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  1. Comment on What is your passion? And why? in ~life

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    Clocktower is great -- I run semi-regular sessions with mates and it's always brilliant fun! The logic puzzle element of it is what sets it apart from other social deduction games. I never gelled...

    Clocktower is great -- I run semi-regular sessions with mates and it's always brilliant fun!

    The logic puzzle element of it is what sets it apart from other social deduction games. I never gelled with Werewolf or Mafia like with BotC

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Best way to setup email forwarding for a domain I own? in ~tech

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    I use Fastmail, and have rules that separate out my personal and work emails into different folders based on prefix. Works a treat!

    I use Fastmail, and have rules that separate out my personal and work emails into different folders based on prefix. Works a treat!

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near US air base in Britain following "major incident" in ~news

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    It's interesting that the police have arrested them "on suspicion of committing offenses under the Explosives Act" which regulates safe manufacture and transport of explosives, and not the...

    It's interesting that the police have arrested them "on suspicion of committing offenses under the Explosives Act" which regulates safe manufacture and transport of explosives, and not the Explosive Substances Act which creates criminal offences for "causing/attempting to cause/aids in the commission of an explosion likely to endanger life and property"

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near US air base in Britain following "major incident" in ~news

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    all of the planes on 9/11 carried innocent passengers so all were definitely terrorism regardless of target, surely?

    all of the planes on 9/11 carried innocent passengers so all were definitely terrorism regardless of target, surely?

    1 vote

  5. Comment on What are some seemingly silly things in your life that have practical purposes? in ~life

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    at least in the uk, what type of plastic you can recycle varies by council area. so our non recyclable bin is mainly those types of plastic that can’t be collected or taken to The Dump™

    at least in the uk, what type of plastic you can recycle varies by council area. so our non recyclable bin is mainly those types of plastic that can’t be collected or taken to The Dump™

    7 votes

  6. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    ah i really do anything -- the last time i busked it was using an avolites desk, but i have kinda-sorta-semi busked on an eos before...

    ah i really do anything -- the last time i busked it was using an avolites desk, but i have kinda-sorta-semi busked on an eos before...

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Traffic Cone Preservation Society in ~transport

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    the site misses talking about the barbaric british practice of drunkenly using these creatures as headwear for themselves/their mates/random equestrian statues

    the site misses talking about the barbaric british practice of drunkenly using these creatures as headwear for themselves/their mates/random equestrian statues

    5 votes

  8. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    i’ll have to play with onyx — it sounds like something that eos’ nightmare of an effects engine would make really annoying but probably doable with colour palettes and an absolute effect, fiddling...

    i’ll have to play with onyx — it sounds like something that eos’ nightmare of an effects engine would make really annoying but probably doable with colour palettes and an absolute effect, fiddling with the cycle time and grouping until it feels about right (which obviously isn’t as scalable but in the main my colour palettes are by type anyway so ehhh whatever lol)

    i wish i could graft an actually good effects engine onto eos but such is life haha

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    interesting — i’ve never really used onyx, having been an eos girl for years. automatically shift between two colours, like a colour wipe?

    interesting — i’ve never really used onyx, having been an eos girl for years. automatically shift between two colours, like a colour wipe?

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Tildes Survey #1: How old are you? (Results) in ~talk

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    slightly huge, but thought i'd answer all the questions :) i'm a lot more at home with a slightly older crowd as my interests and cultural references generally skew older unfortunately, in...

    slightly huge, but thought i'd answer all the questions :)

    How do under 25 Tildes member feel about having your own thread to share with us old folks?

    i'm a lot more at home with a slightly older crowd as my interests and cultural references generally skew older

    Where do kids these days hang out in real life and online?

    unfortunately, in increasingly self-contained silos for both. there aren't many third spaces anymore, so people generally stick to school friend groups and don't branch out. when i was in secondary we'd spend a lot of time roaming the streets and hanging around in parks, but i did attend a queer youth group where i met a lot of good people. these days the only place i hang out online really is here and the discord for the youth charity i volunteer for, with a couple other servers thrown in, but there was a plethora of random communities beforehand as i found my footing

    How did highschool go?

    good! i'm british, but i did well at GCSEs (taken at Grade 10 equivalent school year) and got distinctions both years of my Production Arts BTEC (a more vocational course in stagecraft, taken at Grade 11/12 equivalent school year). i'm now in the first year of my live events production BA!

