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18 votes
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Cargo ship hits major bridge in Baltimore, triggering collapse (gifted link)
93 votes -
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.
27 votes -
Picotron is a Fantasy Workstation
23 votes -
There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, new research finds
58 votes -
Riot's League of Legends MMO is being 'reset,' likely going dark for 'several years'
28 votes -
Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Official trailer
7 votes -
Cowboy launches all-road electric bike to attract riders beyond European city centers
6 votes -
How do you - or, how did you - leverage your hobbies into careers?
Hey there! I'm an office monkey doing IT stuff. I've mercenary'd my way across multiple teams for the last decade (level 1 support to basically DevOps for payment systems) with no formal training...
Hey there! I'm an office monkey doing IT stuff. I've mercenary'd my way across multiple teams for the last decade (level 1 support to basically DevOps for payment systems) with no formal training or certification at a fairly large company. It's nice that my bosses all seem to appreciate that I'm flexible, but my work kinda swells and relaxes every couple months, and sometimes it feels unstable since I've never actually put any of this knowledge into an accepted certification. I look into certifications but nothing jumps out; recently I gave AWS a shot in a self-guided course and realized I was pretty bored by it. Something that popped into my mind as I noticed that I don't really have a "portfolio" is that I have tons of car work, audio editing, off-the-cuff writing about games, etc things that have to do with my hobbies in gaming, cars, music, shitposting on the internet, etc that I'm happy to make without feeling pressured. I feel like if someone asked me to pick up something like this for pay and give me a deadline - a program to edit, a car to work on, an image or audio to manipulate, something analyzing a piece of art - I'd happily do it without even thinking about it, and they're the kinds of things I could do for hours losing track of time.
Being a breadwinner right now with a kid I don't have the risk factor to jump careers right now, but if I lost my job I feel like I'd want to give some different industry a shot. Problem is I just don't get how people... weasel into these things? Is that how this happens? Or do they just eat a ton of time/money making these laterals? Where do they get the experience, where do people find the connections? I'm curious - has anyone ever turned a hobby into a career? Did it work out?
22 votes -
Plans for regulator illustrate inherently political nature of football
4 votes -
Brawls, rivalries and superstars: how women’s college basketball became the main event
3 votes -
2021 Rust movie set shooting tragedy: The product of low-budget, cost-cutting filmmaking
17 votes -
Larian Studios won't make Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, expansions, or Baldur's Gate 4
63 votes -
All the ways car dependency is wrecking us – car harm: a global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment
15 votes -
Metal: Hellsinger VR | Announcement trailer
7 votes -
Natural gas is scamming America
25 votes -
Visa, Mastercard settle long-running antitrust suit over swipe fees with merchants
20 votes -
Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492
9 votes -
Climate sustainability through a dynamic duo: Green hydrogen and crypto driving energy transition and decarbonization
5 votes -
I have a bit of trouble figuring out the stages in pencil drawing
I drew a LOT in my childhood and youth, but later forgot about it. My skills and my patience is pretty much gone. I look at my old drawing and wonder, did I really make that? Damn. But I'm slowly...
I drew a LOT in my childhood and youth, but later forgot about it. My skills and my patience is pretty much gone. I look at my old drawing and wonder, did I really make that? Damn. But I'm slowly trying to get back in the game.
I know how to get the outlines in place first, but I'm unsure how to go about the shades of grey. Some instruction online suggest that you concentrate at one area at the time. Others seems more like you're supposed to start out with the brightest shadows and slowly move towards softer leads.
Does any of you have some kind of structure here?
14 votes -
Water isn't normal
24 votes -
They grow your berries and peaches, but often lack one item: insurance
9 votes -
Hobo Johnson & The LoveMakers - Dad's Bed (2024)
3 votes -
"Debunking Davos and the global elite": The World Economic Forum and its annual meeting
18 votes -
“But the ancient Greeks didn’t *sound* Irish…” On capturing voice in historical fiction
12 votes -
Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells
11 votes -
Some NATO countries ‘don’t understand urgency of stopping Russia,’ says Swedish FM
16 votes -
The Abilene Paradox
26 votes -
Have my ear for a day
Send me a list of things to listen to for a day. Probably best if it's 4-8 hours, but if you want to recommend less (like an album or two) I'll listen and then use the "radio" feature to stream...
