-
10 votes
-
Donald Trump says he's the 'law and order' President, but his response to George Floyd protests could cost him
3 votes -
Pride is more than a parade: In these pandemic times, let's remember that Pride Month is about the resilience, creativity and beauty of the LGBTQ community
11 votes -
Retrotech: The Novell NetWare Experience
4 votes -
A New RegExp Engine in SpiderMonkey
7 votes -
Internet service provider Optus has been ordered to hand over the details of a customer accused of defaming a Melbourne dentist through a Google review
7 votes -
Former US Secretary of Defence James Mattis denounces President Trump, describes him as a threat to the Constitution
41 votes -
AWS and Slack join forces
6 votes -
Genesis - Land Of Confusion (1986)
10 votes -
Is there such a thing as too many tags?
This post has twelve tags My intuition says that’s too much. I’ve noticing that most people use a lot more tags than I do, but I don’t really know how they work, hence the question: is there such...
My intuition says that’s too much. I’ve noticing that most people use a lot more tags than I do, but I don’t really know how they work, hence the question: is there such a thing as too many tags? What’s the best practice?
9 votes -
Easy JavaScript unit tests in WordPress with Jest
3 votes -
Nearly half of commercial retail rents were not paid in April and May
9 votes -
NBA’s Board of Governors approves a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida
7 votes -
How to actually fix America’s police
15 votes -
A mysterious company’s coronavirus papers in top medical journals may be unraveling
15 votes -
Amazon drops $2 coronavirus pay rise for warehouse workers as CEO Jeff Bezos' fortune nears $150 billion
18 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.
17 votes -
Seven years later, I bought a new Macbook. For the first time, I don't love it
26 votes -
Scores of testing sites forced to close because of vandalism in civil unrest
7 votes -
AMC Theatres has 'substantial doubt' it can remain in business
11 votes -
What are secure alternatives to slack, and what are your experiences with them?
First, some context. The latest from the US justice department saying that they will be focusing on finding "ANTIFA leaders" is incredibly troubling for anyone involved in leftist groups. I...
First, some context. The latest from the US justice department saying that they will be focusing on finding "ANTIFA leaders" is incredibly troubling for anyone involved in leftist groups. I foresee a lot of good activists, regardless of how far left they actually are, arrested on trumped up charges in order to squash opposition.
Organizing is essential to resist fascism. This is made more difficult by the pandemic, as in person meetings bring a huge, almost unacceptable risk. As such, many orgs have been turning to platforms like Slack instead. Trouble is, Slack logs are not encrypted and I am certain that as a business based in the US Slack will not put up a fight to keep user data safe if the feds come calling.
I'd like to collect a decent list of alternatives. Important factors include encryption, ownership, open source status, ease of use, federation, scalability, hosting, cross platform, and anything else you can think of.
23 votes -
How Germany saved its workforce from unemployment while spending less per person than the US
12 votes -
Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
6 votes -
How a raccoon became an aardvark
7 votes -
Four major US publishers sue Internet Archive for copyright infringement, alleging that it has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public
30 votes -
A rocket launch can’t unite us until the space world acknowledges our divisions
9 votes -
Reddit's /r/history closed down for 24 hours in protest against Reddit's lack of anti-racist policies
25 votes -
Why helicopter airlines failed
6 votes -
Tracking down all of Isaac Asimov's books
10 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of...
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
7 votes -
Daily thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests - June 3
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most...
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
26 votes -
Denmark should end all future oil and gas exploration in the North Sea – it hurts Denmark's ambition as a front-runner in the fight against climate change
6 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
10 votes -
The story of how NASA went from space shuttles to SpaceX and commercial rockets
8 votes -
Zettelkasten — How one German scholar was so freakishly productive
17 votes -
Split brain does not lead to split consciousness
6 votes -
Tildes' "Shop-from-Home" Game Giveaway Event
Important: This will be a noisy thread. If you do not wish to see it in your feed, please use the "Ignore" feature to hide it! What Is This? Times are tough for a lot of us out there. I'm hoping...
Important: This will be a noisy thread. If you do not wish to see it in your feed, please use the "Ignore" feature to hide it!
