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    1. Fitness Weekly Discussion

      What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...

      What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?

      9 votes
    2. Introducing my dad to video games

      As of late, I've decided to introduce my dad to video games. It's his birthday upcoming in a few days, and I'm leaning towards getting an Xbox of some kind. I haven't been in the world of vidya...

      As of late, I've decided to introduce my dad to video games. It's his birthday upcoming in a few days, and I'm leaning towards getting an Xbox of some kind. I haven't been in the world of vidya for quite some time, so I'm hoping to lean on other opinions to make the right decision.

      The main question I have is: if I'm buying used, is it worth it to try and find a Series S/X or would I be fine at entry level with an Xbox One? I figure I'll get GamePass and figure out what sorts of games he'd like to play before investing. I only really have $200 to spend, which puts a Series more or less out of the question. Would an Xbox One be a decent introduction to gaming for someone who doesn't have much of a standard for graphics / gameplay etc.? Also: what games should I add to the library?

      18 votes
    3. Fortnightly Programming Q&A Thread

      General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads. Don't forget to format your code using the triple...

      General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads.

      Don't forget to format your code using the triple backticks or tildes:

      Here is my schema:
      
      ```sql
      CREATE TABLE article_to_warehouse (
        article_id   INTEGER
      , warehouse_id INTEGER
      )
      ;
      ```
      
      How do I add a `UNIQUE` constraint?
      
      2 votes
    4. Is there an updated NixOS guide for first timers?

      I want to finally try NixOS and build a desktop OS from the ground up with sway, iwd, waybar, foot terminal, cmus, etc. I'm not a developer, but I'm a seasoned Linux user. Used Gentoo for years,...

      I want to finally try NixOS and build a desktop OS from the ground up with sway, iwd, waybar, foot terminal, cmus, etc.

      I'm not a developer, but I'm a seasoned Linux user. Used Gentoo for years, Void Linux and now I'm on OpenSUSE TW.

      I'm finding all sorts of guides and it seems confusing. In the past there wasn't any mention of home-manager and flakes, now it seems there are these things. Those are all things I need to care about? Is it all configured in one file?

      9 votes
    5. Fresh Album Fridays: Earl Sweatshirt, Zach Bryan, The Armed and more

      Good morning ~ This is a thread to discuss new album releases that have arrived on our doorstep this week. Feel free to share albums and EPs that have caught your eye and interest! A little later...

      Good morning ~ This is a thread to discuss new album releases that have arrived on our doorstep this week. Feel free to share albums and EPs that have caught your eye and interest!

      A little later in the day this week - was waiting for Drake's scheduled album to drop, which it never did. Inb4!

      Discussion Points

      What are you looking forward to listen to?
      Have you listened to any of these releases?
      What are your thoughts?
      What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past?

      Why Friday?

      Most (but not all) new LPs release on a Friday, as labels want to give the release a full week of sales before entering the charts.

      ~~ Feedback on the format welcome!

      16 votes
    6. Sometimes the pressure from glasses can help with sinus headaches - does anyone else experience this?

      It's Spring here in Australia which means hayfever for me and more frequent usually minor sinus pain. I often wear sunglasses outside but I have 20/20 vision (afaik) so I don't have prescription...

      It's Spring here in Australia which means hayfever for me and more frequent usually minor sinus pain. I often wear sunglasses outside but I have 20/20 vision (afaik) so I don't have prescription glasses. I did get some cheap blue-light glasses a few years ago in case they helped with tiredness/eye strain/sleep hygiene when I was using screens late at night. I recently noticed that wearing them when I have sinus pain helps alleviate the pain a little. I've noticed before that pinching the bridge of my nose can help especially when the pain is bad, so I suppose it makes sense that the glasses do something similar.

      This is my first post, and usually when I'm curious about something I look it up, but I only really found people talking about how glasses can cause headaches when they're ill-fitting. So I thought I'd ask around here to see if anyone else has experienced this or otherwise was interested in the topic. And maybe this will help someone in a similar situation.

