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14 votes
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King County, WA is first in the country to ban government use of facial recognition software
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Why Kim’s Convenience matters
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Etsy is buying Depop, a UK-based second-hand fashion app, for $1.6bn in a bid to target younger Gen-Z shoppers
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Recommend me a podcast app for android
I'm rather bored of the constant pop up ads on my current one that I paid for ads to be removed for years ago before more recently they changed to a subscription requirement for advert removal....
I'm rather bored of the constant pop up ads on my current one that I paid for ads to be removed for years ago before more recently they changed to a subscription requirement for advert removal.
I'm looking for something easy to use that has no ads by default or has a one time payment to remove them. Extra features such as tags/folders would be great but not 100% required. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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Why does a completely local, self-contained html file need to access gstatic.com?
So, I'm a privacy advocate (or paranoiac, depending on your perspective). I run both uMatrix and NoScript plug-ins (among others) in my Firefox browser, so I can see when and where websites send...
So, I'm a privacy advocate (or paranoiac, depending on your perspective). I run both uMatrix and NoScript plug-ins (among others) in my Firefox browser, so I can see when and where websites send calls out to other locations, and block the ones I want ... google analytics, google fonts, google-apis, google tag manager, and gstatic are all ubiquitous out there, probably 99% of websites use at least one of them (PS: Tildes is in the 1%; yeay, Deimos).
And note ... there may well be nothing at all wrong with any of those sites/services ... but Google has a global all-encompassing Terms and Conditions policy that says, you use anything of Theirs, and They are allowed to harvest your personal data and make money off of it.
And I do not accept those terms.
Okay, that's the prologue. The deal is, I have a small piece of documentation, just basic "how to use this" info, for a WordPress plug-in. It is in .html format, with bundled bootstrap and jquery and a few other assets.
Nothing, anywhere in the entire folder, references gstatic. And yet when I open this local, on-my-computer-only html file ... my browser tells me that it is trying to connect to gstatic.com.
Anyone happen to know why/how that is happening?
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Where do you get your sense of community from?
After posting this comment I realized I'd like to ask Tildes directly where you all get a sense of community from.
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Science fiction that presents immortality in a good light?
It seems incredibly common in works of science fiction that touch upon technological immortality to focus on every possible way that such a technology could go wrong, create problems, or worsen...
It seems incredibly common in works of science fiction that touch upon technological immortality to focus on every possible way that such a technology could go wrong, create problems, or worsen social dynamics.
Among the negative outcomes that have attained trope levels of frequency, off the top of my head, I can name the following:
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Immortality becomes available only to the ultra-wealthy, allowing them even more power to abuse everyone else, leading immortal people to be antagonists in a pretty generic dystopian plot.
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Immortality subtly twists the morality of its beneficiaries, causing them to lose sight of "the real meaning of life" according to the author's worldview, and the protagonist usually fights for society to recognize how important death and endings are
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Immortality causes people to go insane, become monsters, or otherwise utterly lose their humanity (this is more of an extreme version of case #2, but I feel it's distinct in the way a story plays out)
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Immortality ultimately leads to the extinction of the human species due either to biological effects of the immortality technology in question, or due to cultural/societal shifts that lead people to stop reproducing
I'm sure there are many others that I'd recall if prompted, but my point is that I don't think I can name any science fiction that involves immortality technology that doesn't also decry it as ultimately a harmful development.
Are there any works of science fiction that any of you can think of that do more to celebrate the idea or look forward to it with some optimism?
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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!
11 votes -
Heat List - Chicago PD automated policing program got this man shot twice
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California bill to decriminalize psychedelics is approved by Senate, now moves on to Assembly
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What is Asian American music, really? Seeking more than representation, a critic tries to make sense of a fragmented, disparate musical tradition
6 votes -
The rise and fall of Cheat Ninja, the group that made more than $70 million selling cheats for PUBG Mobile before being taken down by the Chinese police
8 votes -
One-fifth of US beef capacity wiped out by JBS cyberattack
28 votes -
Amazon calls warehouse workers "industrial athletes" in leaked wellness pamphlet
14 votes -
Lake Highlands, Texas high school valedictorian discards her pre-approved commencement speech to read a statement about abortion rights
15 votes -
The principle of explosion
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Microsoft brought me back into their ecosystem with Game Pass
I'm primarily a PC gamer with a library slowly approaching 1,000 games on Steam. While I have sometimes bought games through the other storefronts like Blizzard, GOG, Uplay, and EA Origins, I...