What Is This?
Times are tough for a lot of us out there. I'm hoping we can make things just a little bit easier by spreading some free entertainment to those that need/want it.
This is a giveaway thread for games. Most games will be on the Steam platform for PC, though any platform is eligible.
How Does It Work?
-Gifters
Each person that wants to give away games can open up their own "shop" in a top-level comment, showcasing the games they have available to give away.
Each "shopkeep" can set their own rules for giveaways (e.g. first come, first serve; limit 2 per customer; answer a riddle to get a game; tell me about your favorite band; etc.). Feel free to have some fun with this! You can use my "shop" as an example for how to make yours, though your offering certainly doesn't have to be that involved. I got a little bit too excited and kinda went all out for this. :)
-Receivers
Shoppers, or people wanting to take advantage of the giveaways, can wander the bazaar, checking out with the vendors who have items that interest them. You do NOT have to giveaway anything in order to accept games! These are giveaways, given freely, not trades! That said, a shopkeep might ask you for a story or some wisdom in exchange. Please indulge them!
Rules
Giveaway rules are set by individual gifters, but there are handful of guidelines everyone should follow:
- No grey market keys! Only giveaway games from reputable sources. If you're not sure what this means, please ask.
- Requests for games should be done in the thread, but if the gift is a key, those should be delivered by PMs only. Please don't post keys publicly, even obfuscated ones.
Isn't there a Tildes Steam group for giveaways?
There is, but not for much longer. The group is cumbersome to keep invite-only, which limits its membership, and we now have the ignore thread feature here on Tildes which we did not have when I first made the group (and I didn't want people bothered by noisy topics like giveaways). I will be closing the Steam group soon and moving giveaways back on-site to threads like this one. I feel that's better for the community, and makes participation far easier.
47 votes -
How do you pronounce "antifa"?
With all the news about President Trump declaring "antifa" a domestic terror organisation, I heard a few local newsreaders saying this word on television. And their pronunciation of this word...
With all the news about President Trump declaring "antifa" a domestic terror organisation, I heard a few local newsreaders saying this word on television. And their pronunciation of this word surprised me.
I've been mentally pronouncing this word as "AN-ti-fa", with the emphasis on the first syllable and a short vowel sound in the second syllable.
They pronounced it as "an-TEE-fa", with the emphasis on the second syllable, with a long vowel sound in that syllable.
My pronunciation is influenced by knowing that "antifa" is short for "anti-fascist". I don't know of any word with the prefix "anti-" where the second syllable is emphasised and the "i" sound is lengthened. Usually, the emphasis in "anti-" words is placed on the first syllable: "AN-ti-bac-TE-ri-al"; "AN-ti-TE-rro-rism"; "AN-ti-gen"; "AN-ti-bo-dy". So, I naturally emphasised the first syllable in "antifa": "AN-ti-fah".
When I heard the newsreaders saying "an-TEE-fa", it makes the word sound like an imported word/name from Spanish or Portuguese or Italian.
Is there a common pronunciation for this word? How do you pronounce it?
18 votes -
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning listed in Xbox Store
7 votes -
Sega Game Gear Micro announced
12 votes -
Watch SpaceX launch Starlink Mission 8 [Livestream, launch at 9:25PM ET June 3, 1:25 UTC June 4]
8 votes -
Police didn’t spend millions on awesome tank just to let protests stay peaceful
31 votes -
A conversation with President Obama: Reimagining policing in the wake of continued police violence
12 votes -
Mike Mullen: I cannot remain silent
14 votes -
Hands-on review: Why Apple’s newest iPad Pro packs a powerful punch
8 votes -
Are intelligent people more melancholic?
9 votes -
Daily thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests - June 1
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant news and updates in here, unless it's especially significant.
26 votes -
Daily thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests - June 2
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant news and updates in here, unless it's especially significant.
25 votes -
Kerbal Space Program 2 release disrupted by corporate strife
15 votes -
Even if you're trying to avoid Grubhub by calling restaurants directly, Grubhub could still be charging it a fee
8 votes