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19 votes
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Why flying insects gather at artificial light
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An AI-generated image of a Victorian MP raises wider questions on digital ethics
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Tests show that guardrails possibly do little to stop EVs and other heavier vehicles. And US transportation officials are concerned.
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Popular AI chatbots found to give error-ridden legal answers
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Congo’s least bad elections: How a fragile democracy inched forward—and how it can consolidate the gains
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The $2.6 billion experiment to cover up Europe's dirty habit – Norwegian project to bury carbon waste under the sea is getting backing from Germany
8 votes -
Why Spec Ops: The Line mattered
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Rebecca Solnit: How to comment on social media
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Bruce Schneier on the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed data rules
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Security crises from Red Sea to Black Sea pose a troubling question: How much has freedom of navigation been an anomaly?
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A start-up secret: Executives' '11th-hour' pay bumps
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Poor Things’ intimacy coordinator on consent, orgies and Emma Stone
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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and a MAGA meltdown
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EU leaders approve €50 billion deal for Ukraine after Viktor Orbán lifts his veto
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Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners
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Oil firms forced to consider full climate effects of new drilling, following landmark Norwegian court ruling
9 votes -
The Ukrainian marines hit the Russian marines so hard, they blew the Russians back to 1980
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For the first time: system roms, data dumps, scans and photographs, and a MAME driver for the little-known Sega AI
13 votes -
Recruited to play sports, and win a culture war
4 votes -
What it takes to manufacture 3D printers in Europe
13 votes -
Inside the decades-long fight over Yahoo's misdeeds in China
6 votes -
Rise of the Ronin | Gameplay overview
4 votes -
The Messenger shuts down amid journalism industry-wide layoffs
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Epitaph: idle game about existential risks and the death of civilizations
20 votes -
The war on ‘woke capital’ is backfiring
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Denis Villeneuve refuses to let Hollywood shrink him down to size
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Baltimore Orioles agree to be sold to a group led by [Baltimore native] David Rubenstein for $1.7 billion
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | State of Play announce trailer
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Over 5,000 games industry workers have already lost their jobs in 2024
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Showgirls | re:View
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Judas | Story trailer
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Silent Hill: The Short Message | Launch trailer
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Rob Pardo on World of Warcraft (2006)
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23andMe’s fall from $6 billion to nearly $0
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A wolf killed EU president Ursula von der Leyen’s family pony, it ignited a high-stakes battle
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I got a spam call and the automated voice that requests their reasoning for calling was my voice AI generated
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Has anyone else noticed a difference in their winters?
I moved to a place with an "actual" winter just over a decade ago -- snow, freezing temperatures, etc. In the first couple of years, I got what felt like a genuinely solid winter. Lots of...
I moved to a place with an "actual" winter just over a decade ago -- snow, freezing temperatures, etc. In the first couple of years, I got what felt like a genuinely solid winter. Lots of blisteringly cold days. Snow that fell in large amounts and stuck around for most of the season. I love winter, so this was great for me.
In recent years, however, the winters have been milder and milder. When we do get snow, it's only around for a bit because days above freezing are now frequent enough that it's able to melt between snowfalls. Also, the snowfalls themselves are more intermittent. This year specifically we've actually had more rain than snow. I don't remember getting rain in January when I first moved here.
It irks me a bit because the shift has been so stark and noticeable in such a short period of time. There's a part of me that thinks that it's not a big deal and maybe my first years here were unnaturally cold and snowy for the area, so what I'm seeing now is simply the other side of the mean, but then there's another part of me that feels like that's simply a comforting lie I can tell myself in the face of the obvious effects of climate change.
Is there anyone else here that feels like they're missing their winters?
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Tildes Minecraft Survival Bi-Weekly Thread
Server host: tildes.nore.gg Dynmap: https://tildes.nore.gg Playtime counter: https://tildes.nore.gg/playtimes.html Verification site: https://verify.tildes.nore.gg Tildes website extension (shows...
Server host:
tildes.nore.gg
Dynmap: https://tildes.nore.gg
Playtime counter: https://tildes.nore.gg/playtimes.html
Verification site: https://verify.tildes.nore.gg
Tildes website extension (shows online status & location): Firefox (Desktop and Android) - ChromeThe server operates on a soft whitelist. Anyone can log in and walk around, but you need a Tildes account to gain build access.
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A cycle of misery: The business of building commercial aircraft
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What service are you using for domain names?
In light of Google's recent, tragic, and inevitable closure of Google Domains and sale of their customer list to Squarespace: what are you using for domain names? Google Domains checked most of...
In light of Google's recent, tragic, and inevitable closure of Google Domains and sale of their customer list to Squarespace: what are you using for domain names?
Google Domains checked most of the boxes for me: good price, availability of TLDs, features, interface. The company's reputation went both ways, as we're now dealing with. Can't even remember what I used for domains before GD.
This thread is inspired by the recent thread on hosting providers, where I saw a lot of people were using Namecheap for domains. The name of the company sounds like a .biz from 2002, but if it's good it's good.
Let's figure out the best option for domain name services as of October 2023.
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Florida official letter: "Misrepresenting" gender on drivers licenses is fraud, changes now banned
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
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.
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Abbott Elementary | Season 3 official trailer
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When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of sheep, but also a way of life at a crossroads
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What's a recent queer milestone you've reached?
Inspired by this amazing post and the subsequent discussion about the need for more queer joy: What's a recent queer milestone you've reached/experienced in your life? It can be something big, but...
Inspired by this amazing post and the subsequent discussion about the need for more queer joy:
What's a recent queer milestone you've reached/experienced in your life?
It can be something big, but it can also be something small but still meaningful. It can be an event (coming out!), a realization (oh so THAT'S who I am!), a feeling (dress go spinny!), a moment (holding hands!), a recognition (they used male pronouns!), or anything else that is distinctly queer and noteworthy.
Share what it is, what you think about it, and why it's meaningful.
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Teach me about biryani
I was watching this video. The auto-translated subtitles are not great, but I followed along a bit. We tried 15 types of Biryani It made me realise that in the UK I have access to a very limited...
I was watching this video. The auto-translated subtitles are not great, but I followed along a bit.
It made me realise that in the UK I have access to a very limited selection of biryani. From a supermarket it will look like this: https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-chicken-biryani-375g/87458.html. I'm missing so much knowledge about an enormous region that covers over a billion people.
I'd be really interested to hear about biryani, especially regional variations with different ingredients. What things are essential and often missed? What makes a biryani great?
I'd also love to hear more about delivery - those "handi" ceramic dum cooked to order pots look amazing. There's another video here of an "unboxing" - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q5OA4XiGl34 , and the makers have a video here too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6nE1Nla3u0
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Palworld could be a delight if it wasn't so invested in being awful
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The history of X11
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Wind power is starting to learn big oil’s dirty little secret
11 votes