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6 votes
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I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress; here’s what happened
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Mastodon - Forged by Neron (2021)
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HTC unveils new Vive Pro 2 with 5K resolution display and 120Hz refresh rate
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Vitalik’s regift of unsolicited DOGE knockoffs sends memecoin prices plunging
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Elon Musk announces that Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin for vehicle purchases citing the energy demand required to maintain the cryptocurrency
@Elon Musk: Tesla & Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/YSswJmVZhP
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It’s interesting but is it art?
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Nothingness (Why is there something rather than nothing?)
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Holes
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US judge tosses NRA bankruptcy bid, letting New York seek dissolution
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SpaceX accepts Dogecoin as payment to launch ‘DOGE-1 mission to the Moon’ next year
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To be more tech-savvy, borrow these strategies from the Amish
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Matt Tremont // LIFE after DEATH (2021) (Deathmatch Wrestling Documentary)
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Canadian charity recommendations
Hi Everyone! I'm looking to donate some money to a charity that is focused on helping children learn how to code. I've always heard that lots of charities are scams, and I was hoping to get the...
Hi Everyone!
I'm looking to donate some money to a charity that is focused on helping children learn how to code.
I've always heard that lots of charities are scams, and I was hoping to get the opinions of you fine folks about a good charity to donate to!7 votes -
My strange, slow, twenty-year quest for broadband
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It began as an AI-fueled dungeon game, it got much darker
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Google Docs will now use canvas based rendering
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Blind people and advocates criticize AccessiBe, a company claiming to automatically make websites ADA compliant
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New major versions released for the six core Pallets projects - Flask 2.0, Werkzeug 2.0, Jinja 3.0, Click 8.0, ItsDangerous 2.0, and MarkupSafe 2.0
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Level designer breaks down Ori's awesome sand level | On the Level
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MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study
10 votes -
Ransomware gang threatens release of DC police records
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Meet America's newest Chess Master, 10-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi
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True limits of humanity – The final border we will never cross
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Donovan - I Am The Shaman (directed by David Lynch, 2021)
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Can kids navigate their way across London alone?
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The 1962 flight of Army Rangers that vanished into thin air
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Lisey's Story | Official trailer
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VW will start testing its Argo AI-powered self-driving vans in Germany this summer
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‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’ revived as competition for adults on CW
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So ... The Expanse
Looks like Tildes hasn't discussed this show for a year or two. I just finished binge-watching the first 5 seasons (I'm hoping there is a Season 6 in the offing), and of course, I now feel like...
Looks like Tildes hasn't discussed this show for a year or two. I just finished binge-watching the first 5 seasons (I'm hoping there is a Season 6 in the offing), and of course, I now feel like discussing it. This thread is wide open to whatever anyone wants to bring up about the series. But my first question for people is this--
Did anyone notice any significant change in quality after Amazon took it over? If so, better or worse? How?
For me, somewhere around Season 3 or 4, it felt like the story quality declined. Not that it's "bad" in any way ... just that it got less original, more like traditional series plot devices. And that could just be me, or that--in general--even the best shows tend to lose some of their edge after the first few seasons ... or maybe they're just following the books (never read 'em) and this is how the books went.
But, yeah ... it's turning into a nicer, more nuanced Stargate ... the Good Guys trying to save humanity from The Terrorist Mastermind ... the Evil Post-Soviet Empire conspiring to help said Terrorist, etc. They even had Snidely Whiplash tying the poor girl to the railroad tracks.
I'm obviously over-simplifying here; it is still an excellent show ... just, like I said; it started to feel less original. I'm wondering if that's just my impression, and if not, do we know that it's an "Amazon" thing, or what?
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What's the coronavirus like where you are?
I figured we were overdue for another one of these threads. Here are all the previous ones: February 2020 March 2020 September 2020 What are things like in your corner of the world?
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China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media
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Silent whale watching on Iceland's first electric boat tour – a carbon-neutral tour off Húsavík makes for a greener, more peaceful experience for visitors and sea creatures
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The history of the worst SeaWorld ride, Submarine Quest
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The Green Knight | Official trailer
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Nornec - Things Adrift (2021)
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Behind Warner Bros.’ search for a Black Superman
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Klô Pelgag - Mèlamine (2020)
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A closer look at the DarkSide ransomware gang, which was responsible for the recent attack on Colonial Pipeline
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The making of Dishonored
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ValuJet Flight 592
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The world’s first programmable organism
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On the record: An audio professional’s take on vinyl
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COVID-19 is a vascular disease not a respiratory one, says study
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Elon Musk is not your friend
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An interview with Linus Torvalds: Linux and Git
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What did you do this weekend?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
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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.
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Charles I's travelling library
4 votes