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6 votes
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Supergravity pioneers win $3m Special Breakthrough prize
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The El Paso shooting and the gamification of terror
49 votes -
Nine dead and twenty-six injured in mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio
39 votes -
Biodiversity is the highest on Indigenous-managed lands
7 votes -
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! Reveal Trailer
6 votes -
Google Stadia Connect on 8/19
5 votes -
If we all ate enough fruits and vegetables, there'd be big shortages
12 votes -
How watermelon's reputation got tangled in racism
12 votes -
Could just-add-water products save us?
10 votes -
Beloved author Toni Morrison has died at 88
18 votes -
Guilhem Desq - Visions (2017)
7 votes -
Despite being a best-selling author, Jane Austen was paid very little
6 votes -
A passion for physical realms, minute and massive (2001)
5 votes -
The triumph of their will: White nationalists are building political power from within the Republican Party
10 votes -
Plane reportedly carrying singer Pink's crew crashes after landing at Denmark airport
5 votes -
Thousands of sandcastles appear on Helsinki beach as part of massive public art project
2 votes -
Trump speaks following El Paso and Dayton shootings
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Young Palestinian musicians challenge 'system of oppression'
5 votes -
Sweden to return remains of twenty-five Sámi people after more than half a century – historic event aimed at mending ties with the community
7 votes -
Concrete Utopia: An art exhibition on Yugoslavia documents an extraordinary architectural legacy that has been neglected by mainstream historians
7 votes -
The Dark Side of the Video Game Industry | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
9 votes -
Ooblets announces Epic Store exclusivity and explains some details of the deal, including that it matched their expectation of sales across all stores
15 votes -
Advertising is a cancer on society
44 votes -
Lizzo: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2019)
12 votes -
Ben Caplan - Widow Bride (2018)
4 votes -
The anti-medical dogma of Christian Science led my father to an agonising death. Now the church itself is in decline – and it can’t happen fast enough.
9 votes -
50% rise in suspected human trafficking victims in Finland – most are related to forced labour and forced marriages
6 votes -
The hunt is on for Alpha Centauri’s planets
6 votes -
Study uncovers unusual method of communicating human concept of time
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How would one go about removing Google from one's life?
I have an android phone and my main email is a gmail. I'd like to somehow de-googlefy myself if at all possible. I don't have facebook so that isn't really a concern.
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Losing the eternal blue sky: Meet a changing Mongolia. Rivers are dry. Pastureland is giving way to mines. And wintertime smog obscures the famed blue sky. How did the country get here?
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Fast-casual vegan restaurant proves plants are tasty
7 votes -
What are some activities that put you in a state of 'flow'?
For those of you who may be unaware of 'flow', here is how it is described in Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow: Fortunately, cognitive work is not always aversive, and people sometimes...
For those of you who may be unaware of 'flow', here is how it is described in Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow:
Fortunately, cognitive work is not always aversive, and people sometimes expend considerable effort for long periods of time without having to exert willpower. The psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has done more than anyone else to study this state of effortless attending, and the name he proposed for it, flow, has become part of the language. People who experience flow describe it as "a state of effortless concentration so deep that they lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems," and their descriptions of the job of that state are so compelling that Csikszentmihalyi has called it an "optimal experience." Many activities can induce a sense of flow, from painting to racing motorcycles - and for some fortunate authors I know, even writing a book is often an optimal experience. Flow neatly separates the two forms of effort: concentration on the task and the deliverate control of attention. Riding a motorcycle at 150 miles an hour and playing a competitive game of chess are certainly very effortful. In a state of flow, however, maintaining focused attention on these absorbing activities requires no exertion of self-control, thereby freeing resources to be directed to the task at hand.
For me, I would say getting into a just difficult enough programming problem or working on a data analysis can put me in this state where hours can slip away in the blink of an eye. The same thing for a game of Civilization V can do the same thing for me.
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NEC shows 'flying car' hovering steadily for minute
News article: NEC shows 'flying car' hovering steadily for minute Video of the car in action: NEC unveils flying car prototype
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Former FBI agent says agency is “hamstrung” by Trump in investigating white supremacist movements
14 votes -
China lets yuan tumble past seven per dollar as trade war escalates
15 votes -
All trading and selling of Team Fortress 2 items has been disabled after a bug in the new patch increased the chance of crates containing an "Unusual" item from 1% to 100%
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Drink up, stoners: Big Alcohol's pursuit to make weed beverages
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Cesar Sayoc, who mailed explosive devices to Trump’s critics, sentenced to 20 years in prison
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July confirmed as hottest month recorded
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Mental health support & discussion thread (August 2019 edition)
after a month sabbatical, we're back. this is pretty straightforward, i think: vent your experiences or things you need to get off your chest/share whatever you've found helps you mentally/etc....
after a month sabbatical, we're back. this is pretty straightforward, i think: vent your experiences or things you need to get off your chest/share whatever you've found helps you mentally/etc.
resources that might also be of some benefit to people:
- there is, as always, the invaluable list of country hotlines maintained by /r/SuicideWatch
- https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ ("an online source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance abuse/addiction and/or mental health problems")
- https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/ (probably one of the best resources for finding a therapist)
- https://psychiatrists.psychologytoday.com/rms (ditto, with finding a psychiatrist)
- https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/index.shtml (covers some of the major mental disorders, their symptoms and treatments, and general topics like that)
- https://www.mentalhealth.gov/what-to-look-for (what symptoms to look for for major mental disorders)
- https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-yourself/ (US specific, but also covers ways you can help yourself and a bunch of ways to seek treatment or support)
- there's also some stuff over at /r/SWResources that might be worth checking out which is consistently updated.
and here is the june thread if you'd like to reference/update us on something you mentioned there.
15 votes -
Women at war: Why do we still struggle with the idea of female soldiers?
8 votes -
Eskilstuna in Sweden launches controversial £21 begging permit
11 votes -
How Facebook failed to break into hardware: The untold story of Building 8
9 votes -
SpaceX Smallsat Rideshare Program
7 votes -
Slitherine has acquired the full publishing rights to the Master of Magic franchise from Atari
5 votes -
Suburb in the sky: How Jakartans built an entire village on top of a mall
9 votes -
How American cities score on clean energy
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Ride-hail apps fret over New York City’s new regulations
8 votes