft 1.20. The series goes over each step, including the basic ones, to get yourself started and beyond on a Minecraft world. Here is a direct link to the start of season 3 inside a playlist. If you are a new or returning player to the game, I think it's a very nice resource to get the hang of it.
The channel has been going for quite a few years now so there's a lot of content to watch, including a separate channel that he handles the writing and narration for dedicated to recapping the event of the Hermitcraft multiplayer server. The Hermitcraft players are themselves content creators I'd recommend checking out.
21 votes -
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.
41 votes -
Has anyone seen The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window? Thoughts?
The show, starring Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan, is currently finishing a run on Broadway and was performed by the same group a few months back at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
6 votes -
Aquariums - Is there a difference in tank configuration between freshwater and saltwater?
I'm an amateur fish keeper who is looking at buying a new 4ft tank setup. While on the hunt for a nice looking cabinet and tank combination, I've noticed that most freshwater setups are designed...
I'm an amateur fish keeper who is looking at buying a new 4ft tank setup.
While on the hunt for a nice looking cabinet and tank combination, I've noticed that most freshwater setups are designed for a canister/ hang on back / in tank filter, whereas saltwater is almost always designed as a sump configuration despite the same physical tank size and capacity.
Is there a reason freshwater tank setups are less likely to be sold in a sump configuration? Does salt benefit more from an overflow style of filtration then freshwater does? Should freshwater be pulling water for filtration from lower in the tank because there's likely slower water movement and therefore debris will settle on the substrate?
As a quick example, AquaOne have a "freshwater" range, and a "marine" range. They are available in comparable physical sizes, but the freshwater tanks are not drilled for sumps whereas the marine are. No matter how fancy / big you go in the freshwater configuration, you never have the option of a sump.
Freshwater list: https://aquaone.com.au/2015-04-16-04-47-04/2015-04-16-06-00-17/coldwater-tropical
Marine list: https://www.aquaone.com.au/2015-04-16-04-47-04/2015-04-16-06-00-17/marine-aquariums
14 votes -
Unreal Engine 5 usage
Hi Everyone! First post on Tildes. I'm excited to have been invited to give it a shot! I was wondering if anyone here is using Unreal Engine 5 for any project their working on? It could be game...
Hi Everyone!
First post on Tildes. I'm excited to have been invited to give it a shot!
I was wondering if anyone here is using Unreal Engine 5 for any project their working on? It could be game design, virtual production, architecture, automotive or you name it!
I'm currently testing out numerous areas of Unreal Engine 5 for virtual production.
Thanks!!
9 votes -
Stormgate | Gameplay reveal (pre-alpha)
4 votes -
Indoor climbers, what gear are you rockin?
Pun intended. I'm just getting into bouldering / top roping and need to start my gear hunt. What do you recommend? What things do you stay away from? Right now I'm just climbing indoors with no...
Pun intended.
I'm just getting into bouldering / top roping and need to start my gear hunt. What do you recommend? What things do you stay away from? Right now I'm just climbing indoors with no real plans to go outdoors yet.
5 votes -
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 1)
15 votes -
Fix the machine, not the person
15 votes -
Confessions of a slaughterhouse worker
24 votes -
Looking for sustainably designed anti-fast fashion brands
Hey all! Most clothing and fashion brands that you can find in your local shops or online are fast-fashion: cheap to produce in mass quantities, using cheap materials and don’t last very long. For...
Hey all! Most clothing and fashion brands that you can find in your local shops or online are fast-fashion: cheap to produce in mass quantities, using cheap materials and don’t last very long. For example, I currently buy my t-shirts from Banana Republic Factory for around $10-$15 and they last maybe 8-12 months before they shrink in the wash or discolor.
I’m looking for some alternatives! I’m okay paying a little bit more for stuff that’s going to last a long time. Open to any suggestions for a more sustainable, long-lasting wardrobe!
44 votes -
Why are blocks on Bluesky public?
4 votes -
Distrohoppers, what's your flavor this week?
I feel like a good Linux distro discussion is a good fit here. I'm only half-joking about the 'week' part. Whether it's the flavor of the week or your 10 year distro, I'd be curious to know what...
I feel like a good Linux distro discussion is a good fit here.
I'm only half-joking about the 'week' part. Whether it's the flavor of the week or your 10 year distro, I'd be curious to know what you have installed right now and what you like about it.
I'll start. I've been moving all of my servers and even my desktop and laptop to Alpine Linux. It's fast, it's stable, has a wide variety of packages available and the package manager apk.
It's easy to configure with openrc. Easy to diagnose any problems. And honestly I haven't had a problem yet with musl that I couldn't work around. Gotta say I'm quite smitten with it.
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Let's chat everything classical music
Hey all, Brand new Tildes user here. In real life, I work full time as an orchestral and opera conductor. I love all kinds of music (outside of classical, I particularly love musical theater,...
