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    1. If you could send someone to any historic moment, who and when?

      It's been a while since we had a lighthearted talk on here about something silly, and this question has been bouncing around my head for years now. Figured it'd be fun to ask and see what people...

      It's been a while since we had a lighthearted talk on here about something silly, and this question has been bouncing around my head for years now. Figured it'd be fun to ask and see what people come up with!

      So, you can take one person from any time period and send them to any historic event for a duration of your choice. You can go for serious stuff, like sending a bodyguard to save someone from an assassination, or yourself to some moment in history you're curious about... Or you could send Stephen Hawking to his own time traveler party. Maybe throw some conspiracy theorist at Roswell 1947 or let some ancient king crash Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.

      The options are literally limitless. I'm just interested to see what everyone comes up with!

      26 votes
    2. Happy birthday, Dreamcast! Sega's iconic and final console turns 25 this month.

      Anniversary The Dreamcast is now 25 years old in the US, after its memorable release date of 9/9/99! Europe has another month to go (it released on 14 October 1999), and Japan already beat the...

      Anniversary

      The Dreamcast is now 25 years old in the US, after its memorable release date of 9/9/99!

      Europe has another month to go (it released on 14 October 1999), and Japan already beat the world to the anniversary by almost a year (27 November 1998).

      Share your thoughts, memories, favorite games, or anything else related to the Dreamcast here. You can reminisce about how cool Sonic Adventure was, how groundbreaking Shenmue was, or how unsettling Seaman was.


      Play Along

      I am taking a month out of my regular gaming habits (mostly smaller indie Steam stuff) to play different Dreamcast games through September in honor of the anniversary. If anyone wants to join me in that, Iā€™d love the company!

      Every so often Iā€™ll post a comment to this topic with thoughts on what Iā€™m playing. Feel free to post yours as well!

      If anyone needs a place to get started, we have a topic with some game recommendations.

      Iā€™ll be emulating them on my Steam Deck through RetroDECK (which uses the Flycast core for RetroArch). Iā€™ve already tested out a bunch of games, and performance and compatibility seem to be really good.

      There are no points for this (itā€™s purely for fun), but if there were, anyone playing on original hardware would get bonus ones!

      27 votes
    3. Comment fields are hard to use on mobile

      It seems like the input fields for comments are missing some required HTML meta parameters or something like that. When I'm typing in them, on mobile, I don't get any autocorrect or...

      It seems like the input fields for comments are missing some required HTML meta parameters or something like that. When I'm typing in them, on mobile, I don't get any autocorrect or autosuggestions, I can't use swipe input, I can't move my cursor with the space bar, etc. This doesn't happen with any other text field on the site (search, post body, ...), so the problem must be in something like the type param of the input element. This is incredibly annoying and there have been multiple times where I didn't want to write a comment just to avoid dealing with this experience.

      Edit: it also seems like it happens when editing a post, but it doesn't happen when making a new post

      Edit 2: I just tried clicking around and for some reason it only happens when entering a text field for the first time, but not when clicking off and the back into the text field? Might be a GBoard bug then, weird that it doesn't happen on any other site though

      Edit 3: the issue only happens that use markdown_textarea with auto_focus=True

      11 votes
    4. 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.

      4 votes
    5. 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 ā€” or didn't do ā€” 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 ā€” or didn't do ā€” during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!

      5 votes
    6. Does anyone here do bead crochet? Could you recommend me supplies to get started?

      I really want to try out bead crochet, I found a decent yt tutorial for starting and this pintrest board has enough patterns to last a lifetime, but i have absolutely no idea where to start in...

      I really want to try out bead crochet, I found a decent yt tutorial for starting and this pintrest board has enough patterns to last a lifetime, but i have absolutely no idea where to start in terms of buying supplies.

      Does anyone here do bead crochet? could you point me in the right direction for the correct floss & beads to use? (and also the needed findings, I think each one needs 2 caps and a tube to stabilize it; I have plenty of jump rings and lobster clasps already cos I do chainmaille so that's not an issue) or any other tips would be appreciated too!!

