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99 votes
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Hollywood studios’ WGA strike endgame is to let writers go broke before resuming talks in fall
42 votes -
Cartoon Network Studios to shut down, merge with Warner Bros Animation
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What films did you love in your late teens to mid twenties? What makes a good young adult film?
Is it simply as simple as having young protagonists? I don't think so. On the one hand, I love Remains of the Day but I wouldn't suggest it to younger family members. On the other hand,...
Is it simply as simple as having young protagonists? I don't think so. On the one hand, I love Remains of the Day but I wouldn't suggest it to younger family members. On the other hand, Schindler's List released when I was in college and I loved/suffered through that film.
17 votes -
Share your favorite pie recipes
I'm going to a supper club this Saturday and the theme is pie. Now, I love making me some pie (and subsequently eating it), but I'd like to do something a little different from my normal pie. What...
I'm going to a supper club this Saturday and the theme is pie. Now, I love making me some pie (and subsequently eating it), but I'd like to do something a little different from my normal pie.
What is your favorite (ideally esoteric) pie recipe? I'm making one sweet, one savory. Gimme your best shot!
18 votes -
Put food on the edge of microwave plate instead of the middle
23 votes -
Are there any plans to publish an official API?
I understand there are no plans to develop an official app, which is understandable to me as that would require a lot of time and resources for a project like this. But it's clear that there are...
I understand there are no plans to develop an official app, which is understandable to me as that would require a lot of time and resources for a project like this.
But it's clear that there are lots of devs eager to chime in and create an app by themselves, just like they did for Reddit. There's even one iOS app already in progress, although it relies on HTML parsing to retrieve the data obviously.
So is there any official stance on this? Why not publish the API and let the community do its magic? Any thoughts?
56 votes -
Shifting trade patterns see Mexico become biggest exporter to US
19 votes -
Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds
45 votes -
Anyone with DIY motorized bike experience? Considering building one!
Hi Tildes! I'm a college student considering adding a gas motor onto my existing bike. I'm in a pretty hilly city, so biking around for groceries is kinda annoying... plus I wanna just zoom around...
Hi Tildes!
I'm a college student considering adding a gas motor onto my existing bike. I'm in a pretty hilly city, so biking around for groceries is kinda annoying... plus I wanna just zoom around some trails in my free time.
Currently, I'm looking at one of the 49cc 4 stroke engine kits all over Amazon/Ebay, since I heard that 4 stroke motors are supposedly quieter and more reliable than 2 strokes. I don't care about speed... in fact, I don't want to be going over 30mph on a bike. 49cc also makes this thing street legal in my state.
I did consider doing an e-bike conversion as well, but those are much more expensive... a 4 stroke kit is ~$160, while any reputable e-bike battery alone is more than that. These things don't burn much gasoline either, getting 100-150 mpg! I'd have to ride thousands of miles before the fuel cost exceeds an e-bike battery.
So, any advice would be appreciated! Also, I'd be willing to spend ~300 on this if there is a compelling reason to get a better motor than the generic Ebay one. If you have motor suggestions, please link them!
Thanks,
purpuraRana13 votes -
What is your favorite TV show that you rewatch often?
Almost everyone has one, a TV show that they love so much that they rewatch it every once in a while. For me, it has to be Band of Brothers. In my humble opinion this is the very best miniseries...
Almost everyone has one, a TV show that they love so much that they rewatch it every once in a while. For me, it has to be Band of Brothers. In my humble opinion this is the very best miniseries mankind has ever produced. I love every scene of every episode and by now I know the entire show by memory. I still rewatch it once a year. People call me insane and don't understand why and to be honest neither do I. Whenever I come across a post about this show or hear a piece of the music I just have to watch it again.
I was 13 when the show first aired on TV and I watched it every week with my father. We're both WW2 buffs and consume every piece of media that has anything to do with it. Band of Brothers was right up our alley. Not only have I watched the show more times than I can keep track of, I also read all the books written by the men of Easy Company just to learn more and find out about what the show got wrong. The show has some errors but I still love it.
Enough about me, what is your favorite show to rewatch? How often do you rewatch it? What triggers your need to rewatch it? :)
Edit: thanks for all the cool replies guys. It's my first day on Tildes and I'm really liking it here so far. I just want to reply to everyone but the site is telling me to slow down!
