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A vast majority of people in the US and Canada suspect their smart speakers can eavesdrop on their conversations, and just over two-thirds think they’ve gotten ads based on that snooping
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AMD launches EPYC 9004 "Genoa" processors - Up to 96 cores, AVX-512, incredible performance
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What creative projects have you been working on?
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on. Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just...
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on.
Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just ideas.
If you have any creative projects that you have been working on or want to eventually work on, this is a place for discussing those.
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RIP Gallagher, 1946-2022
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If the goal of Denmark is to end piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, a focus on constructive political dialogues could be a good place to start
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Skott – Evergreen (2022)
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Alcazar puzzle generator
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
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In Finland, where forests cover around 75% of land, the EU's upcoming biodiversity strategy has sparked outrage in the forestry industry, as well as the government
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The Lion King: Tiny Desk Concert (2022)
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FIFA reject Denmark request for pro-human rights training shirts at 2022 World Cup in Qatar
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Chris Rock to be first comedian to perform live on Netflix
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John Lewis - The Beginner
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Comparing live vs official recording
I'd love to see live vs not live versions of your favourite music. Here are some of mine. Free Throw - Two Beers In. The crowd love this, and the intensity reaches almost scary levels. Live:...
I'd love to see live vs not live versions of your favourite music.
Here are some of mine.
Free Throw - Two Beers In. The crowd love this, and the intensity reaches almost scary levels.
Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz7Wq0pqV_Q
Not live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNcc4PTZDAgSkegss - New York California. Skegss look like the kind of band I want to watch live and the audience look like they're having a blast.
Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOQdWSkeEZI
Official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNFkrK54m8oWet Leg - Chaise Longue. There are loads of live versions and it's hard to pick one, but I chose this because the audience is full of women and they're fully into the performance. Hester and Rhian make it look effortless, and I love that they give the appearance of not caring what people think.
Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTvUR940L5M
OMV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd9jeJk2UHQTitle Fight: Head in the Ceiling Fan. Way too loud in a small sweaty room seems like the best way to watch them live. Overwhelmed by a wall of noise. The closest I got to something like this was either Jesus and Mary Chain in 86, or Wedding Present a bit later, and they weren't really comparable. (Although, I have tinnitus and I do want to give them all decent ear plugs because wow tinnitus sucks).
Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb1S1wUWG7o
OMV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu9KgGqXDyw3 votes -
Kratos, God of War - Sculpture timelapse
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Kanye West's worst nightmare is coming true — Adidas plans to sell Yeezys under new branding
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Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to become 1st world leader to appear in ‘Drag Race’ franchise
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of...
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films 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.
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Fever Ray – Carbon Dioxide (2022)
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Thomas Carlyle - "Sign of the Times" (1829)
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Hey Elon: Let me help you speed run the content moderation learning curve
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How the FCC shields US cellphone companies from safety concerns
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If you die in the game, you die in real life
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With Christian Eriksen back on top form and two recent wins over Group D rivals France, the Danes intend to ‘make some noise’
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In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth
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The strangest explanation of VLANs you've never heard
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‘Exceptional’ trove of twenty-four ancient statues found immersed in Tuscan spa
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Facebook parent company Meta will lay off 11,000 employees
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Almost famous: The untold story of an artist’s rock-poster roots
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 3
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
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A curated collection of HCI demo videos produced during the golden age from 1983-2002
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Mike Massé and Jeff Hall - Africa (Acoustic Toto cover, 2010)
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What is one very interesting fact you know?
Nothing super fancy. Having slow night and would love to hear some interesting facts and find some cool wikipedia articles to read!
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Today's puzzle (not a sudoku) is one of the most interesting that Simon can remember - a combination of Araf and Aqre called Aqraf
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Health in England 2015-2020
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A big list of Mastodon resources
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
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Qatar World Cup ambassador says homosexuality is 'damage in the mind'
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Triangle of Sadness, the Palme d’Or winning satire of the super rich, is among the leaders of the European Film Awards nominations
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~legal as a suggested community
We have a few categories it could be classified into (~news, ~humanities) but I think having a ~legal could bring some interesting people and conversations to the fore here.
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Racing / driving games: What do they get right? What do they miss?
I was playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with my kid the other day and it was a blast. Nintendo have really nailed this game, especially in the balance of accessible enough for beginners to have fun but...
I was playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with my kid the other day and it was a blast. Nintendo have really nailed this game, especially in the balance of accessible enough for beginners to have fun but hard enough for people to have a challenge too.
My other favourite game (although I haven't played it for a while) is Sega Rally Championship on Sega Saturn. This game has 4 tracks (one of which needs to be unlocked) and 3 cars (and again, one of these needs to be unlocked). The tiny number of cars and tracks means that you get to do the same corners over and over. This might sound tedious, but when you hit the corner just right you know it. You can get a sense of mastery over it. I've spent many hours playing games in the Gran Turismo series, and I really enjoy them, but fair play some of the tracks and cars are just shovelled into the game and you don't spend much time with them
In the first Gran Turismo the licensing tests were properly hard. They weren't messing around. Getting bronze requires people to read the manual and understand what the point of the test is. Getting all gold is an actual challenge for experienced players. I feel like the tests (at least, the bronze levels) got easier in later games. The UK soundtrack was small but pretty good.
My final mention is the Burnout series. I loved the crash junctions. I'm not sure the open world of Paradise was fun - it meant spending a lot of time driving across a map to get to the start line of various events. I feel the same way about many games - I'd rather just have a menu of levels and what I need to do to complete them (GoldenEye, SNES PilotWings, BlastCorps are all good examples) than have this stuff obscured by the open world. Burnout on the Nintendo DS was a genuinely awful game. I think Burnout Dominator was my favourite in the series.
So, what do driving games get right? What do they miss? What interesting game mechanics do you enjoy?
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Morality in games mechanics
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Did Real Time Strategy games die? Why?
There were a few years when RTS was a popular genre with games like Total Annihilation, Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, and Starcraft being very popular examples. But these games have mostly...
There were a few years when RTS was a popular genre with games like Total Annihilation, Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, and Starcraft being very popular examples.
But these games have mostly died out, and I was wondering if maybe I'm just not aware of modern RTS variants, or if there are good reasons why these games died off.
Like, are Tower Defence games a form of RTS?
Are there any RTS games where teams play against each other, so 2v2 rather than 1v1?
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