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15 votes
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'I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech'
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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!
5 votes -
US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu
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Mexico City and Bogotá stare down a ‘Day Zero’ without water
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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.
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Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu lead Norway Chess 2024 after armageddon wins in round one
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AI can ruin movies now, too - Aliens and True Lies on 4k
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Title announcement
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If you had US$50K and had to purchase a classic car, sports car, and daily driver for your budget dream garage, what vehicles would you pick?
I saw a video by Throttle House with this premise and thought it was a fun one. What three cars or trucks would you want in your budget garage? Let's assume that you can only buy vehicles legal in...
I saw a video by Throttle House with this premise and thought it was a fun one. What three cars or trucks would you want in your budget garage?
Let's assume that you can only buy vehicles legal in your country, but that there are no costs for importing. For instance, it might be illegal to import or drive a car with the steering on the opposite side as normal, so that's out. But you can import a legal car for no additional cost. Prices are today's prices, but if your prices are not in US$ then don't feel obligated to be exact down to the dollar/euro/CHF since exchange rates fluctuate. And to keep things easy, there is no VAT/sales tax.
If you'd prefer to spec out a wishlist for a country you'd like to live in (like Japan or Germany) you may do that instead, but same import rules apply. :)
For instance, my garage might look like:
Daily Driver: Subaru Outback 3.6R (2014) - $17,500 ... I'm not too familiar with the pros and cons of this spec, but this seems like a decent fit for commuting needs, unless I should look at a newer car with a lower trim?
Sports Car: Mazda RX-8 40th Anniv. (2008) - $13,000
Classic Car: Chevy Corvette (1969) - $17,500 ... I'd prefer pop-up headlights, but it says it has under 6K original miles???
Total: ~$48,000
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LA County captures ninety-six billion gallons of water during ‘super year’ of storms
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US FDIC chair says he’ll leave job after toxic workplace report
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Developers Aren't Nerds
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows 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.
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Official trailer
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Les atomes
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3D printing - A beginner's observations and some practical applications
tl;dr: 3D printing won't change your life but it will make your life 1% better in unexpected ways. Last year, I spent a year-long work trip with someone who was very into 3D printing. To be frank,...
tl;dr: 3D printing won't change your life but it will make your life 1% better in unexpected ways.
Last year, I spent a year-long work trip with someone who was very into 3D printing. To be frank, I initially had zero interest in it. From what I understood of 3D printing, it was expensive, required mechanical experience, coding knowledge, and ultimately not worth what you put into it.
Fortunately, my colleague didn't care what I thought about his hobby and bought a cheap printer to keep himself occupied during downtime at work. Originally, it was just something that occasionally made noise in the background. As the days went on, however, more and more doodads began to appear around the office. A cable organizer here, a desk decoration there; nothing earth-shattering.
The thing that really changed my mind, funny enough, was a simple powder scooper. During our trip, we shared a terribly designed creatine bottle with a narrow neck and no scooper. We spent months pouring out white powder by eyesight alone like amateur crackheads and I will never buy this bottle again. My colleague printed out a scooper with a long neck and the problem went away.
That was the key turnaround that changed my mindset - I had a problem; we printed a solution.
I got back from my trip and decided to try it out myself. After some serious deliberation on how committed I was to this, I purchased the Bambu P1S. It’s not the cheapest option for someone just starting and I chose a Bambu printer because a Youtuber argued that your best way to have fun as a beginner was to pick a printer that “just worked.” It was a compelling enough reason for me to shell $900. (no, I’m not sponsored, just telling my story.)
Some of my favorite prints:
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Long Scooper: the one that started it all for me. This scooper saved us a ridiculous amount of time and effort for what it is. It also gets to the heart of what 3D printing is to me - solving your individual problems with simple solutions.
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Pill Organizer: it’s got a lever that spins a wheel around, opening a different chamber for each day of the week. This one really opened my eyes to what is mechanically possible with just basic PLA plastic. People much smarter than me figured out ways to print devices with hinges, springs, and levers all without needing a single extra tool.
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Scour Pad Holder: This is the one that made most people around me go, “huh, that’s pretty neat.” You’re right, it is. No one likes touching a moist scour pad.
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Slide Wallet: I spent $74 on a SECRID cardslide wallet. While I don’t regret that purchase - I used it faithfully for four years ongoing - I did feel a bit foolish when I realized I could 3D print the same mechanism for $1.50.
That’s not to say anything about the decorative / gifting aspect of 3D printing either. I 3D printed a giant Charizard for my friend’s son the size of his head in eight hours.
That said, there is a mechanical learning curve to even the most user-friendly printers. With the Bambu series, I’d say that if you’ve ever built IKEA furniture or a 100+ piece Lego, assembly is pretty straightforward. It’s the troubleshooting that will get you. Even with basic filament and simple projects, I still encountered the nozzle clogging, filament stuck in the pipes, and bed adhesion problems.
This is a hobby that requires you to be willing to experiment and look up solutions. From what I understand, some printer brands are tougher than others so the learning curve will vary depending on your gear. I quickly learned that there’s numerous ways your print will mess up and your project will look like what the community calls the “spaghetti monster.” Unless you’re a born tinkerer, this is probably the most frustrating part of the process. However, accumulating knowledge to diagnose and solve the problem is very rewarding. I learned that the third slot on a Bambu machine is statistically more likely to jam and 0.5 kg spools are more likely to clog than 1.0 kg ones. Turns out that a lithophane needs to be printed vertically and only looks good with a white filament.