      13 votes
    7. How often do you brush your teeth?

      Following yesterday's question about showering, I was really interested in how often everyone brushes their teeth. I know dentists recommend 1-3 times a day, with once being like "you'll be fine...

      Following yesterday's question about showering, I was really interested in how often everyone brushes their teeth. I know dentists recommend 1-3 times a day, with once being like "you'll be fine if you do it properly," and thrice being like "yo, don't brush too hard because you can damage your enamel," but I also know a lot of people do it more than three times a day and I suspect a lot of people do it less than once a day...

      I try to do it twice a day...sometimes I miss my evening brushing because one of our cats sleeps in the bathroom so that she has her own space and if the dog (who wants to eat the cats) is already in the bedroom, sometimes I don't feel like escorting him out first. Not great, but at least I'll get it in the morning. And I do sometimes forget in the morning on weekends, but I try to do it as soon as I realize that I've forgotten, and I try to make sure I don't skip nighttime brushing if I forgot to brush in the morning.

      37 votes
    8. What are some good, non-microtransaction riddled mobile games?

      Let's list some great mobile games. Preferably ones you can pay for once and be done, or free ones that have microtransactions that you don't need to do to just play the game (e.g. Marvel Snap)....

      Let's list some great mobile games. Preferably ones you can pay for once and be done, or free ones that have microtransactions that you don't need to do to just play the game (e.g. Marvel Snap). Leave out pay for power or games that have "charges" to stop you from playing until you buy more or burn time.

      Edit: Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I compiled a list here that is, I believe, mostly Android. If you're looking for iOS only suggestions it looks like Apple Arcade was recommended regularly and also user Recognition101 had a comprehensive list I will refer you to: https://recognition101.github.io/ios-games/

      Here is the Android Games List:
      -Square Enix re-releases
      -Stardew Valley
      -Monster Hunter Stories
      -Disgaea series remakes
      -Vampire Survivors
      -Slay the Spire
      -Shattered Pixel Dungeon
      -Slice and Dice
      -Bloons series
      -Sproggiwood
      -Pysol FC
      -Lexica
      -Mindustry
      -Overboard
      -Old PC Game ports like Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, SW:KOTR 1 & 2
      -Hoplite
      -Simon Tatham's Puzzles
      -Rogue Adventure
      -Cultist Simulator
      -Mini-Metro
      -Wordament
      -Retro Bowl
      -Antiyoy
      -Marvel Snap
      -Star Realms
      -Wingspan
      -Team Fight Tactics
      -Battle for Polytopia
      -Where's My Water?
      -Underhand
      -Badland
      -Eat Me Please
      -Z Origins
      -Yellow
      -Dawncaster
      -Ollie's Arcade
      -Orna
      -Night of the Full Moon
      -A Dark Room
      -The Ensign
      -Universal Paperclips
      -Opus: Rocket of whispers
      -Opus: The day we found Earth
      -TerraGenesis - Space Settlers
      -Sheltered
      -Seedship
      -Framed
      -Plague Inc.
      -Gravity Defied
      -Magic Research
      -Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes
      -Peglin
      -Civilization series
      -Rebel Inc.
      -Boom Beach
      -Professor Layton Series
      -Slay
      -Ritual

      99 votes
    9. What are your favorite soundtracks for films and video games?

      Basically the title. I have seen soundtracks referenced in my searches for ambient music and homework music, but (possibly due to search skills) I didn't find a full discussion focused on this....

      Basically the title. I have seen soundtracks referenced in my searches for ambient music and homework music, but (possibly due to search skills) I didn't find a full discussion focused on this. Thank you.

      35 votes
    10. IndyCar Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca) 2023 Season Finale - Results

      Not sure how many people follow IndyCar, but figured I'd do the same as I've been doing for F1. Honestly, one of the worst races I've ever seen in any series. Which is too bad, because I love Indy...

