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48 votes
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Falkland's sovereignty 'not up for discussion' UK leader warns after new Argentinian president vows to 'get them back'
17 votes -
On the difficulty of giving books as gifts
13 votes -
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!
9 votes -
What is a debugger?
6 votes -
US Federal jury decides Google’s Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers
62 votes -
A banking relationship, dementia and a loss of $50 million dollars lead to a US lawsuit against JP Morgan
3 votes -
Today's Google doodle is pretty entertaining
Google's Most Searched Playground: find on a huge map the most searched things of the year
11 votes -
Pep Guardiola sits down with Magnus Carlsen to talk their greatest moves
7 votes -
Atuin - SQLite-based shell history
29 votes -
The red US state brain drain isn’t coming. It’s happening right now.
77 votes -
A new internet standard called L4S could significantly lower the amount of time we spend waiting for things to load
37 votes -
Top court clears path for Democrats to redraw House map in New York
15 votes -
Day 11: Cosmic Expansion
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/11 Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/11
Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace
python
with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>
8 votes -
Day 9: Mirage Maintenance
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/9 Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/9
Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace
python
with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>
9 votes -
SEGA - "Power surge" | Reveal trailer
20 votes -
The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge
26 votes -
DJ Cummerbund - Rebel Navidad (2023)
6 votes -
Three Cheers for Tildes (iOS version) is open for alpha testing on TestFlight
TestFlight TestFlight link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/mpVk1qIy Three Cheers for Tildes is an unofficial mobile app for Tildes, originally announced on Tildes' 5th birthday. The original...
TestFlight
TestFlight link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/mpVk1qIy
Three Cheers for Tildes is an unofficial mobile app for Tildes, originally announced on Tildes' 5th birthday. The original announcement answers some basic questions about the app.
iPhone and iPad support
The app supports iOS versions as early as iOS 12.4, which includes iPhone 5s and iPad Air 1st generation.
The app also sports an iPad dual-pane layout, similar to the tablet layout in the Android version.
30-second iPad demo: https://youtube.com/shorts/S0tT2qM-Wh8
Missing features
Like the Android app, the iOS app is still missing tons of features—hence "alpha". Alpha version 0.5 is currently good enough for light use, to help check on Tildes once or twice a day. You can log in, vote, and comment.
Notable missing features as of v0.5: Submitting topics; Markdown editor; In-app notifications; Comment labels; Sort options.
Android?
(Looking for the Android alpha? See the Android alpha testing announcement.)
Now that the iOS alpha version is out, I can look at adding missing features to both Android and iOS. Thanks for your patience if you've been using the Android app in the meantime.
90 votes -
Mouse | Official early gameplay trailer
15 votes -
A pregnant woman in Texas whose fetus has trisomy 18 was granted a court order for an abortion
61 votes -
Help with strange Windows 10 behavior/files. Do I have a virus?
Edit2: I'm a mac user who doesn't understand how windows explorer works. Leaving the post for some hapless mac user who may come along. Windows explorer doesn't report how it is traversing the...
Edit2: I'm a mac user who doesn't understand how windows explorer works. Leaving the post for some hapless mac user who may come along. Windows explorer doesn't report how it is traversing the directory tree, leading to some confusion about where the search result is, which happens to be waaaay down in a zip of a mac application installer I had inadvertantly archived on the Windows disk. I would ask any windows users, how do I make powershell ls | select-string "text" behave like ls | grep "text" on unix?
edit3: Also, why the fudge would windows explorer search find <weird characters>net but not dotnet when typing 'net' into the search box?
So I download the occasional, um, linux distro installation video. I use a vpn and private firefox windows for most.
I'm doing some clean up today, and find a file with a bunch of strange characters, including the text characters, "net." "M⌐⌐v├▒├┼⌐▒net" is the filename listed in the properties window. Inside are a series of .ase files with mostly unrecognizable names.
I don't see the filename when doing an ls in powershell of the directory reported in explorer.
doing ls | select-string "net" in powershell results in an unending peristalsis of weird text like you might get from a binary file viewed in a text editor. I do notice, however, that some of the text might be from inside a zip file. But why is select-string searching inside the zip file? ls seems to ouptut only filepath information. Upon further investigation, the zip file is several directories down, it appears adding | select-string to ls makes ls travel the full tree. Wut?
And when I say undending, I mean it kept going until I hit ctrl-c.
Any ideas to what is happening here?
Incidentally, I opened one of the ASE files by right-click->view file in notepad+, which never launched.
Edit: lots of edits.
12 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
6 votes -
The old new way to provide cheap housing
18 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
7 votes -
AlbumLove (December 2023): 1995-1999
Time Period: 1995-1999 Choose one album that you love that you think deserves more love Tell us what it is, and why. Previous posts in series Additional Details Why AlbumLove? In this day and age,...
Time Period: 1995-1999
Choose one album
that you love
that you think deserves more loveTell us what it is, and why.
Additional Details
Why AlbumLove?
In this day and age, algorithmic recommendations for music are easy to come by, and it's trivial to seek out new music that interests you by searching online. AlbumLove offers an opportunity to sift through music loved by others, including those who might have divergent tastes from you. Think of this as an opportunity to listen outside of your comfort zone, with music that you know someone else adores, from a small pool of thoughtful hand-selected options.
What do I post?
Any album that you love and that you feel deserves more appreciation. There are no restrictions on genre, year, or anything else, and nothing is “too popular” or “too niche”. If you think it needs more love — for whatever reason — then it’s welcome in AlbumLove.
