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3 votes
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Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model.
3 votes -
Fide sparks anger with ‘gross’ breast enlargement sponsor for women’s chess
7 votes -
The Mustard Museum: Passion for a condiment
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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.
4 votes -
Viking blood bread
6 votes -
Shostakovich's symphony played by a starving orchestra (7th, "Leningrad")
5 votes -
Inside America’s broken supply chain
4 votes -
World's longest undersea power connection was today switched on, allowing Norway and the UK to share renewable energy
14 votes -
Analytic Number Theory book club ending today
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To make social structures more equal, we can’t blind ourselves to genetics
4 votes -
How mental health became a social media minefield
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Tildes Screenless Day Discussion Thread - October 2021
What is a "Screenless Day"? Tildes "Screenless Day" is a simple event aimed at encouraging people to take a temporary step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology and spend their time...
What is a "Screenless Day"?
Tildes "Screenless Day" is a simple event aimed at encouraging people to take a temporary step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology and spend their time and energies elsewhere.
When is it?
It takes place over the weekend starting on the first Friday of each month. Participants will choose that Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to take as their screenless day -- whichever works best for their schedule.
Some people might not be able to participate in that window, and that's fine too. They can choose to shift their day earlier or later as needed. It is also completely fine (and encouraged!) to take personal screenless days separate from the event if you like. This thread will be posted the first weekend of each month, but it is open for comments the entire month.
Does it have to be truly "screenless"?
"Screenless" is an ideal, not a mandate. The spirit of the day is to deliberately step away from toxic or consuming aspects of technology, and what that means is different for each person. Thus, it is up to each participant to determine what "screenless" means to them. Some might only choose to not use social media for a day; some might choose to eliminate all "screens" but still use their ereader; some may maintain some screen use but only for necessity (e.g. work; classes; GPS; etc.). Some might get rid of screens entirely, or go fully "unplugged" for the day.
How do I participate?
You do not have to do anything formal at all to participate -- simply take your screenless day in whatever way is best for you!
If you’d like to, use this thread to share plans for your upcoming screenless day or summaries/reflections about it once it’s over.
Can I chat in this thread if I'm not participating?
Yes! The more, the merrier! Discussion from anyone, participant or non-participant alike, is welcome. Though, do understand that it might take a bit longer than normal for some people to respond. :)
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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?
6 votes -
BlueStacks X is a new and free way to play Android games in your browser
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What creative projects have you been working on?
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on. Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just...
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on.
Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just ideas.
If you have any creative projects that you have been working on or want to eventually work on, this is a place for discussing those.
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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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Hakuho: Sumo wrestling's greatest champion retires
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Gear and process
I'd been accumulating modular gear over the course of the pandemic, but over the last month or so I sold the majority of my modular, including swapping my 6U 89HP case for a much smaller model,...
I'd been accumulating modular gear over the course of the pandemic, but over the last month or so I sold the majority of my modular, including swapping my 6U 89HP case for a much smaller model, without anything in it as of yet. Instead, I'm using a lot more standalone gear.
Gear talk:
I'm using (shock, horror!) a laptop, as well as the Elektron Digitakt drum computer and Digitone polyphonic FM synthesizer. I also went from one Monome Norns Shield DIY with no input devices to two Norns Shields with a Grid and a 16n. Observe, if you want! (As an aside, I absolutely love the Monome aesthetic of raw aluminum and I've also gotten a set of faceplates and acrylic windows made for my Norns'. I kept the first two of the run, when I hadn't quite perfected the technique, so there are some blemishes; the rest went to friends.)
Interestingly, where my process tended to run up against the limitations of my gear in the past, it now seems much more constrained just by the time I am able to spend playing music each day, as I work a full time job and do most of the chores in my household.
I'd love to know how gear and process interacts for you folks, and what you do to make sure you're having fun and making music, despite the many demands on all our time.
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"Rate limit exceeded"?
Sometimes I'd like to post comments more frequently than a single comment anywhere on the site once every two hours. But I can't, because I get the error "Rate limit exceeded". Is it possible to...
Sometimes I'd like to post comments more frequently than a single comment anywhere on the site once every two hours.
But I can't, because I get the error "Rate limit exceeded".
Is it possible to remove or at least significantly increase the limit site-wide for established users?
The things a bear has to do..
If there is a more appropriate place for this, I would appreciate having it moved there, or a link to the more appropriate area. Thanks!
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What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
17 votes -
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (Starparade 02.06.1977)
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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.
6 votes -
El Salvador has started mining Bitcoin using the renewable energy from volcanoes
@Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻: First steps...🌋#Bitcoin🇸🇻 pic.twitter.com/duhHvmEnym
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Wanderhome: A pastoral fantasy RPG
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Making bracket pair colorization 10k times faster in VSCode
7 votes -
Lou Elliotte – Happy For Me (2021)
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China hit by power cuts and factory closures as energy crisis bites
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For the United States, our constitutional crisis is already here
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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!
8 votes -
‘Babylon 5’ series reboot from creator J. Michael Straczynski in works at the CW
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Is there really a US truck driver shortage?
15 votes -
The value of in-house expertise
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Norway's billionaires spent the election campaign smearing Rødt – but the party kept its focus and secured a historic electoral breakthrough
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A new “standalone” Valve VR headset teased by deep SteamVR file dive
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What happens when the experience of celebrity becomes universal?
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Danish artist Jens Haaning is refusing to pay over €70,000 back to a local art museum in protest at what he called 'miserable' working conditions and low pay
9 votes -
Imgur has been acquired by MediaLab (owner of Whisper, Kik, WorldStarHipHop, Amino, Genius, etc.)
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My ex-father-in-law, the Japanese radical who opposed Narita Airport
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Star Wars: Visions - Discussion Thread
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Activision Blizzard settles with federal employment agency for $18 Million
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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.
18 votes -
The largest space telescope in history is about to blow our minds
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Exploring the weird world of Adult Video Games
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African researchers say they face bias in the world of science. Here's one solution.
6 votes -
Introduction to the Upanishads - The Essence of Vedic Philosophy
5 votes -
Spaces launch in Element
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Folding@Home's Covid Moonshot program to receive $10M grant
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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?
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Everything is buddhanature
3 votes