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  1. Comment on What are your favorite casual puzzle games? in ~games

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    The developer of the Picross games for Switch released a non-Picross-branded game for PC last year called Logiart Grimoire. They also made this vtuber-collaboration one this year: Juufuutei...

    The developer of the Picross games for Switch released a non-Picross-branded game for PC last year called Logiart Grimoire. They also made this vtuber-collaboration one this year: Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum.

    (mention for @Asinine so they see this as well)

    1 vote
  2. Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes

  3. Comment on Tilde is kill? in ~tildes

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    Is there a way to do that without needing to store DNS credentials on the server? I'm probably being overly paranoid, but doing that worries me and I'd really prefer to keep them separated.

    Is there a way to do that without needing to store DNS credentials on the server? I'm probably being overly paranoid, but doing that worries me and I'd really prefer to keep them separated.

    20 votes
  4. Comment on Tilde is kill? in ~tildes

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    Accidentally set it in September instead of August.

    Accidentally set it in September instead of August.

    11 votes
  5. Comment on Tilde is kill? in ~tildes

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    I didn't forget, but I did manage to set my own reminder for the wrong date.

    I didn't forget, but I did manage to set my own reminder for the wrong date.

    122 votes
  6. Comment on Victories and challenges: An A[u]DHD community and support fortnightly thread #5 in ~health.mental

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    I'll add it as a standard automatically-scheduled topic along with the various other ones. Do you want me to do that with the other ones that you're still typically posting manually too?

    I'll add it as a standard automatically-scheduled topic along with the various other ones. Do you want me to do that with the other ones that you're still typically posting manually too?

    5 votes
  7. Comment on When a notable face disappears in ~tildes

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    I'm going to post a brief statement and then lock this thread. I understand that situations like this are confusing and that there are repercussions related to it, but turning it into a public...
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    I'm going to post a brief statement and then lock this thread. I understand that situations like this are confusing and that there are repercussions related to it, but turning it into a public spectacle usually just ends up with more negative effects than positive.

    daychilde is definitely a prominent user, but that can't be a reason for someone to be immune to consequences for their behavior. There's no question in my mind that a ban was appropriate in this situation. One of the main reasons that I'm locking this thread is because I think it's unfair to the other user(s) involved. Imagine if someone was abusive to you, and then when they're punished for that behavior you need to see a thread where people are saying, "oh, but they're always so nice", "they couldn't have done something that bad, right?", and so on.

    If daychilde wants to contact me to discuss and appeal the ban, I'm sure they know how to. But honestly, it was egregious enough that I'll be hesitant to give them another chance.

    62 votes
  8. Comment on Who do you think is the most cited author on Tildes according to the tags? in ~talk

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    The top 10 author. tags: tag count author.anthony_dalessandro 91 author.miranda_bryant 71 author.kyle_orland 59 author.jeff_foust 55 author.steven_vaughan_nichols 53 author.derek_muller 47...
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    The top 10 author. tags:

    tag count
    author.anthony_dalessandro 91
    author.miranda_bryant 71
    author.kyle_orland 59
    author.jeff_foust 55
    author.steven_vaughan_nichols 53
    author.derek_muller 47
    author.sam_denby 47
    author.brian_krebs 46
    author.max_miller 44
    author.tom_warren 44

    And I'm not sure exactly what @Fal was hoping to see with a group breakdown, but here's the top author tag for each group where the count is at least 5:

    group tag count
    ~arts author.matt_sephton 5
    ~books author.alison_flood 15
    ~comics author.rich_johnston 9
    ~comp author.matt_sayar 6
    ~design author.feargus_osullivan 12
    ~engineering author.grady_hillhouse 29
    ~enviro author.damian_carrington 17
    ~finance author.patrick_mckenzie 27
    ~food author.max_miller 43
    ~games author.kyle_orland 56
    ~games.tabletop author.colin_mcgourty 15
    ~health author.beth_mole 16
    ~hobbies author.john_plant 12
    ~humanities author.abigail_thorne 8
    ~humanities.history author.bret_devereaux 16
    ~humanities.languages author.rob_watts 10
    ~lgbt author.erin_reed 14
    ~life author.maddy_savage 8
    ~movies author.anthony_dalessandro 90
    ~music author.mark_savage 14
    ~news author.hannah_ellis_petersen 7
    ~science author.derek_muller 21
    ~society author.maggie_haberman 15
    ~space author.jeff_foust 55
    ~sports.combat author.john_gunning 10
    ~sports.football author.nick_ames 10
    ~sports.hockey author.andrew_podnieks 8
    ~sports.motorsports author.andrew_benson 8
    ~tech author.steven_vaughan_nichols 43
    ~transport author.andrew_j_hawkins 20
    ~tv author.joe_otterson 25
    19 votes
  9. Comment on We've re-poped in ~humanities

  10. Comment on 'politics.usa' tag proposal in ~tildes

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    I've done this now: all topics that had both politics and usa tags have now had the politics tag replaced with politics.usa (but still retaining the usa tag). (@mycketforvirrad)
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    I've done this now: all topics that had both politics and usa tags have now had the politics tag replaced with politics.usa (but still retaining the usa tag).

