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How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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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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One Dimensional Pacman
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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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How Mayim Bialik lost her role as the main host of ‘Jeopardy!’
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The forecasting fallacy
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Mousetrapped
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How do you journal?
Apple recently released a journal app in their latest iOS update. I used to journal when I was younger and thought it would be a good opportunity to get back into it. I usually use it as a...
Apple recently released a journal app in their latest iOS update. I used to journal when I was younger and thought it would be a good opportunity to get back into it. I usually use it as a reflection of my day, but some days nothing happens and I feel like there's probably a plethora of things I could be writing about.
So for those of you who journal what do you like to write in it?
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A tree a minute: One man planting 1440 trees in a day
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I do not like this timeline, now I cannot even indulge in Smuckers blueberry syrup anymore!
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Wool and fabrics - Online retailer recommendations?
Hey everyone! Currently trying to make sewing more of a hobby by creating things rather than just tailoring/repairing clothes I already own. I've dabbled but haven't done much (fanny pack humble...
Hey everyone! Currently trying to make sewing more of a hobby by creating things rather than just tailoring/repairing clothes I already own.
I've dabbled but haven't done much (fanny pack humble brag here). Thinking a good first project to get back into it would be making a winter cloak for my gf, this one in particular. Hoping to make it with wool or another warm, fairly snow or proof fabric, open to suggestions for alternatives too.
I'm aware making clothing tends to be more $$$ than buying premade, but having trouble justifying the price on some of the sites I've seen and hesitant when I can't see or touch the fabric before purchasing.
Curious if anyone here would have a recommendation for an online retailer that ships to the US that they think is a good deal? I was hoping to spend a max of $40-50/yard but would be willing to spend more if I got some friendly assurance of a seller's quality and customer service.
Thanks!
(P.S. chronic lurker and think this is my first post on Tildes so just let me know if there is a better group or tags for this!)23 votes -
Frantz Fanon’s enduring legacy – The post-colonial thinker’s seminal book, “The Wretched of the Earth,” described political oppression in psychological terms
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Simple Mobile Tools bought by ZipoApps (company offering apps with ads and tracking)
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Daggerfall Unity 1.0.0 release: an open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine
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New material allows for better hydrogen-based batteries and fuel cells
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Benny breaks out: The Safdie brother on going solo, making you squirm with ‘The Curse’ and what he learned from Christopher Nolan and PTA
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Transparent wood is stronger than plastic and tougher than glass
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Give us something to look at: Why ornament matters in architecture
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Computer science pioneer Niklaus Wirth dies aged 89
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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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What is the importance of management jobs when applying for bank products?
I live in the EU. I recently applied for a credit card, and the banker asked me (about my job): "Is it a management role?" I realized that it is a question I have been asked several times in the...
I live in the EU. I recently applied for a credit card, and the banker asked me (about my job): "Is it a management role?"
I realized that it is a question I have been asked several times in the past by banks. I tried a cursory google & Reddit search, but I haven't found anyone being curious about this.
I'll try here then. Does anyone know why bankers ask this question? How does it matter? Are "individual contributors" seen as worse/riskier customers than managers?
I have my own informal, anecdotal opinion, but I'm hoping to hear some more informed answer.
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Swedish snow chaos leaves 1,000 vehicles trapped in Skåne – travel chaos occurred amid plummeting winter temperatures across the Nordic countries
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Jeffrey Epstein: documents linking associates to sex trafficker unsealed
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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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Velocipedia: Renderings of strangers' drawings of bikes
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What was your first computer game? (Soundcheck question 2023)
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The transformational power of queer-affirmative therapy – from patients whose lives have been changed
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Alzheimers paper retracted after a decade of resistance
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Cobalt – a media downloader that doesn't piss you off
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$700M stunner: Shohei Ohtani to Los Angeles Dodgers on biggest deal in sports history
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Far from their girl-power namesakes, deadpan Finnish pop duo Maustetytöt have topped the charts at home – and found a kindred spirit in director Aki Kaurismäki
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A feminist manifesto
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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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The First Omen | Official trailer
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Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
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Beating Tetris
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Trailer for Mickey Mouse slasher film drops on same day ‘Steamboat Willie’ character enters public domain
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Iran sends warship to Red Sea after US sinks Houthi boats
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Travel advice for Taipei, Taiwan
I'll be visiting Taipei for a little over a week in mid-January. I'm going to attend a conference, but have most evenings free and will be staying a few days after it ends too. Looking for good...
I'll be visiting Taipei for a little over a week in mid-January. I'm going to attend a conference, but have most evenings free and will be staying a few days after it ends too. Looking for good recommendations on activities in the city (museums, sights, etc.). I've heard Taipei has a very good nightlife, but unfortunately I don't know if I'll be able to experience much of that due to with whom I'm traveling.
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Global minimum tax on multinationals goes live to raise up to $220bn
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12 Word Searches: a printable puzzle book
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Starting out making music
I got my friend a midi beatpad a while ago and he's about to start using it to experiment with music. Does anyone have any tips I can pass on? Any help with software/equipment would be greatly...
I got my friend a midi beatpad a while ago and he's about to start using it to experiment with music. Does anyone have any tips I can pass on? Any help with software/equipment would be greatly appreciated.
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All cops are broadcasting. TETRA unlocked after decades in the shadows.
