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

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    Interesting, so some kind of humans vouching for each other? I'm interested in where this will lead, good luck!

    Interesting, so some kind of humans vouching for each other? I'm interested in where this will lead, good luck!

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

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    A worthy endevour, do you have any good ideas?

    A worthy endevour, do you have any good ideas?

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Swedish fisherman digging for worms stumbles upon cache of silver coins, beads, rings and pendants dating to the 12th century in ~humanities.history

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    Just an update about this. She got a reward of 4 million SEK (429,296 USD), so she is well compensated. This is apparently the highest such reward awarded. Not sure if the link works without a...

    Just an update about this. She got a reward of 4 million SEK (429,296 USD), so she is well compensated. This is apparently the highest such reward awarded. Not sure if the link works without a subscription, but here's my source: https://www.dn.se/kultur/rekordstor-hittelon-till-kvinnan-som-gravde-mask/

    12 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Survey #6: Vote for the next four surveys we do! (Results) in ~talk

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    I like how in the pizza pineapple poll, the poll measured an easily quantifiable metric (yes/no). And for the qualitative metrics we had the Tildes topic to discuss without limitations.

    I like how in the pizza pineapple poll, the poll measured an easily quantifiable metric (yes/no). And for the qualitative metrics we had the Tildes topic to discuss without limitations.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Buying a high-end PC for the first time - help me to doublecheck what I'm buying? Is 4k a bad idea with the specs? in ~tech

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    Personal observation, I have a 4k monitor at work, and a ultrawide at home, and the 4k doesn't do much for me, but the ultrawide is awesome. Everyone is not the same, etc, but i'd go with...

    Personal observation, I have a 4k monitor at work, and a ultrawide at home, and the 4k doesn't do much for me, but the ultrawide is awesome. Everyone is not the same, etc, but i'd go with ultrawide every time if I had the choice.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Lost/losing the drive for friendship in ~health.mental

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    I think you completely misunderstood what was suggested (or else I did). I don't think the suggestion was to drink alcohol to get friends. I think it was meant that, as risk factors go, drinking...

    I think you completely misunderstood what was suggested (or else I did). I don't think the suggestion was to drink alcohol to get friends. I think it was meant that, as risk factors go, drinking alcohol is a lower risk factor than being lonely. This to point out just how dangerous it is to be lonely in the long term and how important it is to seek out new friendships, not to suggest drinking alcohol.

    17 votes

  7. Comment on What is your go-to project for learning a new language? in ~comp

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    I usually write a cli file deduplication program, i.e. finding files on disk that has the same content but not necessarily the same name. It's a bit of different data structures, standard library...

    I usually write a cli file deduplication program, i.e. finding files on disk that has the same content but not necessarily the same name. It's a bit of different data structures, standard library usage, error handling, string formatting and printing. Sometimes there's some dependency management as well if the hashing implementations are not part of the the standard library as well. At it's easiest it's pretty simple, but you can of course make it as complicated as you want as with any program.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Which covers did it better than (or put a fresh twist on) the original? in ~music

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

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    Right now only regular Ubuntu on server and desktop. It's mostly worked very well. I don't tinker too much and "just wants things to work", and Ubuntu has worked very good for me there.

    Right now only regular Ubuntu on server and desktop. It's mostly worked very well. I don't tinker too much and "just wants things to work", and Ubuntu has worked very good for me there.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on I’ve ‘run out’ of notes on TickTick in ~tech

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    Obsidian is not open source, it's probably great, and it is very popular, just correcting that little detail.

    Obsidian is not open source, it's probably great, and it is very popular, just correcting that little detail.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Viktor Orbán's Hungarian experiment runs out of steam in ~society

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    There's a previous discussion about what to expect from Tisza here: https://tildes.net/~society/1to9/prime_minister_viktor_orban_concedes_defeat_in_hungary_election. Still probably much more that...

    There's a previous discussion about what to expect from Tisza here: https://tildes.net/~society/1to9/prime_minister_viktor_orban_concedes_defeat_in_hungary_election. Still probably much more that can be said though. All in all I get the impression that since Tisza is so young, noone really knows yet where they actually stand.

    8 votes

  12. Comment on 2026 Hungarian election - Results in ~society

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    You can switch to English in the hamburger menu if you're as bad at Hungarian as I am.

    You can switch to English in the hamburger menu if you're as bad at Hungarian as I am.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel

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    Another cool thing in Berlin, which is maybe a bit far out of the way is Teufelsberg (The devils mountain). It's cool in several ways. In the historical way, it was built on top of the rubble of...

    Another cool thing in Berlin, which is maybe a bit far out of the way is Teufelsberg (The devils mountain). It's cool in several ways. In the historical way, it was built on top of the rubble of the third reich to be a spy central by the americans against the eastern bloc during the cold war. It has a lot of cool "street" art and it's just a really cool place to explore, these ruins where you can climb really high and look at the amazing view. Also there's some nice nature areas around it. I can really recommend it. If you want to go skinny dipping there's a very chill place nearby called Teufelssee. Maybe a bit too far to travel if you're just in Berlin for two days, but I've been there several times and always had a great time.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel

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    My best experiences in Berlin has been guided tours by Berliner Unterwelten (Berlin underground), they have various tours where you can visit interesting locations related to ww2 and the cold war.

    My best experiences in Berlin has been guided tours by Berliner Unterwelten (Berlin underground), they have various tours where you can visit interesting locations related to ww2 and the cold war.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel

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    Another vote for biking in Amsterdam, I can warmly recommend it. We didn't go for a biking tour, but bikes are just a really good way of getting around in the city.

    Another vote for biking in Amsterdam, I can warmly recommend it. We didn't go for a biking tour, but bikes are just a really good way of getting around in the city.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel

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    If you like sculpture parks Oslo actually has several. I have only visited the Vigeland park and the Ekeberg parks myself, but both were really worth a visit. If you only visit one it should...

    If you like sculpture parks Oslo actually has several. I have only visited the Vigeland park and the Ekeberg parks myself, but both were really worth a visit. If you only visit one it should probably be the Vigeland park, but you can find pictures online on what they generally look like. The Ekeberg park is much more varied for better and worse.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel

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    walk on the Opera house ;)

    walk to the Opera house

    walk on the Opera house ;)

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Suggest media in which the antagonist is an idea or an abstract concept rather than a person or intelligent entity in ~talk

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    Das Kapital by Karl Marx. (Feel free to tag this as joke now).

    Das Kapital by Karl Marx.

    (Feel free to tag this as joke now).

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Balcony solar is spreading across the US in ~enviro

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    Very interesting, but that part about the epstein files being the reason for the iran war felt very out of place. Makes me take the source quite a bit less seriously.

    Very interesting, but that part about the epstein files being the reason for the iran war felt very out of place. Makes me take the source quite a bit less seriously.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life

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    Couldn't agree more, and I like your updated genderneutral version of the saying =)

    Couldn't agree more, and I like your updated genderneutral version of the saying =)

    3 votes