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21 votes
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NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites
2 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.
16 votes -
Bitwarden switches password manager and SDK to GPL3 after FOSS-iness drama
52 votes -
After SpaceX's requests, Taiwanese suppliers move manufacturing abroad, sources say
7 votes -
Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world
18 votes -
Has anyone read Thinking in Systems: A Primer? Best next read?
I read thinking in systems a primer by Donella Meadows and really found it interesting. I have been struggling to find a follow up book about systems aimed at a reader with intermediate but non...
I read thinking in systems a primer by Donella Meadows and really found it interesting. I have been struggling to find a follow up book about systems aimed at a reader with intermediate but non specialist Knowledge of systems thinking. They are all either to basic, too advanced, or so dry it’s impossible to concentrate. Has anyone found a good follow on book for this book?
I appreciate this might be a bit of a niche topic!19 votes -
Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly
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Server host:
tildes.nore.gg
(Running Java 1.21.1)
Dynmap: https://tildes.nore.gg
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Tildes website extension (shows online status & location): Firefox (Desktop and Android) - Chrome
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TildesMCThe server operates on a soft whitelist. Anyone can log in and walk around, but you need a Tildes account to gain build access.
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Cheaper ways to heat a log cabin workshop (UK)
Hello good and clever people of Tildes, I need some advice. With electricity the price it is, and my wife having a sizable workshop in the garden, I'm looking for ways to bring down the heating...
Hello good and clever people of Tildes, I need some advice.
With electricity the price it is, and my wife having a sizable workshop in the garden, I'm looking for ways to bring down the heating cost.
Her workshop is 5m x 4m x 2.2m, and the wood is 44cm thick. It's a chunky beast. She makes gifts and personalised items, so when she has the heatpresses and mug/tumbler press on the go, it gets toasty. If the sun comes out, also toasty. However, over night, it gets super chilled, almost to whatever temp is outside. To combat this I decided to use a Govee Electric Space Heater, 1500W with Thermostat, WiFi & Bluetooth. However, this barely does anything and the electric usage flies up.
What are good options here? The office is about 10 metres from my house. It's too far to extend the home central heating via plumbing, plus too much lagging. I don't want to spend a fortune, so any sensible options I'm willing to entertain. If we're talking a couple of thousand, it's off the menu.
Thanks for any help.
Dropping an edit with a link to the actual cabin: https://www.tigersheds.com/product/the-gamma-44mm-log-cabin/
It's not like a USA style log cabin, that's for sure!
Edit 2: Okay - wall insulation looks like the next thing to tackle before even thinking about heating it. Thanks folks.
3 votes -
Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms – government believes building them would have unacceptable consequences for national defence
11 votes -
The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
17 votes -
Ezra Klein reminisces with Jon Stewart about right wing US media, social media, the rise of Donald Trump, cancel culture and where to go from here
7 votes -
What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
7 votes -
Elon Musk now says it's 'pointless' to build a $25,000 Tesla for human drivers
35 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 4
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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Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (November 2024)
This is a monthly thread for those who need it. Vent, share your experiences, ask for advice, talk about how you are doing. Let's make this a compassionate space for all who may need one.
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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
5 votes -
Chinese solar panel boom threatens Pakistan’s debt-ridden grid
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I think it's time to give a "news detox" a try
I've spent the past months with an unhealthy obsession with "the news", due to both an election in my own country and the one in the US. Maybe it was an attempt at being in control of a situation...
I've spent the past months with an unhealthy obsession with "the news", due to both an election in my own country and the one in the US. Maybe it was an attempt at being in control of a situation I have absolutely zero control over, despite it shaping aspects of the world I really care about. But that control is an illusion.
I've rediscovered an older article by Rolf Dobelli called "Avoid News – Towards a Healthy News Diet". It argues against the value of high-frequency (daily) news consumption in 15 points. It does not vilify journalism as a whole, however, arguing for replacing a daily feed of online news with individual, high-quality, in-depth articles consumed weekly or so.
