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Former US President Donald Trump says UAW talks do not matter because EV shift will kill jobs
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‘The Creator’ looks to turn moviegoers into believers: How Disney marketed Gareth Edwards’ original sci-fi pic
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ALPHA experiment at CERN observes the influence of gravity on antimatter
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Smart home automation - tip, tricks, advice?
Next week, I will be closing on my first ever home (hello Michigan tilderinos!). One of the projects I want to tackle and work on after I move in is setting up a smart home ecosystem that is...
Next week, I will be closing on my first ever home (hello Michigan tilderinos!). One of the projects I want to tackle and work on after I move in is setting up a smart home ecosystem that is sustainable long-term. I saw the open-source Home Assistant but I think I need to do more research on it and find compatible products. For now, my wishlist of projects are:
- Controllable lighting from my phone or computer
- Carbon Monoxide/Natural Gas detection
- Water leak and usage monitoring
- Thermostat
Are there any other use cases that you use home automation for? If you use Home Assistant (or used it in the past), what are some things I should consider? Any products that you bought in the past and regret now?
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Raspberry Pi Foundation announces details of impending release of the Raspberry Pi 5
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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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UK government accused of ‘suppressing’ report into safety of modular building
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US appeals court upholds Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors
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No rides, but lots of rows: ‘reactionary’ French theme park plots expansion
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Ford 'pausing' construction of Marshall EV battery plant
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 25
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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Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer at the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk
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How twin-scroll turbochargers work
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Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do
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Norwegian family finds Viking-era relics while searching for a lost gold earring in their garden
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Outrage at China’s life sentence of Uyghur folklore scholar Rahile Dawut
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What are my options for two-factor authentication that doesn't require a backing service (cloud/SMS)?
I'm not new to two-factor authentication (2FA) as a concept, but available options and how they'd fit into a workflow has always felt somewhat opaque. Everytime I've been required to use 2FA, I've...
I'm not new to two-factor authentication (2FA) as a concept, but available options and how they'd fit into a workflow has always felt somewhat opaque. Everytime I've been required to use 2FA, I've used SMS despite knowing how insecure that really is.
GitHub's 2FA requirement is about to lock me out of my personal account, so I figured it's time to get a grasp on this:
- What second factors are available to me and what do the workflows looks like?
- Preferably these second factors wouldn't require me to sign up for some associated service.
- What are my options for redundancy?
- Can I have multiple second factors?
- Where are you supposed to keep recovery codes? (I've read that keeping them in your password manager essentially defeats the purpose)
- What happens if I screw up and lose my second factor? With services that just have password requirements, you can use your email to reset, are there analogous systems for 2FA?
18 votes - What second factors are available to me and what do the workflows looks like?
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Text editing on mobile isn’t ok. It’s actually much worse than you think, an invisible problem no one appreciates.
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Sega cancels Creative Assembly's Hyenas
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How to get the best sleep of your life: Six secrets from research
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Suzuka F1 weekend report
Before I visited Suzuka, I found reading people's experiences (mainly on reddit) to be helpful, so I thought I'd post my own thoughts from driving down this past weekend. I came from Tokyo,...
Before I visited Suzuka, I found reading people's experiences (mainly on reddit) to be helpful, so I thought I'd post my own thoughts from driving down this past weekend.
I came from Tokyo, driving to Suzuka and parking in one of their official lots, and I stayed at a small resort about 50 minutes by car away from the track. The race tickets, and parking ticket were bought from the official "mobilityland" website, and it was 14,000 yen for a parking pass for the weekend, and I paid I think about 9000 yen to get there, and 6500 yen on the way back in tolls. For two people it worked out to be cheaper then the trains (and more fun to drive it!). They had some cheaper parking options as well in an unpaved lot, but I get the feeling the official parking passes sell out super quick, so you should take what you can get. There was a lot of unofficial lots nearby selling day parking, but I think you'd have to arrive very early to use them since most of them were full by the time I strolled up to the official lots around 9-10am. Speaking of which, if you buy the official parking ticket, you get an exact assigned space to use for the whole weekend, so no roving up and down the lots looking for a space. Also some people were sleeping in their cars as well so that's an option if you want to save on a hotel..
