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2 votes
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In France, a racist conspiracy theory edges into the mainstream
13 votes -
Nope | Official trailer
6 votes -
Tildes' 2022 Backlog Burner: Week 2 Discussion Thread
Use this thread to post about the games that you play! Also, a quick note about thread etiquette: It is fine to make multiple top-level posts throughout the week if you play multiple games. It is...
Use this thread to post about the games that you play!
Also, a quick note about thread etiquette: It is fine to make multiple top-level posts throughout the week if you play multiple games. It is also fine to respond to yourself with updates if you're continuing a single game and want to talk more about it as you go!
Previous threads:
What is this?
Your "backlog" is all those games you've been meaning to play or get around to, but never have yet! This event is an attempt to get us to collectively dig into that treasure trove of experiences!
How do I participate?
Choose a game (or several) from your backlog and play it/them. Then tell us about your experiences in the discussion thread for the week! If you're not sure what you might write, take a look at a previous backlog post or our previous Backlog Burner event in 2020 to get an idea. Also if you want to keep track of statistics across the whole event or anything else like that, go for it!
Do I need to finish the games I play?
Nope! Not at all. There aren't really any requirements for the event so much as this is an incentive to get us to play games we've been avoiding starting up, for whatever reason. Play as much or as little as you like of a given game. Try out dozens for ten minutes each or dive into one for 40 hours. There's no wrong way to participate!
What's the timeline?
I will post an update thread weekly, each Tuesday, for the four weeks of February. At the end of the month, I think it would be neat to tally how many collective games we all removed from our backlogs, as well as what the best finds were from our collective digging into our libraries. I expect we'll turn up some good hidden gems, as well as interesting insights.
Do I need to sign up?
You don't have to do anything to officially join or participate in the event other than post in these threads! Participate in whatever way works for you. Also, because this is ongoing, it is okay to make more than one top-level post if you're updating the thread with new information.
10 votes -
JLA/Avengers to be reprinted for charity
6 votes -
Coastal Sound Youth Choir - Hymn of Acxiom (2016, live, Vienna Teng cover)
3 votes -
Out-of-control SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon
17 votes -
The history of Super Punch-Out world records
4 votes -
There I Ruined It - Down with the Sickness (2022, Doo-Wop Cover)
8 votes -
The bewildering architecture of indoor cities
6 votes -
Oscars: Twitter’s top fan-voted film will be recognized during broadcast
7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 14
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
7 votes -
Chrome OS Flex announced
4 votes -
Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert (2022)
6 votes -
What did you do this weekend?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
7 votes -
New Chrome 0-day bug under active attack
12 votes -
Shortwave wants to bring back Google Inbox
3 votes -
Finality does not exist in payments
3 votes -
These 23-year-old Texans made $4 million last year mining bitcoin off flare gas from oil drilling
12 votes -
Fortnightly Programming Q&A Thread
General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads. Don't forget to format your code using the triple...
General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads.
Don't forget to format your code using the triple backticks or tildes:
Here is my schema: ```sql CREATE TABLE article_to_warehouse ( article_id INTEGER , warehouse_id INTEGER ) ; ``` How do I add a `UNIQUE` constraint?
3 votes -
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act to address trucker protests
22 votes -
Why the depth year was my best year
4 votes -
Futurama retrospective, a turbulent past
5 votes -
So you want to run a microgrants program
6 votes -
The unnerving rise of video games that spy on you
14 votes -
The Stupendium - The Data Stream (2021)
3 votes -
Shooting with a 1936's Zeiss Ikonta camera
Recently I got for free an old Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/2, it's a medium format foldable camera from 1936. It was in decent shape but the lens was very foggy. Fungi can grow on lenses but I think it...
Recently I got for free an old Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/2, it's a medium format foldable camera from 1936. It was in decent shape but the lens was very foggy. Fungi can grow on lenses but I think it was just general dirt. Opening it was a bit tricky (I had to get watching-making tools, because the screws are very tiny) but I managed to clean the lenses quite well. I shot a first roll but the focus was off, so I had to make sure the front lens element was at the right distance, using some semi-transparent tape on the back of the camera to see the image.
