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19 votes
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Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence—experts want it to stop
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The University of Michigan doubled down on D.E.I. What went wrong? (gifted link)
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The Electric State | Official teaser
2 votes -
West’s spy chiefs alarmed at recklessness of Russian counterparts
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Meta fires staff for abusing $25 meal credits
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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?
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The XVIII best films about the Romans – ranked
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Weekly Middle East war megathread - week of October 14
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Middle East 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 Middle East 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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Three years in the wild: how a fugitive father has hidden his children for so long
11 votes -
We spoke with the last person standing in the floppy disk business
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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.
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Race Science Inc. | Undercover in The Human Diversity Foundation, the million-dollar race science company
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Myrient - Reenvisioning video game preservation
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Grande Mahogany – Super Rocker (2024)
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My solar-powered and self-hosted website
6 votes -
Winamp deletes GitHub repository after a rocky few weeks
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What is the key 'gameplay loop' in a MUD game?
I'm currently building a basic MUD as a (very productive so far) learning exercise. Obviously MUDs have the same mix of appeals as other RPGs do: exploration, progression, combat, PvP, online...
I'm currently building a basic MUD as a (very productive so far) learning exercise.
Obviously MUDs have the same mix of appeals as other RPGs do: exploration, progression, combat, PvP, online community etc.. But what in your experience is the key mechanic the game needs to nail to keep you coming back? When a MUD clicks with you, what itch is it scratching?
All examples welcome, even those that are not MUDs but may be applicable to MUDs.
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Stephen King’s ‘Fairy Tale’ getting ten episode series adaptation from A24
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to lose $150 million to $200 million in theatrical run after bombing at box office
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Reflections on Palantir
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Switching to Linux, looking for distro recommendations
Overview When I swapped the motherboard on my computer, I lost my Windows license and Microsoft support was useless. So I am switching my desktop over to Linux. I am planning on setting up dual...
Overview
When I swapped the motherboard on my computer, I lost my Windows license and Microsoft support was useless. So I am switching my desktop over to Linux. I am planning on setting up dual boot, so that I still have Windows 10 with the watermark for certain use cases, but hoping I can run primarily Linux.
Previous Linux Experience
I have swapped an old laptop to Linux (elementaryOS) before and was able to have it do the simple tasks I required of that computer. I also have an old desktop running proxmox, with various VMs, primarily a NAS running openmediavault. Also, I took a college class on Linux system admin, which focused on various tasks on ubuntu. So overall, I am pretty familiar with Debian-based Linux and doing stuff in the terminal, but I would prefer to not have to use the terminal often.
Workload
So I use my computer for fairly normal use cases that should not be too problematic for Linux. Things I plan to do are:
- Non-competitive gaming (Minecraft, Civilization V and VI, occassionally single player FPS games)
- Video editing via DaVinci Resolve
- General web browsing
- Libre Office is what I plan to switch to from MS Office
Plans for testing
I am going to setup a VM on my hypervisor to try out the basic interface of each distro, and try basic tasks. Testing will probably not involve running the heavier applications such as DaVinci Resolve or games. However, I will look into the install process of some of these. For games, I am just going to rely on the work Steam has done for Linux gaming recently.
Things I am looking for in a distro
The things I want in a distro are:
- Debian based preferable, but am considering others
- Simple tasks can be done graphically, instead of via terminal
- Upgrade in place is preferable (I believe similar to how ubuntu now allows for upgrades to the next LTS does not require a reinstall)
- Similar UI to Windows 10 is preferable
Planned distros to test
Distros I wanted to try before posting
- popOS
- Mint
Distros I am considering testing after being recommended them:
- Arch
- Fedora
35 votes -
A columnist makes sense of Wall Street like none other (see footnote)
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Big changes are coming to ArchiveBox!
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How do you keep your home smelling nice?
Assume cleaning is done on a regular basis. My apartment has a subtle "scent" from, what I assume to be, the vinyl flooring wax. I'd like that to not be the smell visitors first experience. I'm...
Assume cleaning is done on a regular basis. My apartment has a subtle "scent" from, what I assume to be, the vinyl flooring wax. I'd like that to not be the smell visitors first experience.
I'm considering an air purifier/diffuser, but don't know if they're effective.
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What are your ten favourite movies of all time?
What are your ten favourite movies? My daughter asked me this the other day - we were watching Cabin in the Woods, which is one of my favourites, and I said that it was a top ten movie for me, and...
What are your ten favourite movies? My daughter asked me this the other day - we were watching Cabin in the Woods, which is one of my favourites, and I said that it was a top ten movie for me, and she asked me about the others. Now I want to hear yours!
50 votes -
Game Freak acknowledges massive Pokémon data breach, as employee info appears online
14 votes -
Fears over looming water shutdown in Johannesburg South Africa
2 votes