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4 votes
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Pulse wasn’t about me. But covering it changed me
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Hideyuki Fukasawa - Five
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The Patreon-like subscription platform that XOXO and Kickstarter were collaborating on has been canceled, due to being unable to find a way to make it a sustainable business
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Subway history: How OS/2 powered the NYC subway for decades
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A Brief History of the Movie-Summarizing End-Credits Rap
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1982 video interview with Asimov, Wolfe, and Ellison
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The I in we - How did WeWork’s Adam Neumann turn office space with “community” into a $47 billion company? Not by sharing.
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Thoughts about novelty accounts on Tildes
Hi folks, The question is pretty straightforward. How would people feel if we had our own resident “shiitywatercolour” or another equivalent?
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Skinshape - I Didn't Know (2018)
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GOG's quest to unite all game launchers just might work, and Microsoft is already on board
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What are good, modern right-wing values anyways?
I'm in too much of a left-wing echo chamber, to the point where anything conservative or right wing appears to be 'evil' or not necessarily purely right-wing. For example, conservatives generally...
I'm in too much of a left-wing echo chamber, to the point where anything conservative or right wing appears to be 'evil' or not necessarily purely right-wing. For example, conservatives generally promote family values and the family as the foundational unit of a society. But this too often gets grouped together with same/opposite sex marriage arguments. Another point is small government, but that often manifests in deregulation in areas where regulation is now necessary (e.g. environment).
So, what does it mean to be an ethical right-winger today and in the next decade?
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SerenityOS - A Custom New Unix-like OS
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Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton confirms plan to create new spying powers still being considered
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When the Māori first settled New Zealand, they hunted flightless, 500-pound birds
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Setting aside the musical content (if you can), what are the best music videos you know?
This very impressive video for Weval's Someday, done by Páraic Mc Gloughlin (warning, possible seizure-inducing imagery), got me thinking. It's a great track in and of itself, but the sheer...
This very impressive video for Weval's Someday, done by Páraic Mc Gloughlin (warning, possible seizure-inducing imagery), got me thinking. It's a great track in and of itself, but the sheer quality of the work on the video just wowed me. It came from a totally different angle than I envisioned in my mind when just listening to the song... yet when I read his take on it, it made perfect sense.
Otherwise, the White Stripes' I Fell In Love With A Girl and Alt-J's NSFW-ish vids for Every Other Freckle also come to mind, both the male and female versions. Also, This Is America by Childish Gambino. I'm struggling to think of other videos that really struck me, but that might just be my poor memory. Any suggestions?
Edit: Forgot some classics!
The Spike Jonze-directed Drop from The Pharcyde, with a nice peek behind the curtain here. A (Canadian?) rapper named Shad did a really cool tribute to that video with his own Rose Garden that put a nice spin on it.
Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity (and another peek behind the curtain here)
Hype Williams + Busta Rhymes was always a gold combination, and their best collab was probably Gimme Some More
A-ha - Take On Me
Another NSFW one, D'Angelo's Untitled.
I also just remembered coming across Sour's Hibi no Neiro a few years ago and thinking it was such a really cool concept to essentially crowdsource a music video... reminds me of what Youtube used to be like.
One of my favorites from the new school is A$AP Mob - Yamborghini High, so trippy.
Another is Vince Staples - Señorita.25 votes -
The Museum of Soviet Arcade Games
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ThinkGeek is shutting down
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X is for…
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Good, evil, ugly, beautiful: Make a ‘Game of Thrones’ chart
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Copyright in the age of Youtube
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Digital Amnesia (2014)
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After the tear gas (retrospective on the Hong Kong protests)
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You (probably) don't need ReCAPTCHA
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The man behind Fortnite
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UserScript that hides votes like in the recent experiment
For those who want to prolong the experiment, here is a userscript to help: // ==UserScript== // @name tildes // @version 2 // @grant none // @namespace tildes.net // @include https://tildes.net/*...
For those who want to prolong the experiment, here is a userscript to help:
// ==UserScript== // @name tildes // @version 2 // @grant none // @namespace tildes.net // @include https://tildes.net/* // ==/UserScript== document.querySelectorAll('.is-comment-mine .comment-votes').forEach((v) => v.parentNode.removeChild(v)); ['.btn-post-action[name="vote"]', '.btn-post-action[name="unvote"]'].forEach((sel) => document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach((b) => b.innerText = b.innerText.replace(/ \(.*/, '')));
I am fairly sure that this syntax requires ES6, so if your browser is not compatible, you need to reimplement this using ES5. Should be straightforward but a bit more verbose.
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The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to a deal to trade Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and three first-round picks
@wojespn: The Pelicans have agreed to a deal to trade Anthony Davis to the Lakers for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and three first-round picks - including the No. 4 overall in 2019 Draft, league sources tell ESPN.
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Linux gamers: let's help test Proton compatibility before the Steam summer sale
I made this an "event" over on reddit, and I figured I'd also mention it here. The Steam summer sale is alleged to start on June 23rd, and I figured it would be nice if people could go into it...