Send me a list of things to listen to for a day. Probably best if it's 4-8 hours, but if you want to recommend less (like an album or two) I'll listen and then use the "radio" feature to stream similar music afterwards.
Alternatively or additionally, feel free to get out of your comfort zone and join in on the listening.
Context:
I have a lot of time to listen to music while working. Recently I've been getting bored with my go-to catalog. About 5 years ago I posted out like this on a different platform and had a pretty good experience.
This doesn't need to be specific/catered to me, since that's part of the experience. But if it helps, I tend to listen to pop, electronic, alt rock, R&B, and funk. I also enjoy jazz and 40's music. Here's my last.fm if you want more specifics, though the all-time stats are skewed towards my heavy listening a decade ago.
Edit:
Feel free to post links to whatever you use to listen or no links at all. I don't mind doing some leg work to get it playing on my streaming service.
14 votes -
Marvel Rivals | Official announcement trailer
4 votes -
Tiny undervalued hardware companions
37 votes -
Jacques - Porte s'ouvre (2022)
3 votes -
The Spider Within: A Spiderverse story
12 votes -
VHEMT: the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
31 votes -
Recent ‘MFA bombing’ attacks targeting Apple users
8 votes -
How the entire country of Denmark became a company town – economists warn of "Nokia-style" overdependence on a single sector with Ozempic boom
4 votes -
What libraries risk when they go entirely digital
6 votes -
Kinds of Kindness | Official teaser trailer
2 votes -
Transit study recommends new express bus service to Kansas City International Airport
5 votes -
How to escape from the Iron Age? We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.
27 votes -
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in food packaging: Migration, toxicity, and management strategies
5 votes -
Remedy's multiplayer Control spinoff ‘Condor’ won't be free to play – expect a 'lower initial price' followed by live service updates
18 votes -
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.
7 votes -
A collection of stories about kindness at work
29 votes -
Best foreign films and TV shows?
American here. Wife and I have seen every American film and TV show we would ever want to watch. Broadening our horizons lately. Not a huge fan of super abstract/art house type of stuff (usually)....
American here. Wife and I have seen every American film and TV show we would ever want to watch. Broadening our horizons lately.
Not a huge fan of super abstract/art house type of stuff (usually). Big fan of sci-fi and moody/dramatic stories, but I also appreciate most of the truly great stories from any genre.
So far I've seen:
Dark (German series) - Absolutely loved it.
Parasite (Korean movie) - Amazing
Squid games (Korean series) - Amazing
The Wandering Earth (Chinese movie) - Interesting and visually appealing but objectively a terrible movie. Couldn't suspend my disbelief at all.
Still Game (Scottish series) - Hilarious and comforting. Endlessly rewatchable. This show does for me what friends does for my wife.
Kim's convenience (Canadian series) - Funny and easy to watch.
Derry Girls (British/Irish series) - Love it. Hilarious. Much like the office, you have to cringe through an episode or two before you actually get it.
I left out most of the British stuff like Month Python and Black Mirror because they're pretty well-established in American culture.
What else would you all suggest?
46 votes -
Bank of Canada says the country faces a productivity 'emergency'
17 votes -
Qualcomm says most Windows games should ‘just work’ on its unannounced Arm laptops
19 votes -
Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of March 25
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.
11 votes -
New Music Fridays: Adrianne Lenker, Julia Holter, Waxahatchee 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
7 votes -
How do you store ”loose” tech hardware?
Hesitating between posting this as a comment or a topic but here we are. While reading this Tildes post (and the blog post) about tiny undervalued hardware, a curiosity sparked in my head. How do...
Hesitating between posting this as a comment or a topic but here we are.
While reading this Tildes post (and the blog post) about tiny undervalued hardware, a curiosity sparked in my head.
How do you organize and store your cables, tiny hardware, and other stuff? Mine are like a bunch of rat tails tangled up inside a plastic box.
I live in a small apartment (for now) and would like to hear your thoughts. And recommendations.
We don’t have to limit ourselves to just wires and cables. For example, I also have old phones, external CD players, etc.
Bonus points if it’s portable and you could travel with your “tiny hardware”.
22 votes