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    1. TV Tuesdays Free Talk

      ~tv Ask (survey)
      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.

      4 votes

    2. Question regarding these songs and autotune

      ~music Ask
      I've always been kinda partial to Meghan Trainor. Just in the sense that sometimes I will once in a blue moon listen to All About That Bass. I heard she released a new song (Still Don't Care). I...

      I've always been kinda partial to Meghan Trainor. Just in the sense that sometimes I will once in a blue moon listen to All About That Bass. I heard she released a new song (Still Don't Care).

      I want to like that song but something about it feels off.

      If I listen to All About that Bass, I figured it's been modified in post-production with whatever artists use to make themselves sound a bit better, but when I listen to Still Don't Care, it feels like the amount of auto-tune being used is substantially higher. Like it sounds like more fluff or fake or something. But I am also by no means a singer or someone who has any idea what goes into making a song so maybe I am completely off.

      Am I imagining that Still Don't Care is using auto-tune to a higher extent?

      8 votes

    3. Markdown/inline links don't work unless URL starts with http(s)

      ~tildes Text 124 words
      I figured I can't have been the first to notice this but I can't find any specific mention, and it still trips me up every so often. If I want to link to Tildes, I can type http://tildes.net,...

      I figured I can't have been the first to notice this but I can't find any specific mention, and it still trips me up every so often.

      If I want to link to Tildes, I can type
      http://tildes.net,
      https://tildes.net, or
      www.tildes.net,

      and they format automatically. Simply tildes.net (or blog.tildes.net) doesn't automatically turn into a link, which makes sense.

      However, if I do inline links, only the first two will work:

      Tildes (http), and
      Tildes (https).

      Tildes (www) results in Error 422 (Unprocessable Entity), topic_id36: String does not match expected pattern.
      Tildes and Tildes (blog) do the same.

      I saw the link canonicalization issue on GitLab but I don't know if this would fall under that.

      20 votes

    6. How do you design your campaigns?

      ~games.tabletop Ask
      Let me define a campaign as an episodic story with a clear hook, rising action (or actions), climax, and ending. It would ideally be a story that goes for multiple (at least 4 or 5) play sessions...

      Let me define a campaign as an episodic story with a clear hook, rising action (or actions), climax, and ending. It would ideally be a story that goes for multiple (at least 4 or 5) play sessions so as to distinguish it from a one shot.

      How do you, as a DM, develop and run these?

      Over the years in my group we've all taken turns running campaigns, one shots, sessions, etc and what's always fascinated me most is how everyone's planning style is so different. Some get into ridiculous detail, while others (guilty...) tend to improv.

      19 votes

    16. Winter boot recommendations for women

      ~life.style Ask (recommendations)
      Not really sure where this fits in terms of topic. My wife and I live in Minnesota, and we can get some gnarly snow and cold weather. This year she had repeatedly expressed desire for a high...

      Not really sure where this fits in terms of topic.

      My wife and I live in Minnesota, and we can get some gnarly snow and cold weather. This year she had repeatedly expressed desire for a high quality, durable boot for the winter.

      I've seen various recommendations but honestly most of them feel astroturfed.

      Does anyone here have a good suggestion on a boot that will last, be high quality, and keep her warm in the winters in deep snow?

      30 votes

    26. Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion

      ~sports.motorsports Ask
      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
      Yas Marina Circuit
      December 5-7, 2025

      Qualifying Results -- SPOILER
      Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
      1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:22.877 1:22.752 1:22.207 18
      2 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:23.178 1:22.804 1:22.408 17
      3 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:22.605 1:23.021 1:22.437 17
      4 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:23.247 1:22.730 1:22.645 18
      5 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:23.163 1:22.948 1:22.730 18
      6 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:23.071 1:22.861 1:22.902 18
      7 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 1:23.374 1:22.874 1:22.904 21
      8 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:23.334 1:23.023 1:22.913 18
      9 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:23.373 1:22.997 1:23.072 18
      10 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 1:23.386 1:23.034 DNF 17
      11 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:23.254 1:23.041 11
      12 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:23.187 1:23.042 12
      13 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:23.265 1:23.077 14
      14 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:22.894 1:23.080 12
      15 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:23.316 1:23.097 15
      16 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:23.394 9
      17 23 Alexander Albon Williams 1:23.416 6
      18 27 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 1:23.450 9
      19 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:23.468 9
      20 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:23.890 9

