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    1. Favorite homebrew console applications/games

      What is your favorite homebrew console application/game? A really cool thing I saw recently was someone moved the dsi version of flipnote to a 3ds and connected it to an unofficial server to...

      What is your favorite homebrew console application/game? A really cool thing I saw recently was someone moved the dsi version of flipnote to a 3ds and connected it to an unofficial server to continue using it like when the servers were still online. Another cool thing was DS linux, I never managed to get it working but as part of the install process it removed the health and safety warning screen which is kinda neat.

      8 votes
    2. Programming Challenge: Build an Interpreter

      Hello everyone! It has been a while since last programming challenge, it's time for another one! This week's goal would be to build your own interpreter. Interpreter is program that receives input...

      Hello everyone! It has been a while since last programming challenge, it's time for another one!

      This week's goal would be to build your own interpreter.

      Interpreter is program that receives input and executes it. For example Python is interpreted language, meaning you are actually writing instructions for the interpreter, which does the magic.

      Probably the easiest interpereter to write is Brainfuck interpreter. If someone here doesn't know, Brainfuck is programming language, which contains following instructions: ,.<>[]-+. Other characters are ignored. It has memory in form of array of integers. At the start, pointer that points to one specific memory cell points to cell 0. We can use < to move pointer to left (decrement) and > to move pointer to right (increment). . can be used to print value of cell the pointer is currently pointing to (ascii). , can be used to read one character from stdin and write it to memory. [ is beggining of loop and ] is end of loop. Loops can be nested. Loop is terminated when we reach ] character and current value in memory is equal to 0. - can be used to decrement value in memory by 1 and + can be used to increment value in memory by 1. Here's Hello World:

      ++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+<<<<
      -]>++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++.<<++++++++++++
      +++.>.+++.------.--------.>+.>.
      

      People with nothing to do today can attemp to make an interpreter for the Taxi programming language.

      You can even make your own language! There are no limits for this challenge.

      23 votes
    3. This week's album and EP releases

      Here's a list of a lot of things that came out in this past week, including many which are set to release on Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and I...

      Here's a list of a lot of things that came out in this past week, including many which are set to release on Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and I avoided including things where information was too lacking, so feel free to mention anything that isn't on here that you think is worth mentioning. Beyond that, if you have any thoughts of any of these albums, it would be great to hear them :)

      (oh and don't bully me for the genre tags, a lot of these things have very limited resources available and I couldn't individually listen to everything and determine what fits best, so I'm pulling from third parties and an artist's past work a lot of the time)

      Thanks for the help this week, @Cleb!


      88GLAM - 88GLAM2.5 (Trap Rap)

      Aaron Lewis - State I’m In (Contemporary Country)

      ALL TVVINS - Just To Exist (Alternative Dance, Indie Rock)

      All Your Sisters - Trust Ruins (Industrial Rock, Post-Punk)

      Anderson .Paak - Ventura (Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B)

      Andy Black - The Ghost of Ohio (Pop Rock)

      Astrid - Fall, Stand, Dance (Indie Pop, Pop Rock)

      Band of Skulls - Love Is All You Love (Garage Rock Revival, Alternative Rock)

      Bars Of Gold - Shelters (New Wave, Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore)

      Beat Music - Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! (Jazz-Rock, Electronic)

      Bibio - Ribbons (Folktronica, Hypnagogic Pop)

      Big Business - The Beast You Are (Hard Rock, Heavy Metal)

      Big Search - Slow Fascination (Indie Pop)

      Black Flower - Future Flora (Afro-Jazz, Jazz-Funk)

      Broken Social Scene - Let's Try the After - Vol. 2 (Indie Pop, Indie Rock)

      Bruce Hornsby - Absolute Zero (Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter)

      BTS - Map of the Soul: Persona (K-Pop)

      The Budos Band - V (Jazz-Funk, Heavy Psych, Afrobeat)

      Caskey - Black Sheep 4 (Trap Rap)

      The Chemical Brothers - No Geography (Big Beat, Acid House)

      The Cradle - The Glare of Success (Indie Folk)

