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Comment on Has Tildes attracted any runners? in ~hobbies
dfin Link ParentThe Brooks are holding up great! I had to get some teeth out, so I haven't been running as much over the past few weeks. I've got ~100mi on them (~160km) and the soles haven't worn out much at...The Brooks are holding up great! I had to get some teeth out, so I haven't been running as much over the past few weeks. I've got ~100mi on them (~160km) and the soles haven't worn out much at all. Nothing really noticeable.
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Comment on Would anybody be interested in a Tildes Minecraft server? in ~games
dfin LinkOh nice, that could be sweet. I play casually, but being alone isn't as much fun. :pOh nice, that could be sweet. I play casually, but being alone isn't as much fun. :p
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Comment on Has Tildes attracted any runners? in ~hobbies
dfin Link ParentHa! From two months ago! I run 5ks 3 times a week now with a 5-mile run on the weekends. I wound up picking up some Brooks Ghosts. Found a running shop near me that has a no-questions 30-day...Ha! From two months ago!
I run 5ks 3 times a week now with a 5-mile run on the weekends. I wound up picking up some Brooks Ghosts.
Found a running shop near me that has a no-questions 30-day return policy so long as they are like-new.Getting actual running shoes (and thick-ish running socks!) was a game changer. It's just so much better on my feet and knees.
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Comment on Has Tildes attracted any runners? in ~hobbies
dfin LinkFledgling! I run 2.5 miles 2-3 times a week (almost breaking an avg 10min pace!). Just ran another 5K yesterday with my fiancee (her first race! she was amazing!). Been great so far! Although -...Fledgling! I run 2.5 miles 2-3 times a week (almost breaking an avg 10min pace!). Just ran another 5K yesterday with my fiancee (her first race! she was amazing!). Been great so far!
Although - maybe this is a good place to ask - I'm unsure of what kind of shoes to buy. I've had some pair I got off Amazon years ago, but they don't feel awesome for running. I just kinda don't know where to start with shoes and I feel like going into a store someone is going to try to up-sell me.
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Comment on As per the username: Anyone want to talk about D&D? If you play - what's going on in your game? in ~games.tabletop
dfin LinkFew different parties, currently. :) One, where I'm a player, just went on hiatus. We're playing Curse of Strahd. It's been a great bit of fun, although we are pushing a year (player time). We'll...Few different parties, currently. :)
One, where I'm a player, just went on hiatus. We're playing Curse of Strahd. It's been a great bit of fun, although we are pushing a year (player time). We'll probably finish up this summer. The DM is feeling some burnout, which is pretty understandable. We're a group of six rambunctious rule-challenging people (I was the first DM of the group and yeah... burnt out after a year as well, haha). But this is the same group of players that gave the world Silence - a Tiefling rogue with a vow of silence and a surprising amount of charisma leading to him being the frontman of the party, and Uncle Cousin - a tank-top wearing Barbarian who uses a giant wheel to bludgeon his enemies to death (and also fantastic at cart/wagon racing). So, definitely a double edged sword on that front.
I have another group I'm DMing. I recently moved so I've established some friends here and introduced them to D&D. We're running the starter campaign. For some reason, they've all started communicating via elaborate hand signs (of course, I make them actually do it!) while in the Cragmaw Hideout. So we're rolling lots of performance/perception checks (performance of gesture-er + perception of gesture-ee >= 20) because they only do the signs spur-of-the moment and don't talk about it beforehand. But it's led to this amazing thing where they are building a library of nonsensical hand signs to mean certain things. I'm taking notes as best as I can to remember what means what. One of my favorites is that simply waving at someone means they can see Goblins... There's definitely going to be an insight check in a tavern after a friendly wave, haha!
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Comment on Anime recommendations? in ~tv
dfin Link ParentWatched Redline then bought the Blue Ray. That movie is pure adrenaline. I love it!Watched Redline then bought the Blue Ray. That movie is pure adrenaline. I love it!
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Comment on What game has your favorite soundtrack? in ~games
dfin Link ParentDOOM 2016 is what I listen to at work, haha. It's great for drowning out the open office!DOOM 2016 is what I listen to at work, haha. It's great for drowning out the open office!
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Comment on What game has your favorite soundtrack? in ~games
dfin Link ParentOh man, when I first head the soundtrack I had to start playing it. When I got my guitar into the right tuning I realized that was 50% of the magic. I love playing around in that tuning now. (For...Oh man, when I first head the soundtrack I had to start playing it. When I got my guitar into the right tuning I realized that was 50% of the magic. I love playing around in that tuning now.
