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7 votes
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Happy Shakey Graves day! All of his albums are 'name your price' on Bandcamp for the weekend.
4 votes -
Michelangelo’s Sistine splendor, story of a Renaissance icon
4 votes -
Health - Black Static (2019)
3 votes -
How to make everything ourselves: Open modular hardware
11 votes -
Anaïs Mitchell ft. Greg Brown - Why We Build the Wall (2010)
6 votes -
Is there life on Earth?
11 votes -
Porno For Pyros - Freeway (1996)
3 votes -
Hundreds of Bounty Hunters Had Access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint Customer Location Data for Years
10 votes -
A swamp divided: How Donald Trump's arrival turned DC nightlife upside down
4 votes -
Oil: Success With the Interactive Shell
9 votes -
Study shows that "beer before wine" makes no difference to a hangover
10 votes -
Axiom Verge on the Epic Store (which is currently free) crashed whenever you entered a certain area, due to a missing sound effect file named "steam"
13 votes -
Patreon CEO says the company's generous business model is not sustainable as it sees rapid growth
36 votes -
Should legal decisions take into account only the nature and circumstances of a crime, or also the conditions of its victims?
I've had part of this discussion today with a work colleague: under our country's laws a judge (there's no jury) may take into consideration the condition and general being of a victim of a crime...
I've had part of this discussion today with a work colleague: under our country's laws a judge (there's no jury) may take into consideration the condition and general being of a victim of a crime when judging the perpetrator. For example an conviction of assault and battery may be higher of the victim was disabled/had a fragile constitution compared to a more "normative" able-bodied person.
My colleague maintained that this was unfair if there is no way the perpetrator realizes the victim's fragility, as it means unequal punishment for equal actions. Specifically he takes issue with the Eggshell Skull rule. In effect his argument seemed to be that what should be judged is the action and intent of the crime itself.
I maintained that is was fair because the judgement should be proportional to the effect caused on the world.
What do other users think?
12 votes -
Digs & Woosh (DiY Soundsystem) at Castlemorton free festival 1992
2 votes -
Virginia AG admits blackface photo as chaos deepens
8 votes -
A hole opens up under Antarctic glacier — big enough to fit two-thirds of Manhattan
12 votes -
Mr. Chen's Mountain - The story of a Chinese billionaire who moved back home, setting his mansion down in the middle of his economically depressed ancestral village
8 votes -
New pill can deliver insulin
7 votes -
Switching from Linux to BSD: What do you miss?
There seems to be a trend lately of people switching over to BSD operating systems. Having read some blog posts on the matter and now given the recent system-d controversy, I'm genuinely curious...
There seems to be a trend lately of people switching over to BSD operating systems. Having read some blog posts on the matter and now given the recent system-d controversy, I'm genuinely curious to give FreeBSD or OpenBSD a go as my main OS.
For those who have switched over to BSD, what are some problems you've encountered and/or what are some things you miss?
31 votes -
Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion and blackmail
30 votes -
The action adventure game 'Evoland Legendary Edition' arrives with Linux support
10 votes -
They really don’t make music like they used to - A look at the "loudness war" and how it's affected the mastering of popular songs and this year's Grammy nominees
11 votes -
Online grocery shopping has been slow to catch on - We shop online for almost everything. Why not food?
11 votes -
Anxiety, AWOL executives and "bloodshed": How Disney is making 21st Century Fox disappear
6 votes -
Factorio Friday Facts #281 - For a few frames more
9 votes -
The ‘coal curtain’ is the new Iron Curtain
5 votes -
The Google Chrome team is developing tools, heuristics and warnings to help protect against deceptive URLs
11 votes -
Reflecting on my failure to build a billion-dollar company
24 votes -
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez releases Green New Deal outline
29 votes -
UK ban on discarding edible fish at sea thwarted by industry
4 votes -
Roguelikes, persistency, and progression
7 votes -
Thai Princess Ubolratana Mahidol running to be Prime Minister against military candidate
6 votes -
NSW Land and Environment Court dismisses Gloucester Resources's Rocky Hill Mine appeal
5 votes -
China link possible in cyber attack on Australian Parliament computer system, ABC understands
2 votes -
Yaariyan youth group LGBTQ flash mob 2019 (Mumbai, India)
"Every year the LGBTQ youth support group of The Humsafar Trust, Yaariyan, organizes a flashmob at a prominent location in Mumbai during Queer Azadi Mumbai Pride Month. This year it is extra...
