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  1. Comment on Color game — how well can you remember colors? | Dialed in ~games

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    I got 46.75 on my first attempt. I refuse to play again out of fear that it was a fluke.

    I got 46.75 on my first attempt. I refuse to play again out of fear that it was a fluke.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on I Wanna Lockpick: a free puzzle game in ~games

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    World 1 gets tricky/thinky fast! I can only imagine what later levels are like.

    World 1 gets tricky/thinky fast! I can only imagine what later levels are like.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on I Wanna Lockpick: a free puzzle game in ~games

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    I didn't test it with pure Wine, but it ran flawlessly for me in Bottles.

    I didn't test it with pure Wine, but it ran flawlessly for me in Bottles.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on Strong Bad Email #210 - Robots in ~comics

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    Dear Strong Bad,How do you type with a robot bucket on?
    Dear Strong Bad,How do you type with a robot bucket on?
    9 votes

  5. Comment on What we talk about when we talk about sideloading in ~tech

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    To learn more about what you can do as a consumer, visit keepandroidopen.org for information on how to contact your representative agencies and advocate for keeping the Android ecosystem open for consumers and competition.

    17 votes

  6. Comment on Timasomo 2025: Final Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    No movement this week. I'll keep working on it, but it is not going to be ready in time for the showcase. :(

    No movement this week. I'll keep working on it, but it is not going to be ready in time for the showcase. :(

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Timasomo 2025: Week 3 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    So. Much. Winding. Wire. I've still got a bit more to do, but most of the little toroids are wound, soldered, and tested for continuity. I also assembled the Really Weird Twisted Sister...

    So. Much. Winding. Wire. I've still got a bit more to do, but most of the little toroids are wound, soldered, and tested for continuity. I also assembled the Really Weird Twisted Sister Transformer (yes, that's what it's called) and soldered that on as well. Here's what the main board looks like now, minus a couple more things I added since taking that picture.

    Scout saw me winding wire playing with a shiny wobbly string and decided to help. I'm glad Mittens was taking a nap or I would have made no progress at all...

    This was the first time I used the multimeter I put together from another kit. (I never did properly calibrate it, but it works fine for basic continuity testing.) Using things you made to make other things feels cool.

    Right now I'm about halfway through the assembly instructions, so I'm pretty far behind if I want to finish this by the end of the month, but I think there's still a chance!

    Edit: lol nope forgot my father in law was going to be in town this weekend. Well, I'll do my best.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk

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    Similar US govt-related take: the 17th Amendment was a grave mistake and should be repealed. If we're going to have a senate to represent the governments of each state, then those governments...

    Similar US govt-related take: the 17th Amendment was a grave mistake and should be repealed. If we're going to have a senate to represent the governments of each state, then those governments should decide who their senators are (ideally by a top-two vote in each state legislature in my opinion, but that's another take).

    I believe, deep in my heart of hearts, that if the 17th Amendment had never been ratified, we would never have learned the name "Ted Cruz".

    16 votes

  9. Comment on Timasomo 2025: Week 2 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    I've been on vacation! No progress whatsoever.

    I've been on vacation! No progress whatsoever.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Timasomo 2025: Week 1 Updates in ~creative.timasomo

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    October turns out to be a really inconvenient month for me this year. Most of last week was taken up by a family thing, so I made less progress than I wanted, and there's more coming up too. I...

    October turns out to be a really inconvenient month for me this year. Most of last week was taken up by a family thing, so I made less progress than I wanted, and there's more coming up too. I might not finish this by the end of the month, but I still plan to try!

    Here's the QMX+ radio's main board, before I got started. Thankfully the kit starts off with a lot of smaller components attached already, or there's no way I'd get anywhere (my soldering skills are basic, but hopefully enough to take on this project). I'm following the assembly instructions provided, which describe the assembly process as "quite straightforward, but very detailed". (Follow along if you want!)