(For anyone curious: C F A# D# G C)
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Comment on How does Tildes feel about bots? in ~tildes
dfin LinkI mean, there are going to be bots. You can't really stop it. Even if you don't supply an API, then someone is going to use headless Chromium to simulate users. Then it'll devolve into an endless...I mean, there are going to be bots. You can't really stop it. Even if you don't supply an API, then someone is going to use headless Chromium to simulate users. Then it'll devolve into an endless game of whack-a-mole and witch hunts.
I'd much rather provide an easy way to make bots and apply a tag to all content generated via API that can be filtered. That'll cut through much of the noise and let users choose whether or not they want to see bots. It'll also (IMO) fit into the mechanics of tags and filtering.
And another point... having other users determine what is a "bot" (via tags or other means) could lead to an actual user being unfairly labeled and then mistreated. It could lead to some sort of "spam-banning" (for lack of a better word).
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Comment on Anime recommendations? in ~tv
dfin LinkI've really loved the two seasons of Konosuba that are out. Have any genres that you're interested in, specifically? Given your username (if you haven't already seen them): Samurai Champloo Trigun...I've really loved the two seasons of Konosuba that are out.
Have any genres that you're interested in, specifically?
Given your username (if you haven't already seen them):
- Samurai Champloo
- Trigun
- Black Lagoon
And basically anything from Studio Bones.
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Comment on Anime recommendations? in ~tv
dfin Link ParentWell they are doing another season of FLCL. I think two of the episodes are out now?Well they are doing another season of FLCL. I think two of the episodes are out now?
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Comment on Anime recommendations? in ~tv
dfin Link ParentMiA will fill the void and then replace it with one twice as wide, haha. But man, such a good watch.MiA will fill the void and then replace it with one twice as wide, haha. But man, such a good watch.
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Comment on How do you log your reads? in ~books
dfin Link ParentIt can be interesting to look back over it. If you have a timestamp there isn't much guesswork as to when you read it. I view it in the same vein as tracking weight. I like looking at my progress...It can be interesting to look back over it. If you have a timestamp there isn't much guesswork as to when you read it.
I view it in the same vein as tracking weight. I like looking at my progress over the long term.
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Comment on How do you log your reads? in ~books
dfin LinkMy bookshelf. :) But actually, now that I have a Kindle, I just use Goodreads. It's automatically synced. So when I finish a book there's a screen that pops up that gives me a one-touch button to...My bookshelf. :)
But actually, now that I have a Kindle, I just use Goodreads. It's automatically synced. So when I finish a book there's a screen that pops up that gives me a one-touch button to log it to Goodreads. I never really use the site/app, but when I do get the year-end emails those are always interesting to look at.
If I wasn't doing that, I'd probably just use a Google Sheet.
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Comment on What's the best-written software (open-source or otherwise) you've used or otherwise interacted with? in ~comp
dfin Link Parentripgrep is wonderful. The only thing that has me going back to grep (or, really, ag) is --passthrough. But for everything else it's phenomenal. At this point I've just started searching globally...ripgrep is wonderful. The only thing that has me going back to grep (or, really, ag) is
--passthrough. But for everything else it's phenomenal. At this point I've just started searching globally because it's so fast (rg ~/repos "foo") -
Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - should we allow groups to have customized appearances? in ~tildes.official
dfin LinkPersonally, I like a little bit of flair (like, literal flair on, say, sports subreddits) and banner images. Other than that I've always turned off site-wide CSS customization. Some unstructured...Personally, I like a little bit of flair (like, literal flair on, say, sports subreddits) and banner images. Other than that I've always turned off site-wide CSS customization.
Some unstructured thoughts:
- Full CSS grants a lot of power to the author of that CSS, be it Admins or otherwise. It could change a whole lot about that community. We can see this pretty clearly in Reddit right now - while much of it isn't my personal cup of tea it does foster a stronger sense of community through uniqueness.
- It feels like giving and then taking away is what really grinds people's gears. If you give out large amounts of power then roll that back, users could feel that are being shafted. So, I'd start with only the amount of power/customization that you're comfortable with going forward.
- How would styles cascade into sub-communities? ~music.folk and ~music.metal may not want the same thing. they also may or may not want to inherit from ~music. Some sort of sub-classing may be useful here, but frontend is way out of my ballpark. (I don't even know if cascading was in consideration, but just a thought)
- Potentially starting with a few sanctioned global themes that communities could choose to display would be good (with a per-user site-level override).
Go 1.11 (3 weeks old) does this and it's great!
Go has had a long and storied history of package management. It's been very difficult to keep track of what was "in vogue" at any given time. But 1.11 has introduced a mechanism right into the go binary itself, and integrated into the "build" command as well.
When I was playing with new languages a few years ago, I really liked the built-in package managers for Rust (Cargo) and Elixir (Hex). I wish I was able to play with them more.