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3 votes
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In short-staffed jail, Jeffrey Epstein was left alone for hours, and one of the two guards didn't normally work as a correctional officer
11 votes -
The privacy problems with electronic payment systems, including credit cards
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This is the beginning of the end of the beef industry
15 votes -
If you lose your iPhone, you can’t pay your Apple Card bill on the web
6 votes -
Recognizing basic security flaws in local password managers
19 votes -
Netflix has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in HTTP/2 implementations that can be used in denial of service attacks
14 votes -
Chaos grips Hong Kong’s airport as police clash with protesters
15 votes -
Inside Robert Ballard's search for Amelia Earhart’s airplane
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The Valve Index Ear Speakers - Research, design, and evolution
11 votes -
Should clicking an article on Tildes be a prerequisite for posting a comment in the associated thread?
This thought was brought to you/sponsored by my perception that there's an increasing number of comments on Tildes that attempt to "answer" questions posed in the titles of posts, but don't...
This thought was brought to you/sponsored by my perception that there's an increasing number of comments on Tildes that attempt to "answer" questions posed in the titles of posts, but don't necessarily demonstrate that the user has read the article before commenting. I won't link specific comments, but I've noticed a fair bit of it as of late. I get that those titles bait people into voicing their opinion, but often it's at the detriment of overall discussion. Should a prerequisite of clicking the actual link in question be a requirement before the user is allowed to post a top level comment? Or perhaps a cooldown period of entering a thread versus commenting may help?
The goal here would be to disincentivise the posting of "driveby" or similarly reductive comments that often don't demonstrate nuance or knowledge that is conveyed in the associated article. Sure, we can't ever know if the user has actually read the article, but it's not designed to be a foolproof strategy, just a discouraging one.
There's a few ways this could be implemented, probably via the utilization of a small bit of javascript that toggle's a user's reading state for a particular post. Thoughts?
Just to clarify since I've edited this post: I mean top-level comments only. Replies are more likely to be in response to the parent comment, rather than the title and wouldn't be affected by this proposal.
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Gothenburg port in Sweden has installed the country's first automated sobriety check to prevent drivers over the alcohol limit from venturing on to its road network
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Jeffrey Epstein commits suicide at Manhattan jail
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Norway mosque attack suspect appears in court
4 votes -
Hurricane forecasts may be running headlong into the butterfly effect
8 votes -
Brexit is a futile tragedy that will be reversed in a few years
15 votes -
Community size matters when people create a new language
9 votes -
Chinese armed police truck convoy rolls into Shenzhen, across the harbour from Hong Kong
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Denmark has a national songbook – should it mention Ramadan?
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Formula 1 driver Kimi Räikkönen has made it clear that he will not accept any interference in his private life from the management at Alfa Romeo
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Wonderful Copenhagen was set up to bring more tourists to the Danish capital – now it's under fire for doing too little to stop them coming
5 votes -
Debunking debunked
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Surrogate Angels of Death—What to make of the First Lady holding the motherless child and youngest survivor of the El Paso massacre.
7 votes -
One dead, two injured in Sydney CBD stabbing rampage
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Colombia has declared a national state of emergency to try to contain the spread of a destructive banana fungus
9 votes -
Millennials - Interactive infographic by Goldman Sachs
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Anxiety looks different in men and often appears as anger, muscle aches or alcohol use
7 votes -
In Russia, days of fake news and real radiation after deadly explosion
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RCMP say British Columbia fugitives died in what appears to be suicides by gunfire
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Weekly album and EP releases (August 3-9)
Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and we avoided including things where information...
Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and we avoided including things where information was too lacking, so feel free to bring up anything that isn't on here that you think is worth mentioning. Beyond that, if you have any thoughts of any of these albums, it would be great to hear them :)
Artist Title Genre(s) Song Link AUGUST 08 Happy Endings With an Asterisk EP Alternative R&B Song.link Acres Lonely World Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore Song.link Bas Spilled Milk 1 Pop Rap, East Coast Hip Hop Song.link Bazzi Soul Searching Trap, Pop Rap Song.link Blueface Dirt Bag Hyphy, West Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap Song.link Bon Iver i,i Art Pop, Folktronica, Glitch Pop Song.link Broken Hands Split in Two Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock Song.link Che Apalache Rearrange My Heart Americana Song.link Dame D.O.L.L.A BIG DOLLA West Coast Hip-Hop Song.link Destruction Born to Perish Thrash Metal Song.link Dirty Heads Super Moon Pop Reggae Song.link East Forest & Ram Dass Ram Dass Electroacoustic Song.link Electric Youth Memory Emotion Synthpop, Dream Pop, Synthwave Song.link Feeder Tallulah Alternative Rock Song.link Fionn Regan Cala Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk Song.link Gaffa Tape Sandy Family Mammal Garage Rock, Pop Punk Song.link Horseburner The Thief Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal Song.link Infinity Crush Virtual Heaven Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter Song.link Junius Meyvant Rearview Paradise EP Chamber Pop Song.link Lil Wop Psych Trap, Gangsta Rap Song.link Marc Cohn And The Blind Boys Of Alabama Work To Do Gospel Song.link Marika Hackman Any Human Friend Indie Rock Song.link PJ Morton PAUL Neo-Soul Song.link Pete Yorn Caretakers Singer/Songwriter Song.link Purple Pilgrims Perfumed Earth Dream Pop Song.link Ra Ra Riot Superbloom Indie Pop Song.link Rick Ross Port Of Miami 2 Southern Hip Hop, Trap Song.link SVDDEN DEATH VOYD Vol. 1.5 Riddim Song.link Sam Fender Hypersonic Missiles Indie Rock, Indie Pop Song.link Seeker Lover Keeper Wild Seeds Indie Pop Song.link Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind Alternative Metal Song.link Snow Patrol Reworked EP 1 Pop Rock Song.link Spread Eagle Subway To The Stars Hard Rock Song.link The Contortionist Our Bones EP Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock Song.link The Regrettes How Do You Love? Indie Rock, Pop Rock Song.link Tori Kelly Inspired By True Events Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary R&B Song.link Trippie Redd ! Trap, Pop Rap Song.link Ugly God Bumps & Bruises Trap, Southern Hip Hop Song.link WHY? AOKOHIO Indie Pop, Abstract Hip Hop Song.link half•alive Now, Not Yet Indie Pop Song.link
Notes:
If you spot any mistakes, let us know.
Parental Advisory version of all albums linked, so expect NSFW.Ugly God - Bumps & Bruises | Deluxe edition linked.
7 votes -
Extended Validation Certificates are (Really, Really) Dead
8 votes -
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik - Kvervandi (2016)
7 votes -
A modest proposal to make domestic air travel obsolete
10 votes -
The Pacific’s plastic catastrophe
4 votes -
Hong Kong airport cancels Monday flights amid sit-in protest
9 votes -
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks to Jesmyn Ward about writing fiction, reparations, and the legacy of slavery
4 votes -
Kathleen Hanna on the reign of 'Rebel Girl'
3 votes -
The Two Generals’ Problem
7 votes -
Ars Technica's list of the hottest new board games from Gen Con 2019
14 votes -
Highlights from the 2018 State of the Climate report
6 votes -
The door problem of combat design
14 votes -
Norway mosque attack suspect inspired by Christchurch and El Paso shootings
5 votes -
Lady Gaga to fund 162 classrooms in Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy
15 votes -
Imported cheese prices are about to double due to proposed US tariffs
12 votes -
Aussie drank more than ten bottles of vodka before Bali drunken rampage
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Horticulturists have planted five palm trees in Laugardalur to investigate how these plants respond to Icelandic weather conditions
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Can we show number of not-label-collapsed comments instead of plain number of comments?
Right now, there is number of comments visible when on main/group page. What would you think about excluding comments that are collapsed by default, such as those labeled as noise? I'm...
Right now, there is number of comments visible when on main/group page. What would you think about excluding comments that are collapsed by default, such as those labeled as noise? I'm disappointed when I see 7 comments at an article, but there is none actually relevant to the article itself. The disadvantage of this is that the site could feel more dead, especially in low-activity groups.
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Scientists from the University of Borås are exploring the possibility of converting old pieces of glutinous waste into yarn
4 votes -
Police are turning to commercial genealogy databases to track down murderer – hoping to solve the double murders of a boy and fifty-six year old woman
10 votes -
United Nations' Social Impact Investing Initiative (S3I) has opened a new office in Helsinki – further bolstering the UN's presence in Finland
3 votes