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3 votes
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No Man's Sky update adds the "ByteBeat Device", a full audio-creation application
6 votes -
Day 16: Flawed Frequency Transmission
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/16 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/16
Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code
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python
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6 votes -
Examination of US Fortune 500 companies' 2018 filings shows that many paid a low effective federal tax rate in 2018, including ninety-one that paid no federal taxes at all
9 votes -
DIY vanilla extract is a waste of time and money: It's really an infusion, not an extract, and one that lacks the nuance and complexity of those made by commercial producers
9 votes -
Theo Katzman - (I Don't Wanna Be A) Billionaire (2019)
5 votes -
The Hornsdale Power Reserve and what it means for energy storage
8 votes -
Ars Technica’s ultimate board game gift guide, 2019 edition
13 votes -
Yang qualifies for December Democratic debate
34 votes -
The inevitable decade of Marvel
5 votes -
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
7 votes -
Using PHP 7.4 typed properties
4 votes -
Prime leverage: How Amazon wields power in the technology world
5 votes -
PinePhone: Everything you need to know about the $150 Linux-powered phone
25 votes -
The ending of Joker?
Not sure how spoilers are supposed to work here, but I deleted my other post and put the image in the comment https://i.imgur.com/6EupcC0.png T.W. - is Arthur imagining it in arkham asylum? When...
Not sure how spoilers are supposed to work here, but I deleted my other post and put the image in the comment
https://i.imgur.com/6EupcC0.png
T.W. - is Arthur imagining it in arkham asylum? When asked by the social worker he didn't have much of an answer why he was locked up before.
3 votes -
Path of Exile - Conquerors of the Atlas expansion and challenge league released
4 votes -
The old man and the rising seas
5 votes -
Canadians travelling to or through U.S. should pay close attention to their withering rights: Latest changes to Preclearance Agreement give U.S. officials dangerously extended power on Canadian soil
11 votes -
When does a boyfriend or girlfriend become part of the family?
10 votes -
Is there any way to combine content from both tildes and reddit into one place?
I'd like an app or preferably a website that I can use that will combine both discussion from reddit and tildes into one place. I actually haven't used tildes since April 2019 and the reason is...
I'd like an app or preferably a website that I can use that will combine both discussion from reddit and tildes into one place. I actually haven't used tildes since April 2019 and the reason is because I just straight up forgot about tildes. There just isn't enough content on tildes for me so I find myself spending more of my time on reddit which means I end up forgetting about tildes.
10 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?
13 votes -
The US Navy made Harvey Milk resign for being gay. Now they’re building a ship named after him.
8 votes -
Things I won't work with: The higher states of bromine
10 votes -
Should some of these Republicans start to recuse themselves from the impeachment of Donald Trump?
Just a question. Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and the rest of them saying they already have a vote against removal of Donald before a court appearance. Sorry if this is the wrong sub tilde for...
Just a question. Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and the rest of them saying they already have a vote against removal of Donald before a court appearance.
Sorry if this is the wrong sub tilde for this. It just pisses me off.
"'I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here': Graham predicts Trump impeachment will 'die quickly'" in Senate https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/14/politics/lindsey-graham-trump-impeachment-trial/index.html
17 votes -
The difference between aerodynamic and ballistic reentry
7 votes -
When will the Arctic see its first ice-free summer?
6 votes -
Hand-crafted lanterns made for a festival contest
8 votes -
A new study shows an animal’s lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it’s thirty-eight years
20 votes -
Death Stranding: Hideo Kojima’s latest release is strange, celebrated by critics, and highlights how hard it is for any video game to achieve mainstream legitimacy without a vast budget
5 votes -
"Why do we need to know this when there’s fancy part X that already does Y?"
7 votes -
Keybase cancels further Stellar Lumen cryptocurrency giveaways after giving away 10% of the intended amount, due to abuse
19 votes -
Gary Clark Jr - Travis County Courthouse (2004)
3 votes -
Reply All - The Real Enemy (3-parts)
Part 1: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhd33/152-the-real-enemy-part-1 Part 2: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/94hwe43/153-the-real-enemy-part-2 Part 3:...
Part 1: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhd33/152-the-real-enemy-part-1
Part 2: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/94hwe43/153-the-real-enemy-part-2
Part 3: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/j4hl3vj/154-the-real-enemy-part-3
4 votes -
Every year, revellers gather in a Danish national park to ring in one of the largest Independence Day celebrations outside the US
4 votes -
The story of Salvador’s Banda Didá
4 votes -
How Apple survived the flawgic-filled 2010s, butterflies and all
5 votes -
Feminism comes of age in Finland as female coalition takes the reins – but even there, the battle for equality isn't over
8 votes -
The universal Lego sorter is an AI-powered machine that sorts every type of block
7 votes -
How would medieval kings see today?