Then I shot a second roll and developed it myself, which was also a first (it's not super hard though), I had no idea if the images would come out good, or even at all (wasn't even sure I loaded the developing tank correctly). Seeing the images come out of the tank for the first time is quite magical, and they came out great (some of them at least...) :
Even with my crappy development & scanning I can get high-res images that compete with my expensive digital camera. The lens (Tessar 105mm, f3.8) is quite sharp wide open (statue shot) and I even took a long exposure shot at night using a release cable. The process is very slow and focusing is hard, but it's quite fun and rewarding. These kind of cameras are very cheap but the rest (film, accessories, development, repairs, ...) not so much.
5 votes -
Nils Van De Poel smashes the 10,000m world record on his way to speed skating gold
3 votes -
Linus Tech Tips "pirating" OCCT - answer from the dev
16 votes -
Full-blown virtual machines with the KVM hypervisor (near-native performance) on Pixel 6 + Android 13 DP1
@kdrag0n: Full-blown virtual machines with the KVM hypervisor (near-native performance) on Pixel 6 + Android 13 DP1 pic.twitter.com/4tgtJTPRyO
3 votes -
Scientists raise alarm over ‘dangerously fast’ growth in atmospheric methane
12 votes -
Nintendo Direct - February 9, 2022
15 votes -
What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
7 votes -
Analytic feminism
3 votes -
Tove Lo – How Long (2022)
4 votes -
The White Vault (Audio drama)
4 votes -
Astronomic Comics – Generative Comic Books
11 votes -
Brian David Gilbert & Louie Zong - Breezy Slide (2022)
12 votes -
What small purchase has vastly improved your life?
Inspired by posts I've seen elsewhere, what small purchase have you made that has vastly improved your life? For me, one example would be this Gerber Folding Utility Knife. It's great for opening...
Inspired by posts I've seen elsewhere, what small purchase have you made that has vastly improved your life?
For me, one example would be this Gerber Folding Utility Knife. It's great for opening boxes. I've had several pocket knives over the years, but this one has replaced them. When the blade gets dull or gunky from opening packages I just replace it.
60 votes -
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Official trailer
12 votes -
What we do: Disney's filmmaking process
5 votes -
MoviePass is relaunching with eyeball tracking to earn credits
10 votes -
Alien Worlds radio compilation
5 votes -
An analysis of what crypto has now become by David S. H. Rosenthal, one of the original developers of PoW
9 votes -
A mathematician explains what Foundation gets right about predicting the future
5 votes -
Mysticism’s function
4 votes -
Tildes' 2022 Backlog Burner: Week 1 Discussion Thread
Use this thread to post about the games that you play! Also, a quick note about thread etiquette: It is fine to make multiple top-level posts throughout the week if you play multiple games. It is...
Use this thread to post about the games that you play!
Also, a quick note about thread etiquette: It is fine to make multiple top-level posts throughout the week if you play multiple games. It is also fine to respond to yourself with updates if you're continuing a single game and want to talk more about it as you go!
Previous threads:
What is this?
Your "backlog" is all those games you've been meaning to play or get around to, but never have yet! This event is an attempt to get us to collectively dig into that treasure trove of experiences!
How do I participate?
Choose a game (or several) from your backlog and play it/them. Then tell us about your experiences in the discussion thread for the week! If you're not sure what you might write, take a look at a previous backlog post or our previous Backlog Burner event in 2020 to get an idea. Also if you want to keep track of statistics across the whole event or anything else like that, go for it!
Do I need to finish the games I play?
Nope! Not at all. There aren't really any requirements for the event so much as this is an incentive to get us to play games we've been avoiding starting up, for whatever reason. Play as much or as little as you like of a given game. Try out dozens for ten minutes each or dive into one for 40 hours. There's no wrong way to participate!
What's the timeline?
I will post an update thread weekly, each Tuesday, for the four weeks of February. At the end of the month, I think it would be neat to tally how many collective games we all removed from our backlogs, as well as what the best finds were from our collective digging into our libraries. I expect we'll turn up some good hidden gems, as well as interesting insights.
Do I need to sign up?
You don't have to do anything to officially join or participate in the event other than post in these threads! Participate in whatever way works for you. Also, because this is ongoing, it is okay to make more than one top-level post if you're updating the thread with new information.
10 votes -
‘Blade Runner 2099’ live-action sequel series from Ridley Scott in works at Amazon Studios
10 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 7
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
9 votes -
Moviepass CEO wants in on the Metaverse
9 votes