I made this an "event" over on reddit, and I figured I'd also mention it here.
The Steam summer sale is alleged to start on June 23rd, and I figured it would be nice if people could go into it with current information on Proton compatibility for games so we can better know what to buy and avoid. As such, it would be great if we could all submit a bunch of ProtonDB reports this coming week.
I plan to go through my library and test high-leverage games: either ones that lack reports or games whose reports are quite old. Let me know if you're wanting to join in the "fun!"
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Which countries have a net zero carbon goal?
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Where do you buy microSD cards from?
Amazon appears to have a severe problem with "co-mingled" stock for some items. eBay is pretty scary for some things, but at least you know it's eBay. Where do you buy microSD cards for a...
Amazon appears to have a severe problem with "co-mingled" stock for some items.
eBay is pretty scary for some things, but at least you know it's eBay.
Where do you buy microSD cards for a reasonable price and to ensure genuine product?
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John Carpenter's The Thing, Lost in Adaptation ~ Dominic Noble & That Movie Chick
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How Itta Bena, Mississippi, became a banking desert
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The surprising truth about Indian food
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Sausage expert guesses cheap vs expensive sausage | Price Points
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Manganese heptoxide, the chemical that really doesn't want to exist
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Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2019: Hours of gameplay footage from Nintendo's E3 presence (Pokemon Sword & Shield, Luigi's Mansion 3, Mario Maker 2, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and more)
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The lack of dedicated LGBTQ media is a disaster
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'Wages. time. respect': Swiss women go on strike
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‘Guats,’ ‘tonks’ and ‘subhuman shit’: The shocking texts of a Border Patrol agent
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Hong Kong leader delays extradition bill "indefinitely" amid protest pressure
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I Am Mother (2019)
I Am Mother is a sci fi movie centered in a dystopian future with a novel twist. If you prefer neat, predictable endings, then this movie is probably not for you. What is particularly interesting,...
I Am Mother is a sci fi movie centered in a dystopian future with a novel twist.
If you prefer neat, predictable endings, then this movie is probably not for you.
What is particularly interesting, is the movie is almost deliberately ambiguous, and it constantly challenges the usual assumptions you might make.
The final reveal subtly explains away some of the elements that at first seemed a little jarring or confusing. Other aspects are not fully explained. This creates enough space to construct some very interesting back story theories, while ultimately leaving you guessing.
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I believe Google search is restricting what articles I can see in my searches, based on my location. What can I do?
Whenever I search for information about something - especially about a news event - Google returns me a lot of results from Australian sites. Any foreign sites come further down the list,...
Whenever I search for information about something - especially about a news event - Google returns me a lot of results from Australian sites. Any foreign sites come further down the list, sometimes even on the second page of results. I've never really paid much attention to this behaviour, beyond some occasional mild frustration at not being able to find local sources.
However, this came to a head this week when I was searching for a local US-based news article about something I'd read in an Australian news site, so I could post that local US article here on Tildes (I always try to get as close to the source as possible). But, try as I might, I just could not find any good non-Australian articles about this news! It was almost like Google was deliberately blocking my attempts to read non-Australian sites. I mean, it's possible that this news wasn't reported outside Australia, but that's unlikely, seeing as it was Uber's announcement about trialling electric aircraft in Texas and Victoria. That had to get American coverage. But I struggled to find it in my searches.
I then noticed something I've never noticed before: at the bottom of my Google searches, there's a small line which tells me my current location. It's as specific as my local council area, not just my state or the country.
Is this location affecting what Google shows me in my searches? If so, how do I remove this restriction?
For context: I use Chrome, but I only sign in when I'm accessing a Google service (usually the Calendar). After I've finished with the service, I sign out. So Google isn't tracking me as a person, it's just tracking my browser's search activity.
EDIT: Thank you all. I've already set up DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, and am trying it out.
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Alabama 3, live at Metro Theatre in Sydney, AU. Recorded April 13, 2009
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No, you’re not addicted to social media: What many commentators describe as an addiction is actually a powerful social norm at work. The distinction matters.
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A Turkish opposition leader is fighting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with ‘radical love’
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You saw me covered in blood on a bus. But do you get outraged about all homophobia?
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Empire of meat
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Who are your LGBTQ heroes/role models?
Who are the LGBTQ individuals you look up to or admire? In what ways do you find them inspiring or admirable? Has their example and influence helped you in your own life? If so, how? Don't feel...
- Who are the LGBTQ individuals you look up to or admire?
- In what ways do you find them inspiring or admirable?
- Has their example and influence helped you in your own life? If so, how?
Don't feel like you have to talk about someone famous: plenty of LGBTQ heroes are the people we know personally, and I would love to hear those kinds of stories. Also, feel free to include people who don't identify as LGBTQ but who still fit the criteria of a role model/hero for the community (e.g. Judy Shepard, Jonathan Larson, a supportive straight sibling, etc.).
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Do better bike lanes keep drivers safer?
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Trump's latest government overhaul aims to cut advisory panels by one-third
3 votes