      Cris Jacobs - Color Where You Are (Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic Blues)

      Damien Jurado - In the Shape of a Storm (Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter)

      Eli "Paperboy" Reed - 99 Cent Dreams (Soul, Rhythm & Blues)

      Emily Reo - Only You Can See It (Indie Pop)

      Emma Bunton - My Happy Place (Pop Soul)

      Eric Reed - Everybody Gets The Blues (Jazz)

      Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel (Post Punk Revival)

      Glen Hansard - The Wild Willing (Singer/Songwriter, Electronic)

      Gone Cosmic - Sideways In Time (Psychedelic Rock)

      ​iann dior - nothings ever good enough (Emo Rap)

      Intellexual (Nico Segal & Nate Fox of The Social Experiment) - Intellexual (Indie Pop)

      Inter Arma - Sulphur English (Post Metal)

      Jesse Rutherford - GARAGEB& (Alternative R&B, Electropop)

      Jess Ribeiro - Love Hate (Singer/Songwriter)

      John Paul White - The Hurting Kind (Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock)

      Junodream - Terrible Things That Could Happen EP (Indie Rock)

      Khalid - Free Spirit (Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul)

      KSI & Randolph - New Age (UK Hip Hop)

      The Leisure Society - Arrivals & Departures (Chamber pop, Indie pop)

      Lloyd - Black Haze (Pop Rock)

      Lowly - Hifalutin (Indie Pop)

      LSD - Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present… LSD (Psychedelic Pop, Electronic)

      Marshmello & SOB X RBE - Roll the Dice - EP (Pop Rap)

      Melby - VCR (Psychedelic Pop, Indie Pop)

      Melissa Etheridge - The Medicine Show (Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter)

      M Huncho - Utopia (Trap Rap)

      MISSIO - The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man (Electropop)

      MONKEY3 - Sphere (Stoner Rock, Space Rock)

      Mystery Skulls - Back to Life (Electropop)

      Native Harrow - Happier Now (Indie Folk, Folk Pop)

      Norah Jones - Begin Again (Jazz Pop)

      NUMENOREAN - Adore (Atmospheric black metal)

      Odonis Odonis - Reaction EP (Electro-Industrial, Industrial Rock)

      Pixel Grip - Heavy Handed (Synthpop)

      Reese McHenry - No Dados (Garage Rock)

      RiFF RAFF - PiNK PYTHōN (Trap Rap)

      Rory Fresco - True Story (Pop Rap)

      Sara Evans - The Barker Family Band (Country Pop)

      Sebastián Yatra - FANTASÍA (Reggaeton)

      Shovels & Rope - By Blood (Alt. Country)

      Sophie Auster - Next Time (Singer/Songwriter)

      Tellavision - Add Land (Electronic, Pop)

      Theories - Vessel (Grindcore)

      Thomas Henley - Epoque EP (Electronic)

      Through The Noise - Dualism (Nu Metal, Post Hardcore)

      Tom Speight - Collide (Singer Songwriter)

      Walking On Cars - Colours (Pop Rock)

      Yours Truly - Afterglow EP (Progressive Pop)

      Zvi - Deer Pink (Drone Metal, Experimental Rock)

      16 votes
    4. For now.

      Hi everyone. Hello to all the new faces who don't know my name - (or how out of character it is that there are capital letters in this post!) This isn't really for you - or for anyone in...

      Hi everyone.

      Hello to all the new faces who don't know my name - (or how out of character it is that there are capital letters in this post!) This isn't really for you - or for anyone in particular I guess; I just wanted to write something to those who have followed my work on here.

      So, you.

      Howdy.

      It's been a minute.

      I just wanted to give you all a quick update; let you know that I'm safe. I've had a few of you reach out to me since my last post. I hope I didn't scare anybody.

      For those interested - things... aren't all that better now, hahaha. Sorry.

      But the good news is, they're trending up in a really good way.

      I've decided to stop drinking for awhile; I figured that isn't really helping my cause at this point. I'll pick that back up when there's something worth celebrating, when I'm in better company, and when I'm back in control of myself.

