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Battle to save pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway – archaeologists fear more than 2,000 carved figures could be destroyed
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What is the "bible" of your hobby or activity?
Last weekend I took an avalanche safety course to get more comfortable with backcountry skiing. During the course the instructor told us to get The Tahoe Skiing Atlas and couched it as "the bible...
Last weekend I took an avalanche safety course to get more comfortable with backcountry skiing. During the course the instructor told us to get The Tahoe Skiing Atlas and couched it as "the bible for backcountry in Tahoe". It made me think about the other "bibles" I had, like All the Rain Promises and More... for mushroom foraging or Tartine Bread for making sourdough. The folks on Tildes have such an amazing assortment of interests and I'd love to hear about your "bibles" and the activities, crafts, or hobbies they help with!
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How parents' trauma leaves biological traces in children
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A professor claimed to be Native American. Did she know she wasn’t?
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What are some significant numbers or juxtapositions of numbers and quantities you often notices?
You may find it delightful to encounter sequences composed of prime numbers, or numbers who are divisors of each other. Maybe they're components of your first phone number, your first car license,...
You may find it delightful to encounter sequences composed of prime numbers, or numbers who are divisors of each other. Maybe they're components of your first phone number, your first car license, your kid's birthday, the day a relative died, or the release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. What numbers and combinations of numbers you see everywhere that you find curious, amusing, or meaningful?
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The limits of the lunchbox moment
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Nike and Fanatics: Who’s responsible for MLB’s new uniforms?
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Donald Trump built a national debt so big (even before the pandemic) that it’ll weigh down the US economy for years [published 2021]
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World's fastest camera drone vs F1 car (ft. Max Verstappen)
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Packages seized by the Royal Navy from a Faroese cargo ship bound for Denmark during the Napoleonic Wars opened – previously hidden away in the National Archives
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of February 25
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week! Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle...
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week!
Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle are most worth my attention?”
Rules:
- No grey market sales
- No affiliate links
If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the available game/games are worthwhile.
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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of February 26
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Israel-Hamas war 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 Israel-Hamas war 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.
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.
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Trans person infilitrates CPAC
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Would a fairy or a walrus surprise you more if you found it on your doorstep?
From Baddy Wrong Legs on Tumblr: It is the middle of a Sunday afternoon. You have nothing on, and aren't expecting visitors, deliveries or post. Unexpectedly, there is a knock at the door. Which...
From Baddy Wrong Legs on Tumblr:
It is the middle of a Sunday afternoon. You have nothing on, and aren't expecting visitors, deliveries or post.
Unexpectedly, there is a knock at the door.
Which of these would surprise you more to find on the doorstep?29 votes -
Inside the brazen Arctic trip supplying Vladimir Putin’s flagship energy scheme
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Jeannie Robertson - I'm a Man Youse Don't Meet Every Day (2014)
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Is an ethical social media platform even possible?
I've long been uncomfortable using platforms that have a bad reputation with respect to: Human rights / genocide Disinformation Privacy All three of those can be connected with advertising...
I've long been uncomfortable using platforms that have a bad reputation with respect to:
- Human rights / genocide
- Disinformation
- Privacy
All three of those can be connected with advertising revenue, among other things. When I use platforms that are shady in this regard, I know I'm colluding with them and contributing to the problems they create. So it's been a relief to see new platforms like Tildes emerge, as well as those based on ActivityPub.
But even platforms that don't have overt advertising (Telegram?) do have a problem with hate groups that go unchallenged. And I know that if I was running an instance of an ActivityPub compatible platform such as KBin, I mightn't be able to keep on top of moderating things like disinformation.
So I suppose my question is, where do you draw the line? I've deleted my Twitter and Meta accounts and I'm exploring alternatives, but I'm not sure if I'm going from the darkness to the light, or just into shades of grey.
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What libraries do you use for implementing web forms, if any?
I recently ran across Modular Forms, which is a new and rather obscure JavaScript library for doing form validation that claims good support for TypeScript (type safety) and low download size. It...
I recently ran across Modular Forms, which is a new and rather obscure JavaScript library for doing form validation that claims good support for TypeScript (type safety) and low download size. It has variants for a few frameworks like React and Preact.
I’m wondering what else people use? I ended up writing my own Preact hooks to help out, with the actual validation done using Zod.
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How to make your website available over Tor: A complete guide to EOTK, the Enterprise Onion Toolkit
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Join Brad Leone as he travels to Dublin, Ireland and gets a special, VIP behind-the-scenes tour at the world famous Guinness Factory | Local Legends
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Tildes Book Club - How is it going? Discussion of Cloud Atlas will begin the second full week in March.
I'm not going to commit to a specific day yet but I'm planning to have the discussion post up before March 15.
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Abolishing inheritance tax sent Stockholm's startup ecosystem soaring – tax cut could revive Britain's flagging economy
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Can European carmakers stop China’s electric behemoth BYD?
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White House urges use of type safe and memory safe programming languages and hardware
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‘There is no help’: US nurses’ suicide rate rising amid staff shortage and stress
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UK requesting comments for updating ebike power laws
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Sam Altman for breaching firm’s founding mission
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White House to Developers: Using C or C++ Invites Cybersecurity Risks
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Favorite game shows?
I just started watching Taskmaster after finding most TV right now pretty boring. I do like the silly challenges (and dry British humor in general lol). I never really watched game shows growing...
I just started watching Taskmaster after finding most TV right now pretty boring. I do like the silly challenges (and dry British humor in general lol). I never really watched game shows growing up, I'm aware of the bigger ones of course, (Jeopardy, Millionaire, etcetc.) but I wonder what I've missed in the meantime. I feel like sometimes game shows bleed into Reality shows a bit, which kinda turned me off from the genre until now. I do love trivia and seeing people solve problems in interesting ways though!
To throw in some of my favorites,
Game Changer on Dropout - My favorite at the moment, just because the cast is great and the tasks are great. Sam Reich is a great host too of course, and I just love the things they come up with.The Mole on Netflix - Even though I don't loveeee reality shows for some reason this one got me. The players were super dumb but it was kinda interesting. I watched it a while ago though so my opinion might be different now.
Lateral (Podcast) - Tom Scott's trivia/gameshow podcast. It's really chill and I really enjoy the trivia I learn while walking my dog. The guests are (mostly) fun and interesting people too! The questions themselves are super "thinky" and playing along is fun.
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The Strangers: Chapter 1 | Official trailer
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Wicked Inside | Showcase
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Analysis: Donald Trump faces multiple US trials. Here’s why scheduling many for one defendant is complicated.
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FastSDXL.AI: Free demo that lets you generate AI images as fast as you can type
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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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MRI research shows live music makes us more emotional than recordings
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The food of war and isolation - International influences on Russian sausage cuisine
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Bitcoin tops $57,000 price level for first time since late 2021
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Frontex: [EU] Border agency all at sea over shipwrecks
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Apple is turning William Gibson’s Neuromancer into a TV series
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A university professor reflects about time management
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Communications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication
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Liberal visions and boring machines – The early history of the Channel Tunnel [the railway tunnel connecting the UK to France]
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US regulatory agencies take steps to fight non compete clauses in employment contracts
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The decimal point is 150 years older than previously thought, medieval manuscript reveals
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The DVD biz has circled the drain for years. In 2024, it goes down the tubes.
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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like offices, vending machines and tumblr. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was...
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like offices, vending machines and tumblr. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was observant.
But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched
offbeat
stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!9 votes -
The endangered languages of New York
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Happy Leap Day
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What happens when prosecutors offer contradictory versions of the truth?
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