      Not sure how many people follow IndyCar, but figured I'd do the same as I've been doing for F1.

      Honestly, one of the worst races I've ever seen in any series. Which is too bad, because I love Indy at Laguna Seca. But it was like watching Formula 2 or Formula 3. At Monza. Constant crashing and spins, especially on restarts. I don't know how many times the race got yellow flagged, especially after restarts.

      We know from last week's race at Portland that Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing wrapped up the Drivers Championship in his Honda. So I'll put the season results below.

      Race Results - SPOILER
      Rank Driver Car No. Starts Laps Total time Laps Led Status Points Avg.Speed Pit stop
      1 Scott Dixon 9 11 95 02:17:41.6400 20 Running 51 92.645 4
      2 Scott McLaughlin 3 2 95 02:17:48.9580 - Running 40 92.563 5
      3 Alex Palou 10 5 95 02:17:52.2511 51 Running 38 92.526 2
      4 Will Power 12 7 95 02:17:56.3069 - Running 32 92.480 5
      5 Callum Ilott 77 20 95 02:18:02.7689 - Running 30 92.408 6
      6 Christian Lundgaard 45 3 95 02:18:03.0150 - Running 28 92.405 6
      7 Alexander Rossi 7 15 95 02:18:03.8553 - Running 26 92.396 4
      8 Marcus Armstrong 11 14 95 02:18:08.7710 - Running 24 92.341 4
      9 Pato O'Ward 5 9 95 02:18:10.0307 15 Running 23 92.327 3
      10 Ryan Hunter-Reay 20 25 95 02:18:13.9807 - Running 20 92.283 3
      11 Romain Grosjean 28 8 95 02:18:20.6607 2 Running 20 92.209 3
      12 Sting Ray Robb 51 24 95 02:18:25.6275 - Running 18 92.154 3
      13 Helio Castroneves 06 27 95 02:18:39.9575 - Running 17 91.995 5
      14 Agustin Canapino 78 19 95 02:18:42.8243 - Running 16 91.963 2
      15 Marcus Ericsson 8 18 94 02:18:03.9834 - Running 15 91.422 5
      16 Benjamin Pedersen 55 23 94 02:18:20.0876 - Running 14 91.245 6
      17 Santino Ferrucci 14 17 94 02:18:27.2548 - Running 13 91.166 6
      18 Rinus VeeKay 21 6 93 02:18:17.4950 - Running 12 90.302 5
      19 Felix Rosenqvist 6 1 93 02:18:21.3296 6 Running 13 90.261 5
      20 David Malukas 18 22 93 02:18:28.7683 - Running 10 90.180 5
      21 Josef Newgarden 2 4 91 02:18:28.2840 - Running 9 88.246 10
      22 Devlin DeFrancesco 29 26 91 02:18:50.0001 - Running 8 88.015 6
      23 Colton Herta 26 12 80 02:12:45.1323 1 Contact 8 80.921 6
      24 Juri Vips 30 13 71 02:18:50.0000 - Running 6 68.671 3
      25 Kyle Kirkwood 27 16 65 02:18:43.7580 - Running 5 62.915 3
      26 Tom Blomqvist 60 21 61 01:28:09.5902 - Contact 5 92.912 2
      27 Graham Rahal 15 10 0 00:00:00.6301 - Contact 5 0.000 0

