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Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
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Jon Stewart returns to ‘The Daily Show’ as host
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I rent a million-dollar home: Why can’t I buy one?
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of January 21
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week! Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle...
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week!
Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle are most worth my attention?”
Rules:
- No grey market sales
- No affiliate links
If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the available game/games are worthwhile.
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The Hawthorne effect in human resource management is based on unreliable studies
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In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies
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Gene therapy allows an 11-year-old boy to hear for the first time
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WiFi 7 is officially here, but routers are pricey. Do you need it yet?
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Intellectual humility - hot new research topic - discussed from different angles
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100 years since death of Lenin marked by silence from China’s Communist Party
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Album of the Week #17: Wormrot - Voices
This is Album of the Week #17 ~ This week's album is Wormrot - Voices Year of Release: 2016 Genre(s): Grindcore Country: Singapore Length: 26 minutes RYM | Listen! (Album.Link) Excerpt from Angry...
This is Album of the Week #17 ~ This week's album is Wormrot - Voices
Year of Release: 2016
Genre(s): Grindcore
Country: Singapore
Length: 26 minutes
RYM | Listen! (Album.Link)Excerpt from Angry Metal Guy:
Natural though it may be, there’s something very special about how Voices draws from outside the walls of grindcore. It’s adventurous but just sounds so… obvious. This is just the sort of thing Wormrot do: write so well, perform so tightly, that whatever they’re doing just seems inevitable. Effortless, perhaps. Voices is loud, violent, and brutal, but it also restrained, as if measured in micrograms of controlled adrenaline and delivered intravenously. Like last year’s offering from Beaten to Death, this is a unique and immensely enjoyable take on grindcore that’s a true flame-bearer of the genre and won’t be wanting for love on the year-end lists of the abrasively inclined.
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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Dan Wang - 2023 letter
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Specter of academic plagiarism has now reached the heart of Norwegian politics, toppling one government minister and leaving a second fighting for her political career
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The misguided war on the SAT
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In first such admission, previously secret document says Danish aircraft participated in NATO attacks linked to civilian deaths in Libya in 2011
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The story of the New Hampshire primary in one voter
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God and the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics
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US Ninth Circuit Court panel unanimously orders FBI to destroy records it created during searches of US Private Vaults boxes
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Ever tried running backwards? Meet Aaron Yoder, one of the world's fastest backward runners who can complete a reverse mile in five and a half minutes.
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Recommendations on portable power stations
After one too many blackouts for the past few years, we're in the market for a backup power solution. Guidelines include: Would rather have multiple smaller units than one large one. Should be...
After one too many blackouts for the past few years, we're in the market for a backup power solution.
Guidelines include:
- Would rather have multiple smaller units than one large one.
- Should be enough to charge phones, watch a television, run the Keurig. If it can spike up enough to run a heater or keep the fridge from spoiling, that's a bonus.
- Would like to keep it at ~$300 a unit.
We're looking into a whole home generac as well, but this is more of a bandaid trial solution for now.
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Lessons from Finland's attempt to transition to a circular economy
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Love Me asks too many questions
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Browser game recommendations
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
I'm traveling for the holidays and only have my laptop, which I don't really have many full fledged games I can run on it (it's a macbook, so a combination of poor macOS support in general + the 32bit cliff means many games just don't run on here). I'm also more interested in casual games while traveling anyways.
Let me know if you have any recommendations for browser-based games, ideally something a little off the beaten path. Multiplayer suggestions welcome too for completeness.
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Making emotional films: The enticing contradictions of Norman Jewison’s movies
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Three recipes that will have you bringing back the casserole
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All the major changes coming to Halo Infinite this year
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What’s something you wish more people understood?
Please avoid hot takes or flippant answers. I want to know, genuinely, what you want others to know or realize.
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‘No cash accepted’ signs are bad news for millions of unbanked Americans
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HomeVestors (the “We Buy Ugly Houses” company) overhauls policies in the wake of ProPublica investigation
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Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu believes that the team's new car will better suit Kevin Magnussen and his driving style
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Anatomy of a fail: Inside France’s dysfunctional Oscar committee
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The ambitious plan to open up a treasure trove of Black history
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New US bank-overdraft fee limits to go into effect
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What happened to David Graeber?
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So, is Dash a good level? (Geometry Dash, 2.2)
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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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What is your favourite episode of a podcast?
Please share why it's your favourite took, avoiding as many spoilers as you can. Mine is Episode 45 of Darknet Diaries, Xbox Underground (and also Part 02). It is about a group of hackers called...
Please share why it's your favourite took, avoiding as many spoilers as you can.
Mine is Episode 45 of Darknet Diaries, Xbox Underground (and also Part 02).
It is about a group of hackers called the XBox Underground who infiltrated the networks of major video game companies. Their motives started out harmless, with members of the group enjoying playing early versions of games. However, things take a serious turn and there are many twists and turns as the story unfolds.
It's so good that I have listened to it every year since it first came out.
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China’s age of malaise
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Seaweed could save a billion people from famine after a nuclear war
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The NFL has never seen anything quite like the Philadelphia Eagles’ warp-speed collapse
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Vibrating capsule developed as an obesity treatment
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Things software developers should learn about learning
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Squarepusher - Wendorlan (2024)
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Movie of the Week #13 - Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Fourth movie with a running time of 100 minutes or less is Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (90 minutes) from 2021
Feel free to add any thoughts, opinions, reflections, analysis or whatever comments related to this film.
The final movie for January is next Monday on the 29th with The Iron Giant
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‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
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How to learn chess as an adult (or, how I went from 300 to 1500 ELO in nine months)
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Arno Penzias, co-discoverer of the cosmic microwave background, has died age 90
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New York City plans to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for 500,000 residents
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Canada announces cap on international students for next two years
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