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14 votes
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Using randomizers to play Zelda like it's 1987
10 votes -
USA folks, don't forget to register to vote
86 votes -
Good retry, bad retry: an incident story
4 votes -
How ‘snowflake babies’ could change IVF politics
14 votes -
What would Billy Wilder do?
14 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!
5 votes -
I quit teaching because of ChatGPT
58 votes -
Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer
6 votes -
Why is the speed of light so fast?
26 votes -
Kyiv will not extend gas transit deal, Ukraine tells Slovakia
10 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 7
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.
7 votes -
Pathologic 3 announced with time travel mechanic, due for release in 2025
10 votes -
Sweden to issue another update of a Cold War-era civil emergency advice booklet later this month – new version adapted to better reflect today's security policy reality
7 votes -
Acoustic cameras, motion amplification, and reading someone’s pulse through a video call
10 votes -
The rise of the right-wing tattletale (gifted link)
11 votes -
How to build greener, affordable AC for high humidity and hotter summers
27 votes -
No one’s laughing now: ‘Joker Folie à Deux’ falls down with $39m-$40m opening: How the sequel went sideways
31 votes -
New titans of Wall Street: how Jane Street rode the ETF wave to ‘obscene’ riches
7 votes -
Philippine chipmakers are embracing automation — and leaving low-skilled workers behind
8 votes -
Italian court orders seizure of real estate and vehicles in pirate IPTV investigation
5 votes -
Ненаписаний лист (The Unwritten Letter) - 1985
5 votes -
Does anyone really know you?
21 votes -
Toyota is the latest company to scale back its DEI policies
28 votes -
Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the US
36 votes -
Study of 500,000 medical records links viruses with Alzheimer's again and again
29 votes -
[SOLVED] Looking for help linking to a specific comment on Reddit
Hi, Thanks for looking at this. There is a specific comment in a reddit conversation that I want to share in a few different places. It's important to me. I tried this a few years ago when I...
Hi,
Thanks for looking at this. There is a specific comment in a reddit conversation that I want to share in a few different places. It's important to me.
I tried this a few years ago when I wanted to participate in r/bestof and I could not make sense of the instructions that they provided.
I am not a technologically skilled person but I have learned a few tricks using markdown while participating here on tildes.
Can someone please give advice and possibly help me troubleshoot ? I will be returning to my computer and hopefully trying out suggestions about four hours from the time stamp on this post.
8 votes -
Sports celebrate physical variation—until it challenges social norms
14 votes -
The mystery of the cover letter
6 votes -
Brazil's top court says X paid pending fines to wrong bank
21 votes -
Satu Rämö has caused a publishing sensation across Europe – all thanks to her novels about Hildur, a mindful cop who solves murders with her needle-clacking sidekick
5 votes -
ME | Official trailer
8 votes -
Paperless NGX vs ???
I'm stuck in a bit of a rut for work and trying to help out a department. We're going through a massive cash flow problem that we will see the other side of. There is zero budget for this, but I...
I'm stuck in a bit of a rut for work and trying to help out a department. We're going through a massive cash flow problem that we will see the other side of. There is zero budget for this, but I have spare kit.
The problem is that Legal have pulled all paper archives for all of the projects for the past 20 years of operating and need them digitally stored. Right now, we have a company runner scanning in a document to email, who then saves it off to a folder structure and renames it. The structure is on SharePoint, but the scan is image, not even OCR'd.
I have discovered Paperless NGX and wonder if this would be a better option for fast ingest. I can host on prem easy enough, either on a bare metal or VM. It looks like it can SSOd via many different options.
Any input would be great before I just go ahead and do this. I'm after pros and cons, alternatives, etc.
Thanks.
11 votes -
Self-help book marketing is bleak
I'm looking at some recommendations for books about childhood trauma and abuse. Every book is almost the same. Something with a very long title like "You Are Your Own Blorbo: 25 Strategies and...
I'm looking at some recommendations for books about childhood trauma and abuse. Every book is almost the same. Something with a very long title like "You Are Your Own Blorbo: 25 Strategies and Steps to Overcome Your Hurdles and Achieve CHIM".
Then there is the uninspired and very fake summary. And then some supposedly impressive quotes by some supposedly bigshot people.
When you check out the author, they're often mentioned as a therapist with [insert experience of a few decades that doesn't necessarily mean anything]. They don't generally even mention what kind of therapist the author is (a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a mental health councillor, a different type?). They certainly don't give too much specifics about the therapy techniques they're specialized in and actual education, you know, two very important things.
It all feels disingenuous and scammy.
