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79 votes
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From lesbian rom-coms to moody gay ghost stories, there's a queer holiday title for everyone in the alphabet and every mood
17 votes -
Panel settles on Minnesota flag's final design
40 votes -
The Hyperloop was always a scam
68 votes -
Overtime — Charles Stross [A Christmas Story]
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Needle felting newbie. Any tips or advice?
I just got into felting, and I have already made 3 siamese cat ball.. ornament... things. I plan to sell these on Etsy for some side income. Does anyone have any good sources for wool, with a good...
I just got into felting, and I have already made 3 siamese cat ball.. ornament... things. I plan to sell these on Etsy for some side income.
Does anyone have any good sources for wool, with a good selection of colors (preferably earth tones)?
What about tips in felting strategies for things like keeping lines neat, or blending colors together, fading them, general design layout planning, etc?
Pics of my first felt cat, the seal point: https://imgur.com/a/u6hJOgy
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Day 24: Never Tell Me The Odds
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/24 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/24
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>
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Luxardo (high-end maraschino) cherries are a staple garnish in fancy cocktails. What happens if you distill the juice into alcohol, and make a cocktail with it? | Will It Distill
20 votes -
I made an open-source, self-hostable synced narration platform for ebooks
39 votes -
Working out, working in: applying the six principles of athletic training to writing and creative work
7 votes -
Christmas box office: ‘Aquaman 2’ sinks with $40 million debut
15 votes -
Mobile Suit Baba by Hempuli is out today and free for now
25 votes -
2021 U2 spy plane pilot tube food, US Air Force ration taste test MRE review
25 votes -
Playing Quake for the story (A franchise retrospective)
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What are your traditional Christmas dinners, and do you do anything that's unusual in your country?
I am interested in the amount of variety there is in Christmas dinners. In the UK it tends to be roast meat (and turkey is popular) and a lot of roast veg. The table ends up being quite...
I am interested in the amount of variety there is in Christmas dinners. In the UK it tends to be roast meat (and turkey is popular) and a lot of roast veg. The table ends up being quite complicated because Aunt Mabel really wants cauliflower cheese and Cousin Bert needs that braised red cabbage and etc so you end up with a lot of stuff set out.
And that's just the UK - I'd be really interested to know about what people eat in other places.
For me it's going to be simple and quiet this year. Chemotherapy and immunotherapy mean my immune system is struggling and I feel very gently nauseous. I am going to have roast chicken, glazed roast parsnips, carrots (not sure whether mashed, or roasted, or gently steamed), roast potatoes, and roast sprouts. And then my sister made me a Christmas pudding so I'll have that for after.
Here's a description of and recipe for Christmas Pudding: https://www.nigella.com/recipes/ultimate-christmas-pudding
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Movie of the Week #8 - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
The next movie from the 1990s is The Talented Mr. Ripley from 1999 directed by Anthony Minghella with a 90s moviestar lineup of Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman and many others. Based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith from 1955.
Feel free to add any thoughts, opinions, reflections, analysis or whatever comments related to this film.
The rest of the schedule is:
- 25th of December: Home Alone
11 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 -
An EP I recorded last spring | We All Shit - Songs of a Bitch (2023)
15 votes -
This was the year that studios finally learned bigger is not always better
12 votes -
New study - scent of tears from female humans reduces revenge seeking and aggression in males, similar to patterns observed in other mammals
31 votes -
Camel Cards the game
6 votes -
Tildes ReExtended version announcements and changelog
This topic will be used to announce future versions of Tildes ReExtended! Mozilla Addons Chrome Web Store Tildes ReExtended is the principal enhancement suite for Tildes. If you'd like to be...
This topic will be used to announce future versions of Tildes ReExtended!
Tildes ReExtended is the principal enhancement suite for Tildes.
If you'd like to be notified of future releases, reply to this comment and I'll @-mention you when the next version is published (you have to uncollapse the comment). When you no longer want to be notified, simply delete your comment or ignore this topic.
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Top of the charts: The songs the sound engineers use to tune your stereo (2021)
14 votes -
Guinness World Record Christmas drone show (1,500+ drones)
7 votes -
Vote for "Movie of the Week" in January - 100 minutes or less
Voting closed So I am making the poll a bit earlier. The holidays are coming up and it might also be better to have the schedule about a week before rather than having it the day before the first...
