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22 votes
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Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", the media echo chamber, and Shane Morris’s vile past
12 votes -
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Teaser
8 votes -
The Rise and Fall of the Yaoi Paddle
3 votes -
Going nuclear might be the best way to combat climate change
26 votes -
Death is just the beginning: The undead anxiety attack of ‘What We Do in the Shadows’
8 votes -
Why astronomers are worried that SpaceX’s satellite network will pollute the night sky
10 votes -
Chrome Extension Manifest V3 could end uBlock Origin for Chrome
55 votes -
Political confessional: I think private schools should be banned
23 votes -
Scientists are setting a forest on fire and studying it with drones
5 votes -
The misbehaviour of behaviourists
6 votes -
The Linux "copy problem"
7 votes -
The last season of Game of Thrones feels so wrong because its storytelling style changed from sociological to psychological
23 votes -
What are some interesting hobbies you can start for free and without leaving your home?
I'm looking for some good ideas for some hobbies to start. Bonus points if you can come up with anything that doesn't require the internet.
55 votes -
The Federation Fallacy
18 votes -
George Pell's appeal to be broadcast live on Supreme Court website
3 votes -
(Ex-)Smokers: What is smoking tobacco products like?
I lost my father to it, we're struggling to get my mom to quit who survived a heart attack some 15 years ago, just had a thyroidectomy, and is recently diagnosed level 2 COPD. I have never smoked...
I lost my father to it, we're struggling to get my mom to quit who survived a heart attack some 15 years ago, just had a thyroidectomy, and is recently diagnosed level 2 COPD. I have never smoked in my life, and I hate the thing with a passion. But I also wonder that is it that makes people smoke, especially tobacco products like cigarettes, despite the slew of horrible things it does to your body. To this day I've been asking people this question, and because Turkey is big on smoking, there is no shortage of people to ask, and it's been only once that I got a positive answer regarding the experience: one particular college-goer told me that it was "tasty". Apart from that, from what I've heard to date, I've collected that all that cigarettes do to you is to give you a fix of nicotine, and the rest is practically slow suicide (and homicide if anybody's present about you while you smoke).
So, help me please: tell me why you smoke. This is one of the biggest curiosities of mine to this day.
13 votes -
Like Michael Jackson and R Kelly's songs but not them? Ethical approaches for how to deal with it.
11 votes -
Minimum wage will rise three per cent to $740.80 a week on Fair Work ruling
6 votes -
The toxic effects of electronic waste in Accra, Ghana
6 votes -
Gender-segregated swim hours create hot water in some city pools
7 votes -
People with gay and lesbian acquaintances tend to support same-sex marriage
11 votes -
Journey will release on PC next week, pre-orders available on Epic Store for $4.99 USD (due to current store-wide sale)
@a_i: the critically-acclaimed JOURNEY by @thatgamecompany comes to PC next week via the @EpicGames Store, pre-orders now available // https://t.co/EArDOve7f5
12 votes -
Apply directly to the forehead: Lamenting the death of the truly weird TV ad
9 votes -
One week with the Valve Index: A VR game-changer with a few question marks
10 votes -
The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deception
3 votes -
The fine art of stopping a flying puck
9 votes -
The splinternet is growing
5 votes -
"Modern OS" - Always connected, cloud-connected
3 votes -
Protesters nearly run over by front-end loader outside PHA headquarters
5 votes -
Israel heads to new election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form coalition
12 votes -
Get rid of (paper) junk mail | No Sweat Tech
10 votes -
Facebook’s dystopian definition of ‘fake’ - For the social-media platform, a doctored video of Nancy Pelosi is content, not a phony
9 votes -
Stephen Taranto - Pixel Heart: Verdant (2019)
3 votes -
Cooking with FOIA: The US military’s official brownie recipe
3 votes -
Adventures with a programmable mechanical ortholinear split ergonomic keyboard
9 votes -
While Rui Pinto sits in jail, his "Football Leaks" revelations are bringing down European soccer's most famous teams and players
6 votes -
Stronger than aluminum, a heavily altered wood cools passively
8 votes -
Are the Democrats too meek?
Shouldn't there be loud and clear opposing voice to Trump overstepping historical boundaries? When Trump declares emergency to expedite arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE or when he approves...
Shouldn't there be loud and clear opposing voice to Trump overstepping historical boundaries?
When Trump declares emergency to expedite arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE or when he approves secret nuclear power tech sales to Saudi Arabia
When Trump urges US Fed to cut interest rates
When Trump lifts sanctions on firms linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and when Trump conceals face-to-face encounters with Putin
20 votes -
X4's 2.50 update has a ton of interesting additions to the game
5 votes -
Oregon restricts solar development on prime farmland
5 votes -
The Permian Basin is booming with oil. But at what cost to West Texans?
4 votes -
In your opinion, which attractive or mystifying technological concepts or advancement will never become popular?
My guess: holograms: they look cool, but will never be more practical than a good screen (including flexible screens, mirrors, different types of glass, projections, etc...) For the purposes of...
My guess:
holograms: they look cool, but will never be more practical than a good screen (including flexible screens, mirrors, different types of glass, projections, etc...)
For the purposes of this post, “never” means “in about 200 years”.
12 votes -
How streaming affects the lengths of songs
8 votes -
A generation is learning how to strike: An interview with Isra Hirsi
6 votes -
Sony built an IoT chip with a sixty mile range
7 votes -
The 'forbidden' planet has been found in the 'Neptunian Desert'
4 votes -
Lawyers for Noah’s Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damage
6 votes -
Large tornado touches down near Kansas City; at least twelve injured
5 votes -
China: Leverage in the tech sector and values
4 votes