Thanks to this dishonest marketing style of virtually every single book in the industry, none of it means anything. You could write the absolutely worst, actively hurtful book, and still get all of this plastered on.
Beyond this marketing illusion, I know there to be some books that are actually helpful (have read a few), but vast majority of self-help books are either scams or overselling their quality. The problem is, even quality books seem to have this marketing shtick going on. Internet isn't too helpful either, because people -especially laypeople- too often misjudge. The only way seems to be seeing what the fuss is about yourself. But that takes a lot of time, and there's also the possibility that you will come out of the other end with internalized crap. It's genuinely a soulless ordeal to sift through all this utter shit to find something of worth.
I know it's not hopeless, as I read some good books throughout the years, but damn can it feel that way. It's especially more frustrating when you're just trying to find something to help tackle problems, and you're met with a capitalist epistemological nightmare.
This is a rant, I absolutely detest this industry, but this post is also meant to start a discussion. There is something rotten about this, and I wonder what other people have experienced and think about it. Experiences, frustrations, solutions, etc. are all welcome.
18 votes -
OWZA – Hush Hush (2024)
1 vote -
Can you get root access with only a cigarette lighter?
18 votes -
Pangolin-inspired robot poops tree seeds into holes it digs
15 votes -
Keyboard Warriors: Knights of Chalacyn - Gaming documentary
4 votes -
Trondheim set to welcome PoMo museum in 2025 – minimum of 60% of its acquisition budget to women artists to tackle gender inequality in museum collections at large
8 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!
12 votes -
First ever Rebirth (loopback from level 255 to Level 0) achieved in NES Tetris by Michael Khanh aka dogplayingtetris
33 votes -
Roads in Africa are among world’s deadliest despite few cars
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KitchenAid stand mixer meat grinder attachment
After several bad experiences lately, I am interested in grinding meat at home. Does anyone have experience in this practice? I have a KitchenAid stand mixer and after some research, I am...
After several bad experiences lately, I am interested in grinding meat at home. Does anyone have experience in this practice? I have a KitchenAid stand mixer and after some research, I am interested in buying the meat grinder attachment. However, there are literally dozens of weird Chinese brands on Amazon purporting to sell an identical set for much less. AliExpress is even cheaper.
Has anyone bought and used the KitchenAid version? Has anyone tried a cheaper version?
Thank you for your advice.
Thank you to everybody who commented; I'm going to look for the official KitchenAid attachment at a good price.
12 votes -
‘I’ve dealt with anti-hillbilly bigotry all my life’: Barbara Kingsolver on JD Vance, the real Appalachia and why Demon Copperhead was such a hit
19 votes -
Russia is changing its nuclear doctrine - atomic coercion, Ukraine and the nuclear threshold
17 votes -
Use plain text email
27 votes -
Can you help me figure out why my VM is growing?
I have an M1 MacBook Air. I use UTM to run a Debian 11 virtual machine. After the initial setup, updating and upgrading, installing Firefox and a few small programs, (I almost called them apps,...
I have an M1 MacBook Air. I use UTM to run a Debian 11 virtual machine.
After the initial setup, updating and upgrading, installing Firefox and a few small programs, (I almost called them apps, d'oh), the Debian.utm file size was about 6GB. Now, less than a month later, it's almost 9GB.
The VM size increases after each use. I haven't downloaded or installed anything close to 3GB worth. I have downloaded files, then put them into the trash and emptied the trash, could the trash not be emptying properly?
I have run ncdu, but nothing stands out. When I drill down into /usr and into each large folder, no sub folder is larger than a few 100MB. I can't see any big files lurking.
I've googled using many search terms, but I can't get past results that are about how to increase the size of a VM that is running out of room.
Thanks very much for reading this, any ideas?
11 votes -
The rapidly growing tram system of Helsinki – taking a look at the network's history, lines, technical details, tram fleet, ridership, and the future
12 votes -
New study shows that hurricanes lead to excess mortality long after the storm has passed
20 votes -
Looking for a simple ebook or notetaking app where I can visually organize my bookmarks/tabs. Example attached.
Very similar to how the recipe book in the game "Potion Craft" is organized. I essentially want to be able to mark pages and assign an icon, letter, symbol, or whatever to the tab. Clicking the...
Very similar to how the recipe book in the game "Potion Craft" is organized. I essentially want to be able to mark pages and assign an icon, letter, symbol, or whatever to the tab. Clicking the tab brings you to that page. I also want the freedom to arrange these tabs around the perimeter of the book.
I'm not even sure what search terms to use to find a software like this. I'm not looking for anything robust, just a simple reader app with minimal page marking with intuitive visual organization.
Does anything like this exist?
23 votes