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5 votes
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Mozart’s latest track just dropped
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Metaphor: ReFantazio reviews
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‘The community is in chaos:’ WordPress.org now requires you denounce affiliation with WP Engine to log in
33 votes -
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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Google US DOJ monopoly ruling remedy may result in breakup
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Timasomo 2024: Week 1 Updates
Update us on your progress so far! What did/didn't you get done this week? Anything go according to plan? Anything go off the rails? Any successes or struggles to share? Do you need feedback or...
Update us on your progress so far!
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What did/didn't you get done this week?
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Anything go according to plan?
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Anything go off the rails?
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Any successes or struggles to share?
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Do you need feedback or help on anything?
This is your topic to share anything and everything you want about what you’ve made so far.
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How come the Mormon, Republican state of Utah is so queer?
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What if you bought a small amusement park for $250k CAD ($219k USD)?
In my province, there's a little old amusement park that's up for sale at that price. Attractions include a Go-Kart track with 14 two-seater karts, an 18-hole mini golf course, a space train ride,...
In my province, there's a little old amusement park that's up for sale at that price.
Attractions include a Go-Kart track with 14 two-seater karts, an 18-hole mini golf course, a space train ride, a batting cage, & a bumper car ride with ten cars
Owners can live on-site in a 2-bedroom apartment
What would you do if you lived at your own mini amusement park?
(I'm not affiliated in any way to this listing, I just live in the same province and like to browse real estate listings for fun)
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Elon Musk's X gets OK to resume service in Brazil after bending to top court's demands
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Recreating dog food from the last 2,000 years
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Iceland has been the backdrop for generations of astronaut training missions – we look at what makes the Arctic island nation so crucial for Moon research
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99 Cents Only Stores | Bankrupt
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Tildes Video Thread
Find yourself watching tons of great videos on [insert chosen video sharing platform], but also find yourself reluctant to flood the Tildes front page with them? Then this thread is for you. It...
Find yourself watching tons of great videos on [insert chosen video sharing platform], but also find yourself reluctant to flood the Tildes front page with them? Then this thread is for you.
It could be one quirky video that you feel deserves some eyeballs on it, or perhaps you've got a curated list of videos that you'd love to talk us through...
Share some of the best video content you've watched this past week/fortnight with us!
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Norway's national football stadium has the world's largest vertical solar roof – new solution for northern regions, yielding 20% more energy than traditional panels
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Iceland's famous music venues swallowed by tourism – thriving music scene that gave world Björk, Sigur Rós and Ólafur Arnald under threat from Reykjavík's popularity
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BTK-gate, Turkey's massive surveillance state: Internet activity, identity, and personal data of all users in Turkey is collected
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Your chatbot transcripts may be a gold mine for AI companies (gifted link)
25 votes -
Artificial Intelligence in retail marketing: Research agenda based on bibliometric reflection and content analysis (2000–2023)
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Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida with 155 MPH winds
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Germany rushes to expand biometric surveillance
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Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past
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I'm getting a new Macbook Pro. What's your favorite apps and tips?
Hi Tildes ! I was passively looking for an refresh of my current laptop (Thinkpad X1 carbon Gen 5; it's still working fine except some mysterious thermal profile1), and a friend of mine working in...
Hi Tildes !
I was passively looking for an refresh of my current laptop (Thinkpad X1 carbon Gen 5; it's still working fine except some mysterious thermal profile1), and a friend of mine working in retail told me he could sell me a Macbook Pro (the mid-range 14in one with the M3 Pro chip2 at a heavy discount (more than half the price; it's a display model but he tells me it wasn't mistreated). It's a too good of a deal to pass on, so I accepted.
1 it's constantly at 70C; I already changed the thermal paste and the battery.
2 does that mean it's Macbook Pro Pro ?
3 and I guess the Thinkpad's going to be recycled as a home server. I half hope that running Linux on it will solve the thermal problemMy use case would be (in no particular order):
- photo/video processing: I know what I need and I already have a CaptureOne license. Davinci Resolve is enough (and plenty) for me
- programming (web dev, arduino; VScode's probably gonna be the second thing I'm going to install)(I'm kinda interested running a LLM locally, but have no experience with that)
- light CAD for 3d printing,
- gaming? My old gaming tower runs Elden Ring fine but struggle a bit with Baldur's Gate 3 (it's really the loading time, and loading textures), and it seems this MBP can run it fine.
- regular day-to-day browsing / office and adulting work
I would qualify myself as a power-user.
Background: I'm not entirely new to the Apple ecosystem. Back in uni I had the first unibody MBP sporting Leopard and then Snow Leopard. I then went with a X220t and then a my current X1.
Some questions:
- I see that BetterTouchTools is still a thing (back then I mapped three fingers swipe up to new tab, three finger swipe down to close tab, and twist to change tabs). I half remember one that was just a staging area living on a sidebar when moving file from one part of the finder to another (the name eludes me). Is there any other handy utilities I should be aware of ? That's also your prompt to plug in your favorite apps :)
- How's the dongle life (and what's the recommended one) ? While most of my stuff can be USB-C, I still have important stuff that requires USB-A (my photo printers, several portables hard-drive)
- Any interesting (gasp!) Android integration ? I'm not currently using any with my Windows machine (having Whatsapp/Telegram/Discord is sufficient), but I'm curious anyway.
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Announcing the SDL 3.1.3 stable ABI preview!
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LinkedIn is the latest to automatically opt you in to AI training
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Exploding pagers and spy chips: the rising risk of hardware tampering
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US judge rules Google must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps — and distribute third-party stores
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Roblox: Inflated key metrics for Wall Street and a pedophile hellscape for kids
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PimEyes says Meta glasses integration could have ‘irreversible consequences’
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Looking for slim wallet recommendations
I'm in the market for a new wallet. I had used leather trifolds for many years then switched to a cheap Chinese knockoff of the Ridge wallet a few years ago. It's been pretty good, but it's...
I'm in the market for a new wallet. I had used leather trifolds for many years then switched to a cheap Chinese knockoff of the Ridge wallet a few years ago. It's been pretty good, but it's showing its age a bit and I want something that looks a bit nicer.
I want something slim that can go in my front pocket while leaving room for keys and other stuff. It needs to hold 9-10 cards and a small amount of cash. Preferably not more than $80-$90. Though I'd love to know what you all use regardless.
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Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism
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We only learnt of our son’s secret online life after he died at 20
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Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen’s new team – and tell me the EU doesn’t have a diversity problem
16 votes -
When is it time for an older doctor to hang up their stethoscope? We owe it to their patients to get it right.
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Human-powered Turing Machine constructed out of Legos
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Using randomizers to play Zelda like it's 1987
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USA folks, don't forget to register to vote
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Good retry, bad retry: an incident story
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How ‘snowflake babies’ could change IVF politics
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What would Billy Wilder do?
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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!
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I quit teaching because of ChatGPT
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Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer
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Why is the speed of light so fast?
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Kyiv will not extend gas transit deal, Ukraine tells Slovakia
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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.
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Pathologic 3 announced with time travel mechanic, due for release in 2025
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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
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Acoustic cameras, motion amplification, and reading someone’s pulse through a video call
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The rise of the right-wing tattletale (gifted link)
11 votes