Voting closed
So I am making the poll a bit earlier. The holidays are coming up and it might also be better to have the schedule about a week before rather than having it the day before the first movie of the month. This time we are going for shorter running times - so anything at 100 minutes (1 hour and 40 minutes) or less. "Movies are too damn long nowadays" is a common complaint, so lets see what we can come up with of good movies that don't require a long evening to watch.
We will need five movies for January.
Rules
- Must have a running time of 100 minutes / 1h40m or less based on official running time on IMDb
- Not one we have already done
- Only one nomination per user
- Please only nominate if you intent to participate
In case of ties in the number of votes, random.org will decide. Voting closes Sunday.
11 votes -
Donkey Kong: A record of struggle
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Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2023
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🎵 It's the most wonderful time of the year 🎵
Holiday game sales are currently happening, and some are right around the corner!
This is our annual holiday game giveaway topic. Spread some goodwill and holiday cheer with others!
Before you participate, please make sure you read the rules below.
Rules
-Gifters
Post your available games, the platform and method of delivery, rules for your giveaways (e.g. first-come first-serve, random draw, etc.), and any additional info or requirements. Feel free to get creative!
-Giftees
Request giveaways. Please make sure you follow the gifter's posted guidelines.
-Guidelines
Anyone can choose to be a gifter, giftee, or both! Giveaway rules are set by individual gifters, but there are handful of guidelines everyone should follow:
- No grey market keys! Only give away games from reputable sources. If you're not sure what this means, please ask.
- Requests for games should be done in this topic, but if the gift is a key, those should be delivered by PMs only. Please don't post keys publicly in this topic, even obfuscated ones.
If you're new to these, check out previous giveaway threads to see how these usually go.
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Help me understand Dell Latitude model numbers
This link gives some useful detail about Dell Latitude model numbers. https://en.tab-tv.com/dell-latitude-identification-and-decoding-of-the-laptop-model/ Unfortunately, it only goes up to 2017....
This link gives some useful detail about Dell Latitude model numbers.
https://en.tab-tv.com/dell-latitude-identification-and-decoding-of-the-laptop-model/
Unfortunately, it only goes up to 2017.
The first digit is the "series". There are several series, higher numbers are better.
The second digit is the screen size. 1=11", 2=12", ..., 7=17".
The third digit is the year. 1=2010, 2=2011, ..., 7=2016, 8=2017.
The forth digit is connected to form factor - standard, removable screen, transformer.
My question is whether there's a similar decoder ring for newer models.
EDIT:
Okay, so, newer models appear to follow similar convention, with slight changes to last two digits for year.
eg, Dell Latitude 9510 = premium ultrabook, 15" screen, released 2020.
eg Dell Latitude 7440 = ultrabook, 14" screen, released 2023
The first digit identifies the range:
- 9 = premium ultrabook
- 7 = ultrabook
- 5 = mid range
- 3 = entry level
The second digit is the screen size:
- 5 = 15"
- 4 = 14"
- 3 = 13.3"
- 2 = 12.5"
- 1 = 11.6"
The last two digits give the release year:
- 90 = 2018
- 00 = 2019
- 10 = 2020
- 20 = 2021
- 30 = 2022
- 40 = 2023
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Pen needle source
For almost a decade, I've been buying BD pen needles off Amazon. This low-cost supply has unfortunately dried up and I'm almost out. I'm leery of the other random brands they carry, some of the...
For almost a decade, I've been buying BD pen needles off Amazon. This low-cost supply has unfortunately dried up and I'm almost out. I'm leery of the other random brands they carry, some of the reviews don't sound very good. So, folks who use pen injectors, where do you get your needles? I'm not dead set on BD but would like something of similar quality.
The last time I got some at a local pharmacy, they came with a $45 co-pay for 100 needles. I go through at least 3 per day, so 45 cents each seems a lot to ask on top of the ~$1k/month pens.
10 votes -
"The secretive industry destroying the economy" (it's private equity)
16 votes -
Fifty-five books Scientific American recommends in 2023
12 votes -
Welcome to the ad-free internet
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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.
