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Comment on Does he get tossed? Do I have any wagers? in ~society
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Comment on How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were? in ~tildes
aphoenix Link ParentI have submitted 829. I could not mark it as similar to 828, but I think that's the case.I have submitted 829. I could not mark it as similar to 828, but I think that's the case.
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Comment on How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were? in ~tildes
aphoenix Link ParentOne item for consideration moving forward: I propose that the change log be made permanent, so all edits are stored in perpetuity. However, after the requisite 30 days, I think that whomever made...One item for consideration moving forward: I propose that the change log be made permanent, so all edits are stored in perpetuity. However, after the requisite 30 days, I think that whomever made the edits should be purged.
The positive of this is that it addresses the concern of having something attributed to a user when it belongs to the changelog.
The potential downside is that I haven't looked at what that would require at all, and it may not be a simple change.
I'm going to think on it some more and might add it to the issues list, but you are also welcome to run with it if you feel like it's beneficial.
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Comment on Introductions | March 2025 in ~talk
aphoenix Link ParentYou likely hadn't forgotten, but internalized it to a point that it's just normal to you; you don't parse it as interesting, in much the same way you don't parse "I drink water" as interesting. ;)You likely hadn't forgotten, but internalized it to a point that it's just normal to you; you don't parse it as interesting, in much the same way you don't parse "I drink water" as interesting.
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Comment on Introductions | March 2025 in ~talk
aphoenix Link ParentFun fact re: JCPhoenix - they're one of the four phoenixes that one sees around Tildes. Those being @JCPhoenix @phoenixrises @first-must-burn and myself.Fun fact re: JCPhoenix - they're one of the four phoenixes that one sees around Tildes. Those being @JCPhoenix @phoenixrises @first-must-burn and myself.
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Comment on Introductions | March 2025 in ~talk
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
aphoenix Link ParentMine is a quest 2 and most of the time it works well! But yeah, it's good to have the fallback if just playing a game without it being connected.Mine is a quest 2 and most of the time it works well! But yeah, it's good to have the fallback if just playing a game without it being connected.
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Comment on Are you tech-savvy enough? in ~tech
aphoenix Link ParentWith moderate frequency (daily or close to it) I use Windows for a variety of things. It is better now than it was even 5 years ago, but there are still times that I encounter issues that are not...With moderate frequency (daily or close to it) I use Windows for a variety of things. It is better now than it was even 5 years ago, but there are still times that I encounter issues that are not easy to fix, and result in reinstalling or even just wiping the computer and starting again. Recently I had issues with my VR headset connecting, and fixing it was not trivial or pleasant.
I've had various other issues from a "it works in other OSes, but not in Windows" issues professionally. Adobe stuff tends to work better on OSX than Windows, in my experience. There are various other examples, like Docker, that are easier to deal with in a Windows setting. Much of this is better than it was, but still not as good.
Of course, YMMV, but that has been my experience. Whenever I have to do something other than video games on my windows machine, I am often grumpy at the results. And also sometimes for video games, as noted above.
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Comment on The Donald Trump US administration accidentally texted me its war plans in ~society
aphoenix Link ParentAh, thanks, I even searched with the tags that I used, but I guess my antipaywall filter got me.Ah, thanks, I even searched with the tags that I used, but I guess my antipaywall filter got me.
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Comment on The Donald Trump US administration accidentally texted me its war plans in ~society
aphoenix LinkThere is a paywall, which I typically avoid posting, but I think this is probably a pretty important article. The TL;DR of it is this: a member of the Trump administration added Jeffrey Goldberg...There is a paywall, which I typically avoid posting, but I think this is probably a pretty important article. The TL;DR of it is this:
- a member of the Trump administration added Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat
- the Signal chat included many members of the Trump administration, including Vance, Hegseth, and others
- the Signal chat was top secret, discussing various things including a strike in Yemen against Houthi leaders
- Goldberg removed himself from the chat after what seems like verification that what he was reading was real and not some sort of trap for a journalist that the current admin seems to despise
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Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food
aphoenix Link ParentI looked at the cheese at our local organic vegan fromagerie and every single one has cashews. :( I'll keep my eyes open for other suggestions though.I looked at the cheese at our local organic vegan fromagerie and every single one has cashews. :(
I'll keep my eyes open for other suggestions though.