    (@mycketforvirrad)

    31 votes
  11. Comment on 'politics.usa' tag proposal in ~tildes

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    I think having a dedicated tag probably makes the most sense at this point. I just had a quick look to see if adding "and" support for tag filtering would be relatively easy, but I don't think...

    I think having a dedicated tag probably makes the most sense at this point. I just had a quick look to see if adding "and" support for tag filtering would be relatively easy, but I don't think it's trivial.

    Can I help with a mass re-tagging of existing topics somehow? Would it be reasonable to do something like add the politics.usa tag to everything that currently has both politics and usa, or would that be too broad?

    32 votes
  12. Comment on Are there certain conditions where an "Exemplary" label does not show? in ~tildes

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    I've fixed that specific label now. I'll try to have a look later to see if I can figure out why, I don't know offhand.

    I've fixed that specific label now. I'll try to have a look later to see if I can figure out why, I don't know offhand.

    25 votes
  13. Comment on Texas arrests midwife and associates on charges of providing abortion in ~society

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    I think @cfabbro and @mycketforvirrad both covered it well with their comments below—in the end, we don't want half the groups on the site having "Republicans do another awful thing" topics, which...
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    I think @cfabbro and @mycketforvirrad both covered it well with their comments below—in the end, we don't want half the groups on the site having "Republicans do another awful thing" topics, which is the direction it was starting to go before I added ~society. Like I said in the topic about adding it:

    political topics are also spread over a lot of other groups (politics-but-with-a-financial-angle ends up in ~finance, politics-but-with-a-healthcare-angle in ~health, politics-but-based-on-a-study in ~science or ~humanities, and so on).

    A story like this is primarily about the US's (politically-motivated) policies and laws on abortion, which fits squarely in ~society.

    6 votes
  14. Comment on Tildes homepage is down? (2025-02-25 4pm UTC) in ~tildes

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    Some technical details for those interested: Topic tags use the PostgreSQL data type ltree to support having a hierarchy with sub-tags and such (groups also use this). Tags are stored in the...

    Some technical details for those interested:

    Topic tags use the PostgreSQL data type ltree to support having a hierarchy with sub-tags and such (groups also use this). Tags are stored in the database in an array column with ltree values. So the actual data for a topic's tags might look something like this: {programming,bugs,some_tag,parent_tag.sub_tag}.

    The site's code uses the SQLAlchemy library to interact with the database, but it doesn't support arrays of ltree (or at least this version doesn't), so I had to write some custom handling for them to convert between Python types and the PostgreSQL representation. The error was happening when reading the value out of the database, because null is escaped when stored (to store the string "null" and not a literal null value), and the data looks more like this: {some_tag,"null",another}.

    I hadn't accounted for the possibility that a string could be escaped in the value like that. The PostgreSQL docs mention it, but almost all of these possibilities aren't valid in tags (or ltree values) anyway:

    The array output routine will put double quotes around element values if they are empty strings, contain curly braces, delimiter characters, double quotes, backslashes, or white space, or match the word NULL.

    So it wasn't really anything "dangerous"—it was being stored properly, but caused an error when reading it back out. Funny, ironic (and kinda embarrassing) in the context this came up though.

    69 votes
  15. Comment on Tildes homepage is down? (2025-02-25 4pm UTC) in ~tildes

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    Well, that sure is ironic. I'm honestly surprised that it took this long for us to run into it.
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    Well, that sure is ironic. I'm honestly surprised that it took this long for us to run into it.

    73 votes
  16. Comment on I hate the new internet. I hate the new tech world. I hate it all. I want out, and I can't be the only one. in ~tech

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    Tag filters are still a good idea to try to cover everything, but unsubscribing from ~society will probably be the most effective. One of the main reasons for creating it was so that it would be...

    Tag filters are still a good idea to try to cover everything, but unsubscribing from ~society will probably be the most effective. One of the main reasons for creating it was so that it would be simpler for people to be able to avoid the constant flood of US politics.

    (@Hobofarmer)

    14 votes
  17. Comment on The Alt-Right Playbook: The south bank of the rubicon in ~society

  18. Comment on While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst’ criminal migrants to Guantanamo in ~society

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    This thread is being treated as some kind of weird battleground where almost all of the comments are more concerned about pedantry instead of the actual news, and people are misusing many...

    This thread is being treated as some kind of weird battleground where almost all of the comments are more concerned about pedantry instead of the actual news, and people are misusing many different site mechanics in order to support their side of that argument. So now it's going to be locked and removed until I have time to review what's been going on, and decide if anyone needs to lose access to some of these tools.

    5 votes
  19. Comment on Day 1: Historian Hysteria in ~comp.advent_of_code

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    I've set up the scheduled topic again now, so it will automatically post every day right when the new problem releases (starting tomorrow, today's was about an hour late).

    I've set up the scheduled topic again now, so it will automatically post every day right when the new problem releases (starting tomorrow, today's was about an hour late).

    8 votes
  20. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~books

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    Sorry, I thought that I had replied back to your message—I can post all of the comments for you tomorrow. Message me the info and a general timeframe (if it matters) and I'll set it up. (I also...

    Sorry, I thought that I had replied back to your message—I can post all of the comments for you tomorrow. Message me the info and a general timeframe (if it matters) and I'll set it up.

    (I also removed the comment with all of the username pings so all those people don't get notified)

    4 votes