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21 votes
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Researchers have designs on better women’s hockey protective gear
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Bob Iger found Disney in ‘worse shape’ than he expected, now ‘overwhelmed and exhausted’
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Polyhedra world
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Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 annular eclipse: where and when
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Tomoya Ikeda — Macintosh artist
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What did you do this week (and 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 week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
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 week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
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I once worked for a battered women's organization - I today discovered Suzanne Vega's song Luka
Luka by Suzanne Vega She hits the mark, directly. It could be a marriage, it could be a parent- child, step parent child relationship Either way, it's accurate.
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Forty-seven anime for forty-seven prefectures in Japan
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Researchers use AI to read from 2000 year old Herculaneum scroll
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Hamas called for Friday day of rage - Israeli diplomat stabbed in China possibly related act of terror
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What's your favorite dinosaur?
I'm by no means a dinosaur expert, but I'd consider myself an enthusiast. My favorite is the Carnotaurus. It's not quite as big as the classic T-Rex and has even tinier arms, but dude had bull...
I'm by no means a dinosaur expert, but I'd consider myself an enthusiast.
My favorite is the Carnotaurus. It's not quite as big as the classic T-Rex and has even tinier arms, but dude had bull horns on its noggin! And it'll still chase you down and gobble you up.
Everybody's got a favorite. And if you don't, find your poor lost inner child and ask them;
What's your favorite Dinosaur?
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Agnetha Fältskog recalls the stress and sadness in ABBA, their blockbuster Voyage project, and the music she never lets the world hear
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A handful of influencers are trying to turn the tide on toxic masculinity. But can they get anyone to listen?
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Kenichi Shinohara's pixel art Ukiyo-e (1987)
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America does not have a good food culture
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Why people believe their own lies - The George Santos syndrome
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Another gold treasure discovery in Norway – thirty-five 1400 year old gold foil figures found in a pagan temple near Hov
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Gaza Surf Club | Official trailer
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Judas Priest - Panic Attack (2023)
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Paradise is Burning / Paradiset Brinner | International trailer
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Looking for a good note-taking app
Looking for recommendations for a multiplatform note taking app. Needs to support Windows and Android. Some things I'm looking for: Markdown support offline/local support (should be stored in an...
Looking for recommendations for a multiplatform note taking app. Needs to support Windows and Android. Some things I'm looking for:
- Markdown support
- offline/local support (should be stored in an easily accessible and movable format e.g. markdown)
- is free or only a one time fee
- Syncing (either a one time fee via app dev or built in support for GDrive or OneDrive)
- Mind mapping functionality (including linking between notes)
- flexibility to be both a knowledge base and a place to keep todo lists and general small notes
Obsidian hits most of these features but without paying $8/mo, syncing is a huge pain in the ass. I got it to sync between machines if I store my vaults in Google Drive, but I'd prefer to have them locally then synced. I don't mind paying for software, but I'm trying to avoid another monthly fee on top of everything else I'm paying for. I'm open to staying with Obsidian if I can solve the syncing issues, too.
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Album of the Week #4: The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
This is Album of the Week #4 ~ This week's album is The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death Year of Release: 1997 Genre(s): Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap Country: United States Length: 109 minutes...
This is Album of the Week #4 ~ This week's album is The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
Year of Release: 1997
Genre(s): Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap
Country: United States
Length: 109 minutes
Album.LinkExcerpt from Stereogum:
Perhaps the greatest testament to the power of Life After Death, the second and final album from the Notorious B.I.G., was that Biggie’s death somehow didn’t overshadow it. By all rights, that’s exactly what should’ve happened. Here, we had the single greatest talent of his generation cut down in his prime — or maybe, since he was only 24, before he’d even had a chance to reach his prime. It was sudden and shocking and violent, and the murder remains unsolved. Life After Death came out barely two weeks later. It is called Life After Death, which is, in retrospect, even weirder than Hole recording an album called Live Through This before Kurt Cobain’s suicide and then releasing it almost immediately afterward. It ends with a song called “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Kills You” — and in Biggie’s case, that turned out to be vaguely true. (Biggie was a star before his death, but he became a genre-transcending superstar afterward.) All these morbid, poetic coincidences should dominate the album’s narrative. And yet Life After Death took on a life of its own. It became a document of celebration, not sadness. It wrote its own narrative.
