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Christmas beer made from green peas and marinated red cabbage has become a festive hit in Iceland
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Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 degrees Celsius
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Floral time travel: Flowers were more diverse 100 million years ago than they are today
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 4
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.
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Can a social media post change public opinion? Researchers weigh in.
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MangaLove, a series sharing thread: December 2023
Choose one series that you love that you think deserves more love Tell us what it is, and why. Previous posts in the series Additional Details Why MangaLove? Finding new series is hard! The medium...
Choose one series
that you love
that you think deserves more loveTell us what it is, and why.
Additional Details
Why MangaLove?
Finding new series is hard! The medium continues to become more mainstream and accessible, but that hasn't changed the fact that there's a lot of stuff to consume and few ways to find something you may like.
MangaLove offers an opportunity to sift through series loved by others, including those who might have divergent tastes from you. Think of this as an opportunity to venture outside of your comfort zone, with a series that you know someone else adores, from a small pool of thoughtful hand-selected options.
Is this just for Manga? Can I share Anime, or Manhwa, or...
Feel free to share any Anime, Manga, Manhwa, or Manhua that you love!
What do I post?
Any series that you love and that you feel deserves more appreciation. There are no restrictions on genre, year, or anything else, and nothing is “too popular” or “too niche”. If you think it needs more love — for whatever reason — then it’s welcome in MangaLove.
Please make sure to include:
- The series name
- The author
- A short description of the premise
- What you love about the series. It could be the story, the art, but it could also be your associations with it -- maybe the series reminds you of someone you love, or the period in your life when you first consume it.
Also, commenting on others' recommendations is encouraged! If you love something that someone else shared, let them know!
Do I have to watch/read to what everyone else posts?
Nope. You don't have to consume anything you don't want to. This is about creating a menu of options that people can explore as they wish.
Can I post more than one series in a month?
Nope. Limit one! This helps us be more selective about what we choose, as well as preventing the threads from getting flooded with too many contributions to keep track of.
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British trader Sanjay Shah has landed in Denmark after being extradited from the United Arab Emirates over tax fraud charges worth £1.46bn
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Across the ASMRverse
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Former US President Donald Trump falsely claims attack ad used AI to make him look bad
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Las Vegas-S. California high-speed rail gets $3 billion federal grant
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Why railroad tracks don't need expansion joints
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Movie of the Week #6 - Lost Highway (1997)
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
So we have a month with movies from the 1990s and we are starting off with Lost Highway directed by David Lynch from 1997.
Are you familiar with other works by David Lynch and how does this compare? Does it have a certain "90s feel" to it? Feel free to add any thoughts, opinions, reflections, analysis or whatever comments related to this film.
The rest of the schedule is:
- 11th of December: Edward Scissorhands
- 18th of December: The Talented Mr. Ripley
- 25th of December: Home Alone
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Richard Farrant - Ah Alas, You Salt Sea Gods (1500s)
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How the US Secret Service keeps presidential motorcades safe
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The business of bad medicine
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Fooocus - The most user-friendly local image-gen interface to date
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Perusing Pentiment's boisterous bibliography
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Here’s what happened when I taught a fly-fishing course in the waterways of New Orleans
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I was scared to say this to NASA... (but I said it anyway)
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Netflix and Apple open door to bundling with streaming rivals
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Steaks grown from human cells spark interest and outrage [2020]
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GeoGuessr pros guess which Google Streetview images from around the world have been photoshopped
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Reading to Philadelphia train takes a major step forward as it gets federal funding (also, Scranton to NYC)
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Muse Group acquires Hal Leonard
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archive.org went down today
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Anyone else feeling completely exhausted this week? What's making you so tired?
2023 has been one of our busiest years in a decade for me and my partner. We moved house, experienced big career changes, and tackled responsibilities that kept rolling in. The pent up energy from...
2023 has been one of our busiest years in a decade for me and my partner. We moved house, experienced big career changes, and tackled responsibilities that kept rolling in. The pent up energy from COVID years helped us get through it, and I'm proud of how much we've gotten done this year.
Now suddenly I feel like we're so tired, especially this week, after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was super low key, we had a video chat with family because some nieces and nephews were sick with flu, so we're not tired from celebrating, it must be something else. It could be the shorter days, like two or three hours less sunlight than a month ago.