I know that I probably can't resist having some idea of what is going on in the world (and I have some niche interests that I genuinely find productive to keep up with). So I'll try something simple: No "news" (quotes because I include random social media feeds in this) during weekdays. No news websites, no tildes, no reddit. There's ways to filter for the top posts of the "last 7 days". I never use this feature since I look almost daily, anyways. Well, I'll try and make that my default way of consuming social media. On weekends I can decided to use some of my precious free time to read up on the "big" events of the week. I hope this will make me realize that most weeks go by without producing any information that I can use to improve my own life (both privately and at work) or that of people I care about.
There is stuff I'm looking forward to: This sounds depressing but I have this huge list of non-critical things I wanted to accomplish that I kinda stopped even considering because every damn minute of free time I had was spent doom-scrolling. I hope the "touch grass" people are right and spending more time focused on my own environment will also help me get a better sense of what is important.
I also feel slightly guilty about the thought that this will make me less compassionate towards people who live outside my own bubble and whose stories I would not hear just talking to friends and family. This is an attempt to put my head in the sand and pretend that large parts of the world do not exist. But the truth is: There is only so much I can do, effectively. I can maybe join a group dedicated to fixing a specific wrong or raise awareness. Maybe two. But I could never address that whole laundry list of problems from my news feed that left me paralyzed with fear. I will have a more positive impact on the world if I focus on less.
Let's see where this goes.
38 votes -
Rebuilding The Village - The Radical Act of Depending on Each Other
12 votes -
Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu to leave Kick Sauber as team confirm decision to part ways
7 votes -
Copenhagen's once-industrial port has been planned to make everything, from schools and play areas to businesses and recreational spaces, accessible within five minutes
4 votes -
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!
1 vote -
Yes, elections produce stupid results. Is there an alternative?
4 votes -
Junior Taskmaster | Trailer (Starts Friday 8th November)
12 votes -
French, Dutch authorities raid Netflix offices in tax fraud probe
12 votes -
Can/should Tildes pull out of search engine results?
The other thread about potential spam on the site got me thinking, can/should Tildes hide itself from Google and other search engines (aside from just the main page) to avoid the tentacles of SEO...
The other thread about potential spam on the site got me thinking, can/should Tildes hide itself from Google and other search engines (aside from just the main page) to avoid the tentacles of SEO from infiltrating the site? I'm not sure how feasible that is, but I know reddit has the option to prevent your profile from getting indexed by search engines so perhaps that could be applied to the site as a whole.
16 votes -
Jónfrí – Andalúsía (2023)
1 vote -
Nutrient levels in retail grocery stores, or why you should be buying your groceries from Walmart
13 votes -
Steam game recording - Available now
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Timasomo 2024: The Showcase
Timasomo 2024 is now officially complete! Over the next few days, participants will be posting their creations and efforts in this topic to showcase their work to the community. Comments and...
Timasomo 2024 is now officially complete!
Over the next few days, participants will be posting their creations and efforts in this topic to showcase their work to the community.
Comments and feedback are both welcome and encouraged.
Let these creators know what an awesome job they've done!
Creators: In posting your showcase:
- Give your project a title, and use the
#
markdown to make it stand out in the showcase thread! - Link to your project in whatever way works best for it.
- If you like, give a "creator statement" that contextualizes what your project is.
- Add anything else you consider relevant! The showcase is yours!
- If you need examples, take a look at last year’s showcase.
Community:
- Treat this thread like a walk through an art gallery or a museum where you get to see different works on display.
- Simple appreciations for the creators are not noise—they are valuable community support!
- Make sure any feedback you give is constructive and meant to help.
23 votes - Give your project a title, and use the
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Make it ephemeral: Software should decay and lose data
24 votes -
Using winutil or MicroWin to disable Windows Recall is breaking File Explorer
33 votes -
"Valve are gathering the avengers": we believe Gabe Newell is assembling the ultimate dream team for the one game everyone's been waiting for
20 votes -
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.