Discussion points:
Have you heard this artist/album before? Is this your first time hearing?
Do you enjoy this genre? Is this an album you would have chosen?
Does this album remind you of something you've heard before?
What were the album's strengths or weaknesses?
Was there a standout track for you?
How did you hear the album? Where were you? What was your setup?--
Album of the week is currently chosen randomly (via random.org) from the top 5000 albums from a custom all-time RYM chart, with a 4/5 popularity weighting. The chart is recalculated weekly.
Missed last week? It can be found here.
Any feedback on the format is welcome ~~
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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?
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Teaching LLMs to divide and conquer problems with hierarchical question decomposition
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Prolific LA eviction law firm was caught faking cases in court
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‘The Marvels’ is long-range tracking at $50M-$75m domestically
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How do you divide a room completely and maintain high visibility?
So here's my situation and what I'm trying to prepare for. My mom is currently sick (we think it's an infection), and last night she fell and threw up, scared me half to death. She says she's...
So here's my situation and what I'm trying to prepare for. My mom is currently sick (we think it's an infection), and last night she fell and threw up, scared me half to death. She says she's fine(ish) now, and we're waiting on test results. It got me thinking how she said I'll inherit her Siamese cat breeding business and it got me thinking a lot about it.
I'm wanting to divide what is currently a purely aesthetic room so the queens can have more room for their kittens who then won't get to hide under/in the couch (yes, inside the couch, because they tore holes in the fabric underneath it, apparently) whenever I try to show them to customers.
I want to divide my dining room from the entry way, where the front door leads into the living room, so the cats don't escape out the front door. Imagine a hallway (12 to 14 feet long) from the front door to the living room (and it's a double wide doorless doorway connecting it to the living room), but one wall of the hallway doesn't exist, and instead opens fully into the dining area. I haven't measured yet, but I'm estimating it's around 12 to 14 feet across, and 9 or 10 feet tall.
I'd like to use something budget friendly (ofc), like plexiglass, acrylic, resin, whatever. Something fully see through (or as see through as possible) so the customers can see them immediately. Proper glass will need a whole installation process and will add to the cost. Also, I'll want to add a door to this new "window wall" so the customers and I can walk in and out, and preferably have it be a sliding door, since I think this is the option that will be the least likely to pinch a kitten.
My dad suggested a garage screen door, with magnetic closing, made of fiber glass mesh, but I can already tell the cats will eventually tear it up and make it look ratty, and also slip out from under it most likely.
We can't use normal room dividers because our cats can sometimes jump from the floor to the top of the fridge, and room dividers are too flimsy. Also I'm not sure how to fasten a door to them (maybe I could just open them, but idk).
I've also half-way crossed any meshes, cages, or fencing off my option list because it looks ratty imo. Btw when I say "ratty" I mean it will make me look like some backyard breeder or someone who doesn't care about her cats. I don't want my kittens to look like inmates lol. But cages/metal bars are a last resort, because I need something, as right now my mom has them set up in what I personally consider to be cages that are far too small to keep the mother cat in 24/7 for 2 to 4 weeks. The mother cat can just about lay down once you have to put the litterbox in. (It's the vertical one with the 3 tier platforms, with wheels and a bottom tray that you can find on amazon)
I've looked all over amazon, just window (lol) shopping/browsing for ideas on what I could use, and omg. Either inflation is horrible, or I'm severely out of touch with what a "budget" option for this project would be.
I've even gone so far as to consult ChatGPT, who was not really that helpful.
A list of things I've thought about already are:
-Garage screen doors (cats will eventually scratch through and slip under)
-Sliding barn doors (for the end of the entry way that leads into the living room, instead of dividing the dining room, but this would give the kittens and queens access to the front door when people go in and out)- Those DIY metal grid panels people use to build storage furniture (ratty looking, and kind of expensive, but is my last resort as it seems to be the cheapest option I think)
- Ordering a proper glass window wall (this would have to be properly installed into the house, which would cost too much)
- Normal room dividers (too flimsy, too short, no door option)
- Chain link fence segments (definitely ratty looking)
- Decorative metal/PVC room divider modular panels that hang from the ceiling (I can't seem to find a version that has ample visibility without giant holes the kittens could slip through)
- Just building a bigger cage (more expensive than just building a wall out of the panels, and again, it's ratty looking)
- Using clear acrylic modular panels with holes in the corners, chained/tied together to hang from the ceiling (it's an option, but I'm not sure if it's the best in terms of aesthetics & cost, and idk how to attach a door that way)
- 3D printed prefab wall panels (not see through, and idk if/how I'd fit a door on it)
- Prefab floor to ceiling windows (expensive, heavy, needs proper installation I think)
- A clear, plastic tent piece, large enough for a patio (that would also look bad, since it's shiny and most likely will get scratched up)
I may be forgetting some options that I considered already, but I'm a complete novice at construction and home improvement, so I figured you guys probably know something I don't. I need a true barrier, that is preferably as clear as possible.