Crowds (cars and people) were managed really well. I was dreading leaving the parking lot at the end of the race, but I got out before it was crowded at all, and was able to make a beeline for the highways.
About the stands, my tickets were in Q1, at the final corners closest to the track. Aside from seeing Logan's accident in qualifying they weren't the best seats. The monitor was absolutely worthless, it was so small and so far away that without binoculars you couldn't tell the position of anyone on the track, or what lap they were on. There was also a pole blocking the middle of the monitor as well which was very distracting. Washrooms were quite far from these stands as well, although underneath the neighboring Q2 stands there was a water bottle filling machine which was pretty nice. Speakers were playing only the Japanese audio, and they have a FM radio station with the same Japanese commentary. I had hoped to get live timings on my phone, but there was basically no internet due to the huge number of people.
If anyone has questions, please ask. Overall I had a great time, although after the exciting Singapore race prior to Suzuka, this was pretty boring by comparison. Max held the lead at the first corner, and he just extended the lead over the whole race. Seeing Perez get retired and then suddenly show up again was really weird/ confusing, also it was good to see Sainz fighting with the Mercs.
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Pokemon x Van Gogh Museum exhibit opens today
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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform
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The busiest subway in the world?
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GUNSHIP - Tech Noir 2 (2023)
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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like automotive industry, enshittification and donald trump. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven...
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like automotive industry, enshittification and donald trump. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was unclear.
But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched
offbeat
stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!12 votes -
Where do I start if i want to draw these one day?
Let's say I want to draw/paint things like this: 1 2 Think black/death metal album covers, medieval renaissance, dark/sci fi scenarios. I know this takes years of practice and I just want to do...
Let's say I want to draw/paint things like this: 1 2
Think black/death metal album covers, medieval renaissance, dark/sci fi scenarios.
I know this takes years of practice and I just want to do these as a hobby.
I am just lost to where I start. Just pen and paper and focus learn how to draw people first? Is there any online courses/resources?
The second thing is I don't want to spend money so I won't learn to do these with oil or any real world material. If I do commit to the hobby with pen and paper, I will go to digital (drawing tablet + Linux/krita) and stay on that forever.
It's the same with guitar. I play guitar for years and I'm settled for life with a nice guitar + mid priced digital pedalboard with nice effects/simulations (ampero II stomp) and a 1x12 flat speaker cabinet. No more purchases.
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New York judge orders cancellation of Donald Trump and family members business licenses in New York State
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PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ harming wildlife the world over: Study
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Five irreverent, upbeat documentaries that will remind you it’s not all doom and gloom
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Love thy neighbor - A stolen flag, a painted fence, and a message to the community
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Magnifying curiosity with a pocket microscope
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Who are your go to modern or forgotten folk artists, or acoustic artists?
I'm happy that there is movement in this direction again, although Hozier doesn't quite match my taste. I'm listening to a lot of music while I work and enjoying discovering new artists.
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For the fourteenth year running, Iceland takes the top position in the Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum
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Search for gravitational waves associated with fast radio bursts detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO–Virgo observing run O3a
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‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content
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Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82
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Counter-Strike 2 | Launch trailer
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Insomnia 8 forces users to login and use cloud storage
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Well There's Your Problem episode 141: Schoharie limousine crash
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Pittsburgh Pennsylvania children's author writes a book titled 'Banned Book', discusses censorship
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This has only 42,000 likes on Youtube. Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan — In Session 2010 1983.flv
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‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: What a caste discrimination ban means for Americans
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$600million and a decade later, where is Star Citizen?
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Dropout’s fifth anniversary
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Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets
This is the place for casual discussion about our pets. Photos are welcome, show us your pet(s) and tell us about them!
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Those who have longed for a railway connection to Tromsø have been left disappointed once again – Nord-Norgebanen ‘too expensive’
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UN criticizes French move to bar Olympians from wearing headscarves
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UN Secretary-General: A worrisome new nuclear arms race is brewing. Any use of a nuclear weapon — anytime, anywhere and in any context — would unleash a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
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