      Source: F1.com

      Grand Prix Results -- SPOILER
      Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Pts.
      1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 58 1:26:07.469 25
      2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 58 +12.594s 18
      3 4 Lando Norris McLaren 58 +16.572s 15
      4 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 58 +23.279s 12
      5 63 George Russell Mercedes 58 +48.563s 10
      6 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 58 +67.562s 8
      7 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 58 +69.876s 6
      8 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 58 +72.670s 4
      9 27 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 58 +79.014s 2
      10 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 58 +79.523s 1
      11 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 58 +81.043s 0
      12 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 58 +81.166s 0
      13 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 58 +82.158s 0
      14 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 58 +83.794s 0
      15 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 58 +84.399s 0
      16 23 Alexander Albon Williams 58 +90.327s 0
      17 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 57 +1 lap 0
      18 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 57 +1 lap 0
      19 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 57 +1 lap 0
      20 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 57 +1 lap 0

      Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc // 1:26.725 on lap 45
      DOTD: Max Verstappen

      Source: F1.com

      2025 Final Drivers Standings -- SPOILER
      Pos. Driver Nationality Team Pts.
      1 Lando Norris GBR McLaren 423
      2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing 421
      3 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren 410
      4 George Russell GBR Mercedes 319
      5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 242
      6 Lewis Hamilton GBR Ferrari 156
      7 Kimi Antonelli ITA Mercedes 150
      8 Alexander Albon THA Williams 73
      9 Carlos Sainz ESP Williams 64
      10 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin 56
      11 Isack Hadjar FRA Racing Bulls 51
      12 Nico Hulkenberg GER Kick Sauber 49
      13 Oliver Bearman GBR Haas F1 Team 42
      14 Liam Lawson NZL Racing Bulls 38
      15 Esteban Ocon FRA Haas F1 Team 38
      16 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin 34
      17 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Red Bull Racing 33
      18 Pierre Gasly FRA Alpine 22
      19 Gabriel Bortoleto BRA Kick Sauber 19
      20 Franco Colapinto ARG Alpine 0
      21 Jack Doohan AUS Alpine 0

      Source: F1.com

      2025 Final Constructors Standings -- SPOILER
      Pos. Team Pts.
      1 McLaren 833
      2 Mercedes 469
      3 Red Bull Racing 451
      4 Ferrari 398
      5 Williams 137
      6 Racing Bulls 92
      7 Aston Martin 89
      8 Haas F1 Team 79
      9 Kick Sauber 70
      10 Alpine 22

      Source: F1.com

      Next race:

      Pre-Season Testing 2026 - Sakhir
      Bahrain International Circuit
      February 11-13 & 18-20, 2026

      Australian Grand Prix
      Albert Park Circuit
      March 5-7, 2026

      See you all next year -- Enjoy the break!

      17 votes

    30. What did you do this week (and weekend)?

      ~talk Ask (survey)
      As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...

      As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!

      7 votes

    32. November 2025 Backlog Burner: Conclusion and Recap

      ~games Text 1087 words
      The November 2025 Backlog Burner event is officially over! Over the month of November, 12 participants moved 155 games out of their backlogs. Congratulations to the following Bingo winners:...

      The November 2025 Backlog Burner event is officially over!

      Over the month of November, 12 participants moved 155 games out of their backlogs.

      Congratulations to the following Bingo winners:

      A big thank you to ALL who participated in the event, whether that was by playing games, joining in conversations, or reading people's posts here.

      As always, it has been an absolute blast doing this with everyone. I truly love this event. Thank you all.

      Use this topic to post your final bingo cards, give recaps of your games, and share any thoughts you have on the event itself.

      See you again for the next Backlog Burner in May 2026!

      Statistics

      • We averaged 12.9 games per person and 36.2 games per week.
      • There were 229 comments posted across 4 topics.
      • Across all 155 game titles with thousands of letters between them, there was only one letter Q (in Titan Quest).
      • We have now passed a cumulative 500 games played since the first Bingo-based Backlog Burner back in November 2023.

      Platforms

      Games were played on at least 16 different platforms.

      • iPad
      • Macbook Pro
      • Nintendo 3DS
      • Nintendo DS
      • Nintendo Switch
      • Nintendo Switch 2
      • Nintendo Wii U
      • PC (Linux)
      • PC (Windows)
      • Playdate
      • PlayStation
      • PlayStation 2
      • PlayStation 4 (PS4 Pro)
      • Steam Deck
      • Steam Deck (RetroDECK)
      • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)

      Highlights

      Nobody sent me any highlights. 😭
      Let's just say this WHOLE event was a highlight! 😁🥰

      Full Game List (alphabetical)

      A

      B

      C

      D

      E

      F

      G

      H

      I

      J

      K

      L

      M

      N

      O

      P

      Q

      R

      S

      T

      U

      V

      W

      X

      Y

      Z

      Full Game List (by week)

      Week 1

      Week 2

      Week 3

      Week 4 + 5ish

      14 votes

    33. Midweek Movie Free Talk

      ~movies Ask
      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.

