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By "modern-ish" I mean support for wifi, USB, etc. Maybe modern is the wrong word, but "not prehistoric" fits better? I primarily want to use these machines for some old school mudding. Bonus points for a browser that works with encryption to make web browsing somewhat usable. Computer #1: "Ole trusty" This one came with the OG Windows NT. I've toyed with FreeBSD installs...

Sibling topic: What long book series is worth its page count? What short series does such a good job that it feels long and substantial? What short series punches above its page count? Just like last time, I won’t put a qualifier on “short” and leave that open to interpretation. Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~books/1klc/what_short_book_series_is_worth_more_than_its_page_count Votes: 24 Comments: 25

Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can. Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~tv/1klb/tv_tuesdays_free_talk Votes: 5 Comments: 6

Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/10 Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace python with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages): <details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ```...

Yeah, seriously. As someone approaching middle age but in denial, I am bothered by nose and ear hairs. I bought a trimmer but I swear all of them I have seen are garbage, or are at least very cheap. Is there a trimmer that isn’t bad? How do you take care of your nose hair? Yes, I am aware that women also get hair...

After many years of Roll20 D&D campaigns, we have whittled the process down to the bare essentials: there are only three of us now, with one DM and two players running two characters each. Having completed many of the classic modules of our youth, we are now tackling an extension to the Mines of Phandelver - Shattered Obelisk. Because this is golden age D&D...