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4 votes
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Solving the sources of your problems
3 votes -
Competition authority puts brakes on Helsinki-Tallinn combi travel card – app-based service Whim referred the planned cooperation to the Finnish competition authority
2 votes -
Mathematicians prove universal law of turbulence
9 votes -
Australian government lawyers warned the tax commissioner the controversial "robodebt" program could be illegal on the same day the Federal Government suspended the scheme
5 votes -
Discord has removed its library and game-launcher functionality as well as the activity feed
27 votes -
Bojack Horseman - Season 6B - Discussion thread
18 votes -
How rigid/fluid is your gender and/or sexuality?
The following questions are aimed at gender identity, gender expression, romantic orientation, and/or sexual orientation. To cut down on wordiness, all the questions below will just say...
The following questions are aimed at gender identity, gender expression, romantic orientation, and/or sexual orientation. To cut down on wordiness, all the questions below will just say "identity", but know that I'm asking about any and all of the different parts that make up our gendered, romantic, and sexual selves.
You don't necessarily need to answer regarding all axes or focuses: choose the ones most salient or meaningful to you and your experiences. Furthermore, these questions are open to all, including people who don't identify as LGBT.
- How would you describe the rigidity/fluidity of your identity or its different parts?
- Do you experience short-term changes in your identity?
- Have you experienced long-term changes in your identity?
- Does your identity have any elements that are unchanging long-term?
- How does the fluidity/rigidity of your identity affect you? Are there advantages? Disadvantages?
- Are you certain in your identity right now, or is it unclear to you at the moment?
- If you are certain, do you think that certainty will persist, or might things change in the future?
- If you are uncertain, do you think a more definite identity will coalesce for you at some point?
As always, the questions are just jumping off points and don't need to be treated like a quiz. Also, just to be clear, I am asking this purely out of curiosity and am in no way trying to assert that a more rigid/fluid identity is better/worse. Likewise, I'm not trying to cast judgment on anyone still questioning or engaging in self-discovery. Your process and your identity are valid wherever you're at and however you feel. I'm simply interested to hear what your experiences are, whoever you are.
27 votes -
The new name of this group is ...
... exactly the same as the old name. Yep, "lgbt" won the vote from this thread. That may not be a surprise to many people, but this has still been a worthwhile process to go through. There were...
... exactly the same as the old name.
Yep, "lgbt" won the vote from this thread. That may not be a surprise to many people, but this has still been a worthwhile process to go through. There were some concerns expressed about the name, and it was only fair that we gave everyone a chance to have a say.
Of course, not everyone will be happy with this outcome. I saw a variety of voting responses which made that clear. At one extreme, I saw a couple of responses with "lgbt" marked as #1, and all other names marked as #N/A. At the other extreme, I saw a couple of responses with the other seven names ranked from #1 to #7, and "lgbt" marked as #N/A. Someone else marked any name which even included as "lgbt" as #N/A. So, there are definitely strong opinions for and against "lgbt".
But the vote was convincing. Nearly half of all people (43 out of 87) put "lgbt" as their first choice, two-thirds of people had it as their 1st or 2nd choice, and more than three-quarters of people had it as their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd choice. As I checked the results occasionally throughout the period of voting, "lgbt" consistently had about 50% of the first choices. And, counting all the ranked votes, "lgbt" got a final score of 6.98 out of a theoretical maximum of 8. The next closest names - "lgbtq" and "lgbtplus" - were scored at about 5.5 out of 8.
Here is the published result on Survey Monkey, and a screenshot of the detailed count.
22 votes -
Nintendo was permanently banning users who buy fraudulent Switch game codes, but will now allow a second chance if they show proof of refunding
8 votes -
US President Donald Trump acquitted of two impeachment charges in near party-line vote
28 votes -
Surveillance on UK council websites - A study of private companies’ data collection on council websites across the United Kingdom
8 votes -
"Herein, a collection of more or less recent, decidedly epic software disasters. May they spark conversation that helps your shop to avoid more of the same."
