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28 votes
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Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer
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Balancing cube
12 votes -
Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds
45 votes -
The growing link between microbes, mood and mental health
22 votes -
What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
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Happy Lunar New Year!
Hi friends! Just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year!
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 5
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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The world champion who learned from YouTube videos
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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!
5 votes -
Minimal Linux bootloader debugging story
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Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us?
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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of February 5
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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Help: iPhone SE (2020) home button not working; “Unable to Activate Touch ID”
Really hoping there’s an easy fix for this, because it’s making using my phone a pain. Relevant info: I never actually set up a fingerprint, and have only used passwords. phone memory is almost...
Really hoping there’s an easy fix for this, because it’s making using my phone a pain. Relevant info:
- I never actually set up a fingerprint, and have only used passwords.
- phone memory is almost full (I have too many photos I still haven’t offloaded, I don’t use iCloud)
- I did drop the phone earlier today, but there was no visible external damage
- case does not cover the home button
- I’ve tried force restart, it didn’t work
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Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
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‘Shōgun’: How a decade of false starts, endless translation debates and one star-turned-producer made a classic story relevant to a 21st century audience
15 votes -
The lost art of the death mask
8 votes -
What is a scam that more people should be aware of?
Inspired by Cory Doctorow sharing his story. What's a scam that more people should be aware of?
43 votes -
Finnair is now weighing passengers to update weight and balance calculations – identity of the volunteers remains anonymous
25 votes -
DGA Awards: Christopher Nolan & Celine Song take home top film prizes
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Butcher block countertops - stain and finishing
Howdy all, TL;DR - Installed new cabinets, picked up new butcher block countertops to match existing. Stained it - using the Minwax stain and planned on using Watco Butcher Block finish to finish...
Howdy all,
TL;DR - Installed new cabinets, picked up new butcher block countertops to match existing. Stained it - using the Minwax stain and planned on using Watco Butcher Block finish to finish it. I am concerned about food safety and health. Note I am not using these as actual cutting boards. Just countertops. Would using the Watco finish be safe/sufficient for sealing the stain?
So to give a little context, my wife and I moved into our home close to 5 years ago. The person who flipped our house put in standard big box birch butcher block countertops. We like them! They stained them a nice dark color and we have not thought much about them. From what they mentioned, they "finished" the counters with the Watco Butcher Block finish. Occasionally the areas near the sink get grey and dry from water and could use a clean/restoration. Of which I have been using Howard butcher block conditioner and I think it does a great job of giving the wood some life.
Now I finally got around to installing some more cabinets, and I picked up another countertop. Obviously wanting it to match, I just used the same Minwax stain that the flipper used. I had planned on sanding all of the old countertops re-applying the stain and then coating in some urethane-like topcoat in hopes of helping stop the discoloration and make the counter more durable.
This lead me down a rabbit hole of a bunch of people online basically yelling about putting anything other than butcher block finish or mineral oil on butcher block countertops and how its not food safe/toxic. So naturally this kind of freaked me out. Is the stain on the current counters harmful? Do I need to sand everything and then reapply with just a food safe option? Can I just sand and add a poly topcoat? Or am I fine to just have the stain on it and use the Watco butcher block finish? AM I POISONING MYSELF?!
I would like to add we do not use these countertops as actual cutting boards. We always use a "real" cutting board.
Really I am just looking for some advice or a sanity check to make sure I'm not harming ourselves. Hoping this could also help someone else learn without having to do it the hard way.
Thanks all so much for any info anyone is willing to provide.
10 votes -
Windows95man – No Rules! (2024)
10 votes -
Introducing Mozilla Monitor Plus, a new tool to automatically remove your personal information from data broker sites
35 votes -
Rare genetic mutation allows woman to feel no pain
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Syncthing on a VPS questions
I've been using syncthing for a while now and more recently I've started to use a VPS but I find it to be a mild pain in the ass to setup and I'm wondering if there's a better way or just how are...
I've been using syncthing for a while now and more recently I've started to use a VPS but I find it to be a mild pain in the ass to setup and I'm wondering if there's a better way or just how are you administering?
I've been just editing the config.xml file and restarting it. It feels clunky editing it in nano especially when I have to delete a folder or remove a device.
I'm starting up on a new VPS and doing this initial setup again is mildly frustrating.
Another question, a friend is also going to be backing up some files onto this server (both of us treating it as untrusted), would it be better practice to set up 2 users each running their own syncthing@user service or just have it all under one?
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Research at the heart of a US lawsuit against the abortion pill has been retracted
28 votes -
Reviewed: the best TV antennas
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How I write HTTP services in Go after 13 years
9 votes -
The real history of Rule 34
8 votes -
No, aliens haven’t visited the Earth. Why are so many smart people insisting otherwise?
29 votes -
Boarding patients in the emergency department while they wait for available beds is a significant problem that increases avoidable US deaths
21 votes -
Destroying movies for fun and profit
14 votes -
Why do Americans think the economy is bad?
