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38 votes
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Anyone know what these LEDs in the center of my ceiling track lights are?
This is one of those bizarre examples where I think a simple Google would solve the mystery, but I've tried dozens of searches like "halogen track lights with LEDs in center" and NO product comes...
This is one of those bizarre examples where I think a simple Google would solve the mystery, but I've tried dozens of searches like "halogen track lights with LEDs in center" and NO product comes up with it. Does anyone know what these are?? My guess is that it has to do with one of the lights being out, but why so many LEDs then?
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Dune, Islam and religion
13 votes -
SNES piracy in the 1990s - disk copiers
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Finland's proposed labour reforms risk doing more harm than good
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Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit
95 votes -
The Penguin | Official teaser
15 votes -
Germany’s solar panel industry, once a leader, is getting squeezed
17 votes -
NASCAR acquires the first paved track it ever raced on
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‘X-Men ’97’ bridges the X-Men’s past and future
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Vitamin D: the basics, Shannon’s story, the evidence
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 25
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.
5 votes -
The virtue of slow writers
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Looking for a good guide to gigs
I am in the UK and would like a decent gig guide. I just Google artists I want to watch to see if they are on tour at the moment. I am not fused on the ticket master guide. Can anyone give me good...
I am in the UK and would like a decent gig guide. I just Google artists I want to watch to see if they are on tour at the moment. I am not fused on the ticket master guide. Can anyone give me good recommendations?
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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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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?
16 votes -
Do artifacts have politics? (1980)
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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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From ‘crookies’ to flavored versions: The French croissant reinvents itself to battle American snacks and attract Gen Z
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How have you embarrassed yourself recently?
Perhaps this is a bit of an odd conversation topic, but I just humiliated myself by dropping a bottle of red wine (for no reason whatsoever, I just cant hold thigs apparently) that I'd just paid...
Perhaps this is a bit of an odd conversation topic, but I just humiliated myself by dropping a bottle of red wine (for no reason whatsoever, I just cant hold thigs apparently) that I'd just paid for as I left the store.
The loud gasp from a nearby woman and the man singing 'red red wine' were both objectively funny, but I couldn't help but feel humiliated as I scrambled to clean it up. I'd also like to give a special shout-out to the man who came to help me clean it up.
I'm coming to you Tildes in an effort to feel less shame. What have you done recently, by accident or on purpose that has embarrassed you?49 votes -
Valorant - Clove (New Agent) reveal
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Can a movie change the law? The 1961 film 'Victim' isn't just a tense thriller, it was crafted to serve as a stealthy challenge to a British law that criminalized the very existence of homosexuals.
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Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Quite an exciting weekend. Drivers having problems keeping it on track during FPs, Albon's crash and Logan's sacrifice, a pretty good Quali, and then Max's shocking DNF in the early laps of the race.
But if I'm being honest, the rest of the race wasn't that exciting. What does that say about current state of F1?
Anyway, moral of the the weekend: get your appendix removed; you'll become a Smooth Operator.
Race Results -- SPOILER
POS NO DRIVER LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS 1 55 Sainz 58 1:20:26.843 25 2 16 Leclerc 58 +2.366s 19 3 4 Norris 58 +5.904s 15 4 81 Piastri 58 +35.770s 12 5 11 Perez 58 +56.309s 10 6 14 Alonso 58 +80.992s 8 7 18 Stroll 58 +93.222s 6 8 22 Tsunoda 58 +95.601s 4 9 27 Hulkenberg 58 +104.553s 2 10 20 Magnussen 57 +1 lap 1 11 23 Albon 57 +1 lap 0 12 3 Ricciardo 57 +1 lap 0 13 10 Gasly 57 +1 lap 0 14 77 Bottas 57 +1 lap 0 15 24 Zhou 57 +1 lap 0 16 31 Ocon 57 +1 lap 0 17 63 Russell 56 DNF 0 NC 44 Hamilton 15 DNF 0 NC 1 Verstappen 3 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc
Source: F1.com
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State Farm shedding 72,000 home insurance policies in California
29 votes -
Tachiyomi development officially ends
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US Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell ready to support job market, even if it means lingering inflation
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Sam Bankman-Fried repeatedly lied to get out of “supervillain” US prison term, FTX CEO alleges
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Why ban books when you can ban book awards?: Suburban Illinois district cancels youth chosen Caudill Awards
30 votes -
Jaeho Hwang (“Dave the Diver” game director) on what exactly is an indie game
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Relative financial burden imposed on university students by housing cost in Germany steadily increasing. About a third of all students close to poverty line. How does this compare to your region?