Hey all,
Brand new Tildes user here. In real life, I work full time as an orchestral and opera conductor. I love all kinds of music (outside of classical, I particularly love musical theater, jazz, and hip hop) but classical music is what I know best. How about let's start a thread about classical music? What do you like? What questions do you have? Do you want to know more about how orchestras, opera theaters, and ballet companies work? Shoot me anything and everything!
And to start, I'd like to share with you this concert recording, the only recording of this amazing and little-known work by composer Alice Mary Smith.
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What is your favorite apologetic for theism?
Share your favorite argument for the existence of God below. Background: I'm an atheist (and have been for a decade) who's been interested in Christian Apologetics since I was a young Christian....
Share your favorite argument for the existence of God below.
Background: I'm an atheist (and have been for a decade) who's been interested in Christian Apologetics since I was a young Christian. As I entered adulthood, I found myself losing my faith, largely because I grew up in a fundamentalist, Young Earth Creationist household which taught that evolution and God are incompatible. While I no longer believe in this lack of compatibility, my belief in God never came back. I've tried to give it an honest effort, and there are many compelling reasons why I want Christianity to be true:
- Reunification with loved ones who've passed
- Absolute moral justice exists
- A plan for my life, and meaning in my suffering
- Access to unconditional love; to have a personal relationship with my creator
- Surviving my own death
For a variety of reasons seemingly outside my direct control, I still don't believe. It doesn't help that I've been introduced to strong arguments against the existence of God (e.g. the problem of evil and its subsets) which have rebuttals of varying quality from Christian philosophers. I don't think this lack of belief is my fault, or for lack of trying; I can't make myself believe anything. I try to be open to arguments, and this has led to an obsession with revisiting apologetics.
Now I think of apologetics as at least a fun mental exercise; combing through the arguments, atheist rebuttals, and responses to those rebuttals. That's probably strange, but it tickles the right parts of the brain to keep me engaged.
27 votes -
Basic How To Help: How do I build/install/??? a python windows desktop widget
How do I launch an egg directory? I found a package that I want to use. It's a windows desktop widget. I downloaded the source from Git and unzipped. Installed Python 3.11 in powershell. Executed...
How do I launch an egg directory?
I found a package that I want to use. It's a windows desktop widget. I downloaded the source from Git and unzipped. Installed Python 3.11 in powershell. Executed py setup.py --install from inside the unzipped package directory.
Python reports it installed into C:\users\user\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages[package].egg.
What do I do to launch the package? I've tried py [package]. The .egg inside that directory appears to be a directory. I tried simply ps: [package]. Nothing seems to launch it.
Kindly help.Edit: I've since learned my efforts are moot because the widget I was trying to install requires dependencies that are no longer available, and also .egg is a deprecated (and perhaps poorly implemented) way to use python. Thanks to everyone for their help
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I'm planning my first PC Build, does anyone have some advice/input on what I've got so far?
Please help lol Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor $239.99 @ Newegg CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler $119.95 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus...
Please help lol
Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor $239.99 @ Newegg CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler $119.95 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard $299.99 @ Amazon Memory \*Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $94.99 @ Amazon Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $54.99 @ Amazon Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive $49.99 @ Amazon Video Card MSI RTX 3060 Ventus 3X 12G OC GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card $289.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair RM750 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1249.88 *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-06-06 10:27 EDT-0400 16 votes -
Towerborne | Announce trailer
3 votes -
Join the military, become a US citizen: Uncle Sam wants you and vous and tu
7 votes -
Padma Lakshmi opens up about leaving Top Chef
6 votes -
Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island | Announcement trailer
7 votes -
Any migraneurs here? How are you doing?
One of the communities on reddit that I greatly benefited from was /r/migraine. It was helpful to have a space to talk about common symptoms, experiences, and the various treatment options out...
One of the communities on reddit that I greatly benefited from was /r/migraine. It was helpful to have a space to talk about common symptoms, experiences, and the various treatment options out there. Wondering if anyone here also experiences migraines & might be interested in a support-ish type discussion thread? I'll post a bit about my personal experience in a separate comment.
(Also -- this is my first post here, so please feel free to let me know if I've tagged this incorrectly or made some other newbie mistake. Thanks!!)
25 votes -
The ideal backend language to write web apps in 2023?
I know quite a controversial and opinionated question, one that might easily get blasted with downvotes on a site like StackOverflow or even Reddit! Nevertheless, one which I believe is still...
I know quite a controversial and opinionated question, one that might easily get blasted with downvotes on a site like StackOverflow or even Reddit! Nevertheless, one which I believe is still relevant to ask and useful one even in 2023.
