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How do you keep your home smelling nice?
Assume cleaning is done on a regular basis. My apartment has a subtle "scent" from, what I assume to be, the vinyl flooring wax. I'd like that to not be the smell visitors first experience. I'm...
Assume cleaning is done on a regular basis. My apartment has a subtle "scent" from, what I assume to be, the vinyl flooring wax. I'd like that to not be the smell visitors first experience.
I'm considering an air purifier/diffuser, but don't know if they're effective.
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Weekly Middle East war megathread - week of October 14
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Middle East war 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 Middle East war 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.
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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Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more
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We spoke with the last person standing in the floppy disk business
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Subnautica 2 | Official teaser trailer
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No Way Down: Chemical release at Wacker Polysilicon
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Switching to Linux, looking for distro recommendations
Overview When I swapped the motherboard on my computer, I lost my Windows license and Microsoft support was useless. So I am switching my desktop over to Linux. I am planning on setting up dual...
Overview
When I swapped the motherboard on my computer, I lost my Windows license and Microsoft support was useless. So I am switching my desktop over to Linux. I am planning on setting up dual boot, so that I still have Windows 10 with the watermark for certain use cases, but hoping I can run primarily Linux.
Previous Linux Experience
I have swapped an old laptop to Linux (elementaryOS) before and was able to have it do the simple tasks I required of that computer. I also have an old desktop running proxmox, with various VMs, primarily a NAS running openmediavault. Also, I took a college class on Linux system admin, which focused on various tasks on ubuntu. So overall, I am pretty familiar with Debian-based Linux and doing stuff in the terminal, but I would prefer to not have to use the terminal often.
Workload
So I use my computer for fairly normal use cases that should not be too problematic for Linux. Things I plan to do are:
- Non-competitive gaming (Minecraft, Civilization V and VI, occassionally single player FPS games)
- Video editing via DaVinci Resolve
- General web browsing
- Libre Office is what I plan to switch to from MS Office
Plans for testing
I am going to setup a VM on my hypervisor to try out the basic interface of each distro, and try basic tasks. Testing will probably not involve running the heavier applications such as DaVinci Resolve or games. However, I will look into the install process of some of these. For games, I am just going to rely on the work Steam has done for Linux gaming recently.
Things I am looking for in a distro
The things I want in a distro are:
- Debian based preferable, but am considering others
- Simple tasks can be done graphically, instead of via terminal
- Upgrade in place is preferable (I believe similar to how ubuntu now allows for upgrades to the next LTS does not require a reinstall)
- Similar UI to Windows 10 is preferable
Planned distros to test
Distros I wanted to try before posting
- popOS
- Mint
Distros I am considering testing after being recommended them:
- Arch
- Fedora (I am strongly leaning towards this one, but want to do more testing)
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Reflections on Palantir
8 votes -
Migrant deportations to increase, says EU chief Von der Leyen
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I cannot get into Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Hello, I am struggling with a relatively useless personal issue, I am finding it very hard to play the aforementioned game mentioned in the post. My close friend has this heralded as his favorite...
Hello,
I am struggling with a relatively useless personal issue, I am finding it very hard to play the aforementioned game mentioned in the post. My close friend has this heralded as his favorite game ever (tied with Majoras Mask) and possible one of the best of all time, and since the remake came out he very graciously lent me his copy. I have just gotten past the first major boss (Hooktail I think his name is) and just playing this game feels like a chore.
The combat is very slow, the dialogue is so overly childish, the story is your typical Nintendo fan-fare story. Even the music, which Nintendo does a great job most of the time, I find just average. I find the Rogueport theme music to be overly obnoxious for some reason, and too grating to my ears for a central city/hub which you're visiting a lot.
I really want to know what I am missing out on that makes this game so beloved by people other than pure nostalgia because I just can't see it. I know it's completely fine to not like games, but I feel a game as acclaimed as this should usually be liked by most people, and I think I usually fall into the subset of that lol.
Ironically enough, this is the same friend who introduced me to FromSoftware and I have loved all of their games.
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Contraption theory - Or why helicopters are so damn weird
4 votes -
The Electric State | Official teaser
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FBC: Firebreak | Official announcement trailer
6 votes -
Asmongold's Twitch channel temporarily banned following racist rant about Palestinians
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Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to lose $150 million to $200 million in theatrical run after bombing at box office
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Federal Trade Commission announces final “Click-to-Cancel” rule making it easier for US consumers to end recurring subscriptions and memberships
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Tildes Book Club October Progress check in - How are you doing with Kindred?
Our next book discussion will be about Kindred by Octavia Butler. Have you started? How is it going? I'm looking forward to discussing with you all.
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What are your ten favourite movies of all time?
What are your ten favourite movies? My daughter asked me this the other day - we were watching Cabin in the Woods, which is one of my favourites, and I said that it was a top ten movie for me, and...
What are your ten favourite movies? My daughter asked me this the other day - we were watching Cabin in the Woods, which is one of my favourites, and I said that it was a top ten movie for me, and she asked me about the others. Now I want to hear yours!
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What is the key 'gameplay loop' in a MUD game?
I'm currently building a basic MUD as a (very productive so far) learning exercise. Obviously MUDs have the same mix of appeals as other RPGs do: exploration, progression, combat, PvP, online...
I'm currently building a basic MUD as a (very productive so far) learning exercise.
Obviously MUDs have the same mix of appeals as other RPGs do: exploration, progression, combat, PvP, online community etc.. But what in your experience is the key mechanic the game needs to nail to keep you coming back? When a MUD clicks with you, what itch is it scratching?
All examples welcome, even those that are not MUDs but may be applicable to MUDs.
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A columnist makes sense of Wall Street like none other (see footnote)
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of October 13
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week! Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle...
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week!
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Rules:
- No grey market sales
- No affiliate links
If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the available game/games are worthwhile.
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The Technical Difficulties are back! — Reverse Trivia 1x01
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Hazelight Studios has announced that It Takes Two has sold over twenty million copies – Josef Fares teases next project
10 votes -
The XVIII best films about the Romans – ranked
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Race Science Inc. | Undercover in The Human Diversity Foundation, the million-dollar race science company
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Georgia voter cancellation site
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ADE 651
8 votes -
The University of Michigan doubled down on D.E.I. What went wrong? (gifted link)
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West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts
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Three years in the wild: how a fugitive father has hidden his children for so long
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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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Myrient - Reenvisioning video game preservation
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Grande Mahogany – Super Rocker (2024)
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My solar-powered and self-hosted website
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Winamp deletes GitHub repository after a rocky few weeks
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Stephen King’s ‘Fairy Tale’ getting ten episode series adaptation from A24
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Big changes are coming to ArchiveBox!
7 votes -
Game Freak acknowledges massive Pokémon data breach, as employee info appears online
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Fears over looming water shutdown in Johannesburg South Africa
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Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly
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Timasomo 2024: Week 2 Updates
It was genuinely inspiring seeing everyone's posts from last week. There are a LOT of awesome projects going on! Time for another update on your progress: What did/didn't you get done this week?...
It was genuinely inspiring seeing everyone's posts from last week. There are a LOT of awesome projects going on!
Time for another update on your progress:
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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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I am disappointed by dynamic typing
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Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, known for his decades-long fight against Japanese whaling and arrested in Greenland in July, has asked France's president for political asylum
11 votes -
Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people
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Ukraine to receive aging Abrams tanks in latest Australian military aid package
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Unlocking AI for everyone, not just big tech
4 votes -
Ultimate beginner guide to random intermittent reward
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Announcing FLOSS/fund: $1M per year for free and open source projects
16 votes