      Source: Indycar.com


      2023 Season Results - SPOILER
      Rank Driver STP TEX LB BAR GPI IND DET R-AM MOH TOR IOW IOW NASH GPI STL POR WRLS Total
      1 Alex Palou 24 36 31 30 53 45 54 51 53 40 25 35 36 26 26 53 38 656
      2 Scott Dixon 36 31 5 26 29 35 32 32 41 33 28 29 30 51 53 36 51 578
      3 Scott McLaughlin 20 28 20 51 14 16 26 24 30 29 40 31 42 24 31 22 40 488
      4 Pato O'Ward 41 41 13 32 41 17 6 35 24 24 35 20 24 35 41 32 23 484
      5 Josef Newgarden 13 53 23 16 26 51 21 40 18 30 53 53 32 5 6 30 9 479
      6 Marcus Ericsson 51 24 35 20 25 44 23 28 5 20 32 23 27 20 20 26 15 438
      7 Will Power 26 14 28 36 18 9 41 18 36 16 32 42 21 28 23 5 32 425
      8 Christian Lundgaard 22 11 16 28 34 11 14 26 32 54 10 17 22 33 13 19 28 390
      9 Alexander Rossi 32 8 8 24 36 37 31 20 20 14 20 15 11 30 33 10 26 375
      10 Colton Herta 10 27 32 16 22 23 19 34 21 35 11 26 9 17 29 17 8 356
      11 Kyle Kirkwood 15 5 54 18 16 5 29 22 13 15 26 19 53 22 15 20 5 352
      12 Felix Rosenqvist 11 7 26 22 31 16 35 10 5 20 17 33 8 5 24 41 13 324
      13 Romain Grosjean 14 17 40 44 19 5 6 5 17 8 19 18 29 12 18 5 20 296
      14 Rinus VeeKay 9 19 5 14 17 32 12 18 15 17 13 12 16 19 19 28 12 277
      15 Graham Rahal 28 6 18 13 21 8 5 19 27 22 5 10 15 44 10 20 5 276
      16 Callum Ilott 30 22 11 17 12 19 5 12 14 12 15 16 18 13 5 15 30 266
      17 David Malukas 21 32 10 11 5 5 7 5 28 10 18 24 5 14 35 25 10 265
      18 Helio Castroneves 7 20 9 9 8 16 11 15 9 9 16 14 19 15 7 16 17 217
      19 Santino Ferrucci 6 9 19 10 7 45 9 14 6 13 5 8 12 7 17 14 13 214
      20 Marcus Armstrong 19 0 24 19 15 0 24 7 22 26 0 0 17 6 0 11 24 214
      21 Agustin Canapino 18 18 6 5 9 5 16 11 7 18 14 5 10 9 8 5 16 180
      22 Devlin DeFrancesco 5 7 14 7 13 17 18 7 16 7 8 9 5 12 11 13 8 177
      23 Sting Ray Robb 14 6 12 5 5 5 8 8 8 11 5 5 13 8 9 7 18 147
      24 Jack Harvey 8 12 17 6 10 12 13 5 12 6 12 11 6 16 0 0 0 146
      25 Conor Daly 16 10 7 5 11 24 15 0 10 0 9 13 0 0 14 0 0 134
      26 Ryan Hunter-Reay 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 13 11 5 7 6 14 10 16 9 20 131
      27 Benjamin Pedersen 5 15 6 8 6 11 10 9 5 5 5 5 7 5 5 8 14 129
      28 Simon Pagenaud 5 13 15 12 5 5 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88
      29 Takuma Sato 0 5 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 23 5 0 0 5 0 0 70
      30 Ed Carpenter 0 17 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 6 0 0 46
      31 Linus Lundqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 12 0 0 35
      32 Tony Kanaan 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
      33 Juri Vips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 18
      34 Tom Blomqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 16
      35 Marco Andretti 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
      36 RC Enerson 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
      37 Katherine Legge 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

      Source: Indycar.com

      The 2024 IndyCar schedule has yet to be released, but should be out by the end of the month.

      9 votes
    11. 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
    12. How frequently do you shower?

      I'm interested to know how often people shower or bathe - but I'd also be interested on your thoughts about other people's frequency. Do you feel strongly about how often one should be cleaning...

      I'm interested to know how often people shower or bathe - but I'd also be interested on your thoughts about other people's frequency. Do you feel strongly about how often one should be cleaning themselves, and what factors go into this? I would certainly hope it's reasonably frequent for warm-climate athletes, for example.

      65 votes