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8 votes
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Traffic will never be fixed here: The benefits of the diverging diamond, and why it's still not enough to fix traffic
8 votes -
What's worse than ads and AI? Ads in your AI, so Google is testing it.
30 votes -
Post-OCSP certificate revocation in the Web PKI
2 votes -
Hurricane season appears to be unofficially over, so let’s do a quick review and talk about bomb cyclones in the West
7 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.
6 votes -
US President-Elect Donald Trump ignores transition rules
30 votes -
Meta Quest 2 - For someone in a wheelchair
Ok, so my partner has gotten the recommendation from one of his spinal cord injury groups that a Meta Quest 2 would potentially be really good for him as way to feel less "closed in" this winter...
Ok, so my partner has gotten the recommendation from one of his spinal cord injury groups that a Meta Quest 2 would potentially be really good for him as way to feel less "closed in" this winter and that many of the games can be played stationary (he has essentially no control of his legs and uses a power wheelchair).
I don't know anything about any VR games, so I'd love thoughts on the system, what to look for if we buy secondhand, if a different system would be better (money is a barrier, so I don't want to spend it all on a new system and not be able to afford games), and what games would meet his needs?
Thanks y'all
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Should a country speak a single language? In India, one of the world’s most polyglot countries, the government wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi.
10 votes -
Comcast announces plan to spin off US cable channels, including MSNBC, CNBC and USA
10 votes -
The year’s smartest game asks: Is civil democracy just a fantasy? (gifted link)
15 votes -
Seinfeld's gay crisis: not that there's anything wrong with that
7 votes -
AT Protocol (Bluesky): Call for Developer Projects
16 votes -
A Minecraft Movie | Official trailer
6 votes -
Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke
28 votes -
Apocalyptica – The Unforgiven II (2024)
3 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films 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.
6 votes -
Netflix documentary about oceans and endangered species narrated by Barack Obama
16 votes -
Vladimir Putin approves changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine
18 votes -
Marius Borg Høiby, the 27-year-old son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in her 20s
19 votes -
Paged Out! #5 - hacker zine release
7 votes -
Club Q victims file lawsuit seeking "accountability and justice"
10 votes -
Teachers: what do you do with a class that couldn't care less about what you have to say?
I'm not a teacher, professor or anything, but I had a speaking engagement at a school recently and saw myself in front of a class of students who where tired, bored out of their minds, and just...
I'm not a teacher, professor or anything, but I had a speaking engagement at a school recently and saw myself in front of a class of students who where tired, bored out of their minds, and just wanted to go home. It was a demoralizing experience because I was invited to talk about things that are very dear to me on a personal level. It wasn't easy because in a sense I was putting my heart out to a sea of rolling eyes.
I lectured two classes. The first was wonderful, the students were very interested and made great interventions. The second was a complete disaster and I almost ended it before the time. They were interested in anything but my talk. At some point I wondered, why should I keep talking? Do teachers face that routinely? If so, there's a place for you in haven!
I was glad to go back home knowing I would not have do it again...
45 votes -
China and India should not be called developing countries, several Cop29 delegates say
14 votes -
Brazilian police arrest five officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following the 2022 elections
15 votes -
Which power plant does my electricity come from?
10 votes -
We've got a lot of ways to go: Thoughts on World Toilet Day
9 votes -
Dozens of activists get four to ten years in prison in Hong Kong's biggest national security case
12 votes -
Adventure cats blaze new trails in Oregon’s great outdoors
10 votes -
Gothminister – Tonight (2024)
4 votes