    How did you even find us?

    as mentioned before, reddit exodus -- i can't exactly remember how i joined though 😅

    What's popular now and what's clearly and eyerollingly so not your generation but we think it is?

    i probably have as much an idea as you. today i made a vision on gallery reference haha

    What's bothering you guys in real life, and on Tildes, what can us older members do to make you feel more welcome?

    in real life, i guess there's a growing sense of ennui as it seems we're inheriting a world that might end up mostly destroyed, there isn't really any chance of owning property and even less of starting a family (18 and will end up saddled with ~£42k in student loan debt with RPI+3% interest...), our rights are being stripped back, etc etc. more personally i don't really know if i will end up working in my industry at the end of these three years...

    as for tildes, it doesn't bother me, it's more of a salve to be honest. i wish i had the time to finish up the MR i submitted two years ago though 😬

    [D]o you feel attachment to your username and use them across life, or don't care grab randomly assigned?

    i'd say i use it across life :P

    13 votes

  11. Comment on Tildes Survey #1: How old are you? (Results) in ~talk

  12. Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech

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    the only Linux computer i actually have these days is my VPS, which runs Debian Trixie. i'm liking it -- i might use testing if/when i go back. was always an arch user for the past ~8 years

    the only Linux computer i actually have these days is my VPS, which runs Debian Trixie. i'm liking it -- i might use testing if/when i go back. was always an arch user for the past ~8 years

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Trans Day of Visibility in ~lgbt

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    bit late to the party but hello all! currently hoping i win at passport office lottery so they’ll accept my GGP letter when i send it off. considering voice training but idk. i don’t think it...

    bit late to the party but hello all! currently hoping i win at passport office lottery so they’ll accept my GGP letter when i send it off.

    considering voice training but idk. i don’t think it would take me too long to get the hang of (singing/linguistics and already shift between three different accents 😭) but just have to push past the brain inertia and try it.

    i got my 6 month (8 month 😬) blood test yesterday so feels like a good way to mark it :)

    4 votes

  14. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    my friend bought a supermicro CSE-847 for his NAS so the past three weeks have been a lot of doing stuff with that. god it weighed a ton with 24 drives in… he’s got proxmox with jellyfin and...

    my friend bought a supermicro CSE-847 for his NAS so the past three weeks have been a lot of doing stuff with that. god it weighed a ton with 24 drives in…

    he’s got proxmox with jellyfin and nextcloud on it and to be honest, it’s a beast of a machine. i love it

    4 votes

  15. Comment on GQ interview with Louis Theroux on his upcoming documentary about the manosphere in ~life.men

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    it's interesting to try and take down a documentary before you've even seen it, from a pre-interview intended to promote it. a little quick off the mark, wouldn't you say?

    it's interesting to try and take down a documentary before you've even seen it, from a pre-interview intended to promote it. a little quick off the mark, wouldn't you say?

    9 votes

  16. Comment on Rob Grant, co-creator of Red Dwarf, dead at 70 in ~tv

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    with any luck he is just round the u-bend… RIP </3

    with any luck he is just round the u-bend… RIP </3

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Wired vs. wireless mouse and keyboard? in ~tech

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    both my keyboard and mouse are wired, but i use a trackball which of course doesn't need to move around -- for the cad work and documents i mainly do i much prefer it to a regular mouse!

    both my keyboard and mouse are wired, but i use a trackball which of course doesn't need to move around -- for the cad work and documents i mainly do i much prefer it to a regular mouse!

  18. Comment on “Results - I don't have dementia” in ~health.mental

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    this video is from a man who was diagnosed with early-onset alzheimer’s, but has since been rediagnosed with anxiety and perfectionism. a frank, open, and honest video — i wasn’t aware anxiety...

    this video is from a man who was diagnosed with early-onset alzheimer’s, but has since been rediagnosed with anxiety and perfectionism. a frank, open, and honest video — i wasn’t aware anxiety could affect memory to such a degree

    6 votes

  20. Comment on Looking for a beginner turntable and near field speaker in ~hobbies

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    can recommend the wharfedales — the common room in my (yorkshire) uni accom is kitted out with diamond 9.1s

    can recommend the wharfedales — the common room in my (yorkshire) uni accom is kitted out with diamond 9.1s

    2 votes