4 votes -
Watch electricity hit a fork in the road at half a billion frames per second
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Humble Choice - November 2024
November 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games. Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Warhammer 40,000: Darktide 74...
November 2024's Humble Choice is now available with the following eight Steam games.
Steam Page Opencritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Warhammer 40,000: Darktide 74 83/69 Win ❌ Unsupported 🟨 Gold Persona 4 Golden 88 95/97 Win ✅ Verified 🟨 Gold The Lamplighters League 71 93/72 Win ✅ Verified 🟨 Gold Cassette Beasts 86 94/95 Win, Linux ✅ Verified ✅ Native The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales 69 91/92 Win 🟨 Playable 🕙 Awaiting Reports KarmaZoo 77 90 Win ✅ Verified 🎖️ Platinum Hexarchy N/A 66/83 Win, Mac 🟨 Playable 🎖️ Platinum Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator 65 77/78 Win 🟨 Playable 🟨 Gold Does anyone have experience with any of the games and, if so, would you recommend them? Is there anything in here that you're particularly excited to play?
11 votes -
US office Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities delinquency rate spikes to 9.4%, highest since worst months after the financial crisis
19 votes -
Google asked to remove ten billion “pirate” search results
29 votes -
Inside the plan to use AI to purge US voter rolls
12 votes -
The Vatican’s anime mascot is now an AI porn sensation
23 votes -
Pennsylvania should not determine the outcome of the election
Comment box Scope: venting Tone: sad, irritated, upset Opinion: yes Sarcasm/humor: none I currently reside in Pennsylvania. The election season has been vitriolic, hateful and stressful. Even in...
Comment box
- Scope: venting
- Tone: sad, irritated, upset
- Opinion: yes
- Sarcasm/humor: none
I currently reside in Pennsylvania. The election season has been vitriolic, hateful and stressful. Even in church they are angry. They are going to fizzle out they are so mad. Even the ones who are kind are interminably irritable. I may sometimes be a partisan, utilitarian to the core, but I do not talk about politics in God's house. I will speak on justice and righteousness, but not in such terms as are popular. I would rather take that one moment in the week to see my neighbors for who they are and not the tribe they belong to. Somehow that is gone. Service on Sunday was not pleasant. You could feel the tension even as people sat listening. Even the children could feel it.
There is an election sign, or several, on every block. Every building zoned for electric screens has rotating ads (for both candidates) on it. It's all that is spoken about. One cannot escape it. It swallows you whole, spits you out again having transformed you for the worse. Have you voted? Did you hear what he said? Oh, keep quiet, that couple at the next table looks like they voted for the wrong one. Did you hear the vice president is coming to town? Horrible traffic, oh just so terrible. All the out-of-towners, coming in, you know who they support. Despicable. Do you have an election day plan? I voted early this year. That's nice. There was a sign in the next yard over. I just wanted to run it over with my car. Don't look at that man, sweetie, he is wearing boots only the wrong people would wear. The neighborhood watch got a report today. Vandalism, keys. Looking to do some election volunteering. Ballots are on fire. Did you hear? Have to go into that neighborhood, and make sure they don't vote for the wrong person. It would be so bad for them. Oh, they don't understand. Honey, bring your pepper spray, you're not safe there. You'll be shot, knifed. It's the crime, you know who they voted for. Do you know where your polling place is? I voted by mail this year. Did you hear what she said? Well, she didn't say it, but he said she said it. Let's get out of here, sweetheart, you know they voted for the wrong one, just look at the cars they drive, they don't care. Real Americans vote for the right one. All these people voting for the wrong one, so poor, so uneducated. I hate the rich. Let's get out of this bar. Go home. Back where it's safe. We can watch partisan election predictions and not be disturbed.