The problem with backend web technologies is that we are overwhelmed with choices. Whilst getting spoilt with choices seems like a useful thing sometimes, it might easily be an impediment in decision making too. Based on my experience, there are a bunch of useful stacks and I will work on any of them if you pay me to work as a freelance coder. Each has its own pros and cons but I'm yet to find the ideal one which according to me is something that should be easy to code and deploy while also better performing at the same time.
- ASP.NET: C# is the language I started coding web apps with in my last company and ASP.NET web forms was quite the rage back then. PHP was also gaining traction in the open source world and the webdev was mostly divided between the Enterprisey .NET aristocrats of Microsoft world and the poor PHP peasants of the FOSS world! One good thing about ASP.NET was performance. Since MS controlled the whole stack, they also put great efforts at making it work faster. The bad thing, of course, was dependence on a closed tech stack and a closed black box that generated JS functionality on its own.
- PHP: When I resigned from that company and started freelancing, I came to know about open source, linux, XAMPP, etc. That was when I realized that my own attitudes and thinking was more attuned to the FOSS peasant mindset than the wealthy aristocrat's! I didn't earn quite as much in freelancing with WP, Drupal, SuiteCRM, CodeIgniter, etc. but I found great happiness and contentment in being part of the open source process. Till date, PHP remains my favorite language for backend development and most of my web projects involve CodeIgniter or even pure PHP.
- Python: Flask is what got me interested in Python web development. The sheer minimalism and flexibility of that framework is what I found quite remarkable and quite a rarity in the frameworks world. And jinja2 template system was just fantastic. The other framework called django is more popular I think and I've worked on that too but Flask still remains my favorite. Flask is good in performance dept. too but I think it gets tricky once you start scaling with too many users.
- Java: I've never really bothered with Java web development except a few tutorial experiments on the Apache TomEE server. The multi-layered approach that Java takes not only has very steep learning curve but unless you're a very gifted programmer, it's practically impossible to beat the performance of interpreted PHP/Flask!
- NodeJS: Again, not much work here except brief hobby projects like http-live-simulator. The npm packaging system really turned me off initially with so many packages and issues with that system in the earlier days. Nowadays, I've heard that it's much usable but I've never gotten into it.
And now, we also have the evolving languages like Golang, Rust, etc. taking their baby steps towards web development too! Are any of them worth giving a try? If someone were to ask you for a backend tech stack recommendation while giving equal weightage to performance, developer productivity and ease of deployment, which one will you suggest?
23 votes -
Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronization
After 11 years of life, Google Authenticator has added cloud backups for OTP keys in version 6.0. Google Security Blog: Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronization This is...
After 11 years of life, Google Authenticator has added cloud backups for OTP keys in version 6.0.
Google Security Blog: Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronization
This is surprising news to me, because historically Authenticator had no way to backup keys by design. Here's a 2017 quote from a Google engineer who maintains Authenticator:
There is by design NO account backups in any of the apps. [source]
This design choice always made sense to me, as the point of 2FA is that you've got (1) something you know, and (2) something you have. The second factor should be tied to a physical device. If you lose the physical device, the second factor should be gone, and you'll need to use one of those 10-ish backup codes that we all definitely keep somewhere safe. I'm quite befuddled that Google is reversing this design choice and walking back their previously strong, security-centric design for the sake of user convenience in the case of a lost phone. I used to advise my friends and family to choose Google Authenticator over Authy for this specific reason.
If you want further reading, here's a PCWorld article with an altogether different tone than Google's announcement: Google Authenticator’s long-awaited cloud 2FA feature carries hidden risk
11 votes -
I put together a short video of a canyoneering trip last year. Was bringing the drone worth the weight?
9 votes -
Portal: Cooperative testing meets time travel
7 votes -
Watercooling PCs & modding computer cases?
I tried looking around a bit but couldn't find anyone that was interested in this. For me it had been on my radar for years through various forums, but I only built my first watercooled PC in...
I tried looking around a bit but couldn't find anyone that was interested in this. For me it had been on my radar for years through various forums, but I only built my first watercooled PC in 2020. For that I designed and manufactured my own case and now I am working on a second one! It's become a fun hobby that's taught me CAD and more about manufacturing in general.
So I was curious if anyone else is into the same thing here? It's probably a bit more niche than the mechanical keyboard thread I saw!
3 votes -
North Carolina GOP censures Senior State Sen. Tillis for backing LGBTQ+ rights and other policies
14 votes -
I have really come to hate the word "zesty"
It's a small thing I guess, but more and more often I see the word "zesty" being used not in a playful way or descriptive way, but as a form insult to straight guys when someone doesn't like them....
It's a small thing I guess, but more and more often I see the word "zesty" being used not in a playful way or descriptive way, but as a form insult to straight guys when someone doesn't like them. Like people want to put them down literally by insinuating that they're gay, as if being gay is just the worst thing, and worse, with a sort of wink and a nudge as if no one is picking up on what they mean by it. As a gay guy, it's tiresome and old already. It just pisses me off.