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Anime for someone who doesn't like (shonen) anime that much
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
I personally don't love most anime I've been recommended. Admittedly, shonen anime is pretty predictable and boring to watch to me, and I've only mostly been recommended anime in that genre since it's the most popular. There are some exceptions of course, but nothing has grabbed me too hard. I'm not super into the exaggerated reaction shots and repeating everything that's happening on screen like I can't already see it happening. Announcing your feelings and actions is so tiring.
Really looking for something that makes me laugh or feel something.
I've been getting bored of current TV offerings and I'm trying to boost my Japanese learning so I'm wondering if there's anything out there for me. I do try to watch at least a couple of episodes every time I get something suggested, nothing really clicked for me. Even the ones I do like, I feel like I had to force myself to sit through sometimes.
Some anime I do enjoy:
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - Even though I really dislike super over the top things, there's something about the relatively simple story and heart in this one. I really loved it and it's probably my favorite so far.
- most Studio Ghibli things - I mean, who doesn't, right?
- Your Name and Suzume - both kinda in the same vein of interesting stories and something different that is hard to pull off in conventional live-action, and beautifully drawn to boot
- Ju Jutsu Kaisen season 1 - I enjoyed it, will probably watch season 2, but waiting for it to finish
- Persona 5 The Animation - Honestly mostly because I liked the game, the anime was not as great tbh.
Things I've seen and are already on the list and will probably(?) continue -
- FMA:B (1 episode)
- Cowboy Bebop (1 episode)
- Undead Murder Farce
- Chainsaw Man season 1 (this one's a bit iffy imo, I really can't stand the main character's fascination with boobs, the action is good though and the story is actually kinda interesting)
Things I've seen and won't continue/didn't particularly enjoy -
(17 episodes of) Death Note, One Punch Man season 1, Demon Hunter season 1Edit: Western shows/movies I enjoyed:
Background shows I'll put on:
Community
Brooklyn Nine NineShows that made me feel things:
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
The Last of Us
Mr. RobotNot shows but things I enjoy:
Spider-verse movies
Everything Everywhere All at Once (my favorite movie of all time)
The Planet of the Apes trilogy remakes
Lord of the Rings46 votes -
Pipelight: Automation pipelines but easier
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Paradise (2023)
Paradise is an exciting action sci fi with a really interesting premise. What if eternal youth, was available to anyone with money... yet it involved literally sucking the life force out of others...
Paradise is an exciting action sci fi with a really interesting premise. What if eternal youth, was available to anyone with money... yet it involved literally sucking the life force out of others less fortunate than yourself?
The movie focuses on Max, who after his wife is unexpectedly forced to give up 40 years of her life, he desperately searches for a way to get her youth back. The movie is filled with the usual plot twists, cool sci fi graphics, true love and the like.
There are two truly interesting elements to this movie. The first is the cynical idea that if the rich could live forever, then they would be much more motivated to think about and solve for the long term health of the planet.
In this movie, only the rich can afford to extend their lives for as long as they choose, so we also see how that would severely impact wealth inequality.
The second interesting element of this movie is a series of questions very similar to the trolley problem. If you could extend your life, at the cost of someone else's youth, would you, assuming they were somehow reimbursed financially?
What if your youth had been taken from you; or what if youth had been taken from someone you loved. Would you take it back? Would you take it back as ethically as possible, or ethics be damned?
Could you give up your youth to save a loved one from an extremely unkind yet uncertain end, or is it easier to risk your life to save theirs than it is to give up eternal youth once you have it?
At one point in the movie, we learn it is easier to take someones life passively through the forces of economics and medical science, than it is to actively kill someone with a gun to their head. Which is the essence of the trolley problem. But it is also the essence of wealth inequality.
We could easily flip the switch, to improve the quality of life and length of life for many people, at the cost of one rich persons riches, but those with power passively choose to not do so. The movie doesn't philosophize anywhere near as much as I am doing right now, instead focusing on fast action, true love and cool sci fi. But I think perhaps this movie is a very subtle warning to the rich. At a certain point of wealth inequality, some portion of the population will want their fair share of the wealth, ethics be damed.
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Realized my screen is 144, not 60 hz
Yes, yes, I know, the classic blunder 😅 I just have to say though, the difference is insane, I mean what the actual fuaæosiuhrfjk!? I have been on 60 hz screens my entire life, only upgrading to...
Yes, yes, I know, the classic blunder 😅
I just have to say though, the difference is insane, I mean what the actual fuaæosiuhrfjk!?
I have been on 60 hz screens my entire life, only upgrading to 1080p in 2015 or so, and I bought my current screen from a friend a year or two ago -- I guess that's why I never realized it was 144 hz, not 60 hz!? But playing WoW with another friend yesterday, we started talking about specs and refresh rates came up, so she even offered that I could borrow her second screen because she felt so sorry about my only having 60 hz. So for fun and just to be sure, I went to check my settings and yup, it said 144 hz in there! "Surely not", I thought... so I clicked it and absolutely surely fucking yes, it instantly looked a million times better??? I laughed so hard because it is both amazing and I am an idiot because I have seen this exact meme dozens of times and I cannot believe that I am a victim too 😂
The colors are so much richer, the movement of everything was so much smoother. I mean seriously, my mind is still completely blown now a day later. This is a great christmas present for myself, and it was free!
I don't think any other computer upgrade has ever had this big an impact. Blew my mind!
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YouTuber Joel Haver to create twelve feature-length films in twelve months
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Blumhouse-Atomic Monster merger now complete
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