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Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food
aphoenix Link ParentSometimes I'm astonished by the differences that people experience in things. There's a pretty great vegan fromagerie in my city, and in my opinion for the most part the cream cheeses are just as...Sometimes I'm astonished by the differences that people experience in things.
There's a pretty great vegan fromagerie in my city, and in my opinion for the most part the cream cheeses are just as good, and many of the other cheeses are pretty good as well. I've been there a half dozen times to buy things and I'm not vegan and love "real" cheese.
I've also only met a few of the proselytizing type of vegan; by far most of the vegans I know have only brought it up in the context of when we were discussing obtaining food. My guess is that probably many people know more vegetarians or vegans than they might think, but those people just don't talk about it.
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Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food
aphoenix Link ParentCertainly vilified! This one feels almost too real for this thread. I never really understand people who are upset about someone else' dietary restrictions. More generally, I don't really...Certainly vilified! This one feels almost too real for this thread.
I never really understand people who are upset about someone else' dietary restrictions. More generally, I don't really understand the tribalism that arises about any mundane things. I mean, I understand that there's some predisposition to being wary of things that are unfamiliar, but as humans we are supposed to be able to rise above those sorts of feelings.
There's also a logistical benefit to being friend with someone who doesn't eat the same things as you. Years ago at a work event, we received a bunch of jerky from a client, and my vegan friend gave me their pack of jerky.
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Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food
aphoenix LinkMy "food crime" is somewhat specific to my relationship, so please forgive me minor backstories. I make a "breakfast skillet" or "breakfast melt" (though calling it a melt has had other people...My "food crime" is somewhat specific to my relationship, so please forgive me minor backstories.
I make a "breakfast skillet" or "breakfast melt" (though calling it a melt has had other people accuse me of a food description crime). Generally, it gets put together by having a base layer of home fries, sauteed vegetables, and some kind of breakfast protein - most frequently breakfast sausage, but we do ham, bacon, or spoiler alert another item - then you top it with (usually cheddar) cheese and then throw on a couple of over easy eggs on top. The eggs melt the cheese into everything and make a sort of delicious sauce. My wife requests this as her number one comfort food; it's probably her favourite thing to eat that I make (and I cook 98% of the food in the house).
My wife's family makes these really amazing kabobs (sic. that's how they spell it, seems to be "the Karachi way"). My mother-in-law has several sisters, and many of them make kabobs, and they're all a little bit different, but they're all sausage shaped meet, all very spicy, and all delicious. It's probably my favourite dish that they collectively make, and they routinely give out large containers full of frozen kabobs for people to make at home.
Sometimes I make the breakfast skillet with kabobs. It's amazing, like they were handcrafted to make the most delicious possible combination of things that can be in your mouth. But one time someone told the auntys that I did this and I was, for a while, excommunicated as a kabob recipient. You can't just use kabobs as an ingredient.
That was years ago, and I guess I've done my time for the crime, because I have started receiving packages of kabobs again, but that's my crime, and I could only sneak out cooked kabobs after family events for my home kabob needs for 5 or 6 years.
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Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food
aphoenix Link ParentI think that it's pretty tongue-in-cheek. In my experience (I've been to most of the Canadian Provinces, and about 20 different states, and several places in the Caribbean), many people in North...I think that it's pretty tongue-in-cheek. In my experience (I've been to most of the Canadian Provinces, and about 20 different states, and several places in the Caribbean), many people in North America classify pizza as a finger food, like burgers, hot dogs, fried chicken, and as such just don't eat pizza with a fork, ever.