9 votes -
So, is anyone making use of the 25% off Epic Games coupon/mega sale?
I have picked up Dead Island 2, which was already 20% off, Kingdoms of Amalur: Rereckoning. I'm thinking about getting Killing Floor 2, Observer System Redux and Dead Space 2 as well. Anyone else?
7 votes -
Any other whitewater boaters here? Here's a video I made going down the Mad Mile!
9 votes -
The Florida Panthers defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 to take their first Stanley Cup Final win
12 votes -
What upcoming games or updates are you excited about?
What recent announcements caught your interest? Video games or board games, indie or AAA, new release or expansion, fangames or mods, all are welcome! Please also include a link to the trailer or...
What recent announcements caught your interest? Video games or board games, indie or AAA, new release or expansion, fangames or mods, all are welcome!
Please also include a link to the trailer or blog post, press release, steam page, etc. so others can check them out as well.
51 votes -
Residents of Christiania in Denmark may vote to end open cannabis trade over fears of rising gang violence
6 votes -
The spy whose tapes rocked Spanish society
5 votes -
The Huussi toilet in Finland's pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale disposes of waste without any water
7 votes -
Are links to specific comments broken for everyone? Just me?
Any time I click a link to go to a comment I am linked to the top of the page.
14 votes -
Amanda Nunes retires after routing Irene Aldana at UFC 289
4 votes -
Housing market rate hikes. Media doom and gloom or real hard times ahead?
Rate hikes. "COVID mortgages" up for renewal at much higher rates. Wondering how badly the current rate environment is affecting people IRL. How much of this do you think (or know) is actual bad...
Rate hikes. "COVID mortgages" up for renewal at much higher rates.
Wondering how badly the current rate environment is affecting people IRL. How much of this do you think (or know) is actual bad news vs. just media doom and gloom?
21 votes -
UFC 289 in Vancouver
Any fans out there? Predictions? I’ll be watching live from the stadium.
10 votes -
Weight loss - how are you approaching it? How’s your progress?
I’m interested to see how many others in the tilde community are trying to actively lose weight, what methods you’re using, any big milestones you reached recently and/or your goals! I’ll kick...
I’m interested to see how many others in the tilde community are trying to actively lose weight, what methods you’re using, any big milestones you reached recently and/or your goals!
I’ll kick off: I lost 25kg in 2022, have been on a long maintenance break while I restarted running and getting into my exercise groove, and am now starting up again to lose another 15-20kg. Last year I was just calorie counting but became a little obsessive so this time around I’m trying intermittent fasting - I’m short and I don’t have many calories to play with so skipping a meal feels like the most doable!
I’m a recent joiner after discovering tildes on Reddit (frankly have found that place terrible for my mental health lately, so this API thing bringing about discussions of alternatives has been a godsend!) but one thing I did like on there is the motivation I’d find in knowing I wasn’t the only one on this journey. Perhaps others feel similar! (And if not, if I’ve committed some heinous social faux pas by posting, I can only apologise - this feels like such a nicely curated place that I’m nervous of spoiling it like some great oaf burping during dinner with the queen)
31 votes -
Tildes as a Progressive Web App (PWA)?
I use Firefox for Android. One thing I love about some web apps are when they designed to be a "installable" Progressive Web App (PWA). It looks like Tildes doesn't support that. Perhaps it's a...
I use Firefox for Android. One thing I love about some web apps are when they designed to be a "installable" Progressive Web App (PWA). It looks like Tildes doesn't support that. Perhaps it's a silly question, but does anyone by chance know if this can be forced to some degree? (Beyond adding a shortcut to one's desktop.)
Without an app available yet, that's my next go to normally. (Yep, I said yet. I'm eager to see your first release, @talklittle. 💜)
And ye
28 votes -
Due to Activity sort constantly bumping older topics to the top, the "Knights of New" are especially important here on Tildes
So if you want to encourage people to post more content, please take time to occasionally check the New sort. If you leave a comment on new topics you are interested in and want to see more...
So if you want to encourage people to post more content, please take time to occasionally check the New sort. If you leave a comment on new topics you are interested in and want to see more discussion on, it will help them thrive. No pressure, and please don't just leave a comment for the sake of commenting, but just a gentle reminder to try your best to look out for the newly submitted content, and the people who submit it.
Happy Tildying everyone. :)
72 votes -
‘True Detective was definitely on our mind’ – Remedy explains how the HBO show and '90s movies are key influences for Alan Wake II
3 votes -
Cowboy Bepop: An analysis of Spikes Jericho 941
5 votes -
The Price Is Right host entrance: a visual history
3 votes -
What book do you wish everyone in your professional field read?
And why did you pick THAT one?
15 votes -
Hurtigruten Norway's new cruise ship design includes batteries and retractable sails equipped with solar panels
8 votes