Even if you think your idea isn't all that good, suggest it anyway because I might be able to springboard off of it. This includes ideas relating to stuff I've thought of already.
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Final Fantasy IX: Memoria Project - Full gameplay demo | UE5 Remake (fan project)
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films 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.
9 votes -
The most enjoyable character builds in Baldur’s Gate 3
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So I suspect my rideshare driver might have been earning extra for viral marketing
So I rarely take rideshare, but sometimes it's important. Today, my driver was friendly, chatty, personable, driving a brand new Ford electric vehicle. He mentioned that he had spent more than a...
So I rarely take rideshare, but sometimes it's important. Today, my driver was friendly, chatty, personable, driving a brand new Ford electric vehicle. He mentioned that he had spent more than a decade selling for an auto dealership before starting to drive. He bragged about the car, the price, the fact that it's built like a tank and safe in a crash. He talked down Tesla and Elon Musk for faults and failings I'm sure most of us can imagine without effort. He had an answer for every anecdote I told about my car experiences that brought the conversation back around to the advantages of this make and model of car, including the fact that cars are significantly cheaper than a couple of years ago.
It wasn't a terrible experience but I feel bemused, puzzled, a little annoyed, a little bit impressed. It's creative if this is in fact a strategy not a coincidence.
Can anyone relate to this experience? What are your thoughts?
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Anime/manga that inspired you to pick up a new hobby or something similar?
Something that you watched/read that made you think "I am going to get into this." What anime/manga was it, and what was the hobby/whatever?
14 votes -
Podcast: a History of Modern Palestine
American Prestige did a series on the History of Modern Palestine. The first episode is always public, but they have unlocked the remaining episodes for this week in light of current events. I...
American Prestige did a series on the History of Modern Palestine. The first episode is always public, but they have unlocked the remaining episodes for this week in light of current events.
I listened to this back when it was posted and learned a lot about the role of colonial powers in the formation of Israel and Palestine and the way Palestinians are being treated today. The viewpoint is is not anti-Semitic but it is also not pro-Israel. For example, they discuss Israel's (then) current treatment of the Palestinians as apartheid.
I can't imagine what it would be like to live in those conditions. I don't mean to condone terrorist violence, but set against the background of the oppression in Palestine, it's hard to imagine what people might be driven to.
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MDX: Markdown for the component era
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‘Aquaman 2’ flooded with drama: Jason Momoa allegedly drunk on set, Amber Heard scenes cut, Elon Musk’s letter to WB and more
22 votes -
Wordpress.com now supports ActivityPub
21 votes -
Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour film is helping movie theatres, and infuriating Hollywood studios
27 votes -
The Grid, Part III: The dream of deregulation
3 votes -
An investigation of the facts behind Columbia’s US News ranking
12 votes -
Crunchyroll launches FAST platform for 24/7 live anime streaming
10 votes -
By the light of the moon - a short fairy tale
15 votes -
Leonard Leo: The man behind the Republican US Supreme Court majority
24 votes -
Humans have been predicting eclipses for thousands of years, but it’s harder than you might think
11 votes -
MEUTE - Come Together (Henrik Schwarz rework ft. The Young ClassX, 2023)
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Red, juicy, heat resistant: The hunt for a climate-proof apple
9 votes -
Vine Robots — Learn to make your own!
9 votes -
PS5 cloud streaming launches this month for PlayStation Plus Premium members
6 votes -
Wirtz pumps are really clever
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‘We showed Portugal rugby exists’: Win over Fiji caps World Cup breakthrough
6 votes