More generally, though, I think that the idea of a food crime is coming from a good place here - @kfwyre isn't the sort to bring anything other than love and consideration to a topic - so it's mostly a fun little jab, as are all the other examples. I've been reading this thread more for ideas of things to put together and try than to judge what anyone else is doing, and I think that's probably the case for most of us here.
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Comment on Confess your food crimes in ~food
aphoenix Link ParentThis is the only one in the whole thread that really made me reconsider my usual stance of "there are no food crimes, only unadventurous palates".Malört peach ice cream.
This is the only one in the whole thread that really made me reconsider my usual stance of "there are no food crimes, only unadventurous palates".
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Comment on How come the mods on here keep editing the titles of my post to be exactly what they already were? in ~tildes
aphoenix LinkI looked at 2 recent examples: and The first one: cleaned it up so that the beginning of the sentence starts with a capital. Added names to Bannon and Trump for ease of reading and clarity. The...I looked at 2 recent examples:
"well this terrifies me: Bannon preparing for a third Trump presidency" to "Well this terrifies me: Steve Bannon preparing for a third Donald Trump US presidency"
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"I don't take the threat of U.S. annexing Canada seriously" to "I don't take the threat of US annexing Canada seriously"
The first one: cleaned it up so that the beginning of the sentence starts with a capital. Added names to Bannon and Trump for ease of reading and clarity.
The second: it's nitpicky, but I think Tildes favours "US" over "U.S.".
These are really just style and clarity edits.
I think the main thing to understand about Tildes is that topics that are posted don't really "belong" to the poster; topics belong to the community. This is quite a bit different from reddit, where nobody can do things like edit your title, edit the link, or add or change the topic itself in any way. In general, I think this is a big step up from reddit, but it is a bit jarring when one has been used to reddit for a while where the only things mods can do is remove things, or put a sticky on it.
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Comment on Well this terrifies me: Steve Bannon preparing for a third Donald Trump US presidency in ~society
aphoenix Link ParentI don't, but I think that forcing people into one's own preference is against how user interfaces should work.I don't, but I think that forcing people into one's own preference is against how user interfaces should work.
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Comment on What does a newcomer moving to your town/city/state/country need to know? in ~life
aphoenix Link ParentSomebody just today told me they were going to the States, then almost immediately said, "it's for work I have to". Forgive? Yes. Forget? Never. Hmmm, also... Forgive? Maybe.Somebody just today told me they were going to the States, then almost immediately said, "it's for work I have to".
Forgive? Yes.
Forget? Never.
Hmmm, also... Forgive? Maybe.
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Comment on What does a newcomer moving to your town/city/state/country need to know? in ~life
aphoenix LinkCity: this is a university town, and as such there are neighbourhoods and streets that loads of students live on, and if parties more nights than not during the week isnot your jam you really...City: this is a university town, and as such there are neighbourhoods and streets that loads of students live on, and if parties more nights than not during the week isnot your jam you really don't want to live there. There are a lot of great walking trails, and loads of things to do, and it's not that far to Toronto, where there is an endless number of things to do; it's not a boring little town.
Province (Ontario): some towns are more racist than others. Generally the further west you go on the 401, the more issues you will have. I do not like going to London very much at all, for example, and we were relieved when our daughter did not apply at Western University.
Country (Canada): Canadians have two modes. 1) "Sorry". 2) "You're sorry." It's very much a fuck around and find out sort of thing, but the current debacle with the US is a good example. I don't expect Jack Daniels to sell much in Canada for the next decade, even if the stuff with the trade war works out. Some people won't care, but there are a lot of people here that are deeply patriotic - not nationalism, patriotism - and you can see by how much people have stopped buying American goods, and how 95% of the American flags that were flying are gone.
I think this is the most likely scenario. Additionally, I'll guess that in his third term, he will die of natural causes.
The other thing I think has some likelihood of happening is that the oligarchs will figure out that he is doing too much to lose them money and wake up the populace and he will die of "natural causes" before the midterms.