Name the artist and the album, and then, most importantly, share what you love about the album. It could be the music itself, but it could also be your associations with it -- maybe the album reminds you of someone you love, or you saw the band live and got a new appreciation for the studio songs.
Also, commenting on others' recommendations is encouraged! If you love something that someone else shared, let them know!
Do I have to listen to what everyone else posts?
Nope. You don't have to listen to anything if you don't want to. This is about creating a menu of options that people can explore as they wish.
Can I post more than one album in a month?
Nope. Limit one! This helps us be more selective about what we choose, as well as preventing the threads from getting flooded with too many contributions to keep track of.
Why albums and not songs/artists?
I like albums. :)
Seriously though, I feel like it's a very different thing to like an album as a whole versus a few songs or just an artist's general vibe. I like the idea of quantizing music for appreciation in the same way we might do with books or movies.
What about EPs?
Fair game!
13 votes -
Finland's government has cited security concerns for the closure of all border crossings with Russia – Russian-speaking Finns say their rights are being violated
24 votes -
Bluesky says it will allow users to opt out of the public web interface after backlash
23 votes -
What's on your Christmas lists, dads of Tildes?
It's that magical time of year where I'm being badgered for a Christmas list. I'm 44, have 3 middle teens and a 3 year old (he's late to the party). I have everything I need, but I get asked...
It's that magical time of year where I'm being badgered for a Christmas list. I'm 44, have 3 middle teens and a 3 year old (he's late to the party). I have everything I need, but I get asked anyway. I don't want just socks and random tops that I'm not a fan of this year, so I need ideas.
Hobby wise, I'm in IT so tech is already done and not something I can ask for. Asking for a 9" grinder so I can remove some posts next year seems a bit non-chrismassy, or is it because it's something I need and will use?
HELP!
35 votes -
A matter of millimeters: the story of Qantas flight 32
35 votes -
Centrist Donald Tusk is elected prime minister in Poland
40 votes -
Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android
64 votes -
Game Changer | Season 6 trailer [Dropout exclusive series]
17 votes -
Decolonise media: How do you cover genocide?
18 votes -
Album of the Week #13: Don Cherry - Don Cherry/Brown Rice
This is Album of the Week #13 ~ This week's album is Don Cherry - Don Cherry/Brown Rice Note that this album has been released under two names/artworks: self titled (Don Cherry) and 'Brown Rice'....
This is Album of the Week #13 ~ This week's album is Don Cherry - Don Cherry/Brown Rice
Note that this album has been released under two names/artworks: self titled (Don Cherry) and 'Brown Rice'.
Year of Release: 1977
Genre(s): Spiritual Jazz
Country: United States
Length: 39 minutes
RYM | Listen! (Album.Link)Excerpt from The Quietus:
Cherry transformed the rigorous improvisational ethos he developed and deployed alongside Ornette Coleman in the creation of free jazz as a crucial tool to communicate and collaborate with musicians far outside of his original milieu. Few before or since have demonstrated comparable ease in connecting with other musicians, regardless of background or ethos, like Cherry. His ability to locate the deepest, most humanistic, and spiritual links in disparate traditions remains sublime. Lots of musicians profess that they don’t recognise genre, but it’s hard to think of an artist who lived it as much as he did.
Discussion points:
Have you heard this artist/album before? Is this your first time hearing?
Do you enjoy this genre? Is this an album you would have chosen?
Does this album remind you of something you've heard before?
What were the album's strengths or weaknesses?
Was there a standout track for you?
How did you hear the album? Where were you? What was your setup?--
Album of the week is currently chosen randomly (via random.org) from the top 5000 albums from a custom all-time RYM chart, with a 4/5 popularity weighting. The chart is recalculated weekly.
Missed last week? It can be found here.
Any feedback on the format is welcome ~~
9 votes -
Watching the smallest club in European competition ever, Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag | Hidden Grounds
9 votes -
What did you do this week (and weekend)?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
7 votes -
There are few more thrilling places to ski tour than the Lyngen Alps, a 55-mile chain of peaks that punctuates Norway's fragmented northerly fringes
8 votes -
Why scientists are making transparent wood
28 votes -
How much work does it take to get the Windows 95 version of SimCity 2000 working on a modern windows PC?
10 votes -
EU affirms free will in new AI regulation
19 votes -
Iran has accused Swedish EU employee Johan Floderus of spying for Israel and "corruption on earth", a crime that carries the death penalty under Tehran's Islamic laws
9 votes -
Rock Hudson: How a gay truck driver became the biggest star in Hollywood
8 votes -
Amsterdam to cut speed limits 40% to improve road safety
46 votes -
US FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use gene-editing tool CRISPR
49 votes -
Day 10: Pipe Maze
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/10 Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/10
Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace
python
with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>
10 votes -
Golden Globe nominations: ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’ top movie list; ‘Succession’ leads way in TV
5 votes -
WWOOFING/workaway stories?
I've been looking into this sort of thing for a while. Looks like a nice way to get a change of scenery (if you don't know WOOFING is basically volunteer farm work for room/board). Anyone have...
I've been looking into this sort of thing for a while. Looks like a nice way to get a change of scenery (if you don't know WOOFING is basically volunteer farm work for room/board). Anyone have experience doing this in the USA/anywhere else? Would love to hear from you if so!
14 votes -
Google announces Gemini model, claims it outperforms GPT-4
43 votes -
Hayao Miyazaki notches record $12m+ US opening with ‘The Boy And The Heron’
39 votes