      15 votes
    7. Thinking out loud: A US service to help you move to where your vote will count the most

      Maybe this topic is silly, but I am up from insomnia, so here it goes. I watched a piece on the news about how the election may come down to teeny tiny little town in Nebraska. I remember a...

      Maybe this topic is silly, but I am up from insomnia, so here it goes.

      I watched a piece on the news about how the election may come down to teeny tiny little town in Nebraska. I remember a similar situation coming to pass in the 2020 election.

      There are many teleworkers now. Many of them are IT people who would be happy anywhere there is a good Internet connection.

      I was thinking that a movement to get people to move to where their votes would count the most would be interesting. At least to talk about.

      There could be a web site/app that would identify the potential most crucial areas, like that little Nebraska town.

      Nomadic and patriotic teleworkers could then move to such places a year in advance of an election, vote, and move on if they aren't happy in those places.

      16 votes
    8. Any other 3D Printers here?

      Iā€™ve casually discussed with several of other printers on here, but would love to casually chat about the hobby What you print with, materials, settings, slicer, etc. Me personally, I use a...

      Iā€™ve casually discussed with several of other printers on here, but would love to casually chat about the hobby

      What you print with, materials, settings, slicer, etc.

      Me personally, I use a heavily modified Ender 3V2 that runs klipper with a dual z axis and direct drive extruder hotend (orbiter 2.0 on a V6)

      I print a variety of PLA, PETG, and just recently got into ABS and ASA

      Iā€™m currently working on wiring up a stealth burner setup for the X axis though (in preparation for my Voron build šŸ‘€)

      And I just recently finished printing the Input Labs Alpakka controller! (which is super duper cool)

      But yeah Iā€™m down to answer any questions or talk about anything 3D Printer related

      28 votes
    9. What toothpaste do you use?

      Heavily inspired by last week's thread as well as my recent dental health kick, I'm looking for some toothpaste recommendations. Previously, I used an imported UK version of Sensodyne, because it...

      Heavily inspired by last week's thread as well as my recent dental health kick, I'm looking for some toothpaste recommendations.

      Previously, I used an imported UK version of Sensodyne, because it was the only way to get the version with novomin. I've run out of that stuff and have started using an interesting toothpaste I picked up from a Japanese store called AcessL from Sato Pharmaceuticals. It's got a unique herbal flavor to it that I like in small bits, but it's not great for my tongue because it's actually pretty salty-flavored, which turns me off of it.

      33 votes
    10. Star Trek in Hawaii 5-0

      I've been enjoying watching the original Hawaii 5-0 via the free/advertising supported shows on Amazon Prime. One cool thing is that a lot of notable guest stars from Star Trek TOS ( example:...

      I've been enjoying watching the original Hawaii 5-0 via the free/advertising supported shows on Amazon Prime.

      One cool thing is that a lot of notable guest stars from Star Trek TOS ( example: Spock's father ) are also notable guest stars on the original Hawaii 5-0

      2 votes
    11. Moving to Raleigh, NC

      Hello fellow Tildians, I'm considering a move from Northern Virginia (NoVa) to Raleigh, NC, and would love some insight from those familiar with the area. I'm in my 20s and curious about the scene...

      Hello fellow Tildians,

      I'm considering a move from Northern Virginia (NoVa) to Raleigh, NC, and would love some insight from those familiar with the area. I'm in my 20s and curious about the scene down there.

      Although I havenā€™t spent much time in NoVa, one of the main reasons Iā€™m looking at Raleigh is that NoVa feels like it has a more transient population. There's nothing inherently wrong with that (and I realize Iā€™m contributing to it myself), but Iā€™m hoping for something with more rooted connections.

      How easy is it to make friends or date in Raleigh? I know itā€™s a broad question, but if anyone has lived in both places and can compare, that would be super helpful!

      Additionally, are there any neighborhoods or locations I should avoid? Iā€™m considering purchasing a home but want to stay within 15-20 minutes of Raleigh.

      Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated!

      18 votes