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Fertility rates are falling in the rich world. But there are still plenty of people to go round.
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For some Helldivers 2 players, the fascist role-play has gone too far
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of March 3
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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Building a full adventure map in Valheim - Start to finish
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New York midwife fined for giving 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines
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Reinventing myself at 55: From commando to interior designer to miniature artist
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Is private equity actually worth it?
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Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer
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Happy MAR10 Day! To mark the occasion, please take a look at this video for the latest news about Mario.
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New York City subways' ancient signaling systems keep trains going slow – but that's about to change
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Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ accused of plagiarism by ‘Luca’ writer
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Marvel Infinity Comics: Start Scrolling
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Illumination, Nintendo set new animated film based on world of Super Mario Bros
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Shock of the old: the amazing, infuriating history of the electric car – in pictures
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Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades
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By sending Mississippi river waters on a new course, engineers hope to build new land—and test ways to save a retreating coast
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Single dose of clinical-grade LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety, wins approval for phase III trials
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100 years later, long-lost silent film found in Omaha auction
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New Music Fridays: Everything Everything, Charli XCX, ScHoolboy Q and more
This is a thread to discuss 2024 releases that have recently arrived on our doorstep, or been announced for the future. Feel free to share albums, singles, EPs or reissues that have caught your...
This is a thread to discuss 2024 releases that have recently arrived on our doorstep, or been announced for the future. Feel free to share albums, singles, EPs or reissues that have caught your eye and interest, or share your thoughts about any new music that you've had the chance to listen to this week.
Discussion Points
Is there anything you've been looking forward to listening to?
Any releases that have surprised you?
Have you listened to any new music recently? What are your thoughts?
What have you enjoyed from these artists in the past? How does their latest work compare?Links:
Pitchfork - Out This Week
AllMusic - All New Releases
Stereogum - New Music~~ Feedback on the format welcome
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Britain’s future is being compromised by the massive increase in long-term sickness among the working age population
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Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable (2024)
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German man deliberately receives 217 Covid vaccinations over twenty-nine months, with no adverse events or strong effect on immune system
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saddyowner - The Minecraft soundtrack but it's midwest emo (2024)
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The life-ruining power of routines: Habits don’t lead to personal optimisation. They lead to suffering.
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Leaving LinkedIn: Choosing engineering excellence over expediency
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It’s me, hi, I’m the problem. I’m 33.
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Solar comprises over half of new energy production, reaching a renewable energy milestone not seen since WWII
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Looking for a laptop to take on a Latin America trip - what advice do you have for finding cheap and sturdy
Basically the title. I need a machine that isn't fragile, doesn't invite theft and can be replaced or repaired if needed
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Argentina president Javier Milei’s actions after taking office have research institutions facing shutdown. Scientists protest.
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Dating apps have gotten so bad that speed dating is in again
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Democrats go on offense as IVF leaves Republicans vulnerable
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BMW is a surprise winner in electric vehicles
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What did you do this week (and 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 week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
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 week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
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Getting tired of Firefox
Am I the only one? They've made some serious improvements and I generally enjoy using Firefox but I occasionally run into issues that just shows complete disregard for end users. Assuming, of...
Am I the only one?
They've made some serious improvements and I generally enjoy using Firefox but I occasionally run into issues that just shows complete disregard for end users. Assuming, of course, my issues are not isolated.
Every month or so, when Firefox updates, it completely resets itself. This doesn't happen with every update, but Mozilla pushes an update that breaks the functionality of my browser. My browser settings, my userChrome profile, my extensions and their settings, and my bookmarks are all gone. Everything.
I do have sync but that doesn't work properly either. It only syncs some of my settings (which actually makes it harder for me to figure out what's enabled/disabled) and while I do get my bookmarks (none of which have their favicons), the extensions that manage to sync (meaning the ones that were installed from the store) don't sync their settings unless they have cloud support.
I do not understand this. Why do I, as an end user who care about Mozilla's mission, have to deal with this? I'd overlooked many of Firefox's shortcomings in the past, but when the browser works, it works well. I have some issues, but browsers are complicated and running into issues are to be expected. I understand that, but I simply cannot understand how eager they are to break the end user's workflow. Isn't it supposed to be a cardinal sin for every software company, especially the ones trying to survive, to not do this?
I just spent roughly half an hour of my day to get my browser back to its previous state. Adding the times I had had to deal with this issue before, I've spent hours on dealing with Firefox that I shouldn't have. I don't think I have another half an hour to spare for it and I don't want to anymore, but is there even an alternative for Windows that suck less?
(Apologies for the rant, but I needed to vent and perhaps get a discussion going about the current state of browsers.)
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Whatever happened to fun? So much of comedy today is about making the audience cringe. Carol Burnett still believes it should make you feel good.
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Europe faces 'competitiveness crisis' as US widens [economic] productivity gap
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How illegal fishing ships hide at sea
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‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’ sweeps five categories at Razzies, including Worst Picture
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Coywolves are prospering in Eastern North America
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Epipens are not usable in space
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American politics is undergoing a racial realignment – Democrats are rapidly losing non-white voters as the forces that ensured their support weaken
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Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusion
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Learning new programming languages with limited time: Rust, golang, or otherwise?
I want to learn a new language that I can use for personal projects. But I want to pick the right one for me, given the fact that learning it will be a time investment and I don't have a ton of...
I want to learn a new language that I can use for personal projects. But I want to pick the right one for me, given the fact that learning it will be a time investment and I don't have a ton of time for "fun" stuff these days.
I've spent a decent amount of time tinkering around with Rust and my experience has been decent so far, if I'm trying to filter it through the lens of the current Rust craze. It just seems that the code has a somewhat... ugly(?)... aesthetic to it? I'm not willing to cast it aside yet and I think the "ugliness" just comes from me not really recognizing the syntax very well.
I started looking at golang and was immediately interested in the marketing message of it being "a better C". Aside from Hello World, I haven't done anything else with it.
Some random notes/points about my experience and what I'm looking for:
- I am very accomplished with PHP, quite accomplished with C, somewhat accomplished with C++ and Python. Of those, I find Python to be too "free and easy", PHP (Symfony specifically) and C++ to be so OOP-oriented that I just end up writing a bunch of boilerplate, and C is just... C (I'd rather pull out a tooth than have to work with C strings).
- Aside from the obvious pains of C, I think it's the most fun of the bunch. I don't know why I think this, because again, I absolutely hate C strings.
- I appreciate the package management and ecosystem of Rust, from what I've seen. C-with-Cargo would be awesome.
- The older I get, the more I appreciate strong typing.
- I like a language that allows me to systematically and logically organize my code into various modules, directories, etc. This is where PHP/Symfony shines in that there's a place for everything, as opposed to a bunch of .c and .h files all dumped into a folder.
- Ideally, I'd like something that can compile into a binary that doesn't require JVM, etc.
I'm open to suggestions outside of Rust and Go... those are just the ones I've been seeing mentioned the most over the past decade.
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Romantic love is an under-rated driver of gender equality
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Research sheds light on new strategy to treat infertility
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Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets
This is the place for casual discussion about our pets. Photos are welcome, show us your pet(s) and tell us about them!
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Akira Toriyama has passed away
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The mystery social media account schooling US Congress on how to do its job
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Quiz: Guess what actors said about major movie flops
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