Nothing else has made me want to leave this state more than its unyielding power in the election. It is not democratic for six or seven states to effectively determine the winner of an election. And it is not a good experience as a resident to be given that much attention. It turns you against each other. It turns your civic and neighborly lifestyle into a caricature. It is worse that it is so all-or-nothing. The stakes are so high. Our 19 electoral votes are worth more than gold, because they only come in a package.
The Lord says
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
It is bad for many reasons. But it is only this bad because of the way our electoral system is set up pits us against each other. It does not have to be this way.
Here are my suggestions. If you are a Senator, please tell your colleagues that scroll_lock has issued a decree and make it happen. Perfection is the domain of nerds, I am simply concerned about minimizing the dominance of the two-party system and improving basic human decency.
- State Constitutional amendments mandating some variety of ranked-choice voting. I'm sure there is some mathematically optimal method. I don't care a whole lot which, as long as it is not first-past-the-post. I am less interested in the most "virtuous" system and rather the most useful one in effectively increasing the number of political parties present in an elected body.
- Federal Constitutional amendment forbidding the first-past-the-post method in elections for any federal or state office. (The states can decide how to implement the alternative. I'm not convinced there is any single best option.)
- Adoption of the National Interstate Popular Vote Compact.
- When it is inevitably ruled unconstitutional: a national Constitutional amendment requiring the allocation of electoral votes in a given state proportionally to the votes of the electorate, rather than a "winner-take-all" system.
- OR, maybe this is better done at the state level. Not important to me. The legal nerds can battle out the specifics.
- Federal Constitutional amendment not only forbidding faithless electors but invalidating the votes of any faithless elector. In other words, that "real" vote for the president in December should become a formality only.
- May as well get rid of this silly meeting while we're at it.
- Federal Constitutional amendment separating the office of president into two equal offices within the executive branch, to be elected in a staggered configuration following the same system of presidential terms we currently have, just offset:
- President 1: head of state
- President 2: head of government
- Federal Constitutional amendment forbidding so-called "independent expenditure-only committees" from collecting annually more than an amount to be designated by Congress for political purposes, from any particular entity.
- Federal law forbidding the spending of campaign funds on public political advertising more than 3 months ahead of the election.
- Federal law forbidding the spending of PAC or equivalent funds on political advertising in support of a particular candidate more than 1 month ahead of the election.
And there we go. Not going to solve every problem, but that is the worst part done with.
Godforsaken land. I am buying extra food tomorrow. Let's hope it is over and done with by the end of the week.
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I am missing a neutral way to flag low-effort or potentially spammy posts
Lately I have seen a few posts here and there from accounts that have been silent for a while, where I can't help but feel that these new posts are made by different people or that the initial...
Lately I have seen a few posts here and there from accounts that have been silent for a while, where I can't help but feel that these new posts are made by different people or that the initial posts they made were intended to "pad" the account. In other words, they feel a bit like spam and because of that I would like to "flag" them somehow.
The obvious question people will have is likely "Why not just comment about it under the post?"
I have done that various times, and it has the opposite effect of what I'd like:
- Commenting boosts the post for people who sort based on comments or activity.
- From what I have observed, when a post has one comment, it is more likely to receive more votes as well. If it has more than one comment, it will receive more votes. This, to me, bizarre voting behavior is something worthy of a meta discussion in itself. But from what I gather, people seem to think that it indicates discussion. Making them think that there must be something worthwhile about the post. This obviously doesn't apply when it's just the OP sharing a quote and me raising a concern.
- Sometimes I am not entirely sure and would like to have someone with more insights behind the screens take a look at it. If I commented my suspicions while being wrong, that would suck for everyone involved.
Basically for the first two points I am not sure what a good solution would be. I am not advocating for a downvote ability, though something would be nice.
For the third point, I guess I am saying that I am missing the ability to report a post. With comments, I can use the malice label and write out a report, for posts there is no such thing.27 votes -
Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking New York Times staff
19 votes -
Why am I the only person that loves the movie Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band? It's got Beatles music, critique of capitalism, and literal Heartland values.
