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18 votes
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Words to use instead of "said"
11 votes -
Gris | Reveal trailer
7 votes -
The mainstream media always says "the n-word", but what will happen when we have tape of Trump saying it?
Will they censor it? I sort of imagine when the "shit hole" countries thing and the "Grab them by the pussy" thing happened it will be similar. I'm just watching the news and they have not once...
Will they censor it? I sort of imagine when the "shit hole" countries thing and the "Grab them by the pussy" thing happened it will be similar. I'm just watching the news and they have not once said the "n-word" YET
12 votes -
Sunshine - 2007 - Sci-fi thriller
Today NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe which will dive closer to the sun than any other man made object in history. In celebration of this event I watched Sunshine, a really well cast sci fi...
Today NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe which will dive closer to the sun than any other man made object in history.
In celebration of this event I watched Sunshine, a really well cast sci fi thriller. It was pretty darn good. I would highly recommend a watch if you are into this sort of thing, I had entirely missed it somehow. Casting is great, visuals are great, story is good, pacing is excellent. Don't be put off by the age of the movie, I don't think vfx would be any better today.
50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun - but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind's last hope.
It may not be on US Netflix but it is on Amazon.
15 votes -
Learning to pentest
Hi, I need your help to learn pentesting. I'm programming for several years. I'm really good in C# and can write moderately complex apps in Dart, Python and JavaScript. I'm in highschool and work...
Hi, I need your help to learn pentesting.
I'm programming for several years. I'm really good in C# and can write moderately complex apps in Dart, Python and JavaScript. I'm in highschool and work for software development company as backend developer. But general programming starts to feel so boring...
I've started to watch LiveOverflow on youtube (no link, there is no wifi here and I don't want youtube to drain my data) and it was so interesting - so I tried it. I've tried few CTFs, read many writeups, and now I've discovered CTF hack the box.
When I know what to do, I have no problem googling and researching and later applying my knowledge. But I often discover, that I just don't know what I don't know.
There is one CTF challenge that I haven't completed yet. It's 20 line html page, no javascript, nothing suspicous. No cookies. It has just form with password input, which sends post request to server. Here's the problem - how do I get the flag (the password)? I can bruteforce it, but it clearly isn't the correct way. I know that the php runs on apache, debian. I've tried getting some files, I've tried going up (
../
), sql injection, nothing works.And here's the general problem - what am I missing? What to learn? What should I google? I don't want ideas what I'm missing on this one example - Instead I need some sources where I learn generally about vulnerabilities I can exploit. Some blog, some website, something like this.
Could someone here recommend me some sources where I learn about this? How did you start and what things do you generally check when you face something you have to break into?
Thank you
16 votes -
Heat: the next big inequality issue
9 votes -
Apple is making a comedy set in a video game development studio with Rob McElhenny and Charlie Day from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
8 votes -
Google adds warning for users searching for Fortnite in Play Store, could lose $50 million or more in 2018 from Fortnite bypassing it
18 votes -
Does anybody here play Vainglory?
I'd like to see a Vainglory community blossom on tildes. I guess I'll be the first to use a vainglory tag in hopes that other people will search for it too.
4 votes -
Exapunks
8 votes -
Stage 9 lets you explore the Enterprise-D from Star Trek The Next Generation
5 votes -
Aretha Franklin gravely ill
15 votes -
What are your favorite low-end or old games?
What are you favorite games that could be played on a potato? I've got a windows tablet and wondering what people's favorite games are that I could try out
32 votes -
Nintendo's war on ROMs threatens to destroy gaming history
8 votes -
Harunemuri - Harutosyura (2018)
7 votes -
Deplatforming works
10 votes -
What are your thoughts on Wikileaks?
I'm curious to see what the public consensus towards the site is nowadays. They have been controversial since their inception, but no matter what you think of them, there is no denying that the...
I'm curious to see what the public consensus towards the site is nowadays. They have been controversial since their inception, but no matter what you think of them, there is no denying that the information they've released has sparked massive debate around the world.
13 votes -
China's rebel generation and the rise of 'hot words'
8 votes -
Delayed impact of fair machine learning
4 votes -
Behind the scenes with Janis Joplin and Big Brother, rehearsing for the Summer of Love
4 votes -
“Last year they came with torches—this year, with badges” - Report from anti-fascist marches in Charlottesville
12 votes -
Double Shipping
5 votes -
‘Just a piece of meat’: How homeless women have little choice but to use sex for survival
11 votes -
Does anyone here have a mind palace?
The recent thread about Tulpas and their "Wonderlands" made me wonder if there are many people on Tildes that employ the Loci Method (since, as I understand it, they are functionally very...
The recent thread about Tulpas and their "Wonderlands" made me wonder if there are many people on Tildes that employ the Loci Method (since, as I understand it, they are functionally very similar).
For those that don't know it, the Loci Method is a mnemonic technique in which critical information is stored in a mental construct that is most commonly being visualized as a large building (hence the "Palace"). The process of finding the information within the building functions as a way to recall it, i.e. if you left your shopping list in your mental kitchen, then "going" to the kitchen and picking up the list makes you remember it.
Many people might know of this through the BBC series Sherlock, in which the titular character uses this method.
Personally, I have been using a mind palace for over five years now, when including the time I completely broke my old palace (more a bunker at that time) down to replace it with a new one, after I had become incapable of reliably using the old construct. My current mind palace is set up as a hybrid of the classic mind palace and a "Wonderland", in that it not only stores information within an extensive library, but also contains a number of amenities I can make use of when meditating. It is stylized as a temple carved into a snowy mountainside, think a combination of Paro Taktsang and The Tombs of the Kings.