      7 votes

    37. Fitness Weekly Discussion

      ~health Ask (survey)
      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

    38. [SOLVED] USB hub with a detachable cable?

      ~tech Ask (recommendations)
      My life story before the recipe. Been working on cable managing my desk, and figured that mounting a USB hub behind my monitor would be an easy way to keep some ports in reach without them being...
      My life story before the recipe.

      Been working on cable managing my desk, and figured that mounting a USB hub behind my monitor would be an easy way to keep some ports in reach without them being on my desk.

      I don't need anything fancy, just a couple usb ports. I thought it'd be pretty straightforward to find a cheap hub, that either had a long integrated cable or let me bring my own to route from my monitor to my desktop.

      Boy was I wrong.

      It seems that the vast majority of USB hubs have integrated cables, and those cables are super short. Detachable cables seem to only become common above my budget (~$50), and also include a bunch of features I don't need (charging, networking, display out, etc...).

      "but /u/zoroa, why not just grab the first hub you see, a usb extender, and call it a day?" As far as I understand, USB-C male to USB-C female cables aren't compliant with the USB standard and can potentially cause issues. My google-fu isn't good enough to tell whether the same applies to USB-A male to USB-A female cables, so I'm just assuming that they are also non-compliant.

      I'm looking for a USB hub that:

      • Has at least 4 usb ports
      • The USB ports are all along the same edge of the device. (For easy access even when the hub is behind my monitor)
      • Can be bus-powered (i.e. doesn't need to be plugged into an outlet)
      • Has a detachable cable for the connection from the hub to my computer

      It'd also be nice if it:

      • Was USB 3.0
      • Cost less than $50 USD
      • Had a mix of USB-A and USB-C
      • Didn't look ugly

      I've spent a couple hours looking, and the only hub I've found that hits my hard requirements the 4 port and 7 port variants of a hub from StarTech.com . I was curious if anyone was aware of anything better in this price range, before I just pull the trigger.

      17 votes

    40. Formula 1 2025 Final Race Predictions?

      ~sports.motorsports Ask
      Happy Friday -- It's the final race weekend of the 2025 season. McLaren captured the WCC races ago, but the WDC is still up for grabs between Oscar Piastri (392pts), Lando Norris (408pts), and Max...

      Happy Friday -- It's the final race weekend of the 2025 season. McLaren captured the WCC races ago, but the WDC is still up for grabs between Oscar Piastri (392pts), Lando Norris (408pts), and Max Verstappen (396pts).

      Who do you think will take it home?

      Any other predictions about what will happen in Abu Dhabi? Who will win Formula 1.5 this weekend? Will we get a replay of AD 2021? Will Michael Masi be revealed at the last moment to the Race Director? Will Yuki say "Screw Redbull!" and bin it into Max? Will Max say "Screw Redbull!" and just drive off into the desert sunset? Will Kimi channel his inner Bottas and have a 5-day pit stop? Will Alonso take P1 on Sunday?

      All takes -- serious and unhinged -- welcome.

      13 votes

    42. What have you been listening to this week?

      ~music Ask (survey)
      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

    49. Do you feel like you’ve had many lives so far? Why, why not? Which?

      ~life Ask
      I’ve been mulling over this for the past few weeks. Even though I haven’t drastically changed lives over the course of my lifetime, I still feel like I’ve had eras: As a young adult in the UK and...

      I’ve been mulling over this for the past few weeks.

      Even though I haven’t drastically changed lives over the course of my lifetime, I still feel like I’ve had eras:

      • As a young adult in the UK and around the world, figuring things out
      • As a student in Canada
      • As an employee in another province
      • And now as an independent consultant in Switzerland and France

      Although I still live a comfortable western lifestyle, I do feel these different eras are akin to different lives. 18 year old me wouldn’t guess what 30 or 40 year old me became. Not only professionally but also emotionally and day to day.

      To delineate my eras, I consider career/professional matters but also outlook on life, lessons learnt, relationships, country/city of résidence (or lack thereof).

      Do you have a similar feeling? Why or why not? And what do you consider you life or lives to have been so far?

      32 votes