Overall, I enjoyed my time with my 3D printer and I don’t regret my purchase at all. It’s a hobby that provides near-instant gratification - you find the thing you want to print - or design it yourself - and boom, it’s sitting on your printer in a couple of hours. While I’m just taking files from the community and printing the .stl file, the skill ceiling is also very high once you add hardware to your projects (e.g. screws, ball bearings, Raspberry Pi). I’m going to continue to learn and I’m excited about where I can take this machine.
Some questions for the community:
- If you have a 3D printer, how deep in the rabbit hole are you? Are you making your own CAD files?
- What’s your favorite print? If you don’t own a printer, what’s a cool 3D print that stands out in your mind?
- What’s a problem in your life where you think you could 3D print a solution?
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Wisconsin pension fund now includes bitcoin
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Kyren Wilson feels Helsinki would be ideal destination for major snooker tournament – invitational event over the weekend saw Finnish baize fans flock to the city
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Surge in India’s renewables set to keep coal’s share below 50% in total installed capacity
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Denmark's economy contracts with drop in pharma production – Danish GDP fell 1.8% in the first quarter
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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of May 20
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Israel-Hamas 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 Israel-Hamas 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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Jesse Eisenberg applies for Polish citizenship
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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
19 votes -
HarbourMasters' 2Ship2Harkanian, PC port of Majora's Mask, released
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"Civil War" discussion thread
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Here's the IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17279496/
A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
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'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement
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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?
17 votes -
How to build 300,000 airplanes in five years
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Kerbal Space Program 2 development history
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War safety - Home assistant config by Denys Dovhan
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Apple's never-released iPod Tetris game discovered on third-generation prototype
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There is an explosive flaw in the plan to rearm Ukraine
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How residents in a rural Alabama county are confronting the lasting harm of segregation academies
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Russia's Kharkiv offensive and leadership purge - Sergej Shoigu's removal, Kharkiv and what next for Ukraine?
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What a wine opener tells us about a wine drinker
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Alexander the Great's untold story: Excavations in northern Greece are revealing the world that shaped the future king
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Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same.
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Studio musicians are still waiting for credit in the streaming era
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In Switzerland, modular mobile ASTRA Bridge lets highway traffic fly over roadwork
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Matt Berry on comedy, career and "What We Do In the Shadows" [2021]
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Synapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed
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Richard M. Sherman dead: 'Mary Poppins' songwriter was 95
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The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely
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Nominate for Movie of the Week in June - Horror movies
Voting closed Let us try some simpler nomination categories, which I hope can bring more immediate responses. Just plain and simple horror movies. I assume you can define that within reason and...
Voting closed
Let us try some simpler nomination categories, which I hope can bring more immediate responses. Just plain and simple horror movies. I assume you can define that within reason and not need hard genre defining rules. We need to pick 4 movies.
Rules
- Be considered a horror movie
- Not one we have done before
- Only one nomination per user
- Please only nominate if you intent to participate
- Upvote the post(s) with a nomination you would like to be picked for discussion next month
- Please state the title of the movie clearly on the first line, and add any additional general comments in the next paragraph to keep voting simple
In case of ties in the number of votes, random.org will decide. Voting closes Sunday.
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Embracer cut ties with more than 4,500 employees and cancelled eighty projects, reducing its headcount by 27% in twelve months
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Failed Graceland sale by a mystery entity highlights attempts to take assets of older or dead people
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Tildes Book Club discussion - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
This is the second of an ongoing series of book discussions here on Tildes. We are discussing Piranesi.
Our next book will be Ursula le Guin the Dispossessed, around the 16th or 17th of May.I don't have a particular format in mind for this discussion, but I will post some prompts and questions as comments to get things started. You're not obligated to respond to them or vote on them though. So feel free to make your own top-level comment for whatever you wish to discuss, questions you have of others, or even just to post a review of the book you have written yourself.
For latecomers, don't worry if you didn't read the book in time for this Discussion topic. You can always join in once you finish it. Tildes Activity sort, and "Collapse old comments" feature should keep the topic going for as long as people are still replying.
And for anyone uninterested in this topic please use the Ignore Topic feature on this so it doesn't keep popping up in your Activity sort, since it's likely to keep doing that while I set this discussion up, and once people start joining in.23 votes -
How to deal with (apparent) loss of love?
I'm not sure if this is the place to discuss, but as a lurker in this community of sensible folks, I'd love reading your stories and opinions on this matter. Let me clarify that this loss of love...
I'm not sure if this is the place to discuss, but as a lurker in this community of sensible folks, I'd love reading your stories and opinions on this matter.
Let me clarify that this loss of love is not due to anyone's death. Perhaps just the same however, since they do not reciprocate your love and warmth anymore, for reasons completely unclear.
The case in point now is this: I'm 25M single and an alone child. I've spent most of my life searching for bondings that nurtured my emotional being. Finding a home for my emotions has been a major theme across different parts of my life. I was lucky enough to be bestowed with a cousin (20F) whom I could meet (at best twice a year, at worst once) and bond over the text otherwise, offering solace and comfort as if from a like-minded sibling. Whenever I needed a sink to pour my love, it was towards her. All was well until I met her yesterday, the meeting for this year (we live continents apart and we know these meetings are limited); I felt I'm distant, and I was invisible on a deeper level to her. Nothing we talked about was related to our well-being as we used to. It was all about the boys in her life, Instagram likes, and other such superficial things. It was as if she didn't know what I care about (I'm not even on IG).
I wasn't sure how to approach this. In general, even with a few friends, I've always had a hard time with an apparent loss of connection. How can you demand love from someone (Rhetorical; one shouldn't)? How should I let them know that the things were better and I want that? I mean nobody can force love. Should I accept (too hard to do) that those bondings have run their course?
Sorry for the emotional dump, and feel free to edit. Thanks for your thoughts.
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Harry Mack freestyles for Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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