To those of you who employ their own mind palaces, what are yours like?
21 votes -
Saudi Arabia is looking to invest big in Tesla as the company teases going private
8 votes -
What is education for?
9 votes -
Let's talk about collectible non-card games
I'd like to start a discussion around collecting-based games, with the following prompt question: What non-card-based alternatives to TCG/CCGs exist which satisfy the same criteria? This...
I'd like to start a discussion around collecting-based games, with the following prompt question:
What non-card-based alternatives to TCG/CCGs exist which satisfy the same criteria?
This "criteria" is my understanding of what makes TCGs/CCGs appealing, and includes but is not limited to:
- collectible/tradable (not necessarily monetized),
- portable/relatively self-contained (this could include apps, handheld consoles),
- the constant drive to expand the collection (whether it's through the randomness of distribution not ensuring particular collectibles, or an appealing reward system like in the Pokemon games).
I wish to divorce these criteria from the card format. Of course, the list of criteria not extensive and I am actively seeking a deeper understanding of what makes these card-based games so appealing. Discussions on the nature of gambling-addiction and the impact of secondary market values also very welcome.
The best example I can think of is the Pokemon games for handheld consoles. These games pre-dated the Pokemon card game and are a great example of the appeal of card games existing and thriving in a non-card format (which ironically led to the card game adaptation).
Another is Warhammer and the tabletop wargaming family. This is interesting to me but really seems to be in a completely different ballpark because it lacks agility and thus is far less appealing to many players.
Note: my reference point to what makes games like these appealing" is very biased by card games, specifically the current "big three" of TCG/CCGs: Magic: the Gathering, Pokemon, and YuGiOh. I'd appreciate suggestions of other relatively successful or simply well-designed games which employ collectibility as a core mechanic. They don't even have to be portable, as long as you're clear about that.
tl;dr: let's talk about alternatives to card games which depend on collecting as a core mechanic
Edit: formatting.
8 votes -
Why America’s ‘nones’ don’t identify with a religion
6 votes -
Are loot boxes part of the video game or illegal gambling?
11 votes -
White nationalists dwarfed by crowds of counterprotesters in Washington
20 votes -
Weekly check in! How’d last week go? Goals for this week?
Did you run as far as planned? Lift as much as hoped? Stick to your diet as planned?
5 votes -
How 'counter-monuments' can solve the debate over controversial historical statues
3 votes -
New supply chain jobs are emerging as AI takes hold
4 votes -
Ambitious 'human cell atlas' aims to catalog every type of cell in the body
3 votes -
Elon Musk announces plan to open source part of Tesla's vehicle security software
@elonmusk: Great Q&A @defcon last night. Thanks for helping make Tesla & SpaceX more secure! Planning to open-source Tesla vehicle security software for free use by other car makers. Extremely important to a safe self-driving future for all.
7 votes -
Social Media Bans Actually Work
13 votes -
Eritrea has slashed conscription. Will it stem the flow of refugees?
2 votes -
Ross From Friends - 'Pale Blue Dot'
4 votes -
A Boston newspaper is proposing a coordinated editorial response from publications across the U.S. to President Donald Trump’s frequent attacks on the news media.
8 votes -
Halfway to boiling: the city at 50C
10 votes -
Caspian Sea: Five countries sign deal to end dispute
7 votes -
Ex-CIA officer faces arrest over alleged Montenegro coup plot
3 votes -
US teachers' union urges pensions to cut investment in private prisons
6 votes -
WarioWare Was Ahead Of Its Time
5 votes -
Bandai-Namco just unveiled a teaser site for a new Japanese horror game, Domas
3 votes -
What is the Semantic Apocalypse?
11 votes -
The logistics behind transporting a billion-dollar satellite on the Air Force's largest cargo plane
7 votes -
Rising sea levels could knock out the Internet in 15 years
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Feature Idea Survey and Discussion - Browse by Topic Tag List - please vote in the comments
This feature already exists to a large extent thanks to Deimos's implementation of discovery by clicking a topic's tag. However, it might also be useful to list all of the topic tags aside from...
This feature already exists to a large extent thanks to Deimos's implementation of discovery by clicking a topic's tag. However, it might also be useful to list all of the topic tags aside from specific topics as a user may not find a topic with their favorite tags very easily. As I understand it, Deimos wants to keep the group list from growing too quickly, and this would allow another way to discover one's micro-interests.
Mockup of the 1 button added in the sidebar.
On click of that button the user would go to a page similar to https://tildes.net/groups - but it would list topic tags. In place of subscribers count, there could be a total count of topics with that tag. In place of subscribe/un-subscribe buttons could be Filter/Un-filter buttons. I think that the list should be sorted by count of related topics, descending.
1 This new tildes.tld/tags page would likely require pagination, and maybe a text input for a super-simple filter/search that would just change the SQL query where clause.Once the user clicks the name of the topic tag the user would go to the existing page tildes.tld/?tag=tag-name. example: https://tildes.net/?tag=linux
What do you all think of this? Any other ideas on implementation? Any issues I did not consider?
As in my last post in this group, please vote on the comment which best reflects your views on the feature. Then add any comments as to why you feel that way, or qualifications on your vote in a reply. If you have questions or ideas prior to voting, please make another top-level comment.
If you want me to add an Ambivalent vote, let me know, but I thought that it was not that useful of a metric last time.
edit: added 1
edit2: Took a while to bring it back home, but:
The impetus for making this feature proposal was this new user's topic. This user was looking for specific content which did exist on Tildes, but it was not obvious to them. It was only organized by tag, and they were looking for it by group. How were they to find it in the current top-level org? Specifically, here is my comment that relates to this feature.
12 votes