    Here's where I'm at so far. Got some of the simpler components soldered on, and that was really all I had time for. No you cannot see the back of the board 😳

    Next steps involve a lot of winding wires, as I need to assemble an output transformer (that comes with its own sub-manual!) and a whole bunch of toroidal components.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Timasomo 2025: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo

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    Months ago, I bought an HF radio kit from QRP Labs. And then work and life got in the way and I never built it. This Timasomo, I plan to fix that!

    Months ago, I bought an HF radio kit from QRP Labs. And then work and life got in the way and I never built it. This Timasomo, I plan to fix that!

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Timeout when connecting to a local webserver through the internet, but only on WiFi in ~comp

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    As in Tildes-tagged noise, I would guess. Read as: "This is probably bogus, but:"

    Likely Noise

    As in Tildes-tagged noise, I would guess. Read as: "This is probably bogus, but:"

    5 votes

  13. Comment on Announcing the seventh annual Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo)! in ~tildes

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    I can't decide whether I want to make: An HF radio. I bought a QRP Labs kit months ago, and then never got around to actually building the thing. Or, A PICO-8 game. Not sure why, but something...

    I can't decide whether I want to make:

    • An HF radio. I bought a QRP Labs kit months ago, and then never got around to actually building the thing. Or,
    • A PICO-8 game. Not sure why, but something about the PICO-8 system caught my attention this month and it'd be fun to give it a try.

    Other things that I need to "make":

    • Time for reading books. My tsundoku stack is getting out of control.
    • Room in my office, which is a disaster area I've needed to deal with for a while.
    4 votes

  14. Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation in ~tech

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    Replacing it with cmd does, yes, as long as the attacker is able to decrypt the drive and boot into recovery (both are common). Replacing utilman is not a normal troubleshooting process, it's a...

    Replacing it with cmd does, yes, as long as the attacker is able to decrypt the drive and boot into recovery (both are common). Replacing utilman is not a normal troubleshooting process, it's a privilege escalation exploit.

    6 votes

  15. Comment on This is the group that's been swatting US universities in ~news

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    Hot take: The only reason swatting is even possible as a tactic is because of an over-readiness to respond to noise. I know that actual mass violence happens far too often and that law enforcement...

    Hot take: The only reason swatting is even possible as a tactic is because of an over-readiness to respond to noise. I know that actual mass violence happens far too often and that law enforcement needs to be able to rapidly respond to it, but it shouldn't be possible to cause this level of disruption with a single, unverified phone call.

    19 votes

  16. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

  17. Comment on BlackBerry Classic returns in 2025 as Zinwa Q25 with updated hardware and software, conversion kit available in ~tech

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    I would be stoked if I hadn't just swapped my fire hazard Pixel 6a for a 9a. I much prefer a physical keyboard, and loved my KeyOne until the software support dried up.

    I would be stoked if I hadn't just swapped my fire hazard Pixel 6a for a 9a. I much prefer a physical keyboard, and loved my KeyOne until the software support dried up.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear

    A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear

    Most cat owners dread their pets bringing home mice or birds. But for the owners of one felonious feline in Auckland, New Zealand, there’s a worse shame — being the unwitting accomplice to an unstoppable one-cat crimewave.

    His prolific laundry-pinching from clotheslines and bedrooms in the placid beachside neighborhood of Mairangi Bay has turned 15-month-old Leo into a local celebrity and earned him a new moniker. He now goes by Leonardo da Pinchy.

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Today is Overshoot Day in ~enviro

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    Sorry to be a downer, but I'm feeling down. It's the earliest ever Earth Overshoot Day. At least the rate at which it's getting earlier and earlier has slowed since 2010-ish, and I guess that...

    Sorry to be a downer, but I'm feeling down.

    It's the earliest ever Earth Overshoot Day. At least the rate at which it's getting earlier and earlier has slowed since 2010-ish, and I guess that passes for good news.

    10 votes