9 votes -
Conan O’Brien’s wild first year: An oral history - In 1993, NBC made a historic decision—and gave Late Night to a nobody. O’Brien, Letterman, Lorne Michaels, Lisa Kudrow, and more tell all.
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Tildes Minecraft Survival Bi-Weekly Thread
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25 votes -
Charity for profit: Brandfluence/Softgiving, the marketing agency behind some of Twitch's most successful fundraising streams quietly collected 42% of donations
26 votes -
Year in Review: Your music of 2023
Reflect on the music you listened to this year. Tell us about it. Important: You do not have to limit your discussion only to music released this year. Anything you listened to this year is fine....
Reflect on the music you listened to this year.
Tell us about it.
Important:
- You do not have to limit your discussion only to music released this year. Anything you listened to this year is fine.
- This thread is much more interesting if you give details and explanations. Please don’t just list artists/albums/songs on their own. Let us know your thoughts and feelings too!
Conversation starters:
None of the below is required, but feel free to use any of it as a jumping off point for what you want to talk about (if needed).
Consider the following categories:
- Your personal Artist(s)/Album(s)/Song(s) of the Year
- Highlights
- Hidden gems
- Surprises
- Disappointments
- Outliers (stuff you loved from genres you usually don’t)
Consider the following questions as well:
- What music resonated most strongly with you, and why?
- What could you not stop coming back to, and why?
- What music was the most interesting or exciting to you, and why?
- What did your music listening habits say about your year?
- How did you change as a listener this year?
Meta note:
Yes, this is a little early to post something like this. I plan on doing this same thing for ~games and ~books as well. I figure spacing them out rather than doing them all at once is a best practice, and I didn’t want to wait too long to get started because having a bunch of these going up in January feels like it would be too late.
Also, I’m not planning on doing these posts for ~tv, ~movies, or ~anime. If anyone wants to steal this sort of thing to post there (or for any other group here), be my guest!
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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 ballots, policy.transport and uranus. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was...
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like ballots, policy.transport and uranus. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was hankering to know.
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 -
Does Linux From Scratch actually teach you anything?
Two hours ago I randomly thought "hey, why not do LFS?", so I opened my laptop and started following the book. I've heard a lot of people say that LFS is great for learning how a Linux system...
Two hours ago I randomly thought "hey, why not do LFS?", so I opened my laptop and started following the book. I've heard a lot of people say that LFS is great for learning how a Linux system works. However, so far it's just been a guide on how to compile different software and what autoconfig flags to use. I thought that maybe further chapters will have more information on how things work, but it seems like they all just contain a one-line description of a program and compilation instructions.
If anyone here has done LFS, did you actually learn anything from it? Is it worth spending more time on?
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Cummins pickup truck engines systematically tricked US air pollution controls, feds say
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‘Scream 7’ director Christopher Landon exits “a dream job that turned into a nightmare”
10 votes -
Why Europe fails to create wealth
27 votes -
Ancient Sahul's submerged landscapes reveal a mosaic of human habitation
17 votes -
What does the oligarch behind the ‘Ivy League antisemitism crisis’ actually want?
22 votes -
Kyrgyzstan - The Switzerland of Central Asia
6 votes -
Making purple gold
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Recommendations for medical history
My dad (a veterinarian by trade) is really into medical history, so I was wondering if folks had any recommendations or favorites. I know he's done a lot of reading about the history of vaccines...
My dad (a veterinarian by trade) is really into medical history, so I was wondering if folks had any recommendations or favorites. I know he's done a lot of reading about the history of vaccines and the Spanish flu epidemic, but it's really not my area of interest, so I'm somewhat at a loss for how to find him something. Ideally it would be something available on audiobook because that's mostly how he consumes books these days.
Edit: Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I am not sure he has the wherewithal to do podcasts, but the book recommendations are great. I'm going with The Emperor of All Maladies and The Ghost Map, assuming he doesn't have them already.
12 votes -
Can doctors in England detain you under the Mental Health Act if they've only met you in MS Teams? (No, not any more)
14 votes -
Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global
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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!
11 votes