The latest iteration of a study regarding the cost of student housing in Germany found, that rent prices for students have risen to a germany-wide average of 479€. Three years ago the average was...
The latest iteration of a study regarding the cost of student housing in Germany found, that rent prices for students have risen to a germany-wide average of 479€. Three years ago the average was just 391€. In Munich the average cost for student housing has risen to no less than 760€. This is more than double than the housing-cost covered by BAföG, a public program providing financial support to students from low-income families. [1]
Statistically, more than a third of students in Germany are at risk of poverty at the moment, meaning they have less than 60% of the country's mean income available. [2] [3]
Also with regards to Munich specifically, the number of designated student housing facilities has not grown significantly or even dropped over the past few years, while the number of students has been steadily increasing. This means that more and more students have to look for rooms in shared apartments on the city's highly competitive housing market. Statistically, these students are those that live close to the poverty line particularly often.
I realize that the cost of high-quality higher education in Germany is not as majorly fucked as for example in the USA, but still the financial burden on students is steadily increasing due to housing cost. How does this compare to where you're from? How is student housing organized in your city, how much does it cost relative to the mean income, and do you experience similar trends in your region?
Sources (german), besides in-person conversations and experiences:
[1] https://cms.moses-mendelssohn-institut.de/uploads/24_03_19_Wohnkosten_Studierende_804a7b53ef.pdf
[2] https://www.spiegel.de/start/statistisches-bundesamt-mehr-als-ein-drittel-der-studierenden-lebt-unter-der-armutsgrenze-a-460cb19f-8a62-43ab-8b52-652814234250
[3] https://youtu.be/UVaY8SCtjwg28 votes -
The hotel guest who wouldn’t leave
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Folks in those $100k+ jobs, corporate types, office workers... What would you say you actually do?
I work as a prek teacher. I go to work, clock in, and spend 8 hours actively engaged with kids teaching reading, writing, math, social skills, science, games, and more. I don't have "down time" at...
I work as a prek teacher. I go to work, clock in, and spend 8 hours actively engaged with kids teaching reading, writing, math, social skills, science, games, and more. I don't have "down time" at work; I'm always on, because I have to be. There are demands of me every moment I'm there.
But what about you corporate folks? I can't seem to figure what you actually... Do?
My dad worked such a job (VP in pharma) and I could never get a real answer from him. He would always just say "I'm busy", he traveled a lot, and as far as I could tell his "work" was just meetings.
Other business folks I interact with, it's the same. They're always playing on their phone, or (my favorite) constantly talking on the phone when picking up or dropping off their kids at school, and ignoring them. A buddy of mine is a senior exec and was able to complete baldur's gate 3 during work hours because he's just sitting around in meetings all day.
How is that work? How does that justify earning 4x+ what I make?
I'm genuinely curious because I've never gotten a straight answer and my impression is that in these jobs you don't actually do anything, but that can't be right.
Sorry if this is a dumb question.
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G3 geomagnetic storm watches issued for 24-25 March 2024
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Denmark was the first to post an ambassador to Silicon Valley. Now, it is leading Europe's diplomats in putting Big Tech on the right side of history.
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I'm looking for a specific beer, for meme purposes
TL;DR - I'm trying to find a way to purchase Chilean Cerveza Cristal in the US for a joke that is very important to a friend of mine. So, some of you may be aware of the current memes surrounding...
TL;DR - I'm trying to find a way to purchase Chilean Cerveza Cristal in the US for a joke that is very important to a friend of mine.
So, some of you may be aware of the current memes surrounding a series of advertisements from a Chilean beer company that interrupted airings of the Star Wars films in an... unconventional way.
Well, my friend is both a huge beer aficionado and a huge Star Wars fan, and he occasionally works with the Star Wars folks at conventions. He's planning some interesting stuff for an upcoming event but can't for the life of him find the stuff here in the US. I haven't been able to turn up a retailer for it either. Does anybody know of a good way to get foreign beer into the US?