94 votes -
Lalo Schifrin wrote an amazing Mission Impossible theme song
9 votes -
Can probiotics protect corals from problems like bleaching?
8 votes -
Permanent archival formats. Do they exist?
Recently, I've been thinking pretty hard about how to archive data. Optical media is out, due to my (possibly irrational?) fear of disc rot. HDDs just break with extended use, SSDs have been known...
Recently, I've been thinking pretty hard about how to archive data. Optical media is out, due to my (possibly irrational?) fear of disc rot. HDDs just break with extended use, SSDs have been known to die with either overuse or just existing for an extended period of time. What's left?
I have heard of tape (of some kind) being used for backup in some bigger operations, but with my experieces with VHS, and to a lesser extent, cassettes, they seem to be very susceptible to mould.
Any suggestions?
30 votes -
NITO sstudy looks at predatory concert ticket resales
7 votes -
Heat waves expose electric car batteries to risk of damage
14 votes -
Why we don’t recommend Ring cameras: They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes
29 votes -
Was asked to create a hole-by-hole tour of a local golf course. They wanted a flyover. I sent them this and they were blown away.
22 votes -
In the Northern Rockies, grizzly bears are on the move. As grizzlies recover, they’re no longer content to roam within the boundaries we’ve contrived for them.
12 votes -
Thoughts on Notes/Blog/Personal Website Directory Structure
:wave: everyone, I've been thinking about where to put non-technical blog posts and what to call them since, so far, I have bookmark/, cheatsheet/, howto/, note/, snippet/ and tutorial/ folders...
:wave: everyone, I've been thinking about where to put non-technical blog posts and what to call them since, so far, I have
bookmark/
,cheatsheet/
,howto/
,note/
,snippet/
andtutorial/
folders already[1].I think those cover most of the things I like writing about and I intend to share, but I also enjoy poetry, analyzing movies, political commentary and writing an essay here and there.
Following from that, I kept
essay/
,poem/
andcommentary/
around for whenever I felt like sharing some of my non-technical writings, but I don't like those folders :smile:. They seem way too granular, more akin to tags than categories, both of which are contained in each file's metadata.Tags, however, don't feel like a "pillar"/category of a Zettelkasten/ramblings/thoughts crate. They're empty at the moment and in
draft/
, so it's the perfect chance to do some re-structuring and avoid the issues I faced when I ditchedblog/category
and chose the current structure.In case you're asking yourself why I didn't put everything in the same folder, as they reflect categories and each
.md
file has category metadata already, it's because the drafts indraft/
became unmanageable (+120). So, in an effort to give myself an easier way to navigate and edit, I decided/folders
were going to reflect the categories that existed. I'm aware it can be that after note #50 or something I have the same problem, and thus it wouldn't have made a difference whether notes were together with tutorials or not. I've decided to deal with that problem when it arises :)I'd be very interested in hearing your thoughts! Would you keep
essay/
,poem/
andcommentary/
or merge them into something else?note/
are short and wouldn't feel right for longer ramblings. I am not a big fan ofwritings/
as everything is a "writing",prose/
also doesn't quite fit and so far the only one I've sort of liked isreflection/
since essays, poems, and comments on happenings are the result of reflecting./rant over, I know, I'm overthinking it. Let those not guilty throw the first stone :)
[1] I've removed quite a bit of the irrelevant stuff but kept what I believe is relevant, but feel free to ask away in case something necessary is missing.
. ├── bookmark/ │ └── sample.md ├── cheatsheet/ │ ├── sample.md │ └── sample.md-data ├── commentary/ ├── draft/ │ ├── bookmark/ │ │ └── sample.md │ ├── cheatsheet/ │ │ └── sample.md │ └── ... ├── essay/ ├── extra/ │ ├── archive/ │ ├── blob/ │ └── robots.txt ├── howto/ │ └── sample.md ├── note/ │ └── sample.md ├── poem ├── private/ │ └── sample.md ├── snippet/ │ └── sample.md └── tutorial/ ├── sample.md └── sample.md-data/ ├── sample.png └── ...