      I've started getting a lot more interviews for work; shouldn't be long now until I have a position landed and I'm back to being a functioning adult.

      And uh - I started therapy. Been about a month now. I like my therapist, they're very sweet, very weird in a fun/eclectic kind of way. (My kinda person.) And that's been going well.

      In fact, that's part of this.

      It's not just Tildes I abandoned.

      I've let a lot of very important people to be fall to the wayside lately - total isolation. Tonight, I started calling them back, apologizing, letting them know what was going on. And that's gone well so far.

      Now I'm here doing the same for you.

      I don't know if I'll be back on Tildes all too frequently. There's a lot on here I might just need to let rest.

      So I just wanted to say that I'm here. I love you. I'm sorry. And, bye.

      For now.


      eyes crackle open

      half past three

      stomach on fire and

      my body feels meek

      i stumble out my chair

      and here the creak in my knees

      you're only in your twenties

      and you're living ninety

      .

      my head feels funny

      and i'm tired of the numbing

      and there's too much week

      at the end of my money

      a little bumblebee lost

      wishing for his honey

      beat my head against the hive

      until the world starts buzzing

      and it falls.

      .

      and i

      set

      foot

      down

      on that unpaved road

      step

      forward like an orphan

      on a search for a home

      walk

      forward hand to God

      if he answers my call

      honey (i'll) be

      leaving for now

      hope it won't be long

      .

      soul

      full of gravel and

      a heart made of gold

      imma

      face my music and

      play my song

      send

      me down to hell

      if it rights my wrongs

      honeybee

      i'm leaving for now

      hope it won't be long.

      15 votes
    5. This Week in Election Night, 2020 (Week 3)

      week three brings a deluge of essays and pieces long enough that i'm going to break this week down by the candidate. news today is sorted by candidate, while opinion will remain unsorted for now...

      week three brings a deluge of essays and pieces long enough that i'm going to break this week down by the candidate. news today is sorted by candidate, while opinion will remain unsorted for now since there's not much going on there worth talking about. i've also, for clarity's sake, added a [LONGFORM] note to the longer pieces in this slate for those of you on a time crunch.

      the usual note: common sense should be able to generally dictate what does and does not get posted in this thread. if it's big news or feels like big news, probably make it its own post instead of lobbing it in here. like the other weekly threads, this one is going to try to focus on things that are still discussion worthy, but wouldn't necessarily make good/unique/non-repetitive discussion starters as their own posts.

      Week 1 threadWeek 2 thread


      News

      Bernie Sanders

      • from the Huffington Post: Bernie Sanders Says Felons Should Be Able To Vote While In Prison. bernie sanders called for the end of felony disenfranchisement over the week, which is a thing that almost all states do currently in some form. iowa in particular has possibly the most severe such law, something that the republican governor kim reynolds has been (unsuccessfully) trying to change, making it a fairly large issue there. this currently is not a litmus test for the Democratic Party, but don't expect it to go away, because the ACLU is pushing for candidates to adopt it as a plank.

      • from Jacobin: Votes For All. for a leftist take on the above, Jacobin has you covered. this article mostly focuses on the historical push by socialist and socialist-adjacent movements in america to do away with felony disenfranchisement and achieve universal suffrage, and sanders in that broader context.

      • from Slate: The Favorite: Can Bernie Sanders finally start acting like the one thing he’s never been?. slate mostly focuses on sanders's curious status as a genuine goliath in this race here, in contrast to the underdog status which has characterized basically the entirety of his political career previously. in many respects, this is unprecedented territory for sanders, and it is a genuine question whether he'll be able to adapt to that fact (or if he'll need to at all).

      • from TIME: Sen. Bernie Sanders Unveils New 'Medicare for All' Plan With Support From Some 2020 Rivals. policy wise, sanders unveiled his idea of what medicare for all looks like. this appears to have the support of gillibrand, warren, booker, and harris, who signed on to it (although they've also signed on to less things like a public option), so at least for now, you could probably say it's the leading healthcare reform option on the table.