8 votes -
The state of full-text search in PostgreSQL 12 (FOSDEM 2020 talk)
5 votes -
The case of the 500-mile email
42 votes -
Pack-ratting in video games: How can developers encourage or discourage players from hoarding?
7 votes -
Tony Adams analyzed audio spectrograms corresponding to more than 8,200 pitches from the Astros
7 votes -
'All in good time': Brazil teens told not to have sex
12 votes -
There may never ever be another man as powerful as Stanislav Petrov
7 votes -
Divers discover an abandoned underwater strip club
23 votes -
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov requests a meeting with Norwegian authorities to remove limitations on Russian activity on Svalbard
4 votes -
New Coronavirus Protease Structure Available
7 votes -
‘Edge of Democracy’ looks at Brazil with outrage and heartbreak
5 votes -
Chaos Engineering, Complexity, and Microservice Catalogs
3 votes -
Austerity, gentrification and big tunes: why illegal raves are flourishing
12 votes -
Rally Sweden will go ahead next week albeit eight stages shorter, despite the World Rally Championship event suffering from a lack of snow in the build-up
5 votes -
When it comes to climate hypocrisy, Canada's leaders have reached a new low
7 votes -
The most popular songs today are sadder than they were fifty years ago: can cultural evolution explain this negative turn?
11 votes -
Here are the routes for the Danish stages of the 2021 Tour de France, which will take place on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th next year
4 votes -
Does anyone know of any good budgeting tools?
I've realized over the past few hours that I've spent an absurd amount of money relative to my income over the last few days, and I think that starting to budget would probably be a very good...
I've realized over the past few hours that I've spent an absurd amount of money relative to my income over the last few days, and I think that starting to budget would probably be a very good thing for me. Does anyone know of any good tools for keeping and managing a personal budget?
11 votes -
The internet of beefs
11 votes -
Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust
17 votes -
Finland's woman-led center-left government plans to nearly double the length of paternity leave to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers
16 votes -
Ten passengers aboard a cruise ship in Japan test positive for coronavirus
8 votes -
Why Finland's schools outperform most others across the developed world
15 votes -
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
13 votes -
Jair Bolsonaro government attacks Oscar nominee Petra Costa as 'anti-Brazil activist'
10 votes -
Rio violence: Police killings reach record high in 2019
9 votes -
The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through a beta testing platform
10 votes -
The Good Place - S04E13-14 "Whenever You're Ready" discussion thread
It's been an honor and a privilege to make these threads for you all. Take it sleazy.
21 votes -
What to know before you buy or install an Amazon Ring camera
8 votes -
A ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest, under government plans
9 votes -
Where to start with Mozart?
Reading the excellent "Cave in the Snow", a biography of Tenzin Palmo, I learned of her love for Mozart and it got me thinking. For whatever reason my classical knowledge is limited, mostly...
Reading the excellent "Cave in the Snow", a biography of Tenzin Palmo, I learned of her love for Mozart and it got me thinking. For whatever reason my classical knowledge is limited, mostly leaning towards more experimental contemporary composers (Cage, Pärt, Reich etc) and so I know very little about what you might call the classical heavyweights (Mozart, Chopin, Bach). With that said, where is best to start with Mozart?
9 votes -
Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service leaves beta - Uses many existing game purchases, supports ray-tracing, and has a time-limited free trial
12 votes -
US Federal Trade Commission files suit to block $1.37 billion acquisition of shaving company Harry’s by Edgewell (owner of Schick)
7 votes -
The way we work is killing us - An interview with the author of Dying for a Paycheck
15 votes -
There's no such thing as a dangerous neighborhood
11 votes -
Warcraft III: Reforged—the re-creation of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne—is now available worldwide
14 votes -
Godot Engine awarded Epic Megagrant ($250K)
15 votes -
Fortnightly Programming Q&A Thread
General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads. Don't forget to format your code using the triple...
General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads.
Don't forget to format your code using the triple backticks or tildes:
Here is my schema: ```sql CREATE TABLE article_to_warehouse ( article_id INTEGER , warehouse_id INTEGER ) ; ``` How do I add a `UNIQUE` constraint?
6 votes