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Moose, maple syrup and monopolies: Is Canada finally taking on its oligarchs?
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Over-capacity ERs are dangerous choke points. But hospital challenges go far deeper.
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Exclusive: Reddit seeks to launch IPO in March
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Danish football team FC Midtjylland spent three days in the cold and dark Cairngorms National Park as part of a team building exercise
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There is no such thing as a good book: On “The Art of Libromancy”
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What advice can you share for a short February trip to Norway?
We are planning a trip to Norway in February (toward the end). The plan is to arrive into Oslo and take the first flight to Tromso, and spend several days there enjoying the city and embarking on...
We are planning a trip to Norway in February (toward the end).
The plan is to arrive into Oslo and take the first flight to Tromso, and spend several days there enjoying the city and embarking on several activities including:
- Fjord River Boat Tour
- Dog Sledding
- Aurora Chasing
- (maybe) Cross Country Skiing
- Visiting the Ice Domes
- Visiting Museums
- Visiting a spa
On the way back we'd like to visit Bergen for a couple of days and have yet to plan this part at all.
Any locals or people who have already visited: Is there anything you think would be a shame to miss out on while we're there? Anything you think is a waste of time and / or money?
We are doing this trip on a budget. Ultimately, Norway is expensive so "on a budget" means, we're taking cheap flights and not staying in luxury accommodation for the most part.
One last thing: I am planning to propose on this trip. I would love any advice on somewhere romantic to actually pop the question. My current plan is to do it on the aurora chasing trip if we get lucky, but otherwise I need a couple of backup plans.
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Denmark's former queen Margrethe to get ‘The Crown’ drama treatment – show being developed by the makers of Borgen
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Did anyone else play This War of Mine about the siege of Sarajevo? Are there other games you appreciate about rare experiences?
A different thread reminded me of this unique for me and frustrating but enlightening experience. This war of mine is a survival game where you have to manage food, building equipment, scavenging,...
A different thread reminded me of this unique for me and frustrating but enlightening experience.
This war of mine is a survival game where you have to manage food, building equipment, scavenging, security, stealth, possibly weapons and the morale of your companions for an unknown period of time until the siege is lifted. The art is beautiful but simple. The pace is slow. The emotions are profound. At the end of the game there are different stories for how your companions lives progress depending on how well or poorly you handled the circumstances of the game. It is very easy to die.
It is the only war game I have seen where you are a civilian.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Gameplay reveal trailer
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Grace Young and her ever-growing wok collection
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Adastra: The best furry visual novel
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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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Sámi rights activists in Norway charged over protests against wind farm affecting reindeer herding
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Debug symbols for all!
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Green Day - Bobby Sox (2024)
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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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The Mayor of Bologna is unequivocal: Spaghetti Bolognese doesn't exist. The real recipe from Bologna, Italy, is called Ragù.
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Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets
This is the place for casual discussion about our pets. Photos are welcome, show us your pet(s) and tell us about them!
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First tattoo tips?
Heyyy Tilderinos! I'm getting my first tat tomorrow - planning on a Lopunny and Mega Lopunny on my bicep that I'd love to turn into a patchwork sleeve of my other favorite Pokemon down the line....
Heyyy Tilderinos! I'm getting my first tat tomorrow - planning on a Lopunny and Mega Lopunny on my bicep that I'd love to turn into a patchwork sleeve of my other favorite Pokemon down the line. Bouncing between really excited and really nervous! What's some general advice you'd give?
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Goodbye to the era of the professional spouse – There are not many jobs left in which people are expected to appear, smiling and waving, by their partner’s side
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Final 2024 Oscar nominations predictions
Nominations are coming out on Tuesday. Here's my final predictions on what gets in: Picture Oppenheimer The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Poor Things Barbie Maestro Anatomy of a Fall Past...