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Will there ever be another great men’s college basketball team?
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How much stress is too much? A psychiatrist explains the links between toxic stress and poor health − and how to get help.
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Nominate for "Movie of the Week" in April - Female leads
Voting closed I do think our list of movies is turning out to be a pretty good list of solid movies, it it a bit male heavy. I hope we can find 5 movies for April that has a female substantial...
Voting closed
I do think our list of movies is turning out to be a pretty good list of solid movies, it it a bit male heavy. I hope we can find 5 movies for April that has a female substantial leading role.
Rules
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In case of ties in the number of votes, random.org will decide. Voting closes Sunday.
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One Punch Man Season 3 in production
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Finland has remained the happiest country in the world for the seventh year in a row, according to the annual World Happiness Report published on Wednesday
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A terrorist attack just happened in my city
TW for obvious reasons As the title says. Mass shooting in a mall/concert hall, at least 40 people dead, over 100 injured. (UPD a day later: the count is now up to 133+ dead, 145+ injured)...
TW for obvious reasons
As the title says. Mass shooting in a mall/concert hall, at least 40 people dead, over 100 injured. (UPD a day later: the count is now up to 133+ dead, 145+ injured)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Crocus_City_Hall_attack
Luckily I live on the opposite side of Moscow from where it happened, but both my girlfriend and my best friend (and a bunch of their friends as well) live near that area. Nothing happened to them, but it's still very scary and everyone's afraid that more shootings can happen soon.
Some of their friends said they heard gunshots directly under their windows. My gf had a very strong panic attack and still can't go to bed.
I'm not as scared myself because as I mentioned, I live far away from that area, but I'm still very worried for all of the people I know who live there.
That's it, I just felt like I wanted to share this with someone.
60 votes -
Kyoto Animation arsonist given death penalty over 2019 mass murder
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Suggestions on how to secure reasonable US Taylor Swift - Eras Tour tickets?
Hi everyone, I haven't seen a post like this before, but figured I would give it a shot (since it doesn't look like the rules/Code of Contact prohibit it) My fiancée is a huge fan of Taylor Swift,...
Hi everyone, I haven't seen a post like this before, but figured I would give it a shot (since it doesn't look like the rules/Code of Contact prohibit it)
My fiancée is a huge fan of Taylor Swift, and although I'm mostly indifferent, seeing this concert is a big deal to her, but with the way US ticket sales are through Ticketmaster scalpers are off the charts, charging like $2000/ticket which is ridiculous
I was wondering if any other users here in the US (or North America) might have suggestions on where I could go, or what I could do to find tickets for us that might be more affordable. Most of the shows I go to now use DICE, which prevents scalping but clearly that's not the case with this show
I understand that her music may not be everyone here's forte (it's really not mine) but this would mean the world to her (fiancée) so I'm eager to find a way to make it happen
Thank you!
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Ex-England boss Sven-Göran Eriksson said it was "absolutely beautiful" to fulfil his dream of managing Liverpool
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Album of the Week #25: D'Angelo - Voodoo
This is Album of the Week #25 ~ This week's album is D'Angelo - Voodoo Year of Release: 2000 Genre(s): Neo-Soul Country: United States Length: 79 minutes RYM | Listen! Excerpt from Pitchfork:...
This is Album of the Week #25 ~ This week's album is D'Angelo - Voodoo
Year of Release: 2000
Genre(s): Neo-Soul
Country: United States
Length: 79 minutes
RYM | Listen!Excerpt from Pitchfork:
Details also give Voodoo its timelessness. The album's gentle avoidance of common song structures adds spontaneity; even after hundreds of listens, it's still possible to be surprised. The barely-heard words spoken in intros and outros give things continuity and a voyeuristic quality, like you're hearing it all through a city wall; listen again for the the sweetly awkward conversation with an ex that starts "One Mo' Gin" or the way "Greatdayndamornin'" is introduced with D'Angelo praising ?uestlove to journalist dream hampton: "I was like, 'You gonna be my drummer one of these days,'" gushes D.
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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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of March 17
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.
All previous Save Point topics
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How it’s made: Inside a French potato chip factory
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 18
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.
11 votes -
CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com (used by the Mozilla Monitor service), founded dozens of people-search firms
44 votes