      Pete Buttigieg

      Kamala Harris

      • from The Atlantic: [LONGFORM] Kamala Harris Takes Her Shot. this is a pretty comprehensive piece on harris, who made a big splash early but is now mostly trying to tread water without losing further ground to bernie and biden or giving up position to warren, buttigieg, or o'rourke. it's humanizing, but it also covers a lot of the criticisms and contradictions of harris's political history, and some of the nagging questions surrounding her political positions as she bids for the white house. if you're curious about or unfamiliar of what some of those criticisms people often launch at her are, this piece is probably for you.

      • from Buzzfeed News: Kamala Harris Wants Her Teacher Pay Raise Proposal To Bring Young Black Americans To The Profession — And To Her Campaign. as far as policy, harris has been staking her wagon to teachers in the form of pay raises. those of you who pay attention to the news might have heard her bring this up previously, as it's been an early feature of her campaign so far. it'll be interesting to see if other people take up the beat if she finds success with this issue--so far nobody really has, explicitly speaking, which might be because it's gotten relatively little attention.

      Everybody else


      Opinion/Ideology-driven

      • from In These Times: The Case for Using Ranked Choice Voting in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primaries. this article makes the case for the primaries using ranked choice voting which, to be honest, would probably really help when there are literally going to be like sixteen people in iowa next year (especially given the fact that the democratic party has a 15% popular vote threshold for attaining any delegates in a state). this will definitely not happen this year, but maybe we'll see movement in the future toward something like RCV being used.

      • from The Week: The Democratic Party Is Not Going Nuts. It's Coming to Its Senses.. this piece by The Week puts foward the argument that the lurch to the left by the Democratic Party isn't some sort of weird mirroring of the lurch to the right in the GOP, but rather the Democratic Party realizing that centrism isn't really what people want. whether or not that's an accurate assessment, i'll leave to you.

      • finally, from The Guardian: Barack Obama is stuck in the past. He represents the old Democratic party. this piece is by bhaskar sunkara, who you may know as one of the figureheads of Jacobin. his case here is mostly that obama's remarks last week about cautioning the party to not become a circular firing squad are motivated more by his desire to continue to hold power within the party than by genuine desire to see the party succeed. again, whether or not that's an accurate assessment, i'll leave to you.


      anyways, feel free to as always contribute other interesting articles you stumble across, or comment on some of the ones up there.

      edit: some minor grammar stuff

      13 votes
    6. Have any "under the radar" type regional recipes you can share?

      I'll start: Hessian 'Tater soup. Maybe not very exciting, but I just love the stuff. Start off with a diced onion and about 1 - 1.5 kg of peeled, sliced potatoes. Throw into a big pot on high heat...

      I'll start: Hessian 'Tater soup. Maybe not very exciting, but I just love the stuff.

      Start off with a diced onion and about 1 - 1.5 kg of peeled, sliced potatoes. Throw into a big pot on high heat with some oil and let it develop some color. Meanwhile, get peeling and chopping on this stuff - carrots, celery root, leek, parsley, parsley root. Amounts as desired, but I like to use a lot of parsley - root or leafs. If your taters get enough color, cover with water and add the rest of the veggies. All that in place, cook until soft. Blend. Add 200ml of sour cream and season with nutmeg, pepper and salt. Consistency should be thick, maybe slightly chunky.

      When serving, fry up a few slices of old sausage to throw in there. This one is a traditional north hessian sausage, but any only lightly spiced and smoked, coarse ground, fatty hard sausage will do. Add a sprig of parsley if you feel like upping the presentation.

      24 votes
    7. Shuffle your entire music library, then tell me about the first five tracks that come up

      I thought it might be cool to get a random slice of people's music libraries, musical knowledge, and how they relate to songs that aren't necessarily standouts or favorites. Don't worry about the...

      I thought it might be cool to get a random slice of people's music libraries, musical knowledge, and how they relate to songs that aren't necessarily standouts or favorites. Don't worry about the five tracks being a representative sample of your tastes or anything--I just think it's a fun exercise!

      Also, if you get a bad list of five, it's okay to re-roll.

      35 votes