10 votes -
Microsoft’s Activision deal could face ‘new merger investigation,’ UK regulator warns
20 votes -
Social movements and trade unions in Peru are holding a third massive march on the capital, Lima on July 19
13 votes -
UK House of Lords votes to modify proposed legislation to target 'harmful' algorithms
9 votes -
One of the happiest moments in Tigers history needs a deep rewind | Detroit v Oakland 2006 ALCS
11 votes -
AMC Theatres says more than 20,000 moviegoers have already booked ‘Barbie’-‘Oppenheimer’ double features
36 votes -
How to read House of Leaves
I'm wondering how to read this book. I'm about 2 chapters in, and I've read all of these footnotes/references to other material at the bottom of the page. So far, they basically mean nothing to...
I'm wondering how to read this book. I'm about 2 chapters in, and I've read all of these footnotes/references to other material at the bottom of the page. So far, they basically mean nothing to me, and I think it was implied during the introduction that some of the footnotes are real and some of them are fake? Do they reference other parts of the book? Am I supposed to be flipping somewhere else in the book every time a footnote refences something? Or should I be going outside of the book to hunt down the references to read those? Is it worth it to try that if some are fake and some are real? Is there a wrong way to read this book? Can those footnotes/references be ignored sometimes or most of the time? Am I overthinking this and I should just keep reading normally without thinking about the footnotes?
30 votes -
Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the USA grows more polarized
51 votes -
Thunderbird 115 “Supernova” is here
19 votes -
Apple Vision Pro headsets will require a head scan and vision prescription to customize the headset for each user
29 votes -
The ground is deforming, and buildings aren't ready. First study to quantify effects of subsurface climate change on civil infrastructure
23 votes -
GUNSHIP - Monster in Paradise (2023)
18 votes -
How UnitedHealth’s US acquisition of a popular Medicare Advantage algorithm sparked internal dissent over denied care
14 votes -
Coping with non-free Debian
13 votes -
Hollywood CEOs and industry insiders seek Federal mediation to help avert SAG-AFTRA strike
29 votes -
How do you manage your time? What tools do you use and what philosophies do you follow?
Apologies for the vague title, but the topic itself is really open, and I was having trouble cutting down on its scope. Here’s some background: Recently, I’ve been going through several...
Apologies for the vague title, but the topic itself is really open, and I was having trouble cutting down on its scope.
Here’s some background: Recently, I’ve been going through several transitions in life: moving and switching jobs somehow were not the most stressful among them. During this period I’ve been trying to keep all of the various tasks, events, reminders, alarms, etc. organized for myself. This process of organizing my time has been extremely overwhelming for me. I’ve been trying to take it one step at a time, only adding tasks as they come up. This still has lead to my problem of figuring out whether or not an event should be added to my calendar, or a task added to my todo list, or even an alarm added to my phone. If I add everything, then it becomes tough to see what is important, and if I don’t then I risk not remembering one of them.
My question is kind of two fold: what tools do you use to keep track of your day/tasks/events, and what philosophy do you have regarding adding or omitting items?
For me right now, I am using google calendar to keep track of major events and birthdays, and for everything else I use a physical notepad. In my calendar, I have birthdays and any event that has a time set in stone. This lets me see whether or not I am actually free when I’m invited to things or asked if I can help someone out.
For everything else, I use my notepad and attempt to keep track of anything that could be considered a task. At the end of each day I try to organize my list of tasks based on how immediately they need to be completed or how important they are to complete.
My system has two pitfalls: occasionally I over extend myself, because an event (stored on my calendar) will coincide with a day where many of my tasks (stored in my notepad) are due. For example, I had a day where I worked in the office (9 hours plus commute), had another event (4 hours plus commute), 1 task that took me two hours, 3 different tasks (each one ending up taking over an hour), and several other tasks that I didn’t even get to before falling asleep.
What tools/systems/philosophies do you use? And semi-related, how does one keep from falling into the trap of spending more time planning than actually living?
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Horse riding: Any equine fans?
I've recently (around a year ago) taken up horse riding as a hobby. Although, at this point it's crossing the boundary into sport, I still think there's plenty of hobby to discuss. Have you ridden...
I've recently (around a year ago) taken up horse riding as a hobby.
Although, at this point it's crossing the boundary into sport, I still think there's plenty of hobby to discuss.Have you ridden before? If so how long? If not what's stopping you?
Do you have horses or ponies? Please share!11 votes -
Daniel Ricciardo to make shock AlphaTauri F1 return, Nyck De Vries out
42 votes -
How do you parent boys?