I'm primarily a PC gamer with a library slowly approaching 1,000 games on Steam. While I have sometimes bought games through the other storefronts like Blizzard, GOG, Uplay, and EA Origins, I never really invested significant time in them to the point where I don't keep track of what is in those libraries. Suffice to say, I thought that I was so entrenched in Steam that I couldn't possibly play in another storefront for any meaningful amount of time.
This has changed for the past year. I hopped on one of those deals that gave me access to Game Pass since Microsoft added all the Bethesda games and partnered with EA Play. And I gotta say, I'm invested now. Invested so much that I bought a Series X despite having zero interest when the new generation of systems was announced. Game Pass on Xbox is an even better deal than Game Pass on PC. The library is larger and for the games that are Play Anywhere, I can continue my save file on my PC when my living room TV is unavailable.
I really think that Microsoft has a winning strategy with Game Pass this generation and it really surprised me how my attitude to the Xbox ecosystem changed this year. While I think both Sony and Nintendo have great exclusives, the value proposition for me of convenience and a rotating slate of quality games will likely keep me invested and subscribed, moreso than Xbox Gold or PS+ have in the past.
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EA is pulling the plug on old Need for Speed games today
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The state of Arizona is preparing to kill death row inmates using hydrogen cyanide, the same lethal gas that was deployed at Auschwitz
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The city dwellers trying to build a tight-knit community from scratch
8 votes -
How animals safely cross a highway
7 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?
7 votes -
Statues of historical figures are lazy, ugly and distort history. From Cecil Rhodes to Rosa Parks, let’s get rid of them all.
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Mimicry: When animals copy other animals
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America has a drinking problem
16 votes -
Tens of thousands of Brazilians march in upwards of 200 cities to demand Jair Bolsonaro’s impeachment
19 votes -
A better way to picture atoms
5 votes -
itch.io Queer Games Bundle 2021
5 votes -
Meet Moxie - The revolutionary robot companion for social-emotional learning
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Toto Cutugno - Serenata (1984)
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EU set to unveil digital wallet fit for post-Covid life
7 votes -
Is gerrymandering about to become more difficult?
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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.
5 votes -
Bo Burnham's new comedy special "Inside" released today
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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.
15 votes -
What the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
10 votes -
Can you tell the difference between a one million dollar cello and a $5,000 cello?
13 votes -
Our digital pasts weren’t supposed to be weaponized like this
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Chinese dreams on Native American land: A tale of cannabis boom and bust
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Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (May 2021)
This is a monthly thread for those who need it. Vent, share your experiences, ask for advice, talk about how you are doing. Let's make this a compassionate space for all who may need one.
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noyb issues more than 500 GDPR complaints in aim to end “cookie banner terror”
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GPT-3 tries pickup lines
7 votes -
Dark Forest (cryptocurrency game)
3 votes -
Tab viewer/organizer?
Weird question, but does anyone know of a simple tab viewer or organizer for Firefox (bonus points if it works on iOS)? I have... way too many tabs open, and I want to see what I can bookmark...
Weird question, but does anyone know of a simple tab viewer or organizer for Firefox (bonus points if it works on iOS)? I have... way too many tabs open, and I want to see what I can bookmark before closing rather than having to either close everything or manually check each tab.
11 votes -
Small modular reactors and the future of energy
7 votes -
WW2 animated: Western Front, 1944-1945. Part 1
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Interview with GloriousEggroll, project maintainer of ProtonGE (a fork of Valve's Proton compatibility layer for Linux)
10 votes -
The most expensive number in engineering
7 votes