7 votes -
Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
And Sao Paulo completes the triple-header!
What a weekend. What a day. What a race! Rain, amiright? Gotta be the most expensive weekend all year, in terms of destruction.
Congrats to Ocon, Gasly, and all of Alpine! P2 & P3, respectively. No one would've predicted that.
As an RB fan, it's great to see Max back at P1 and extending his championship lead over Norris! The gap has increased to 62pts. Amazing drive, starting at P17 and finishing P1. Plus he kept banging out fastest lap after fastest lap at the front, even with the rain and wet track. Yeah he got lucky with the safety car and red flag, but even before that, he was on form.
On the other side of the garage...Checo, WTH. Can't even pass your junior team's rookie driver? And then letting Hamilton through, as well? I'll just leave it at that.
Props to all the mechanics and engineers for having to fix and rebuild all those cars that got destroyed in Qualifying this morning. Especially Williams. I think Albon's crash was the most disappointing for me. He was provisionally P2 with 3min left of Q3, and I was stoked that he might actually keep it. But then he spun out into the wall. I actually yelled out "NOOOOOOO!" when I saw it happen 😭
Lastly, remember that there are potential penalties for Norris and a few others on the aborted start weirdness at the beginning.
3 weeks until the next race; enjoy the break. REMEMBER: Vegas is a SATURDAY NIGHT race in the US. Adjust accordingly to your local time.
Next race:
Las Vegas Grand Prix
Las Vegas Strip Circuit
Saturday, November 24Provisional GRAND PRIX Results -- SPOILER
Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/retired Pts 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 69 2:06:54.430 26 2 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 69 +19.477s 18 3 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 69 +22.532s 15 4 63 George Russell Mercedes 69 +23.265s 12 5 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 69 +30.177s 10 6 4 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes 69 +31.372s 8 7 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB Honda RBPT 69 +42.056s 6 8 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren Mercedes 69 +44.943s 4 9 30 Liam Lawson RB Honda RBPT 69 +50.452s 2 10 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 69 +50.753s 1 11 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 69 +51.531s 0 12 50 Oliver Bearman Haas Ferrari 69 +57.085s 0 13 77 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber Ferrari 69 +63.588s 0 14 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 69 +78.049s 0 15 24 Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber Ferrari 69 +79.649s 0 NC 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 38 DNF 0 NC 43 Franco Colapinto Williams Mercedes 30 DNF 0 NC 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari 30 DNF 0 NC 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 0 DNF 0 NC 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 0 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen, Lap 67
Source: F1.com
SPRINT RACE Results -- SPOILER
Pos No Driver Car Laps Time/retired Pts 1 4 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes 24 29:46.045 8 2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren Mercedes 24 +0.593s 7 3 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 24 +5.656s 6 4 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 24 +6.497s 5 5 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 24 +7.224s 4 6 63 George Russell Mercedes 24 +12.475s 3 7 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 24 +18.161s 2 8 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 24 +18.717s 1 9 30 Liam Lawson RB Honda RBPT 24 +20.773s 0 10 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 24 +24.606s 0 11 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 24 +29.764s 0 12 43 Franco Colapinto Williams Mercedes 24 +33.233s 0 13 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 24 +34.128s 0 14 50 Oliver Bearman Haas Ferrari 24 +35.507s 0 15 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB Honda RBPT 24 +41.374s 0 16 77 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber Ferrari 24 +43.231s 0 17 24 Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber Ferrari 24 +54.139s 0 18 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 24 +56.537s 0 19 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 24 +57.983s 0 NC 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari 19 DNF 0 Source: F1.com
14 votes -
Apex Legends dev team update: Linux and anti-cheat
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November 2024 Backlog Burner: Week 1 Discussion
The blaze has officially ignited! The November 2024 Backlog Burner is officially live. Use this topic to post about the games that you play. Quicklink: Backlog Bingo Etiquette: It is fine to make...