I would be interested in tips, thoughts, and experiences folks have had with raising sons. I work in healthcare (in finance) and am acutely aware that most of my colleagues are women, as were most...
I would be interested in tips, thoughts, and experiences folks have had with raising sons. I work in healthcare (in finance) and am acutely aware that most of my colleagues are women, as were most of my teachers, and class mates in college. With this in mind, it seems that the feminine side of raising sons is well represented. I've been reading and soul searching about good practices for the father of a son but would welcome all perspectives. Another interesting aspect is that I've found many parenting books to be focused on mothers rather than fathers. The few I've found that are focused tend to be religious/ Christian. Nothing wrong with that but would like to hear the collected wisdom here. To be clear I am hoping to get specific thoughts and actions rather than a broad topic with concepts and ideals.
58 votes -
Godzilla Minus One | Official teaser
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What variant rules/house rules do you use in your Warhammer fantasy roleplay 4e game?
I'm currently reading over and learning Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e I'm moving more and more away from D&D and Pathfinder games towards others due to different mechanics, fantastic design, etc....
I'm currently reading over and learning Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e I'm moving more and more away from D&D and Pathfinder games towards others due to different mechanics, fantastic design, etc.
I've seen much conversation about WFRP 4e online and how it's not as good as 2e, or too complex, or other arguments. I'm not looking to start edition warring, but how many of these arguments still hold true in 2023 with the newer rules from Up in Arms and Winds of Magic?
If there are complexities/gaps in 4e, what variant rules, house rules, or homebrew are you using to fix those things or fill them out?
9 votes -
Graphics glitch on new install of Ubuntu
So I have an old MacBook Pro (mid-2014) Core i5 which I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 on. Most things are working fine but the screen randomly flickers and then goes black and then after...
So I have an old MacBook Pro (mid-2014) Core i5 which I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 on. Most things are working fine but the screen randomly flickers and then goes black and then after varying lengths of time will pop back on again. I've been googling around and found lots of instances of similar graphics glitches but can't quite find a solution.
Any suggestions?
7 votes -
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals reviews are coming in, looking decent so far (72% recommend)
10 votes -
European Commission adopts new adequacy decision for safe and trusted EU-US data flows
15 votes -
Nonprofit trust buying Press Herald, other Maine newspapers in landmark deal
22 votes -
Mikala Jones, surfer who captured action inside waves, dies in surfing accident in Indonesia
12 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!
24 votes -
What pedals are y'all rockin?
Alright, first post. Let's do it. I have seen this post from 3 years ago asking about guitar pedals and the like. But that's old, and I wanna start a new discussion post. With that out of the...
Alright, first post. Let's do it.
I have seen this post from 3 years ago asking about guitar pedals and the like. But that's old, and I wanna start a new discussion post. With that out of the way...
What are the pedals y'all rockin? What's your setup? Do you have any pedals currently in your possession or those you are gunning for? Also, if you have any stories about pedals, which ones are your favourites or smth else, I would love to hear! I figure we've already had the discussion about buying your dream guitar so anything about dream pedals are cool too!
17 votes -
Overuse of commas
First I thought to myself, "I seem to use too many commas." Now I'm no writer, but I've noticed that professional writers (and editors) clearly use less commas than I do. For example, here's a...
First I thought to myself, "I seem to use too many commas." Now I'm no writer, but I've noticed that professional writers (and editors) clearly use less commas than I do.
For example, here's a sentence in a book that I'm reading: “As the victim was usually unconscious it was obvious they were totally reliant upon third parties and whatever action they took would determine their fate.”
I thought it was interesting, because I would've put a comma after "unconscious" and a comma before "and."
So, I found this helpful resource on grammar rules: https://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/commas.asp. 4a and 5b in particular were situations where I learned I could get rid of commas.
Still however, in the example sentence above, you'd think to put a comma before the "and" to separate the two clauses. I haven't found an explanation for omitting it, other than some writers are grammatically correct in a stricter sense, and others use commas more stylistically.
Is the use of commas more of an art, if you will, than I thought? How do you use commas personally?
Interested to read others' opinions!
74 votes -
Positive masculinity is overrated
15 votes -
Making the 2000 year old "pizza" from Pompeii
13 votes