11 votes -
NASA approves December 20 Boeing Starliner test flight onboard an Atlas V to International Space Station
10 votes -
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.
7 votes -
Laptop review of Acer A315-42
So I bought this laptop mainly for web browsing, document editing, note taking and programming with perhaps light gaming although that's not something I've tried yet. So, really just for school...
So I bought this laptop mainly for web browsing, document editing, note taking and programming with perhaps light gaming although that's not something I've tried yet. So, really just for school work.
Specifications
Laptop Model : Acer Aspire 3 A315-42
Laptop screen : 1080p IPS (with matte finish?)
CPU : R5 3500U
RAM : 8GB DDR4 (6GB available because of iGPU)
Storage : 256GB SSD NVMe
Wireless : Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377
Wired : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 (According to lspci)
2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, 1x HDMI port, Audio jack, 1x RJ45 Ethernet port
Battery : 36.7WhLinux compatibility
Everything worked out of the box, gotta modify TLP to not kill the touchpad and webcam. The touchpad seems to have a mind of its own when it comes to being detected, It seems to be a kernel bug, unsure what I'll do about it concretely but rebooting a couple of times makes it work. Nothing to install thanks to AMD's open source mesa drivers. Might need a kernel higher than 5.3 because of general Ryzen 3000 issues but I've not tried, it was already higher than that.
Operating system tested
Basically never touched Windows, directly installed Fedora 31 Silverblue.
My Silverblue configuration is :
● ostree://fedora:fedora/31/x86_64/silverblue Version: 31.20191213.0 (2019-12-13T00:42:11Z) BaseCommit: a5829371191d0a3e26d3cced9f075525d2ea73679bd255865fcf320bd2dca22a GPGSignature: Valid signature by 7D22D5867F2A4236474BF7B850CB390B3C3359C4 RemovedBasePackages: gnome-terminal-nautilus gnome-terminal 3.34.2-1.fc31 LayeredPackages: camorama cheese eog fedora-workstation-repositories gedit gnome-calendar gnome-font-viewer gnome-tweaks hw-probe libratbag-ratbagd lm_sensors nano neofetch powertop radeontop sysprof systemd-swap tilix tlp
Kernel : 5.3.15
Gnome : 3.34.1Body and Looks
The screen back has metal, I believe it feels quite sturdy. The rest is reasonable feeling plastic. The material used just loves to imprint grease / fingers which kinda sucks - the keys being the exception thankfully. There was also stickers on the inside which well, are somewhat standard but I thought they were pretty obnoxious so I removed them.
Typing experience
It's nothing amazing but it's good enough. I'm not really knowledgeable on keyboards so that's as much as I can say on it, really.
Performance
Everything feels quite snappy but I don't game at all on this machine so I'm not pushing it too much other than while I'm compiling or doing other things. The temperature does go up to 75°C and the fans get a little loud but it's not that bad. It's mostly the bottom getting hot so it's not something you notice too much while typing. It also cold boots quite fast, in about 10-20seconds I want to say but I've not benchmarked that. It's my first computer with an SSD so there's that.
Battery life
I get about 5hours with tlp installed doing web browsing, some programming occasionally, listening to music on the speakers and chatting. Personally I was kind of expecting more from this considering it's an APU but it seems to be what other people are getting on similar setups so It'll do.
Conclusion
Overall, I'm pretty happy with this laptop considering how I bought it for 575$ on sale. I made this review mostly because I wasn't finding much information about this laptop on Linux and well, I don't know, I guess I felt like it. If you have any questions, ask up!
11 votes -
How releasing 1,500,000 balloons went horribly wrong
8 votes -
Heatwaves on multiple continents linked by jet stream tendency
9 votes -
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare claims to walk an impossible line—it’s a story about torture and imperialism, and yet the writers say it's "not political," and "doesn't have a perspective."
13 votes -
Day 13: Care Package
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/13 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/13
Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code
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.Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace
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8 votes -
Dumbass Home 2.0: Home automation without bullshit
21 votes -
The world wants more Danish TV than Denmark can handle
8 votes -
Minecraft diamond challenge leaves AI creators stumped
7 votes -
Best Illusion of the Year 2019 - Winners announced
18 votes