The blaze has officially ignited!
The November 2024 Backlog Burner is officially live. Use this topic to post about the games that you play.
Quicklink: Backlog Bingo
Etiquette:
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It is fine to make multiple top-level posts throughout the week.
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It is also fine to respond to your own posts.
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If you are playing Backlog Bingo, you can share your table either by markdown or through screenshots.
Gameplay guidelines:
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Goals for this event (if any) are entirely individual and self-determined.
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Playing Bingo is optional and not required.
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You do NOT need to finish games unless you want to. The point is to try out games and have fun, not force ourselves to play things we're not interested in.
Backlog Burner FAQ
What exactly is the Backlog Burner?
Your "backlog" is all those games you've been meaning to play or get around to, but never have yet. This event is an attempt to get us to collectively dig into that treasure trove of experiences, scratch some long-standing itches, and knock a few titles off our to-play lists.
It runs every May and November. New discussion topics will go up once a week during those months.
You do not need to sign up in advance -- the topics are open to all. If you would like to be included in the notification list, comment in this topic to be added.
How do I participate?
- Choose some games from your backlog and play them.
- Then tell us about your experiences in the discussion thread for the week.
That's it!
Optionally: you can play Backlog Bingo which is a fun way of cutting down the choices you have to make and playing games you might not have normally selected on your own.
Do I need to finish the games that I play?
Nope! Not at all.
There aren't really any requirements for the event so much as this is an incentive to get us to play games we've been avoiding starting up, for whatever reason. Play as much or as little as you like of a given game.
Try out dozens for ten minutes each or dive into one for 40 hours. There's no wrong way to participate!
Can I make multiple posts in the same topic?
Yes! Each discussion thread stays live for a full week, so feel free to make multiple comments in the topic as you play different games. This isn't considered
noise
-- it's considered valuable participation in the event!
Backlog Bingo FAQ
Important: All data for your Backlog Bingo card is stored on your device, not the server. Clearing your browser data will irrecoverably delete your card.
I'm a returning player. How do I reset my previous card?
If you've already created a card and wish to start over, click the
Edit Rules
button in the header to access your card settings. Then click theReset
button, and confirm the prompt. This will irrevocably delete your present card, allowing you to start fresh.Where is my data stored?
All data is stored by your browser in local storage. There are no accounts, and nothing is sent to the server, so it's privacy-friendly by design. This does mean that you are responsible for not deleting any browser data on
wescook.ca
, either manually or through automatic cleanups performed on browser close.Backlog Bingo is open-source, and licensed permissively under MIT.
What is the difference between the "Standard" and "Golf" modes?
In Standard Mode, each square on the bingo card corresponds with one single game. Duplicate games cannot be entered into different squares. A winning card would have a row of five different games that each filled in one square.
In Golf Mode, duplicates are not only allowed -- they are encouraged! The purpose of Golf mode is to try to find a single game that will fill multiple categories at the same time. For example: Stardew Valley might fulfill
You got it on sale
,A solo-dev project
, andHas romanceable characters
all at the same time. A winning card would have all twenty five squares filled, but possibly only six or seven different games.What is the star space in the middle?
That is the "wildcard" or "free space."
In Standard Mode, there are no requirements to fill it. You can choose any game you want! Anything goes!
In Golf Mode, it does not need to be filled. Because Golf is all about stacking up categories on a single game, any game used in Golf would fill it automatically, meaning it has no real function. As such, the square will be pre-filled for you if you play in Golf mode.
Can I create custom bingo categories for this, or other events?
Absolutely! The Backlog Bingo app reads in simple JSON files which define the available categories. We've created a couple prebuilt lists for this event, but you're free to tweak our categories, or create completely new ones. You could even use them for books, anime, movies, recipes -- anything!
If you are interested in learning more, you can find documentation on the wiki, and use an example JSON category file. You can also ask for help in the topic!
12 votes -
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Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses his defense minister
16 votes -
We can have a different web
41 votes