Nominations are coming out on Tuesday. Here's my final predictions on what gets in:
Picture
- Oppenheimer
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Poor Things
- Barbie
- Maestro
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Past Lives
- The Zone of Interest
- American Fiction
Director
- Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer
- Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon
- Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things
- Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall
- Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest
Original Screenplay
- The Holdovers
- Past Lives
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Maestro
- May December
Adapted Screenplay
- Poor Things
- Barbie
- Oppenheimer
- American Fiction
- Killers of the Flower Moon
Lead Actor
- Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
- Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
- Bradley Cooper - Maestro
- Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Killers of the Flower Moon
Lead Actress
- Emma Stone - Poor Things
- Lilly Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
- Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall
- Carey Mulligan - Maestro
- Margot Robbie - Barbie
Supporting Actor
- Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer
- Ryan Gosling - Barbie
- Robert DeNiro - Killers of the Flower Moon
- Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things
- Dominic Sessa - The Holdovers
Supporting Actress
- D'avine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers
- Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer
- Sandra Huller - The Zone of Interest
- Penelope Cruz - Ferrari
- Florence Pugh - Oppenheimer
Film Editing
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
Sound
- Oppenheimer
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- The Zone of Interest
- Ferrari
Cinematography
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- The Zone of Interest
Costume Design
- Barbie
- Poor Things
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Napoleon
Production Design
- Barbie
- Poor Things
- Oppenheimer
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
Make-up and Hairstyling
- Oppenheimer
- Maestro
- Poor Things
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Golda
Original Score
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Zone of Interest
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Original Song
- I'm Just Ken from Barbie
- What Was I Made For? from Barbie
- Dance the Night from Barbie
- Road to Freedom from Rustin
- Quiet Eyes from Past Lives
VFX
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- The Creator
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- Poor Things
Animated Feature
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- The Boy and the Heron
- Elemental
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
- Nimona
Documentary
- American Symphony
- 20 Days in Mariupol
- Four Daughters
- Beyond Utopia
- The Eternal Memory
International Film
- The Zone of Interest
- Society of Snow
- Fallen Leaves
- The Taste of Things
- Perfect Days
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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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The Court Jester | Short film | Pauly Shore is Richard Simmons
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Bandle Tale is the chill and cozy take we needed on League of Legends
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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like capitalism, society and company culture. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was...
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like capitalism, society and company culture. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was mystified.
But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched
offbeat
stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!15 votes -
The Last of Us Part II Remastered coming to PS5 on January 19, 2024
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Ohio pastor charged for housing the homeless
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The tragic story of this famous meteorite and the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him
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Cameron Norrie beats Casper Ruud in near-flawless display to reach Australian Open last sixteen for first time
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Edgar Award nominations announced by Mystery Writers of America
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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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The race to get next-generation solar technology on the market
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How do/did you survive post-war social disarray and unreliable/non-existent supply chains?
This started as a post on asking about how long you think you could survive a massive supply chain disruption and associated collapse of authorities ability to intervene. But the more I thought...
This started as a post on asking about how long you think you could survive a massive supply chain disruption and associated collapse of authorities ability to intervene.
But the more I thought about it, the more it seemed to paint a picture of a postwar context. Post-Yugoslavian War, post-Korean War, etc. Also, I don’t know if we’ve had any recent memories of sudden, total plunges into anarchy.
I wonder if the modern economy has lengthened the farm-to-table too much that no one could reasonably expect to sustain themselves for any longer than they have food in storage.
What strategies would you use/did you use to survive? Did society break down into roving gangs? If such a thing happened now, do you feel like you could weather the storm?
You can thank my being snowed in the last few days and watching World War Z, The Last of Us, Book of Elijah, Elysium, the Alone TV series and the Band of Brothers for inspiring this post.
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The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
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Jürgen Klopp would welcome Sven-Göran Eriksson to Liverpool so the Swede can live out his dream of being the club's manager for a day
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My disabled son’s amazing gaming life in the World of Warcraft (2019)
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The Hofmann Wobble - Wikipedia and the problem of historical memory
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Embracing idiosyncrasies over optimization: The path to innovation in biotechnological design
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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of January 15
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Israel-Hamas war 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 Israel-Hamas war 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.
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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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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Your favourite creators who cover non-Anglo countries/cultures in English?
(That title is kind of awkward, feel free to suggest a better one.) I came across aini's channel on Youtube a while back. She does videos on different topics focused on East Asia. Her most recent...
(That title is kind of awkward, feel free to suggest a better one.)
I came across aini's channel on Youtube a while back. She does videos on different topics focused on East Asia. Her most recent video being "Why Chinese People Will Choose $5 Over $10".
I'm especially interested in native creators; those who can present a personal view from the inside. Even more so for countries that are not as well-covered for whatever reason—like places with less technological access or government limitation.
My own preference is for a more analytical presentation. I.e. looking through an academic lens incorporating sociology, psychology, etc, rather than "footage of daily life". That style is still welcome, of course!
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What music/instruments have you been making/playing recently?
I recently bought a banjo and have started the journey of learning how to play. It's my first instrument but I have been having a blast so far, which got me wondering — what have you all been...
I recently bought a banjo and have started the journey of learning how to play. It's my first instrument but I have been having a blast so far, which got me wondering — what have you all been playing recently? This is not a reoccurring post, but maybe it could be, so let's use this as a place to talk about music-making related things: what have you been practicing, what techniques are you stuck on, what have you been playing around with, etc? Feel free to share or ask for advice.