29 votes -
‘We didn’t expect this phenomenon to last’: France’s comic-book tradition is hitting new heights
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‘Neural network’ fake ID site goes dark after 404 Media investigation - Site creator denies illegal applications after boasting of them
23 votes -
Ezra Klein Show: "What relationships would you want if you believed they were possible?"
21 votes -
Mennonites are pious Christians who eschew much of the modern world. But in Mexico even they have not escaped the pull of the drug cartels.
24 votes -
Joe Biden’s chances of US re-election are better than they appear
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The small Norwegian city of Bergen has a competent light rail system – let's take a look at the Bybanen in depth
5 votes -
Lovebyte Party is LIVE! - Sizecoding compo with 8 bytes to 1k demos
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Are we living in an "ice age"? Clearing up some terminology.
When talking about climate, the ice age is mentioned a lot. Sometimes it is said that "the last ice age" ended roughly 10,000 years ago, and sometimes we are still said to be living in an ice age....
When talking about climate, the ice age is mentioned a lot. Sometimes it is said that "the last ice age" ended roughly 10,000 years ago, and sometimes we are still said to be living in an ice age. So which one is correct? Technically both are correct. This is due to a complexity in terminology.
The broader climate state of Earth is divided into two categories: Icehouse Earth and Greenhouse Earth (Maslin, 2014). The state when there are continental glaciers (those that cover continents, separate from glaciers seen on mountains) at any point on Earth is called the Icehouse Earth, and the state when they do not exist is called the Greenhouse Earth. Approximately 80% of the last 500 million years has been spent as a Greenhouse Earth (Spicer and Corfield, 1992). During the icehouse state of the Earth, there are glacial and interglacial periods. The glacial period occurs when the glaciers at the poles move towards the lower latitudes of Earth, that is, towards the equator. The interglacial period is the time when glaciers remain at the poles.
Both the Icehouse Earth state and the glacial period are called Ice Age, but this is misleading. The last so-called “ice age” occurred 11,700 years ago (Clark et al., 2016). This event refers to the glacial period seen on Earth. However, the Earth is still in an "ice age" because it is still in the Icehouse Earth state. Even though it is currently in the interglacial warming period, this warming is approximately 15 times faster due to climate change (Clark et al., 2016). As the anthropogenic global warming gets stronger, the rate of warming will also increase.
The glacial periods seen in the last 500,000 years can be seen in this picture. Source for the picture is here.
The cycle of glacial and interglacial periods is clearly visible. One of the main factors that caused the emergence of Icehouse Earth states and glacial periods is the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It ended and started the ages by greatly changing the conditions on Earth (Maslin, 2014).
In conclusion, we are currently living in an ice age and also not. The reason for this is that the word ice age refers to two different phenomena. Therefore, it would be more useful to use the terms Icehouse Earth and glacial period instead of ice age. However, how this will be translated into everyday language remains a challenge.
Sources
- Clark, P., Shakun, J., Marcott, S. et al. (2016). Consequences of twenty-first-century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea-level change. Nature Clim Change 6, 360–369.
- Maslin, M. (2014). Climate change: a very short introduction. OUP Oxford.
- Spicer, R. A. & Corfield, R. M. (1992). A review of terrestrial and marine climates in the Cretaceous with implications for modelling the ‘Greenhouse Earth’. Geological Magazine, 129(2), 169-180 pp.
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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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Movie of the Week #15 - Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
First superhero movie this time around with the animated Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse from 2018.
Are you familiar with Spiderman, from other movies or the comic - and how does it compare? Have you seen the sequel Across the Spider-Verse? All comments are welcome.
The rest of the schedule for February is:
- 12th: The Aviator
- 19th: Batman Begins
- 26th: Gangs of New York
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Tildes Video Thread
Find yourself watching tons of great videos on [insert chosen video sharing platform], but also find yourself reluctant to flood the Tildes front page with them? Then this thread is for you. It...
Find yourself watching tons of great videos on [insert chosen video sharing platform], but also find yourself reluctant to flood the Tildes front page with them? Then this thread is for you.
It could be one quirky video that you feel deserves some eyeballs on it, or perhaps you've got a curated list of videos that you'd love to talk us through...
Share some of the best video content you've watched this past week/fortnight with us!
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Two years ago, Swedish pop star Zara Larsson went independent – buying back the rights to her master recordings and setting up her own record label
8 votes -
A 2024 plea for lean software
36 votes -
Taskmaster NZ | Series 2 complete playlist
17 votes -
Served: Opening a restaurant inside a prison
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Side projects that were actually good?
Weezer are great but Matt Sharp's side project The Rentals were also great. The first album - Return of the Rentals shows pretty heavy Weezer influence in places, but female vocalists, violins,...
Weezer are great but Matt Sharp's side project The Rentals were also great.
The first album - Return of the Rentals shows pretty heavy Weezer influence in places, but female vocalists, violins, keyboards, bring a chaotic fun. I dunno, I was alive at the time and maybe it hasn't aged well?
Anyway: what side projects do you think we actually good?
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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?
18 votes