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12 votes
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Brazil's Bolsonaro may need emergency surgery
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Paternity leave: The hidden barriers keeping men at work
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 12
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
6 votes -
All Futurama opening quotes
23 votes -
Young, dumb, and broke: Why outdoorsy types suck at money
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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.
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"One by one, all my friends were sent to the camps" - A first-hand account of a Uyghur Muslim whose family escaped China
13 votes -
We infiltrated a counterfeit check ring! Now what?
12 votes -
Culper Precision has stopped selling a kit that encases Glock handguns in Lego blocks, amid uproar and after the Danish toymaker demanded it cease and desist
12 votes -
Photography of Lauren Tepfer
5 votes -
Authenticated brand logos in Gmail will roll out over the coming weeks
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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
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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?
5 votes -
The Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con drift problem, explained
11 votes -
Black Widow review and discussion
7 votes -
The last time I got into an internet argument
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Twitter is shutting down Fleets, its expiring tweets feature. In its place at the top of the timeline will be Spaces, Twitter's live audio chat rooms.
9 votes -
GBA Remote Play - Video over the Link Cable from a Raspberry Pi
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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.
13 votes -
Billionaire Phil Anschutz and his wife are suing Colorado for a tax refund. How much they want is a secret.
8 votes -
Cars and trucks are changing forever
10 votes -
Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday after fifteen seasons
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I signed up to write college essays for rich kids. I found cheating is more complicated than I thought.
29 votes -
Black players on England football team bombarded with racist abuse on social media
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Janne Poranen: ‘If you have an invention, don't sell your technology too early to anyone’
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Do you use game streaming services? Which ones and why or why not?
I wanted to get a general discussion going on the opinions of game streaming services. This is a potentially huge market and the big companies out there are really trying to break into this...
I wanted to get a general discussion going on the opinions of game streaming services. This is a potentially huge market and the big companies out there are really trying to break into this market. I personally use google stadia and love it, there is a slight amount of latency in movements but it feels no different than a larger dead zone to me.
I love the idea of game streaming as it brings more games to more platforms like Linux, macOS and mobile devices. I know the big argument against them is that you don’t own the games, but from my perspective, you don’t own the games on steam either, you own the right to play someone else’s game just like with Google stadia or Luna or xcloud. If you want to own an actual copy then you have to buy the game from a vendor like gog or itch.io.
So let me know your opinions on this market, do you think it’s good, bad, or somewhere in between and why? If you play on any of these services what are your thoughts and experiences? Has it worked well for you and do you see yourself using services like this in the future? I genuinely am curious as it’s a completely different mindset than what we’re used too and it can really disrupt a market that hasn’t seen proper innovation in years.
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San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus faces death threats after releasing satirical music video
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Twenty simple sauces that will transform any meal
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Wood construction and the risk of fire
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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?
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity at lowest point so far amid vaccine scandal
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Gothmog - Lost In My Dreams (1998)
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Demon's Souls: Remaking a PlayStation classic
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In an effort to outflank the populist right, the ruling Social Democrats in Denmark have adopted one of the harshest refugee policies in the world
10 votes -
How to install Windows 3.1 on an iPad
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TigerBeetle - a million financial transactions per second in Zig [group talk]
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The promise and peril of turning the Salton Sea into California's "Lithium Valley"
8 votes -
Nearly 700 people believed to have died in Pacific Northwest heat wave
13 votes -
All money is fiat money
10 votes -
A copy of Super Mario 64 sold for $1.5M, raising eyebrows
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What do you think about voting?
I don't understand why people think an individual vote changes anything. I don't mean this as an insult, I just don't understand by what mechanism my vote matters. To be clear, I am not saying you...
I don't understand why people think an individual vote changes anything. I don't mean this as an insult, I just don't understand by what mechanism my vote matters. To be clear, I am not saying you shouldn't vote, simply that one persons vote is a neutral act.
I assume that if I vote in an election my vote will literally be counted; the votes for one candidate will go from 100,000 to 100,001. In tiny elections, it is possible, not likely, for a single vote to change a result. However, arguing for a system from its top 0.1% best case scenario is a bit disingenuous. In 99.9% of elections, it does not come down to one vote.
I have also been told I should just choose the candidate that is closest to my beliefs or even put in a blank ballet. In the US, a 3rd-party candidate will not win any non-local election; in other countries, I understand that it is different, but I can't speak from personal experience. And its not like I would ever choose any of the main party candidates; some are much worse than others, but none represent my beliefs. My understanding of this idea is that what is being valued is the performance of representation, not my actual representation in the system. 'The medium is the message', or who you vote for does not matter, what matters is that you vote.
I've heard people say something to the effect of 'if you don't vote, you have no right to complain about the political system'. This idea ignores the fact that not voting is an explicitly political act. I am engaging with the system by refusing to play what I perceive to be a rigged game.
But its not like the political system changes whether I vote or not; its not like anyone can know if I voted or not, unless I tell them or wear one of those 'I voted' stickers. I've heard people argue that if everyone thought this way, then the OTHER SIDE would win. But other people's decision to vote or not isn't my responsibility.
Is there something I am missing?
EDIT:
I changed my formatting to be more clear and edited the text, as a few responses seem to have missed some of my points.
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What are your favorite bits of more juvenile humor?
I was recently reminded of this classic 4chan greentext. Even today, it still has me in stitches. What your favorite funny bits that are not particularly sophisticated?
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The day I almost decided to hold the press to account
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He's Barack Obama, he's come to save the day! (2009)
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Social constructs: An introduction
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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!
8 votes -
UK Supreme Court told ‘X’ gender markers on passports needn’t be controversial in historic hearing
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After the Florida building collapse, condos struggle to fund big repairs
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User reviews are still the best tool we have
7 votes