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United States Justice Department report finds ‘cascading failures’ and ‘no urgency’ during Uvalde, Texas, shooting
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A cheap week in LA/SB
I work remotely for a US tech start-up, and my work is flying me out for our company kickoff in Santa Barbara at the end of February. Because I want to spend as little time in Berlin February...
I work remotely for a US tech start-up, and my work is flying me out for our company kickoff in Santa Barbara at the end of February. Because I want to spend as little time in Berlin February weather as possible and I want to meet up with some local(-ish) relatives, I'm flying in a week earlier than necessary. As a result, however, I'm going to have some free time to fill.
The biggest thing is that I'm going to have to find and pay for my own lodging while I'm there until the work event starts and I can check into the hotel my company booked. So if anyone has any personal experience with some cheap-but-not-sketchy lodging options in LA or Santa Barbara, I especially welcome that. I'm flying into LAX so I'm able to stay there before going down to Santa Barbara for the actual work event if it's cheaper or there's more to do there (which I kinda assume is the case on both counts, idk).
I've heard LA is generally pretty expensive. I'm not a huge party animal by any means, but I figure I should do more when I'm there than sitting in my hotel reading (especially if I want to kick the jetlag before all the work stuff starts). So I'd also love any recommendations for cheap but interesting stuff to do while I'm there. My cursory Google searches have turned up a bunch of Hollywood tourist type stuff and recommendations for outdoorsy activities like hiking, neither of which is my speed. But surely there's gotta be some interesting stuff for a nerdy introvert to check out!
I'm also a very food-motivated traveler, so any particular restaurant recommendations for while I'm there are very welcome -- especially stuff that's hard for me to find in Germany. Latin American food is especially high on my list ofc, and I'm also on the lookout for good wing places, since I know both of those things are very hard to find at home in Berlin. But I also welcome other recommendations, especially stuff that isn't gonna come up in a quick google search. Or authentic Chinese food (even though I'm not going to SF, I learned how to say 洛杉矶 in Chinese class back in the day so LA's gotta have at least somthing 😅). I'm also a coffee person, so I'd love to know about any particular standout local coffee shops (even though I'm sure there's way more than I could try in even a month in a city the size of LA).
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Why AI writing is inherently coercive
Writing, at its core, is a shared experience between the author and the reader—an exchange of thoughts, emotions, and ideas. This connection, built on trust and authenticity, is the bedrock of any...
Writing, at its core, is a shared experience between the author and the reader—an exchange of thoughts, emotions, and ideas. This connection, built on trust and authenticity, is the bedrock of any meaningful relationship, even one as seemingly one-sided as the parasocial relationship between an author and their audience.
When AI is introduced into the realm of writing, it disrupts this delicate balance of trust. Readers inherently believe that they are engaging with the genuine thoughts and expressions of a fellow human being. However, the introduction of AI blurs this line, creating a scenario where the words on the page may not be the product of human experience or creativity.
Imagine delving into a piece of writing, believing you are connecting with the unique perspectives and emotions of another person, only to discover that those words were crafted by a machine. The sense of betrayal and disillusionment that may follow disrupts the very essence of the reader's trust in the author. It's akin to thinking you are having a heart-to-heart conversation with a friend, only to later realize it was an automated response.
This violation of trust erodes the foundation of the parasocial relationship, leaving readers questioning the authenticity of the connection. Human communication is a dance of shared experiences and emotions, and AI, no matter how advanced, lacks the depth of personal understanding that defines true human interaction.
In essence, while AI may expedite the writing process and provide creative insights, it does so at the cost of jeopardizing the sacred trust between the writer and the reader. As we navigate this digital era, let us not forget the importance of preserving the authenticity that underlies our human connections through the written word.
Generated by ChatGPT.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission authorized financial firms to offer ETFs tied to Bitcoin
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Salary caps to shootouts: how US soccer could transform the game
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Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds
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What do you use to manage your music library?
I typically listen to music and discover new music through YouTube, but the gradual creep of ads and the possibility of videos being deleted in the future has made me interested in building up a...
I typically listen to music and discover new music through YouTube, but the gradual creep of ads and the possibility of videos being deleted in the future has made me interested in building up a personal library of tracks on my own computer instead of streaming.
What do you use to manage your songs, and buy songs when you find ones you like?
My main computer runs Debian so I'd prefer Linux compatible options, but I'd be interested I hearing whatever other people use regardless.
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