We've even gotten emotional and bickered over random petty things, which we usually don't, and I think that boils down to the tiredness too.
Speaking of the flu, there are people getting sick around us at work and the neighborhood, so I'll bet our immune systems are working hard and making us tired too.
What about you all? What's making you tired? What have you had to give up on because you don't have the energy to deal with it?
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Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims
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Any Star Citizen folks here? I'm a new player with a barely passable rig, looking for tips to make play bearable...
Howdy, citizens! So, after begging, borrowing and stealing, I've managed to piece together what I believe to be a barely capable rig so that I can get into playing this incredible looking game,...
Howdy, citizens!
So, after begging, borrowing and stealing, I've managed to piece together what I believe to be a barely capable rig so that I can get into playing this incredible looking game, but I'm running into a performance issue that makes it pretty unplayable.
Here's my rig:
AMD A-10 6800k @ 4.1 GHz
32 GB Ram
128 GB SanDisk SSD (for the game only, OS is on a similar size Kingston)
GTX 960 for the graphics.Last night I tried running the game from my normal HD, which is a 1tb platter. This did not go well. Just moving my character around in the initial apartment was torture, and using anything in the room was an exercise in frustration to the point that the room ended up looking like a brawl had happened in it before I made it out, with coffee cups and water bottles all over the floor.
So, after I read a few pointers online, I salvaged the SanDisk from a different PC and began reinstalling on that. Today I hope to be able to move around smoothly enough to actually play, but aside from setting every option to its lowest, are there any other little tricks I can use to get it more playable?
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Gaza and the future of information warfare
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Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels
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Israel-Hamas War Megathread, November 27 to December 7
It seemed about time to roll it over. Here's the previous topic.
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What the hell is going on at MAPPA?
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Smartglasses use ChatGPT to help the blind and visually impaired | 5G Playbook
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The weirdest bug I've seen yet
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Looking for favorite easy custard or pudding recipes that are not tapioca
We bought extra milk in a two for one deal. What's your advice for easy ways to use it up? Preferably dessert, but I'm open to suggestions
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How would you organize a global Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament?
A friend and I were bantering about how we should organize a RPS tournament, where the LOSER advanced and was ultimately kicked in the bum by the "winner" of the final round, and also given $10 as...
A friend and I were bantering about how we should organize a RPS tournament, where the LOSER advanced and was ultimately kicked in the bum by the "winner" of the final round, and also given $10 as a pity for being the "greatest loser".
This quickly morphed into daydreams of a global event, culminating in the grand finals at the Mandalay Bay, with coverage by ESPN 12, sponsorship deals, trading cards ("Joe is known for his southpaw stance and shooting from his off-hand which greatly throws off his opponent." and per-year statistics of Win % by rock, paper, and scissors); the whole nine yards.
But it got us thinking... in today's age, would it be difficult to organize a simple RPS tournament GLOBALLY? What technologies would you use? Could you approach it 100% digitally? How would you verify the loser for advancement?
Let's even say someone was willing to put up $20k or even $100k to actually fly winners from each continent or major population region and put them up at the Mandalay Bay (btw - that hotel just came to mind because it was the first to come to mind in Las Vegas) for a 1-day event. Would that change anything?
RPS because the absurdity of it and the zero cost to entry.
We await your thoughts...
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I edited the Netflix Castlevania show's first two seasons into a single, slight-over-two-hours movie
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Matthew von Erick - F Train (2023)
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Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance | Official teaser
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Cillian Murphy & Margot Robbie | Actors on Actors
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Denmark's largest trade union has joined strike action by Swedish Tesla workers, piling pressure on the US electric car company to agree to collective bargaining rights
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Movie review: What Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon' gets wrong about war
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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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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
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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Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations: Best Feature ‘American Fiction’, ‘May December’, ‘All Of Us Strangers’, ‘Passages’, ‘Past Lives’ and ‘We Grown Now’
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The Boys | Season 4 official teaser trailer
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Early on-demand music streaming required lots of nickels
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A 1990 experiment to test whether we could discern life on Earth remotely
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Some developments in US abortion litigation in response to the Dobbs decision - other constitutional rights such as the right to travel are now in question
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