"Every year the LGBTQ youth support group of The Humsafar Trust, Yaariyan, organizes a flashmob at a prominent location in Mumbai during Queer Azadi Mumbai Pride Month. This year it is extra special because it is the first LGBTQ flashmob after decriminalization of the LGBTQ community."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX2wjjOFL3w
Because sometimes we need a bit of joy in our lives...
6 votes -
sr.ht is now sourcehut
17 votes -
China investigates HIV contamination of 12,000 blood plasma treatments
6 votes -
The Knight Foundation commissioned a study to analyze bot accounts that spread fake news on Twitter. This is what they found.
13 votes -
Man says he doesn’t have to lodge tax returns because he’s not a ‘person’
Man says he doesn’t have to lodge tax returns because he’s not a ‘person’ Based on his patterns of speech - "who stated his name was Glen, of the family Polglaise" - and his argument that he's a...
Man says he doesn’t have to lodge tax returns because he’s not a ‘person’
Based on his patterns of speech - "who stated his name was Glen, of the family Polglaise" - and his argument that he's a human being who waives his right to recognition as a person, he seems to be a "freeman on the land" (also known in the USA as a "sovereign citizen").
18 votes -
Russian-style kleptocracy is infiltrating America
12 votes -
#changethestats: A new way of talking about unemployment
3 votes -
Millions are on the move in China, and Big Data is watching
9 votes -
Pet Shop Boys - On social media (lyric video) (2019)
The Pet Shop Boys (my favourite band/artist ever) are releasing an EP this weekend. (Who even knew EPs were still a format?) It will include three satiricial songs and one sad song, which they're...
The Pet Shop Boys (my favourite band/artist ever) are releasing an EP this weekend. (Who even knew EPs were still a format?) It will include three satiricial songs and one sad song, which they're posting progressively on YouTube throughout the week.
I've heard the three satirical songs, and this one's my favourite. I also love the style of the video - it's a great meeting of form and function. And I thought it was appropriate for here. ;)
EDIT: Typo.
5 votes -
Did you watch the State of the Union? Or the Democratic Response? What did you think?
First let me say that I long considered myself an independent until I realized I always voted Democrat a number of years ago because I find they best represent my interests, so that's my POV...
First let me say that I long considered myself an independent until I realized I always voted Democrat a number of years ago because I find they best represent my interests, so that's my POV coming into this. I consider myself generally liberal on most issues with a few exceptions (gun rights, against college for all, etc)
Some observations:
- There was much there to please Republicans regarding the economy, etc
- There was much there that I'm not sure will play well with Trump's base: economic programs for women in other countries (Ivanka's influence?), criminal justice reform, lots of praise and visuals of black Americans including several guests, seeming to waffle a bit on the "wall" - I think he reduced it to fencing, did I get that right?, he stated several times he was in favor of legal immigration (something his actions have indicated otherwise and his base seems to be against)
- We're going to make peace with the Taliban - that was a jaw-dropping moment for me and I could tell from the reaction of the Rs in the crowd that it didn't play well with them
- Democratic women wearing white - smart political move and I didn't catch they did it during his first speech
- Pelosi was great to watch. Calm as a cucumber. She had several little subversive moments where instead of immediately sitting down after clapping she shuffled some papers or pretended to read something, sending a clear message of what she thought of POTUS' remarks
- Trump's anti-immigration push still isn't focusing on any facts...sigh.
- Russia investigation was only mentioned once or twice so he didn't succumb to temptation there
- I thought this was by far his best and most presidential speech
- The Rs at work were not impressed so I thought that was interesting
Regarding Stacy Abrams' response:
- I was totally disappointed
- She completely lacked energy and I had a hard time following along because of it
- Kennedy was 100x better in his response (even with the excessive lip balm)
- I don't have much else to say...it was bland
What did you think?
EDIT: Forgot he announced we're back in a nuclear arms race with Russia and China. And what was up with bringing in all of the Holocaust survivors and WWII vets? Was that a blatant appeal to the oldest members of his base or simply to recall the last "good" war the US fought?
19 votes -
Self-driving cars: Navigating the hype
4 votes -
Becoming - Watch a single cell become a complete organism in six pulsing minutes of timelapse
14 votes -
Goodbye Big Five: Kashmir Hill tried to block each of Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple from her life for a week. To end the experiment, she tried to block all five at once.
19 votes -
I've been trying to learn more about inequality. How should I go about it in a proper, structured way?
This is my 2019 project, to gain some understanding of the subjects of income and wealth inequality. I've prepared a reading list but was just wondering if there is a proper way to go about it....
This is my 2019 project, to gain some understanding of the subjects of income and wealth inequality. I've prepared a reading list but was just wondering if there is a proper way to go about it. I'm from a third world country and didn't go to college, if that's of any help.
18 votes